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Disquiet Junto Projects

This week's disquiet came at the perfect time. I was planning on doing this project anyway, but the prompt to make a piece for one specific person was ideal for the project. This piece is in honor of my late Grandfather, Lee Eugene Bratcher.

All the audio from this piece is from a field recording I made of grandpa's funeral last weekend. (Except for the lone bass synth at the beginning) It's more of a sound art piece than an actual composed musical work. My grandfather was a veteran and a delightful and friendly man. He will be dearly missed.

Full copy of Obituary:
"Lee Bratcher passed into his eternal home on Friday, March 1, at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.

Lee was born in Fort Riley, Kansas, to Sylvester and Dora Bratcher. He had three siblings: sister, Kathleen and twin brothers, Floyd and Fred. His family moved around a bit for work and he lived in Arkansas, Arizona and Missouri.

He was married to Jenny McCollum on September 23, 1950; she passed in August 1988. The couple had two children, Michael and Shawn.

Lee served in the Korean War aboard the USS Southerland as a seaman first class and on the USS Dixie, where he learned a trade as lithographic pressman.

After being discharged from the Navy, Lee and Jenny moved to Portland where he attended Pacific Bible College, now Warner Pacific University.

He was a member of Church of God and United Presbyterian Churches.

Lee worked as a graphics art printer for 40 years in the Portland area.

He enjoyed collecting old books, book binding, perfecting the art of Gold Gilding, chess, Theological discussions and singing.

Lee was preceded in death by two other wives, Loralyn Thomas and MaryAnn Nehls.

Lee lived his last six years at Quail Run Assisted Living, Mennonite Village.

Lee is survived by sister, Kathleen Bratcher; son, Michael and daughter-in-law, Candy; daughter, Shawn Nevin and son-in-law, Dan; grandsons, Travis Nevin and wife, Michelle, David Nevin, Jay Nevin, Cole Bratcher and wife, Luz, Jameson Bratcher and wife, Blaze; granddaughter, Jocelyn; great-grandsons, Linus and Frankie; and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers or charities, his family requests donating a book to your local library in memory of Lee Bratcher, who loved books."

Lee Eugene Bratcher 1930-2019 [disquiet0380]

This was all done with the fantastic new Gamechanger Audio Motor Synth. https://www.gamechangeraudio.com/motor-synth/ I started with just one voice, and gradually added the second voice, messed with some modulation settings, cross modulation, filter resonance and pitch modulation, then finally started detuning the voices. This thing excels at long complex tones. I highly recommend looking into it.

Steel Whine [disquiet0460]

I ended up doing a bit more of a scattered gradient than a straight one. I love playing with uneven clock sources. This patch was mainly made using the Olegtron 4060E.(https://www.perfectcircuit.com/olegtron-4060e.html) which is a cool little device where you can plug electronic components directly into the module, basically live circuit bending. I used this as both a sound source and an irregular clock, timing the Synthstrom Deluge. The "Gradient" was first slowing down the speed of the Olegtron, which in turn slowed the Deluge, Then bringing a new "Gradient" up by increasing the number of drum sounds on the Deluge. The result was not straightforward, but I ended up with some super interesting sounds.

The title comes from a time years ago during an easter celebration, where one of my friends kids uttered the phrase "That Hits Me Right in the Deeps." That phrase has stuck with me.

That Hits Me Right in the Deeps

That Hits Me Right In The Deeps [Disquiet0463]

I'm posting this over a week late, so I don't remember how exactly I did this patch. I do remember it involved trying to slow down the very unpredictable Trogotronic m/679 "Gran Fury", which lended to some interesting results. It also sounds like I used the Basimlas Iteritas Alter and Polaris filter quite a bit too.

While the term "Corpsicles" has been coined by many, I remember it mostly from the end of "Shards of Honor" by Lois McMaster-Bujold. There's a very moving scene where a cleanup crew after a space battle is searching for dead bodies in the wreckage. Highly recommend all of her "Vorkosigan Saga" novels.

Corpsicles

Corpsicles [disquiet0432]

an asynchronous trio:

The first part was made by Torsten Goerke, as ⅓ of a trio without knowing who might add on to it...
The next week, it was selected by Rusty Hurley (Northern Flight), adding the pedal steel guitar and a subtle kick drum.
This week, I picked that, and added the bass.

part one: https://soundcloud.com/torstengoerke/looper-unsynced-disquiet0472
part two: https://soundcloud.com/northern-flight/looper_left-pedal-steel-right

video fo this part: https://youtu.be/OFeNYBcVJ2E

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More on this 474th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Police Action (3 of 3) / The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians – at:
https://disquiet.com/0474/

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

Desert Resync - disquiet0474

https://soundcloud.com/ikjoyce/placebo-effect-disquiet0473
Peter-eisenhauer – Disquiet0472-jamtime-1-of-3

