Michael Oster
He's responsible for this mess. What is this place? Uh, kind of like a digital amusement park or a sonic freak show, yeh.... 
Michael Oster
He's responsible for this mess. What is this place? Uh, kind of like a digital amusement park or a sonic freak show, yeh....
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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 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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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 96" Field recordings put on CD then scratched up to introduce errors, skips, repeats, and limited chaos. Also known as CD Trauma. I did this 11 times, then put the results out for you to enjoy. Headphones recommended.!
show release date 11-15-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 95" Kind of like sticking your head in a jumbo jet engine at takeoff. Caution - this is loud!
show release date 11-09-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 94" My experiments continue. Now hear this - an unlikely combination of abused sounds that's sure to get you motion sick. Headphone listening recommended.
show release date 10-25-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 93" Your playback device is not broken. This one took me a while, but it was worth it. You'll hear fun with error correction, digital destruction, tape abuse and lots of other manipulation. Headphone listening is recommended.
show release date 10-17-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 92" Here's a little speaker bending tune for you! Headphone listening recommended.
show release date 09-18-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 91" If you love the sound of deconstructed digital in the morning, and I know you do, then you'll like this! Or... OK, so I pressed the red button. Now it's a mess! Headphone listening recommended.
show release date 08-25-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 90" Deconstruct and reconstruct as I grab a wealth of samples and wrench them into my regurgitron. What comes out is sweet and soft to the touch. Headphone listening recommended.
show release date 08-21-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 89" It came to me in a dream, but I suddenly forgot it. Just my luck. So enjoy this mesh of sounds instead. Headphones recommended.
show release date 08-15-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 88" You may be able to handle the truth, but don't try listening to this while in rough seas. Headphones recommended.
show release date 08-02-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 87" Come face to face with over a month's load of sounds served up in less than 5 minutes. Headphones recommended.
show release date 07-26-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 86" Dig deep into this thick wash of sonic sludge. It's loud and sometimes it hurts.
show release date 06-22-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 85" Oscillators and aliasing abound. Just the way you like it! Headphones recommended.
show release date 04-26-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 84" This reminds me of that place with those people. Instead it's a spring reverb run through a Big Muff along with a cheap mic run through the same box at a different time. It's a soothing reminder that we're all just human except for those who aren't. Headphones recommended.
show release date 04-17-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 83" Imagine a world of sonic plankton. Trillions of sound creatures moving through a sloshy mess only to be ingested by a giant cassette and then shit out into a sludgy podcast. Headphones recommended.
show release date 04-15-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 82b" We pick up where we left off. You might be a bit sick at this point as difficult listening can do that sort of thing to people. Headphones recommended.
show release date 04-13-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 82a" Not leaving out any of the big chunks, I hurl up a mega helping of sound manipulation. It's processing on top of processing in this first of a 2 part series. Headphones recommended.
show release date 04-11-2006
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"Difficult Listening Channel - show 81" Glitch. Glitch, I say! Now it's time to enjoy some synthetic circuit bent music.
show release date 03-29-2006
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"Jesus Attacks! Difficult Listening Channel - show 80" Jesus Attacks! Today, he's dressed like a cowboy and carries a beachball! Fortunately, this is just a speculation of what the attack would sound like.
show release date 03-23-2006
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