Mank

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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 (band) which Ben also plays in.

Ben Powell has been recording as Mank since 1998 releasing “home made” CD’s on his Mankymusic label. The Mankymusic sound has developed substantially over from the sample based electronica of "ecaz nous" to the deep analogue ambient of “Madarch” via the post rock guitars of Micrographia.

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 BBC Radio Wales, who described Ben as "one of the most important electronic artists in Wales".