Mark Airlie's 23 song epic album 'Man In A Dogsuit' of 12 string guitar and voice originals recorded back in 1995 and only previously available on limited edition cassette tape. The songs evoke real and surreal happenings over a 15 year period spanning happenings and relationships with various people, places and events during that time. It's a capsule of life: happy, sad, hideous, strange, boring, factual and dream-like in a long snake of rhythm and melody delivered as a tranquil tantrum or a quietly brooding vitriolic diatribe.
Mark Airlie now lives in the sleep Wellington suburb of Titahi Bay. This is his fourth release on Powertool, one which displays his versatility and extraordinary song writing abilities. An album that despite the limitations of only one instrument never gets boring. This is a capsule in time well worth investigating, one that Powertool Records chose to revive. Man in a Dogsuit is one recording that has withstood the test of time.
