The Most Beautiful Sound In The World Competition

Posted on December 10, 2013 by John C.S. Keston

The Most Beautiful Sound in the World Competition is underway thanks to efforts from SoundCloud and BeautifulNow. Here’s what BeautifulNow representative, Rachel Whaley, had to say to ACB about the competition:

BeautifulNow, a new site focused on the most beautiful things happening in the world right now, is running a competition, in partnership with SoundCloud and The Sound Agency, to find THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SOUND IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. It’s really cool! And we thought that you and your community would be really interested because you seem to be all about beautiful sound.

The competition is open for entries until 12/16, so there’s still time to enter. Here’s a link to the competition so you can check it out: beautifulnow.is/sound.

There’s a great prize package. We have awesome judges who will select finalists. And our community votes. How cool would it be if your sound could win The Most Beautiful Sound in the World? What do you think?

Check out our site, our Facebook page, and follow us on Twitter for more info and let us know what you think!

Postfauxpocalypse Excerpt No. 5

Posted on December 5, 2013 by John C.S. Keston

This is the fifth excerpt from my Ostraka performance, “Postfauxpocalyse,” on October 24, 2013 at Popup Northrop. It was recorded directly from a Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro to a Sony PCM-D50 at 48kHz/24bit. Again the instruments used were a DSI Tempest, Korg Volca Keys, Korg Monotribe, and Memory Man analog delay. This is my favorite of the series so far because, although improvised, it feels the most compositional.

Postfauxpocalypse Excerpt No. 4

Posted on December 4, 2013 by John C.S. Keston

This is the forth excerpt from my live performance, “Postfauxpocalyse,” on October 24, 2013 at Popup Northrop. I recorded it directly from a Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro to a Sony PCM-D50 at 48kHz/24bit. Again the instruments used were a DSI Tempest, Korg Volca Keys, Korg Monotribe, and Memory Man analog delay.

Postfauxpocalypse Excerpt No. 3

Posted on December 3, 2013 by John C.S. Keston

This is the third excerpt from my live performance, “Postfauxpocalyse,” on October 24, 2013 at Popup Northrop was recorded directly from a Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro to a Sony PCM-D50 at 48kHz/24bit. Once again the instruments used were a DSI Tempest, Korg Volca Keys, Korg Monotribe, and Memory Man analog delay.

Postfauxpocalypse Excerpt No. 2

Posted on December 2, 2013 by John C.S. Keston

This 1:19 minute excerpt from my live performance, “Postfauxpocalyse,” on October 24, 2013 at Popup Northrop was recorded directly from a Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro to a Sony PCM-D50 at 48kHz/24bit. The only instruments used were a DSI Tempest, Korg Volca Keys, and Korg Monotribe. I also used a Memory Man analog delay during the performance.

“Postfauxpocaplypse brings together MAW members Jenny Schmid, Davey T. Steinman and Eben Kowler with musician John Keston for a night projection event that employs live drawing, animation, wireless camera feed, roaming interactive performance and responsive soundscapes. This piece responds to our current post-fake-apocalyptic state of illusion by embracing morbid seasonal imagery to respond to non-functioning governments, surveillance and a culture of excess.”