Markandeya

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Markandeya (Marcus Berg) is a musician and producer from Sweden, currently living and working from his studio in the mountain village of Sopó, Colombia. He began his musical vision in 2004 as the founder and singer of the eight-piece orchestra Kultiration, which became a seminal band in the new Swedish folk and roots music movement. In 2012, Marcus started releasing music under his spiritual name Markandeya, expressing a more sound-oriented approach to his songwriting. In 2017, he began recording and touring with the Colombian singer Almunis (from Lulacruza). The husband-and-wife duo’s first album Aurora (2020) was labeled “one of the best albums of 2020, and one of the best folk albums in years” - Higher Plain Music. Beginning of 2021 he released another full length album "Vision Dubs" created during a time of quiet reflection and social distancing. Sounds of deep minimal hypnotic dub... Throughout his career, Marcus has written and released over one hundred songs. He’s also been deepening his love for production, recording others artists, and releasing collaborations with producers Nicola Cruz, El Buho, Cedric Myton (The Congos), Estas Tonne, Chandra Lacombe and Maccaroot etc.