It did not sound creepy to me. It did sound like a gradual and calm awakening.

Immersive. I’d like to drift back to dreamland now…

@wilhelm-matthies: Awesome, that was the intent

This is really so beautiful! A wonderful evolution of sounds, many things to discover (small sound-bits), and always something is appearing or disappearing...

Sounds to snuggle up to until someone serves the coffee by the bed (okay, maybe the ghost choir is a little creepy, haha...)

Composed and performed by DD, early 2025
Ukuleles, charango, ronroco, bass pulse

Photo by Andrew Small

for https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0684-early-bird

Lightness - disquiet0684

More on the 684th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Early Bird — The Assignment: Record not so much an alarm as a guided wakening — at https://disquiet.com/0684/

SONG 70 - DisquietJunto0684 - Early Bird

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 06 Feb 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, reverb, echo. 

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 12 Mar 2016, Massapequa, NY, USA

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of “Decaying A Little More Each Day” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0684: Early Bird. The Assignment: Record not so much an alarm as a guided wakening.

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

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Decaying A Little More Each Day (disquiet0684)

Submission for Disquiet Junto 0684. Synths from Pure Data and Ableton. Field Recordings by me: dawn chorus in Humboldt State park, cottonwood leaves on the Van Duzen river, Cicadas on the Tsitsikamma Trail, South Africa, sounds of the Tilburg Textile Museum artists' workspace.

early birds (disquiet0684)

This week, members of the Disquiet Junto were invited to make a piece of music intended for listening to while awakening from sleep. My first thought was, "I'm going to try really hard to not make this creepy." Was I successful?

The title is an anagram of my full name— how cool is that? My composition is, as Bjork might say, not only musical but scientifical. I'm using binaural mixing to create a 6Hz oscillation that slowly transitions from theta waves to alpha waves, providing neural feedback that guides the listener from a  meditative state to a calmly wakeful one. Note that you can only experience this effect using headphones.

This track features many layers of evolving pads, gentle ebow guitar, and integrated field recordings. You might be surprised at which ones are which. The vocals are organic. 

Please tell me it's not creepy.

More on the 684th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Early Bird — The Assignment: Record not so much an alarm as a guided wakening — at https://disquiet.com/0684/

A Dream Like an Echo (disquiet0684)

This was my contribution for Disquiet Junto Project 0684: Early Bird. The Assignment: Record not so much an alarm as a guided wakening.

Here’s a copy of my post on the Disquiet Junto 0684 discussion thread on Lines:

I had a small 48hp modular system setup for a project I did last week, so decided to use the same modules with different parameters for this week’s assignment. Pamela’s Pro Workout was used for master clock, random sample & hold, and quantization. This was then patched into Calsynth Ornament and Crime with Phazerville suite, running the sequential switch applet in both hemispheres. That in turn helped to sequence a Make Noise STO and Calsynth uRings. Desmodus Versio provided in rack reverb. The modules were manually modulated. Some Valhalla Delay and Supermassive were added in Ableton Live.

After a few listens, the overall vibe, and the ending using a dawn chorus sample, seemed a little too new agey to me, but I'm mostly fine with how it turned out. Here’s to restful sleep and positive awakenings to all in the days ahead.

More on the 684th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Early Bird — The Assignment: Record not so much an alarm as a guided wakening — at https://disquiet.com/0684/

Dawn Salutation [disquiet0684]

The track starts off with simulated bird sounds, courtesy of the Wing Pinger. Gradually, a C+ chord emerges, which is then joined by a bouncy sequence and eventually a rather standard techno beat, which will hopefully get one out of bed and onto the sidewalk for a good morning run. 

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D'après le haïku de Yosa Buson

Mount Asama
amidst its fumes and ash
fresh young leaves!

Mount Asama

Ambient textures recorded in Ableton Live. These tracks focus on the tension of an approaching presence and that heavy feeling of a looming arrival. Best for when you want to lean into a dark, cinematic atmosphere.

They are coming

Dark ambient soundscapes for your pleasure, relax, chillout and enjoy.

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I create original electronic, postpunk, and experiential music from my studio in Chicago. The Hard Times described my work as "creepy, haunted, but also a little bit uplifting." Prolific.

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