After a long hiatus, a new track for @disquiet. Glad to be back!
Stitched together from a couple of unfinished pieces of the recent and not-so-recent past, amongst them bits of an Ae-ish pad/beat, a clicks-and-cuts w.i.p. with a rejected Fender Jazz Bass B-line, various bits and bobs that I abandoned fairly soon after starting them. Basically, improvising with leftover bits, which is how most encym tracks tend to happen anyway. 
So big thanks to Mark for this just-my-cup-of-tea assignment.
Enjoy!

More on the 720th weekly Disquiet Junto project, One from Two — The Assignment: Combine a pair of your recent tracks — at https://disquiet.com/0720/.

Clang [disquiet0720]

experimental musician/soundmaker from Apuliae
Born in 1978

Welcome here to everyone.

I hope what you'll hear inspires you.

For your growth or fall
Through the cathartic world of sounds 
that I try to propose. 

A test area 

A search for meaning 
Of this passage for ours.

Sound as a primordial frequency
Before any acquired significance

If what you hear resonates with your tuning fork
A like and a repost would be of great support.

May your journey be pleasant and constructive
in this sea of instants called life

The eternity of our days.



The Oxford Ambient Collective (OAC) is the solo musical alter-ego of David Smith, an artist who began his compositional journey in his early thirties using software such as Buzz, FL Studio and Reason. He has a  focus on a aesthetic of crafting immersive "ambient drones and ethereal soundscapes." Intentionally grounding his work in the history of the genre, Smith’s creative output reveals a clear artistic lineage, with albums like Berlin Vol. III acknowledging the "subtle German EM influences" and paying thematic homage to the pioneering Berlin School of electronic music. While deeply reverent to this historical lineage, Smith's methodology is aggressively contemporary, positioning him at the vanguard of mobile sound design by relying on a sophisticated suite of iOS applications to perform complex sonic morphing and generate his signature textures; his advanced workflow employs Soundscaper as an "experimental sound mini lab" for textural manipulation, with all audio professionally routed through the AUM mixer and hosting application. This innovative approach powered his self-proclaimed "proudest achievement"—a 90-minute live performance at Oxford's prestigious Ashmolean Museum, an opportunity secured through his affiliation with Oxford Brookes University as part of its 150th Anniversary celebrations. To solve the inherent challenge of engaging an audience with long-form ambient music, Smith transformed the event into an immersive audio-visual installation, pairing his soundscapes with curated visuals from sources like The Internet Archive to command "active listening." The project's visibility expanded significantly beyond this institutional context through a pivotal relationship with the independent Focussed Silence label, which was instrumental in securing national airplay on BBC 6 Music. This success highlights a versatile appeal, with OAC's work finding a home on highly experimental programs like A Duck in a Tree on Resonance FM—hosted by the influential group :zoviet * france:—as well as on sophisticated global platforms where his work was programmed alongside compositions by genre progenitors like Brian Eno and Vangelis. While OAC remains a solo endeavor at its core, Smith actively engages in digital collaboration with a network of sound artists like Encym via platforms such as SoundCloud, effectively transforming the solo project into a decentralized creative hub, thereby giving true meaning to the "Collective" in his moniker.

LDNTWLGHT out now: https://stilll-off.bandcamp.com/album/ldntwlght

Bloom/Foam (2023): https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/bloom-foam

"Hyphae" with Wodwo (2023) ---> encym.bandcamp.com/album/hyphae

"Trajectorize EP" (2022): encym.bandcamp.com/album/trajectorize-ep

Main profile at soundcloud.com/encym

More music at https://soundcloud.com/encym-soundtracks

https://progettosonoro.bandcamp.com/follow_me
progettosonoro è Marco Mascia, accumulatore seriale (e parallelo) di strumenti musicali e oggetti sonori e (non)musicista. Dal 2007 fa parte (con Manuel Lain) del duo Le Pecorecaramellate che ha all'attivo un Cd (Una botte e via! edito da Sesto Esercizio Records) e ha partecipato (Cagliari, 10 Ottobre 2015, Nuovo Panificio) al Multiversal EXP-OFF. 
Il 1 Maggio 2016, sempre al al Nuovo Panificio, ha partecipato, con la Roaring Pianolas Orchestra, alla perfomance live "pianoltre"

Independent electronic ambient artist, crafting immersive soundscapes that blend atmosphere with deep exploration of texture and tone. My compositions are shaped by the active imagination described by C. G. Jung and the vivid landscapes of my dreams, translating emotions into evolving auditory experiences.
Influenced by ambient minimalism and deep bass tweaking with VCF filters, my music layers rich harmonics, resonant frequencies, and fluid transitions to create enveloping and transportive journeys.

© All rights reserved. 
Record Label: Shadow Glass Recordings 
No promoters I handle all my own production.

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

Latest: "Clique Plaisir" on BC: https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/clique-plaisir

"Crown Shyness" by encym & Wodwo: https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/crown-shyness

Cinematic noise. London.

"Clique Plaisir" now available through Bandcamp: https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/clique-plaisir

Debut album with Wodwo "Crown Shyness" out now:
https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/crown-shyness


More recent releases:
"Bloom/Foam": https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/bloom-foam
"Hyphe" with Wodwo: https://encym.bandcamp.com/album/hyphae
"Trajectorize EP": encym.bandcamp.com/album/trajectorize-ep
"Music for Meditation": https://neotantra.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-meditation