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Hailing from Adelaide, Australia, Clue to Kalo mastermind Mark Mitchell mixes melodic electronic production, passionate lyrics, and unconventional lo-fi vocals to produce a sound that is both technically impressive and expressive of emotion.

His work for Australian imprint Surgery has received universally positive reviews and landed him a spot on 2000's Top-10 list for national alternative radio station, Triple J.. His equally notable live show was recently singled out in a concert review by The Wire as a highlight of the 2001 Sound Summit Festival in Newcastle. With productions that are simultaneously dynamic and hypnotic, Clue to Kalo is set to establish himself as an artist of note.

Mark Mitchell - Clue To Kalo

Some things I liked in 2003:

THEMSELVES TOUR - the things that happened to me and the people I met made this tour one of the best parts of my year.

THE MICROPHONES, MT EERIE

LYDIA DAVIS, SAMUEL JOHNSON IS INDIGNANT

THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIES - even though I've never read the books, I decided early on to love these movies. You should try it. Just choose to love.

PATRICK ROSENKRANZ, REBEL VISIONS: THE UNDERGROUND COMIX REVOLUTION 1963 - 1975

THE CLEAN, ANTHOLOGY - I know this came out in 2002, but sometimes it takes me awhile to get wise to things.

BILLY WILDER, THE APARTMENT - I know this came out in 1960, but sometimes it takes me awhile to get wise to things.

SAUL BELLOW BOOK BONANZA - I found pretty much his entire catalogue cheap in a second-hand bookshop in 2003.

JIM WOODRING, THE FRANK BOOK

cLOUDDEAD, TEN - Not included to be a smartguy (it's not out yet); this is one of the great records I heard last year.

(Biography Last updated 9 December 2002)

‘Check The Water’ by various artists [The Leaf Label]

Release date 7 November 2005
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Celebrating the anniversary of any record label is always a strange thing, as the quality of releases are down to the bands the label chooses to work with. Still, ten years feels like a bit of a milestone. That’s especially true for The Leaf Label, which was launched by ex-4AD ... [more]

‘One Way, It's Every Way’ by Clue To Kalo

Release date 12 September 2005
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Written and recorded in Adelaide, Australia, during a two-year period of great personal change, and finished on a four-month sojourn in Brooklyn, USA, One Way, It's Every Way is Mark Mitchell's second album as Clue to Kalo.

Designed as a musical palindrome, the album is an unashamedly ambitious, surprisingly celebratory ... [more]

‘Delivery Room’ by various artists [The Leaf Label]

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Release date 4 May 2004
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A full-length compilation album for the price of a CD single, Delivery Room follows on from 2002’s Lost For Words and the Osmosis sampler from 1999.

The release of the compilation coincides with the long-awaited launch of The Leaf Label’s new website ( www.theleaflabel.com ). Both CD and website follow ... [more]

‘Come Here When You Sleepwalk’ by Clue To Kalo

Release date 3 March 2003
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Come Here When You Sleepwalk is the debut album by Clue To Kalo, the charmed work of 23-year-old Adelaide native Mark Mitchell. With layer upon layer of cascading melody, the album is a cycle of slow-burning, wide-eyed introspection, and about as human an electronic album as you're ever likely to ... [more]

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LEAF artists in BBC Lennon tribute

7 December 2005

Three Leaf artists were involved with the BBC's extensive John Lennon tribute this week. The artists were invited to contribute cover versions of tracks from The Beatles' White Album for Radio 1's One World show, which was broadcast on Sunday night. The show will be available to listen to at the link below until the end of this week. The tracks included were by Sutekh ('Piggies') and Clue To Kalo ('Mother Nature's Son'), with new ... [read full article]

CLUE TO KALO second album finished

19 April 2005

Mark Mitchell's follow-up to 'Come Here When You Sleepwalk' will be released in Europe by The Leaf Label in August (in the rest of the world it will be released by Mush).

The album is entitled 'One Way, It's Every Way' and is much more of a live proposition than the last album, moving away from the electronics, though retaining CTK's trademark multilayered melodies.

We're hoping that the band will get to Europe for the first ... [read full article]

CLUE TO KALO licensed to Leaf

9 December 2002

The Leaf Label have licensed Australian electronic artist Clue To Kalo from Mush Records. His debut album, 'Come Here When You Sleepwalk' will be released on March 3 2003.

In the meantime, you can check Clue To Kalo's site here .

Leaf licensed the Boom Bip & Doseone album from Mush in 2002.