StudioJam020923 with some new ‘friends’: ´Flux´ by ioLabs is sequencing ; ´Odessa’ (Xaoc Devices). Also nice delay effects with “Basil” (Bastl Instruments) and other soundscapes (recorded modular sounds with Ableton) in background.

please check the video on my channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgK7ImOHGM4

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Noise Variation #41

This week's Disquiet Junto prompt instructed us to find a piece of wood with interesting grain, and interpret it as a graphical music score.

My music desk is a pretty solid piece of furniture, and the dark stain makes the wood grain stand out prominently. I noticed that the grain on one side of the desk contained two interlocking swirls, and the radiating pattern reminded me of a magnetic field. So I decided that this week's composition would be played with wood and magnets.

I used a contact mic to record the percussion part, playing the top of the desk like a hand drum. Then I recorded three layers of guitar played with an ebow: an electromagnetic "guitar pick" characterized by infinite sustain. Ebow has the drawback of making dynamics difficult but I was able to make it growl and howl enough to get some texture and noise out of the performance. 

The bass layer was played on a Schecter Damien 7-string guitar with an altered tuning. I managed to play the bottom string freehand with the ebow, floating rather than resting on surrounding strings, which required multiple takes unfortunately. I just really, really needed that low B♭. The other two guitar layers were played on the St Vincent guitar. 

Offboard, the guitars went through my standard bank of stomp boxes, including an Eventide Harmonizer, Keeley Halo, ARP-87 and Julia pedals from Walrus, and a trusty RAT distortion pedal. DAW effects were mainly reverb and Chromaglow, plus a stereo delay and EQ on the percussion part.

More on the 690th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Knot Bad — The Assignment: Interpret wood grain as a graphic score — at https://disquiet.com/0689/

Lost in the Ironwood (disquiet0690)

lightly beaten

sulfurtopia
(disquiet692)

feature-reel: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIzNJ_kuvMA/

A place of heat and decay
swallowed voices
rhythms spark from what remains

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More on the 692nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Combust a Move — The Assignment: Make music using fire for the rhythm track — at https://disquiet.com/0692/

sulfurtopia

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https://soundcloud.com/user-364196783-552705040/deep-sea-dive
Photo by Ivons

Wodwo - Deep Sea Dive (Senglar Surface Version)

Looking at You Looking at Me Looking at You

Edited, mixed & mastered on 08 May 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa, USA. 

Synth & effects

Having worked with musicians who aren't always mindful of leaving space in their playing, I dedicate this piece to them. I drew upon that experience while creating this work.

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 01 Sep 2002, Huntington Station, NY, USA. 

Shared here under Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike"

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This original version of “Stealing Third Base” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0697: First Third. The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/

More on the 697th weekly Disquiet Junto project, First Third — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0697/

Stealing Third Base (disquiet0697)

W ~ S 🔴

maiden forever

"Faster alone, further together."

Rushing Ahead, out now on Ultratech Records.

Buy link: https://cinder303.bandcamp.com/album/rushing-ahead

Release title: Rushing Ahead
Artist: Cinder (@cinder303)
Label: Ultratech Records (@ultratechrec)
Catalogue: UTR008
Format: digital
Genres: techno/acid/electro/breakbeat/idm
Release date: 28/05/25
Mastering: Nil Hartman (@nilhartman)
Artwork: El Corbo

Tracklist:
1. Rushing Ahead (Machka 'Slowing Ahead' Remix)
2. Rushing Ahead
3. Rushing Ahead (Pakun Jaran Remix)
4. Rushing Ahead (Väriare Remix)
5. Rushing Ahead (Titvs Remix)
6. Rushing Ahead (Tom Nox Remix)
7. Rushing Ahead (Shibuya793 Remix)
8. Rushing Ahead (Queen of Tin Remix)
9. Rushing Ahead (Yakie Remix)
10. Rushing Ahead (Valcove Remix)
11. Rushing Ahead (Randy Edgewood & Almone Silice Remix)
12. Rushing Ahead (Naominitel Remix)

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Rushing Ahead

Cinder - Rushing Ahead

Recorded sounds provide a rich and extensive palette of colors and textures.  I like to glean what I can from single short samples of sound.  I particularly like squeaks and creaks.  Lately, I've become enamored with the enormous selection of vinyl records available on archive.org.

Noise Variation #41

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