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By MarkRushton.com
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Podcast Description
Ambient, electronica, soundscaping, and field recording single MP3s from MarkRushton.com
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Mark Rushton - Halloween, October 31, 2009 | The neighborhood as recorded off my back deck during Beggar's Night, October 31, 2009 | 10/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Storm Approaching Iowa City, June 21, 2009 | Recorded when the rain started in Iowa City on Sunday, June 21, 2009. The birds seem to be sending out a call. | 6/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Waking Up (A Field Recording) | Recorded outdoors behind my house on the morning of Sunday, May 10, 2009 to capture birdsong at sunrise. | 5/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Field Recording, May 3, 2009 | This section of bird song was recorded just before sunrise, about 5:30am, when the birds were really active. | 5/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Field Recording, March 17, 2009 | A recording off my back deck on an unusually warm day. March 17, 2009. | 3/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Get Lost In This | A birthday present from me to you. | 3/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Swillsure | Noisy ambient sketch. | 12/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Grey Skies | A little sketch featuring sustained synth drones, field recordings, looped tornado warning sirens, and various other sounds. | 12/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Traversing | An ambient/electronica sketch built around improv Xiosynth-ing, numerous field recordings, and various loops. | 12/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Dead Drone | It's a dead drone. I kind of want this sound to go on for another 20 or 30 minutes, or maybe an hour or two. For now, there's always "repeat". Recorded and released on December 23, 2008. | 12/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - May Thunderstorm Soundscape | "May Thunderstorm Soundscape" features multi-layered thunderstorm field recordings from my backyard in May 2008, along with an intentionally out-of-phase rhythmic backing. I wouldn't consider this a sketch; it's a finished piece. Recorded and released on December 22, 2008. | 12/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Inside Gates | "Inside Gates" is a sketch built around a field recording I did waiting for food at Gates BBQ in Kansas City while visiting there in the summer of 2008. | 12/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Drone Storm | Drone Storm is a free ambient/beats/field recording track released on December 20, 2008. | 12/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Under Treetops | "Under Treetops" is a free ambient/field recording track released on December 19, 2008. It features low pulses, fog, rain sweep, wind chimes, bird song, and air. | 12/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Chuck Bird | Remembering our friend Chuck Bird (November 11, 1957 - November 12, 2006) who died after a 30 year battle with diabetes in Nashville. | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish - Weathering | Recorded at Public Space One, located in the Jefferson Building in downtown Iowa City, Iowa, on Sunday, October 19, 2008. | 10/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish - Drumlin | Recorded at Public Space One, located in the Jefferson Building in downtown Iowa City, Iowa, on Sunday, October 19, 2008. | 10/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish - Esker | Recorded at Public Space One, located in the Jefferson Building in downtown Iowa City, Iowa, on Sunday, October 19, 2008. | 10/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Field Recording (October 9, 2008) | Driving down Rochester Avenue in Iowa City on October 9, 2008 about 7pm. | 10/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Field Recording (September 7, 2008) | A recording off my back deck on September 7, 2008, after dark, around 9pm. | 9/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Katydid and Fireworks | A recording of katydids and crickets in my backyard, punctuated with the sounds of distant fireworks exploding 13 miles away in North Liberty for the RAGBRAI bicyclers | 7/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - June 8, 2008 - Field Recording Of A Rain Storm | More heavy rain storms passing through Iowa City on Sunday, June 8, 2008. | 6/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Field Recording Of Thunder, May 29, 2008 | A thunderstorm passed through Iowa City on Thursday, May 29, 2008. | 5/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Can I Have Your Attention Please? | This is a field recording made on May 23, 2008 at the elementary school near my house. | 5/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Dance Dance Electrocution | Uptempo dance music from 2004, very much unlike what I produce today (or back then). It's still fun to hear. | 5/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - April 