After a few hiccups we have finally finished producing our limited run of cassettes. We only have 25 instead of the 50 we had planned, but all the j-cards and labels are printed so we can produce more quickly if need be. Each cassette contains a unique download code for multi-platform listening. A big thanks goes out to Unearthed Music designer Benjamin Montag for his design work and assembly. Also, major thanks to Wes without whom it would have never happened. Finally, thanks to Chris for the inspiration. For now, to get a cassette you will have to show up to the release show tomorrow night. Later on we may consign a few at local stores, but this media is for local consumption only.
Unauthorized Modifications was written and produced by John Keston (that’s me) and Graham O’Brien. The album was recorded, engineered and mixed by Adam Krinsky and mastered by Tom Garneau. For the release show performance I have opted to christen my Super Jupiter Roland MKS-80 for it’s first live show since I have owned it. Here’s an example of what I have been getting out of it and the GMS during my practice sessions.
Evolving MKS-80 Pad Driven by GMS
Would it be possible to get info about the release show for those of us without a Facebook account?
Oh, I found it in a previous post that I had missed. “Don’t miss our live performance celebrating the release at the Honey Lounge in Minneapolis on June 24, 2011. Artists performing with us at the event include Dosh, Smyth, and Ghostband. Rogue Citizen will be doing live painting during the performance.”
Sorry, Rob! I’m glad you found the details. Here’s the entire press release:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
UNEARTHED MUSIC Presents UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATIONS by OSTRACON
ALBUM RELEASE SHOW FEATURING:
DOSH, OSTRACON, SMYTH, GHOSTBAND, and ROGUE CITIZEN
DATE: June 24, 2011 9:00pm to 2:00am
VENUE: Honey Lounge, Minneapolis
Please join us to celebrate OSTRACON’s debut release, UNAUTHORIZED
MODIFICATIONS, with live music from DOSH, OSTRACON, SMYTH, GHOSTBAND,
and live painting by ROGUE CITIZEN.
OSTRACON:
Ostracon is producer John Keston (AudioCookbook.org) on electronics
and drummer Graham O’Brien (No Bird Sing). No keyboards are used in
their music. Instead, Keston uses his custom sequencing software and
hand manipulated light controllers to convert projected video signals
into a stream of generative melodic structures. During their
performances and recording sessions the visuals, electronics, and
synchronized drumming are interwoven creating ephemeral structures
that are familiar yet never repeated outside of each composition.
O’Brien’s percussive statements firmly place the work into a
non-linear landscape, grounded in an impossible to categorize igneous
crust. UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATIONS includes six pieces recorded and
mixed at the former Flyte Tyme studios by Adam Krinsky. The the
tracks, interspersed with angular melodic passages, sound mysterious,
organic, and periodically invoke dystopian imagery.
KESTON:
Keston’s work involves performance, composition, experimental software
design, and sound art. He founded the sound design resource,
AudioCookbook.org, where he documents his ongoing projects and
research. He has performed around the US and internationally at the
Montreal Jazz Festival in 2004, the Spark Festival of Electronic Music
and Art in 2009, and New York’s In/Out Festival of Digital Performance
in 2010. Following the performance, John will be speaking and
demonstrating his software at the Eyeo Festival of art, music, and
technology interaction (http://eyeofestival.com/) on June 29, 2011.
O’BRIEN:
Graham O’Brien is a drummer, producer and composer hailing from St.
Paul, Minnesota. He is most noted for his writing, production and
performance in various Alternative Hip-Hop bands in the Twin Cities,
which have drawn local and national recognition. Aside from drumming
in No Bird Sing, he has recorded and performed with the likes of
Eyedea, Kill The Vultures, and Kristoff Krane. A beat maker since
1997, Graham has recently released his well received solo debut album
on experimental/hip hop/ambient London based label, NoEcho Records.
MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.unearthedmusic.com
http://www.audiocookbook.org
http://grahamobrien.bandcamp.com/
http://www.eyeofestival.com
http://www.honeympls.com
http://inoutfest.org
http://www.doshfamily.com
http://www.jredsmyth.com
http://ghostband.bandcamp.com
http://www.facebook.com/roguecitizen.art