Ill Field Recordings

with http://soundcloud.com/random-coil

for http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/info #11: daily rhythm 

Plan: The eleventh Junto project requires you to make an original field recording, and to then make something of it. This project focuses on rhythm. The field recording should be of some rhythmic mechanical sound from everyday life: a dishwasher, a car's turn signal, a hard drive, a bicycle, whatever you choose. That recording should serve as the main rhythmic element of your track. You can edit the recording, certainly, but it should remain recognizable; you should only edit it to whittle it down to a core rhythmic section. To it you can add whatever sounds you like, but the rhythm should be central and prominent in the finished track.
	
sources 
	a) 1.5 hour recording of random coil's grandmother's washing machine
	b) 15 sec recording of old public hand-operated fountain pump 
		loc: http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Handfountain_Charlottenburg&params=52_31_2_N_13_18_14_E
		video: http://youtu.be/V4tsoLusHhk
		

process
	- basic loop hand-crafted (coil) from pump sample (n4t)
	- supercollider (n4t) granulations of washing machine cutups piped into FLStudio (coil)
	- recorded live, including on-the-hour chime courtesy of ProdMe 1.1 by Jim Carlson (website defunct), which, it turns out, is from http://www.freesound.org/people/suburban%20grilla/sounds/2166/
	edited in Audacity

random coil & all n4tural : Berlin mechanics [disquiet0011-motoring]

for @disquiet Junto 33: Turntable Played

actual meatspace collaboration with @random-coil


:: statement ::

random coil came over (no small feat) with the phenomenal RECORDING DEVICE, with which we made recordings of my original issue SONY PS-T22 AUTOMATIC/DIRECT DRIVE STEREO TURNTABLE SYSTEM (just to fulfill the nerd random information act we seem to have instituted for this Junto).

we spent a few minutes making one uninterrupted recording of various forms of misusing the various components of my original issue SONY PS-T22 AUTOMATIC/DIRECT DRIVE STEREO TURNTABLE SYSTEM with a non-standard-issue additional doohickey aparatus that brushes the vinyl clean 42 arcseconds before the needle hits the record (<- i have always enjoyed saying that out loud, very much. needle hits the record, i mean).

@random-coil then spent considerably, but not absurdly, more time cleaning and cutting up that recording, which resulted in 42 samples of varying length.

we then fed these into my supercollider.sf.net setup and proceeded to spend absurd, with-sound-nerd-abandon-grade amounts of time listening to endless semi-random variations of treatments of these. 

the recording i have now, semi-randomly, chosen to upload consists of vanilla, twice-a-second replays of jeweils (*) one of The 42, then segues into relatively chill rhythmic granulations of up to 32 randomly chosen samples. toward the end, the vanillas fade out, and we are left only with the granulations. (the point is pretty obvious in the waveform, i now see.)

this jam was very gratifying not least because random coil had the same problem i always do: all of these sounds sound so delicious, can't decide, can't deCIDE, CAN'T DECIDE. Consequently, we have several hours more of these, if anyone would be interested in putting out an album or two.



:: testimonial ::

this week's Junto is basically the mission statement of this band, so i'll repeat an earlier pointer:

Institut für Feinmotorik is the best prepared-turntable band of all time. 
cf. e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCxnnena4Q 

Amazingly, you can download their historic release Penetrans (2002): 
http://institut-fuer-feinmotorik.net/?page=output/penetrans 



:: Instructions ::

Disquiet Junto Project 0033: Turntable Played 

This week’s project is the Disquiet Junto's 33rd, and since the number 33 (or, more specifically, the number 33 1/3) is so closely tied with the LP turntable, that device will be the primary object of investigation. 

You will make an original piece of music in which all the sounds are derived from a turntable — only from the turntable itself, which means you can't put any vinyl on it. You can knock on the turntable, blow on the needle, record the sound of its internal mechanisms, whatever you like. You can also transform those sounds as you please, but you cannot include any additional sounds. 

Deadline: Monday, August 20, at 11:59pm wherever you are. 

