Mark Templeton (born 1976) is a Canadian experimental electronic artist. Templeton's works are released by New York City record label Anticipate Recordings.
Background
Templeton utilizes acoustic instruments, found sounds and sampled material to construct textured, collage-like electronic compositions His style has been called 'glitchy',Cokemachineglow, Album Review 1 May 2007 but also 'painterly', in an attempt to describe his deconstruction and crumbling of instruments' traditional voices.Emusic, Album Review by Philip Sherburne June 2007
His works have been commissioned by organizations of contemporary dance,"Ki", Mile Zero Dance. 10 April 2008 film and audiovisual"Edmonton: Explored" Edmonton Cultural Capital Commission 6 Set. 2008 disciplines. Collaborations with experimental filmmakers aAron Munson and Kyle Armstrong and sound artists Nicola Ratti and Ezekiel Honig have produced numerous works on various formats.
Templeton has performed at international festivals and alternative spaces such as MUTEK (Montreal),"If You Missed MUTEK" CBC Radio2 Blog 17 June 2007 Unsound Festival (Kraków),Unsound Festival 22 Oct. 2008 send+receive: a festival of sound (Winnipeg),send+receive: a festival of sound Oct. 13-17, 2009 Eat This Festival (Utrecht),Eat This Media 26 Oct. 2008 Galapagos (New York),Galapagos Art Space 15 Feb. 2007 Latitude 53 (Edmonton)Visualeyez 2005 online Journal 21 May 2005 and Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival (Montreal)."Suoni Per il Popolo Festival Celebrates 8 Years!" All About Jazz 26 May 2008
Discography
Fields Awake (2005, Independent) [CD+DVD] Frail as Breath (2005, Independent/Robotopera) Standing on a Hummingbird (2007, Anticipate Recordings) Acre Loss (2009, Anticipate Recordings) [CD+DVD] Inland (2009, Anticipate Recordings) Sea Point (2009, Anticipate Recordings) [12" vinyl] Ballads (2010, Independent) Scotch Heart (2011, Sweat Lodge Guru) [cassette] Mark Templeton Mort Aux Vaches (2011, Staalplaat) Jealous Heart (2013, Under the Spire) [12" vinyl] EXTENSIONS (2015, Graphical) [12" vinyl+DVD] Gentle Heart (2017, Graphical) [12" vinyl] Distorted Tourist (2018, Graphical) [photobook+five one-sided flexi disc records] Ocean Front Property (2020, Senufo Editions) [CD] Ocean Front Property (2021, The Ice Plant and Graphical) [photobook+limited edition cassette] Western Sunset (2021, SUPERPANG) [digital] Office Swan (2021, Granny Records) [cassette] Inner Light (2024, enmossed) [cassette] Two Verses (2024, Faitiche) [12" vinyl]
References
External links Mark Templeton's Official Website Anticipate Recordings' Official Website