In this section you can find out about all of Bob's cd's and dvd's.  Click on the CD title to find more information about each one.  Or click on the link to be routed to a web site where you can listen to tracks or buy the cd on-line.  Once you have gone to a link to purchase a CD,  click the "back" arrow in your browser title bar to return to this website.

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Living Cinema: Between Science and Garbage
Bob Ostertag - sound / Pierre Hébert - image.
Release date: March 2004

These CD's are released by My Very Own Record Label (MVORL) in cooperation with Seeland, the label run by the goold folks at Negativland.  All are available in special, hand-made limited editions, packaged in silkscreened stainless steel boxes.

Sooner or Later. 1991. Re-issued in MVORL limited edition in 2000.  Solo. Based on a recording of a Salvadoran boy burying his father. RecRec Music (RecDec 37)..
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Getting A Head. 1980. Re-issued in MVORL limited edition in 2001.  With Charles K. Noyes (percussion) and Fred Frith (guitar). Uses unorthodox instrument built from tape recorders and helium balloons. Rift Records.
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Voice of America. 1982. Re-issued in MVORL limited edition in 2001. With Fred Frith (guitar) and Phil Minton (voice). Recorded in concert in London and NYC. RecRec Music (RecDec 907).
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Like A Melody, No Bitterness:  Bob Ostertag Solo Volume 1. 1997. Solo improvisation.  Seeland 508.
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Say No More Project CDs 1 & 2.  Originally released separately as Say No More (1993) and Say no More in Person (1994).  Re-issued in MVORL limited edition in 2001.  With Joey Baron (percussion), Mark Dresser (bass), Gerry Hemingway (percussion) and Phil Minton (voice). Assembled on computer from fragments of solo improvisations.
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Say No More Project CDs 3 & 4.  Originally released separately as Verbatim (1996) and Verbatim Flesh & Blood (2000).  Re-issued in MVORL limited edition in 2001.  With Gerry Hemingway (percussion), Mark Dresser (bass), and Phil Minton (voice). Thrid and fourth and final cd from the Say No More project.  Assembled on computer (3) and recorded live in Gent, Belgium (4).
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Burns Like Fire. 1992. Re-issued in MVORL limited edition in 2001.  Solo. Riots, country and western, and gospel. Companion piece to All the Rage.
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Attention Span.  1990.  Re-issued in MVORL limited edition in 2001. (alto sax) and Fred Frith (guitar). CD on Rift Records (Rift 14, USA only) and RecRec Music (RecDec 33, rest of world).
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These CD's are still available in their original packaging and are available from various on-line CD stores.  At least one link is provided for each title.

Verbatim, Flesh & Blood. 2000.  With Gerry Hemingway (percussion), Mark Dresser (bass), and Phil Minton (voice). Fourth and final cd from the Say No More project. Culmination of entire 7-year project.  Recorded live in Gent, Belgium.  Seeland 512.
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PantyChrist. 1999. With Tokyo noise DJ Otomo Yoshihide and NYC drag legend Justin Bond. A bumpy ride. Seeland 510.
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Verbatim. 1996. With Gerry Hemingway (percussion), Mark Dresser (bass), and Phil Minton (voice). Third cd from the Say No More project. Assembled on computer from fragments of live performances recorded on Say No More in Person. Rastascan (BRD029).
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Twins!. 1996. With Otomo Yoshihide. Resampled "twins" of parent tracks by Herb Robertson, Chris Cutler, and Yagi Michiyo. Creativeman (0030).
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Fear No Love. 1995. With Mike Patton, Fred Frith, Justin Bond, Lynn Breedlove, and 15 others. Fierce queer dance music. Avant (041).
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All the Rage. 1993. Kronos Quartet plays Ostertag's transcriptions of gay riots in San Francisco. Libretto by Sara Miles. Elektra-Nonesuch (79332-2).
Try finding this at your local record store.  Elektra-Nonesuch releases are generally available.
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This one is not really in print, but handmade copies may be made available for the true fanatic.  Send Bob an email on this one.
Fall Mountain: Early Fall. 1979.

With Ned Rothenberg (wind instruments) and Jim Katzin (violin). Recorded at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. LP on Parachute Records.