my tracks for the diquiet junto group/project.

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Some experimental tracks combining classical instruments, glitch & noise, samples, field recordings, electronica and treatments.
Composed and performed by D.D.

Experimental- Noise

More on this 341st weekly Disquiet Junto project (In Sea / The Assignment: Record a piece of music in tribute to Terry Riley’s In C using only samples of water sounds) at:

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Disquiet Junto Project 0342: In Sea

Novità e di tendenza: Ambient

Disquiet 0244
This is a remix proposed @ Disquiet Junto Project 0244: Euro Mixin
The Assignment: Combine tracks from three different European netlabels (Portugal, Spain, Switzerland) into one sonic union.
Source tracks (20 first seconds each)
 “The Station and the Underclass,” performed by the Phonetic Orchestra, released on the Insub. netlabel based in Geneva:
“Cloud Scissors” composed by Lo Wei; performed by Cristián Alvear, Santiago Astaburuaga, Gudinni Cortina, and Rolando Hernández, released on the Impulsive Habitat netlabel based in Portugal:
“Zraerza,” performed by Geeksha Beka and Berio Molina, released on the Alg-a netlabel based in Galicia

hard-disquiet0244 by DD
September 2nd 2016; Paris, France.

00:00 zraerza + ebow Strato solo
00:24 zraerza + ebow Strato solo + vox continental (organ) drone
01:04 cloud scissors, + gradually zraerza + ebow Strato solo
01:47 The Station and the Underclass + vox continental (organ) drone 
02:07 zraerza + ebow start solo
02:20 zraerza + ebow start solo + cloud scissors
03:20 I’m done
 
FX used : delay, reverb, filter, comrpession

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Hard - disquiet0244

disquiet 0245
Disquiet Junto Project 0245: Practical Music
Write a piece of music for getting things done, suitable for playing on repeat.

Clean up, routine, tiding up....that leads me to repetitive stuff.
I played a simple riff on my “diaz custom5”  drake bass guitar, very repetitive and yet variations going from A to D to D/E with no real structure.
Added a synth bass drone, and a Wurlitzer A200 electric piano improvising a bit.
Then some repetitive voices (tah-tah-tah-tah...) in four part harmony/
My usual rhythmic delays played a big role, here in 1/8th and 1/4th notes.
You can loop this, there’s no lead in or lead off.
Love
DD
Recorded in Paris, France September 9th  2016.

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clean it and loop it - disquiet0245

Disquiet Junto Project 0246: Double, Quadruple, Sextuple
Compose a piece of music that increases speed in stages as it proceeds.

Steve Reich meet Western Spaghetti !
Mostly repetitive and simple guitar parts, nod to Electric Counterpoint perhaps?
Martin J15 acoustic and Schecter 1985 Stratocaster
I added an organ (Arturia’s Vox Continental) to glue everything, perhaps not a good idea?
Time (and you fellas) will tell.

I didn’t quite follow the increase speed in terms of overall tempo but in terms beat subdivision. Both in performance and delay rhythms:

70BPM throughout, always the same little motif: Ab-C-G-Ab-F 
So you have 70 motif notes per minute at the beginning and we reach 420 per minute in the finale.

1st part  is plain 1/4th   notes melody with a large 4 beats delay.
2nd melody enters with delay in 1/8th notes
3rd 4th and 5th parts switches progressively to 1/16th notes delays over the same basic motif performed in quarter and eight notes simultaneously.
6th is performed in 8th notes but delays become triplets (1/8th notes triplets)
7th part is the melody performed in 1/8th notes with delays in 1/8th note triplets.
8th part  is the melody performed in 1/8th note triplets with  delays in 1/16th note triplets (thus multiplying tempo by 6, ie 420BPM on those staccato notes)
9th is the “grand finale” with every delay in 1/16th notes triplets and one Martin and 3 Strats playing simultaneously different versions of the 5 note motif + 2 Matin guitars playing simple chords.

Instrumentation:
00:00 Martin 1 + Strat washes.
00:42 Martin 2 & Martin 3 (left-right) + Strat melody
01:13 Martin 1 + Martin 2 & Martin 3 chords (left-right) + Strat 1 melody + Start 2 staccato.
01:40 Martin 1  + Strat 1 staccato + Start 2 staccato.
02:08 Martin 1 + Martin 2 & Martin 3 (left-right) + Strat 1 melody + Start 2 staccato + Strat 3 staccato
02:35 Triplets: Martin 1 + Strat 1 chords + Start 2 staccato 
03:03 Martin 2 & Martin 3 (left-right) + Strat 1 staccato
03:27 Finale (tutti)

More on this 246th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Compose a piece of music that increases speed in stages as it proceeds.” — at:

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Western Multipliers - disquiet0246

Waltz Definitely (La Boite A Musique) disquiet 0247

This one was so obvious to me, the illustration reminds me of a silly game we do with my kids, (game that they still love really) where I paint faces on our fingertips with a Sharpie, weird faces, happy faces, angry, surprised faces, etc) and we play roles and fake stories with our finger-tip-marionettes.
That’s the illustration alright, no doubt for me.

