The brilliant Daniel Diaz (https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz) recorded some sounds for us to use in this week's Junto - I made a two-part track using the sounds,  and added some field recordings of my local area and some extra piano. 

More on this 507th weekly Disquiet Junto project — In DD’s Key of C (The Assignment: Make music with 10 acoustic instrument samples all in a shared key) — at: https://disquiet.com/0507/

Tracks made with samples created generously by Daniel Díaz.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0507-in-dds-key-of-c/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

The image associated with this project is by Thorsten Sideb0ard, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/bvKCrv

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Not Entirely In C (disquiet0507)

At first I wanted to create an arpeggio with a synth, because I associate waiting rooms with contemplation and had a typical SciFi-Sound in mind. But that always turned out to sound somewhat depressing, which might not be the music you want to play in a psychotherapist’s waiting room. 
So I came up with a more open vibe. Also, the birds in the background make me feel more relaxed.
In fact, they are chirping on solo while I'm writing this.

Green & Lush (disquiet0515)

This is my contribution to Disquiet Junto Project 0516: "Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3)", a first in a series of three. This week's assignment was: Record a minute or two of nature (whatever you understand by "nature"). 

This is a recording made  back in 2019. I was out in the fields, recording, when I was surprised by a light rain and took refuge under an oak tree. The birds kept me company until it stopped raining.

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Rain, Birdsong (disquiet0516)

More on this 516th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of nature) – at: https://disquiet.com/0516/ 

This is the first of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18, part two will begin on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0516-outside-in-co-exist-1-of-3/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

First Light Bird Song (disquiet0516)

There's a tree house in my backyard, through the floor of which pass two massive Douglas Fir trees.  When the wind blows, the construction sings.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0516-outside-in-co-exist-1-of-3/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

Outside In (crankloop) (disquiet0516)

This week's project was an easy one for me. I love taking some time in the morning to walk a bit in nature when I can, so today I just brought my recorder with me. This was my favorite recording from the session; a stiff autumn breeze kicked up the water just enough to generate interest, but not so much that it overwhelmed the H5's (somewhat finicky) stock mics.

Water Recording (disquiet0516)

Audio field recording captured by Leslie Rollins (337is).
 
Obscure & Relevant 2021, (CC BY-NC 3.0 US): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/

Living rurally has its perks except for when one is listening for sounds of civilization ... need something of the "natural world?" No problem! I'm swimming in it. Need some industrial sounds? A little more challenging ... especially when I travel to an even more remote destination in the hills of Pennsylvania to be with family. I wasn't sure what I was going to be able to capture for sounds of civilization as Amish buggies count as traffic noise, but they don't really have a predictable rush hour to make recording them easy. So I was surprised and delighted when I saw this family working their corn field on the side of the road just out of town. I stood less than 10 feet away from their machines as they drove by and looked at me like I was a bit of a fish out of water. I waved at them and they waved back. Mission accomplished!

More on this 517th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Inside Out (Co/Exist 2 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of civilization) — at: https://disquiet.com/0517/

This is the second of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18 and ended on November 22, part two began on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0517-inside-out-co-exist-2-of-3/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

Case IH 9120 Axial - Flow Combine [disquiet0517]

Field recording made on a local bus.

More on this 517th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Inside Out (Co/Exist 2 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of civilization) — at: https://disquiet.com/0517/

This is the second of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18 and ended on November 22, part two began on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0517-inside-out-co-exist-2-of-3/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

Bus (disquiet0517)

Disquiet Junto Project 0518: Out and In (Co/Exist 3 of 3): Combine sounds of nature and civilization.

First I selected the samples. I like "river" sounds, so I took one by random. "Printer" seemed fitting, because both end with "er". Both without listening. I wanted to have as much action as possible with them and used the plain samples (mostly filtered, because I didn't like the noise in the recordings), simple samplers (polygon 2) and granular samplers (spacecraft, grain scanner).

River Sample:
https://soundcloud.com/infdb/river-stream-disquiet0516?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0516
Printer Sample:
https://soundcloud.com/user-467414884/printer-party-disquiet0517?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0517

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More on this 518th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Inside Out (Co/Exist 3 of 3) (The Assignment: Combine sounds of nature and civilization) — at: https://disquiet.com/0518/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0518-out-and-in-co-exist-3-of-3/

Co/Exist: Viperine Inverter [disquiet0518]

'I heard that's where they make the steam robots. 
Let's take a closer look.' - Lucius Batterbee.

Thanks to Ray Cobley and Gerard Paresys for the field recordings.

@ray_cobley
@gerard-paresys

More on this 518th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Inside Out (Co/Exist 3 of 3) (The Assignment: Combine sounds of nature and civilization) — at: disquiet.com/0518/

This is the third and final stage of a three-part project sequence. You needn’t have participated in either of the two preceding stages to do this one. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/

Steam Robot Factory (disquiet0518)

Take the sounds of “nature” and “civilization” as recorded by other members of the Disquiet Junto and combine them into one single piece of music/sound.

Bird voice - disquiet0518

heart-open & earth-honoring 
synthesist & field-recordist 
journalist & dreamtime walker
visualist & connector
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The seemingly limitless manifestations that are observed during improvisational performance of electronic audiovisual materials drive me to seek collaborative interactions between compositional systems, machines, and myself. In holding space to facilitate an emergence of indeterminate phenomenon through analog synthesis, feedback systems, and field recordings, I share elements from multiple sources to celebrate shapes, patterns, and spaces.
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I hold BAs in Art and English from Andrews University, and am currently enrolled in the Electronic Integrated Arts MFA at Alfred University. I was an artist in residency in 2017 at Signal Culture in Owego New York and in 2015 at Sachaqa Centro De ARTE, San Roque Peru. My visual works, and live electronic improvisational performances, have been featured across Peru, at The MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, and throughout the Midwest of America.
 
Note: Much of the work here is subtle in nature and I encourage you to listen via headphones or using a decent system whenever possible. Most computer speakers will not reveal the tracks fully.  Unless otherwise noted in the track description, everything is recorded direct to stereo track live and on the fly with no overdubs. Thanks for stopping by and listening!

Case IH 9120 Axial - Flow Combine [disquiet0517]

337is (three three seven is)

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