Michael Oster
He's responsible for the Difficult Listening Channel. It's all his fault!

Scrap Yard
Brutal metal zine from the PitGoddess. Interviews, reviews, and more....

Above: BeBe (pronounced BayBay) female (we're pretty sure) Mali Uromastyx (or desert spiny tailed lizard). I "rescued" her from a pet store May 12, 2007. She needs a lot of attention like most reptiles who stress out while they adjust to their new homes.

"the Difficult Listening Channel" now comes in VIDEO format! I add images to the sounds just for you. Check out my YouTube channel....

Concept:FX
Make your next sting KILL! Need a sonic knockout punch? Unleash F7 Sound and Vision's Concept:FX series royalty free sound effects!

The neighbors may have termites. But, you've got ZOMBIES! This CD scares up a dark, haunting sonic backdrop that is perfect for haunted houses and other horror themed events.

Iguana Invasion!
Thousands of giant reptiles call Gasparilla Island home. But are they welcome there?

Circuit Bent Sputnik!
Can a computer simulation really make a dead President SOIL HIMSELF? Get the details, plus download some free mp3s.

The Difficult Listening Channel
The sounds in my head become the sounds in yours.




e-mail: mike@regurgitron.com

Extreme recording, studio mishaps, audio engineering disasters, deconstructed digital madness, sound effects mashups, cut up personal documentaries, brutal noise and impersonal chatter all thrown together into my regurgitron and then enhanced by a state of the art mushroom accelerator for your listening pleasure. In other words, this is what it sounds like when the clicks, hiss and static ARE the music!


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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 125" This one was especially fun. Skirting the breakcore, glitchcore, chipcore, corecore, and chaos genres, this episode was done completely live on the Akai MPC1000. I even cut 3 of my fingers from hitting the pads so hard. You can actually hear me hitting the pads since I recorded this with the internal microphones of the Sony PCM-D50 set in front of my studio monitors. All the samples are my own creations and you may even recognize some tiny chunks from earlier episodes of the DLC - since I love to hack up my own work.

show release date 9-30-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 124" It's yet another brain bender. This is the first time I've used my new Akai MPC 1000 in a production - as I've only had it a few days. But, there's lots more than the MPC going on, of course like field recordings and synthesizer stuff.

show release date 9-19-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 123" You're hearing a perfect example of why I don't ever get invited to the annual neighborhood barbeque. It's because I'm always tweaking my Mushroom Accelerator! And here it is running on an Intel chip.

show release date 9-12-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 122" Here's some of my field recordings run through a computer simulation of 16 malfunctioning CD players. The things I think of....

show release date 8-15-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 121" Do computers have souls? Is this what the machines will be listening to when they take over? I travel 20 years into the future to find out.

show release date 8-8-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 120" Now you shall experience the full power of the Mushroom Accelerator! Oh, and this was all done live with just one edit near the beginning.

show release date 7-29-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 119" I've been working on the Mushroom Accelerator. I think it's become intelligent. Or, maybe it's just some random crap. Anyway, enjoy some pure Mushroom Accelerator.

show release date 7-3-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 118" These still aren't the droids you're looking for. But, they sure sound like them. Malfunctioning droids, that is.

show release date 5-28-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 117" See what my wife has to put up with? Well, I thought that it was time for a nice, juicy podcast. Made with plenty of laptop noise.

show release date 5-8-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 116" Time to get out your secret decoders. What? You don't have your secret decoders? Well, who's fault is that?

show release date 4-8-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 115" I force my laptop to do unspeakable things... puke out relentless sound effects and there's nothing that can stop it. And you can hear it all!

show release date 3-24-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 114" Evolution or just me continuing to mess with Reaktor? You decide. What I do know is that I've spent far too much time tweaking this ensemble. What I also know is that I'll be spending even more.

show release date 2-28-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 113" A step forward in processing audio. This is like show 109 (show 109 was the source audio), but where 109 had over a thousand edits, this show has none. That's right, this was all done live using the audio from DLC-109. I created the processor using Reaktor 5 and processing is all live and somewhat ramdom. No 2 performances are the same even if the same source audio is used.

