Just getting to page 3 of this week's JuntoThis is a beautiful track (and the backstory is very touching). Gorgeous instrumentation throughout.

Another great track from you, Ben - I think I may well be using this in my new Immersions mix too.....

this has a very lovely mood. imposible to listen to this without having a smile on your face. beautiful.

Very nice sounds, Benjamin!  I enjoy the dreamy feeling and floating harmonies coming and going. Great ambient music! 
BTW - Your picture is very similar to our picture on the Promener les clebs album! :)
Peace!
/HM

When I've had time, these are my submissions to the Disquiet Junto project. Visit each track's detail page (by clicking the right-arrow) to learn more about the particular set of constraints that track started with which lead to the music I created.

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Each Thursday a new Junto project is announced. Participants are expected to upload their completed tracks to the group by the following Monday at 11:59pm (that's 11:59pm wherever you are). 

Please read the "FAQ" located at the link below for additional information about the Disquiet Junto group: how to participate, what the rules are, and more. And no, you don't need to participate every week.

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Disquiet Junto Submissions

from 'The Symbiont' (SUN021)
http://sunshineltd.info/?sunshine_product=the-symbiont

Josh Mason—The Symbiont (edits)

Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

Purchase "Awake": shop.iso50.com/collections/awake

formats:
CD/LP/DIGITAL

artwork by:
ISO50

For nearly a decade, Tycho has been known as the musical alias of Scott Hansen, but with the release of Awake – his second LP for Ghostly International – the solo project has evolved into a three-piece band. Relating closer to post-rock than ambient soundscapes, the record is situated in the present, sounding more like Hansen than drawing from his influences. “This is, in many ways, the first true Tycho record.”

Following 2011’s Dive LP, the San Francisco-based designer toured extensively, and with a full band on stage, his sound coalesced into a percussive, organic whole. Zac Brown (guitars, bass) rejoined Scott on the road for this tour, but it was the particular addition of Rory O’Connor’s live drumming that ultimately sent Hansen back to the studio with a more precise vision. “After the tour, I decided that I wanted to capture the more energetic, driven sound of the live show on the next album,” Hansen recalls. Bringing musicians into Tycho’s creative process was a step towards expanding his own songwriting and advancing the project beyond its current sound.

In a cabin near Tahoe last winter, Zac and Scott began fleshing out the structure of the new record, but it wasn’t until they set up shop in the hills of Santa Cruz with Rory that it all fell into place. “It crystallized the vision of how the drums would come to the forefront on this record,” says Hansen. The sound was much more stripped-down and concise with more organic instruments in the fold. Songs like “Montana” and “Awake” are a departure from Tycho’s previous material – unique to the group effort poured into the songs on the new record – while “See” and “Dye” echo ideas from previous works, bridging a middle ground between the old and new. Working with Count Eldridge, who also engineered Dive, the team could fixate on the pulses that Tycho might previously layer under synthesizers and exhume them with distinct bass and guitar patterns.

Also known for his design work as ISO50, Hansen’s visual and sonic efforts have dovetailed throughout the course of his career. “This is the first time in my life I've dropped everything to focus on one artistic pursuit,” notes Hansen. Previous Tycho releases came to fruition when an amalgam of songs were nearing completion, but Awake is where music becomes the focus and true expression becomes the result.

WEB - www.tychomusic.com 
TWITTER - www.twitter.com/iso50 
FB - www.facebook.com/tychomusic 
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/user/iso50 
INSTAGRAM - @iso50

Awake

Disintegration Talkingmakesnosense

Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen finally release their unique Nordic electronic sounds in album size.

Get the limited edition 12" exclusively on Record Store Day 2015.
Order the album on 2xLP/CD/DL: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP062
Or order the album DL via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/kiasmos

After dropping several tracks and performing at select festivals throughout the years, Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen dedicated the year 2014 to explore the area in-between Ólafur’s more acoustic, piano-based solo work and Janus’s synth-heavy electro pop, with their collaborative electronic project Kiasmos.

By focusing solely on their self-titled debut album, Ólafur and Janus have been able to combine and further develop their unique sound aesthetics to complete an album driven by their mutual love for electronic music. Made in Ólafur’s newly build studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, a majority of the album was recorded using acoustic instruments next to a variety of synthesisers, drum machines and tape delays. It features a live drummer, string quartet and Ólafur performing on the grand piano, producing an ambient, textured sound, which makes it a perfect home listen and equally danceable record. If you listen closely, you can spot them record the thumb piano, finger snapping and even the sound of the metal grinder of a lighter slowly to replace the usual electronic hi-hat sounds, giving the album a far more intimate and unique atmosphere.

“We decided to start almost completely over with this record, so most of the material is written this year with the idea of making a record that can stand as one piece rather than a collection of songs. I am very excited to get a proper record out exploring a different territory than I am used to. I touch a lot on electronic genres in my own music but never have the opportunity to go full out electronic like we do here.” – Ólafur Arnalds

“The Kiasmos project has been around since 2007, but because of all our other projects we never really got the time to sit down and write all the tracks we always wanted to. So when we early this year finally found the time to sit down and make a full length album there was so much we wanted to try out. The result surprised us a bit, it's deeper and more emotional than we imagined it to be, but that's the beauty of being able to make an album.” – Janus Rasmussen

Kiasmos – s/t will be released on Double-Vinyl, CD and Download via Erased Tapes on October 27th, 2014.

