(A Bit) Longer Mark has been exploring sound for over 20 years. He has written over 600 songs, over many bands and styles of music. These have received radio and television exposure inter/nationally. Mark has played his mausic everywhere from Australia to New York,Germany,Cuba,Costa Rica,Scotland etc. 1999 Mark's debut album "Melt" embodies twelve richly textured, well-crafted and dynamic songs exploring honest, and emotional lyrics. The songs interweave a hybrid mix of tribal, folk, rock and pop. Mark wrote, arranged, produced and performed all the instruments on Melt (except for cello). His creative process was very much improvised, often writing and recording the same song within an afternoon. Fascinated by the process of communication and transformation, Melt explored the human psyche, through pain, happiness, loneliness, love and fear. It was perhaps most compelling because the feeling, rather than the specific inspiration, was conveyed, allowing each listener to relate a personal meaning. 2001 Mark’s second album, "No Mind" developed solidly upon the themes & moods of Melt, but skillfully captured the strength, dynamics and raw emotion of his live performance. "No Mind" found Mark continuing his musical journey with nine richly beautiful but stark songs of remarkable sonic quality, moving into a unique tribal-folk/pop realm. "No Mind" invites the listener on an evocative expedition through emotions, atmospheres & sounds, deftly embodied in song. These powerful songs are delivered through Mark’s passionate, bare, cathartic voice. Mark’s own intricate tribal percussion, vocal chants, strident guitar chords and lush melodies, along with bass and & kit drums are presented to the listener with unerring clarity & depth on this CD. Like its predecessor, "No Mind" was written, recorded, arranged & produced by Mark. Helping to consolidate this progress, Cameron Rogers (Bass), Leigh Cope (Drums), with a guest appearance on "No Mind", by Paul Arthur on electric violin. Mark’s compelling live shows are a testament to the commitment, improvisation and passion that this tight unit has, to the quality of performance and to further development of Mark’s unique sound. In 1998/1999, Mark travelled throughout the world documenting sounds, and sharing his music with very appreciative audiences worldwide from Cuba, to Mexico, to India. Playing the clubs of New York City also created a very positive response, both from the audience and music industry. Mark has produced abstract experimental soundtracks for numerous animations, and also interactive CD ROMs and art based web sites. He has done some very impressive and widely recognised work exploring the emotional landscapes of humanity, while fusing original analogue and digital sounds. This work has been screened, awarded, exhibited and televised both nationally and internationally.. In Australia his work has been screened and he has been interviewed on channel 10, channel 9 (Sunday Program), ABC and SBS (Eat Carpet). His animation Wounded was screened in the European Media Arts Festival's program “Vee-Jay Groove - dedicated to the Heroes of Sound and Vision” in Osnabruk, Germany. His animations have also been screened at The Dallas Film Festival and on a sixty-six-metre screen in Leicester Square in London, as part of the Global Multimedia Interface project Mark further explored his creative process, writing, recording and performing 8 abstract experimental works simultaneously - first take. The results of this experimentation, is a fascinating CD Chase The Rainbow. All sixteen of Mark’s latest stunning animation soundtracks were quickly snapped up by SBS Television . In 2002 Mark released 'Revolution Inside' an E.P with the title track as well as a live song 'Passive Aggressive'which was recorded  live at Coffs Harbour University.The sound quality is not of multitrack recordind but captures the essence and feeling that is always apparent in the live shows. Mark took a break in 2003 and 2004 and spent much of his time recording other Australian artists.Steve Vella,Janine Marshall,Liquid Elves,Andrew Raven to name a few.He wrote the new album 'Meaning I Give' in 2002 and 2003 and had finished it when he felt the need to play live again.So in late 2004 Mark and his new band Annie Pfeiffer (percussion,Vocals),Tim Keegan(bass,Vocals) and Rob Doig toured the West coast of Australia to fantastic responses from crowds and critics alike. In March 2005 Mark decided to move to Berlin and take his music to a wider and different audience.While in Berlin he has written a new album'Things To Be'which on 3 of  tracks Mark plays piano .He has also written some more tracks for the album 'Meaning I Give'and replaced some older tracks with the new ones. While in Berlin he has also written a short movie and the music to go along with it.
Short Mark was born in Melbourne, where he lives now Very first instrument played was 12 string guitar Also plays: drums, percussion, bass guiter, vocals, screaming, whistling, stomping and anything he sees that makes a noise The original artwork on No-Mind was painted by Mark from start to finish in 7 hours Mark was the first unsigned independant artist to perform instore at Gaslight Mark has written over 500 songs Over 35 soundtracks for animations which have screened and awarded internationally Before going sole Mark has played in Silent Temple, Thin Ice and Blind Mark travelled the world in 98/99 playing live and documenting sounds   Sound Screenings and Awards 2001 Sound Award Digesis Film Festival AUSTRALIA Exemplary Collection AUSTRALIAN CENTRE OF MOVING IMAGE, AUSTRALIA 2001 Experimenta Film Festival AUSTRALIA 2001 Eat Carpet - televised screening on SBS Australia 2001 - 2003 Back-up Film Fesival GERMANY 2001 European Media Arts Festival Osnabruk GERMANY 2001 Kasseler Dokumetarfilm-und videofest GERMANY 2001 St Kilda Film Festival Melbourne AUSTRALIA 2001 Women on Women film Festival/inter/national tour 2001 D]vision Media Arts festival (a retrospective of work by Tina Gonsalves and Mark Eden) Vienna AUSTRIA 2000 Global Multimedia Interface Projected on four storey tall screen in Leicester Square FACT UK 1999/2000 NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL 'Blink' at the Australian Center for Contemporary Art 2000 VideoLounge@The Knitting Factory NYC USA 1999 ArtRage 1998/1999 - A compilation video of Australian Digital Art AUS 1998/1999 Independent Exposure World Tour 1999 Digital Film Festival World Tour 1999 LOUD Short Film Festival Australian national television/ABC television AUS 1999 F1 Digital Film Festival Best animation Award Melb 1999 The Sync.com screening - WWW 1999 BlackChair Productions - screening - Seattle USA 1999 4ime Manifestation interantionale VidŽo et Art Montreal CANADA 1999 DÕart Dlux Media Art Event Sydney Film Festival and Inter/national Tour AUSTRALIA 1999 Tubor and Roots - a Lunch Box Recording Event - The Living Room NYC USA 1999 1999 Finalist Nescafe Short Film Award Montevideo festival NETHERLANDS 1998 Paperviens Project Ð screening at Gallery 128 - NYC USA 1998 Paperviens Project Ð screening installation and performance at Galapogas Ð NYC USA 1998