Waltz maybe? The idea was to perform a silly waltz with this mechanical toy piano I bought for my kids (but ended up squatted in my studio and finding its way to some major productions, little bastard!)
The piano is the one on the photo I took for this post. Who can resist a red piano?


So I went for a bunch of tracks I recorded with that piano previously and found that 90% where actually waltzes. I choose this one, so I am cheating (am I?) cause this is an existing recording, but couldn’t resist. Sorry.

The music it’s a proper composer’s composition, with chords, melodies, and all that old school stuff I like. 
Structure is A (major)-A (major)-A (major)-B (Major/Minor) - A (major)

But it is performed as if it was a Music Box. 

Now: trying to reproduce the issues, pranks and casualties you find in music boxes with an actual performance was a threat! And a whole lot of fun honestly. Those ridiculous tempo shifts and weird phrasing, took me hours lol.
One toy piano, a microphone and a drunken tempo, this is the antidote for any click based techno music overdose.

Hope you dig it. Love DD


More on this 247th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Interpret as a graphic score an illustration drawn upon waking by Lark Pien” — at:

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Image associated with this project is the (unintended, but used with approval) graphic score by Lark Pien.

Waltz Definitely (La Boite A Musique) disquiet0247

disquiet 0248
Celebrate the new celestial holiday in music.

Here’s my angry chaotic interstellar trip to this birthday party far out there. A one minute and-a-half journey.

I took some of NASA’s free downloadable files I’ve got( from their Soundcloud account most probably) and that I use a lot.

Here, 16 first seconds of the track is full NASA sounds, including the low stabs in F that set the tonal centre and the amazing 5/8 groove that plays throughout. And astronaut’s (and Houston's) voices and a Saturn noise pad that glues everything, that's all NASA shares..

Then added some synths, played a F minor sequence , translated the 5/8 NASA groove to a distorted to hell midi drum track, and that’s it.

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Vortex Me, Please - disquiet0248

music boxes
carillons
clock bells
metal tubes
FM8 synthesizer
Geo Generator

performed by DD in Paris, France, April 2018.

Free Download


created for Ambient Online Image inspired Dare 26

Metallic Infinity Mirror

Created for:
Disquiet Junto Project 0331: Born Under a Bad Sine
What does it sound like when a robot has the blues?

Can’t quite tell for other cities, but believe me: this is  the kind of music robots like to listen to in my hometown when they get sad and low.
Buenos Aires is a melancholic city, and robots are not spared.

I won’t be surprised if this track becomes a hit among robots, my vacuum cleaner got weird while I was mixing this earlier this morning.
Me too, mind...

Bandoneon performed by Olivier Manoury, the rest by D.D.

Created in Paris, France 
Friday 4th May  2018.
Image by Franck V.


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When Robots Cry in Buenos Aires

When Robots Cry In Buenos Aires (disquiet0331)

The Assignment: Record a piece of music in this imaginary genre:  “rude mechanicals.”

Went back to my vaults, all the metals and household objects  I recorded for my CD “Musique Mecanique” back in 2010. An album that could be filed under the “Rude Mechanicals” genre.
Also recorded some fresh tracks, mostly metallic objects and instruments:

Knives
Hang
Trash lid (Ikea)
Thermos (inox)
Spacedrum
Electric Bass
Chris Watson’s “Wire” samples (field recording)
Bowed upright bass noises
Metal box (percussion)

Free Download

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Of Metals And Mechanicals (disquiet0339)

Il viaggio - Antonio Cuccarese

Original Track 2018

Il Viaggio

Get the album: http://bit.ly/Spacewalk2

The intro to the album is a piano track that evolves into a cinematic experience. It is the calm moments before we set off on our journey.

We're ready to continue the journey through the cosmos and go for a second Spacewalk. This time we're leaving base and entering zero gravity as the music lifts us to our next destination. With 'Spacewalk II: Zero gravity' the listener will feel like they're floating, no longer bound and will have a sensation of weightlessness. It gives freedom to let go and find ways to reach out towards the next step in our lives. 

We are explorers and diverge with grace because no matter which path we choose we end up exactly where we need to be. Music can tell that story and this music can help us get there.

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Spacewalk II: Zero Gravity

Before the Storm

Rameses B - Before the Storm

Serfin' USA

Serfin' USA (Disquiet0342)

Created in ChucK. The program takes a single sound source (the sound of a droplet of water falling into a pool of water) and modifies it using panning, pitch shifting, echo, reverb, and speed control. I'll happily provide the code, just write a comment below. Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCpXRknvEvI

More on this 341st weekly Disquiet Junto project (In Sea / The Assignment: Record a piece of music in tribute to Terry Riley’s In C using only samples of water sounds) at:

https://disquiet.com/0342/

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disquiet0342 in Sea

Get the album: http://bit.ly/Spacewalk2
Listen on Spotify: http://bit.ly/Spacewalk2ZG
The closing track is a powerful ambient piece that shows the immensity of who we are. We are the universe experiencing itself through the eyes and senses it has created through evolution. In essence, music is also a product of the universe, vibrations that have been formulated and ordered to make our biology respond in a certain way.

