Mark Rushton Music Podcast Archive
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- Mark Rushton Ambient Podcast #50 – Highways
12/10/11 – (30:00) 43MB MP3 – Highways - Mark Rushton Ambient Podcast #49 – Live At Ambient Matyk
10/15/11 – (20:11) 27MB MP3 – Live At Ambient Matyk by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish - Mark Rushton Ambient Podcast #48 – Hide Yourself In Plain Sight
7/11/11 – (59:23) 82MB MP3 – Hide Yourself In Plain Sight by Mark Rushton - Mark Rushton Ambient Podcast #47 – Field Recording and Collages
6/4/11 – (31:20) 45MB MP3 – Field recordings and collages by Mark Rushton - Mark Rushton Podcast #46 – Other Music
4/14/11 – (20:00) 28MB MP3 – 5 tracks from my Other Music albums available at markrushton.bandcamp.com - Mark Rushton Podcast #45 – The Snowy Hill and more
2/27/11 – (25:23) 36MB MP3 – 4 new ambient tracks by Mark Rushton plus a 10 minute live improvisational piece with Mark Rushton, Erik Schoster of hecanjog.com, and violinist Meg Karls. - Mark Rushton Podcast #44 – Office Ghosts and more
1/16/11 – (26:18) 37MB MP3 – New ambient and electronic music and remixes by Mark Rushton - Mark Rushton Podcast #43 – Extra Spaces
9/15/10 – (15:00) 21MB MP3 – A preview of the album Extra Spaces by Mark Rushton, featuring excerpts from the four tracks. - Mark Rushton Podcast #42 – Three Sketches EP
7/16/10 – (6:00) 8MB MP3 – Mark Rushton's Three Sketches EP, released on the Audio Gourmet netlabel - Mark Rushton Podcast #40 – Ambient Matyk "Something Under" and "The Alleyway"
4/3/10 – (14:41) 21MB MP3 – Two new Ambient Matyk tracks, "Something Under" and "The Alleyway", recorded March 28, 2010. Hosted by Mark Rushton. - Mark Rushton Podcast #39 – Ambient Matyk Audio Commentary
1/19/10 – (65:38) 63MB MP3 – Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish provide audio commentary about the recording of and the themes behind their album, Ambient Matyk. The album is played during the commentary. … - Mark Rushton Podcast #38 – Ambient Matyk
10/18/09 – (20:00) 27MB MP3 – Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish release a new album under the name Ambient Matyk, a collection of live outdoor soundscaping pieces. - Mark Rushton Podcast #37 – Return To Bohemia
8/4/09 – (31:29) 44MB MP3 – Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish return to the Matyk Building in New Bohemia for a 31 minute outdoor ambient improvisation piece. - Mark Rushton Podcast #36 – More Flow Outtakes
7/18/09 – (16:00) 22MB MP3 – Four more tracks that were outtakes from my Flow album. Most of these are relatively minimal ambient/electronica, but weren't picked for a variety of reasons: unfinis … - Mark Rushton Podcast #34 – Flow Outtakes
3/15/09 – (20:00) 28MB MP3 – Four tracks that were outtakes from my Flow album. This is the first of a series of "leftover" pieces of ambient and electronica music from that time. - Mark Rushton Podcast #33 – Recent Free MP3s
1/6/09 – (10:00) 14MB MP3 – Highlighting some ambient/electronica MP3s that I have given away recently. - Mark Rushton Podcast #32 – Esker
10/26/08 – Jon Harnish and I release the free Esker EP, featuring three ambient tracks (Esker, Drumlin, and Weathering). - Mark Rushton Podcast #31 – Ornate Culmination
9/6/08 – A preview of the new ambient/electronica album by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish, called Ornate Culmination. Details on where you can buy it and in what format. Visit ornate.markrushton.com … - Mark Rushton Podcast #30 – Yacht Club
7/13/08 – An interview with Jon Harnish and Craig Erickson about the floods in Cedar Rapids. Two pieces of music (music starts at 4:30 and 13:30 into the podcast) featuring Mark Rushton, bassist Jon H … - Mark Rushton Podcast #29 – Mandatory
6/11/08 – Jon and I were expecting to get together tonight at his Weather Excuse studio in Cedar Rapids to make music, but instead a mandatory evacuation of Jon's neighborhood due to a possible f … - Mark Rushton Podcast #28 – Three Tracks of Ambient Electronica
4/19/08 – Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish performing three tracks. The first is a live piece recorded on October 13, 2007 in Cedar Rapids. The second is "Money Agent" from the Mark Rushton and … - Mark Rushton Podcast #27 – Live at Legion Arts
3/23/08 – Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish performing during "Out Of Bounds" at Legion Arts in Cedar Rapids on March 22, 2008. Mark Rushton is on XioSynth, Yamaha pedal, and Sony digital audio p … - Mark Rushton Podcast #26 – Mid-March 2008
Three pieces of ambient/electronica music are played. A short introduction by Mark Rushton during the first piece of music, an excerpt of "That Was A Different Life" by Mark Rushton from the … - Mark Rushton Podcast #25 – The Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish Album
Excerpts from every track on the Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish album. Current and back catalog is now available in MP3 download format for only $3.95 per album at CDBaby.com - Mark Rushton Podcast #24 – February 2008 – Two New Albums On Sale
