Mark Ewenson ~ 14 Soundscapes- 1986-1999/with Fabric layerism art series- 1999-2019
This 71 minute clip is a ‘pairing’ of my solo album music ; ’14 Soundscapes 1986-’99’, a series of industrial/psychedelic/ambient 4 track reel to reel tape recordings made in Melbourne and Venus Bay, Victoria, Australia…in combination with my visual art series; ‘Fabric and mixed media visions of the feminine form’ between the late 1990’s and 2019 I’ve called ‘Fabric Layerism’..
The Living Room ~ 1988-2000
‘The Living Room 1988-2000’ was based around the song writing duo of Chris Falcon Hill and Mark Ewenson, stemming from the alternative music culture in Melbourne, Australia of that time which embraced influences of post punk, jazz, industrial, alt rock, experimental, art rock, and new wave, along with ’60’s/’70’s rock and pop. The song writing (vocals, guitar, lyrics, melodies)is for the most part the work of Chris Falcon Hill with lots of co-writing and most of the recording/mixing by Mark Ewenson, and creative input from guest members. All the songs were recorded on TEAC 4 track analogue reel to reel tape with a few simple effects. Most of the tracks are multi instrumental recordings by Chris & Mark between 1988-‘90 (tracks 1,2,4,5,6,7) then a couple of different 3 and 4 piece bands between the mid ‘90’s to year 2000. Track 3(‘Buddha’) was ‘The Living Room’ trio(y.2000) Chris Falcon Hill; vocals/guitar, Mark Ewenson; drums, Nic Heraclides; bass // Track 8(‘Mellow Thing) was ‘Jezebell’ 4 piece band(1995-96) Chris Falcon Hill; vocals, guitar, Mark Ewenson; drums, Jo Dodds; backing vocals, Nick Fisher; bass // Track 7(‘Eternity’)was remixed & remastered by Terry McDermott in 1999…… All songs Copyright; Chris Falcon Hill & Mark Ewenson, The Living Room 1988-2000©️
00:00 track1. ‘Louissa Theresa’ //rec.1990, Chris Falcon Hill; vocals, guitar/Mark Ewenson; percussion, bass, tapes 03:45 track 2. ‘Sixteen’ //rec. 1990, Chris Falcon Hill; vocals, guitar/Mark Ewenson; drums, bass, guitar 07:44 track 3. ‘Buddha’ //rec.2000, Chris Falcon Hill; vocals, guitar/Mark Ewenson; drums/Nic Heraclides; bass 12:15 track 4. ‘Love Song’ //rec.1990, Chris Falcon Hill; vocals, guitar/Mark Ewenson; percussion, bass, tapes 16:04 track 5. ‘The Wanderer’ //rec 1990, Chris Falcon Hill; vocals x2, guitars/Mark Ewenson; drums, bass 19:52 track 6. ‘You’ //rec.1989, Chris Falcon Hill; vocals, xylophone/Mark Ewenson; guitar, bass, drums, backing vocal 23:14 track 7. ‘Eternity’ //rec. 1988, Chris Falcon Hill; vocals, guitar, cornet/Mark Ewenson; percussion, piano, guitar 25:32 track 8. ‘Mellow Thing’ //rec. 1995, Chris Falcon Hill; vocals, guitar/Mark Ewenson; drums/Jo Dodds; backing vocals/Nick Fisher; bass *Image: ‘Red House’ by Mark Ewenson, oil on canvas, 1993, 100cm
picture behind text: ‘Hadrin Beach,Ko Phan Ghan,Thailand’ 1987,ink and pencil on paper on board
Music C.V
List of groups-Melbourne
1984-85 ‘Mental Health Foundation’ original art rock/post punk/jazz; Tom Fielding/saxophone/vocals, John Turner/bass/vocals, Renn Barker/synth/vocals, Mark Ewenson/drums/synth. https://pedestriantapes.bandcamp.com/track/seagull
1985 Drummer in jazz soundtrack for short film with Kate Ceberano ‘Love Della’ which was nominated for AFI award…with musicians Jex Saarelaht, Greg Osborne, Leo Dale…Film maker, Graham Wood.
