Live Binaural Recording of DKO with Oliver Grudem

Posted on December 10, 2012 by John C.S. Keston

On Friday, December 7, 2012 the MCAD MFA program had its yearly open studio night. Last year it was called SHOW + TELL, but this time we titled it FRANK. There was some amazing work up all over our Whittier studio spaces. I contributed by directing a performance featuring my trio DKO and MCAD alum, Oliver Grudem, who provided a real-time audiovisual score for the ensemble to “read”. This relates to my thesis research in progress, but in brief the audiovisual content was broadcast over a mobile network as Oliver traversed around the city sending us what he saw and heard as it happened.

Parasite from In Habit: Living Patterns

Posted on July 31, 2012 by John C.S. Keston

This is the fourth of sixteen pieces that I composed and performed during each vignette of the dance production “In Habit: Living Patterns,” performed at Northern Spark in June, 2012.

Welcome from In Habit: Living Patterns

Posted on July 30, 2012 by John C.S. Keston

This is the third of sixteen pieces that I composed and performed during each vignette of the dance production “In Habit: Living Patterns,” performed at Northern Spark in June, 2012. This started out as an experiment I recorded on my Juno-106 while one of the voice chips was failing. I posted the first, Crowd Dance, and the second, Energy, of this series recently. Eventually, I will shared all sixteen tracks for your listening pleasure.

Fourteen of Fourteen Live Mixes from Ostracon

Posted on July 23, 2012 by John C.S. Keston

This the last of 14 tracks from a collection of Ostracon mixes recorded at three consecutive live shows last year. Each track is an untitled improvisation roughly mixed and edited for length. Ostracon is Graham O’Brien on drums and John Keston on electronics. If you are feeling brave, checkout the entire set on SoundCloud and check us out live at the Kitty Cat Klub on August 5, 2012.

Ostracon Live Rough #13 Plus Upcoming Show

Posted on July 19, 2012 by John C.S. Keston

There are two tracks left in this series of live roughs from Ostracon. This one and one more. If you have been listening, I would love to hear from you in a comment. We would also love to see you at the Kitty Cat Klub on Sunday, August 5, 2012 for two sets of live music from Ostracon. The amazing Terr the Om will start off the evening. Thanks!