Ohhhh, very nice. Smooth but not saccharine-sweet. Love this.

How do you interpret the literal translation of karaoke - empty orchestra? 

Well I had a go; started with opening the BBC orchestra Plug in - spitfire audio - violins.  Made something very simple and looped it.
I had this playing through my main stereo which my decks are plugged into.. I let this playing on a loop and went down the hall in my house and used my digital tascam recorder to record from the far end of the house. I left this recording. 
I went back to the decks and selected an old classical record - Ketelbey Orchestral Concert - Bells Across the Meadow. I played this slowed down as low as my turntable can go, with no bass and treble to full... slowly faded this in. Near the end I pulled the 'earth' cable out the back of the mixer so it goes a bit crackly and caused one of the speakers to cut out. Perfect! 

That was more or less it. I opened this recording back up in Ableton and edited for a bit longer, reversing bits and adding extra effects. 
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Disquiet Junto Project 0646: Empty Orchestra
The Assignment: Interpret the literal translation of “karaoke.”

Step 1: You may or may not be familiar with the literal meaning of the word “karaoke.” The first two syllables are the Japanese word for “empty.” The final two syllables are an abbreviation of the Japanese word for “orchestra.” Consider how the term “empty orchestra” connects with the idea of karaoke.

Step 2: Think about the term “empty orchestra” on its own, apart from its association with karaoke. Come up with a new meaning for it. What kind of genre or musical form would “empty orchestra” be on its own?

Step 3: Record a piece of music exemplifying the ideas that arose to you during Step 2.

Tasks Upon Completion:

Label: Include “disquiet0646” (no spaces/quotes) in the name of your track.

Upload: Post your track to a public account (SoundCloud preferred but by no means required). It’s best to focus on one track, but if you post more than one, clarify which is the “main” rendition.

Share: Post your track and a description/explanation at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0646-empty-orchestra/

Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.

Disquietly an Empty Orchestra From Down the Hall [disquiet0646]

The idea of a 'day drone' took me straight to the hazy summer drones of sonic youth and yo la tango so naturally i reached for my guitar, tuned a load of strings in unison, recorded to tape loop and slowed down the pitches for extra dreaminess. From there i reacted to what the tape was creating and improvised some tremolo melodies. to me this feels like grassy fields and buzzing insects. i'd be interested to know if that's just my associations or if it's universal?

2024-05-23 daydrone (disquiet0647)

D Day Drone (disquiet0647)

More on the 647th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Day Drone — The Assignment: Make some daylight drones for Drone Day — at https://disquiet.com/0647/

The original image associated with this project is by Guillaume Pelletier, used with a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drone_bee_(32-image_macro_stack).jpg

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

Weather Satellite (disquiet0647)

This week's Disquiet Junto suggested a drone made for the daytime. 

I started with a field recording from my front window. I took the first clean 4 minutes of that, and discovered a lone cicada singing around the 3:30 mark. This is the first cicada I've heard in the neighborhood this year. I supplemented that field recording with some crows that I captured in Virginia a few years ago.

The drone was recorded in a single take on a slide steel guitar with ebow and a collection of pedals. Underneath it all is a sample of a ceramic drum.

The title is taken from the Wikipedia entry for cicadas, describing them as being able to blend in with their surroundings. You can experience this for yourself with a good pair of headphones.

More about Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0647

Disquiet Junto

Most Cicadas are Cryptic (disquiet0647)

I've made a lot of drones over the years, but this was a chance to think in a completely different direction:  bright and up.

Kalimba -> Electro-Harmonix Mel9 -> Microcosm -> Empress Echosystem -> Empress Reverb -> Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 4th gen -> Tascam digital recorder.  Edited in Sound Forge.  

Photo by me, sitting in the courtyard of my day job on Friday, May 16th at lunch time.

More about me at https://www.markrushton.com

Partially Obscured (disquiet0647)

A textured drone sequence, a mix of original recordings & electronics.

More on the 647th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Day Drone — The Assignment: Make some daylight drones for Drone Day — at https://disquiet.com/0647/

The original image associated with this project is by Guillaume Pelletier, used with a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drone_bee_(32-image_macro_stack).jpg

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

Full Day (disquiet0647)

Suspended Sunbeam (disquiet0647)

This was my contribution for Disquiet Junto Project 0647: Day Drone

Here’s a copy of my post on the Disquiet Junto 0647 discussion thread on Lines:

This ambient drone was created using a Novation Peak controlled by an Arturia Keystep 37. Found a preset called “Happy Days” that seemed to fit this week’s theme nicely. The audio from the synth was recorded into Ableton Live where I added more reverb in addition to what the Peak produced. An additional texture track was created using a chopped up sample of the original audio. Used AudioThing Noises on another track for atmosphere. The “bee buzz” tones in some parts seemed to align with the assignment photo perfectly. Happy Drone Day 2024! 

MMore on the 647th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Day Drone — The Assignment: Make some daylight drones for Drone Day — at https://disquiet.com/0647/
The original image associated with this project is by Guillaume Pelletier, used with a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drone_bee_(32-image_macro_stack).jpg
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

Conversations With Clouds [disquiet0647]

Drone Day Disquiet0647

Had this pointless jam/groove in Am and 5x4 time signature.
Electric bass, drums, clavinet...it was going nowhere.

For this junto challenge "Compose a piece of music in which something special is situated at the very centre" I decided to split one minute that jam and stick there another jam, in Gm 4x4 with my friend Gustavo Bulgach on sax.
Then, when the Am resumes I just pitched he sax 2 semitones up to make it kinda work on the other part.
A monster, still pointless, but fun.

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0438-deep-plan

Cinco Esquinas (Two Pointless Jams) - disquiet0438

multi-instrumentalist & composer.
music for images / instrumental / contemporary post-fusion / experimental jazz / electro acoustic ambient / melodic noise / neoclassical / naive hard core / cosmopolitan world music.

bio here:
http://dedeland.com/daniel-diaz-bio/


In some words:
Composer, arranger, producer, multi-instrumentalist. Born in Argentina,
I studied music in Buenos Aires, New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Paris.

For 20 years, I developed an important career as a session and backing musician in Argentina and Europe, playing, among other instruments, the bass, touring and recording with many jazz, rock, fusion, world, Latin and tango bands.

At the same time, I worked as an arranger, producer and musical director with many projects and artists in the USA, Argentina and Europe.

From 1992 to 1997, I performed my compositions live with my own band in Buenos Aires and began a solo recording career with the worldwide release of my first album "The Years Alone" on the North American label Green Linnet/Xenophile. On this album I arranged and performed 11 of my songs written between 1986 and 1993. I played most of the instruments, but included guest appearances by some great South American players.

My recording career continued with "Segundo Ciclo" (1997), released worldwide by Timeless Records, and 12 more albums released between 2000 and 2016.

Currently, I work as an on-demand film/TV composer while continuing to play live and produce.

Cinco Esquinas (Two Pointless Jams) - disquiet0438

Daniel Diaz

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