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It sure is mighty convenient timing for all political and electoral energy in the United States to suddenly get sucked up into a single issue which affects the powerful in no way, shape or form. I wouldn't have thought it would be possible for everyone's attention to get diverted away from inflation and the looming likelihood of wage reductions and soaring unemployment or the economic war with Russia that's making everything worse for everyone while pouring vast fortunes into the proxy war in Ukraine, but by golly, the empire found a way.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Ten Thoughts On Abortion

Unmended Gaud Sacrament

This track is improvised with the aim to disobey or block out the rules of staying in time and following the key. The neurons were allowed to send any command to play a note and to disregard all the criteria trained so well.
All instruments were played one after the other, only knowing when but not which note was played by the instruments already recorded.

Hopefully listening to the track is rewarding, although this track is not an easy one.

This track was inspired by the Disquiet Junto Project 0551:

More on this 551st weekly Disquiet Junto project – The Bends (The Assignment: Get less strict about something you’re strict about) – at: https://disquiet.com/0551/

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-0551-the-bends/

Guided By Neurons (Disquiet0551)

Venimos al mundo a superarnos diario

Octaeder

My contribution for the TPC 298 beat/sample challenge.

TPC298

minimalism on my (main) instrument lately. a few recordings directly into TE's TX-6

8 oscillators(disquiet0599)

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

After using granular delays of different kinds in https://soundcloud.com/winterer/infinity-piano-mirror I gave the hardware feedback a try. Which wasn't that easy on the Soma Cosmos drifting memory station. First I used on of the outs directly on the ins which made some unspectacular noises that are now used in the rhythmic part. Then I used a Zoom H2 Mikro and it's line out as an input for the Cosmos and cheap headphones (expecting their destruction) for the output of the signal. I "played" the "instrument" by holding the headphones near the micro. So the Cosmos really "listen's to itself". I found the recorded result too harsh and slowed this stem down to 50% and EQed the whistles, to get their character just so as a musical contribution. My wife asked for the source of the strange sounds and my answer got woven into the recording, as did my squeaking chair (again). I cut all down to 3 minutes (because I train to be short at the moment) and added some additional FX just to soften the track. It's not as meditative as the piano granular first try, but more true to the prompt.

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More on this 611th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Music That Listens to Itself (The Assignment: Record a piece of music that repurposes itself as it proceeds), at: https://disquiet.com/0611/

Some of the music resulting from this project may be included in a September 29, 2023, event at the Berkeley Alembic in Berkeley, California: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/expanded-listening-music-that-listens-to-itself-tickets-712124101357

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0611-music-that-listens-to-itself/

BandCamp album

The Cosmos Listens To Itself [disquiet0611]

Disquiet Junto Project 0621: The Leftovers
The Assignment: Use recently discarded material to make something new.

I was really excited by this prompt and then had such a bumpy time moving through it. Lots of starts and stops, lots of frustration. But ultimately I found my way to something cozy and warm (like any good leftovers). 

I was inspired by my love for blooper reels and behind the scenes content. I've been working on a really special audio storytelling/concept album project about space colonization for a long time now and I find it comforting and joyful to listen back to the chatter between takes, the bits we ultimately cut out, and the unruly sounds that happen outside of the final edits. I like hearing our unscripted personalities, thought processes, and mistakes. 

So for this piece I just used that stuff paired with a good amount of mic adjustment sounds and a sweet, simple melody from one of many abandoned songwriting attempts.

More on this 621st weekly Disquiet Junto project, The Leftovers (The Assignment: Use recently discarded material to make something new), at: https://disquiet.com/0621/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0621-the-leftovers/

behind the scenes (disquiet0621)

sound art for disquiet0622.

a stereo shadow.

More on this 622nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Know the Shadow (The Assignment: How do you depict a shadow in sound?), at: https://disquiet.com/0622/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0622-know-the-shadow/

frozen shadows (disquiet0622)

יומן לילה עם זיו מאור - 20-03-24

Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.

Ten Thoughts On Abortion

Caitlin Johnstone

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