All of Precambrian Resonance Available for Preview

Posted on July 20, 2009 by John CS Keston

Unearthed Music has made all of Precambrian Resonance available as full-length 128kbps MP3 previews on Unearthed Music. The entire album is also streaming on last.fm. Here’s track eight, Hamamatsu No. G210. You might remember a rough mix of it from an earlier entry, which revealed how the title came about, and mentioned a release date of March 24, 2009. So, technically I’m four months late on this project. Although negotiating postponement was not an issue, since I’m a label partner. In any case, it’s done and I’m happy with the results.

Hamamatsu No. G210

YAPCRTP

Posted on July 13, 2009 by John CS Keston

forgotten_complex Although it looks as though I just mashed the keyboard with the capslock on, the title of this entry is an acronym for “Yet Another Pre[C]ambrian Resonance Track Preview”. In just twelve days Precambrian Resonance will be released and I will have posted 365 daily sounds on AudioCookbook.org. This piece, titled Forgetten Complex, is a bit of a departure from the earlier examples posted for preview. It was originally exhibited on ACB, and rather than a percussion driven piece Forgotten Complex relies on ambient Rhodes and other processed sound effects to create the lonely atmosphere of an abandoned warehouse.

Forgotten Complex

More Precambrian Resonance Track Previews Available

Posted on July 11, 2009 by John CS Keston

film_strip As promised, Unearthed Music has made a few more tracks from my upcoming album, Precambrian Resonance, available as full-length 128kbps MP3 previews on the UEM website. The tracks with previews available include Illuminator Console, Three Phase Oscillator, Travel Glide, Filtered Synth Drums, Chlorobenzine Mistfall, Blitzen Machine, and Cuba Illinois. Please visit the Precambrian Resonance page on Unearthed Music to listen. Also, it looks like advance downloads are available and getting emailed immediately. Here’s Travel Glide.

Travel Glide

Solo Album will Coincide with 365th Daily Sound

Posted on June 30, 2009 by John CS Keston

I have discussed releasing a solo album centered around the musical output that has emerged as a result of creating One Sound Every Day on ACB. That day has finally come. I have agreed to release my solo album under my moniker, Ostraka, on July 28, 2009, coinciding with my 365th sound. The album is called Precambrian Resonance (Unearthed Music, 2009), a title I used for the ninth sound posted in the OSED category.

It includes fifteen tracks that all began as experiments posted on ACB. Ten of the tracks are full-length compositions, while the remaining five are shorter “micro-tracks” that were originally featured on ACB. The album is available immediately as a download-only pre-release through my label partner Unearthed Music. Here’s the opening track, Illuminator Console.

Illuminator Console

GMS Ensemble Live Performance

Posted on June 24, 2009 by John CS Keston

Nils Westdal shot this video of myself and Graham O’Brien on drums performing with the GMS during one of the Flashbelt after parties on June 8, 2009. The party was held in the back alley of One on One bike studio, considered the bike Mecca of the Midwest.

Recorded using the internal mic on the video camera, the mix is chatty and pretty drum heavy for the first half, but you can hear the GMS sequencing a little better toward the end.

The setup consists of a MacBook Pro running the GMS synced to Ableton Live 7, an M-Audio Firewire 410 interface, a Mackie 1202 mixer, my Korg MS2000 for external control of the GMS, a Casio projector, and a variety of bike lights and spinning LED tops as “light controllers”.

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