American-born Mark Nauseef’s work has been influenced by forty years of international concert tours and numerous recordings in Europe and Asia. He also spent a lot of time researching and recording African, Indian, and Indonesian music. He has listened to and studied with many great musicians, which has enriched his music. Mark has recorded and performed in a wide range of musical situations, including with Jack Bruce, Joachim Kuhn and Trilok Gurtu. Mark relied heavily on Walter Quintus’ collaboration for most of these projects. He is the master of Craft of Sound. Nauseef studied Javanese Gamelan at the California Institute Of The Arts. Wasitodiningrat and Balinese Gamelan were studied with I. Nyoman Wenten. He also learned North Indian Pakhawaj drumming techniques with Pandit Taranath Rao. North Indian music theory was taught by Pandit Amiya Dasgupta. Ghanaian drumming, dance, and Alfred Ladzekpo. Ganyo, 20th Century Western Percussion techniques and hand drumming technique with John Bergamo. Glen Velez also taught Mark frame drum techniques in the Middle East, India, and the Caucasus. Nauseef and Miroslav Tadic, Nauseef’s musical “alter ego”, began a creative and productive relationship at CalArts. They have collaborated in the creation, recording, and production of a variety of music with musicians from all over the globe. Nauseef also has experience as a producer. He has also produced numerous records, including his own recordings. Many recordings of traditional Javanese and Balinese music are included in his traditional music productions, including the award-winning “The Music of K.R.T.” Wasitodiningrat, which was recorded in Java, features the compositions by this Javanese master musician. Balinese ensemble recordings such as “Gamelan Batel Wayang Ramayana”, and “Gender Wayang Pemarwan”, which were also recorded in Bali, are examples. These recordings, along with many other Indonesian music, were made for the CMP 3000 “World Series”. They were recorded by Kurt Renker and Walter Quintus. Kurt Renker, CMP’s owner, founded the “Worlds Series” and records from many non-western countries, including India, Turkey and Korea. This all flows into Mark Nauseef’s music and together with his personal expressions, makes up his unique sound. DOWN BEAT magazine called his recordings “mysteriously compelling, deeply personal and border-crossing.” from http://adagio.calarts.edu
