Produced and Arranged by Mic Murphy and David Frank
Mic Murphy-Lead and Background Vocals
David Frank-Keyboards,Synthesizers and Drum Programming
Steve Wolf-additional Drum Programming
Brad Fischer-Mix Engineer
Engineered by Mic Murphy and David Frank at
Canyon Reverb Studios,Topanga,Ca
Spaha Studio, Harlem.New York

Software used:
Logic Pro
U-he- Zebra 2, Ace,Diva
Fxpansion-Strobe,Geist
NI Maschine,Massive,Razor
Rob Papen Subboom Bass
Arturia Minimoog,CS80




This is a remix kit. Set Logic,Ableton,Garage Band, Cubase,Protools or whatever you are using to 86 Beats Per Minute. Put all tracks starting on bar 1 beat one and get creative. The System's Motha Ungh Ungh combines classic urban electro funk with todays sounds. Check out their other releases from the 80's and 90's. Don't Disturb This Groove, You are in My System,The Pleasureseekers and This Is For You are good places to start.
Here is an explanation of some of the inner workings of Motha:

The System-Mother Ungh Ungh – process, chord stucture, sound evolution
The musical track for Motha Ungh Ungh started with an idea from a group of sounds I put together from the NI Maschine library. Some of them were already grouped into sets especially the percussion/drum sounds. it was originally programmed while “on the road” in a hotel room in NYC using a mac laptop, midi keyboard controller and the Maschine software and controller. I had just gotten fluent with the Maschine software and was determined to derive tracks for song ideas from it.
I wanted to use (as I have for much of my life)”abstract sounds that, combined, would end up being Rhythmic/ Harmonic and Melodic when put together but not particularly identifiable as drums bass keys or guitar. Of course what we ended up with is somewhat that. For instance, before we sent out an early version of the song to some mixers, who had comments, there was no hihat. There was only the beeping sine sound….but.. we added a hihat…oh well. With all my dreaming of escaping traditional approaches most of the time I give in to the idea of using every other finger on my hand on every other key and playing a 3 note chord….how boring sigh…just can’t escape convention. Anyway, it also came into my head that we could have a song that used a variation on the IV(4) chord V (5)chord going to VI (6)MAJOR instead of VI (6)minor that so many songs have had lately. The part of my brain that appreciates harmonic changes of color has never stopped being fascinated with this one in particular. It involves the ever present relationship between keys a minor third apart.
So, the verse just hangs out on the IV(4) and V(5) chord (we are in the key of C) but the bass notes every 2 or 4 bars(depending on how you are counting) play an “a to a f#”. this suggests “A min to F#7″. F#7 is the tritone substitution for C7 which is the V7 of IV(4) in the key of C.
The Pre Chorus changes to C minor. The chords are” C min,G min7,C min, and ends with a C major:ending with a brilliant little bass note lead in brought to you by Mic Murphy that suggests an E7sus (V7 in the Key of A).
The Chorus starts on the IV(4) chord of C major but resolves to A major at the end of each phrase, but a bass lick plays “d wah wah wah e c” and brings it back to C major each time.
Backing up a bit after Mic wrote the brilliant melody and lyrics and sent me a 2 mix I opened the maschine project in Logic and added other parts including the intro which is minor 3rd intervals ascending in major 3rds. We used the intro in the middle of the song (a half step up) under some killer stutter edits done by our friend and associate Tim Kvasnosky.
Some other sounds used on Motha were from Diva a great softsynth by U-He and the synth solo was from Razor by NI. The mighty synth tom fills are courtesy of Steve Wolf. Recorded in Harlem New York and Topanga Canyon California. Brad Fischer mixed at Canyon Reverb Studios,