Markee Ledge (born ''Mark Davies''; 1974 in

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, Scotland) is a founding member of

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music group

Kosheen Kosheen are a British electronic music group based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The group consist of singer-songwriter Sian Evans, songwriter-producer Markee Ledge and producer-songwriter Darren Decoder. The name Kosheen derives from the name of ...

. Markee began his musical production career on Ruffneck Ting as Substance releasing projects such as 'Homeboyz', 'Damn Right' and 'LF-Ant' and with vocalist Hazel, on his first album release "Substance Spectrum" was released on RuffNeck Ting Records in 1998. Markee was instrumental in the Bristol Drum and Bass scene in the mid 1990s, Including starting the seminal 'Ruffneck Ting' and running Breakbeat Culture Record Shop and Label. Forming a partnership with

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, the pair released many drum and bass classic tracks as Decoder & Substance and were supported by the top players in the drum and bass scene, including

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, releasing music on 31 Records and

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's ''World of Drum and Bass'' Compilation and well as many EPs on their Breakbeat Culture Imprint. In 1999, wanting to break out from the confines of Drum and Bass and follow his dream of forming a group, Markee Ledge started auditioning vocalists for Kosheen. He heard Sian Evans singing on a tape given to him by a friend and invited her to his studio and then along with his music partner Decoder, formed the group

. Kosheen signed to independent Moksha Recordings in 1999 and released three singles, which generated grass roots support. The band began recording their debut album ''

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'' the following year, which was signed and released by

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in 2001. Single "Hide U" made No. 7 in the

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. Upon release, ''Resist'' album charted at No. 8 in the

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with the release of two subsequent singles " Catch" and "

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". Second album ''

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'' charted at No. 6 in the UK and first single "All In My Head" hit No. 7. The follow up album ''Damage'' was signed to

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in Germany and released on Moksha in the UK, and a two further albums ''Independence'' in 2012 and a fifth and final studio album ''Solitude'' in 2013 released on Kosheen Records. In October 2015. Markee Ledge announced ''Elevate'', an album that featured a selection of guest singers including

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, and Jodie Elms, as well as guest producers including J Kenzo, Seven, Leon Switch, dubspeeka and DJ Youngsta from

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. Markee's music has been used on a variety of TV program's, documentaries, ad's and films including: CSI, 24, Queer As Folk, Jake 2.0, NY/LON, (TV Shows), The US Food Channel (main channel theme music). Ads have included; Channel 5, Galaxy Radio, BMW Mini, Nokia, Erstenbank and DFS. and various premium projects for Mitsibushi, Chivas Regal, and Jamiesons. Computer games include FIFA 2003 (EA Games), Films include closing titles on Julietta, and Experiment & The Test, Along with numerous usage as TV background music on Sky TV, the BBC network and ITV

Discography

With Kosheen

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Solo Album

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ledge, Markee 1974 births Living people Scottish electronic musicians Musicians from Glasgow Musicians from Bristol