# Mark Brydon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Brydon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Brydon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Brydon > Source revision: 1349061604 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|British musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use British English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mark Brydon | image = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Mark Errington Brydon | alias = Captain Thirdeye, DJ Plankton, The Mole Man, Skymoo | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|12|22}} | birth_place = [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland), England | instrument = {{hlist|[Bass guitar](/source/Bass_guitar)|[keyboards](/source/Keyboard_instrument)|[guitar](/source/guitar)|programming}} | genre = {{hlist|[Electronic](/source/Electronic_music)|[trip hop](/source/trip_hop)|[house](/source/house_music)|[acid jazz](/source/acid_jazz)|[alternative dance](/source/alternative_dance)}} | occupation = {{hlist|[Songwriter](/source/Songwriter)|[musician](/source/musician)|[arranger](/source/Arrangement)|[recording engineer](/source/recording_engineer)|[producer](/source/record_producer)}} | years_active = | label = | website = {{URL|mark-e-brydon.com}} | notable_instruments = }} '''Mark Errington Brydon''' (born 22 December 1960) is an English [bassist](/source/Bass_guitar), [guitar](/source/guitar)ist, [songwriter](/source/songwriter), [arranger](/source/arranger), [recording engineer](/source/recording_engineer), [remix](/source/remix)er and [producer](/source/record_producer) best known as a member of the group [Moloko](/source/Moloko).{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/moloko-mn0000487614/biography | title=Moloko - Biography | publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | accessdate=13 June 2014 | author=Phares, Heather}} ==Previous work== Brydon comes from [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland%2C_Tyne_and_Wear), England, but established himself in the [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield) music scene, most notably with the [funk](/source/funk) band [Chakk](/source/Chakk){{Cite news |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005118/19960216/251/0036 |title=Doing the Moloko motion |date=16 February 1996 |access-date=15 April 2026 |work=Edinburgh Evening News |page=36 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}} whose advance from [MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records) financed the building of FON Studios.{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chakk-mn0001177764 | title=Chakk - Biography | publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | accessdate=13 June 2014 | author=Kellman, Andy}} Before its bankruptcy, Brydon had divested himself of his interests in legendary FON Studios,{{cite web | url=http://magazine.ilikemusic.com/interview/Moloko | title=Interview #122: Moloko | publisher=I Like Music | date=17 July 2006 | accessdate=13 June 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140615084159/http://magazine.ilikemusic.com/interview/Moloko | archivedate=15 June 2014 }} for which he did everything from designing the studio architecture to hand-choosing equipment.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} He made significant contributions to the 1987 British pop hit "[House Arrest](/source/House_Arrest_(song))" by [Krush](/source/Krush). He furthered his career with contributions to records and remixes such as "[The Funky Worm](/source/The_Funky_Worm)" (whose single "[Hustle! (To the Music...)](/source/Hustle!_(To_the_Music...))" would become a number one hit on ''Billboard's'' [Dance Club Songs](/source/Dance_Club_Songs) Chart in 1988) and efforts by [Yazz](/source/Yazz), [The Human League](/source/The_Human_League),{{cite web | url=http://www.interrecords.net/en/human-league-the-romantic-virgin-210-984-virgin-v-2624 | title=The Human League - ''Romantic?'' | publisher=Inter Records | accessdate=13 June 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140615084204/http://www.interrecords.net/en/human-league-the-romantic-virgin-210-984-virgin-v-2624 | archivedate=15 June 2014 }} [Psychic TV](/source/Psychic_TV), [Boy George](/source/Boy_George), [Art of Noise](/source/Art_of_Noise), [Sly and Robbie](/source/Sly_and_Robbie), [Cabaret Voltaire](/source/Cabaret_Voltaire_(band)) and other groups. As a bass player / producer, he was a member of [Chakk](/source/Chakk) and Cloud Nine.{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-brydon-mn0000283364 | title=Mark Brydon - Songs | publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | accessdate=13 June 2014}} ==Moloko== His biggest contribution to British art pop to date would come as a result of meeting [Róisín Murphy](/source/R%C3%B3is%C3%ADn_Murphy), with whom he formed Moloko, at a party. The two hit it off immediately after singer Róisín Murphy walked up to Brydon uttering the line, "Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body".{{Cite web|url=https://www.deanmayodavies.com/risn-murphy-from-triphop-star-to-disco-siren|title=Róisín Murphy: From trip-hop star to disco siren|first=Dean Mayo|last=Davies|website=Dean Mayo Davies|date=2016|accessdate=8 September 2024}} They began working together first as a duo for two albums, then bringing in a full line-up to tour and record the last two Moloko albums. Moloko went on indefinite hiatus after the release of ''[Statues](/source/Statues_(album))'' in 2003, followed by a successful tour and the release of the full length concert video ''[11,000 Clicks](/source/11%2C000_Clicks)'' in 2004 (filmed at their final performance in [Brixton](/source/Brixton), at the end of the ''Statues'' tour). ==Subsequent work== Following Moloko's indefinite break-up, Brydon focused his energies on the design of a new studio. He also continues a side career as a remixer under such aliases as DJ Plankton.{{cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/69843-DJ-Plankton | title=DJ Plankton | publisher=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) | accessdate=13 June 2014}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Moloko}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brydon, Mark}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:English electronic musicians Category:Musicians from Sunderland Category:English record producers Category:English audio engineers Category:English music arrangers Category:English bass guitarists Category:British male bass guitarists Category:English male songwriters Category:English pop guitarists Category:English male guitarists Category:British remixers Category:Moloko Category:British trip hop musicians Category:Acid jazz guitarists Category:English house musicians Category:British male jazz musicians --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mark Brydon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Brydon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Brydon?action=history)). 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