Ambient Rushton Podcast

Hi, this is Mark Rushton of markrushton.com - thanks for listening to my podcast of original or live ambient and electronic music and field recordings. This is Podcast #145 released on Sunday, January 13th of 2019. You just heard my new track, E30 Reveal, which will be released on Spotify and other streaming services on January 17th of 2019. * Now I'm going to play some music from the past. A couple of tracks by Ambient Matyk. What is Ambient Matyk? It's a name I've been releasing live ambient improv recordings under for the past decade or so. I've got a few releases out there as of the start of 2019, but a lot of the past catalog is not easily available, but is getting re-released in the next month or two. Right now, it's four albums of sounds. Plus... a new Ambient Matyk release coming in early February 2019. So if you use Spotify, just go to Ambient Matyk and follow me there, if you want to hear more... Up first is the track Ghosts In This Building, recorded in late 2016, from the album Artisan Sanctuary.... and after that is Russia's Very Low Frequency Station, the title cut of that album... and I think that track was recorded in 2005 or 2006. Thanks again for listening, I'll be back soon with another podcast....   *** Web site and Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx?si=bi1hTnPKRK2uZ7iolBTZzw Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Hi, this is Mark Rushton of markrushton.com - thanks for listening to my podcast of original or live ambient and electronic music and field recordings. This is Podcast #144 released on Thursday, December 27th of 2018. I released a new ambient/electronic album on December 21, 2018, called Throughput. It's 8 pieces of music. 6 have already been released in the past few months as singles, and there are two new tracks, "Security as an Engine" and the title track, Throughput, which you'll hear shortly. So if you follow me on streaming services, such as Spotify, you should see new single tracks by me appear every 2 weeks or so, and a new album every 2 to 3 months or so. My next single will be released on January 4, 2019, and is called Haunted By The past. My web site is markrushton.com Sign up for my mailing list, which arrives every month or two. Coming up now is the title track to my new album, Throughput. Thanks for listening. I'll be back soon with another podcast.   Web site and Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Leopold Gallery: http://www.leopoldgallery.com Follow me at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx?si=bi1hTnPKRK2uZ7iolBTZzw Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/   * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Hi, this is Mark Rushton of markrushton.com - thanks for listening to my podcast of original or live ambient and electronic music and field recordings. This is Podcast #143 produced on Sunday, November 18 of 2018. *** As of November 3rd, 2018, I am affiliated with and have paintings at the Leopold Gallery in Kansas City, in the Brookside neighborhood, at 324 W 63rd St. If you're in the Kansas City area, stop by and have a look. My paintings are available for viewing at their web site: leopoldgallery.com That's leopoldgallery.com Link is in the description. Leopold Gallery is also coordinating any private commissions. While that's big news, you're listening to this podcast because of the ambient sounds. Along those lines, I've been releasing new tracks every couple of weeks. If you follow me on Spotify and listen to the weekly Spotify Release Radar playlist, you've probably noticed this. Following me on Spotify is the easiest way to find out about new tracks. Eventually, after I've released 7 or 8 singles, these tracks will be compiled and released as an album. For the foreseeable future, this is how I plan to release new music: a new single track every couple of weeks with an album every 3 to 4 months. Right now, in this podcast, I'll play portions of those singles. First up is a snippet from "Refactoring Rainy Dreams", then part of "Starwaves", followed by a section of "Radio Transmission From the Large Magellanic Cloud, then "Docking in Outer Space", and finally a portion of my forthcoming single, to be released on November 22nd, "Deep Hover". Thanks for listening. I'll be back soon with another podcast. *** Web site and Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Leopold Gallery: http://www.leopoldgallery.com Follow me at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx?si=bi1hTnPKRK2uZ7iolBTZzw Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/   * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Hi, this is Mark Rushton of markrushton.com - thanks for listening to my podcast of original or live ambient and electronic music and field recordings. This is Podcast #142 produced on Sunday, October 14 of 2018. *** This is a 10 minute piece I created exclusively for the podcast. *** Follow me on Spotify or your favorite streaming service to stay aware of my new releases. Or, if you want, join my email list at markrushton.com I'm also a visual artist. Check out my gallery at ambientpaintings.com Thanks for listening. I'll be back soon with another podcast. ***   Web site and Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx?si=bi1hTnPKRK2uZ7iolBTZzw Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Ambient Paintings: http://www.ambientpaintings.com * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

