Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish - Ornate Culmination album cover

Here's the cover for the new Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish album, Ornate Culmination:



Track listing is:

1. The Church Of Calm (7:11)
2. Ornate Culmination (9:10)
3. Along Third Street (8:48)
4. Buzz And Howl (4:41)
5. Buzz And Howl (part two) (1:14)
6. Vitame Vas U Nas (7:11)
7. Tactile Music (3:57)
   

Recorded at Weather Excuse Studio in the New Bohemia part of Cedar Rapids during March 2008. Edited at The Bunker in Iowa City.

Mark Rushton - xiosynth, buddha machine, acid pro, ableton live, zoom h2
Jon Harnish - bass guitar, effects box, feedback, nuendo, groove agent

These are the last recordings made by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish at Jon's Weather Excuse Studio. In June of 2008, Weather Excuse destroyed by the worst flooding ever along the Cedar River in Iowa, as was the New Bohemian arts district, the nearby Czech Village area, almost all of downtown Cedar Rapids, as well as the Time Check neighborhood. Jon's house had 10 feet of water inside it. While Jon had a small amount of time to evacuate things like his computers and his bass guitar, many things were left behind because it was believed the water would only be a few feet deep. Everything left behind was ruined. The Matyk Building, located near Jon's house and where we have recorded many times since 2005, was also significantly damaged.

Here's the projected timeline on the rollout:

Late August - Lightscribe CD via CDBaby (worldwide)
Late August - DRM-free MP3 files via CDBaby (worldwide)
Early September - AmazonMP3 (US only)
Mid-September - iTunes (worldwide)
Late September or October - other worldwide digital distributors and subscription services

Jon and I have a lot more music to be released in the coming months. Probably another four or five album's worth.

Mark Rushton Podcast #22 - October 2007 - Three new improvised ambient pieces by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish

Mark Rushton Podcast #22 - October 2007 - Three new improvised ambient pieces by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish
Released October 15, 2007
20 minutes and 30 seconds
160kb-encoded MP3
24MB

Jon Harnish and I recorded these three improvised ambient/electronica pieces on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at his Weather Excuse studio in the New Bohemia section of Cedar Rapids. Other recordings from this session will likely come out in podcasts in the future.

On these tracks, Jon is on bass guitar and effects box. I'm either on my Xiosynth using it as a stand-alone synth or as a keyboard controller for Ableton Live running on my laptop. I'm also playing Jon's controller running Atmosphere. Everything was recorded on my new Zoom H2.

Visit my podcast page for past episodes.

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Mark Rushton Podcast #21

New podcast (#21 - June 2007) is available. 2 new ambient/meditative tracks. 11 minutes and 30 seconds.

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Mark Rushton Podcast #20

Mark Rushton Podcast #20 is available.

It features sections of every track off my latest album, Regeneration X.

Mark Rushton's Regeneration X now available

Regeneration X, an album of instrumental pop/electronica and ambient, is available for purchase in CD format and is available for purchase as a digital download album or as single tracks at .