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Lit  2. Held  3. Looped  4. Swayed  5. Thrown  6. Dragged  7. Bent  8. Burnt 

LIVE DATES:	

17.08. HAMBURG (DE) - Dockville Festival			
26.09. BRUSSELS (BE) – Bozar Electronic Arts Festival
27.09. DEN HAAG (NL) – Todays Art Festival

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:  	facebook.com/kiasmos · erasedtapes.com

Kiasmos

Looped

Buy 12"/DL

Kiasmos – Looped

Lazy Sundays Vol.4 mixed by The Timewriter February 2014

TREE - #PianoDay

“TREE” is a part of a composition written for Simphonie Cinétique, a collaboration between Ólafur Arnalds and Joachim Sauter. Re-edited and mixed for release in celebration of Nils Frahm’s #PianoDay and features Nils himself on celeste.

Composed, arranged and performed by Ólafur Arnalds
Violin: Viktor Orri Árnason
Celeste: Nils Frahm

Recorded at Durton Studio, Berlin.
Mixed at E7 Studios, Reykjavik.

See more about Symphonie Cinétique here:
https://vimeo.com/70897666

TREE

Field recordings of ice cubes falling, swirling, squeaking, etc. mixed w/ambience, piano, and acoustic bass. I recorded all of the ice sounds using FiRe on my iPhone - some of them were taken w/the phone at a distance while the squeaking and swirls were taken by holding the phone above the glass and, w/them both in the same hand, slowly rotating the glass causing the cubes to rub against the side.

Thanks for listening!



A Glimmer of Hope [disquiet0001-ice]


Nearly There (Disquiet0004-mfischer Benjamin Dauer's Sun In Your Eyes Remix)

This is my contribution to Disquiet's Junto project 0004, a remix of a Marcus Fischer track from his newest album, "Collected Dust", out now on Tench Records. All sounds were created using the original stems. I wanted to explore the textures and tones within the source files so I processed them using granular delays, tape saturation, tremolos, and reverb.

Thank you so much for listening. I hope you enjoy.

http://mapmap.ch/
http://www.tenchrec.com/TCH05.html
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/


Nearly There (Disquiet0004-mfischer Benjamin Dauer's Sun In Your Eyes Remix)


Every weekend my girl and I take care of a bunch of what I call "crap of life" - cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, etc. I thought for this installment of Disquiet's Junto project I would soundtrack a portion of one of those tasks.

After doing a lot of field recordings while doing these tasks I finally settled on the one I made while returning from grocery shopping. The sounds you hear begin outside our building and follow us into the hallway, waiting for the elevator, riding up, walking to our condo, and going inside.

The music will hopefully make that seemingly mundane task seem a bit more interesting.

Thanks so much for listening. I hope you enjoy it!

More Information:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto


Sunday Routine (disquiet0005-layer)

Burning Down [disquiet0009-avian]

This is my contribution to Disquiet's Junto 0009, cross-species collaboration. The goal was to take 1 of 2 guitar samples, combine it with 1 of 2 bird song samples and use only those source files to create a new piece.

My approach stems from the idea of burning down the barriers between species. So, to that end, I tore down the structure of the samples, re-pitched them/re-sampled them/stretched them/fed them through delays, crushers, reverbs, etc. It tends to be a bit more heavy/aggressive sounding then what I normally write, but I am overall happy with the outcome.

As always, thank you for taking the time to listen. Hope you enjoy.

The source material for this track was provided from these two samples:
http://www.freesound.org/people/UncleSigmund/sounds/30266/
http://www.freesound.org/people/reinsamba/sounds/14909/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/


Burning Down [disquiet0009-avian]

On Wings [disquiet0010-reflect]

For this week's Disquiet Junto assignment, The Reflective Remix, I wanted to go back and visit ooray's track "Sealegs" - a stunningly beautiful neo-classical piece composed of field-recordings, piano and cello. I remember thinking when I first heard it that I would love to re-imagine it as a dream sequence - something that feels out of time, slightly hazy, similar in structure, and (if possible) equally evocative. I can only hope Ted will approve of my efforts!

As always, thank you so much for listening.

Original Track:
http://soundcloud.com/ooray/sealegs-disquiet0005-layer

More details on the Juno project here:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto

On Wings [disquiet0010-reflect]


Ask That I Walk Easy [disquiet0011-motoring]

This particular Junto submission has a bit of background. Those familar w/my Dwindlers project (http://www.thedwindlers.com) will know that our latest release, Allegories, is a collection of songs that are, in part, a response to Michelle's current loss of mobility. As such, a daily rhythm for us is the sound of her crutch hitting the ground as we walk. I used a field recording of this sound, sped up, as the base layer for this song.

I wanted to create something simple and repetitive (as much of walking is) but also beautiful and uplifting. She put a reminder on our refrigerator to everyday "Ask That I Walk Easy". I want nothing more than for her to fully regain mobility and to be able to dance, rollerblade, and yes, even walk, without pain. So, over the course of this piece the base layer of her crutch slowly fades away. This one is for you love.

As always, thank you so much for listening.

More details on the Juno project here:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto


Ask That I Walk Easy [disquiet0011-motoring]

One of the best tracks in﻿ history of electronic music...*

Closer Musik - one two three (no gravity)

From Plinth's 'Music for Smalls Lighthouse", reissue on Clay Pipe 2013

Message in the Village

This was the third of a four-part series, mixed by J Rocc, released yearly from 2006-2009. This one was originally posted as episode 29 of the Stones Throw Podcast. Cover: Homer remix by Jeff Jank.

Tracklist
http://www.rappcats.com/thank-you-jay-dee-act-3

Thank You Jay Dee, Act 3, mixed by J Rocc

Product Designer at WhatsApp. Previously at Meetup, Spotify, Facebook, SoundCloud and NPR. Also one half of The Dwindlers.

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Ask That I Walk Easy [disquiet0011-motoring]

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