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Obfusc

About Me

Obfusc is the musical output of Brooklyn, NY-based photographer/graphic designer Joseph X. Burke. Drawing inspiration from everything that surrounds him -- the chirping of birds, conversations overheard in passing, mass transportation -- Burke submerges field recordings and other found sound amongst layers of sweeping melodic lines and percussive geometry. Today, following three principally electronic releases, Burke continues his focus on producing melodic music amidst a broader array of analog instrumentation and experimentation. All signals meander together through a hand-rendered daydream: unstable one moment, floating the next.
Releases:
"Alto Plano / Magic Interval" [2x3" CD] (Split w/ David Tagg), 08/2009
"Inverted Island" [7" Vinyl], 2009 (VAN 194 | Reviews )
"Cities of Cedar" [CD], 2008 (BOLTLP003 | Reviews )
"Amateur Cartography" [DVD], 2008 (Limited to 60 Copies)
"Internal Countryside" [CD], 2006 (BOLT031 | Reviews )
"Wrought From The Walls" [ep], 2005
"Break It Into Pieces" [ep] (Split w/ Cheju ), 2005
Thanks for your interest. Stay upbeat and keep in touch.
XO
J
Video for "Amateur Cartography" by Jason Banker .
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Video for "Before We Lose Our Legs" by Jason Banker .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/01/2006
Band Website: http://www.obfusc.net
Band Members: Joseph X. Burke
Influences: An expanse of marsh on the fringe of the metropolis at dusk. The forgotten highways. Tunnels leading into mountains. Blue clay smudges below the surface of frigid, freshwater inlets. A morning walk to the pier.
Sounds Like: Click below to purchase any of the Obfusc releases in MP3 format via PayPal. All tracks are ripped at 320kbps, include artwork, and are delivered instantly from the site. After purchasing, you will receive an email with download instructions.

Record Label: Boltfish / EED / Static Caravan
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"INVERTED ISLAND" / AVAILABLE NOW

Ah, hello.As many of you noticed, I opened-up the ability to purchase/download the "Inverted Island" release late last evening. Sadly, according to the several, random online record shops retailing th...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:53:00 GMT

"INVERTED ISLAND" / JULY 20, 2009

Hello, again.Naturally, I'm certain everyone is tired of hearing me drone on and on about the "Inverted Island" vinyl. Self-promotion is never a fun endeavor, especially since I'm not terribly interes...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:41:00 GMT

7-INCH + SPLIT + LIFE UPDATE(S)

Long time, right? Life has been busy, but pretty great. Hope all is well with you folks.A couple weekends back I received the test pressing of the "Inverted Island" 7-inch on Static Caravan (www.stati...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:01:00 GMT

OBFUSC ON STATIC CARAVAN

A few weeks after releasing "Cities of Cedar" this past summer, I received a batch of kind words from Geoff at the Static Caravan label -- beautiful, ego-bloating words, really -- along with which was...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:04:00 GMT

"CSI: MIAMI" + SPLIT WITH DAVID TAGG + EVERYTHING ELSE

Ah, greetings!In a rather strange twist of events and what-have-you, the Obfusc track "Amateur Cartography" will appear in the next episode of CSI: Miami. While I must confess to having never seen the...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:35:00 GMT

"BENEATH THE CUMULUS EXPANSE" POSTED

Hello. For those of you who haven't come across the "EED's Summer Vacation '08" comp (put out by Expanding Electronic Diversity), I've posted my contribution, titled "Beneath The Cumulus Expanse," ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:02:00 GMT

"BUILDING A BETTER ROBOT" COMPILATION

Alongside the likes of the ever-charming Alka, Axiotronic, Dead Waiter, and many more, the Electronic Eel label (Philadelphia / USA | http://www.electroniceel.com/) has released the Obfusc track "Dela...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:02:00 GMT

OBFUSC Q&A, NEW RELEASES, REMIXES, AND EVERYTHING ELSE

It's definitely been a while -- I've managed to get married (October 18), spend two weeks abroad in Spain, and line-up a couple new projects. Hope all is well with everyone out there.For starters, the...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:56:00 GMT

NLP "INSTRUMENTAL RECORD OF THE WEEK" + EED COMPILATION

To anyone with interest, my album "Cities of Cedar" (released July 29 on UK-based Boltfish Recordings) has been chosen as the Instrumental Record of the Week on the Now Like Photographs radio program ...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:05:00 GMT

"CITIES OF CEDAR" REVIEWED

Pleased as ever with the random reviews trickling in for ..'Cities of Cedar..' -- Murray and Wil at Boltfish have been doing a good job staying on top of a nice synopsized list:http://boltfish.co.uk/r...
Posted by on Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:42:00 GMT