www.marknorthfield.com

WHO?
Mark Northfield is the creator of quirky, intelligent and occasionally theatrical arty pop stuff, often collaborating with vocalists drawn from a variety of genres.

Comparisons? Think the otherness of Kate Bush, the precision of Neils Tennant and Hannon, the balls of Rufus Wainwright and the wonder of Pink Martini, all balanced out by a glom of Radiohead.

ASCENDANT
Mark's first official release was a dark and haunted neo-classical song-cycle, with linking sections between songs anticipating and echoing musical themes heard elsewhere on the album.

Staff reviewer Adam Downer at Sputnikmusic placed Ascendant in his Top 20 of 2008 and Top 100 of the decade, whilst indie music review site Bluesbunny called it 'a Tim Burton movie for the ears...'

Ascendant can be heard in its entirety on both Bandcamp - http://marknorthfield.bandcamp.com/ - and Spotify. It is available as both a digital download and physical CD, the latter through Bandcamp, CD Baby or Rough Trade.

ALTERATIONS
Mark's follow-up album, 'Alterations', will be released in April 2012. It consists of five almost-pop songs transformed into five almost-classical songs.

An ambitious and varied work, it runs the gamut from naggingly catchy philosophical disco (The Death Of Copyright) to anthemic pop rock (Nothing Impossible), messed-up apocalyptic cabaret (The Up Shit Creek Blues), soaring string-laden theatrical climaxes (Paradise By Numbers) and gypsy/flamenco fuelled wonderment (Aurora).

DIGITAL E.P.s
A first taster from Alterations, 'The Death Of Copyright' EP, was digitally released in July 2011. Available from all good online stores, the extra tracks include an atmospheric stripped down version of ABBA's bleak pop masterpiece, The Day Before You Came. It also contains the title track's counterpart song: The Forecaster (a finalist in the UK Songwriting Contest 2011).

The follow-up digital EP, 'Nothing Impossible', was released in Feb 2012 and features the title's counterpart 'Reminders, Remind' and two new tracks: the fast, furious and incisive protest rant of 'Good Money' and the spooky ambient pop of 'Keep Driving'.

VISUAL DELIGHTS
Got a few minutes to spare? Then shimmy over and marvel at Mark's lovingly handmade animation music videos on YouTube. Dancing word tiles, a strangely uplifting fishy tale... With more to follow soon!

www.youtube.com/user/marknorthfield/videos

ANACHRONISMS
An earlier previously unreleased album from 2002, 'Anachronisms', will also be given a belated digital release later in 2012. Tracks from it can be heard now on Soundcloud.

Timing, as they say, is everything.

ONLINENESS
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www.soundcloud.com/mark-northfield
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