mark templeton

Experimental / Acoustic / Electronica

Edmonton/Montreal, Canada

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About

Mark Templeton:
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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Jun 28, 2009

Their Light Reflected video by aAron Munson

Their Light Reflected video by aAron Munson from mark templeton on Vimeo.

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Hug A Turtle Today, Nov 30, 2008:

Sunday morning - listening to you r tunes. Perfect.
Thanks for making such beautiful music.

henrik avila, Oct 23, 2008:

thx for the Add!!!!... nice saund ^-^

PANGEA, Aug 9, 2008:

Hello Mark, excellent work, guitars and electronics working together in a perfect way. I enjoy it a lot! Greetings from Spain

SGUSTOK MUSIC, Jun 6, 2008:

:::rannou, Apr 22, 2008:

love your music!
can u focus? :)
have a feel at my tunes as well....i invite u !!

Jet Jaguar, Dec 13, 2007:

Hey, I picked up your Anticipate album and really like it. Very "now" in terms of the processing and stuff, but still works really well and has its own character.