Mark Richard Robinson (born 21 February 1967) is an American

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musician from

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who founded

TeenBeat Records Teen Beat is an American independent record label, originally based in Arlington, Virginia, now based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was founded by Mark Robinson (of Unrest) in 1984 at Wakefield High School, along with Phil Krauth (of Unres ...

in 1984. Best known for founding

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(with Phil Krauth), he has also been a member of

Air Miami Air Miami was an American indie rock band from Washington, D.C. that was active from 1994 to 1996. The band was formed by Mark Robinson and Bridget Cross, both former members of Unrest, a few months later they became a quartet with the additio ...

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, and currently plays with his wife Evelyn Hurley (Blast Off Country Style) in Cotton Candy. He has released a number of solo records. His recordings are typically sparse, often featuring a carefully controlled guitar. He first became a DJ at the student-run radio station

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while at the

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. He lives in

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. His song "Catalog & Classify" from the album ''Tiger Banana'' has been used frequently on the radio program ''

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''. In March of 2021, Robinson was featured in the debut episode of the podcas
OK at Conversations
the theme music for which is his band Flin Flon's song "Swift Current".

Solo discography

* 1987 ''Black Christmas'' (teenbeat 17) * 1988 ''KingXMas'' (teenbeat 27) * 1989 ''Sammy Supreme My Man'' (teenbeat 37) * 1990 ''Mark E Superstar'' (teenbeat 57) * 1996 ''Olympic Death Squad'' (teenbeat 200) * 2000 ''Taste EP (EM series)'' (teenbeat 302) * 2000 ''Tiger Banana'' (teenbeat 307) * 2001 ''Canada's Green Highway'' (teenbeat 297) * 2004 ''Origami & Urbanism'' (teenbeat 317) * 2004 ''Babe Rainbow'' (tomlab tom36)

References

Living people 1967 births {{US-rock-musician-stub University of Maryland, College Park alumni