Free download + photo booklet: https://straywool.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts

Released October 4, 2020

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Ghosts

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Afternoon set under an unforgiving sun, in the middle of nowhere.

Happy birthday, Cat :)

Recorded from the PA mixer, warts and all (and there are a few, from sound bumps to experiments I hadn't rehearsed).

CatFest 2022

A vocal sample chopped up and sequenced in Cheat Codes 2, recorded to tape in a single take.

Lilypond

Somewhere around September/October 2010, London was grey and damp (as if that's unusual). I thought of swimming pools and sun rays flooding my living room.

Original cover photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevecadman/">Steve Cadman</a>.

Pool

Perspex

Containment

Interference

Closing time

Tumble

Fils

Forest

Intro

Puddle in the Pegwell Bay mudflats, teeming with life

Puddles

Soundwalk in Margate.

Recorded with handheld Sony PCM-A10.

Margate

Margate soundwalk

Ultrasound radio

Ultrasound Radio

Eliza

Exercising my rusty Ableton muscles. No VSTs or instruments, just audio effects.

Live noodling [001]

 I had never listened to my garden before.

This is my contribution to the Disquiet Junto project's Midnight Glitch assignment (0170).

I made a 1-minute recording in the garden, at midnight on Apr 6 2015, using a Soundman OKM II binaural mic. I then used Live to add a low frequency drone track with random high pitch notes (the glitches).

The artwork was based on a photo by David Nestor, licensed under Creative Commons:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thenestor/13570999

More on this 170th Disquiet Junto project — “Create a one-minute track that takes the project title, ‘A Glitch in the Night,’ as its guiding aesthetic” — at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/04/02/disquiet0170-midnightglitch/

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

More on the One Minute Past Midnight series at:
http://oneminutepastmidnight.com/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
http://disquiet.com/forums/

Photo associated with this project by Javier Morales, used via Creative Commons license:
https://flic.kr/p/fsje4t

In my garden [disquiet0170-midnightglitch]

Continuing with the Ableton Live experiments - modulation, looping, and echo/delay (lots of them).

Live noodling [002]

Naviar Haiku 268

transience...
petal by petal
we let go

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2019/02/20/naviarhaiku268-transience/

Photo by Andrei Lazarev on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/S8P0ENwLeUU

Petals

Petals (naviarhaiku268)

https://disquiet.com/2019/05/16/disquiet-junto-project-0385-audubonus-instrumentum/

Photo by Patryk Grądys: https://unsplash.com/photos/4pPzKfd6BEg

Music for EQ

Music for EQ (disquiet0385)

a bright star
in a moonless sky—
gentle breeze

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2019/07/03/naviarhaiku287-a-bright-star/

Photo by Jakub Kriz: https://unsplash.com/photos/4r_tHA3gsUY

Exaltation

Exaltation (naviarhaiku287)

a clear waterfall
into the ripples
fall green pine needles

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2019/07/10/naviarhaiku288-a-clear-waterfall/

Photo by Eric Pedersen Torales: https://unsplash.com/photos/dFhkaRK8kr4

Lava

Lava (naviarhaiku288)

bioluminescence
I skip a pebble across
the universe

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2019/07/17/naviarhaiku289-bioluminescence/

Photo by Laura Ockel: https://unsplash.com/photos/HLtusvRaJ5s

Pebbles

Pebbles (naviarhaiku289)

Generative breathing and random-ish piano.

Original photograph by copyriot from Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/copyriot/4904096775/in/set-72157624615521531/

When you left I was already late

Walking the sky
a clear moon
all alone

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2019/11/06/naviarhaiku305-walking-the-sky/

Photo by Anthony Cantin: https://unsplash.com/photos/GeQ9RDm7L-0

Moonset

Moonset (naviarhaiku305)

Disquiet Junto 0426: Cellular Chorale

"Create a new piece of music using only the source audio. Use as many of the samples as you’d like, but don’t add other sounds, or process the samples to any extent more than slightly altering the individual material.

