V/A AND VINYL
June 10, 2009
Mutek just put out a V/A of past Canadian performers and one of my tracks is featured. Telepathy will be one of a few tracks released on a new 12″ on Anticipate. Should be out within the next month. Until then you can download the track from iTunes.
THEIR LIGHT REFLECTED VIDEO
May 16, 2009
aAron Munson recently completed a video to Their Light Reflected off of my new album Inland.
click HD to watch in hi definition.
REDRAWN
May 7, 2009
Did a remix for my friends Rutger (Machinefabriek) and Mariska (Soccer Committee) as part of Redrawn, an album of remixes by various artists such as Taylor Duepree, The Fun Years, Xela etc. You can pick it up at Boomkat.
INLAND
April 1, 2009
MARK TEMPLETON: INLAND
NEW ALBUM
March 14, 2009
My new album Inland will be released on May 11th on Anticipate Recordings. I will be posting some artwork as well as more info about the album soon.
CLARIFICATION…
February 19, 2009
Seems as though Acre Loss is being treated as a project where I exclusively did the music and aAron the visuals. This is not the case. We created the music together. We created the visuals together. Collaborative throughout.
UPCOMING 12″
February 13, 2009
I’ve been working on 3 tracks for an upcoming 12″ that will be released on Anticipate in the near future. It’ll feature 2-3 unreleased tracks, along w/ a few tracks from Inland. Which is scheduled to be released in May.
Also, some of the Anticipate artists have been talking about posting some of their live sets on the Facebook page. If you’ve not already joined the group you can do so through the label’s site.
LISTENING
January 25, 2009
Lately I’ve been trying to work on new material, but to no avail. It could be that I’ve been watching too much Star Trek, M*A*S*H and now Columbo. I do, however, have a few new tracks that I completed a while back, but wanting to continually be working on new material. I intend to spend more time in Ableton Live, to be producing work that is geared more towards live performance. As it stands now I work mainly in Logic, since I edit my audio files so much.
I recently started teaching Music Technology at a small college. I’ve been listening to a lot of different artists (Etta James, Buddy Holl, Soft Cell…). As a result I’ve been meaning to post something about some of the music that has impacted me over the past year. Not a year end list, just some albums that I’m likely lately.
Giuseppe Ielasi: Stunt EP – had the chance to see him live in Ferrara in October. Was really inspired by his performance and really enjoying this album. I get the feeling that it may be a surprising listen for a number of people who are ultra familiar w/ his previous works.
Claudio Rocchetti: Another Piece of Teenage Wildlife – he also performs in 3/4hadbeeneliminated. I visted the Die Schachtel label shop when I was in Milan, Italy. I got my hands on a number of their releases by some other great Italian artists like Luciano Cilio and Andrea Belfi.
Gas 4 disc box set
Ezekiel Honig: Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band – his best work yet.
Deepchord: Vantage Isle – was recently given this by a friend. In the past I haven’t listened to much techno (or all the sub genres surrounding it), but I think I’ll be listening to more of it in the future.
Fennesz: Black Sea
Growing: All the Way
Vincent Gallo: When
ANTICIPATE ARTISTS UPCOMING SHOWS
January 16, 2009
Despite the cold Anticipate Recordings artists are keeping busy w/ tours, festivals and showcases.
Upcoming live performances:
Ezekiel Honig (w/ visuals by Joshue Ott):
February 15 @ Monkeytown (Brooklyn, NY) – Type Records Showcase w/ Xela, Koen Holtcamp
Morgan Packard (w/ visuals by Joshue Ott):
January 24 @ Castaways (Ithaca, New York)
April 16-19 @ Communikey Festival (Boulder, Colorado)
Sawako:
April 1 @ MATA Festival, Le Poisson Rouge (NYC)
Mark Templeton & Nicola Ratti (North American Tour – April):
April 26 @ Somewhere There (Toronto, Ontario) w/ Pau Torres
April 29 @ Casa Del Popolo (Montreal, Quebec) w/ Mountains
(more dates to follow)
LIVE THOUGHTS
January 11, 2009
Some shows coming up, which I will post info about later.
I’ve been thinking a lot about live performance and what it means for artists who process, edit and create their music w/ software. The tour encouraged me to reconsider some things I was sure of.
Thinking a lot about the use of the guitar live and how it needs to be used, improvised and prepared sets, software and a few other things… like M*A*S*H. I’ve been watching season 2 and can’t get enough of these folks.
