Pop n’ Rap
Posted on November 28th, 2011
Filed under: Music News,Reviews,Videos — Karl Olson @ 3:00 am
More Soda.
The Mixtape:
Ultraklystron – Storyboard [The Animatic Mixtape]
Also on Bandcamp and coming soon to Google Music.
Enjoy.
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A Refreshing Change of Pace
Posted on November 17th, 2011
Filed under: Music News,Reviews — Karl Olson @ 2:35 am
Don’t mind me, I’m just enjoying some flavorful sodas. Certainly no song leaks in the background of these soda reviews:
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Pretend That I’m Famous
Posted on November 6th, 2011
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 1:38 am
I have been interviewed about my upcoming project and so on. Highlights included me blathering about my creative process, what I do on collaborative projects, and my favorite Prince song. With juicy sweet information such as the preceding teasers, you know your soul is compelled to observe the amazing secrets of my banal life, as revealed to you in an excitingly over-verbose yet shockingly nondescript fashion.
Meanwhile, I should be more of a narcissist and google myself regularly, so I find sick fan videos when they come up:
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Also
Posted on October 26th, 2011
Filed under: Music News,Videos — Karl Olson @ 3:09 am
Ladies and gentlemen, ZOIDBAHTON.
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If you had donated to Rai’s Kickstarter
Posted on October 26th, 2011
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:53 am
You would already have Storyboard [The Animatic Mixtape] which features a whole bunch of songs of my next album Animatic. Those who didn’t pony up will have to wait until my birthday.
Also, I now have a tumblr that will have all the content from this blog on it. Like the LJ I still auto-crosspost to, I expect it’s relevance to be fleeting at best.
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Still Got Love
Posted on October 9th, 2011
Filed under: Music News,Videos — Karl Olson @ 1:38 am
News in the video.
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I have already done a slightly different mix of this song
Posted on September 15th, 2011
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 8:14 pm
ultraklystron – lifecycle by karlrolson
But here is the leak anyway. Might still need some vocal work.
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New Old Music/More Live Shows
Posted on August 22nd, 2011
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:25 am
Let’s start with a remix:
ultraklystron – he’s an og (dubcoin mix) by karlrolson
That little afternoon remix out of the way, I am playing yet another show, and this time I’m not even opening for Death*Star! Instead I am playing as a part of a day-long festival, the proceeds from which go to suicide prevention. It’s a good cause, so if you can make it out, awesome.
Also, the free best of is done. Push it everywhere. I am considering getting that QR code on some stickers even.
Lastly, I will be at PAX, and I will sit in on the “Making Art from Art” Panel at the Raven Theater. I am not so much officially on it, as friends with a number of the MCs on the panel. Still, I’ll probably have something to say about post-invention-of-the-word-Nerdcore Nerdcore. Come out and throw video game swag shirts at me. 😉
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Gigs and Itches
Posted on July 11th, 2011
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 10:05 pm
So, this month I will perform at two big shows. One is the SFU Summer Festival, which happens on July 16th at the SFU Burnaby Campus. There, I will open for my friend Rai and my fiancee Nursehella. It’s free, it’s all ages and it should be quite a blast.
The other is July 30th, where I will open for Nerdcore rising star Klopfenpop and the now seasoned Death*Star. I would call it par for the course when it comes to my Seattle shows, except that this time we are performing in Everett at the AFK Tavern, a nerd bar and grill. If my antics don’t amuse you, play a tabletop game instead.
All of the details for both shows are listed on the shows page. If anyone else wants me to play somewhere, contact me 😀
That said, the rehearsals (in my car, on the way to and from school) have me itching to do a new record, and the material is largely done – I have had enough lyrics and beats for a while now. I even have a lot of vocals in the can (it’s good exercise.) When and how I’ll get it done and released is beyond me right now; school is a big commitment, and costs me more than I’ve made off music, so it’s job one, and various other commitments are a close second. The “if” is gone though. I will eventually do my sixth HipHop album. It will be an unexpected record.
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My best of (in chronological order)…
Posted on May 27th, 2011
Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 2:19 pm
…according to less than 10 fans.
01. ultraklystron – [romance language 2 #02] shutter
02. ultraklystron – [romance language 2 #15] sweetest
03. ultraklystron – [romance language 2 #11] on your six
04. ultraklystron – [the fourth estate #03] gothic lolitas
05. ultraklystron – [the fourth estate #04] absolution
06. ultraklystron – [the fourth estate #01] death won’t stop this
07. ultraklystron – [opensource lyricist #03] so long kids
08. ultraklystron – [opensource lyricist #01] opensource lyricist
09. ultraklystron – [opensource lyricist #19] it’s the beat
10. ultraklystron – [opensource lyricist #13] hit reply
11. ultraklystron – [opensource lyricist #08] mahou shonen theme
12. ultraklystron – [opensource lyricist #14] hikikomori
13. ultraklystron – [opensource lyricist #04] eighty three
14. ultraklystron – [romance language #02] girls with glasses
15. ultraklystron – [romance language #06] well that’s moe
16. ultraklystron – [romance language #04] shoujo n’ shonen
17. ultraklystron – [revision4920 #07] pilot remix
18. ultraklystron – [revision4920 #05] otaku soundsystem
Anything critical missing? If there is, can you get at least 2 people to agree with you on that?
If you can, I’ll stick that on too.
That said, the production is so different between each album there isn’t really a good way of making this into a best of without remastering everything. Considering the idea is to give a taste of what I’ve done away for free everywhere I can stick it (not just bandcamp, but datpiff, filesharing services, etc,) I think it’d be fake to clean up the old work. I mean, I might as remake everything but the most recent material with fresh vocals if I’m covering blemishes, and that seems like something other than a best of.