Background. Patricia Wolf has said of her original piece: “Cellular Chorus is a work of spatialized aleatoric music using smartphones to bring people physically closer to have an interactive and collective experience with light and sound. The piece is played by each user visiting Cellular Chorus on their smartphones. … The sounds I made are meant to harmonize. There is no right or wrong way to play them. The intention of this piece is to repurpose your smartphone for deep listening, creative experimentation, and to immerse groups of people in a sound and light environment with face to face interactions.”"

https://disquiet.com/2020/02/27/disquiet-junto-project-0426-cellular-chorale/

All sounds from Patricia Wolf's Cellular Chorus: http://cellularchorus.com
Photo by Suganth: https://unsplash.com/photos/yAV-5jb1pyA

Terminal C

Terminal C [disquiet0426]

More on this 435th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Disquiet Junto Project 0435: Woodshed Report — The Assignment: Share something you’ve been working on (and respond to what others post) — at:

https://disquiet.com/0435/

Photo by Ariana Prestes: https://unsplash.com/photos/MpSnQAUTgcE

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

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

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0435-woodshed-report/

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

Retreat

Retreat [disquiet0435]

from evening mist
the bell
of life passing

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/05/13/naviarhaiku332-from-evening-mist/

Photo by Jack B: https://unsplash.com/photos/m-tZv7ii3Bg

Confusion

Confusion (naviarhaiku332)

More on this 447th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Listen Ahead (The Assignment: Make some music for the near future), at:

https://disquiet.com/0447/

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-0447-listen-ahead/

Dawn

Dawn (disquiet0447)

Written in response to the first Moving Drafts open call

Adulthood
The acquisition of the spirit
Where does the body flee?

https://www.movingdrafts.com/post/open-call-01

Everywhere is nowhere

Dry sound of footsteps
Continue regularly
Close to this lamp.

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/11/18/naviarhaiku359-dry-sound-of-footsteps/

Photo by Niilo Isotalo: https://unsplash.com/photos/-BZc9Ee1qo0

Fireflies

Fireflies (naviarhaiku359)

Pedro Figueiredo

In the distance, chimneys

The park at night

SNRI

Goose lies

This year I met a bunch of terrific people through Jogging House's Discord,
I am grateful for that.

One of them is Daniel DeWitt, who records as The Lifted Index. He has released
a wonderful album a few weeks ago - Sedna. I have listened to it every day
since it came out, it truly lifts my spirits. He kindly allowed me to sample it
for this track, for which I am incredibly humbled and thankful.

You can buy Sedna from The Lifted Index's Bandcamp page:

https://theliftedindex.bandcamp.com/

I used oooooo to sample and perform the piece; it's a delightful instrument
for Norns, developed by infinite digits, who has been releasing updates
at an incredible pace - thank you so much, Zack. You can find their music at

https://infinitedigits.bandcamp.com/

Everything you might want to know about oooooo at

https://llllllll.co/t/oooooo/35828

llllllll.co, or Lines, is a music community which grew from and around
the instruments made by monome. I can safely say I wouldn't be here without
everyone who contributes to Lines.

More on this 465th weekly Disquiet Junto project, You Thank (The Assignment: Make a piece of music for someone or something toward which you feel thankful), at:

https://disquiet.com/0465/

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-0465-you-thank/

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

Close loops

Close loops [disquiet0465]

abandoned farmhouse
off the snow-piled roof
gusts of ghosts

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/12/02/naviarhaiku361-abandoned-farmhouse/

Photo by Asgeir Pall Juliusson: https://unsplash.com/photos/-90kxRqKSmc

Absence

Absence (naviarhaiku361)

All that was left behind.

Available as a free download: https://straywool.bandcamp.com/track/when-the-lights-went-out

When the lights went out

Free

The second part of an asynchronous collab, using Seven Strings in Longji by Benn DeMole as a base to build upon: https://soundcloud.com/benn-demole/seven-strings-in-longji-disquiet0472

Photo by Bernard Hermant: https://unsplash.com/photos/RNQzHN_ekMY

More on this 473rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Placebo Effect (2 of 3) / The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0473/

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-0473-placebo-effect/

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

Antiphonia

Antiphonia [disquiet0473]

Falling apart.

Available as a free download: https://straywool.bandcamp.com/track/a-week

Field recordings, granular, 4-track tape, samples, pedals.

Synth sample by Benn DeMole used under a Creative Commons license: https://soundcloud.com/benn-demole

A big thank you to Daniel DeWitt (The Lifted Index) for listening to the first version of this track and holding my hand. You should buy his music, it is warm, fuzzy, and heartfelt: https://theliftedindex.bandcamp.com

A week

A Week

Some sounds from Jogging House's Breathings: https://sonalsystem.com/products/breathings-for-the-op-1-by-jogging-house

Photo by Chris Greninger: https://unsplash.com/photos/PU4ptkgaR3Q

More on this 478th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Collage of Collages (The Assignment: Make a collage that will become part of a larger collage.) — at:

https://disquiet.com/0478/

The project is a collaboration with the radio show Kopfkino, initiated by Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka. More on Kopfkino at:

https://cba.fro.at/series/kopfkino

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-0478-collage-of-collages/

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

Shards

Shards [disquiet0478]

Layers of piano, tape loops, samples, and noise.

Stray wool

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