Elbow Watch Dawgs Union 

Composed & recorded by Mahan Mahan @ Pahlavi Sound Studios, Mama Shadi's basement, adjacent from the noisy Whirlpool Washer & Dryer, Los Angeles, CA, USA 10/25/2021

Mastered @ SoundCloud Headquarters, Berlin, Germany 10/26/2021

Elbow Watch Dawgs Union

Another Dimension

Below Zero

...Kingdom, Ever Darkly

Magma Chamber

Star Pathfinder

Zwischen den Räumen

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Disquiet Junto Project 0611: Music That Listens to Itself
The Assignment: Record a piece of music that repurposes itself as it proceeds.

Background: On September 29, 2023, there is going to be an event at a place called the Berkeley Alembic, in Berkeley, California, where I’ll play recordings of music that share a specific theme, and I’ll discuss the sounds with the people who come to listen. The event is titled Music That Listens to Itself, part of the Expanded Listening series developed by Erik Davis (Techgnosis, Burning Shore). That is the theme. Part of the goal of this project is to develop tracks for potential inclusion in the event, and to pursue ideas related to the event’s theme.

Step 1: The underlying idea is to produce music that, so to speak, listens to itself. This would be music that employs techniques to revisit itself — repurposes itself — as it proceeds. From reverb to echo to tape loops to granular synthesis to accessing a buffer, various techniques serve such a compositional and performance purpose. Consider a means to achieve this result.

Step 2: Record a piece of music that employs the technique you focused on as a result of Step 1. Please note: for the Berkeley Alembic event, I’ll be sharing music that is particularly quiet, particularly appropriate to a meditative state of mind. You don’t need to record quiet music for this project, but quiet music is what I’ll be playing at the event.

Additional details: disquiet.com 1. Tickets: eventbrite.com 3. About the venue: berkeleyalembic.org 1.

Eight Important Steps When Your Track Is Done:

Step 1: Include “disquiet0611” (no spaces or quotation marks) in the name of your tracks.

Step 2: If your audio-hosting platform allows for tags, be sure to also include the project tag “disquiet0611” (no spaces or quotation marks). If you’re posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is essential to subsequent location of tracks for the creation of a project playlist.

Step 3: Upload your tracks. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your tracks.

Step 4: Post your track in the following discussion thread at llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0611-music-that-listens-to-itself/

Step 5: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process.

Step 6: If posting on social media, please consider using the hashtag #DisquietJunto so fellow participants are more likely to locate your communication.

Step 7: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Step 8: Also join in the discussion on the Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

Note: Please post one track for this weekly Junto project. If you choose to post more than one, and do so on SoundCloud, please let me know which you’d like added to the playlist. Thanks.

Additional Details:

Length: The length is up to you. About 10 minutes maximum is best, and probably no shorter than three minutes.

Deadline: This project’s deadline is the end of the day Monday, September 18, 2023, at 11:59pm (that is, just before midnight) wherever you are. It was posted on Thursday, September 14, 2023.

Upload: When participating in this project, be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.

Download: It is always best to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution, allowing for derivatives).

For context, when posting the track online, please be sure to include this following information:

Memory of a loss - disquiet0611

"Humble fleur dressée au creux d'un mur
Ton bonheur d'être toi-même
Te suffit
       pour être au centre de l'univers." 
                                                     Ping Hsin

"en aveugle", 7 Novembre 2023

standard tuning Em / G / C / Am

I've got a chest full of lead

But not how you'd expect

Anguish, pressure crushes

Every fiber in my head 


Silent tears come streaming down

With the world in peaceful sleep

When the sun comes back around the corner

I'll bury these thoughts so deep


Time is lost, and muscles tight

Another unproductive night

When you wake up in the morning

Everything will be alright 


And if it wouldn't hurt

I'd like to see you one more time

Life keeps slipping by

Right before my very eyes


—------


And what if we are looking

Up at that same star

One thing that's for certain

I always wonder where you are






Chest Full of Lead

Enchanted Realms - Mystical Ambient Soundscapes

5 Phantom Grove

Improvisation libre 
Expérimental, performances


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https://soundcloud.com/stromatolithe

"en aveugle", 7 Novembre 2023

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