Optimistic

VB - 31

started by watching the media labs perspective with george lewis
 - modular synthesiser as a digital-analog electronic computer - improvisation as interactive system that can generate output without other input, but can respond to input when it is present 
- use envelope follower and pitch detection to create various CV/gate outputs to influence parameters of a free running patch (two voices) including bursts triggered by threshold gate on input, timing of the patch from deriving clock speed. some granular processing on input
- cheap kalimba as input - couldn't find a contact mic so hooked up my tascam into microphone into disting's B3 for env/pitch info

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More on the 651st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Why Compute? — The Assignment: Respond to a prompt from George E. Lewis — at Disquiet Junto Project 0651: Why Compute? – Disquiet

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disquiet0651 - sierra madre (improvisation for kalimba and modular synthesiser)

"Celtic Winds, Jazz Currents"
Valhjim

"Celtic Winds, Jazz Currents" is a compelling fusion of Celtic vocal traditions and contemporary jazz. The piece features a dynamic ensemble of drums, bass, piano, electric guitar, vocalizations, sax, and marimba, weaving through distinct sections. The Celtic vocalizations, grounded and earthy, carry a subtle sense of longing and magic. A prepared piano adds texture in one section, creating unique sonic landscapes. This innovative blend of rhythm, melody, and atmosphere bridges musical traditions with modern jazz sensibilities, offering a fresh and evocative listening experience.

Valhjim: Guitar, bass, piano, synthesizers, samplers.
Martin Miers: drums and percussions.

Hope you dig this jazzy tune, folks.

Thanks for listening
and for your kind comments.

Valhjim

(C) 2024 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).

Celtic Winds, Jazz Currents - Valhjim w/Martin Miers

2024-10-06

The Eruption Was Followed By A Calm Lava Flow

Greebles & grommets_03

pict free wallpaper

moth - sound
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2024-10-21

Late Into The Night

Project 12

Story
Something Unique
In a forgotten corner of the cosmos, where the constellations still sing in ancient dialects, a creature without equal was born. She had no name, because no language could contain her. Her skin was liquid obsidian, her eyes two moons facing each other, and her voice... her voice was the perfect blend of a whale's sigh and the creak of a glacier.
The gods watched her with curiosity. She was not the daughter of any, nor a product of prophecy. She was something unique.
Humans, seeing her in dreams, called her a thousand names: inspiration, chaos, muse, shadow.
But she answered none of them. She only walked between planes, sowing questions.
One day, she descended to the mortal world. Not to rule, nor to save. Only to listen.
She sat on the top of a Basque mountain, where the wind speaks Basque, and waited.
Poets, musicians, children, and the elderly arrived. Each one offered her something: a song, a secret, a tear.
She took nothing. She just smiled, and when she did, the sky changed color.
Over time, they understood that her power lay not in what she did, but in what she provoked.
She was the mirror that doesn't reflect, the question that doesn't seek an answer, the spark that doesn't burn.
She was something unique. And when she left, she left behind a whisper that still floats in the air: "Don't look for me on maps. Find me in what you can't explain."

🎶 Listen 💫 Share 💬 Comment ➕📃🎧 Add to your playlists... Because this journey is meaningless without you... Thank you for being here... J. Bilbao

Sonic Universe

Something Unique II

Lamp of the Lost is part of Unfound, a series of ambient tracks exploring places that exist just beyond memory - corridors, thresholds, and emotional locations that were never fully reached.

This track revolves around a solitary light left burning for someone who never arrived. A guide without a traveler. A signal still transmitting into the fog.

Slow-moving textures, restrained harmonics, and distant echoes create a sense of suspended time — music for quiet searching, reflection, and liminal drifting.

🌒 Part of the Unfound series

🎧 Listen on Spotify & other platforms:
https://linktr.ee/wartonnosound

🖼 Visuals, downloads & writing:
https://wartonnosound.com
https://darklofi.com

Optimistic

Christopher Hanlon