This Week's Updates

2010-03-11T08:57:00.000-05:00

We're back.

This week's podcasts are now posted, including the latest episode of Barry Seroff's improvs with his 10 month old son, Jackson. This week's episode is Guitar (w/ Jackson Seroff).

Also this week, the Painful Leg Injuries conclude the Travel Time series with Travel Time 4 Like the Time Travel series, I've concluded this series with a composition that layers the previous three episodes.

We will return next week.

Update 3/2

2010-03-03T08:35:00.000-05:00

Welcome back.

This week's podcasts are now updated. First, the third chapter of the Painful Leg Injuries' latest series, Travel Time, Travel Time 3 features me playing a home made ukelele running it through a new hardware effect unit I built over the weekend at Austin's latest Handmade Music event. I built the Space Baby Echo from Wooster Audio. Since this series focuses on the movement of time, I thought this echo/delay unit was completely appropriate. I still applied the Travel Time to this recording.

Also this week, the latest episode of Barry Seroff collaborations with his 10 month old son, Jackson. This episode is called Guitar (Jackson Doesn't Care).

Enjoy, until next week.

Update 2/23/10

2010-02-23T17:30:00.000-05:00

Welcome back!

This week, check this review of Marco Oppedisano's recent releases on OKSRNA. Thanks to the Temporary Fault blog for this review of Marco's excellent recent work.

This week Barry Seroff begins a new series of podcasts that built on the last episode of the democracy series, where he shared his son Jackson's first improv. This 5 part series collects short improvs between father and son. Today's episode is Baby As Instrument.

Also new this week is the second episode of the latest Painful Leg Injuries podcast series called Travel Time. In this episode, I returned to the first PLI podcast series Time Travel's template with new tools. Enjoy.

Until next week, be well.

Update 2/18/09

2010-02-18T09:26:00.000-05:00

Sorry about the delay this week, podcasts are now updated.

This week mark's the last ten epsiodes of the Painful Leg Injuries and Barry Seroff Podcasts.

For the final episode of Barry's Democracy! series, Barry shares with us a wonderful outtake from the session. Two members of the quartet had the amazing iPhone synth app Bebot on their phones and they let Barry's son Jack, play with it. This 1 minute piece is Jack Seroff's first improv, sounds like a chip off the old block.

Also this week is the beginning of the penultimate Painful Leg Injuries Podcast series, Travel Time. My first podcast series was made up of compositions that were about Time Travel, and now I've decided to revisit the concept. Travel Time 1 is the first of this four part series, and it features steel drum samples going through my first Max For Live device, Delay Looper. Enjoy.

Until next week.

Update Delay

2010-02-17T10:20:00.000-05:00

This week's podcasts will be updated tomorrow, Thursday 2/18/10. We apologize for the delay.

Update 2/9

2010-02-09T12:02:00.000-05:00

Welcome back everyone.

This week, The Painful Leg Injuries conclude their Nintendo DS-10 composition series with CDS5. Next week, the PLI will begin a four part series called Travel Time, which will look back at the first PLI podcast series.

Also this week, is the 70th podcast from Barry Seroff, this episode is the latest episode in his series of improvisations from his cantada, Democracy. This is called Untitled. Has a strangely 70's experimental film soundtrack feel. Enjoy!

Until next week.

Update 2/2

2010-02-02T12:13:00.000-05:00

Welcome back.

This week we have latest podcast, first up is the Painful Leg Injuries with the fourth episode of their latest series, Compositions for DS-10 called CDS4. The Korg DS-10 is excellent piece of music software and really has an excellent sound, equally interesting and game-y (I mean game-y here like it sounds like video games, not sounds like a wild duck tastes).

Also this week, Barry Seroff's third episode of his Democracy series called A Field Recording. Another texturally engrossing totally exploratory without being dull piece from Barry's cantata Democracy. Enjoy.

We'll be back next week.

