Markee Ledge

Markee Ledge (born Mark Davies; 1974 in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland) is a founding member of British electronic music group Kosheen.

Markee began his musical production career on Ruffneck Ting as Substance releasing projects such as 'Homeboyz', 'Damn Right' and 'LF-Ant' and with vocalist Hazel, on his first album release "Substance Spectrum" was released on RuffNeck Ting Records in 1998. Markee was instrumental in the Bristol Drum and Bass scene in the mid 1990s, Including starting the seminal 'Ruffneck Ting' and running Breakbeat Culture Record Shop and Label. Forming a partnership with Decoder, the pair released many drum and bass classic tracks as Decoder & Substance and were supported by the top players in the drum and bass scene, including Fabio & Grooverider, Andy C, Kemistry & Storm & Doc Scott, releasing music on 31 Records and DJ SS's World of Drum and Bass Compilation and well as many EPs on their Breakbeat Culture Imprint. In 1999, wanting to break out from the confines of Drum and Bass and follow his dream of forming a group, Markee Ledge started auditioning vocalists for Kosheen. He heard Sian Evans singing on a tape given to him by a friend and invited her to his studio and then along with his music partner Decoder, formed the group Kosheen.

Kosheen signed to independent Moksha Recordings in 1999 and released three singles, which generated grass roots support. The band began recording their debut album Resist the following year, which was signed and released by BMG Records in 2001. Single "Hide U" made No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart. Upon release, Resist album charted at No. 8 in the UK Albums Chart with the release of two subsequent singles "Catch" and "Hungry".

Released: 17 September 2001 Label: BMG / Moksha Formats: CD, LP

UK: Gold

Released: 11 August 2003 Label: BMG / Moksha Formats: CD, LP, digital download

UK: Gold Label: Moksha Formats: digital download

Singles Year Single Peak chart positions Album UK AUS USDance AUS AUT BEL GER NL FIN SWI US Elec. 2015Elevate Released: 4 December 2015 Label: Zonal Recordings Formats: digital download, USB—————————