Toronto area musician/artist Mark Harrington got his footing in the Toronto music scene as a member of late 1980's electronic rock trio Heik And The Shakes. He co-founded the Toronto Experimental Artists artist-run cassette label with Ed Sinclair around 1988.

After going solo in the early 1990's, a basic bass, drums, guitar sound was adopted for live performance, while electronics were used to embellish recordings.

Harrington's unusual voice has drawn comparisons to early Bowie, as well as Toronto bands 13 Engines and Rheostatics. The often tongue-in-cheek delivery of the music is echoed visually in his cover designs, chapbooks, and paintings. His artwork often involves appropriation of imagery from popular culture.

His breakthrough came with the 1993 full-length CD 'Capricorn Flakes' and appearances on several Toronto area TV shows. He has released a total of seven full length albums to date through the Toronto Experimental Artists label which is the mail order source for all his works.

Harrington also writes, and is the Canadian correspondent for )ism(, a chapbook & writing distribution network, which helps contemporary writers and small presses.

Harrington's 1997 'Tale Of Two Cities' cassette was a prelude demo for his next full-length CD 'Trash Icon', released in 1999, which featured a remake of Gary Numan's "Cars".

Harrington's next project was Rubbernekkerz' '33 1/3rd' CD in 2006.

with notes from Mark Harrington.


Singles


Albums
1989 Chaos Theory [cassette] (T.E.A.)
1990 Help Yourself [cassette] (T.E.A.)
1991 Lather Rinse Repeat [cassette] (T.E.A.)
1993 Capricorn Flakes (T.E.A.)
1994 Small [cassette]
1997 Tale Of Two Cities [cassette] (T.E.A.)
1999 Trash Icon (T.E.A.)

with HEIK AND THE SHAKES
1989 Heik And The Shakes [12" EP] (T.E.A.)

as Rubbernekkerz
2006 33 1/3rd (T.E.A.)

Video
1997 Beg To Differ
1997 Heads You Lose

Collabortions Tracks




Official Mark Harrington Website
Mark Harrington Site 2
Official Rubbernekkerz Website


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