I had to consider what edges the music has that might be smoothed out, what drama it has that might be subsumed. I was to consider how I might do such things while retaining something that is inherently listenable. So I reworked Sevenism's track "midnight solo (falling leaf) disquiet0350" - (a link to that track is in the description) https://soundcloud.com/7777777777/midnight-solo-falling-leaf-disquiet0350 which was mostly quiet piano playing The version I posted for the 351st Disquiet Junto was 2 minutes long. This is the 20 minute version. Sevenism has given me permission to post this version in the podcast. I'm also including a link in the description to Sevenism's discography on Bandcamp and Spotify, which is rather considerable. He's released 32 albums so far in 2018: https://sevenism.bandcamp.com/ and https://open.spotify.com/artist/44vR1rYUxb5tnXqqXOcGFg?si=-iQBGJNoTMO97qdL1WkBAg *** The music will be on soon... just a quick note to follow me on Spotify or your favorite streaming service to stay aware of my new releases. Or, if you want, join my email list at markrushton.com I'm also a visual artist. Check out my gallery at ambientpaintings.com Thanks for listening. I'll be back soon with another podcast. ***   Web site and Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx?si=bi1hTnPKRK2uZ7iolBTZzw Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Ambient Paintings: http://www.ambientpaintings.com * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Hi, this is Mark Rushton of markrushton.com - thanks for listening to my podcast of original or live ambient and electronic music and field recordings. This is Podcast #140 produced on September 13 of 2018. For this podcast, I've extended a track I made for the 350th Disquiet Junto, also known as Selected Insomniac Works. The track is called Dohm Rushton. D-O-H-M Rushton. *** The Assignment: Make very quiet music for very late at night for very fragile psyches. Step 1: It’s the middle of the night, long past dusk and long before dawn. You can’t sleep. Step 2: Think about what kind of music you’d want to hear right now — super quiet, super subtle, unlikely to wake you, potentially to ease you back to the comfort of your pillow, or at least to calm your mind. Step 3: Record the sort of music that Step 2 made you imagine. If I could program my Marpac Dohm, a white noise generator I use to help me sleep, I'd get it to play some of my own sounds, like what you're hearing now. *** Follow me on Spotify or your favorite streaming service to stay aware of my new releases. Or, if you want, join my email list at markrushton.com I'm also a visual artist. Check out my gallery at ambientpaintings.com Thanks for listening. I'll be back soon with another podcast. *** Web site and Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx?si=bi1hTnPKRK2uZ7iolBTZzw Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Ambient Paintings: http://www.ambientpaintings.com * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Hi, this is Mark Rushton of markrushton.com - thanks for listening to my podcast of original or live ambient and electronic music and field recordings. This is Podcast #139 produced on Friday, August 31 of 2018. In this podcast, I'm revisiting and extending a piece I made in 2012 for the Disquiet Junto. This was from the fourth Junto, started on January 31st of 2012, and involved remixing sounds from Marcus Fisher's track "Never There", originally released on his 2012 album, Collected Dust. While I had all the project files that Fisher originally provided, some of the loops I added in 2012 have become lost, and so I had to leave them out. Then I repeated some sections and extended it out to nearly 10 minutes. If you want, you can hear my original remix on SoundCloud - a link is in the description. Follow me on Spotify or your favorite streaming service to stay aware of my new releases. Or, if you want, join my email list at markrushton.com I'm also a visual artist. Check out my gallery at ambientpaintings.com Thanks for listening. I'll be back soon with another podcast. *** https://disquiet.com/2012/01/31/disquiet0004-mfischer/ My remix from 2012: https://soundcloud.com/markrushtoncom/nearly-there-disquiet0004 The original track "Never There" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1u4sRFav7waCMwZxmjIlWh?si=qa8HKBQKTLSm5SYHVsWtdw Marcus Fisher's album "Collected Dust" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5f2LBm23k0MEjO1eZV9Pno?si=dgl86C_TSuKXHAwkWugAxQ Web site and Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx?si=bi1hTnPKRK2uZ7iolBTZzw Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Ambient Paintings: http://www.ambientpaintings.com * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Music is "Refactoring Dreams (disquiet0003)" by Mark Rushton, created in January 2012 for the third Disquiet.com Junto and is meant to pay tribute to Benjamin Franklin and his glass armonica. Original project instructions and pieces by other artists: https://disquiet.com/2012/01/30/disquiet0003-glass/ Web site and Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx?si=bi1hTnPKRK2uZ7iolBTZzw Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Ambient Paintings: http://www.ambientpaintings.com * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

This podcast contains a megamix of my new album called Salted Garden. * Web site and Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx?si=bi1hTnPKRK2uZ7iolBTZzw Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ambientrushton Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Ambient Paintings:  http://www.ambientpaintings.com * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

