Nils Westdal has been quietly toiling on his third ten72 effort, Bicycle Family, for four long years. And finally it has reached his meticulous standards for release. The compositions produced in this collection glisten with polish yet grate with a filthy grit in all the right places. As with all Unearthed Music releases every single track is playable in full on the releases page. So, listen for free, or support independent music by purchasing the album either directly from UEM, iTunes, or your e-distributor of choice. Here’s one of John Keston’s favorites downtempo masterpieces from the album, Water Color Dream.
Unearthed Music recording artist Ostracon (John Keston and Graham O’Brien) has been selected to perform at the In/Out Digital Performance Festival in New York this September, 2010 at the Tank Theater, 354 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036. Last year’s lineup included Monome creator, tehn (Brian Crabtree), and Peter Kirn of Creative Digital Music. From the In/Out Festival website.
In/Out is an annual festival that features leading performers, developers, artists, and tinkerers of the digital design community in hopes bridging the gap between the forum based world and the stage. The festival seeks to bring digitally driven performances into the limelight with two full days of workshops and performances.
This video is a live studio piece shot by Ai student Josh Clos, and recorded at Ai Minnesota by John Keston and Graham O’Brien. It’s representative of the music that we are generating during our live performances. For more checkout the Ostracon tag here on ACB, or visit our bio on Unearthed Music.
Ostracon at the In / Out Festival of Digital Performance.
Ralph Hauwert created this Pixelbender 3D Distance Field Raymarcher, rendered out in After Effects at HD resolution, and used John Keston’s track Rhodes Pedal Noise from Precambrian Resonance for the music. Check out the HD video below.
Cassette Tape and Evolving MKS-80 Pad Driven by GMS
Photon Coercion Video
Ostracon Debut Excerpt: Dwarf Plutocracy
Ostracon Debut Excerpt: Entropy Procedure
Ostracon Debut Excerpt: Particle Agent
