AmbientArctic weekend marathon
On September 23-25, Marcus resolved to challenge himself by recording a full-length ambient album in one weekend, and along with Kirsten, produced a full 76 minutes for AmbientArctic.
On September 23-25, Marcus resolved to challenge himself by recording a full-length ambient album in one weekend, and along with Kirsten, produced a full 76 minutes for AmbientArctic.
ARCTIC recently released videos for two songs from Today Brought Me Here, “I Heard” and “Amazed”. Watch “I Heard” here:
ARCTIC’s song “You Coming Down” was chosen by Music BC to represent British Columbia artists on a compilation CD, which will be available at MIDEM 2008 in Cannes, France, and at various Canadian Consulates. Other artists selected for the compilation include TV Heart Attack, Immaculate Machine, and John Mann (of Spirit of the West).
ARCTIC has released a three-song EP of live tracks recorded at Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa on October 5, 2009. You can get the MP3s a number of different ways: Buy them at Amiestreet.com If you’re on Twitter, get “War of Ideas” in exchange for one tweet Join our Facebook page to get “Happiness vs. Sadness”…
On Thursday, May 1, ARCTIC performed a full set on Vancouver’s CiTR 101.9. Three tracks, “You Coming Down”, “No Trace”, and a new song, “Through the Spaces”, are now available on the band’s Listen page.
ARCTIC doesn’t want to see their namesake melt away. The Vancouver band is auctioning a signed master CD display of their new album, “Today Brought Me Here”, framed along with a license plate from singer/guitarist Marcus Martin’s childhood home in the Northwest Territories. Half the proceeds from the auction will be donated to the World…
Kirsten from ARCTIC will be volunteering this week as a bass instructor at Girls Rock Camp Vancouver, a non-profit society that builds self-esteem in female youth through music creation and performance. Groups of girls between 8-18 meet, form bands, learn to play their instruments, write a song, and perform it together on stage at the…