20, 2008 Field Recording | This was recorded in my backyard the night of Sunday, April 20, 2008. I think that sounds like frogs. And note my neighbor's sump pump hose draining just after the beginning. | 4/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Lengthy Stay | Originally sourced from a Buddha Machine, Lengthy Stay has a lovely and hypnotic ambient dub nature to it, along with a considerable amount of underlying background tension. | 3/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Pulse Detector | Originally sourced from a Buddha Machine, Pulse Detector has a lovely and hypnotic ambient dub nature to it. | 3/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - The Ice Storm | The Ice Storm features recordings done on my Zoom H2 on December 11, 2007 during the ice storm in Iowa City, Iowa. | 12/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish - Ten Foot Tomato | Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish produced this improvisational live ambient electronica piece on October 13, 2007 at Jon's Weather Excuse studio in the New Bohemia section of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Jon is on bass guitar and effects. Mark is on a synth and also a keyboard controller. Recorded on a Zoom H2 that wasn't properly positioned in the studio. | 10/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - July 31, 2007 Buzz | Every night is different, but all nights are loud in the summer. The katydids keep going with their multi-layered, out-of-phase rhythms. The crickets buzz, although less often and with less intensity as the week before. There is only a slight hint of road noise from the north. A nearby neighbor has the central air running, which you can hear slightly on the right side. This was recorded using my old Sony minidisc recorder and a pair of binaural microphones. I only edited for time, provided the two fades, and turned it into a 128kb-encoded MP3. File under: field recording | 8/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - The Buzz, Part 2 | The katydids are out in my neighborhood every night now (late July 2007), and since I have woods behind my house there's lots of them chattering away. Here's 6 minutes of the sound, along with numerous other buzzing and rhythmic insects. It's nature's orchestra. I like how the rhythms get off track and are imperfect, but are constantly interesting. In the background, because of a northerly wind, is ambient noise from Interstate 80. This was recorded using my old Sony minidisc recorder and a pair of binaural microphones. I only edited for time, provided the two fades, and turned it into a 128kb-encoded MP3. File under: field recording | 7/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Buddhametrics (live v2) | This is a live remix of my track Psychometrics (originally released on my 2004 CD The Driver's Companion), but with many of the layered loops taken out and replaced with a loop from the Buddha Machine / Buddha Box. It was recorded live at the Ambient Matyk Cafe in the New Bohemia section of Cedar Rapids in March 2006. You can hear me walking around on the wood floor and occasionally some traffic going by. File under: mellow, pulse, chill | 7/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Sunday's Drift | Four and a half minutes long. It's a slow and drifty thing with rhythmic acoustic guitars, floating keyboards, orchestra, and deep bass. You can almost feel the clouds passing by. From the album Hum and Drift, available on iTunes as a digital download or in CD format from markrushton.com, Amazon.com, CafePress.com, CDBaby.com, and BuyIowaArt.com. File under: low key, passive, meditative, relaxing, headphone music. | 2/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Memory Trigger | From my February 2007 CD release Regeneration X. Get the CD at or listen to other samples at cafepress.com/regenerationx - It has such a nice SomaFM "Groove Salad" feel to it, if you know what I'm talking about. Very laidback rhythms and keyboard sustains. Nice flow and very subtle. I even stuck timpani in a couple of places and it works. Very accessible. File under: groovy electronica | 2/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish - Winter Wind Chimes | Winter Wind Chimes is very quiet ambient based on atmospheric loops by Jon Harnish. Mark Rushton later arranged and mixed these with some recordings sampled from an earlier performance at the Ambient Matyk Cafe where Mark Rushton was providing laptop and loop improvisation and Jon Harnish was providing bass guitar and effects. | 1/10/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mark Rushton - Theme From Lincoln Highway | Check this out... it's just over 4 minutes of guitar-driven, synth-washed, funky percussion groove. Great for cruising around in the car. From the album The Driver's Companion, available on iTunes as a digital download or in CD format from markrushton.com, Amazon.com, CafePress.com, CDBaby.com, and BuyIowaArt.com. File under: pop, trip-hop, accessible, slick, theme music, coffee table electronica. | 6/11/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 37 Episodes |