This podcast contains a 27 minute track by my alter ego "Chillout Preservation Collective". It's kind of a dub ambient thing, and rather minimal in nature. Why do I release tracks under pseudonyms? Well, first because it's easy to do in this modern digital era. If I've got something I've made that I think is outside the realm of what I normally do, then I might as release it on it's own. I'll tell a small number of people following along about it, whether it be via podcast or my email newsletter, and blog post. It doesn't have to be a big deal. Second, why not? When I started getting into music in the 80s, I was always fascinated by artists who released things under various names. * Web site and Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ambientrushton Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

"I Felt The Same Way For Years" - a 22 minute 53 second track from my 2015 compilation album Right Mindfulness. No talking in this podcast. * Buy "I Felt The Same Way For Years" at Bandcamp (FLAC, ALAC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and AIFF files): https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/track/i-felt-the-same-way-for-years-2 Stream "I Felt The Same Way For Years" at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/12cnY8TtQ251SpabnWsw2L?si=4trd5SCeR76PMTADT09RKg * Web site / Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ Patreon support: https://www.patreon.com/ambientrushton Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

"Long Voice", a track from my EP of the same name. No talking in this podcast. * Buy "Long Voice" at Bandcamp (FLAC, ALAC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and AIFF files): https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/album/long-voice Stream "Long Voice" at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3BiCKAVrfFc5MECXz7473F?si=KJWtgUNVRL6lqJWeUK44GQ * Web site / Mailing list: http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy downloads at Bandcamp: https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ambientrushton Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at: http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

"5512-4", a track from my album "5512". No talking in this podcast. * Buy 5512 at Bandcamp (FLAC, ALAC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and AIFF files):  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/album/5512 Stream 5512 at Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/album/0O4o9pmUFOU81Y0Bhr6wDB?si=aPW2H40mQYiunsL9WY4PwQ * Web site / Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs:  http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ambientrushton Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

"Get More Sleep", a track from my album "A Brief Stop". No talking in this podcast. * Web site / Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ Follow me at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Buy compact discs:  http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ambientrushton Paypal donations: https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

As of this podcast, I have 18 albums available in the compact disc format. For a list visit: http://markrushton.com/music/buy-compact-discs/ You can buy my CDs either at Kunaki: http://kunaki.com/MSales.asp?PublisherId=146534&PP=1 Or Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Rushton/e/B001LHVGDQ/ From the podcast's megamix, here is the order of the tracks: #1 - "Free The Airwaves" from The Driver's Companion (2004) #2 - "The Sound is Nothing" from Hum and Drift (2005) #3 - "Ornaments" from Flow (2008) #4 - "Money Agent" from Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish (2008) #5 - "The Water Tower" from Ambient Matyk (2009) #6 - "Office Ghosts" from Hide Yourself in Plain Sight (2011) #7 - "The Air in This Room" from Live at Ambient Matyk, September 22, 2011 (2011) #8 - "Beneficial" from Beneficial (2012) #9 - "Remoteness" from Vacation Sketches, Volume 2 (2013) #10 - "In the Rain" from Machines (2013) #11 - "Lonely Music" from Lonely Music (2015) #12 - "Close to Flight" from A Brief Stop (2017) * Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

My new ambient album The Variations is featured. News about my new Ambient Paintings web site:  http://ambientpaintings.com News about my updated discography:  http://markrushton.com/discogrpahy * Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ * This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

No talking in this podcast.  Just 10 minutes of "So Tired", part of several new tracks I've created recently. * Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

This is a a live, 10 minute remix of my track "Chuck Bird" (the original is on my 2008 album "Flow") using the iOS program Samplr. Created just after Chuck's would-be 60th birthday and a little more than 11 years after his death. Chuck Bird was an early internet friend due a mutual appreciation of British guitarist Bill Nelson and other artists.  Chuck coordinated and produced fan-created compilation albums of numerous artists, not just Bill Nelson.  We talked regularly on the phone and met once for dinner when I lived in Houston in 1997 and his work schedule brought him to town. Bradley Charles "Chuck" Bird was born November 11, 1957. He died in Nashville, Tennessee after a 30 year battle with diabetes at the age of 49 on November 14, 2006. He graduated from San Pedro High School in 1975. He's at www.findagrave.com/memorial/65484618 - Green Hills Memorial Park Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA - Plot Sunrise Slope 193, D - Memorial ID 65484618 * Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

A recording of the wind in the trees near my house. * Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

No talking, just sounds.  This is "Wayfinding". * If you like what I do, and want to support, please consider making a donation via Paypal:  https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

