Dark Polyphonic GMS Phrase

Posted on June 29, 2011 by John C.S. Keston

I lifted this dark polyphonic phrase that was generated by the GMS driving the Roland MKS-80 from a recent Ostracon set at Honey.

Morning Music and Coffee Consumption

Posted on June 28, 2011 by John C.S. Keston

This video documents an improvised piece recorded on June 26, 2011 with David Andree, John Keston, and Jared Smyth. I was playing the Roland June-106, triggering the Roland MKS-80 with the GMS, and playing a few notes on the piano. David was playing acoustic guitar, cassette loops, reel-to-reel loops, percussion, and melodica. Jared was on a Monome running Grainslide, and live looping. Checkout Jared’s original post here.

Original Audio

MKS-80 Clip Lifted from Ostracon Release Show

Posted on June 26, 2011 by John C.S. Keston

MKS-80 Clip Lifted from Ostracon Release Show

Ostracon Release Show Sample

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

This is one of many GMS driven MKS-80 clips I recorded into my Live set during the Ostracon performance last night. We have video from several cameras and a multitrack recording of the event, so keep an eye out for a live show video soon.

MKS-80 GMS Clip

Random LFO

Posted on June 24, 2011 by John C.S. Keston

While practicing for our performance today I took some time off to experiment a little bit with the MKS-80. To create this sound I held down a chord and turned up the LFO routing to the VCF. The LFO was set to the random waveform with the frequency set to a little bit more than fifty percent.

Random LFO