For a limited time Unearthed Music is offering the DRM free 320kbps download for Precambrian Resonance by Ostraka for whatever you want to pay for it.
This album emerged during a year long period of random recordings and sound design experiments exhibited on AudioCoobook.org by John Keston during his One Sound Every Day project.
Click on the title to visit the release page where you can hear full-length previews of all fifteen tracks and pay what you want for Precambrian Resonance.
Here’s an excerpt of the second track from the upcoming Ostracon debut album, Unauthorized Modifications. This track is titled Photon Coercion. The album consists of drumming by Graham O’Brien and electronic sound that John Keston produced using GMS, or Gestural Music Sequencer. GMS is Open Source software John developed that converts video signals into musical phrases. A video signal is analyzed in real-time and then MIDI notes are produced based on brightness tracking and adjustable probability distribution algorithms.
This excerpt, in addition to looped phrases from GMS, includes a lead melodic voice that John played on the touch based synthesizer, Bebot. John Keston fell in love with the expressive way you can bend notes independently on up to five voices (an impossibility on most conventional keyboards – unless you have one of these) using Bebot.
Photon Coercion (excerpt)
Unearthed Music is pleased to announce the debut album from Ostracon, Unauthorized Modifications. The recording is scheduled for electronic release on Tuesday June 21, 2011 with a release show happening on Friday, June 24, 2011. John Keston will be sharing excerpts from each of the tracks weekly on his site, AudioCookbook.org, leading up to the event.
Probability Defect (excerpt)
Short Circuit – 021911 – Ostraka from Low-Gain on Vimeo.
Short Circuit – 021911 – Sputnik Viper from Low-Gain on Vimeo.
Short Circuit – 021911 – Square Wail from Low-Gain on Vimeo.
Short Circuit – 021911 – web dimension from Low-Gain on Vimeo.
Logan Erickson, also known as Low-Gain, organizes the monthly electronic music event called Short Circuit. As well as doing a great job with the event, he produces excellent, HD documentation with the direct audio signal from the house system synched up to the video. Above is his documentation from the February 19, 2011 event that John Keston had the pleasure of participating in. Checkout his Vimeo page to see videos from former Short Circuit events and interesting experiments by Low-Gain.
This Saturday, February 19, 2011, Unearthed Music artist John Keston (aka Ostraka) will be performing at Shuga Records in Northeast Minneapolis for the Short Circuit electronic music monthly.
From the Short Circuit Facebook page: “Short Circuit is a monthly show set up to show case local and out of state electronic music artists. Show takes place every Third Saturday of each month. Artists from past events: L-Tron (MN), Low-Gain (MN), Albino Ghost Monkey (WI), Stagediver (WI), Bunk Data (MN), CMKT 4 (IL), Datura 1.0 (MN), MEGACHURCH (MN), Pelzwik (MN), Talking Computron (IA)”
Take a look at the event details on Facebook. The line-up includes WEb DiMension, Sputnik Viper, Square Wail, and Ostraka. This is an early show starting at 4:30pm and ending at 8:00pm. It’s free and open to all ages, so be there on time and have fun!
Ostraka at The Somethin’ Else No. 9
Eyeo Festival June 27-29, 2011
One Synthesizer Sound Every Day Debut
An Exclusive Holiday Gift from Ostraka
Keston & Westdal with Graham O’Brien at Galactic Soul Lounge
