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What's a full-time, day-job-working father of two supposed to do in his downtime after the kids go to bed? Well - beat box indie pop tunes, naturally! Starting out in his Minneapolis home studio in 2002, The Original Mark Edwards began looping beat box, vocal harmonies and guitars to create the unique pop soundscape the OME calls his own. While other looping artists often create ambient works, the OME builds beautifully crafted pop songs around beats created just seconds before. Harmonies are subtly worked in and soon a wall of sound conjuring up memories of the Beach Boys or ELO is bombarding the listener. A bit like a live science experiment, the OME's show is dangerous in that it can self-destruct at any time. This tension, along with each performance's unique spin, makes each show a must-see, must-hear event. Mark Edwards was a founding member and writer for the seminal rock band, The Domo Sound. The Domo Sound released two album, This is Our E.P. (1999) and Right Brain (2001), and among many other achievements, gained national recognition when they appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien playing an Edwards original, "Motorboat, Accelerate." Going it alone for the first time, Mark recorded most of Rewind Tomorrow in his home studio, dubbed "The Monarchy Underground," laying most of the album's foundation in a one-week period near the end of 2002. In the spring of 2003, the tracks were brought to Ed Ackerson (Polara, Susstones) at Flowers Studio to be mixed. Some complications in getting the CD released gave Mark a little more time to fine-tune the record and cut three new tracks, "20th Century Boy," "Hooray!," and "Whole World." The process culminated into an album, although more polished than the "science experiment" aspect of the OME's live show, containing eleven contagious tracks that you just can't help humming along with. |
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