More on the 33rd Disquiet Junto project at: http://disquiet.com/2012/08/16/disquiet0033-turntable 

More details on the Disquiet Junto at: http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/info 

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pic: my original issue SONY PS-T22 AUTOMATIC/DIRECT DRIVE STEREO TURNTABLE SYSTEM

(*) jeweils is a useful german word that has no direct correspondent in the english language, whose meaning hence is impossible to explain adequately, afaik. in the above sentence, it elegantly points out that we are randomly selecting one of the 42 samples every 0.5 seconds.

random coil & all n4tural – my other turntable's a Braun [disquiet0033-turntable]

for Disquiet Junto Project 0041: Dirty Minimalism 

using, with thanks:
<ul>
     <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/laribum/sounds/66064/">Metal and Wood Movements.wav</a> by <a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/laribum/">laribum</a></li> 
     <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/THE_bizniss/sounds/39537/">file can side.wav</a> by <a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/THE_bizniss/">THE_bizniss</a></li> 
     <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/94013/">01557 metal creaks.wav</a> by <a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/">Robinhood76</a></li> 
     <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/93942/">01553 metal box close.wav</a> by <a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/">Robinhood76</a></li> 
     <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/cognito%20perceptu/sounds/95067/">screeching train.wav</a> by <a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/cognito%20perceptu/">cognito perceptu</a></li> 
     <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/spukkin/sounds/70888/">metalScreech.wav</a> by <a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/spukkin/">spukkin</a></li> 
     <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/Pooleside/sounds/32166/">screech01.wav</a> by <a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/Pooleside/">Pooleside</a></li> 
     <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/jaava73/sounds/54269/">gate_1.wav</a> by <a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/jaava73/">jaava73</a></li> 
     <li><a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/Razzvio/sounds/79571/">Metal squeaking chair.wav</a> by <a href="http://www.freesound.org/people/Razzvio/">Razzvio</a></li> 
</ul>

another case of endless futzing around, because i really like what's happening at times, but it doesn't really meet what i had in mind for "dirty minimalism". initially i'd been going more for a dirty version of http://soundcloud.com/all-n4tural/rflct-disquiet0010-reflect, but then all these other things happened. o well.


Disquiet Junto Project 0041: Dirty Minimalism 
All Disquiet Junto projects employ constraint as a means to stimulate creativity and productivity. Sometimes this means limiting oneself to specific source material, other times to a conceptual approach, and there's always the additional constraint of time: the deadline is approximately four days, depending on your time zone. 

For this Disquiet Junto project, the constraint is a matter of terminology. This week we're exploring how the concept of "genre" can itself serve as a restraint, and we'll accomplish this by pushing back at genre conventions. 

The project instructions are straightforward: Record an original piece of music that you feel belongs within the genre of "minimalism" — but that also, you feel, sounds "dirty" in some considerable way. 

The idea we're pushing at here is that most of the time, when one sees the word "minimalism" employed in regard to art and music, there's an understanding that it involves an almost clinical aesthetic. The sole exception on any regular basis would be certain realms of droning death metal — examples of which would certainly be welcome in this week's Junto. This week we're going to push minimalism out of its comfort zone. 

Restrictions: You can use any source material, any instrumentation, except the human voice. 

Deadline: Monday, October 15, at 11:59pm wherever you are. 

Length: Your finished work should be between 2 and 4 minutes in length. 

More on this 41st Disquiet Junto project at: http://disquiet.com/2012/10/11/disquiet0041-dirtyminimalism 

More details on the Disquiet Junto at: http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/info

grooving with a pict revisited

i like http://soundcloud.com/groups/word-music and http://soundcloud.com/groups/ill-field recordings
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headphone music alert!
a financial failure to date, i rarely listen to my tracks via normal loudspeakers. Please enjoy them via headphones. (Accounts of pleasant extra-headphone affairs graciously received.)
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all is explained:
<a href="http://disquiet.com/2011/04/12/chopped-off-the-think-all-n4tural">The Self-Cutting (Up) MP3</a>
<a href="http://disquiet.com/2011/07/01/all-n4tural-beyond-the-ken">SPLENDIDLY ANEMIC FUNK</a>
<a href="http://disquiet.com/2011/12/15/all-n4tural-helpless">REVEALING THE GLITCH IN VOICE</a>
<a href="http://disquiet.com/2012/06/20/rawore-all-cousmatic">UNDER THE BRIDGE, REVISITED</a>
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51 anonymous downloads &minus; no plays &minus; from Senegal today. Is there a black market for all n4tural tapes?
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newer! 
<a href="http://flamingpines.com/releases.htm">Rivers Home: the final five</a>
a <a href="http://soundcloud.com/flaming-pines">Flaming Pines</a> series

with smashing artwork
worth the price alone.
Support hyper-independent labels!

a taste: 
http://soundcloud.com/flaming-pines/sets/rivers-home-final-five 
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new! <a href="http://flamingpines.com/releases.htm">Burning Palms</a>. a <a href="http://soundcloud.com/flaming-pines">Flaming Pines</a> compilation [confusing, huh!]
Now here, too: <a href="http://flamingpines.bandcamp.com/album/burning-palms">Burning Palms</a>
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thanks for the kind comments, kemosabes!
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