Artists on the Verge Opening Reception Show

Posted on July 8, 2009 by John C.S. Keston

This Thursday, July 9, 2009 I am participating in a performance by Andrea Steudel with David Steinman at 9:30pm just outside the Weisman museum in Minneapolis. The performance involves projection, pantomime, and live sound design produced with the GMS. Without giving it away, there will also be things being broken and all sorts of chaotic fun. The performance is part of the Art(ists) on the Verge opening reception which starts at 8:00pm. Here the sound our carts of gear and props made as we wheeled them from the Regis building on the West bank to the Weisman museum on the East bank yesterday.

Rolling Carts

Empty Dumpster Sounds

Posted on July 7, 2009 by John C.S. Keston

dumpster_hitch I recorded some sounds from this giant dumpster in the alley behind my house. It’s there so my neighbor and I can dispose of some construction waste that will not be taken away by the city, including wood posts stuck in cement that I dug up while replacing old decaying fencing.

At the time the dumpster was almost completely empty allowing it to resonate for an extended period of time. If I get a chance I will make some more recordings of this metal behemoth.

Dumpster

Practice Recording

Posted on July 6, 2009 by John C.S. Keston

This recording was made on my PCM-D50 as Keston and Westdal rehearsed with Graham O’Brien on drums for a recording session this week at McNally Smith.

Practice Recording

Precambrian Resonance Preview Tracks

Posted on July 5, 2009 by John C.S. Keston

3phase On Tuesday, June 30, 2009, I announced that my solo album, Precambrian Resonance, is available for pre-release orders. In addition there are full-length previews of many of the tracks on the album available on Unearthed Music. Traditionally UEM makes more and more track previews available until the release date, when all the tracks are made available for previewing. Here’s one of my favorite full-length pieces from the album, Three Phase Oscillator. Please visit the Precambrian Resonance release page to hear more.

Three Phase Oscillator

Mobile Phone Slide Guitar

Posted on July 4, 2009 by John C.S. Keston

Space Cubes Detail This deranged-lofi-noise-fest was extracted directly from my voicemail. I suspect that it was left by the same person who has left other strange voicemails for me in the past. In this case I have learned that the sound source was a guitar being played with a mobile phone as a slide while the same phone was leaving me a message. So, while the guitar produced the sound, the mobile phone was a slide, a microphone, and a recording device all in one.