Bob Ostertag’s extensive recording catalog now extends back 40 years. He has made all the recordings available as pay-what-you-like downloads since 2006. He also makes all these recordings freely available for anyone to remix or sample, as long as they give that music away also.

The British music magazine The Wire created a web page with the magazine’s own list of essential Ostertag works, along with descriptions of each piece and download links.

Since there are so many recordings, they can be sorted here by keyword. If you are new to this music, the keyword “A Beginner’s Guide” gives you a short list of essential works.

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A Book of Hours

Three virtuoso vocalists join the legendary Roscoe Mitchell. 2012.

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The Surgeon General

Rrose’s tekno remix of Ostertag’s 1976 work with the Buchla 200 synthesizer. 2012.

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w00t

Computer game music mash-up. 2007.

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PantyChrist

PantyChristJustin Vivian Bond, Otomo Yoshihide, and Bob Ostertag. 1999.

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Dear Prime Minister

A UNESCO project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Universal ...

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Twins!

1990-1999 Ensoniq Otomo Yoshihde Sampler 1996.

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Verbatim

Third in the Say No More series. 1996.

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Fear No Love

Mike Patton, Justin Vivian Bond, many others. 1995.

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All the Rage

String quartet transcriptions of a queer riot. 1993.

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Attention Span

SamplerFred Frith and John Zorn. 1990. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5QmjaBqQtk

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Voice of America

Live concerts with Fred Frith and Phil Minton. Serge synthesizer. 1981.

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Getting A Head

3 open-reel tape decks, 6 helium balloon, Fred Frith, and Charles K. Noyes. 1980.