Mark Walk is an American

United States

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 composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist

Multi-instrumentalist

A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...

 and current member of the bands Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....

 and ohGr

OhGr

ohGr is a band formed by Nivek Ogre, of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk. Although the pedigree of the group's members might suggest otherwise, early ohGr releases differed in sound to its related industrial bands, drawing more on hip-hop and electro-pop influences, incorporating more...

. He also composes material for film and television under his name or as a ghostwriter

Ghostwriter

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. One such piece was for the "Kitchen Confidential

Kitchen Confidential

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly is a New York Times bestselling non-fiction book written by American chef Anthony Bourdain....

" opener, which was a Fox TV show that only lasted several months. Working in the electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 and industrial music

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 genres, Walk became a writer, producer, and studio engineer at a recording studio he built called Pachyderm along with various people, such as Jim Nickel and Eric Anderson, which is located in Minnesota

Minnesota

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. During this time he also did work for Invisible Records

Invisible Records

Invisible Records is a Chicago based record label founded by Martin Atkins to support and distribute the works of artists who preferred to work with a smaller, artist driven label.-Artist Roster:* Ashtrayhead* Attrition* Bagman* Bizarre Sex Trio...

 in Chicago

Chicago

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.

Early career

Walk began his musical career in a local band featuring John Reeves, Terry Morehouse, Bruce Bushman and Kevin Brandt. At age 15 he also played lead guitar for the band Starwood, which featured the Szmanda Brothers (Mark and Paul), keyboardist Jerry Barker, and drummer Mike Fittante.

1990s to present

Branching out from his work with Invisible and Pachyderm, he spent time in Malibu working with Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....

 on their album The Process. Afterwards he moved to Seattle where his work included writing and producing material with Nivek Ogre

Nivek Ogre

Nivek Ogre is a Canadian musician, performance artist and actor best known as a founding member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. Since that band featured another Kevin and was produced by another Ogilvie Nivek Ogre (born Kevin Graham Ogilvie December 5, 1962) is a Canadian musician,...

 for ohGr, and producing and writing albums with Lesley Rankine in a band called Ruby. Also while in Seattle he worked with Tim Skold

Tim Skold

Tim Sköld is a multi-instrumentalist who, in addition to producing solo work, has also collaborated with multiple musical groups including Shotgun Messiah, KMFDM and Marilyn Manson.-Early life:...

, Bill Rieflin, and the bands The Petty Tyrants and KMFDM

KMFDM

KMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...

, including additional studio work from Scott Crane and Loki der Quaeler

Loki der Quaeler

Loki der Quaeler is a research mathematician and musician; born Matthew Demsey in December, 1970, his name was legally changed in the early 1990s...

.

Walk resides in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, where, in addition to collaborating on albums for both Skinny Puppy and ohGr, he has been writing and producing music for commercials and film.

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