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 Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory – Disquiet

Y2K  By Therese Lloyd (disquiet0665)

Three drum beats, chopped, cut and mutilated with different manual methods and an automated plugin (tweaked in real time) + a synth track, also cut and skidded and finally a glitch I captured and entered on a sampler, played rhythmically with pads.
Created Thursday Sep26th by DD.

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0665-clicks-cuts-music-factory

Cut That Click (disquiet0665)

In memoriam Achim Szepanski (1957-2024), founder of the Mille Plateaux record label and inspiring human being.

Andrea Taeggi, Snd, Tim Hecker, Alva Noto, Andreas Tilliander, Sutekh/Rrose, Pole... Many of my heroes were found on the Clicks & Cuts compilations or on the Mille Plateaux label.

Such sounds brought me depth.
Peace.
Space...

So much left to discover.
Thank you for the amazing legacy!

--- Production notes
SY: Digitone > CMX1978
FX: Microcosm > GenLoss2 > Empress Reverb
BPM: 93 as the year 1000 Plateaux was created

I started with the abstract beats that I love so much in the work of the artists cited above.
Trying to give most percussions their own sound…
Until I reached the limit of capacity of the machine.
Then I added some sad yet cheerful synth in the background…
To get the mix of sadness and closure that I can feel when someone has passed whose work I admire and will forever keep living in my heart.

--- Disquiet Junto project
More on the 665th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Clicks + Cuts Music Factory
The Assignment: Record a track in honor of the late Achim Szepanski
https://disquiet.com/0665
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0665-clicks-cuts-music-factory/68800

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The image associated with this project was created by Lubomir Panak in 2011.
https://flic.kr/p/9DSGMx

Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory
Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory
Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory

disquiet0665.1000PAS

This week's Disquiet Junto was in memory of the founder of the Mille Plateaux record label, Achim Szepanski. We were invited to listen to the compilation _Clicks and Cuts_ and compose a piece that paid homage.

I listened to the album a couple of times over and took notes on what I heard: complex rhythm is centered; glitchy, non-traditional percussion and other samples; dry mix; musical elements downplayed; no obvious structure; repetitious, hypnotic; lots of thoughtful, small touches.

I stepped away for a few hours and listened to familiar music to clear my head. When I was ready I hit the studio equipped with only my notes. I set out to make a piece that met the criteria I had observed more than something that sounded like the examples we had been given.

Since the rhythm is so central, I hand-programmed a few 5/4 drum patterns and shopped for an appropriately glitchy drum kit. I layered on some additional percussive and other samples for flavor.

The drone synth was performed on my Moffenzeef Modular Stargazer. There's no clock sync on this unit, so I had to set the LFO rate by hand and pray that I didn't accidentally bump that knob while performing. I doubled the Stargazer and panned the two tracks hard left and right. I quantized one and not the other, meaning that the LFOs drift in and out of phase. I also blended in a +7 pitch shift to fill out the sound some.

"Mise-en-scêne" is best experienced with headphones. Recorded at NO SIGNAL Multimedia Lab in The Shambles, Chicago.

Mise-en-scène (disquiet0665)

This was my contribution for Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory

Here’s a copy of my post on the Disquiet Junto 0665 discussion thread on Lines:

Although I've heard plenty of glitch inspired electronica through the years, I don't think I've listened to a Clicks + Cuts compilation till now. The tracks gave me a good understanding of what to strive for.  I'm not familiar with Achim Szepanski and Mille Plateaux records, so this has been a nice learning process. Condolences to his loved ones, friends and fans on his untimely passing.

This was created in Ableton Live using a variety of its instruments, samples, and effects – along with Max for Live devices, Slate + Ash Choreographs and Spectres. A vocal sample of a lecture from freesound.org was also used. This turned out a lot less abstract and sparse than I originally envisioned, but I had a good time putting it together. 

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 Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory – Disquiet

The image associated with this project was created by Lubomir Panak in 2011. Originally posted on Flickr 1, it is used thanks to a CC BY-NC 2.0 license. This is a detail of the original image, and it has been tilted at an angle, with the project information superimposed.

Subconscience Relics [disquiet0665]

Background: Achim Szepanski (1957-2024), founder of the Mille Plateaux record label, among numerous other accomplishments, died this week. This project is in his honor.

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/

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halF clitcH [disquiet0665]

using various modules for clicks and cuts - chord is sampled into one channel of beads, white noise sampled into another channel, with very short envelopes + independent gates vcaing the l/r outputs. bursts of triggers pinging and envelope. all triggers semi random from turing machine. kick from tea kick for a change, instead of a sample on my disting.

field recording from my archive layered in ableton live afterwards.

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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 Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory – Disquiet 1

The image associated with this project was created by Lubomir Panak in 2011. Originally posted on Flickr 1, it is used thanks to a CC BY-NC 2.0 license. This is a detail of the original image, and it has been tilted at an angle, with the project information superimposed.

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[disquiet0665] Big - G

Un-assuming yet somewhat unsettling melodies and batshit drum programming.

Pup: 143 BPM

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SAMPAGNE x PASHANIM uk garage - summerlove

SAMPAGNE x PASHANIM - summerlove

multi-instrumentalist & composer.
Genre fluid 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.

Cut That Click (disquiet0665)

Daniel Diaz