Marco Lucchi : organ, synthesizers and tape
Henrik Meierkord : cello, viola and fx

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for the current Disquiet Junto challenge
https://disquiet.com/2024/05/16/disquiet-junto-project-0646-empty-orchestra/

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found sounds
https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/705516/

Childhood memories [disquiet # 0646] w/Henrik Meierkord

Disquiet Junto Project 0658: Re-Amplify
The Assignment: Re-record and re-compose an organ improvisation by Daniel Glaus.

First I did a recording of a portable speaker output, recorded by a Zoom H1 in a Microwave. It somehow had a crazy humming in it. I recorded two sessions with the Zoom, recoding from the MacBook Speakers. And I tried to record with the Zoom the Output of earpods and changed the sound by holding the earpods closer or further away. All the time the windows were open, which explains the noise. The idea was to have organ-ic elements in it that are as improvised as the recut of the recordings.

Thanks to Daniel Glaus.

More on the 658th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Re-Amplify — The Assignment: Re-record and re-compose an organ improvisation by Daniel Glaus — at https://disquiet.com/0658/

Organic Impro [disquiet0658]

Based on original recording by Daniel Glaus

[disquiet0658] Organelle-Wah

I extracted a part of the image and adjusted the colour and contrast. 
I then proceeded to create a sonic impression using a couple of sequences created in Pure Data, with contrasting, lightly pulsating blocks of sound and random, mainly percussive interjections.

More on the 659th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reading the Body — The Assignment: Interpret the markings on the back of a cello as a graphic score — at Disquiet Junto Project 0659: Reading the Body – Disquiet

Back Track (disquiet0659)

This track was inspired by this week's Disquiet Junto Project. It interprets the pattern on the back of a cello as a graphic score for a modern piece for string ensemble. The transformation from picture to notes was done consciously ignoring musical aspects like melody, concord or tempo.
The image shown has been interpreted as a full score and divided between the instruments. Choir and clarinets accompany accordingly.

More on the 659th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reading the Body — The Assignment: Interpret the markings on the back of a cello as a graphic score — at https://disquiet.com/0659/

Marks Of Life  (Disquiet0659)

Music made with Music Mouse by Laurie Spiegel.

More on the 659th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reading the Body — The Assignment: Interpret the markings on the back of a cello as a graphic score — at Disquiet Junto Project 0659: Reading the Body – Disquiet

Piano Mouse & Patterns (disquiet0659)

T-Bone Walker famously said that, though the song was great, "St Louis Blues" just wasn't the blues. Disquiet Junto 0660 invited us to remix a 1923 public domain recording of that storied jazz standard. My remix takes Walker's stance and turns it up to 11.

Every sound in the song comes directly from some piece of the original recording. One of the percussion layers is even voiced by tape hiss. I cut the original recording into dozens of samples of different lengths, from a single beat to a full measure. The samples were then triggered by 6 tracks of a MIDI interpretation of "St Louis Blues". Essentially, the song is a recording of a song playing itself.

"Not Every Saint is Blue" has been determined safe for most stereophonic listening devices.

More about this week's Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0660

Not Every Saint Is Blue (disquiet0660)

EARTHandMIST(naviarhaiku556)

Yellow Lines (the Nails Of Truth On A Glass Surface)

Thanks for listening! I carried on working on this after submitting, and that (slightly cleaned-up) version is available for download here: https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/clique-plaisir

This Disquiet Junto prompt in honour of the late Achim Szepanski and the "clicks_+_cuts" compilations issued through his Mille Plateaux label made me revisit my past: I used to produce clicks'n'cuts tracks and perform them live with my band. That work was inspired by Jan Jelinek/Farben/Gramm, Andrew Pekler, Pole, Akufen, Swayzak, Perlon, ~scape and, of course, Mille Plateaux.

I found this to be an exhiliarating ride upon wave after wave of inspiration. Couldn't help but extend it and name it Chaiselongue -- so much fun working on this, hope you're having at least as much listening to it!

This was quite a rush job, starting with sample hunting in my very own treasure trove, finding micro samples of cuts, bursts of noise, vocal snippets -- then proceeded to recording some sub bass lines with my Fender Jazz bass, Boss Octave and Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter -- shuffled everything around until it felt halfway right -- et voilá!

Enjoy!


More on the 665th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Clicks + Cuts Music Factory — The Assignment: Record a track in honor of the late Achim Szepanski — at https://disquiet.com/0665/

Clique Plaisir

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Clique Plaisir (Chaiselongue Version) [disquiet0665]

Marco Lucchi : pipe organ and synthesizers

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2 ottobre 2024

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"A gorgeous free-flowing piece by the prolific, broadly talented Marco Lucchi of Modena, Italy, combining pipe organ and synthesizers into a kind of insectoid raga. The track, five minutes or so long, is a whirring drone inside which cascades of organ notes, up and down the scale, pushing through for relative prominence. It tastes of Terry Riley in particular, and in a good way. There’s a remarkable amount of new music for organ being created currently, and this is a splendid addition — both the piece itself, and the combination of instruments."

Marc Weidenbaum

https://disquiet.com/2024/10/01/insectoid-raga/

Hymn for pipe organ and synthesizers

Coraline Ada Ehmke composes, records, and produces original experiential music from NOSIGNAL Multimedia Lab in The Shambles, Chicago. The Hard Times has described her music as "creepy, haunted, but also a little bit uplifting."