In 1987, after having organized the “Chez Roger – Boîte Funk” parties (with DJ Dee Nasty and Loïc Dury from Radio Nova), Joseph “Mannix” Guigui and Laurent “Isaac” Cohen, respectively guitarist and trombonist of the band “Human Spirit”, decided to create a “French style” Funk collective called “Malka Family”. The collective quickly became one of the most exciting French live bands of the 1990’s.

In 1991 they self-released their first album titled “Malka On The Beach”, followed by a tour that featured crazy costumes and delirious performances. Both the press and the public loved these French Funkateers, and that meant all the shows quickly “sold out”. Consequently, Warner Music France saw an opportunity and signed them. Malka Family’s 2nd album titled “Tous Des Ouf” was released in 1992. The album was a real P-Funk “space opera” project featuring many “special guests” like Sidney, Dee Nasty, Marco Prince (from FFF), Juan Rozoff, etc. The album’s tour got the band booked at festivals in France, Switzerland, Italy, England, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Namibia and Japan.

In 1994 the band regained their independence from Warner Music France and recorded an EP for Big Cheese Records titled “Fricassée 2 Funk, Fracassée 2 Freaks”, followed in 1997 by their 4th album “Fotoukonkass” on RCA/BMG, and yet another tour.

Between 1990 and 1997 Malka Family performed more than 300 shows in France and abroad. Unfortunately, towards the end of the 1990’s, the era of DJ’s and electronic artists sounded “the end” for large bands like “Malka Family”. Victim of their logistical weight (during their last tour they had more than 14 band members on stage), they split up in 1997. The last concert of that era took place in 1997 at the FrancoFolies in Montreal.

In the meantime Daft Punk performed their song “Get Lucky” on the Grammy Awards’ stage with a funk line-up including Nile Rodgers from Chic ; Mark Ronson had a worldwide No.1 hit with” Uptown Funk”, and Bruno Mars with “24K Magic”… That meant the time was ripe for Malka Family to share their Funk once again!

18 years after their split up, French Funk’s finest reunited, performed a couple of shows in Paris, France and Switzerland, and on November 24th 2017 they released their 5^th album titled “Le Retour du Kif”, which features the single “Donne-moi ça” and the super groovy “Minnou (Minou)”. The album’s release was supported by two “sold out” live shows in Paris: at La Cigale (Jan 2018) and at the Casino de Paris (July 2018 – double bill with George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic), followed by a tour through France including stops at major festivals like “Jazz à Vienne” and “Nancy Jazz Pulsations”.

Following the December 2021 release of their 6^th album titled “Superlune”, which features the instant cult classics “Passe Passe” , ”Vive La Teuf”, the super groovy 7^th “Music”, and “Poulet Cuit”, they went back on the road in 2022-23. Since then the band has released several remix EP’s (including their most recent one for “Vive La Teuf” released in Nov 2024) and this January 10th 2025 they have released their first live album titled “Malka Family Live”. Their 7^th studio album is announced for later this year.

This Summer and Fall “Malka Family” will go back on the road in Europe to present their latest albums to their fans in France, Switzerland, the Benelux and beyond.