Update 1/26/09

2010-01-26T10:34:00.000-05:00

Podcasts are now updated.

First up, is the second part of Barry Seroff's Democracy series entitled An Evening With Raymond Scott (in Hell). This wonderful piece continues in the vein that Barry's worked in before, where he's able to mold improvisations into sounding convincingly like composition with very quirky and beautiful results.

Second is the third part of the Painful Leg Injuries' latest series of compositions for the Nintendo DS cartridge, Korg DS-10. CDS3 wanders through aggressive and passive states.

Hope you enjoy them, until next week, take care.

Update 1/19

2010-01-20T07:46:00.000-05:00

Welcome back.

This week, Barry Seroff begins a new series of podcasts that feature improv excerpts from rehearsals for his cantata Democracy. His collaborators in this 5 part series are Anne Rhodes (Soprano) Carl Testa (bass) and Steve Zeminski (percussion), as well as his six-month-old son Jackson, rocking out on iPhones with the Bebot app. The first episode is Chinese Toy Factory.

Also this week is the latest episode from the series Compositions for the DS-10 the latest round of works by the Painful Leg Injuries. This episode CDS2, the second part of a five part series that focuses on compositions I wrote using Korg's DS-10 cartridge on a Nintendo DSi. Thanks again to my main man, Larry, who got me NDSi as a gift back September, others have said it and I agree, the Nindendo DS is worth the price alone for the DS-10 synth cartridge.

Until next week, enjoy!

Update 1/12

2010-01-13T07:45:00.000-05:00

Belated Happy New Year to all!

We are back for another year, and 2010 will the start of a new phase for this label.

First, OKSRNA as a label will be switching gears to focus more on album releases, and less of new technology releases like podcasts.

So, in May of 2010, we will be ending our weekly individual artist podcasts, with the 200th Painful Leg Injuries Podcast and starting a new label-wide podcast that will be more like a radio-show format than the one we have been using thus far.

Back in 2005 when I started the Painful Leg Injuries podcast there was no general format for what the audience expected a podcast to be. But over time, it's become clear that a radio show format is what more podcasts are like, so since we are coming up to the 200th PLI podcast, I thought it was good time to switch gears, focus on a new direction for the podcasts.

Additionally, the label's first CD-R release of 2010 will be the first new CD from the Painful Leg Injuries, since 2006's If The Devil's In The Details Than How Many Detail Can You Fit Upon a Match?, which is called The Anomaly That Had Gotten The Better of Me. We've released a track called Everything Put Here Was With The Best of Intentions. Click here to download it.

The Painful Leg Injuries begin their 36th series this week with CDS1, called Compositions for DS-10. We've done several series of Gameboy music, and I thought the next logical step was to make new music using my Nintendo DSi. I focused on Korg's excellent synth/sequencer cartridge the DS-10, enjoy!.

Barry Seroff's podcast also resumes this week with the final episode of his collaborative series with Marco Oppedisano called Eternal Loop. A wonderful conclusion to an excellent collection of work. Hopefully we will hear more from this great duo in the future.

Until next week, enjoy!

Update 12/8

2009-12-08T18:31:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the final podcast update of 2009.

First, is the final episode of The Painful Leg Injuries' series of tracker compositions made with classical samples called Wagner's Amiga. This is called House of Cards That Fell Like Bricks, enjoy!

Also, the latest collaboration between Barry Seroff and our own Marco Oppedisano. An awesome piece called Modular Staircase.

Thanks so much for listening all year long, and we will be returning on January 12, 2010.

12/1

2009-12-02T08:38:00.000-05:00

Welcome back.

This week,I'd like to start by sharing with you the first all new non-podcast track from The Painful Leg Injuries in over a year! This song is from our upcoming new album for OKSRNA The Anomaly That Had Gotten The Better Of Me. This album has been long in the works and this new track will demonstrate the new direction PLI has taken. It's called Everything Put Here Was With The Best Of Intentions. Enjoy!

