M. Ostermeier Exclusive
M. Ostermeier provides us with a melancholic journey of modern classical beauty…
M. Ostermeier writes and records music in Baltimore, Maryland where he is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
He was the main songwriter of the 1990’s shoegaze/post-rock band Should, whose debut release A Folding Sieve was on the Austin, Texas label ND.
He has recently mixed albums for Nebraska’s post-punk legends For Against (Shade Side Sunny Side, Never Been) and folk-pianist Brynn Andre. He is co-owner of Words On Music, an independent record label of international post-punk, dreampop, post-rock, and chamber pop artists founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1998.
Although continuing to work with Should, M. Ostermeier’s recent solo material has taken an experimental and ambient turn. His compositions are often built from skeletal piano melodies that are augmented with electronics and acoustic recordings to evoke a melancholic stillness.
His debut recordings under his own name will appear in early 2010 with an EP on Hibernate and a full-length CD on Words On Music.
Track List:
00:00 CINDYTALK - cherish / homeless / still whisper
03:48 THOMAS PHILLIPS + MARIHIKO HARA - prosa II
07:05 ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - aurora
15:50 BRIAN MCBRIDE - piano ABG
20:15 RAFAEL ANTON IRISARRI - lumberton
25:05 PULSE PROGRAMMING - light
29:38 JIMMY BEHAN - pools
34:24 LABRADFORD - by chris johnston, craig markva, jamie evans
39:20 CARPET MUSICS - hail storm
43:43 CLUSTER - zum wohl
50:28 DUNCAN Ó CEALLAIGH - on the sunny shores of lake lagoda
55:26 AIX EM KLEMM - the luxury of dirt
61:33 KERRY LEIMER - three forms of decay
69:07 RAFAEL TORAL - loopability 1
71:18 SEAWORTHY - map in hand pt. 1
74:36 M. OSTERMEIER - competing memories, both correct
80:48 PAUL FIOCCO - reddened heirloom
90:27 LE LENDEMAIN - petrichor
93:53 SVARTE GREINER - the boat was my friend
98:01 TWINE - disconnected
103:46 SIMON JAMES FRENCH - shame
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oops! I’ve got Svarte Greiner’s The Boat was my Friend in my mix on the 28th too, ah well, double Greiner
Really nice mix Marc, you have a great variety.
Si
nice one!
This is a delightful selection marc