Mark Rushton Podcast #8 - Ambient Matyk and Iowa City Recordings From November 2005

Mark Rushton Podcast #8 - Ambient Matyk and Iowa City Recordings From November 2005
Released November 28, 2005
23 minutes and 51 seconds
160kb-encoded MP3
28MB

Today I have four different pieces of music. The first is an edit of an rhythmic ambient piece called "Signed Away" - a piece I did with bass player Jon Harnish and singer Duke Lancaster at the Ambient Matyk on November 19, 2005. The second piece is one that that Jon and I created in Iowa City on Sunday, November 13th, 2005, in the mini stage area of the Pedestrian Mall, right outside the Sheraton Hotel. Jon and I got a permit from the City of Iowa City and played for a couple of hours until we froze, then we packed up, went to the Deadwood, and had a pitcher of Guinness and played some pool. There are two pieces from this session. The first is an edit of a tune I'm calling "Provenance" and the one after that is a more symphonic electronica piece called "Wintergarden Symphony." The final piece of music was recorded at the Ambient Matyk on November 19th of 2005. It features me on loops and keyboards, Jon Harnish on bass guitar, and Duke Lancaster on vocals. It's an edit of "The Light Will Never Be The Same Again" - which originally started out at something like 22 minutes, but this is a seven minute edit. This podcast was brought to you by Soyawax.com, Ecolips.com, and ScrapItOut.com.

New Free MP3: Lonely Town

A new addition to the Free MP3 page:

Lonely Town (192 MP3, 6.5MB).

A surging downtempo synth piece with edited acoustic guitar, piled-on electronic percussion, and heavenly voices. This was created in 2004. It's an interesting piece in the way I've layered and arranged the electronic percussion.

File under: downtempo, electronica

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Upcoming Events

Saturday, November 19th, I'll be playing at the Ambient Matyk with Jon Harnish and Duke Lancaster. You'll get to hear it later in future podcasts.

Saturday, December 3rd, I'll be playing a pre-recorded set via laptop through my Bose PAS at the Very Cherry Open House at the Cherry Building, 329 10th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids. Time to be determined.

At Very Cherry I'll have slimline CDs for sale, both The Driver's Companion and Hum And Drift. Mastercard and Visa accepted.

More framed artwork coming soon. I'll be able to process any orders via Mastercard and Visa, not just via Paypal, because I'm getting a credit card processing machine. Moving up in the world!

Droxy.com Mentions Russia's Very Low Frequency Station

A mention of the podcast containing Russia's Very Low Frequency Station at the Droxy.com site. There's also some nice comments from a listener.

Live In The Iowa City Ped Mall

Jon and I played tonight in the Iowa City Ped Mall, by the Sheraton Hotel, between 4:30 and 6:30pm. We got some great recordings out of it and I'll be spending the next week listening and editing things down.

Lots of nice comments and feedback from people walking by and happening upon what we were doing.