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Mark Gurarie

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Mark Gurarie is a resident of Brooklyn, NY where he is an adjunct instructor of English at ASA Community College. His poetry, fiction and criticism have appeared or are forthcoming in Publisher’s Weekly, Everyday Genius, Spot Lit Mag, The Case Reserve Review, The Faster Times, and elsewhere. A Chapbook of his, Pop :: Song will be published in the Fall of 2012. He is the co-curator of Brooklyn’s Mental Marginalia Reading Series, blogs about specifically unimportant topics at taolinisgoingdownbutiremain.wordpress.com, and lends bass and ugly vocals to indie-rock/punk band Galapagos Now!

Rumpus Sound Takes: Fade to Blue

There is something inherently brave about the instrumental album: the lack of a vocal line causes the listener to focus on the musical elements, to experience the abstraction of notes and rhythms as they mingle. Valley Tangents, the fourth record by Blues Control, works in this realm, weaving webs of keyboards, electronics, tape-music and beats to create a sound that, at times, is completely mesmerizing.
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