1985 ‘Mouths’ original art rock/post punk/jazz Micheal Sheridan/guitar/percussion, Bill McDonald/bass, Mark Ewenson/drums/synth…Series of performances with several vocalists and release of cassette; ‘All the Voices’ recorded at Prince of Wales St.Kilda by radio 3PBS. https://pedestriantapes.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-voices
1985-86 ‘Alloy’ original art rock/post punk/jazz David Brown/bass/vocals, Gavan Dunn/saxophone/vocals/keyboards, Mark Ewenson/drums/synth, James Boddington/bass, Chris Knowels/keyboards, Phillip Thompson/drums, Jenny Peake/cello’
1986-87 ‘Melbourne Stuff’ vinyl compilation album(Chase Records) produced by Gus Till and Simon Polinski. Several inner Melbourne bands and artists from the mid – late ’80’s including ‘NO’ (with Ollie Olsen,Micheal Sheridan,Marie Hoy), Nick Barker ,Hugo Race, and ‘Shower Scene from Psycho’…Our contribution was an art/rock/industrial song with group ‘Hazchem’ composed by Gavan Dunn/vocals/keyboards/saxophone, with Mark Ewenson/drums, Mick Dick/bass
1986-87 ‘Mulch’ original art rock/post punk/jazz David Brown/bass/vocals, Mark Ewenson/drums,Tom Fielding/saxophone/vocals..1988 Melbourne cassette compilation: ‘Centipede 88’
1987-88-89 Songwriting/recording collaboration ‘Living Room’ original art/rock songs Chris Falcon Hill/vocals/guitar/bass/cello/cornet, Mark Ewenson/bass/guitar/drums/piano
1989 Cassette release : original ambient/psychedelic/industrial 4-track soundscape compositions-1986-89.
1990 ‘You’ original art/rock/grunge Chris FalconHill/vocals/guitar, Mark Ewenson/bass, Marcus Cristina/drums
1995-96 ‘Jezebell’ original art/rock Chris Falcon Hill/songs/vocals/guitar, Nick Fisher/bass, Jo Dodds/keyboards/vocals, Mark Ewenson/drums
1999-2000 ‘The Living Room’ original art/rock trio-Chris Hill/songs/guitar/vocals, Nic Hereclides/bass, Mark Ewenson/drums (Melbourne and Venus Bay,Vic)
2003 ‘Living Room’ original art/rock duo-Chris Falcon Hill/songs/guitar/vocals, Mark Ewenson/drums..Semi finalist in song writing comp; ‘Wax Lyrical’, Esplanade hotel St.Kilda, Melbourne
2003-06 Ocassional drummer with ‘Gerry and the G-strings’ varied line up with Gerry Grabau/songwriter/guitar/vocals..St.Kilda, Melbourne
2012 ’14 Soundscapes’ 1986-99 –original ambient/industrial/psychedelic completed CD album of soundscape compositions began in 1986
2012 ‘Living Room’ original art/rock completed CD’s; Anthology and EP
- Bibliography / Media
1984 The Age newspaper, entertainment section: ‘Mental Health Foundation’ voted band name of the week!..
1985 The Age newspaper, review by Adrian Jackson for band ‘Mouths’ as part of Melbourne Modern Jazz Festival.
1985 The Age newspaper, review in entertainment section for ‘Mouths-All the Voices’ series of performances, St.Kilda.
1985 ‘Mouths’ interview live on Melbourne community radio 3PBS for the ‘All the Voices’ project and cassette which they kindly sponsored and recorded.
1986 Promotion and broadcast of Kate Ceberano short film with jazz soundtrack,’Love Della’ on Australian pop music show, ‘Rock Arena’
1989 Live interview on Melbourne radio 3CR by Terry McDermott for cassette release of Mark Ewenson solo soundscape music
2003 Band ‘Living Room’ duet version of Chris Falcon Hill, Mark Ewenson recorded live for Channel 31 at Esplanade hotel St.Kilda as part of series of performances for song writing comp; ‘Wax Lyrical’
Fabric Layerism ~ Mark Ewenson 