Mark Templeton (born 1976) is a Canadian

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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', but also ' painterly', in an attempt to describe his deconstruction and crumbling of instruments' traditional voices. His works have been commissioned by organizations of contemporary dance, film and audiovisual 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),

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(Kraków), send+receive: a festival of sound (Winnipeg), Eat This Festival (Utrecht), Galapagos (New York), Latitude 53 (Edmonton) and Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival (Montreal)."Suoni Per il Popolo Festival Celebrates 8 Years!" ''All About Jazz'' 26 May 2008
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Discography

* ''Fields Awake'' (2005, Independent)

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* '' Frail as Breath'' (2005, Independent/Robotopera) * '' Standing on a Hummingbird'' (2007, Anticipate Recordings) * '' Acre Loss'' (2009, Anticipate Recordings)

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'' (2009, Anticipate Recordings) 2" vinyl* ''Ballads'' (2010, Independent) * ''Scotch Heart'' (2011, Sweat Lodge Guru) assette* '' Mark Templeton Mort Aux Vaches'' (2011, Staalplaat) * ''Jealous Heart'' (2013, Under the Spire) 2" vinyl

References

External links

Mark Templeton's Official Website

Anticipate Recordings' Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Templeton, Mark Ambient musicians Electroacoustic improvisation Canadian electronic musicians Musicians from Edmonton 1976 births Living people