Graig Markel is an American songwriter, producer and sound designer from Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

, United States.

Work

Graig is credited with creating the genre "Broken Soul", a mixture of downtempo

Downtempo

Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...

, rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

, and R&B that has influenced artists such as Head Like a Kite, Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors

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, Passion Pit

Passion Pit

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, Hot Chip

Hot Chip

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, Girl Talk

Girl Talk (musician)

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, Her Space Holiday

Her Space Holiday

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, and more, through his solo work and current project, the Animals at Night.

Graig is the owner of the Seattle based studio, the Recovery Room. His list of credits include work with Band of Horses, Transmissionary Six, A-Frames, the Girls, Nada Surf, the Spits, Jim Carroll, Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam, Tiny Vipers, Arthur and Yu, and many more.

Graig has an affection for Vinyl

Gramophone record

A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

 and even his latest record with the Animals at Night, "Cut to Chase, Chorus and Fade" - 2009, is available on Vinyl. Graig also designs and builds custom effect pedals for guitar, bass, and keyboard, as well as his own controllers for the music software program, Ableton Live, under the Recovery brand name.

New Sweet Breath

Markel played in the late 90's punk band New Sweet Breath. They released several 7" singles and 2 albums on Ringing Ear Records before signing to a major label in 1999.

• 1995 "Supersound Speedway"
• 1996 "Demolition Theater"

Tagging Satellites

Markel produced and played guitar for Tagging Satellites from 1999-2001. They released 4 albums.

• 1999 "Shooting Down the Airwaves"
• 2000 "Abstract Confessions"
• 2001 "Risk of Flight"
• 2002 "One Night Falls"

Solo Work

His latest 2007 release on Seattle's Sonic Boom label contains performances by Jeremiah Green

Jeremiah Green

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 (Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think...

, Vells

Vells

Vells is an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. The band was formed by Tristan Marcum and Ryan Kraft along with Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green after his brief departure from the group in 2001...

), Daniel G. Harmann, and Jen Wood

Jen Wood

Jen Wood is an American indie rock musician based in Seattle, Washington. She was a member of alternative rock band Tattle Tale and is the lead artist of the Jen Wood Trio.-Biography:...

 (The Postal Service

The Postal Service

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, Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc (band)

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, Jeremy Enigk

Jeremy Enigk

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, The Black Heart Procession

The Black Heart Procession

The Black Heart Procession is an indie rock band from San Diego, California. The band was formed in 1997 by Pall Jenkins and Tobias Nathaniel...

 and more). The work is produced and mixed by Aaron Prellwitz (Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie

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, Sun Kil Moon

Sun Kil Moon

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, Red House Painters

Red House Painters

Red House Painters were an alternative rock group formed in 1989 in San Francisco, California by singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek.-History:While in Atlanta, Georgia, Ohio-born Kozelek became friends with Anthony Koutsos, a drummer. He then moved to San Francisco, California, adding guitarist Gorden...

, Neil Young

Neil Young

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and more).

• 1999 "Verses on Venus"
• 2000 "Hard Grammar"
• 2002 "The Gospel Project"
• 2004 "Tall Tales on Tape"
• 2007 "Via Novella"
• 2007 "Shipwrecked On the Shore"

Shipwrecked On the Shore comes only in specially marked vinyl packs of Via Novella.

He has also released separate EP's with pre-mature material.

The Animals at Night

Graig's current project, the Animals at Night, released mix tapes and performed DJ sets for years before releasing their current album, "Cut to Chase, Chorus and Fade". The Animals at Night recordings feature guest appearances by Jeremiah Green (Modest Mouse), Nabil Ayers and Eric Corson (Long Winters), Dave Einmo (Head Like a Kite), Larry Knechtel of the legendary Wrecking Crew (Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds", Phil Spector, Jackson 5, The Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, and many more).