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Mark Baechtle, Theatre of the Mind Mark Baechtle, aka Theatre of the Mind, has been performing live in a variety of venues around Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore for many years.  T.o.M. performances have included art installations at the Philadelphia Museum of Contemporary Art, live music and dance performance at the Science Building and Annenberg Theatre in Philadelphia, outdoor festivals in St. Peter's Village, Hemp Festivals and coffee houses as well as the infamous Woodstock Festival Gatherings. Theatre of the Mind held residencey in producing music and writing for Ausdruckstanz Dance Theater between 1985 and 1990.  Mark's other collaborations include bands such as "Arttek" and "Mr. Mark and the Siezmatics" and have appeared in clubs, theaters and galleries as well as frequent live performances on WMUH radio.  "Veil of Eden" was created for a 1994, 1995 appearance for the original Woodstock gathering. Theatre of the Mind produced and performed a weekly series called "The Portal" where at some part of the evening guest musicians would be invited onstage for a jam session.  More recently, in 1998 T.o.M. produced and performed a monthly series called "Electrolust" in which computer-generated videos, DJ's and featured guest performers were included as part of the evening's event.

 

A.N. Varady writes: In 1998, Mark Baechtle was organizing an ambient/weird/space music series at Upstairs at Nicks. Featuring mostly local artists these events were our inspiration for the Consortium and the Gate to Moonbase Alpha performance series. We were disappointed at the lack of attendance to some truly great gigs and felt deeply that bars like Nicks were an awful setting for such mind expanding music. The Electrolust series died late that year but the performances were all recorded by Mark. Mark has made most of these recordings available here at simpletone. Always a pleasure to watch, Mark operates synthesizers and drum machine's to create an entrancing non-linear space trip. For the last two years though he's been immersed in his studio, releasing two albums and looking forward to his next gig, likely to be at the Gate to Moonbase Alpha in 2001. Mark sort of  looks like a grizzled Biker guy with leather jacket and hat. You can always make a good friend by introducing yourself to this cool space faring fellow.

 

A L T E R E D ~ S T A T E S This album is the latest production, as of now, and is a collection of pieces that span from 1996 to 2000. It is a collection of live as well as studio works.  This is an especially interesting album because it shows a creative growth in the past four years of T.o.M. This album also encludes some live performance tracks with a special midi guitar guest.  All the pieces (old and new) on this album have never been produced anywhere before.  This is a full meaty album of electronic, ambient and live space rock music.

 

H E A D ~ S P A C E  This album is a collection of pieces that had developed from a variety of influences.  The influences range from dance, trance, experimental, space, a variety of beat styles to no beats at all.  Head Space is a CD to listen to from begining to end.  It will open new corridors in your head.

 

T I M E   a n d    S P A C E This is an album produced in 1991.  It got very positive reviews from Mapp magazine and Synthesis magazine in Philadelphia, as well as in Spain and Russia.  Pieces on this album had also been used in staged dance performances.  Each piece is like an electronic collage of textures and images passing through a mental canvas.  "Time & Space" is a digital remaster of the original cassette production.  The sounds are much more crisp and clear; the way it was intended to sound.  Each piece was produced live with no over-dubbing.  Plenty of sequencing though.  Enjoy the journeys. Theatre of the Mind is back in the studio working on still more surprises to come, so stay tuned and we'll see you in the loop. T.o.M. can be lured out of the studio to do live performances such as cafes, gallery openings, special events, dance performances...living rooms or any event that T.o.M. would add that unique demension to.