Casino Royale Instrumental Circa 1995

Former A&R rep and all-around minneapolis music nut, John Kass recently posted eight tracks ripped from a couple of demo tapes that we submitted to his record label back in the mid-90s. You can check out all of the tracks on his blog gojohnnygo.com. I’m including an instrumental track below that’s loaded with some note-y Pro-One lines revealing that I have been using that synth for at least sixteen years. Crazy!

Instrumental

DKO @ Try This #4 Segment B

This is the second excerpt from our DKO set at the Slam Factory on Friday, July 29, 2011. My parts in this segment are dominated by a pulsing arpeggiation on the Pro-One with a little bit of Rhodes sparingly sprinkled in.

DKO @ Try This #4 Segment B by Ostraka

DKO @ Try This #4 Segment A

This is the first of a couple of excerpts from our DKO set at the Slam Factory series “Try This” #4 on Friday, July 29, 2011. This live recording sounds pretty good, but we are also planning to spend some time in the studio soon.

DKO @ Try This #4 Segment A by Ostraka

Conversations Excerpt

Here’s an excerpt from a collaborative project I am currently working on with a couple of other artsits. I’ll reveal more details on the project at a later date. For now, please listen.

Conversations Excerpt

Battle of Everyouth Video Documentation

On June 4, 2011 the Battle of Everyouth was staged and performed outside of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA). I performed improvisational music non-stop for three hours with Luke Anderson (electronics), Jon Davis (bass, bass clarinet), and Graham O’Brien (drums, percussion). This video documentation is accompanied by bit and pieces from the board mix during the event. My instrumentation included the Rhodes electric piano, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Electro-Harmonix Memory Man Delay, and Korg Monotron.