An eternity passed as mere minutes, such was the enjoyment while putting this together. Simple setup: guitar through a couple of effects boxes, no amp.

Hope you like it too!

Download now available here: https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/rask-evighet-ep

Rask Evighet EP

Rask evighet (Outtake)

Morphking

evoc

evokes [upd00190011_wip]

Disquiet Junto Project 0517: Inside Out (Co/Exist 2 of 3)
The Assignment: Record a minute or two of civilization.

For this assignment, I chose what strikes me as one of the densest and most populated forms of civilisation: London's Tube. Join me as we change from the Victoria to the Central Line (which as you can hear is not operating in good service, yet we still manage to catch a westbound service to Epping). A little potpourri (or "best-of") of the pleasures (or horrors?) of most Londoners' daily commute.

More on this 517th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of nature) — at: https://disquiet.com/0517/

This is the second of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18 and ended on November 22, part two began on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

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

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0517-inside-out-co-exist-2-of-3/

Transport for London [disquiet0517]

Inspired by technology that is beautiful.

Available via https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/mtlc-rchtctre

Mtlc Rchtctre

Ressip Yelten.B

Merry Christmas all!

Bits of this recorded within Leafcutter John's amazing Max/MSP "Forester 2022" software. Check it out here: http://leafcutterjohn.com/forester-2022/

Enjoy!

1.36AM

A little jam with Leafcutter John's brilliant Forester software. Live, one take, no editing or mixing.

Enjoy!

Festive Forest

The wonder of discovery.
Extended guitar improv, layering textures with the help of the MOOD.

The Wonder of Discovery [Sensing]

There was but one instruction for this week's Disquiet Junto:

"There is one step to this project: Interpret the above photo as if it were a waveform."

I opted to go for a mood that fits the photograph, in terms of the silhouette of the trees, which look like a waveform amplitude, as well as the beautifully serene reflections in the water, using various sounds from the Aalto and Kaivo modular synth plug-ins plus my own guitar playing and selected weird sounds.

More on this 524th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Sunset Waveform (The Assignment: Read a photo like a graphic score) — at: https://disquiet.com/0524/

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

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0524-sunset-waveform/

Sunset Waveform [disquiet0524]

A nice bed to layer your creations on top of -- made entirely with Leafcutter John's Forester software, a wildly inspiring MAX/MSP instrument that I sent my sounds through (guitar and beats in this case). No further overdubbing apart from the acoustic guitar coming in around 2/3 of the way through.

Just a quick note: In the instructions, Marc asked for the first layer, this week's basic track, to be panned left in order to leave room for the second and third overdubs in the stereo spectrum. I decided to leave the track as is to not diminish the listening experience. 

Any collaborators wishing to add their sounds should pan this left in their DAW. 

I'm looking forward to listening to what you'll be adding. And for anyone interested in the Forester software: http://leafcutterjohn.com/forester-2022/

More on this 525th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Magic Number (1 of 3) (The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio) — at: https://disquiet.com/0525/

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

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0525-magic-number-1-of-3/

Trioism (disquiet0525)

I found Daniel's bass part (https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/unfinished-disquiet0525) utterly inspiring, so went about making a beat for it. So this started out as a dangerous kitchen, cutlery type percussion track with some guitar sprinkled over here and there. When it was almost done, I tore it to shreds again, remixed it and loaded the resulting abstract, non-linear, non-grid beats/acoustic guitar improv into Leafcutter John's Forester. 

A couple of trial and error type experiments lead me to  picking out this nugget (mostly beats mingling with guitar, as if by magic, inside Forester). 

I think this matches very well with the double bass solo groove. I hope you agree, and look forward to whatever gets added in the upcoming third week.

More on this 526th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Magic Number (2 of 3) (The Assignment: Record the second third of an asynchronous trio) — at: https://disquiet.com/0526/

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

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0526-magic-number-2-of-3/

uno/duo/trio (disquiet0526)

Very inspiring to work with https://soundcloud.com/paul-beaudoin's and https://soundcloud.com/caustic_gates's duo recording. I went for a 4-to-the-floor beat (inspired by GAS/Wolfgang Voigt) to complement their contrasting L/R atmospherics. 
Hope you like it!

More on this 527th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Magic Number (3 of 3) (The Assignment: Complete an asynchronous trio begun by two other musicians) — at: https://disquiet.com/0527/

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

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0527-magic-number-3-of-3/

Third Man Four Floor (disquiet0527) with Paul Beaudoin & caustic_gates

dense/hyphae

This week's Naviar Haiku challenge was based on a haiku by Lafacadio:

over the moon
under the sun–
as the crow flies

v.30_03_22

To find out more about the Naviar Haiku challenge, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Under The Sun (naviarhaiku429)

Hi all -- This is a recent live looping solo guitar performance of mine, 04/2022. Enjoy!

v.10.m.x.d.

B.411. [layered]

And now for something completely different. 

Sonics: Fuzzy House

Visuals: White (blue?) tower and golden-ish clouds

w-i-p-

Tower Golden Overcast

I took Marc's instructions (thanks for this fun assignment, Marc!) the other way around to explore a different avenue possible with this combination of numbers: Instead of 5/4, I went for a 4/5 feel (so based on five quintuplets rather than four sixteenth notes to the beat. Or you could look at it as a VERY fast 5/4).

