Gates, bellsounds pitched down and overdriven sytnths

More on this 593rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, The Charm (The Assignment: Complete an asynchronous trio begun by two other musicians), at: https://disquiet.com/0593/

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As By Incident Or Accident Featuring Martinsea And Michele Isoni [disquiet0593]

Collaborative work for the Disquiet Project:
https://disquiet.com/2023/05/18/disquiet-junto-project-0594-threemix/

The unmixed source track:
https://soundcloud.com/merlebardenoir/merle-bardenoir-sonic-search-4light-unknown-eden-disquiet0593

Merle Bardenoir, Sonic Search & Forelight - Unknown Eden [disquiet0594]

More on this 595th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Filter Progression (The Assignment: Make music by processing a static sound), at: https://disquiet.com/0595/

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Feedback Filterbank (disquiet0595)

More on this 601st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Hard Six (The Assignment: Let a roll of the dice determine the relative prominence of various parts of a track), at: https://disquiet.com/0601/

The project was inspired in part by recent correspondence with Junto participant Robert Precht. More to come in that regard.

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From Steam To Source (disquiet0601)

Video for track is here...
https://youtu.be/tyJwjwgFSxU

naviarhaiku508 – Deep, dark Summer night

Deep, dark Summer night
A sudden shaft of moonlight
Blesses the temple

John Hinks, aka FlownBlue, is a prolific and talented composer, and a regular participant in the Haiku challenge. Aside from his solo project, John is also involved in multiple projects: ‘Windfall Light‘ (with Jim Tetlow), ‘Abstract Blue‘ (with Kevin Buckland), ‘Light Fragments‘ (with Steve Escott), Szukanie (with Michał Wojciechowski), and Meadowlight (with Emma Reed).

Moonlight blesses the temple (naviarhaiku508)

This track was created as response to the Disquiet Junto Project 0614: Do something you often do, but differently.
Instead of improvising a piano-melody over a field-recording, this time I created a background ambiance based on pianos and improvised noise sounds to it.
The 5 different background pianos are played by the generative MIDI sequencer Transition employing high measures of randomness (free VST-plugin available at www.codefn42.com/transition/index.html).
Three different noise-sounds were improvised with the MIDI-keyboard to this piano-background.

More on this 614th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Alternate Route (The Assignment: Do something you often do, but differently), at: https://disquiet.com/0614/

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A Piano Tempest is Approaching (Disquiet0614)

I went for a bike ride and recorded the ambient sounds with a mini recorder. Subsequently I took several samples at different speeds and mixed them via 'csound' at different speeds even in reverse. First time using ambient sounds to make a piece.

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More on this 614th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Alternate Route (The Assignment: Do something you often do, but differently), at: https://disquiet.com/0614/

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condensato e diluito - disquiet0614

This is my first music making experiment in response to a prompt from Disquiet Junto. The prompt was to think of something I often do when making music and approach it differently. 

I often end up layering arpeggio-like things, partly because I like how it sounds and partly, maybe, to feel like I'm making something "complicated" and therefor impressive. I decided to avoid that and attempt more simplicity...or at least to bring in the complexity elsewhere.

I also rely a bit on midi instruments and quantizing (my rhythm isn't great). While there is still some midi stuff in there, I didn't start with it. I actually laid down some vocals first that ended up mostly being removed or moved. I also used an old Concertmate I found on the street (Radioshack's version of the simple Casio) for the main bass drum and bass sounds. 

After trying several things that weren't working for me, I ended up dipping into my voice memos in my phone and found a recording of me just playing a riff on the piano and singing nonsense, mumbly, improvised lyrics. I then shifted other elements to built the song around that.

nervous (disquiet0614)

Sorry!! Too boingey, noisey and random!! Sounds like a broken arcade game ...

Thanks to Junto member XHG (aka Alex) for having proposed this week’s project.

More on this 615th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Introspective Failure (The Assignment: Fall short again, this time on purpose), at: https://disquiet.com/0615/

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halF failurE [disquiet0615]

Orchestral soundscape.

I've been "testing" some gorgeous string orchestra libraries I have because next week I have a job to do with it, mostly quiet orchestral pads and soft beds. So This junto comes at the right time to try that, I played some quiet episodes combining different sample libraries and different convolutions reverbs and some Valhalla Supermassive.
The only real instrument I played is the bowed double bass, triple-tracked.
I tried to leave some pure silence a couple of time, filling it with pure reverb and resonances, I'm not sure the silent parts are what I was aiming for, I may rework this during the week end, but this is the result of this morning's work (Friday October the 20th)

Photo by Vladimir Fedotov

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0616-definition-jam

Quiet Versus Silent (disquiet0616)

Disquiet Junto Project 0620: Beat Accrual Accrual
The Assignment: Turn someone’s slow-build beat into a finished track.

Step 1: In the previous project, people built beats that accrue slowly over time. Familiarize yourself with the instructions at disquiet.com/0619 5.

Step 2: Several of the musicians who participated last week have allowed their tracks to be reused for this project. The majority are in this playlist. If you’d like your track from the previous project included this week, just get in touch and let me know.


For this test I used 2 pieces from the previous compilation:
1) GoingModular - Disquieting Polyrhythm
2) fakeg3nius - [disquiet0619] Rhythm
 I was particularly fascinated by the loop, which with very few notes and chords manages to create this suspended sensation of strong melancholy and, at the same time, of hope. On the other hand, the response, dry and peremptory, of the phrasing and timbre of the drums. I added, at the beginning and end of the piece, some "disturbance" lines, always rhythmic.

Going Fake(disquiet620)

Thanks for stopping by - please enjoy what you hear! 🤗 Any time you want to look as well as listen, head over to the YouTube channel ...

Apparently, the ‘hai’ in ‘haiku’ translates to ‘joke’, ‘fun’, or ‘unusual’, which is part of the inspiration for the odd name of this venture; an evolving project nurtured by Darren Bourne, in collaboration with countless others, past and present. The ongoing obsessions of halF unusuaL are improvisation, chance and the music / non-music boundary, with the aim of (impossibly) creating sound worlds never heard before ... Thank you so much for your support 🥰

halF failurE [disquiet0615]

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