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)

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."