Now Defunkt - a podcast by Rudy Giecek, Our PNW Music

Now Defunkt is a newly formed band mostly based in the Bellingham area. We chat with Scott Macklin about how they all got together and dive into some of the songs we play from their album.

Right before the lockdown, Steve McMahon and James Hunter helped to bring Scott Macklin's song to life. They also received help from his son Case who recorded and mixed the track and from their respective daughters Anastasia, Amaris and Nikko who filmed the video at Joshua Tree.

Then came the quarantine. Thinking that he could now check the box “write and record a song” off of his bucket list, Steve decided to flip Scott for real and wanted to do more. The exchange played out like a scene from the Usual Suspects…

Is there a problem? One job. That was the deal. One job? One job!

That's a good one, Scott. Stop being such a tough guy McMahon! It took one day with McMahon nagging him, and they went back to work.

Looks like this is turning out to be not a one job / song deal. So they started trading lyrics and sonic idea files from their own places of quarantine and began cooking up tunes. They bugged other friends to contribute tracks. Big thanks to César Castro, Sandino Gonzales Flores, Gabriel Ochoa, Eduardo Sierra, Joe Seamons, Mamelani Forté and Natasha Jaffe. Low and behold there are enough songs to put out an album.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowdefunkt/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/nowdefunkt?igshid=2ybvqbmziib9

YouTube mix: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSlAVND2YJmej_TDnK0NFlnI3P9eVwyHJ

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2BMz0H7H7bYkGfzifJUdsd

Website: http://www.nowdefunkt.com

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