Dirk Markham grew up in Aboyne , a village in “Royal” Deeside in the north east of Scotland (an hour inland from Aberdeen). Dirk has been making experimental recordings and teaching himself every instrument he can get his hands on since his years studying mental philosophy at Edinburgh in the late 90s. His music is mainly instrumental although occasionally the odd folk-rock song pops up out of nowhere.
Dirk Markham aka The Hemulen, Drock, dPak, systeme D, Disk is constantly re-reading The Manual by the KLF, which he regards as the only book worth reading. Despite this he is a long way from having a number one hit.
Dirk has been residing in Berlin for the last five years where he works for the indie record label monika enterprise. Life for Dirk is a musical journey on which he is constantly searching for the new sound.
Dirk’s recent works include tracks on Ryan Van Winkles album “I hate myself, i’m a genius, i ruin everything, im so lonely” and a mini-album of Christmas songs called “advent“. Dirk has just released Psycho-acoustic scultptures Vol. 5 and awaits eagerly the release of “Post-Listening” which he did with Forest’s Urban Exploration Society.
You can hear more of Drocks stuff at Myspace , LastFM, Bandcamp and by opening this pop-up internet music player.
