Mark Templeton Exclusive

This mix was created in two parts. The first half focuses upon Italian musicians that I have had the pleasure to meet, perform alongside and discuss music with over the past couple of years. The second is based upon the New York City label Anticipate Recordings, which has been an important outlet for my music; opening doors to collaboration both intellectually and musically with a community of artists whose works I greatly respect. It seemed fitting to focus this mix on two places that have had such a large influence upon my creative process. -  Mark

Track List:

1. Bellows – VII (Kning Disk)
2. Claudio Rocchetti – We Got In Touch, Talked On The Phone (Die Schachtel)
3. Andrea Belfi – Parte quarta (Die Schachtel)
4. Giuseppe Ielasi – Track 08 (Senufo Edition)
5. Giuseppe Ielasi – Rubber Band (12K)
6. Tumble – Trampoline (Die Schachtel)
7. Stefano Pilia – Sky (Die Schachtel)
8. Nicola Ratti – Resume (Preservation)
9. Attila Faravelli – Track 02 (Die Schachtel)
10. Morgan Packard – Explain (Anticipate)
11. Klimek – Movies is Magic (Anticipate)
12. Sawako – It’s Not On Purpose (Anticipate)
13. M. Templeton & aA. Munson – Small One (Anticipate)
14. Ezekiel Honig – Excerpt from Live in Carpi/Live in Torun (Anticipate)
15. Mark Templeton – February 23rd (fieldsawake)

Also make sure to check out Mark’s recent release (Ballads EP)

Mark Templeton is an artist I’ve enjoyed since first hearing his work on his 2007 release “Standing on a Hummingbird”. His sound is beguiling – glitchscape pop simultaneously jarring and catchy…

There has always been something human amongst the machinery on Templeton’s releases and here, on this tour CD, this humanity is evident in a downplayed sense of humour: Templeton uses Lionel Richie as source material for the four tracks on “Ballads”. Yes, you read that right. Lionel Richie.

The source material is only clearly evident on the first tune “February 23rd” as a mid-track jittering breakdown reveals an unmistakable snatch of “Hello” before  Richie’s voice and the tell tale chord progressions get subsumed again in digital hiss and play out in the echoing distance. Throughout the rest of the E.P. the source material is treated to Templeton’s obliterative ambient dissections – stretched, brought sharply into focus and washed out into vistas of decay leaving only the merest hints of the tunes original provenance.

Fans of Templeton’s work need not be worried that this disc represents a descent into parody – it doesn’t. The artist claims the source material, makes it his own and, in the process, delivers some of his most accessible and immediately enjoyable music so far. Although only a short offering, “Ballads” allows Templeton’s sound to breathe and shows a softening of some of the more abrasive textures that can be found on his previous releases. Whether this is the gentle influence of Lionel at work or just Templeton showing his slightly calmer side, the results are eminently and undeniably pleasing.

“Ballads” is an edition of 100 and will be available on Mark Templeton’s July European tour and (if any copies are left) on his website www.fieldsawake.com thereafter. – Review by John McCaffrey for Fluid Radio

Also now available here

Written and produced by MarkTempleton
Recorded February to June 2010
Mastered by Giuseppe Lelasi
Sleeve design by Rutger Zuydervelt

www.fieldsawake.com
www.anticipaterecordings.com