Murk (band)


Murk is a house-music production team composed of Ralph Falcón and Oscar Gaetan. They formed in Miami in 1991. The group had seven consecutive singles that topped Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

Career

Murk is one of the most influential music acts in house music. It has a vast back catalog of compositions dating from the early 1990s, including "Some Lovin'", "Reach For Me", "Been a Long Time" and "Every Now and Then," and many newer tracks such as "Fired Up!", "The Way," "Dark Beat," "Doesn't Really Matter," and "Believe." Murk also performed as Funky Green Dogs. The label worked with several vocalists, including Pamala Williams, Tamara Wallace and more.
Gaetan and Falcón also released songs under the names Liberty City and Oscar G & Ralph Falcón. The latter also recorded solo as the Fog and Gaetan as Oscar G and Dynamo Electrix. Murk is also credited for a remix of "Fever" by Madonna on the 12-inch single of the same name. Murk also remixed songs for Pet Shop Boys, Donna Summer, Dannii Minogue, Seal, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Moby, Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Royksopp, Groove Armada, RuPaul, Spice Girls, Olive, Moloko, Erasure, Adeva, Danny Tenaglia, David Guetta, Lonnie Gordon, David Morales, Jestofunk and many more.
Murk scored a major hit in 1996 called "Fired Up" with American singer Pamala Williams.
In addition, Ralph and Oscar have established themselves as skilled DJs, being in demand around the world at clubs such as Space, the various Crobar nightclubs, the various Pacha venues, and many others. Both of them continue to create hits both together and as solo artists.

Discography

Albums

  • 1993 The Singles Collection, as Murk
  • 1993 The Remix Collection, as Murk
  • 1996 Get Fired Up, as Funky Green Dogs
  • 1998 Miami Deep, as Murk
  • 1999 Star, as Funky Green Dogs
  • 2002 Super California, as Funky Green Dogs
  • 2003 Murk, as '''Murk'''

Singles

;Murk/MURK
  • 1993 "Bugged Out," as Murk in Association with the Big Bang
  • 1998 "Reach For Me '98"
  • 2002 "Some Lovin'"
  • 2003 "All Right"
  • 2003 "Believe"
  • 2004 "Time"
  • 2005 "Doesn't Really Matter"
;Funky Green Dogs
  • 1992 "Reach For Me," as Funky Green Dogs From Outer Space
  • 1994 "High Up", as Funky Green Dogs From Outer Space
  • 1996 "Fired Up!"
  • 1997 "The Way"
  • 1998 "Some Kind Of Love"
  • 1998 "Until The Day"
  • 1999 "Body"
  • 1999 "Can't Help It"
  • 2001 "Super California"
  • 2001 "You Got Me "
  • 2002 "Rise Up"
  • 2005 "Reach for Me 2005"
  • 2007 "Reach for Me 2007"
;Oscar G & Ralph Falcon
  • 2002 "Dark Beat"
  • 2002 "Circles"
  • 2005 "Dark Beat 2005"
  • 2007 "Classics Volume 1"
  • 2008 "Classics Volume 2"
;Deep South
  • 1993 "Believe"
  • 1997 "Lemon Puff"
  • 1997 "Untitled/Monday Air"
  • 2000 "Deepin' You," as MN2s meets Deep South
  • 2001 "Tribal America"
;Liberty City
  • 1992 "Some Lovin'"
  • 1994 "If You Really Love Someone"
  • 1995 "That's What I Got"
  • 2008 "If You Really Love Someone 2008"
;Interceptor
  • 1992 "Together"
  • 1993 "Higher Love"
  • 1994 "Together '94"
;Other aliases
  • 1992 "U Got Me," as Intruder
  • 1992 "Release Myself," as Coral Way Chiefs
  • 1994 "Just Wanna Love You," as Ralph, Oscar, & Me
  • 1995 "Pain," as Fury
  • 2012 "Amame," as "Intruder"
;Production for other artists
  • 1993 Marcy Lee—"Fever"
  • 1993 Bobby Pruit—"Tried So Hard"