Also this week you'll be able to check out our latest podcast, Flight of the Ostrich, the second episode of our series Wagner's Amiga which is a series of three compositions made with the Renoise tracker software, all using classical music samples.

Finally, Barry Seroff's latest podcast is third part of his trilogy called Daybreak on the Mesa Part 3. It's also the eighth part of his collaborative series with Marco Oppedisano. Most impressive and enjoyable.

Next week's podcast update will be our last of 2009, we return on January 12th 2010.

Until next week.

Update 11/17

2009-11-17T15:59:00.000-05:00

This week is the final episode of the El Plan De Aguavodka Podcast. John Ibarra's music has been a weekly highlight for me, since we started doing these podcasts in 2006. John has decided to focus his attention on creating an album, which we are very excited to release.

El Plan De Aguavodka's music will also become part of the new OKSRNA label-wide podcast that will begin in 2010. In the meantime we look forward to John's album.

Podcast 150 is called All Processes Put To Sleep, a fitting lullabye of processed guitar and computer glitches, a lovely way to go out.

The Painful Leg Injuries begin a new series this week with the first epsiode of their latest series, Wagner's Amiga. The Least Beautiful Sunset of All Time is the beginning of a three-part series of compositions made using classical music samples with modern tracker software, Renoise. Enjoy!

Finally, the latest episode of Barry Seroff's collaborative series with Marco Oppedisano, is the rootsy second part of Daybreak on the Mesa.

Next week there will be now podcast update, due to the Thanksgiving holiday, podcasts will resume on December 1.

Update 11/10

2009-11-10T18:22:00.001-05:00

Welcome to the 200th posting on the OKSRNA blog!

This week, be sure to check out the latest podcasts. First, El Plan De Aguavodka, Filigree Mirror is composed of decorated and damaged CD's and it's effect is best heard at a high volume enjoy. Next week is EPDA's 150th podcast and on a slightly sad note, the final episode of the EPDA podcast. Now, the good news is that we will finally get an El Plan De Aguavodka album out of this, which is awesome.

Also this week we have the latest from Barry Seroff and his awesome series of collaboration with Marco Oppedisano. Now, another mini-trilogy begins with Daylight on the Mesa Pt. 1. This episode is a guitar duo, of clean tones with Marco playing a standard tuning and Barry with a French tuning. It's full of lovely harmonies, and quite possibly the prettiest moments of this duo so far.

The latest Painful Leg Injuries podcast series concludes this week with On. This episode features sounds from a converted text file that only contains one character, the number 1. Enjoy.

Update 11/3

2009-11-03T18:15:00.001-05:00

I first learned the definition of the word "error" when I was pretty small child trying to type LOAD "*", 8, 1 on my Commodore 64, oh how far we've come and how little we've changed.

This week's Painful Leg Injuries Podcast is A Catalog of My Fatal Errors, a part of the Raw Data Become Cooked Emotions series of podcasts where I sample data files fed into Audacity and saved as audio.

Also this week is El Plan De Aguavodka's latest podcast Hantavirus where John recorded a mouse cord with a pick up and treated it. John must move his mouse around a lot, from side to side.

Also this week is Barry Seroff's collaboration with our own Marco Oppedisano. This episode is called Air featuring Barry's flute playing. It's jazz without being jazzy.

Until next week, take care.

Update 10/27

2009-10-28T07:13:00.000-04:00

Welcome back, this week's podcasts are now posted.

The Painful Leg Injuries' latest series, Raw Data Become Cooked Emotion has featured tracks where data files were transformed into audio files. This week's episode Weak Dull, I used a Power Point presentation as my target. Hope you enjoy it.

Barry Seroff's latest podcast, Sea is part of a series of improvised works Barry recorded with Marco Oppedisano. Marco opens this piece with a solo adrift in dangerous waters. Surprisingly jazzy, and lovely. The piece builds into large ice-y chunks, quite powerful.

El Plan De Aguavodka's podcast is taking a break this week.