This podcast is a two track preview of the new release by Ambient Matyk, a long-running side group I've had with bass guitarist Jon Harnish and other guests. The new album is called Cerebral Night and it was recorded on August 12th of 2017 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Following the Cerebral Night tracks, I play 5 older tracks by Ambient Matyk, going as far back as 2005. All were recorded live and completely improvised. While "Cerebral Night" is on all streaming services and digital download retailers, I have it at Bandcamp for "name your own price", so if you want to download it for free, you can. You can also download all the other Ambient Matyk releases in the same manner, except for the one of them where I had to make it at least a dollar. https://ambientmatyk1.bandcamp.com/ If you like what I do, and want to support, please consider making a donation via Paypal:  https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

A preview of my latest ambient album, A Brief Stop. If you like what I do, and want to support, please consider making a donation via Paypal:  https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

In 2015, I walked around downtown Iowa City, where I live, to capture sounds on the perimeter of the Iowa City Jazz Festival, which occurs every 4th of July weekend.  Those sounds were edited and compiled into Ambient Rushton Podcast 80:  http://ambient.libsyn.com/ambient-rushton-podcast-80-walking-near-the-iowa-city-jazz-festival In 2017 I'm back in downtown Iowa City during the Jazz Festival, although in this recording I'm closer to the action, but not too close.  Throughout most of this recording you can hear parts of the act playing at the time, although in most situations the dominant audio are crowd sounds, people walking and eating, and the general hustle and bustle of nightlife on nearby streets. The picture used here is one I took at the Iowa City Jazz Festival in 2000, when my wife and I attended, but it was in a different location (and a much smaller event back then) and the headliner was Bill "the world's slowest guitarist" Frisell.  He was excellent. If you like what I do, and want to support, please consider making a donation via Paypal:  https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

For this week's Disquiet Junto, the project was to make ambient recordings based on source audio from the artist Chris Kallmyer. He recorded the music using bells and bowls he constructed from clay sourced on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis. The goal was to make recordings that can also be played in the San Francisco gallery where Kallmyer’s work is currently on display as part of the exhibit “Listening Is a Luxury.” Among Kallmyer’s sonic objects made from the St. Louis clay are ceramic bowls. When making a piece of music from the source audio I was asked do the following: (A) use no additional source audio, (B) aim for a sound that is just as gentle as the source audio, (C) consider using stereo effects to reflect the circular shape of the bowls. So I made this piece, and I think it fits in with the instructions for the Disquiet Junto.  I made a 3 minute version and published it on Soundcloud, but that was extracted from the 22 minute version heard here. https://disquiet.com/2017/06/08/disquiet-junto-project-0284-creative-commonfield/ http://www.chriskallmyer.com/ If you like what I do, and want to support, please consider making a donation via Paypal:  https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

No talking in this podcast.  Just 30 minutes of wind and wind chimes, along with some bird sounds, water drip sounds, road sounds, and, near the end, the University of Iowa Power Plant steam whistle after traveling a few miles in the breeze. If you like what I do, and want to support, please consider making a donation via Paypal:  https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

No talking in this podcast.  Just 20 minutes of slightly altered rain sounds.  It sounds like normal rain. If you like what I do, and want to support, please consider making a donation via Paypal:  https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

If you like what I do, and want to support, please consider making a donation via Paypal:  https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx Chillout Preservation Collective at Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/3JZaAn90IJsa4x1yEu3HP6 Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

An extended remix of my track Hover and Circle. If you like what I do, and want to support, please consider making a donation via Paypal:  https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Strange Voices features five tracks I've made over the years with odd voice sounds in them - processed shortwave, processed voicemails, cut up stories, etc: 1.  Money Agent (2005) 2.  Crazy People Drive People Crazy (2017) 3.  On The Town (2011) 4.  Bruises (2011) 5.  Destroy All Motorcycles (2016) If you like what I do, and want to support, please consider making a donation via Paypal:  https://www.paypal.me/ambientrushton Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx Follow Ambient Matyk at Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/0T3tAixG1YkckqvD7PVPLi Follow Cannabis Unanimous at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2r9YWhdzG1M1YXmMMxYu6N Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Four tracks by my live/ambient side group Ambient Matyk (Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish and sometimes guests).  "Ghosts In This Room", "Seven Sea", "The Air In This Room", and "The Water Tower". Follow Ambient Matyk at Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/0T3tAixG1YkckqvD7PVPLi Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5Khx Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://www.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

