Malachai

Biography

There are at least two bands with the name Malachai: 1) The following is about the Bristol Band. They are comprised of Gee (vocals) and Scott Hendy (aka Boca 45, music). Their sound is a mix of beats and samples, drawing on a wide range of influences from dub to sixties pop, all tied together by Gee’s distinctive voice. Discovered by Geoff Barrow from the Bristol band Portishead, to date Malakai have released a limited-edition 12” on Barrow’s Invada label, called ‘Fading World’. This track wa...

There are at least two bands with the name Malachai:


1) The following is about the Bristol Band.
They are comprised of Gee (vocals) and Scott Hendy (aka Boca 45, music). Their sound is a mix of beats and samples, drawing on a wide range of influences from dub to sixties pop, all tied together by Gee’s distinctive voice.

Discovered by Geoff Barrow from the Bristol band Portishead, to date Malakai have released a limited-edition 12” on Barrow’s Invada label, called ‘Fading World’. This track was used as the music to accompany the ‘I Count: Stop Climate Chaos’ video that first aired at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival.

‘Fading World’ is set to be followed by the band’s major label debut, ‘EP 1’ on Island Records later in 2007. The lead track from ‘EP 1’, titled ‘The Battle’ has already received considerable hype from Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe.


2) Surgido em 2005 no Brasil, o Malachai mescla influências do Rock Rural, Progressivo e Psicodélico produzido no país nas décadas de 1960 e principalmente de 1970 com os primórdios do Rock americano e dos estilos que deram origem ao gênero, como o Country e o Blues. Ainda assim, o Malachai quer distância da palavra nostalgia. Com uma proposta artística de inquietude e criação de conceitos instigantes sempre olhando para frente, a vontade é justamente modernizar esses estilos que fizeram a cabeça dos músicos do Presente, Passado e Futuro, ultilizando as novas tecnologias. Partindo desse ponto, a banda constrói uma identidade própria e fala de um mundo que soa mágico, mas que é um reflexo do mundo que conhecemos. Através de muito surrealismo e ironia, o Malachai canta as mazelas e as delícias da vida com a mesma paixão.
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