Until next week.

Update 10/20

2009-10-20T15:42:00.000-04:00

Welcome back.

New podcasts are now posted. First up we have the 3rd episode of Barry Seroff's series of collaborations with Marco Oppedisano. This episode Land is the first of 3-part session and has Marco going into some metal for all of you. You'll love it.

Next, is Clear Private Data the latest episode of the El Plan De Aguavodka podcast. This is one of John's miniatures where he's once again messing with some feedback. Often feedback pieces end up being dense and monolithic. This one is light as a feather.

Finally is the latest from the Painful Leg Injuries. PLI's current series is a collection of works from tweaking data files in Audacity to convert them into audio samples. This one Predictable Dysfunction Festers comes from data converted from a PDF file.

Enjoy.

Update 10/13

2009-10-13T15:21:00.000-04:00

This week's podcasts are now updated.

First up is the latest from El Plan De Aguavodka, called Two Lines Through a Rectangle Representing a Window. John paints us a gorgeously atmospheric night scene with this piece where he's processed radio feedback.

Also this week we have the second episode of Barry Seroff's collaboration with our own Marco Oppedisano. Under a Blood Red Moon a large spacious work with occasional cartoon spring sound getting eaten by a vortex. You'll love it.

The latest piece by The Painful Leg Injuries is I Don't Know How To Write a Beautiful Letter. This is the second episode of my latest series Raw Data Becomes Cooked Emotions. The samples that I used to make up this series come from changing data files into audio files, and this piece focuses on samples culled from a letter written in Microsoft Office.

Until next week, take care.

Update 10/6

2009-10-06T18:26:00.000-04:00

We're back again with some great new podcasts.

First, Barry Seroff's new series is a OKSRNA family affair. It's the highlights of a series of extended jams with our own Marco Oppedisano. Roundtable brings two excellent players together in one of our most exciting podcast series to date. Looking forward to next week guys.

Also beginning this week, the new series of podcasts from The Painful Leg Inuries. PLI's 34th podcast series is Raw Data Become Cooked Emotions. This series is group of compositions made from samples I pulled by feeding non-musical files into Audacity as Raw Data. This week's episode Cries of Children Failing At Data Entry comes from attempting to import an Excel spreadsheet into Audacity. It sounded so sad, like dying voices. Enjoy!

El Plan De Aguavodka's new podcast is Turnstiled Junkpiled and Stranded. John is once again at it with treatments of field recordings, this time with a little charango. Beautiful and frightening as always.

Welcome back, and enjoy the new tracks. Until next week.

Update 9/15

2009-09-15T15:15:00.000-04:00

Welcome back again.

First up, check out this review for our most recent release, Lapis' A Path Toward Solace. It's from IMPROVIJAZZATION Nation and you can click here to read it.You'll have to scroll down, but it gets the site's Highest Recommendation.

New podcasts this week, first the Painful Leg Injuries conclude our latest series of 8bit Gameboy music, Composed Gameboy with CGB 6.

El Plan De Aguavodka's latest, the very cool, electro-acoustic improv piece 3.5 Millimeter Metal Lollipop. When John uses the word "metal" in that title think more piezo than heavy.

Barry Seroff features the work of singer/accordionist Kamala Sankaram in Sleep as the concluding episode of his Self Accompaniment series. Enjoy.

I'll be away for a bit, so there will a break from weekly updates for the next two weeks, the podcasts will return on October 6th. Until then, take care.

2009-09-08T14:40:00.002-04:00

Welcome back, hope you enjoyed the Labor Day holiday.

This week, we've got our latest podcasts starting with The Painful Leg Injuries' latest episode of their third Gameboy music series, CGB 5. The PLI have focused on compositions creaded using the LSDJ software, on a modified Gameboy with full pitch control. This comes thanks to the GetLoFi.com's LTC 1799 precision oscillator. Enjoy.

