Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish
is an album of ambient electronica
music infused with various field recordings. It was sampled and recorded at
Weather Excuse Studio, the Matyk Building, and East Highlands Studio
in Cedar Rapids and also at The Ark near Toddville, Iowa.
Assembled at East Highlands Studio. Project completed at The Bunker in Iowa
City.
Mark Rushton - loops, laptop,
keyboards, field recordings, mix Jon Harnish - loops, bass guitar, effects, keyboards
Mark Rushton creates music and sounds with his laptop, synths, and field
recordings. His albums include 2004's The Driver's Companion, 2005's Hum
And Drift, 2007's Regeneration X, and 2008's Flow. An early podcaster,
Rushton's unusual music has thousands of fans world-wide, and he's sold
albums in such places as Japan, Australia, throughout Europe, as well as
the United States. This is his first album with Jon Harnish.
About Jon Harnish:
Born in Iowa, Jon Harnish grew up playing trumpet and traveled with the
Emerald Knights drum corps for 5 years where he developed a jazz
sensibility and skill. As a kid he loved Doo Wop and was particularly
drawn to the bass vocal parts. At age 19 he took his inspiration from
players like Jaco Pastorius, Bootsy, Larry Graham, Phil Lesh, and
McCartney and decided that bass was his instrument and that music would
be and important part of his life. He was then fortunate enough to be
taken under the wing of Nik Gerboth, The Daughtery brothers, and most
significantly Craig Erickson. After doing originals with Erickson from
1983 to 1985 he made the move to Los Angeles where he became immersed in
the end of the punk movement. By the late eighties he was playing with
the likes of Astrid Young (Neil Young's sister), Keith Levene (formerly
of The Clash) and D.H. Peligro from The Dead Kennedys. He played on 3
independent releases with the Apache Dancers (I.R.S.), Keith Levene
(Violent Opposition E.P. 1987), and Peligro (Sheik Records). Playing
with several other local artists he made it deep into the L.A.
undeground scene. In 1989 he began work with Hits magazine a major music
industry chart and promotion mag as a features editor and retail/radio
promotion person. Starting in 1994 he worked as assistant to Ringo Starr
on his estate in Beverly Hills for 2 years. In 1998 he returned to his
homeland and family. After a break from music he started working with
Big Daddy Lee Kohl and currently creates Ambient music with Mark
Rushton.
