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THE FUNKY WORM

This is a bit of a Sheffield special, bringing together many of the people who also recorded in other groups and collectives. Mark Brydon seems to be credited the main Funky Worm man, and he went on to be half of Moloko.

Parrot was part of the Funky Worm before being part of the All Seeing I, and Sim Lister also plays on this. The record was recorded at FON Studios

Wikipedia Information:

The Funky Worm was a British dance music studio project, assembled by a record producer, Mark Brydon. The group also contained saxophonist Sim Lister. Their track "Hustle! (To the Music...)" went to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1988.

Original band founders DJs Parrot and Ping Pong (Carl Munson), were joined by the singer (now actress) Julie Stewart and were signed by WEA, before reaching #13 in the UK Top 20 with "Hustle! (To the Music...)".

In 1995 Brydon formed another successful duo, Moloko.

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Mark Errington Brydon is a bassist, composer, arranger, recording engineer, remix artist and producer best known as a member of the group Moloko.

He comes from Sunderland, England, (also home of The Futureheads), but established himself in the Sheffield music scene, where he helped to build Fon Studios. Brydon made significant contributions to the 1987 British pop hit "House Arrest" by Krush. He furthered his career with contributions to records and remixes such as "The Funky Worm" and efforts by Psychic TV, Boy George, Art of Noise and other groups. As a bass player and producer he was a member of Cloud 9 and Chakk.

His biggest contribution to British art pop to date would come as a result of meeting Róisín Murphy, with whom he formed Moloko, at a cocktail party. The two hit off immediately, and began working together first as a duo for two albums, then bringing in a full line-up to tour and record the last two Moloko albums. Moloko went on indefinite hiatus after the release of "Statues" in 2003, followed by a successful tour and the release of the full length concert video "11,000 Clicks" in 2004 (filmed at their final performance in Brixton, at the end of the Statues tour).

Before its bankruptcy, Brydon had divested himself of his interests in legendary FON studios, for which he did everything from designing the studio architecture to hand-choosing equipment. He has continued a side career as a remixer under such aliases as DJ Plankton.

Following Moloko's indefinite break-up, Brydon is focusing his energies on the design of a new studio.

*note from admin - this is one of my favourite all time dance tracks*

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