Czeslaw’s Loop and DKO

Posted on May 20, 2011 by John CS 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).

DGK at Try This #2 (Part 4)

Posted on April 21, 2011 by John CS Keston

Here’s the final DGK piece from Try This #2.

DGK at Try This #2 (Part 4)

DGK at Try This #2 (Part 3)

Posted on April 20, 2011 by John CS Keston

Here’s the third piece from our performance at the Slam Factory for Try This #3. More to come.

DGK at Try This #2 (Part 3)

DGK at Try This #2 (Part 2)

Posted on April 19, 2011 by John CS Keston

Here’s the second full length segment from the DGK set at the Try This #2 on March 25, 2011. Soon I’ll be posting two or three more segments from the set to complete the non-stop one hour and twenty nine minutes of our performance.

Part two:
DGK at Try This #2 (Part 2)

And in case you missed it, here’s part one:
DGK at Try This #2 (Part 1)

DGK and Friends Bootleg Part 2

Posted on March 28, 2011 by John CS Keston

Once again, on March 13, 2011, my trio DGK performed at the Honey Lounge in Minneapolis, Minnesota in collaboration with a distinguished array of comrades. During part two, in addition to the guests listed for part one, we have spoken word artist Kristoff Krane and bassist Josh Granowski. This section of the recording is even more chatty than the last one, but in a way it’s just a little more character sprinkled into the document.

DGK and Friends Part 2