Ambient Rushton Podcast

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, al...

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...

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...

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/ Mai...

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:  htt...

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://amb...

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://w...

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 B...

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 m...

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 This is a public episode. If you would like to...

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 public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

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   This is a public episode. If you would like to...

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 mor...

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.markr...

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 This is a public episode....

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://ambi...

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 Spotif...

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 Foll...

"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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss t...

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 This is a public episode. If you...

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 This is...

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 Jun...

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://a...