More on this 473rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Placebo Effect (1 of 3) / The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0473/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0473-placebo-effect/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Image associated with this project is by Israel Avila, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/5bFGMU

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Disquiet Junto Project 0473: Placebo Effect (2 of 3)

[disquiet0552] Sandcastles In The Aether

Condensation is a form of change, but this is only half of the story. Condensation is what happens when vapor transforms to a liquid state; evaporation is what happens when liquid changes back to vaporous form. It’s a constant, cyclical form of reclaiming what was lost.

Michael John Harris, author of the book The End of Absence, has an interesting perspective on loss vs. gain: “My child will never know the value of learning to read a map without GPS. This is the problem with losing lack: it’s nearly impossible to recall its value once it’s gone.“ 

Some cognitive scientists argue that digital media has rendered our brains into mush. Others believe that, like how the clouds above manage moisture content, it’s simply a matter of displacing one form of cognitive processing with another.

For this Junto project, Suss Müsik explored the cyclical nature of something being there and then not there. The original photo was scanned and rendered to high-contrast, which revealed two distinct patterns: the first a reasonably formed outline comprising a circle (we’ll call that v.1), the other a series of amorphous blobs (v.2). 

v.1 became the basis for a cyclical riff played on fake bass and a DIY synth device. v.2 was played by tracing a finger across a DIY piezo mic resonator (constructed from old hard drive enclosures) and passing the signal through a Meng Qi Wingie 2. Some sloppy piano was overdubbed; interruptions were designed per interpretation of the “score.”

The piece is titled after Hieronimo Squarciafico, the 15th-century Venetian editor who warned that the invention of the printing press would inhibit humankind’s ability to remember things. 

More on this 557th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Condensation Is a Form of Change (The Assignment: Interpret a graphic score that depicts four phases) — at: https://disquiet.com/0557/

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Squarciafico [Disquiet0557]

Here's the 4 second version! 

More on this 560th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Sonic Disambiguation (The Assignment: Help the Wikimedia Foundation develop a sonic logo) – at: https://disquiet.com/0560/

Thanks to Mahmoud Hashemi, of Listen to Wikipedia, for suggesting the Disquiet Junto take this project on.

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4 Sec Mix (disquiet0560)

This composition was created for the Disquiet Junto Project 0562: Sheep Music.

Here’s a copy of my post on the Disquiet Junto 0562 discussion thread:
When I was younger, I used to listen to jazz at low volume when working on art or design projects late into the night and early morning. Something about that genre at that hour, was calming and meditative. Going to sleep after that was pretty effortless. These days, I rarely stay up too late working on art projects but when I do,  I might listen to some lofi hip hop before eventually heading off into slumberland. The unobtrusive soundtrack and slow BPM, has a similar relaxing effect on me as jazz.

I have very little experience producing lofi, but decided to experiment in that genre and see what happens. Ended up using mostly loops and samples processed and arranged in Ableton Live. Not sure how close I came within the definition of lofi, but I was sleepy after I finished, so at least it helped in successfully completing the assignment for me.

More on this 562nd weekly Disquiet Junto project – Sheep Music (The Assignment: Record something to help someone fall asleep) – at: https://disquiet.com/0562/
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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0562-sheep-music/

Moon Waves (disquiet0562)

Here is another montage of the ReelWorld KMPS 1998 jingles as re-sung for Classic Country 1370 (KSOP/South Salt Lake, UT).  I caught so many more versions of these cuts that I decided to post another montage!

All jingles were recorded from the stream throughout the day on Friday, November 4, 2022, and the montage is arranged in cut order. Enjoy!

KSOP ReelWorld KMPS Off-Air Jingle Montage - Bonus Section (11/4/22)

[disquiet0566] Attention

An exercise created in Pure Data comprising sequences of five, six & seven notes recorded simultaneously in a quasi-serialist mode

More on this 567th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Three Meters (The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures) — at: https://disquiet.com/0567/

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The cover image for this project is from DALL·E 2, where “three rulers, colorful photograph” was the prompt..

Five, Six & Seven (disquiet0567)

Disquiet Junto Project 0572: Rhythm Kit
The Assignment: Make a beat that someone else will add to.

