I’m used to meditating with the window open. The street below is semi-busy so there is a fair amount of noise but it’s random, not the white noise of a freeway or a really busy street. This track started out just playing about with noise sounds to get some practice with different flavors of noise, then it dawned on me that it was turning into my Junto track for this week. I wasn’t attempting to mimic the sounds of traffic, but rather to share the characteristic inconsistency of the soundscape outside my apartment window.

More on this 323rd weekly Disquiet Junto project (Music for Meditation: Record a piece of music suited to meditation) at:

https://disquiet.com/0323/ 15

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/ 2

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/ 2

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0323-music-for-meditation/ 1

There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Traffic [disquiet junto 0323-music for meditation]

The previously “finished” track I selected to subject to erasure was actually an old unfinished Junto track: 0160 - One Minute Past Midnight. I declared it finished then made my erasures with gates and filters.

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/ 2

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0330-wax-off/

There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Three Years Past Midnight

Three Years Past Midnight [disquiet junto 0330-wax off]

Eve [disquiet0364-casting drones]

It turns our there are plenty of annoying noises around my apartment if you put the mic in the right place. A few tracks of that, plus a few from my synth, and I got my version of the cheap seats.

More on this 383rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Interstellar Ambience / The Assignment: Record the sound of an apartment in a large interstellar ship — at:

https://disquiet.com/0383/ 4

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/ 4

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co 2:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0383-interstellar-ambience/ 7

There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet 1 for Slack inclusion.

Nighttime in Steerage [disquiet0383-interstellar ambience]

Everything is a bit buzzy right now.

More on this 429th weekly Disquiet Junto project — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0429/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0429-solitary-ensembles/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Crunchy Drone Alone [disquiet0469-solitary ensembles]

This week’s Disquiet Junto project is the second in a sequence intended to encourage and reward asynchronous collaboration. This week you will be adding music to a pre-existing track, which you will source from the previous week’s Junto project (disquiet.com/0429).

My source track:
https://soundcloud.com/lowell-goss/cerchio-di-luce?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0429

More on this 430th weekly Disquiet Junto project — The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0430/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0430-solitary-ensembles-x-2/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Light Walk [disquiet0430-solitary ensembles x2]

John O’Brien and I have created a shared patch game in order to collaborate remotely during lockdown that results in a series of solo pieces. Each week we both create a new patch on the Make Noise 0-Coast and record a short track using only the 0-Coast for both sound and interaction. We share the patch chart (The Prompt) and in the second half of the week we each record a track (The Response) using the patch the other sent. 

My Junto track is this week's Response to John’s patch. You can view his patch in the Exquisite Coast web app

http://ec.rustle.works/?patch=N4IghiBcIKIMIAIBSB7AFgOwQdQKa4GsEAGAFhABoQAjKEVTBAeQHIAhAJwEtcMAdDAHdhAOgBW6DAFsU1brxEBjFFMogAJnVIBWNbjrUADqqoAzLWoDmdAM65lGdTbVoooYlABMpKgEYovr5UnlAAbFQAzAFU5JAAHFS6kL4RVKFeQSAA7F5UcVAJIACcBX4ekJ5+-hWVIL4hyYUpXrW+sa1JvkV+6clZAL5UXG4g5QDaWQC6wVBjgdMgUZBjEQuxYwtJY3ELJcttC77jnpP9-UA

More on this 435th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Disquiet Junto Project 0435: Woodshed Report — The Assignment: Share something you’ve been working on (and respond to what others post) — at:

https://disquiet.com/0435/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0435-woodshed-report/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Exquisite Coast Week 04 Response [disquiet0435: Woodshed Report] [exquisitecoast-response]

John O’Brien and I have created a shared patch game in order to collaborate remotely during lockdown that results in a series of solo pieces. Each week we both create a new patch on the Make Noise 0-Coast and record a short track using only the 0-Coast for both sound and interaction. We share the patch chart (The Prompt) and in the second half of the week we each record a track (The Response) using the patch the other sent. 

Here's a link to view the patch in the Exquisite Coast web app:

http://ec.rustle.works/?patch=N4IghiBcIKIMIAIAiYC2B7Adgg6gUzwGsEAGAZhABoQAjKEFDbACXQBsAvG9AJ0wB1MAEzRYAFuy69MAOgDG6VFRAAzegBZ1ygOb0aAByXUxUUCSgAmddQCMUGwHZqF+2WoVIbkFsg2AnNQArJbUAGxQABzUDiEgEVBefpY2tuaQFl42dum2Lr4kth7WIDY+ASXBOSXhvg4AvtQAlqYgaQDaoQC6tlBtKVndIHltFpQ2ZIM+beqDlW0RgzV9FoMxkG2Bg-HrNp11dUA

Week 03 Prompt [exquisitecoast-prompt]

This is a response to Dominguez Audio's Exquisite Coast Prompt Disintegration. Hear his track here:
https://llllllll.co/t/exquisite-coast-a-shared-patch-game-for-the-make-noise-0-coast/32805/7

See the patch and learn more about Exquisite Coast:
http://ec.rustle.works/?patch=N4IghiBcIKIMIAIBSB7AFgOwQdQKa4GsEAGAdhABoQAjKEVTBAeQHIAhAJwEtcMAdDAHdhAOgBW6DAFsU1brxEBjFFMohFdACIcUGXAgAOAGwCuAZxFqAJnQAsADmJrcdagdVUAZnQCMAJicqAHNXdzU0KFAnSD9bKh8oH1IqP0TkkABmRJ8qW0TiKgBWKABOKgA2NKpySB8ykHsoeyoSqHSfaKT4hNqM+NTa+p8s2va8yEL44tq-eMra2wBfKi5IkGiAbQyAXSoRjfLdkGmN+yOajZ8fbcXFoA

Disintegrating [exquisitecoast-response]

See the patch and learn more about Exquisite Coast: http://ec.rustle.works/?patch=N4IghiBcILIJ4AIBCBXATgOwC4IGIEsAzAUxABoQAjKEAETAFsB7DBACSYBsAvSpzADoYAJoxYALLr34YAdAGMmDciGE0AzAFYVpaJQAOyioRoAmWdooBzGgGdiikbZXiooAAxRTAFgoBGKD8ATgpTKAB2CnVAkJBvGIptSFMKADYvPwpwrwoADgSQIIK-T0hYvwDk-zCy-2jISJA-eMhm-ySUpvTW3IBfCnw3EFKAbT91AF1-KDG-KZAa2fn6kcmKFrH3eaSR3Pn8yBHNeaLD1Ine3qA

My Burnt Fife [exquisitecoast-prompt]

Since this week's Junto was short, I took the opportunity to go maximal with the processing.

More on this 67th Disquiet Junto project at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/04/11/disquiet0067-odysseymachine/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

This project was inspired by the National Poetry Month event at SoundCloud, more details on which here:

https://soundcloud.com/groups/national-poetry-month-collaborations

The source text for this project is William Cowper’s translation of The Odyssey of Homer, available here: 

http://archive.org/stream/theodysseyofhome24269gut/24269-0.txt

Image of Homer up top from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer

National Poetry Month - Like Woes [disquiet0067-odysseymachine]

Damon Holzborn is an improviser and composer who works primarily with electronics. In performance he uses custom software, traditional effects, and interactive processes to sculpt sounds both novel and familar. His software designs focus on dynamic instruments that are particularly effective for improvisational performance. He has presented his work in the US, Mexico, Europe and Japan, performing as a solo artist and with several ensembles, including Donkey - a decades-long collaboration with musician/filmmaker Hans Fjellestad.

Damon Holzborn

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