Battle of Everyouth Segment (103:28 to 105:44)

Posted on June 5, 2011 by John C.S. Keston

Northern Spark is behind us and it was a wonderful event. I performed music for three non-stop, consecutive hours with DKO and DJ Luke Anderson on the steps of the MIA during the Battle of Everyouth while Jenny Schmid and Ali Momeni and their talented team of artists and volunteers transformed the museum into a new media artwork with interactive projections and participatory video capturing madness. Here’s a brief segment from the performance starting 103:28 in and finishing at 105:44.

Ostracon Debut Excerpt: Dwarf Plutocracy

Posted on May 25, 2011 by John C.S. Keston

Here’s an excerpt from the fifth track on our upcoming release, Unauthorized Modifications by Ostracon. We will be celebrating the release with a live performance 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 for added visual stimulus.

Dwarf Plutocracy (Excerpt)

Czeslaw’s Loop and DKO

Posted on May 20, 2011 by John C.S. Keston

Art-A-Whirl is considered the largest open studio and gallery tour in the United States and it happens right in my fair city of Northeast Minneapolis. Along side all of the art are dozens of simultaneous musical performances. This year I have three Art-A-Whirl appearances.

First and second are daytime movements for the second and fourth acts of Czeslaw’s Loop (click for times, location, and other details). On Saturday this includes a five-channel sound art installation (essentially a variation on my piece Fives) that initiates “Act Two: Epiphany”. On Sunday, music performed under my Ostraka moniker contributes to “Act Four: Decline”.

Sunday evening is the debut performance of our post DGK trio, DKO (Davis, Keston, O’Brien). The venue is the Honey Lounge in Minneapolis at 10pm. Stop by to participate in an opulent evening of improvisation featuring Jon Davis (Bass, Bass Clarinet), John Keston (Rhodes, Pro-One, and electronics), and Graham O’Brien (Drums).

Naturally Unnatural

Posted on May 19, 2011 by John C.S. Keston

This composition emerged as I was experimenting with the BS3X and the Roland MKS-80. Usually I don’t title these unpublished microtracks that I share here on ACB, but this one came to me naturally.

Naturally Unnatural