I went to school right next door to the Brompton Cemetery :-). Very evocative.

More on the 675th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Arc of the Drone — The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple — at https://disquiet.com/0675/

Disquiet Junto | Arc of the Drone - disquiet0675

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data and Audacity.

More on the 675th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Arc of the Drone — The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple — at https://disquiet.com/0675/

Drone of Arc (disquiet0675)

In response to the disquiet junto assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple.

Loosly based on Saba Makam. Combination of Basille and Surge synths with clarinets and horns form BBC orchestra (Spitfire audio)

Saba (disquiet0675)

The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple.
 
Step 1: You may, yourself, be experienced recording drone music, or you may never have recorded any. You may not even be sure what drone music is, in which case read up a bit. Not matter your experience and familiarity, please give some thought as to what constitutes drone music.

Step 2: Now think about what makes a drone simple and what makes a drone complex.

Step 3: Now record a piece of drone music that begins simple, gets complex, and then gets simple again. And note: The simple drone at the end needn’t necessarily be the same sort of drone with which the piece opens.

Edits: 
* Print 2: Reprint to remove clock errors in the outro. Less low end roll-off. 
* Print 3: Removed some Lexicon ticks

Notes:
* Clicky drone: Arturia Microfreak “Cliched Things” into Lexicon PCM 41, full square wave modulation, fed to a spring reverb by a Radial Tank Driver.
* Pad: Waldorf Blofeld “Sonnenaufgang”.
* Piano: Roland MP-600 into Memory Man Deluxe.

More on the 675th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Arc of the Drone — The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple — at https://disquiet.com/0675/

This track is free to download and modify, provided due credit is given to the original artist aka "Schmerzwelt".

Horspielstreifen

Horspielstreifen - (Disquiet0675) - Print 003

This week's Disquiet Junto challenged us to make a drone that is somehow melodic. My response is a drone haunted by a distant, distorted melody, which it follows in steps that are 21 seconds apart. 

All of the sounds on this track, including the percussion, were created on a vintage Korg M3R synthesizer and recorded live. The tracks were post-processed in Logic, mainly applying stereo delay for movement and the ChromaGlow plugin for color. 

I was probably more intentional about reverb in this track than I usually am, especially for a drone piece. My early mixes were drowning in reverb, so I dialed all the sends on all the tracks back to -∞ and brought the wet signal back in minimally and track-by-track. The only exception was the repeating high melodic figure, which I wanted to sound unnaturally distant.

More about this week's Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0676

The Bromptom Cemetery Time Machine (disquiet0676)

14Dec24
My naviarhaiku571 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/769572391878803456/naviarhaiku571-stillness
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the sound of petals [naviarhaiku571]

A response to Disquiet Junto prompt 0679, which was an invitation to record a glass with an ice cube and make something of it. 

I had several competing ideas for this week's response, but nothing that jumped out as The Idea. So I decided to start with the ice. I submerged a waterproof contact mic in about an inch of water in a drinking glass, then recorded the fall of ice cubes from a dispenser into the glass. I made multiple recordings to avoid having to loop samples in the piece. 

I noticed that due to the the ice machine's inner workings, the fall of the cubes from the dispenser felt like the cadence of walking through heavy snow and ice— then the idea was born. 

For those who are not Lovecraft fans, "At the Mountains of Madness" tells the story of Antarctic explorers who uncover the remains of an ancient alien civilization— with some horrifying remnants left behind. This became the inspiration. I built the song in multiple acts, following the intrepid seekers as they explore the ruins rising from the snow and ice, ending in a frantic and deadly encounter, and finally silence-- save for the howling wind and the strange, unearthly whistles and pipings echoing amongst the icy peaks.

Features synthesizers, synthetic instruments, ice samples, and field recordings from a shortwave radio. The blowing wind sample is from the BBC sound archive. Cover photo courtesy of NASA.

More on the 679th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Ice Age — The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something with it — at https://disquiet.com/0679/

At the Mountains of Madness (disquiet0679)

This week's Disquiet Junto prompt, "Reverse Resolution", challenged us to finish something that we had left unfinished in 2024. 

During the holiday break I wrote a new piece for an upcoming album from my Sudre's Violin postpunk project, and just for fun produced it as a recording of a "rare live performance". My intention was to also record a canonical "studio version" of the song at some point. So why not now?

If you try to dance to this song, I will not be held responsible for any damages or injuries that occur. Features Yamaha piano, a lead instrument made from a tortured dobro sample, synthethic bass, hand-programmed drums, and some vintage pads. 

(If you want to hear the original "live" version, it's here: https://soundcloud.com/coralineada/the-puzzle-box-waltz-live)

More on the 680th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reverse Resolution — The Assignment: Finish something (musical) you started last year — at https://disquiet.com/0680/

The Puzzle Box Waltz (disquiet0680)

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