show release date 2-12-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 112" You'd think I like editing audio or something. Why? Well, if you saw the Pro Tools session for this podcast, you'd see ass loads of edits. But it's all about the sound. Headphone listening recommended.

show release date 1-23-2008

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 111" Like a Hollywood plastic surgeon, I did plenty of cutting to get this one just right. Edit after edit after edit. But that's what you love about this podcast. Headphone listening recommended.

show release date 12-7-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 110" Will Smith stars in this movie where he's the last person alive on Earth. He probably lived because he listened to this episode of DLC. But, I can't be sure.

show release date 11-15-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 109" Messing with voice. I take 'the sounds in my head' clip and abuse it. Chop it up, move bits around, chop some more. Then cut it up and rearrange stuff again. Then play bits of it while recording to a CD. Then take that CD and scratch it up and re-record it. You get the picture.

show release date 11-5-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 108" What a real ear-bender we've got today! Processed field recordings, glitchy Reaktor, and some mutant tape effects all for you. It reminds me of that tiny mosquito that followed me the other day. Annoying as hell. But this is like 10,000 of them at the same time. Headphones and aspirin are recommended.

show release date 10-16-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 107 - Circuit Bent Sputnik v. 1.2" My circuit bent Sputnik now features software version 1.2! Which means that it's .2 better than before. So enjoy the simulated sounds of late 1950's Soviet technology.

show release date 09-18-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 106 - I Circuit Bent Sputnik!" I circuit bent Sputnik. At least that's how the tale goes. I purchased a strange, beat up orb from a flea market for 2 dollars. Opened it up and rewired it's guts. Now it's a musical instrument! Or so the tale goes, because it may be a software emulation. Headphone listening recommended..

show release date 08-28-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 105" I finally upgraded to Reaktor 5! Careful, this is kind of loud.

show release date 07-24-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 104" Playing analog tapes on a turntable! All you have to do is replace the needle cartridge with a tape head. Then glue numerous strips of analog tape to a piece of cardboard. Then, play that tape record on your turntable! More details and pictures are here.

show release date 07-03-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 103" Still abusing cassette tapes? Yes, I am! Headphone listening recommended.

show release date 06-12-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 102" This was done weeks ago, however, its release was delayed because of a spiny tailed lizard. Though not her intention and she does apologize for any inconvenience. OK, sound on sound on sound on sound. It's like that. Headphone listening recommended.

show release date 05-22-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 101" Just because it all tastes like chicken doesn't mean that it all sounds like chicken. Headphone listening recommended.

show release date 03-16-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 100" !!!! As time passes, I notice that I become even more warped, if that's possible. So to celebrate the Difficult Listening Channel's 100th podcast, I give you this. Headphone listening recommended.

show release date 02-27-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 99 B" Part 2, and you didn't even know there was one coming. The probe is pushed deeper into my brain and you get to hear the results. Headphone listening recommended.

show release date 02-14-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 99" Now the world shall know my true power! Right. Headphone listening recommended.

show release date 01-24-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 98" Strange sounds abound so immerse yourself, if you dare. Headphones recommended.

show release date 01-09-2007

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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 97" After hearing this, Time Magazine is sure to take back its "person of the year" award from me. What the hell... just grab a pair of headphones and listen to this sonic train wreck!

show release date 12-18-2006

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***Shows before Show 97 have been deleted to free up server space....

Lizard cage doubles as microphone wind screen!

Microphones and wind don't mix well, but that all changes when I place a stereo field recording mic inside a nylon mesh lizard enclosure.

LaptopNoise.com
Turn the average laptop into a brutal noise machine. This site explores the computers, software, performances, noise and experimental music artists.

Thunderstorms 2006
You've asked for more thunderstorms. Here they are! My best storm recordings from the 2006 rainy season are now on CD.

Inside The Mushroom Accelerator

You've been hearing a lot about this synthesizer lately (from me at least - and in my recent podcasts). Now take a look inside and get a little "how" and "why" I made this thing.