This was inspired by Miles Okazaki's excellent book "Fundamentals of Guitar". The chapter about rhythm explores these and far more complex polypulses. Find the book here: https://www.milesokazaki.com/fundamentals-of-guitar
Also, I tried for something along the lines of the London-based math jazz band Strobes. Check them out! https://strobesband.bandcamp.com

So I ended up with a rather unsteady-feeling groove and the tricky task of playing a couple of guitar breaks in quintuplets.
But I spent far more time on the beat, obviously, which was too much fun.

See what you think! Thanks for listening. 

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More on this 540th weekly Disquiet Junto project — 5ive 4our (The Assignment: Take back 5/4 for Jedi time masters Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond) — at: https://disquiet.com/0540/

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

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4/5 [disquiet0540]

Crashing ambient.
It's based on this ambient MD piece: https://soundcloud.com/encym/shimmering_lights

A different, more stripped down version can be found on http://weeklybeats.com/#/encym/music/variation-alabaster

I changed the mix/EQ slightly once more. --> prep.05


Enjoy!

shimmer/var.alab.[prep.05]

This is my version of the "missing" Atomos IV.

Thanks to A Winged Victory For The Sullen for their tremendously inspiring work.

Literally all the sounds were made on guitar, either semi-acoustic or acoustic.

Enjoy!

An extended transmission can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/encym/iv-xiv

This was featured in the December Terminal Radio transmission:

https://soundcloud.com/loose-link/va-terminal-radio-transmission-25-edgar-froese-tribute-021315

Atomos IV [unearthed]

This is an excerpt from a live session with https://soundcloud.com/hems on KORG SV-1 and myself on guitar and effects.

Now available through Neotantra on their fine tʌntrə VII compilation: https://neotantra.bandcamp.com/album/t-ntr-vii


Recorded in 2016 at New River Studios, London N4.

Sound engineer: Joseph Martin-Kelly

tʌntrə VII

Fleetingness

Buy from Neotantra

Fleetingness feat. Hems (Live at New River Studios London) -- Out now on Neotantra

A snappy, concise version. Enjoy!

VIsuals: Sunset at Tanner St, view towards the Shard & London Bridge, Bermondsey, South London, 2018.

Arches [Maltby Version]

This is the full version. Hope you like it!

It is available for download as part of Aud Art's "Exhibit A" compilation, which features an array of excellent fellow producers. 

Check it out here: https://aud-art.bandcamp.com/album/exhibit-a

Exhibit A

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"+" [plus]

As I'd set up the loop and started recording (using the Dark Star, Mood, and Avalanche Run mostly), I left the studio to get a phone call. When I came back it was still playing with those lovely textures having changed and continuing to change ever so slightly. So I left it running and the result is this track.

Enjoy!

autoplay mush - eternal version

This is an improv with minor editing comprising of three distinct parts. 

This is an edited version; the full track is available from Naviar Records: https://naviarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/7-years-of-naviar-haiku

Very simple set-up: Fender Tele --> various boxes --> Logic.

This week's Naviar Haiku: 

slanting rain,
gentle breeze,
no need to return home

This translates into three distinct parts. The "valleys" in the waveform give away where they start and end.

Part I: Skittering clouds, downpours.
Part II: Like wind brushing past, with uneasiness creeping in towards the end
Part III: Major key mood, closing with Koto-ish textures and an abrupt ending

haiku by Zhang Zhihe http://www.silkqin.com/09hist/other/zhangzhihe.htm

picture by Dave Hoefler https://unsplash.com/@johnwestrock

More about this project can be found here:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/12/09/naviarhaiku362-slanting-rain/

Thanks for listening!

7 years of naviar haiku

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Tri-ing (Naviarhaiku362) [Short Version]

A short improv, one pass, one track.

Enjoy!

2020

Bird's Eye View

Flowing one-off guitar improv, on the minimal side, with the MurF & Dark Star featuring prominently throughout. 

Enjoy!

Solstice (Phase One - Abridged Version)

This is my submission for this week's Disquiet assignment.

The two people playing together here are different instances of myself -- the experimental electronics guy of recent years, and the "traditional" guitarist of yesteryear. They had this jam when they met.

Enjoy the duo, and here's some more insight about this project:


More on this 468th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Mirror Rorrim (The Assignment: Create a new persona for yourself, and record a duet together), at:

https://disquiet.com/0468/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

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

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0468-mirror-rorrim/

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

Dual(disquiet0468)

Having been started but not finished in 2012, this piece was then picked up and had things added, mixed and released in late 2020.

Enjoy!

New Shores [v.2012]

Came up with a weird alternate tuning and recorded this one-pass improv. Added a slightly downbeat intro from the same session (Undercast). And a bass track from around 2000 that seemed to fit nicely with the new recordings. See what you think - hope you like it!

(Tuning, low to high: C# A C# G# B E)

[Heavy Clouds Hovering]

First-listen improvisations on piano patterns n°15, kindly provided by my dear friend Marco Lucchi. Minimal post production mixing/EQing.

Marco's wonderful piece that formed the basis for this can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/piano-patterns-n15?in=marcolucchi/sets/piano-patterns-vol-2

pattern/no pattern (Marco Lucchi x encym)

Minus

Sombre & jubilant.

Download at https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/rask-evighet-ep

Thanks for listening!

Raks Evighet EP

Sombre/Jubilant (Concise Version)

New EP "Rask Evighet" out now: https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/rask-evighet-ep

Abstract sample sculptures, minimal/maximal, weird beats, broken ambient.

https://encym.bandcamp.com/follow_me

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