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Mark Jenkins has been described as "the master synth musician in the UK" (Eurock magazine, USA).
His music is influenced by that of Vangelis,
Jean-Michel Jarre, Jan Hammer, Mike Oldfield, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Richard Pinhas & Heldon, Yanni, John Tesh, Stockhausen, Eno, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Rick Wakeman, Pink Floyd, Can, Kraftwerk, Enigma, Deep Forest, Ash Ra Tempel and Neu!
Many of his albums include themes of space travel, cosmology, science fiction, ecology and exploration.
He recently became the first British musician to perform at the Greenwich Planetarium in London.
He is influenced by the authors Iain M. Banks,
Larry Niven and Richard Dawkins , and by
movies including the Babylon 5 cycle and
2001: A Space Odyssey.
Mark Jenkins is an internationally published author on the subjects of music and media technology and is the editor of the online media magazine EMIX .
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I got into music after seeing Mike Oldfield perform "Tubular Bells"
on TV in 1974. I thought this was something wonderful -
completely different from anything in the pop charts, no singing,
repetitive without being monotonous, and incredibly emotional and
expressive. I started to play guitar, but within a few months heard something
even more incredible - Tangerine Dream in session on the John Peel radio
show. At the time I loved the Space Invaders arcade games and this seemed
like their perfect soundtrack, full of strange sounds and textures. Of course
synthesizers like the big Moog systems were extremely expensive,
but I got hold of a couple of electric keyboards and tape recorders,
then had kit-based synths and sequencers built for me.
At University I used their ARP Odyssey and other synths and created
concert backing videos in the college TV studio. My first job was on an
electronic music magazine and I reviewed all the new synths starting with the
very first MIDI models as well as meeting some of the big names of the
electronic music scene in the 1980's - Jean-Michel Jarre, Karlheinz
Stockhausen, White Noise, Tangerine Dream and many others. I formed a
label to help release my own music in 1985 and later released compilations
including tracks personally offered by Isao Tomita, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Patrick Moraz, Kraftwerk 's Karl Bartos and others.
As well as playing many solo synthesizer concerts at venues including the old London Planetarium, the Carnegie Science Center Planetarium Pittsburgh, the Franklin Institute Planetarium Philadelphia, and the Teatro Nacional, Brazilia I had the privilege of performing at the Royal Festival Hall, London with Damo Suzuki, the amazing improvising singer from the German rock band Can, and more recently with Arthur Brown the legendary singer of the No. 1 hit "Fire". Right now I'm developing several new solo album and band projects in the synthesizer, progressive rock and jazz/world fusion fields, including performances in the UK and USA of my own music and a piece by Terry Riley, and released the world's first album created on an Apple iPad in Holland in October 2010. I've also performed all over the world within legendary electronic music band White Noise, most recently at the new London Planetarium, and at the British Museum to close the Moctezuma exhibition with singer Alquimia .
"ANALOG ARCHIVES"
Early analog experimental synth music
"SPACE DREAMS"
Floating, ambient spacey themes
"THUNDER AT MIDNIGHT"
Up-tempo sequencers, synths and drums
like J-M Jarre and Jan Hammer
"MEXICO RISING"
Up-tempo sequencers, synths, drums, guitars ,
with Richard Pinhas, Alquimia & Steve Jolliffe
"SPACE DREAMS 2"
Up-tempo sequencers, like J-M Jarre
"MOOG MEDITATIONS" (CDR)
Ambient melodic and symphonic tunes,
meditative and atmospheric
Lots more sample tracks and
medleys on the MP3 player...
stop the front page media player before listening...
ALL CD's AVAILABLE WORLWIDE BY MAIL NOW THROUGH AMAZON
Use your local Amazon and make sure to buy from MarkJenkinsMusic. To order any titles you can't find including CD releases,
order a copy of "Sequencer Loops 2" through Amazon.co.uk (MarkJenkinsMusic) and send a note stating which CD you want.
You can also mail cash in UK pounds, US dollars or Euros, or a UK bank cheque - ask for details.
"SEQUENCER LOOPS"
Up-tempo sequencers, guitars, like JM Jarre, Pink Floyd, Santana
"SEQUENCER LOOPS 2"
Up-tempo sequencers, guitars, melodic and experimental
"IF THE WORLD WERE TURNED ON ITS HEAD, WE WOULD WALK AMONG THE STARS" (CDR)
Very long virtual analog synth and sequencer compositions
"SYNPROVISATION" (CDR)
Seuencer and synth tracks recoded live in one take, likee early Ashra and Klaus Schulze.
"THIS ISLAND EARTH"
Short melodic and symphonic synth tracks, plus a long uptempo concert piece like Tangerine Dream's
"Ricochet"
"THE iPAD ALBUM" (CDR)
Strong analog-sounding sequencer pieces all performed on the Apple iPad!
