Disquiet0529 Question 23

Created for Disquiet Junto

As rain falls, wind sings

Noise is modulated and combined, shaped through bandpass filters to modulate timbre and create tones which form chords

RainFallsWindSings (Disquiet 0530)

Recorded & mixed 24-26 Feb 2022 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Synthesis & editing. 

Outside of the Junto, the influence & dedication here was the attacks on Ukraine on these same days. Specifically, the reduction of the beautiful cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv & Odesa to rubble and panic by deception and bullying by the illegitimate government of Putin. 

©2022 Jim Lemanowicz

Album release, 7 days after this release is here - https://music.blisterpop.com/album/something-that-once-was-free

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

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This track was originally released under the artist name "Lumber Mart."

Sphere Of Influence (disquiet0530)

In 1997, members of a religious cult called Heaven’s Gate believed that the passing of the Hale-Bopp comet would be followed by a spaceship. Convinced that the spaceship would take “true believers” aboard to the Afterlife, several members bought an expensive telescope to gain a better view of the comet. Within days, they requested a refund; when asked why they returned the telescope, they complained that the item was defective because it didn’t show the spaceship in the comet’s wake. Shortly thereafter, all 39 members of the cult killed themselves. 

Cognitive dissonance is a term coined by psychologist Leon Festinger to describe the state when a person’s beliefs and behavior contradict one another. It manifests itself in various ways, from what we eat to how we vote. The COVID-19 pandemic was a breeding ground for cognitive dissonance; political and cultural biases invaded factual discourse, impeding our capacity to solve a global condition whose reverberations persist to this day.

Suss Müsik sought to explore the vexatious nature of dissonance using DIY-glitch technologies and manipulated vocalizations. Sounds emitted from handmade devices were recorded to tape and “performed” using a hacked cassette Sony Walkman. The most interesting bits were sampled into loops and run through a grain synth engine. The vocal effect (which features a sample of psychologist Dr. Dan P. McAdams) recalls that of sound art pioneer Alvin Lucier, whose seminal piece I Am Sitting In A Room suggests a new form of musicality: spoken words verbalized and abstracted, the non-tonic becoming tonic and back again.

The piece is titled Festinger and was recorded live to 8-track. 

More on this 532nd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Other Means (The Assignment: Make music about something you find difficult or unproductive to talk about) — at: https://disquiet.com/0532/

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Festinger [Disquiet0532]

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Dont Wanna Talk About It (disquiet0532)

Recorded & mixed Mar 11-13 2022 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Guitar, no-input mixer, effects. 

©2022 Jim Lemanowicz

This original version of "Anger Issues" was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0532: Other Means. Make music about something you find difficult or unproductive to talk about.

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This was originally released under the artist name "Heatsink."

Music For Shopping

Anger Issues (disquiet0532)

My submission for
Disquiet Junto Project 0533: Numbers Magik
The Assignment: Remix a trio — potentially using its subsets and variants.
More on this 533rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Numbers Magik (The Assignment: Remix a trio — potentially using its subsets and variants) — at: https://disquiet.com/0533/
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Thanks to
@Fnubi
@morgulbee
@paul-beaudoin

533an2_md_2_Context_Trio_Remix(disquiet0533)

33an2 Md 2 Context Trio Remix(disquiet0533)

Since time does not allow a thorough perusal of all the tracks of #0527, I chose this as the first one I came across that I thought I could work with: https://soundcloud.com/undermulden/scrappy-with-dede-encym-magic-number-3-of-3-disquiet0527
By changing the tempo & passing it through numerous filters & fx, this was the result, hopefully something significantly different from the original.
More on this 533rd weekly Disquiet Junto project – Numbers Magik (The Assignment: Remix a trio — potentially using its subsets and variants) – at: https://disquiet.com/0533/

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

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Scrappy Unscrapped (disquiet0533)

This track was inspired by the Disquiet Junto Project 0533: I created a remix of the @Sternklang track https://soundcloud.com/sternklang/disquiet0527-dead-center-with-dan-simpson-j-benjamin-niemi also incorporating the other two parts of that trio, https://soundcloud.com/user-931021867/january-21-look-again-disquiet0525 by J. Benjamin Niemi and
https://soundcloud.com/dan-simpson-497607106/disquiet0526-jan-21-look-again-2 by Dan Simpson.

Thank you @Sternklang, Dan Simpson and J. Benjamin Niemi for being part of the Junto and providing these great tracks!

I felt "Sternenklang" (the sound of stars) would be a great, poetic title for the resulting music. It reflects the mood to which the creative flow has lead me, and is at the same time a reverence to the creator of the original track.

More on this 533rd weekly Disquiet Junto project – Numbers Magik (The Assignment: Remix a trio — potentially using its subsets and variants) – at: https://disquiet.com/0533/

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

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Sternenklang (Disquiet0533)

A short sound poem illustrating one sad sorry car horn surrounded by an uncaring and angry world. 

Synths, cars

Recorded, assembled, mixed and mastered 14-16 Apr 2022 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2022 Jim Lemanowicz

This original version of "Apologetically Horny" was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0537: Penitent Honk.  Do sound design for “a missing gesture” of vehicular life.

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This track was originally released under the artist name "Modern Crochet."

Apologetically Horny (disquiet0537)

A VOI.....

My music asks listeners to be like dreamers uncovering hidden patterns in passing clouds. Support me @ patreon.com/blisterpop

Anger Issues (disquiet0532)

Jimmy Lem