Note: This project is the first of a two-parter. You don’t need to participate in both, and you can easily participate in the second one (next week) even if you don’t participate in the first one.

Instruction: Record a beat with the intension that someone other than yourself will add something to it at a later date. It’s preferable that you record something that lasts between one and three minutes, but it’s also fine to record something shorter with the intention that someone will loop it — or something longer, for that matter.

More on this 572nd weekly Disquiet Junto project – Rhythm Kit (The Assignment: Make a beat that someone else will add to) – at: https://disquiet.com/0572/ 1

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Rock the bells - disquiet0572

A drum/percussion track for Disquiet Junto 0572: Rhythm Kit. Instruction: Record a beat with the intension that someone other than yourself will add something to it at a later date. 

These sounds were recorded during live jam with Creatures Once bandmate Monstrosus on Dec 10. We played live on some iOS apps conrolled by Korg nano keys, the Alesis e-drum kit, and Drumbrute Impact. We're both drummers as a first instrument so we always have fun with the drums. Had some other instrument sounds going in the jam, but took those out for this rhythm kit version. Arrangement kinds of follows how the jam played out, with M going off on the e-drums to cap things off. Hope someone in the Junto enjoys this beat! 
My family baked biscotti while I edited this, then we had a nice cuppa chai to go along.

More on this 572nd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Rhythm Kit (The Assignment: Make a beat that someone else will add to) — at: https://disquiet.com/0572/

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Biscotti and Chai Rhythm Kit - [disquiet0572]

Collaboration for the juto challenge 0473
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0473-placebo-effect/

Based on an original piano track by @forcedamage
https://soundcloud.com/forcedamage/fifths-just-piano-disquiet0472

I added electric bass guitar and synthesizer

Photo: La Fortuna, Costa Rica by DD 2019.

Fifths Damage 21012021 (disquiet0473)

Collaboration for the junto challenge 0473
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0473-placebo-effect/
Based on an original piano track by @ikjoyce
https://soundcloud.com/ikjoyce/disquiet0472-jamtimebacking

I added electric guitar improvisation over the original track, edited and augmented by a pitch shifted version of that same track
Performed on a borrowed Gibson Les Paul through a Hughes & Keltner amp and a Rodemberg 808 pedal..

Photo: La Fortuna, Costa Rica by DD 2019.

Improv Over Joyce 21012021(disquiet0473)

Submission for Disquiet Junto 0473. Added a kemane solo in Gm (? - I think) to vgmrmojo's drum track (https://soundcloud.com/vgmrmojo/disquiet0472-drums-drums-drums).

More on this 473rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Placebo Effect (2 of 3) / The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0473/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0473-placebo-effect/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Image associated with this project is by Israel Avila, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/5bFGMU

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Drums+Kemane - disquiet0473

track used:new unit (disquiet0472)moduS ponY

Ascension Loop (disquiet0473)

played some bongos over https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0472-jam-time/40425/37?u=abalone

Geoffroy.bongos(disquiet0473)

I used this track as a starting point:

https://soundcloud.com/everythingdies/bedding-disquiet0472

You can hear it on the left channel, while my contribution is on the right.

More on this 473rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Placebo Effect (2 of 3) / The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0473/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0473-placebo-effect/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Placebo Effect (restled) (disquiet0473)

My 33 1/3 series book about the Aphex Twin album <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II</i> was published in 2014. The book was one of the top 5 bestselling titles for the calendar year, and in 2015 was ranked by Pitchfork as one of the "33 best" of the 100-plus books in the 33 1/3 series. It has subsequently been translated into Japanese (2019) and Spanish (2018)

Since 2012 I have moderated the Disquiet Junto group, which began on SoundCloud. More at disquiet.com/junto. 

I've written for Nature, Pitchfork, The Wire, Down Beat, Boing Boing, NewMusicBox, Red Bull Music Academy, Art Practical, the website of The Atlantic, and many other publications. 

I've exhibited sound art at galleries in Los Angeles (Crewest), Manhattan (apex art), and Dubai (DUTAC), and I had a audio-visual installation at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of its 45th anniversary.

And since 1996 I've run the website Disquiet.com about the intersection of sound, art, and technology.

Placebo Effect (restled) (disquiet0473)

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