The Marked Men’s Mark Ryan Returns With New Project O-D-EX

O-D-EX is the new project from Mark Ryan of Mind Spiders and The Marked Men, who has revealed their first video, Ley Line, and announced that their debut full length, Breaker, will be released on the 26th January via Dirtnap Records. O-D-EX features harsh digital synthesizers and broken drum samples that replace the analog fetishism of Mind Spiders, the immediacy of these machines are used to directly transmit into reality the noises churning in his brain. On top of this savage and brittle sound, Micah Why adds his special brand of chaos and bit rate break down. Another new project from Mark Ryan is already in the works for Dirtnap Records, stay tuned for more details.

“The gist is that this project is that it’s very immediate. Using my old Electribe sampler and weird digital guitar synth pedal, I can usually bash out an idea and almost have it complete as I’m working on it. I don’t have to bring it to the band to flesh it out. I’ve been obsessed by harsh digital noise and letting go of worrying about analog warmth when recording. Also collaborating with Micah has made this project different. I’ll present the idea to him and he’ll add different noise or vocal elements and help me chop it up differently.”  (Mark Ryan)