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Mark Sultan

MARK SULTAN is back. A long-time fixture in the garage-rock scene since fronting infamous Montreal punk band, The Spaceshits. Further projects like Les Sexareenos, BBQ, Mind Controls, The King Khan & BBQ Show and The Almighty Defenders helped spearhead the modern garage-rock and doo-wop movement. These days he is best known as the 'BBQ' half of The King Khan & BBQ Show or as a member of The Almighty Defenders. He often shirks recognition and credit but make no mistake, he is THE VOICE. A hitmaker. And it's a pleasure to announce his second album under his given name, $. Mark has toured from North America through South America to Japan to Israel to Africa and back, supporting many records on labels like Fat Possum, Norton, Bomp!, Sub Pop, Vice and In The Red. He has toured with bands like Black Lips, King Khan & The Shrines and Clinic as well as opening for a list of bands that reads like a music fan's dream. Recording as Mark Sultan began in 2007 with his album, The Sultanic Verses, which garnered acclaim from his folks worldwide, despite the limited coverage. The album ushered in a departure from his infamous garage-rock sound - 2-3 minute masterpieces of well-written rock n roll; bona fide hits from eras past. He was an originator of the genre's flirtation with doo-wop and possessor of a voice comparable to soul greats like Sam Cooke. While Mark wasn't trying to dismiss his love of all things rock 'n' roll via his encyclopedic knowledge of obscure classics from the 1950s onwards, he also needed to pursue other influences that had always haunted his brain; to explore the other sounds that shaped him since his teens; free-jazz, noise, psych and country, among other things. The formula worked. A true original sound was born. 2010's new album $ on Last Gang Records will open ears and eyes to a name that is sometimes overlooked and to a voice and music that is sometimes not given the full credit it deserves . Wielding an arsenal of fantastic songs and performances with many projects, $ is his best work so far. Drawing from his usual influences, Mark has managed to forge an inventive and captivatingly original record. Doo-wop, R&B, punk, soul, garage-rock, psyche, country and even noise are blended into a seamless new sound that finds a place on the base of your spine and crawls its way up, slowly.

	$ CD/LP Last Gang Records (2010) 01. Icicles 02. Donʼt Look Back 03. Ten of Hearts 04. Status 05. I Get Nothin From My Girl 06. Go Beserk 07. I Am the End 08. Miseryʼs Upon Us 09. I'll Be Lovin' You 10. Waiting For Me 11. Just to Hold You 12. Catastrophe 13. Nobody But You   Last Gang
	I Am the End b/w Catastrophe 7" In The Red Records (2009) 1. I Am the End 2. Catastrophe   In The Red Records
	Hold On 7" Subpop Records (2009) 1. Hold On 2. I Hear a New World   Subpop Records
	The Sultanic Verses CD/LP In The Red Records (2007) Beautiful Girl 100 Little Women Cursed World Spinning Ceiling Two Left Feet Je Ne Savais Pas Mortal Man Something Wrong Warpath We're Sinking Unicorn Rainbow Odyssey In The Red Records
"Mark Sultan... Have you heard this name before? One half of the King Khan & BBQ Show and the 'infamous' BBQ one man band. Singer/guitarist of Mind Controls. Drummer/singer of Les Sexareenos. Singer of The Spaceshits. Collaborator with The Deadly Snakes, Jack Oblivian and conspirator with The Demon's Claws. Treasurer of the Death Cult (along with Khan, the Demon's Claws, The Black Lips, The Spits and The Gris Gris). Owner of Sultan Records. He's toured the world several times over as a musical vagabond of missionary proportions. Ring a bell? He's been called everything from 'our generation's Gerry Roslie' to 'a visionary with the voice of an angel' and 'a true rock'n'roll hero'. The Sultanic Verses, his first album as 'Mark Sultan', lets him live up to these heady statements and beyond. Foregoing the one man, live recording style he perfected as 'BBQ' for the most part, Sultan decided to do an album recording many of the instruments himself and inviting friends to fill in the gaps. Recorded in Berlin and Montreal, the results are perfect. Proving his reputation as one of the world's finest rock'n'roll singers and songwriters, but also expanding his repertoire by throwing experimental, psychedelic and punk rock into his trademark mix of RnB, garage, soul and REAL rock'n'roll. The Sultanic Verses is 11 songs of creative genius that sets a new standard. A juke-box blowout of styles and effortless hits with NO FILLER AT ALL. Fans of great music in general, rejoice. AN ABSOLUTE KILLER."