Independent composer and musician. Experimental/electronic hybrid.
Throughout the month of January 2017, Mark Whitby will be featuring four new songs in an exclusive session for Dandelion Radio!
Check the Dandelion Radio broadcast schedule to see when his show will be streaming. (Schedule is in UK time, so be sure to convert to your own time zone!)
The session will be available as a pay-what-you-want download on Bandcamp in February 2017 here:
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From Mark Whitby’s review of Ghost in the Museum:
…in Kloba’s hands, ancient pre-existing musical notes are dragged into the world and twisted into new, enticing shapes. ‘The answer is already in your mind’ we’re reminded in ‘A Thousand Pretty Strings’, one of the album’s many highlights.
Ghost in the Museum is available now on Bandcamp, CD Baby, Amazon mp3, iTunes and Spotify. Others will follow soon.
For a limited time you can download the single “Ancient Art” free on Bandcamp!
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Ghost In The Museum was released January 26, 2016.
POST-PUNK, AVANT-POP, UNTAMED-ELECTRO SONG POEMS.
This album is a multi layered rich collection of songs using guitars, synthesizer and drums as the main back drop for poems with hidden dual meanings amidst haunting sonic atmosphere.
The album focuses on the spirit seemingly left behind in an artist’s chosen medium, be it painting, sculpting or music. The musical elements extend down to the center of the earth while vocals sweep you way back up to the North pole. Layers of bass are enhanced with melody creating dimension and space with large picturesque landscapes of sound. Instruments come in and out giving depth and variety to these short song/poems.
Credits:
All instruments and voices by Diane Marie Kloba, except:
Darlene Wentland-Wiktor: Backing vocals on “A Thousand Pretty Strings”, “I Am the Sweeper”, “Only Summer Brings”, “Rescued” and “Waters of Amrita”
Ted Kloba: Bass guitar, baritone guitar, lead guitar on “A Thousand Pretty Strings”, piano on “Ancient Art”, fiddle on “I Am the Sweeper”, drum editing on “Foolosopher Part 2”, backing vocals on “A Thousand Pretty Strings” and “Waters of Amrita”
Kevin Wiktor: Drums on “A Thousand Pretty Strings”, “Ancient Art” and “Rescued”, percussion on “I Am the Sweeper”, backing vocals on “A Thousand Pretty Strings” and “Rescued”
“Foolosopher Part 2” contains portions of “80BPM Drum Grooves – Fat!” by George Lindsay, licensed under Creative Commons-Atribution 3.0. bit.ly/gl80bpm
Mixed by Ryan Albrecht
Mastered by Bob Katz
My new Album Ghost in the Museum will be released on January 26, 2016! Watch here for information on how to get a free song download during release week.
Here is a “3D” preview of the cover artwork for Ghost in the Museum.
From Oliver Arditi’s review of Dandelion Exclusives:
This is a work of pronounced creative maturity, turning our attention to Kloba’s quizzical observations with a deft, un-manipulative touch, and employing the simple resources of guitar pop with singular power.
Three new tracks, produced for Mark Whitby’s July 2014 show on Dandelion Radio are now available free on Bandcamp.
Please download and enjoy!
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Throughout the month of July, Mark Whitby’s show on Dandelion Radio featured three exclusive tracks: “His Jacket”, “Rescue” and “Foolosopher”. You can’t hear them anywhere else. The show is archived on Mixcloud:[mixcloud]http://www.mixcloud.com/DandelionRadio/mark-whitby-201407/[/mixcloud]
From the KZSU (Stanford University) review of It Is All an Illusion:
Outsider new age avant-pop-rock. Jittery jarring electric guitar, female vocal stylings uncannily reminiscent of Gordon Gano. From the press sheet, you can expect sarcasm, verbal metaphors, and increased emphasis on the instrumental music, but with Kloba’s trademark hopefulness shining through all of this. As a non-musician I’m not sure if the songs are remarkably simple or atheoretical; give it a play and decide for yourself.
I had a good year. Did my first solo shows. Released a new album.
Got on some favorite of the year lists. That makes me happy.
Even having reviewers mention my music is a nice boost.
Thanks to all of you who have supported my music, I know it’s not pop so the masses won’t understand it. I wouldn’t change it to be popular, but I am so thrilled when others like it.
I am busy making another album. This one is coming out different yet again.
I change with my influences.
Listeners of Dandelion Radio voted my song “I Saw the Stars” into #14 of the Festive 50 for 2013!