BIOGRAPHY

      Formerly known as Malick Da 1da, born and raised in Cameroon, Ben Malick is a Hip-Hop-Boom-Bap-oriented Producer/Beatmaker, Emcee, Audio Engineer and Entrepreneur who's been in the game for 24 years.

Inspired by some Legends of the likes of Rakim, Nas, Sean Price (R.I.P), DJ Premier & 9th Wonder (just to name a few), he debuted his Rap's adventure three years before setting the first pattern ever of an instrumental beat assisted by Fruity Loops, discovering the relevance of learning how to record and mix his own creations on Cubase, year after year.

From his recording home-studio, Faith Studio, dumping everything created with some MIDI controllers keyboards (M-Audio Oxygen 8 and Worlde 25) on FL Studio 9 XXL Producer Edition, recording and engineering songs on Cubase 4, Ben is prominent over his style related to crates-digging and synthesizers sounds powered by an analog system, hardcore rhymes-spitting reminiscent over that 90's-era raw sound blended with a little something of modernity _Hip Hop Heads call it True School _. 

Ben has on his personal record three (3) studio albums and seven (8) tracks singles, and five (5) Beat Tapes, all released under his own Label/Company HEARTZ & SOULZ Music Group; also 6 collaborative projects and scoring many other Artists music with beats production, notably some Hip Hop Legends of the likes of Big Shug (Gang Starr Foundation), Solomon Childs (Wu-Tang Killah Beez), Access Immortal and many more Emcees in the Underground.

Ben's motto over his music is "food for thoughts over everything" as an undeniable dedication to the Real Hip-Hop-Culture's everlasting existence, powered by a strong faith in JESUS CHRIST.

"It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony " Benjamin Britten 

"Remember you are only a true artist if you recognize the genius in somebody's else's work. Keep your ears open there is genius all around us" 
Selector of the deepest cuts of melodic music - emotive and always soul touching" That’s how MBryan describes himself as a DJ.  Never afraid to go too deep, his emotive musical selections are his own therapy. Having grown up on his father’s eclectic combination of pop music, funk, European electronica and synth-infused 80s music, all which became infused with his own love for both hip-hop and video game music. MBryan ended up with quite a mixed spectrum of musical influence. Today, this translates into sets where he picks apart and infuses together all the pieces of this music that he loves best, beautiful synth work, ethereal backdrops, brooding basslines, and occasional vocal hooks. All on top of a pronounced foot-shuffling melodic house beat. A very active member of his local community, MBryan is no stranger to the ups-and-downs of a small-town music scene. Though he loves playing in nightclubs, patios and special events, his love for music goes beyond the spectrum of mixing tunes. As a producer and promoter, he has found plenty of ways to express himself musically.

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Contact: vandal84music@gmail.com

Producer / DJ / Gelato Enthusiast / MGMT: Jon Hanlon - jon@prismprojects.net

Sometimes @maarcosofficial, sometimes @iamneontiger

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