Ever since CRuNCH 22 introduced "Cairo" in their live shows, it became one of my favourite numbers in their repertoire. Once given a chance, I set on a mission of taking the band's simple tight groove on a mind-melting trip. Like with my every previous remix, this was a chance to expand my palette and try new ideas. The real challenge here, however, was to build a larger new sonic world on top of recording that was already very full (even though it's just drums, keys and turntables). The result is an explosive mixture of a lot of stuff that I've been into recently - a long and trippy sound exploration journey, squeezed into four and a half minutes.


Written by CRuNCH 22;
Produced and arranged by Markey Funk for Agitação Popular, February 2018;
Mix assistant - Tomer Baruch;
Available on "Lush Flush" EP, Todres Records, 2018.

Lush Flush

CRuNCH 22 - Cairo (Zoomer Remix By Markey Funk)

Jerusalem-based musician/producer/DJ/turntablist/crate-digger and music archivist, Markey Funk is a staple of the Israeli groove scene. Starting off as a Hip-Hop and Funk DJ, Markey's musical palette has grown constantly wider and deeper throughout the years, embracing everything between Folk, Psychedelia, Early Electronic and Library music from around the world. While being famous for his explosive Soul-Funk-Psych-Groove DJ-sets, he’s also known as a freak of the 1960′s style, cinema and counter-culture. Besides collecting records and playing them for happy audiences, Markey has been writing and producing his own music for more than a decade: from hip hop beats, through fully sample-based debut album, to remixes for a wide variety of local artists. Recent years also saw his first globally distributed releases on vinyl: sitar-beat 7inch single under the moniker Les Hippies and the concept space-age groove full-length album "The Mystery of Mordy Laye", based on unfinished recordings by an anonymous local band from the late 1970's.