More on this 474th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Police Action (3 of 3) / The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians — at:

https://disquiet.com/0474/

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-0474-police-action/

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

Ike (Junto Trio-Ian, Peter and Bick)disquiet0474

A collaboration with Krakenkraft, Ray Cobley and myself.
https://soundcloud.com/winterer        https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley
More on this 474th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Police Action (3 of 3) / The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians – at:

https://disquiet.com/0474/

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-0474-police-action/

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

Image associated with this project is by orangechallenger, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/cGSjx7

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Subdermal Layers II (disquiet0474)- With Krakenkraft & Ray Cobley

I took this awesome track https://soundcloud.com/stefan_strasser/mostly-stereo-feat-half-unusual-disquiet0473?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0473 by https://soundcloud.com/half-unusual and https://soundcloud.com/stefan_strasser. I added some eurorack modified trumpet, which allowed me to bring out my inner Miles Davis, kinda Bitches Brew style. Had a ton of fun with this one.

The name comes from a James Acaster joke, commenting on how weird it is that so many cartoon teeth have teeth. This kind of brain train can reminds me of that style of music. It probably makes the most sense when you're on drugs, or wish you were.

Do The Tooth Teeth Have Teeth Too? [disquiet0474]

Made as part of the disquiet 0474 project building on a previous piece made by: Euclidean & moduS ponY

https://soundcloud.com/user-970962304/ascension-loop-disquiet0473?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0473 

I added the central drum track on a digitakt

Patchnotes: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0474-police-action/41007/21?u=mdh

Police Action (disquiet0474)

For this one I took this track https://soundcloud.com/user-859240368/dronedrumdrub-disquiet0473?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0473 by https://soundcloud.com/melondruie and https://soundcloud.com/user-859240368. And ended up with this chill atmospheric drum thang.

The name comes from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbVpAwGGGs. It still makes me laugh every single time. Also the piece ended up sounding like smooth dad jazz.

Daddy Butter [disquiet0474]

The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians.

I went with the intriguing collaboration track: https://soundcloud.com/chaonaut/placebo-effect-restled-disquiet0473?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0473 My contribution is panned dead center.

More on this 474th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Police Action (3 of 3) / The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians – at:

https://disquiet.com/0474/

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-0474-police-action/

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

Police Action - Fever with Stray wool & chaonaut (Centered) (disquiet0474)

The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians.

This is a collaboration with Daniel Diaz and David Gibbs.

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0474-police-action/

Somebody's Gonna Leave (disquiet0474) with Daniel Diaz & David Gibbs

Submission for Disquiet0474 - took Matt Madden's and Chris Ledwidge's quite beautiful piano and guitar duet (https://soundcloud.com/mattmadd/duo-jet-no-34-in-a-minor-disquiet0473) and attacked it with a distorted organ drone.

More on this 474th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Police Action (3 of 3) / The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians – at:

https://disquiet.com/0474/

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-0474-police-action/

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

Image associated with this project is by orangechallenger, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/cGSjx7

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Piano Guitar & Lonely Broken Church Transistor Organ - Disquiet0474

Adding some guitar in the center channel between the hard panned DroneDrumDrub
https://soundcloud.com/user-859240368/dronedrumdrub-disquiet0473?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0473 .

More on this 474th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Police Action (3 of 3) / The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians – at:

https://disquiet.com/0474/

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-0474-police-action/

Gronegrumgrub [disquiet0474]

Disquiet Junto Project 0474 – Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians.

How do I start? Singing is always dangerous, if you are not a singer… No… okay, this way: Some children can only be loved by their parents… one must stand by one's misdeeds … my microphone was broken … the true beauty of music is that it connects us, yes, this is it! 

I startet with the playlist https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0473 and went to "around the middle of it" and started listening until I found something I liked: https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0473 by https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz (guitar) and https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley (synth). The strange mixture felt right and asked for some voice.

So I improvised with the text given by the titles (and some extra text). I did two takes. I added as much plugins as possible to hide the fact that I can't sing. As you can hear: Neither can I sing, nor am I able to hide it with production gimmicks.

Anyway, after slicing my vocals I somehow liked it. Yes, you will have to listen to it 20 times, drinking some high octane booze, but then you will discover the hidden beauty of this track. Thanks, guys, I really had a lot of fun with this!

More on this 474th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Police Action (3 of 3) / The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians — at:
https://disquiet.com/0474/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0474-police-action/

Diaz/Cobley/Krakenkraft: Would Somebody Please Do Something? [disquiet0474]

Sonic exploration and creation from Seattle, Washington. Discovering new materials, patterns, and concepts for music composition.

Lee Eugene Bratcher 1930-2019 [disquiet0380]

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