Rothko

Rothko was a British post rock group from London and founded by Mark Beazley in the spring of 1997, playing their first show at Hope & Anchor in August the same year. The original lineup consisted of Mark Beazley, Crawford Blair, and Jon Meade.  
In 2000 Mark signed a publishing deal with Mute Song. The original lineup disbanded in 2001, and Mark carried on the Rothko name. Late in 2001, Mark signed a deal with Too Pure Records. In 2001, he started his own label, Trace Recordings. 
In 2004, the lineup consisted of Mark Beazley, with Michael Donnellly on bass guitar, Ben Page on keyboards, and Tom Page on drums and percussion. The group toured extensively in France. In October of 2010, they amicably parted ways to concentrate on new musical endeavours. 
==Links to Peel==
Peel first started playing Rothko's music in 1998 and would play further material from the group including a session well into the 00's. He nominated their album, 'Forty Years To Find A Voice', as one of his records for August 2000 (Peel's Record Box) and their single for January 2001 (Peel's Record Box). Later in 2001, he choose their latest album, 'No Anchor No Chart No Rudder No Sails', as one of his records for September 2001 (Peel's Record Box) and October 2001 (Peel's Record Box).
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 2000-08-06. First Broadcast: 06 September 2000
*Pulse Of An Artery / Time Out / Metatonic / Focus Puller / Carnivore
==Other Shows Played==
;1998
*19 August 1998: Seventy Seven A (7" - Feed Me Those Bitter Leaves) Livid Meerkat
*23 August 1998 (BFBS): 'Seventy Seven A (7"-Feed Me Those Bitter Leaves)' (Livid Meerkat)
*30 September 1998: Seventy Seven A (7") Livid Meerkat
*12 November 1998: Windows Doors And Other Openings (7”) Narwhal Recordings
*16 November 1998 (BFBS): 'Windows And Doors And Other Openings (7"-Pressurisation Unit No. 2)' (Narwhal Recordings)
;1999
*01 April 1999: Shot Through Gauze (EP: Truth Burns) Foundry
*15 April 1999 (Radio Eins): Shot Through Gauze (single - Truth Burns) Foundry Recordings
;2000
*20 June 2000: Open (LP - Forty Years To Find A Voice) Lo
*22 June 2000 (Radio Eins): Solder (LP - Forty Years To Find A Voice) Lo
*27 June 2000: Herbivore (CD - Forty Years To Find A Voice) Lo
*20 July 2000: Herbivore (LP – Forty Years To Find A Voice) Lo
*02 August 2000: Shock Of Self (LP - Forty Years To Find A Voice) Lo Recordings
*16 August 2000: 'Herbivore' (LP - Forty Years To Find A Voice') Lo
;2001
*17 January 2001: Sharps Box (3xCD - Day Release Singles Club Winter 2000) Day Release
*01 August 2001: Through Corridors (LP - No Anchor No Rudder No Charts No Sails) Burning Shed
*16 August 2001: Two (LP - No Anchor No Rudder No Charts No Sails) Burning Shed
*30 August 2001 (Radio Eins): Through Corridors (album - No Anchor No Chart No Rudder No Sails) Burning Shed
*20 September 2001: Through Corridors (LP - No Anchor No Rudder No Charts No Sails) Burning Shed
*25 September 2001: Through Corridors (LP - No Anchor No Rudder No Charts No Sails) Burning Shed
*10 October 2001: No Chart (LP - No Chart No Anchor No Rudder No Sails) Burning Shed
;2002
*23 January 2002: 'For Danny' (Lo)
*22 May 2002: Red Cells (7” single) Too Pure
*30 May 2002 (Radio Eins): Red Cells (7” single) Too Pure
;2003
*19 June 2003 (Radio Eins): Red Cells (7” single) Too Pure
*November 2003 (FSK): Wish For A World Without Hurt (CD - Wish For A World Without Hurt) Nail
==External Links==
*Discogs
*Bandcamp
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