Mank

Mank is the Welsh ambient electronic project of Benjamin Powell, based in Bangor in North Wales. Releases are all free and put out in down-loadable form on the Mankymusic website. The other artist on the label is Micrographia which Ben also plays in.Ben Powell has been recording as Mank since 1998 releasing “home made” CD’s on his Mankymusic label.Mank has received extensive play on Radio Wales including two half hour "mankymixes" reminiscent of the ISDN gigs done by the Future Sound Of London. In 2003 the Mank remixes of Kentucky AFC's "Bodlon" single were released on the R-Bennig record label. Ben caused a splash in 2003 with the unprecedented debut EP from his band Micrographia which was demo of the week in org magizine. Tracks from the Mank EP “Madarch” were played on national radio 1 by Rob Da Bank” in July 2005.In October 2006 "Cephalization" was released and played in full on by Adam Walton on Radio Wales, who described Ben as "one of the most important electronic artists in Wales". Cephalization is available to preview and buy at Solar ChiThe latest Mank album "Isbjorn" was released in Jan 2008. The album was recorded whist on board a Russian polar research ship in the arctic ocean. You can hear and download the album in full at www.mankymusic.co.ukMank sound track for "Metropolis"
Mank - R.E.M. video (from Cephalization) Mank - Revontulet video (from Isbjorn) Mank - Diamond Dust video (from Isbjorn)

Ecaz Nous, 2001 mankymusic001

Death Studies, 2002 mankymusic002

Vegetable Milk, 2002 mankymusic003

Erleichda, 2003 mankymusic004

Meridian, 2004 mankymusic005

Madarch, 2005 mankymusic007

Cephalization, 2006 mankymusic009

Isbjorn, 2008 mankymusic010

The Mank backcatalog can be downloaded at www.mankymusic.co.uk