Four pieces of music are played. I have released two new ambient electronica albums recently. Both are on sale for a short time at CDBaby as MP3 download albums for $3.95 each, as well as the rest of … - Mark Rushton Podcast #23 – January 2008 – More From The Digital Vault
A quick message from Mark Rushton about two new CDs coming available, plus 5 electronica tracks from the digital vault. - Mark Rushton Podcast #22 – October 2007 – Three new improvised ambient pieces by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish
Jon Harnish and I recorded these three improvised ambient/electronica pieces on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at his Weather Excuse studio in the New Bohemia section of Cedar Rapids. - Mark Rushton Podcast #21 – June 2007 – Two New Ambient Tracks
Two new ambient and meditative tracks from Mark Rushton created in his new studio in Iowa City. - Mark Rushton Podcast #20 – April 2007 – Regeneration X
Mark Rushton's latest album, Regeneration X, is profiled. Samples of every track are offered along with commentary by Mark Rushton. Visit MarkRushton.com for more details. - Mark Rushton Podcast #16 – Drain, Anoka-Hennepin remix, and The Advent remix
Mark Rushton's two year podcasting anniversary show starts off with a new drone/electronica track called Drain. After a brief break, a "lost" remix of Anoka-Hennepin is played, followed … - Mark Rushton Podcast #15 – Adsorption, What Works, and Black Box
This is a very stripped-down podcast of older material. First up is Adsorption, a rising-and-falling ambient piece from 2002. Second track is What Works, a beat-driven electronic song also from 2002. … - Mark Rushton Podcast #14 – Hum, Metrics, and Rhythm
First is a remix of The Hum Of Antique Machines that runs about 6 1/2 minutes. It's a drone-based thing with fuzz and flutter coming in and out. Jon and I recorded it outdoors, so you can hear th … - Mark Rushton Podcast #13 – Brine
Bass player Jon Harnish and I met up at the Ambient Matyk Cafe in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, June 10th. We had planned to do improvisational ambient soundscaping in public in Iowa City, but it h … - Mark Rushton Podcast #12 – Ambient Electronica Live
A live recording from the Ambient Matyk Cafe in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Recorded in late April of 2006, it features Mark Rushton on laptop, loops, and live mixing, and Jon Harnish on bass, bass effects, a … - Mark Rushton Podcast #11 – Live At The Ambient Matyk Cafe With The Buddha Machine
First up is a live remix of my track The Seedling Mile done at the Ambient Matyk Cafe in the New Bohemia section of downtown Cedar Rapids on March 18, 2006. To find a copy of the original version of T … - Mark Rushton Podcast #10 – September Sky, Parts 1 And 2
Bass player Jon Harnish and I did live soundscaping in Iowa City in September of 2005. It was quite a good session and we got a lot of material. I featured a track from one of these sessions in Podcas … - Mark Rushton Podcast #8 – Ambient Matyk and Iowa City Recordings From November 2005
Today I have four different pieces of music. The first is an edit of an rhythmic ambient piece called "Signed Away" – a piece I did with bass player Jon Harnish and singer Duke Lancaster at … - Mark Rushton Podcast #7 – Russia's Very Low Frequency Station
This is a piece of drifty ambience that I made with bass player Jon Harnish on Saturday, October 15, 2005, at the Ambient Matyk in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and it's called "Russia's … - Mark Rushton Podcast #6 – Live From The Iowa City Ped Mall
Bass player Jon Harnish and I went to Iowa City on Saturday, September 24, 2005, to create soundscapes in the Ped Mall near the corner of Washington and Dubuque Streets from 6pm to 9pm. This is an 8 m … - Mark Rushton Podcast #5 – One 34-minute Untitled Drone/Electronica Piece
This piece was recorded at the September 17, 2005, Ambient Matyk (the night before this podcast was initially released). It's just me on laptop and loops, and Jon Harnish on bass guitar and effec … - Mark Rushton Podcast #4 – Ambient, Field Recordings, Dance, Rock, and Remix
Mark Rushton starts off with a short ambient piece, National Championship from his latest album, Hum And Drift. The second track is a brand-new arranged field recording called Interference. Next is a … - Mark Rushton Podcast #3 – Anoka-Hennepin, New Untitled Track, 3 Ambient Matyk live songs, and 3 field recordings
Mark Rushton starts off with an excerpt of the track "Anoka-Hennepin" a drift piece of ambience from his latest CD, "Hum and Drift" – after that is a new untilted downtempo groove … - Mark Rushton Podcast #2 – Perpetual Vision, Ambient Matyk, Sunday's Drift
Mark Rushton plays the track "Perpetual Vision" from his 2004 CD, The Driver's Companion. This is followed by two live Ambient Matyk tracks, a side group Mark is involved with in Cedar … - Mark Rushton Podcast #1 – Hum And Drift
Mark Rushton talks about his new web site, MarkRushton.com, and where to buy his new ambient/downtempo/trip hop-ish CD called "Hum and Drift" – Mark provides an 8 1/2 minute "megamix …
