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 intrument he can get his hands on since his years studying mental philosophy at Edinburgh in the late 90s. His music is mainly instrumental although occaisonally the odd folk-rock song pops up out of nowhere.
Dirk Markham aka The Hemulen, Drock, dPak, systeme D, Disk is constantly 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 three years where he works for the indie record labels 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 Winkels 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. 3 and awaits eagerly the release of "Post-Listening" which he did with Forest's Urban Exploration Society.
you can hear more of Drocks stuff here.
Dirk's Discography:
Collaborations:
Film music:
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Takuskanskan by Selina Cobely soundtrack with Ross Taylor
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Edinburgh International Film Festival trailer 2003 soundtrack
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A Stem Cell Story by Cameron Duguid 2006
- CMG "Horizontal Music" appears on "rubbish art 05:55" by Aaron McClosky
Other work Dirk is Featured on:
Influences:Stereolab, Tortoise, UI, Mogwai, To Rococo Rot, Fridge, Arab Strap, Captain Beefheart, Billy Mahonie, michael hedges, El Hombre Trajeado, State River Widening, autechre, The Fall, John Peel, Gaston, Sea and Cake, taxi driver, Neubauten, FSK, KLF, Zion Train, Kraftwerk, Apocalypse Now, Super Furry Animals, Creeping Bent, john fahey, steve reich, evelyn glennie, Withnail and I, Nietzsche, The Manual, Aphex Twin, Godspeed You Black Emperor, New Order, Sartre, the mosquito coast, Mouse On Mars, ISAN, Rothko, Fourtet, Tied and Tickled Trio, Bill Wells, rythm is it!, Jim O'rourke, Andy Goldsworthy, Gaston, Philip Glass, Pram, Cornelius, Solex, Boards of Canada....
Stationed: Berlin, Germany 
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