"The plane had gone to ground near the sound of running water. Turner could hear it, turning in the g-web in his fever or sleep, water down stone, one of the oldest songs." 
   -- William Gibson, Count Zero. 1986.

using http://soundcloud.com/gluid-1/bathwater-field for water down man-made stone -- bedaankt!
and the water pack by plagasul http://www.freesound.org/people/plagasul/packs/8/ -- gracias!

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<b>Disquiet Junto Project 0029: Count Zero</b>

This week's project is inspired by an aside that occurs at the opening of chapter 17 of William Gibson's classic cyberpunk novel Count Zero, originally published in 1986. The chapter is titled "The Squirrel Wood." It opens as follows:

"The plane had gone to ground near the sound of running water. Turner could hear it, turning in the g-web in his fever or sleep, water down stone, one of the oldest songs."

This idea of water running down stone, of a gentle but insistent natural stream, being one of the "oldest songs" is explored further in the chapter in various subtle ways. The Disquiet Junto project this week is to explore that idea: that there is music in the natural environment. We'll makes songs from running water.

The instructions are as follows:

Step 1: Locate and make a field recording of source material that involves running water. It can be a stream, as in the Gibson book, but it needn't be natural. The sink, a toilet, a hose in the backyard — any such source material would be fine.

Step 2: Extract a segment of the recording. That segment will serve as the basis for your composition, as its foundation. It will provide both rhythmic and melodic material. You can either use one long piece of the recording, or you can create the foundation of the track by combining and looping one or more brief segments of your original field recording.
 
Step 3: Add elements and treatments to the foundation recording of running water. Do so with the intention of highlighting the water's internal sense of rhythm and melody. Do not embellish so much that the foundation recording becomes unrecognizable.
 
Deadline: Monday, July 23, at 11:59pm wherever you are.

The inspiration for this track came from the opening of chapter 17 of William Gibson's 1986 novel Count Zero.
 
More on the 29th Disquiet Junto project at: http://disquiet.com/2012/07/19/disquiet0029-countzero/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at: http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/info
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pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionnehartnett/7324180278/

The plane had gone to ground near the sound of running water [disquiet0029-countzero]

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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&equiv; https://supporters.eff.org 
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thanks for the kind comments, kemosabes!
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