One of the primary goals in the Ableton Colorado User Group and all of my (Marc) activities is to raise awareness inside the growing genre of Electronic Music. I know that everyone gets more than their fair share of Facebook invites, Twitter messages offering a free iPad, and so on. This is very much a distraction when trying to find where the good work, innovative people, and real blood and sweat has been invested in music.

In my travels I see the best musicians often keep the smallest crowds. Some of them break (Bela Fleck for example), but this is rare.  The juggling of the true art form and promotion and marketing is difficult.

Mark Mosher continues to do an exceptional job at producing intelligent and valid music while maintaining a solid social and professional standing inside the realm of music, most particularly electronic music. I have had the opportunity to learn from him over and over again.

So it was one year ago today when Mark Mosher released his second album “I Hear Your Signals”, a follow up to “REBOOT”.

These are complimentary works in the science fiction Signals Universe concept album series. They are a story of alien invasion. “REBOOT” addressed this story line from the human point of view and the following album, “I Hear Your Signals” spoke form the alien perspective.

I have frequently played both albums during our Meet Ups, as I keep these works on my portable devices.  His “Sounds from a Distant Outpost” Ableton Live pack is an exceptional work and has contributed to a few of my personal creations. All of these releases are of a similar theme and I have nothing but respect for people who create a vision and idea and then spend years, sometimes decades, creating the body of work.

Do not forget how Mark is an important blogger and resource in electronic music.  This genre is often considered the genre of [insert format you love or hate here]. House and Techno variants fill the large clubs,  Dub-Step is a current rage, Drum-n-Bass will always be around, people will continue to argue of what IDM constitutes, the dark and noise music will continue, and people such as myself will enjoy what technology has to offer and engage in pushing the envelope.

Mark Mosher on the other hand works as an electronic musician – a creator of sound and music.  His knowledge and love of sound and synthesis is coupled to a solid musical background and experience the predates laptops and computers as the Lingua franca* in music.

So we celebrate the Mark’s work and look forward to his next chapter.

I salute him and his dedication.I thank him for his knowledge and contributions to the greater environment. I am honored to have gotten to know Mark better over the recent years and I consider him a friend, resource, and dude who wears a cape (super hero).

More work is coming, I am sure of that – stay tuned. Until then, here’s where you can find Mark and his work:

• One Year Later on Mark Mosher’s site
• Modulate This!
• Sound Cloud
• Reverb Nation
• YouTube
• Twitter
• Facebook

* Lingua franca in the context of stretching the idea in this article  has been sheet music, the record, and word of mouth. Now we use computers as instruments, studios, communication portals and the internet is a big part of this shift in the sharing of ideas – all facilitated by computer technology.