Canadian artist Mark Templeton utilizes a background in acoustic music and instruments such as the guitar, banjo and accordion to compose electro-acoustic music using said instruments and a variety of effects processes. Since the release of his critically acclaimed Standing on a Hummingbird in 2007, his sound has been called "pastoral," but also "painterly" in an attempt to describe how his instruments are crumbled and reconstructed into new forms; a process further developed and realized on his 2009 release, Inland.
Templeton's works have been commissioned by organizations of contemporary dance, film and audiovisual disciplines. His live performances have at times been accompanied by Edmonton-based experimental filmmaker aAron Munson's visuals. In 2009 this ongoing collaboration resulted in the release of M. Templeton & aA. Munson: Acre Loss on CD and DVD.
Templeton has performed at international festivals and alternative spaces such as MUTEK Festival (Montreal), Unsound Festival (Krakow), Eat This Festival (Utrecht), Galapagos (New York), Latitude 53 (Edmonton) and Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival (Montreal).
Mark Templeton: Inland CD/digital - out now
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"... with this album Templeton has achieved what few electronic music producers manage - the perfect balance between the acoustic and the synthesized. - Boomkat
"... humble beginnings lead to complex sonic manipulations: cavernous reverbs; pulsing echoes and regenerations; fuzz and distortion; broken-sounding electronics; severe jump-cut edits." - Dusted Magazine
"Templeton, as can be seen in all of his work, is the master creating a beautifully cohesive mess... Essential listening for 2009." - Forest Gospel
Mark Templeton Discography:
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New Slowdive Blog Spot interview:_ I recently met online a very nice guy who goes by the name of Ramon Torres who as ked me five questions for his slowdive blog:
*Thanks to Alex Alexander for the use of the live pictures taken at the Machinefabriek and Xela gig I did last week up in Manchester for Room Tones.
**look out for track I recently finished with Machinefabriek and Gareth Davis called "Soundlines" which will see a lovely 3 inch cd release on the spendid machinefabriek label very soon:
***If you are going to Sobar in Barcalona on 18th June come and see The Sight Below who I am playing guitar with!
¬¬¬"Navigare" out August 09 on Miasmah Recordings *****
Welcome Mark. I thank you for the friendship. I am excited to have the opportunity to browse through your works that I find to be of an inspiring nature. I admire your talent and want to thank you again for the inspiring friendship. I hope when you have time you might visit my page to perhaps draw some inspiration of your own from my imagery. Here is a frequent visitor to my rose garden...
Don't let me BUG you, carry on with enjoying your week and expressing your creative vision.
LIVE: Simon Scott, Svarte Greiner + The Sight Below: 1st July @ Hare and Hounds-Birmingham, 2 July @ Scared Trinity Church- Manchester, 3rd July@ The Luminaire- London and 4th July '09 Leeds The Royal Park Cellars.
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