MARK TEMPLETON - WORLD BOOK

Hello folks! Just moved to a new apartment in Montreal, so my blogging has been rather spotty as of late.

Really close to finishing my album. The goal is to be finished by the end of July. I’m working on it pretty steadily these days w/ help from Mitchell Akiyama, who did some piano on a track, as well Bill Hesselink will be adding some percussion this week.

Collaborative project w/ filmmaker aAron munson is sooooo close to being finished… soon. More on that later.

Finally, I’ll be touring throughout Europe in October! A few shows have been booked and there’ll be more to come. There may be a show or two in Edmonton in September, other than that nothing planned for live performances right now.

Thanks to all who came out to the show at Casa this past Thursday. It was fun to perform and finally see Desormais. Here’s a few pics my wife took:

The show at Casa Del Popolo (4873 Boul St-Laurent) is approaching. I’ll be performing w/ Desormais and Le Peuplier de Simon on June 19th, 9pm. $7 at the door.

Headphones performance was a lot of fun. I just about didn’t make it to my set. I was slow getting across the city and had the worst cab driver… and to boot I was, and am still, sick.

Nonetheless, had fun at Mutek performing, listening and watching to label mates Ezekiel Honig, Morgan Packard and Joshue Ott. Speaking of the Anticipate label, you gotta checkout Nicola Ratti’s - From the Desert Came Saltwater.

On May 29th I’ll be performing a FREE SHOW at the SAT for the Le Placard portion of this year’s MUTEK festival. My set will be at 6 pm and label head Ezekiel Honig will be performing after. For any other details visit the Mutek site or tune in here.

Looking forward to playing Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival this June. I’m performing w/ intr-version’s desormais on June 19th. More info coming.

After a few weeks w/o internet I’m finally connected again. Feels good. I recently mailed the music off to Mile Zero for their “Ki” performance. I’ve been working on my solo album again… Finally!

Well we arrived in Montreal. Looking forward to becoming involved in the arts scene here over the next few months.

Lately I’ve been working on my full-length again. Things are going well and it feels good to be recording again. As for live performances there may be some coming up. I’ll keep ya posted. That’s all for now.

Thanks for all who came out to the Edmonton and Winnipeg shows. If you have any pics please let me know. I’ll try to post some soon.

Arrived in Sudbury, Ontario this eve. Staying at a nice B&B, heading to Ottawa tomorrow.

Drove to Brandon, Manitoba in 1 day. We are staying at a low-rate hotel. Tired, drove all day to arrive here. Lots of stuff to figure out, but I’m sure it’ll fall into place.