4 pieces of music and sound:  1. an excerpt from "Concentration Music", 2. Ambient Matyk live recording from 2009 called "Challenger Deep", 3. A recent (late December 2016) Ambient Matyk live untitled piece by Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish, and 4. "Baby, It's Cold", my latest contribution to the Disquiet Junto, now in it's 6th year.  This project was called "Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something of it." Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Airlock Part 2 is meant to be listened to quietly. Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Buy Mark Rushton downloads at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/ Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss  

I like to remix/remake my sounds.  This is a mashup of my track "Forward Contract" (altered a bit) from my 2015 album Right Mindfulness, and a field recording (also altered a bit). Buy "Right Mindfulness" at Bandcamp for a very low price - https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/album/right-mindfulness-2 Stream "Right Mindfulness" at Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/album/0lHZVxuzoRsx0SjfvvhxYQ For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

For the 249th Disquiet Junto, relating to the 80th birthday of composer Steve Reich, I reworked a track of mine called "Baldcypress Trees" into a variation I call "Baldcypress Knees".  The version you hear in this podcast is extended out a a few more minutes and is about 7 and a half minutes long. For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Ambient and electronic music improvisations that were cut and stitched together for this podcast. For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Join my mailing list and I'll send you a free download code and link to my album OLD ELECTRONICS at Bandcamp. During the podcast, I play a 15 minute megamix of music from OLD ELECTRONICS. For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

This podcast is about my contribution to the 244th Disquiet.com Junto:  Combine tracks from three different European netlabels (Portugal, Spain, Switzerland) into one sonic union for the 244th Disquiet.com Junto.  I play the edited source audio from the three pieces and then I play a 10 minute version of what I created. For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Mysteries of Life, performed by Ambient Matyk (Mark Rushton and Jon Harnish), live at Weather Excuse Studio around 2007. Also available on the Ambient Matyk album Waves And Waiting, available at Bandcamp:  https://ambientmatyk1.bandcamp.com/album/waves-and-waiting Ambient Matyk at Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/0T3tAixG1YkckqvD7PVPLi For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow Mark Rushton at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

"Staying in a Drone" contains super subtle, very mellow, drone-based sounds. For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow me at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

20 minutes of rain and thunder sounds, but with dub-like effects to make it more dreamy and mellow. For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow me at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Portions of four of my least-listened-to tracks on Spotify, and a little story behind each of them at the end of the podcast. For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow me at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Record the sound of a refrigerator (and make something of it...) - not only did I make a track for the 224th Disquiet Junto, I created 2 expanded versions and 4th track that has beats and bass on top.  This podcast plays a couple of those tracks and I talk about the steps in making it. Buy the Coils EP at Bandcamp:  https://markrushton.bandcamp.com/album/coils Find out more about this Disquiet Junto:  http://disquiet.com/2016/04/14/disquiet0224-coldembrace/ Support this podcast via Patreon:  http://patreon.com/ambientpodcast For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow me at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

A rain + ambient synth + electronics hybrid.  About 9 minutes long, and then after the piece concludes Mark Rushton talks about it. Support this podcast via Patreon:  http://patreon.com/ambientpodcast For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Follow me at Spotify: http://spotify.markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

In the past I've always said I make music and sounds to help me concentrate through my daily work as a software tester.  For this audio show I take it a step further and use actual sounds of me working on my laptop at a standing kiosk in my office, located near a large printer/copier.  The recording was processed a bit to disguise voices and to lower the pitch of my keyboarding.  A touch of reverb was added and I played with some EQ settings. For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.comFollow me at Spotify:  http://spotify.markrushton.comMailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.comPodcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

This Road is an old track of mine, from 2003, when I was making music with more of a beat.  It has ambient-ish elements throughout.  I still like it and wanted to share it in the podcast with only text presentation.  I have become more comfortable with the idea of this podcast or "audio show" rarely having me talking in the beginning or throughout.  Lately I have been thinking of going back to occasionally making more beat-based music or perhaps even pop songs.  But we'll see...  Keep following that muse, right? For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.comFollow me at Spotify:  http://spotify.markrushton.comMailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.comPodcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Esker is from a live ambient improvisation that Jon Harnish and I recorded in 2008.   For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.comFollow me at Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o7In5aHAnzK7WYGHY5KhxMailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.comPodcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

14+ minutes of katydid, crickets, and other noise makers, including nearby road drone, recorded late at night on Thursday, August 20, 2015. For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

15 minutes in the Acclimation Room. For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss

Walking near the Iowa City Jazz Festival on Friday, July 3, 2015. For more music and sounds, visit markrushton.com Mailing list:  http://mailinglist.markrushton.com/ This podcast is hosted by Libsyn at:  http://ambient.libsyn.com Podcast RSS feed is http://ambient.libsyn.com/rss