Disquiet Junto 0657 was an invitation to compose a pice out of overlapping tones that start and stop suddenly.

I created multiple layers of synth pads, each holding a single note of random duration in the key of Am. Next I bounced the audio, slowed it by 75%, and reversed it to create abrupt stops in each tone. I blended that audio back into the mix to provide a low aural foundation. On top of this I recorded a couple of additional pads with held tones, chopped up with a grain stutter plugin. To wrap it up, I improvised a couple of wandering leads with "broken" synths in Cmaj/Amin.

I worked hard on the spacial mix, so headphones or a good pair of stereo monitors are recommended.

More on this week's Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0657

Disquiet Junto

Tails on Tones (disquiet0657)

https://soundcloud.com/zeroplusplacebo: thumps / bumps
douglasmseidel: wizard sauce

Olibanum Tree (douglasmseidel & zeroplusplacebo)

Bent Clarision_05

Recorded & mixed on 19 & 20 Sep 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Process notes -
For this, I put together a 4 track piece in FL Studio and exported stems on Thursday and then reworked those stems along with an altered piece of the full mix in Ableton Live on Friday. 

While I was in FL, I edited 32/16 patterns into 29/16 and also some other time sigs. I tried to keep it minimal, which also makes it a bit harder to count out but in the spirit of the prompt’s description, I enjoy the ambiguity.

Tools used - Fruity Kick,  Caelum Audio Tape Cassette, Arturia Delay TAPE-201, Puremagnetik Gelm,  Moog MF-1045, FL Plucked, Output Portal, FL Pitch Shifter, Ableton Creative Extensions Re-Enveloper, FL DirectWave,  Puremagnetik Pastfabric, Ableton Buffer Shuffler 2, Spectral Blur, Pitchloop89 & other Live native devices.

Artwork/Photography -
Hampton Bays, NY 29 Mar 2015

This original version of “Context Plays A Crucial Role In Determining Meaning” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0664: Mother Beat. The Assignment: Record a piece of music in 29/16 time.

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

More on the 664th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Mother Beat — The Assignment: Record a piece of music in 29/16 time — at https://disquiet.com/0664/

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Context Plays A Crucial Role In Determining Meaning (disquiet0664)

Sanctified space

Rocktober week 3, day/track 15!

I noticed how I just LOVE the pressure to make tracks! 

This day I was happy with a weird brainfart. I tried some organs and added a nice bassline. 
Listening to the panning is quite a challenge 😅, but there is a release in the final part of this short one.

15 Oo Aa Oo

Life In Dreams

Fabilectento themindery_01

At Rest (2023) Anthology CD4 Track 01

bells created wonderful soundscapes. in former  days they were heared all over the country, with differnt sounds - this has been lost.

Lonely Bells

Antipathy

Making music is about being surprised.
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Context Plays A Crucial Role In Determining Meaning (disquiet0664)

Jimmy Lem