J. Maizlish Mole
Biographical Note
J. Maizlish Mole is an artist, songwriter and bandleader.
Among his works are drawings, videos, essays, LPs, installations, interventions and songs. He releases music as MOLE. His other bands are Marseille Figs (formed in London in 1999) and the Jupiter Band (formed in 2011). He grew up in California and spent his late teens in New York. He went to art schools in New York and London, receiving a BA from St. Martins College of Art and an MA from the Slade School of Art (Both in London). He is presently recording his first solo record, Danger Island, to be preceded by a series of EPs beginning in May 2015. Recent projects include two extensive drawing/mapping works for Portree and the Isle of Skye (2012-13), a commissioned map of Edinburgh for the 2011 Edinburgh Art Festival (2011), the monthly live music night The Jupiter Club (2011-2013), the booklet of lyrics Wild Weeds (2011), the ongoing mapping project The Promised Land (begun in 2006), and the Marseille Figs 12” Jumbo/The Long Goodbye EP (2009).
Select Projects
The first EP from Danger Island. Released Wed. 13 May 2015. Here.
DANGER ISLAND. 21 NEW SONGS.
Presently in production, Danger Island is a new 21-song double album from MOLE. Kickstarted in November 2014, the full album is set for release in Autumn 2017. Its first dozen or so tracks are being released as a series of digital-only EPs throughout 2015–17.
A Walk Around Portree
2012. Pen on paper. 89cm x 173cm.
Prints are available to purchase here.
The Jupiter Club
November 2011 – December 2013.
The George Tavern, London.
Kidnap Alice, Chalk Hill Blue EP.
2013. CD and poster designs.
Every Road on the Isle of Skye
2013. Pen on paper. 89cm x 89cm.
Prints are available to purchase here.
Calton Road, Edinburgh.
6 August 2011.
Kiss Mint
2009. Acrylic & pencil on board. 201mm x 125mm.
The Scheme of Things
2011. Pen on paper. 28cm x 30cm.
LAMF
2012. Pen & pencil on paper. 350mm x 250mm.
yoB, Don't Say One Thing and Do Another
2013. Mp3 artwork and poster design.
Jumbo (Instrumental)
Marseille Figs, 2009.
Bonus track from digital release of Jumbo / The Long Goodbye EP.
With Andrew Ranken, John Edwards, Jem Finer, Darryl Hunt, Paul Seacroft and the Jumbo Chorale.
Available from iTunes.
Sites of the Edinburgh Art Festival
2011. Pen on paper. 420mm x 297mm.
Photobooth Strip No.9
2005. Peformance for camera.
40mm x 188mm.
NO – LA November 2009
2011. Pen & pencil on paper. 288mm x 202mm.
The Promised Land
2006, ongoing. Pencil on paper. 2.44m x 1.56m.
Over a Thousand Rainbows
In Longplayer Live Programme.
Artangel, London, 2009.
This Year’s Roads
2011. Pen on paper. 286mm x 218mm.
‘Camp’ Coffee
2009. Acrylic & pencil on board.
81mm x 201mm.
Draft Beer With Weenies, Nos. 1 & 2
2009. Pen & pencil on paper, CDR multiples. 50.8cm x 22cm.
The Long Goodbye
Marseille Figs, 2009.
From Jumbo / The Long Goodbye EP.
With Andrew Ranken, John Edwards, Jem Finer and the Jumbo Chorale.
Available from iTunes.
The Dirty Canon
Marseille Figs, 2007. 12 tracks. 52’17”. [CD / MP3]
Produced by Jem Finer & DM Bob. Additional production by Brian O’Shaughnessy.
Available from
iTunes.
Not My Bag
2011. Ink on paper. 28cm x 30cm.
Oxford, As Visited in 1997
2005. Pencil on paper. 297mm x 210mm.
Marcia Farquhar’s 12 Shooters
LADA, London, 2009.
Available here.
J. Maizlish Mole was born in California and is based in London. He releases music as MOLE. His other bands are The Jupiter Band and Marseille Figs. He has lived in New York, London, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Hamburg and Berlin. He has performed, exhibited and recorded under a variety of names, including J. Mole, J. Maizlish Mole and Michigan Flint. He can be followed at @jmaizlishmole and reached directly on
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This site is always under construction. Updated January 2016.