LIVE & COLLABORATIVE CD's & CDR's
MARK JENKINS presents GHOSTS OF MARS
"Something Dancing In The Darkness" Ambient dance with female vocals by Alquimia, like The Orb and System 7
MARK JENKINS "Live In The USA" (Double CDR)
Featuring Bill Fox, Amaranth Signal and more, live versions of studio tracks plus long experimental & sequencer pieces
MARK JENKINS & DAMO SUZUKI "Live At The Royal Festival Hall" (CDR) The legendary improvising vocalist from krautrock pioneers Can joins Mark & full rock band in concert
MARK JENKINS. ARTHUR BROWN, WHITE NOISE & ALQUIMIA "The Ceremony Of Innocence" (CDR)
Epic sequencer plus vocal tracks, with the famed Klaus Schulze collaborator and singer of "Fire"
MARK JENKINS "Live Archives" (CDR)
Early live concerts, many unreleased pieces
MARK JENKINS "iPaDream" (CDR)
Accompanying "The iPad Album", arrangements of pieces by Tangerine Dream, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann and Michael Garrison plus the Doctor Who? theme
All CD's can be ordered from Amazon worldwide. Make sure you buy from MarkJenkinsMusic on Amazon. If you don't find the CD you want, order copies of Sequencer Loops 2 from Amazon UK (MarkJenkinsMusic) and attach a note stating the CD's you want.
For concert bookings and any other questions please use the contact form, or e-mail direct to
markjenkinsmedia_gmail.com
CLICK HERE to see the AMP Music CD's page including Mark Jenkins
on the "Music for the 3rd Millennium" compilations, plus CD albums by
White Noise, Keith Emerson, Ars Nova, Intelligentsia and many more...
Mark Jenkins
plays live -
Apple iPads, Beep Street iSequence and Sunrizer
apps, Alesis i/O dock
in the studio -
Apple computers, synthesizers by
Dr. Robert Moog (pictured right),
Delta Music Research, Waldorf, Roland, Korg, E-mu, Novation and Quasimidi;
digital and analog effects, looping devices, vocoders;
acoustic, electric and MIDI guitars and bass, electric violin and percussion.
FULL EQUIPMENT HISTORY
Mark Jenkins & Damo Suzuki at the London South Bank
2010 Concerts - British Museum "Moctezuma" exhibition with Alquimia
Launch of the world's first all-iPad CD in Holland, October 9th.
2008/9 concerts - The Ceremony of Innocence in Holland with Arthur Brown.
Herstmonceux Castle, All Tomorrow's Parties, Royal Greenwich
Observatory Planetarium, and Shanghai with White Noise
2007 concerts - "Music for the 3rd Millennium" Ghosts of Mars,
Cellistica, Supernova and White Noise launches
Past Concert Venues
London - The Royal Festival Hall, The South Bank Purcell Room, The Astoria Theatre, St John's Smith Square, The Bloomsbury Theatre, The London Planetarium
Bochum Germany, The Planetarium; Paris, Mai '68 Festival; Holland, E-Live Festival; Brazilia, Teatro Nacional; USA - Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Ocean County Planetaria, Asbury Park New Jersey, Vanderbilt Museum New York
2012 USA CONCERTS ANNOUNCED
Several East Coast USA concerts in Late March 2012
E-mail for details
See more Mark Jenkins
videos on YouTube -
YouTube.com/
markjenkinsmusic
Analog synth studio in the 1990's
Live iPad music "Moonchild"
SUPERNOVA planetarium show extract
USA concerts March 2012 announced.
YouTube channel, 13,000 views for new Moog review
USA Summer 2011 concerts completed
October 9th 2010 Holland concert launching The iPad Album.
January 15th 2010 concert at the British Museum
Moctezuma Exhibition with Alquimia completed.
Editing the "Best of..." CD & DVD "Supernova" with
English voiceover by Arthur Brown plus German and
French voice tracks on the DVD version.
Editing "The Ceremony Of Innocence" album featuring
White Noise, Arthur Brown and Alquimia for CD release
(a CDR version was available in limited quantities).
Composing for a second "Ghosts of Mars" CD for release in 2010, including cover versions of Neil Young songs.
Working on jazz fusion album "Go Ahead" by
Mark Jenkins and ZyXyZ featuring covers of Stanley
Clarke and Herbie Hancock pieces.
Mark Jenkins interviewed
in China, Shanghai concert
"Analog Synthesizers, Understanding, Performing, Buying" by Mark Jenkins including a sampling CD of around 50 different synthesizers is now available worldwide through Amazon
LINKS:
Mark Jenkins MySpace
Mark Jenkins Ghosts of Mars MySpace
Mark Jenkins on CD Baby
Mark Jenkins on Wikipedia
Mark Jenkins on Facebook
Alquimia MySpace
EMIX Magazine
Keyboard Player magazine
