"Mark Wilson’s array of guitars, pedals, urban field recordings, microphones placed on various objects and 'a keyboard' causes the imprisonment of the brain in the molasses of an inexorably escalating, horrendously captivating noise. Strings, Locations is one of those records for which the relinquishment of a critical sense is indispensable. It’s ( Read more... )

"Daniel Blomquist, Michael Addison Mersereau and Mark Wilson exercise an array of machines that includes analogue instruments - guitar and pedals, too - and digital expansions of those generators through laptop, samplers and a multitude of processing devices. 'Resting On A', third full-length CD of the trio, seems to have been conceived with two ( Read more... )

"Experimental noise comes in all shapes and Sizes . With Conure we have Drones, Feedback Loops, Electro Noise and Waves of Pedal/ Effected power. Conure live is an event in itself an with his new album this is a warmer and harsher side then I've heard in a while. I miss this style of Harsher Drone Noise which labels like Groundfault, Truculent, ( Read more... )

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"Claustrophobia and disorienting guitar distortion have long been arrows in Conure’s quiver. The songs on Strings, Locations become progressively longer and louder, until we are in a space of total chaos. As usual with Conure, that space is a satisfying howl of power and subtlety, however monolithic and impenetrable the sound ( Read more... )

"Sonic structures that are heavy on the found sound and full of fresh ideas. Oh, and enough noise to sterilize a few million cockroaches. Strangely accessible despite all that. Let this piledrive you into a better place."
Jon Worley,
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"Mark Wilson's latest venture into the exploration of pure sound is a series of location recordings featuring guitars, field recordings, efx pedals, found sound, and keyboards. Across four lengthy tracks ranging from eight to twenty minutes each, he pits processed sound against different architectural spaces with varying results. 'Amsterdam and ( Read more... )

"Conure is a project of Mark Wilson who lives in San Francisco. In May 2000, he started this project after a period of being a music consumer. He released a lot of CDRs at different labels. Strings, Locations is the third CD at Edgetone Records. In the beginning, he used more electronics and software to create noise. For now he uses guitars, ( Read more... )

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