Mathlete (1997-2000) was a band from Illinois which consisted of Dan Marsden and Mike Downey. (add Mike Marsden guitar, 2000)
There have been imitations (mere pawns). Shame on you.
Mathlete blipped on the radar briefly, but accomplished exactly everything they initially set out to. Advances in technology and better hallway vision were achieved. And every question was then answered. The machines were switched off shortly after the millenium ticked and returned us back to factory settings.
Complete discography:
Teleport - Cassette - In A Lighthouse - 1998
Mathlete Leaves the Lab - Cassette - Self Released - 1999
The Household Frequencies - 7” - Ojet - 1999
Lincolnwood Tech - CD - Blackbean and Placenta - 2000
Telstar Parthenon - CD - Plastique Recording Company - 2000
Video Comp 3 - VHS/PAL Comp - Blackbean and Placenta - ”Surrender” - 2000
Hazard Data - VHS Tour Documentary - Self Released - Shot/edited by Curt Swank - 2000
Intellectos Manifesto - Comp CD - Intellectos - ”The Reverend’s Organ” - 2000
Microblast 4 - Comp CD - Blackbean and Placenta - ”The Capsule OK” - 2000
Build Your Own Radio - Comp CD - Bumblebear ”Overhead Repairs” - 2001
A nearly 40-minute podcast entitled Let Me Put My Goggles On : The Mathlete Mix features songs from both Mathlete full lengths. This would be a good place to start if you are at all interested in our recorded output. Go to Mike Downey's Podcast Series page to get all of the details and download it.
2000 : Mathlete - Telstar Parthenon
Full Length CD : Plastique Recording Co.
2000 : Mathlete - Lincolnwood Tech
Full Length CD : Blackbean and Placenta
Collection of songs from our two cassette-only releases and a handful of previously unreleased songs
1999 : Mathlete - The Household Frequencies
7" EP : Ojet
Y2K was also a big deal for us. The idea of everything with a binary pulse simultaneously shutting down forcing society to live in a barn full of beans for a few weeks was really fascinating.
Dan, yeah looking back it appears that a majority of our Mathlete lyrics dealt with power-hungry units and their requirement of a power supply to properly function. By the end of the song that power supply was usually turned off or in some way unrightfully taken away.
Friends/experts/the mental health community could have read into this as a cry for help for our brewing abandonment issues, etc... But that never happened. This was only pop music.
2000 : Mathlete - Telstar Parthenon
2000 : Mathlete - Lincolnwood Tech
1999 : Mathlete - The Household Frequencies
