Malachai are a two-piece band from Bristol, England. They were renamed Malachai in 2010 from the previous spelling Malakai after the band discovered that the name Malikai was already used by an American rap artist. The members of the band are Gee Ealey (vocals) and DJ Scott Hendy (music). Their sound is a mix of beats and samples, drawing on a wide range of influences from BBC Radiophonic-type experimentalism through 'Golden Era' Hip-Hop to 1960s Psyche Pop.
Discovered by Geoff Barrow from the Bristol based band Portishead, Malachai (then as Malakai) released a limited edition 12" on Barrow's Invada Records record label called Fading World. This track was used as the music to accompany the I Count: Stop Climate Chaos video that first aired at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival. It was directed by Gerald McMorrow, whose film Franklyn also contained four Malachai tracks. In 2012 Snowflake provided the background ambience for the Lexus Walk the Walk All Weather Drive TV commercial.
Take your partners in a circle, this dance called the shitkicker
Caught up in feelin' like you've been let down
You're on the outside round the outside (stand up, stand up)
You always feel it but you don't see how you're on the outside
Come put your hands up (hands up)
'Cos if you're tired of the blame, tired of the shame
Can you hear a voice calling?
What can you do, but start kicking too
Go ask any cowboy, how many arrows does it take out in the battle?
Make your mark on this world of ours, you're not just some shitkicker
Grab all those feelings now with both those hands
Come on the inside from the outside (stand up stand up)
Lose all those demons that you don't need now you're on the inside
Come put your hands up (hands up)
Cos if you're tired of the blame tired of the shame
Can you hear a voice calling?
What can you do but start kicking too