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We Are the Universe

Rameses B - We Are the Universe

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: samples and recordings, sample and recording manipulation
Composed and Recorded ca. July 20, 2018.
sm5.

"'Akvo' (Esperanto for 'water') is an experimental musical work inspired by the words of Marc Weidenbaum: 'Record a piece of music in tribute to Terry Riley’s 'In C' using only samples of water sounds.' It took two-and-a-half hours to compose.

...

Water--still and silent in its natural, undisturbed state--requires gravity and an object or substrate to commingle with in order to unleash its signature sound; hence, all of My 'water samples' were the captured sounds of water interacting with an object [a concrete pavement, a two-gallon tin bucket, My rounded mouth], or along a substrate [a stream bed].

(Fortunately, it has been raining often for the last week in My southeastern-North American locale. I was able to depend on it to afford Me fresh sounds for this experimental, musical piece; rain arrived, yet again, today!)

The stream that runs behind My home provided Me the sampled fodder for the sustained, yet undulating, pad that appears early on in this one-minute and five-second piece. The stream sample, originally forty-seven seconds long, was time-expanded to about a minute's duration, and then 'juiced' of its harmonic content using various software plug-ins [various choruses].

Against that background, I inserted a sample of water droplets landing in a two-gallon tin bucket with about two inches of water already in it.

Then, I grabbed a bottle of filtered water from my refrigerator, took a generous swig, and captured My mouth making popping noises. I time-expanded the result, and ran it through a panning phaser plug-in.

A loud water droplet with an extremely 'hollow' sonic character provided Me with the base from which to synthesize the melodic notes for the arpeggio that appears twenty-eight seconds into the piece.

I timed all of the resultant rhythms and musical elements instinctually, albeit to coincide with sonic cues already present and suggested within the 'stream' and 'bucket' samples.

Three of the four tracks were all run through three instances of an identical reverb plug-in; each, however, were treated uniquely when it came to setting decay time, equalization, and pre-delay, as to suggest depth and positioning in the stereo field."

~ Michael Ash Sharbaugh

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"More on this 342nd weekly Disquiet Junto project ("In Sea" / The Assignment: Record a piece of music in tribute to Terry Riley’s In C using only samples of water sounds) at:

https://disquiet.com/0342/

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~ Marc Weidenbaum

Akvo

"Akvo" [disquiet0342]

Assignment: Record a piece of music in tribute to Terry Riley’s In C using only samples of water sounds)

Used:
Several water samples, drops on a glass, waves of the sea (Baltic and South Atlantic) , a brandy glass hit with a stick, rain drops (field recording) + several instances of Chris Watson's  Ice and Water Recordings for Geosonics. And a grand piano.

Photo by Tim Marshal

Created by DD, Paris July 20th 2018


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Water in C

Campfire Stories 45 (Litha) by El Choop (@el_choop)

~ About The Story ~

Midsummer —
Longest day
Shortest night
Longest light
Shortest dark
The world within
Echoes the world without
Lush foliage, leaves unfurled
Soft springy grass dotted with
Brightly colored flowers peeping through
The earth is green and bright
With warm sunny days
Clear velvety blue skies
Gentle cool breezes
Nature in glory
Our hopes blossom
Creativity flowers
With the season
The seeds of the fruit
Our desires will bear
Can be seen
On the stems
Of our dreams
- JT

~ Chapters ~

0:00 - 32:00 - Live Ambient Improvisation
32:00 - End - DJ mix

~ Notes ~

Campfire Stories is a mix series by friends of Silent Season. The focus of the series is on storytelling through deeper electronic music. Artists weave together narratives using the emotional characteristics of ambient and techno music.

Thanks to all the artists and labels whose sounds help tell the story.

Thank you for listening.

- - -

www.silentseason.com
info@silentseason.com

Campfire Stories 45 (Litha) by El Choop

Il Sogno Mai Avverato (432 HZ)

This is National Anthem of Mordor (official version)

Composed and performed by DD:
All sorts of bowed upright basses, playing notes, noises, cries and effects.
Bamboo drums.
Guests: Hermy Wolf and Lisa Z(tortured souls)
Field recordings: insects and crazy birds on a jungle (sound bank)
More on this 392nd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Another Country / The Assignment: Compose the national anthem for a fictional country — at:
https://disquiet.com/0392/ 1

Mordor National Anthem (disquiet0392)

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.

Water in C

Daniel Diaz