Next is Nature Imitates Tape, the latest podcast from El Plan De Aguavodka. This makes it two weeks in a row that John has released something austerely beautiful, low-fi but better for it, and completely organic and not the least bit contrived. It's another field recording that receives John's processing, It's fantastic, reminds me a lot of David Tudor's work.

Also this week, Barry Seroff returns with the latest episode of his Self-Accompaniment series featuring the synth looping-vocoded work of Jeff Cedrone, called Low.

Until next week, take care.

Update 9/1

2009-09-01T19:24:00.003-04:00

This week our latest round of podcasts begins with the latest from El Plan De Aguavodka, called Vacuuming the Glitter from Your Sleepy Head. A processed recording of a music box recorded through a pickup, that features some gorgeous, delicately handled sounds, mind-blowing.

Also this week the latest round of Barry Seroff's Self-Accompaniment series, this time featuring the work of Nate Trier, this piece is called Self Improvment. I do think that spelling is intentional.

CGB 4 is latest episode of the current series by The Painful Leg Injuries of composed works for Gameboy.

In other news our good friend Marco Oppedisano has been jamming with drummer of late, and he's starting to put out some new material check out this clip from a recent set in NYC. Marco wrote "...Just letting you know about a video I just posted on You Tube from a performance I did with percussionist Martin Urbach last Sunday at the Chair and The Maiden Gallery in NYC. This is just a short excerpt from an hour set."

Click this link to check it out.

Update 8/25

2009-08-26T09:16:00.004-04:00

This week's podcasts are now available for download.

Starting with the third chapter from Barry Seroff's Self Accompaniment series. This week's featured artist is Paul Pinto of Thing!NY and it's a wild one. Multi-tracked spoken word free association.

Also this week the latest morphed field recording work from El Plan De Aguavodka with the beastly whooshing of Naked Without Airs.

The Painful Leg Injuries' latest is the third of my latest series of Gameboy music CGB 3. Enjoy!

Update 8/18

2009-08-19T08:38:00.002-04:00

This week our John Ibarra of El Plan De Aguavodka acknowledges the loss of Les Paul. His latest podcast is true dedication to inventor/advocate of much of the technology that makes modern music what it is. The latest episode of his podcast, No More Is Les (Paul) is John playing multi-tracked guitar with home-made pickup. The dense splatters of this piece may not have been what Les Paul intended to influence, he did make it possible.

Also this week the second episode of the latest series by the Painful Leg Injuries. CGB 2 features the debut of my latest modified Gameboy, this one uses the awesome LTC1799 Precision Oscillator that allows you to control the pitch of a Gameboy with simple pot. For more info check this great circuit bending site, getlofi.com.

Barry Seroff continues his latest series of Self-Accompaniment. This week, Barry's podcast features Ed Rosenberg's work. This track is culled from series of first takes, including a story recorded on an airplane, enjoy!

Until next week, take care.

Update 8/11

2009-08-12T10:12:00.002-04:00

Much to be excited about this week.

First, The Painful Leg Injuries are beginning a new podcast series with CGB 1, the first part of PLI's third series of Gameboy music. This series is a collection of compositions made with the infamous Gameboy tracker software LSDJ. CGB 1 is the piece I recently performed at Game Over Videogames' Joust tournament.

Also Barry Seroff begins a new series this week, where Barry and co. will be exploring the idea of "self-accompaniment". Each week will feature one of his many co-horts trying this out starting this week with Barry himself performing A Bluish, kind of Purplish Grail (For Rhys Chatham). Barry states that this was "Improvised out of sadness for not being able to play Rhys' 'A Crimson Grail' for 200 guitars this year." Haunting and orchestral, it's quite wonderful.

And of course we have the latest from El Plan De Aguavodka. Hold Music Submission 1 is an awesome rusty anthem the likes of which we haven't really heard from John before, and it's quite incredible. It's like a strange merger of the degraded William Basinski work, if it were applied to something Belbury Poly recorded.

Until next week.