visual explanation @ https://youtu.be/KbGtz6B9CFc

nice. did you make that "chaos" device yourself?

Disquiet Junto Project 0601: Hard Six
The Assignment: Let a roll of the dice determine the relative prominence of various parts of a track.

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

Step 1: Choose six brief segments of sound that you have recently recorded. Or record some new segments now. Either way, select six of them, and label them one through six.

Step 2: Roll a single die for each of the six segments chosen in Step 1.

Step 3: The result of each roll in Step 2 represents the relative presence of that given segment in a finished piece of music. Think about how the pieces might relate to each other. This idea of relative presence can mean whatever you want: frequency of appearance, relative volume, intelligibility etc.

Step 4: Record a piece of music in which the relative presence of the segments chosen in Step 1 correlate with the results from Step 2.

Deadline: This project’s deadline is the end of the day Monday, July 10, 2023, at 11:59pm (that is, just before midnight) wherever you are. It was posted on Thursday, June 6, 2023.

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.

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

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0601-hard-six/

Disquiet Junto Project 0601: Hard Six

See https://youtu.be/KbGtz6B9CFc for visual explanation of EXACTLY why this sounds like this ...

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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visual explanation

halF siX [disquiet0601] - click link for visual explanation (YouTube)

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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Plums (disquiet0601)

Composition made with a Sputnik Modular System. 6 tracks arranged by chance rolling of dice. Dice roll sequence....
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666211 Disquiet0601

This piece might match the form of Beethoven's Sixth "Pastoral" Symphony using mostly sculpted noise.

Recorded, mixed & mastered 06 Jul 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2023 Jim Lemanowicz

This original version of "49 Nudes & 6 Dogs In Church Arouse Cops" was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0601: Hard Six The Assignment: Let a roll of the dice determine the relative prominence of various parts of a track.

Outdoor ambience, xylophone, voice, effects

Artwork/photo by Jim Lemanowicz, 22 Jul 2018, Tackapausha Pond Park, Seaford, NY, USA

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

Discussion took place at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0601-hard-six/ 

This track was originally released under the artist name "Don't Touch Loretta."

49 Nudes & 6 Dogs In Church Arouse Cops (disquiet0601)

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)

I split six samples into smaller segments, arranged them according to the throw of the die & adjusted the volume to bring each into prominence in its turn.

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.

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

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The Die is Cast (disquiet0601)

Using an old Norns loop as a drone base, I prepared for a session with Lucid Grain; so I added seven types of sounds - piano, bells, noises, voice and strings, etc –  which only play one or two notes at random. 

I didn’t have an idea how to introduce these blocks of sounds until this week’s prompt came. So I threw out the seventh part, numbered the sound blocks accordingly, and every 45 seconds, there’s a new part added according to the order I rolled. 

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Disquiet Junto Project 0601: Hard Six
The Assignment: Let a roll of the dice determine the relative prominence of various parts of a track.

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

Step 1: Choose six brief segments of sound that you have recently recorded. Or record some new segments now. Either way, select six of them, and label them one through six.

Step 2: Roll a single die for each of the six segments chosen in Step 1.

Step 3: The result of each roll in Step 2 represents the relative presence of that given segment in a finished piece of music. Think about how the pieces might relate to each other. This idea of relative presence can mean whatever you want: frequency of appearance, relative volume, intelligibility etc.

Step 4: Record a piece of music in which the relative presence of the segments chosen in Step 1 correlate with the results from Step 2.

(...)

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643152 [disquiet0601]

the following happens

was looking for 6 random samples in polyend play
track length for all tracks 6 bars
rolled 6 times
the result for each sample was the respective 1 in the bars rolled
placed the samples there
two more tracks made a bit of percussive rattling regardless of the rules

after that i took baritone guitar once

Hamburg Dice(disquiet0601)

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0601-hard-six/63126

Disquiet Junto Project 0601: Hard Six
The Assignment: Let a roll of the dice determine the relative prominence of various parts of a track.

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

Step 1: Choose six brief segments of sound that you have recently recorded. Or record some new segments now. Either way, select six of them, and label them one through six.

Step 2: Roll a single die for each of the six segments chosen in Step 1.

Step 3: The result of each roll in Step 2 represents the relative presence of that given segment in a finished piece of music. Think about how the pieces might relate to each other. This idea of relative presence can mean whatever you want: frequency of appearance, relative volume, intelligibility etc.

Step 4: Record a piece of music in which the relative presence of the segments chosen in Step 1 correlate with the results from Step 2.

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Used dice rolls to establish a polyrhythm sequence on the Elektron Analog Rytm with samples I recorded from the Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas Alter. Opted to use a D20 die to give more chance of distance between triggers and hopefully more variance in the pattern. Each roll would determine the length of each track, with a trigger placed on the last step. Originally tried rolling two more dice to determine which samples would used from my sample pool, but ultimately I felt that extra level of randomness was not producing pleasing results and it completely removed any creative element of human choice.  However, I did keep one of the random samples selected in the same slot and I put another random sample selection on a different track that fit the timing better.  I made four sets of rolls and pursued each pattern for a bit. The final results I am presenting were made by rolling 17, 11, 19, 3, 5, and 9. The track is named for a three dimensional shape with 20 faces.

icosahedron [disquiet0601]

[disquiet0601] No Dice

I took my most recent Junto submission from a few weeks ago, randomly spliced it within Ableton, then selected and mapped 6 modified samples to 6 midi controller pads. 

For each pad I rolled the dice - the number determined how many bars each pad's content would occupy in the the total composition.
I found it a very interesting way to approach structuring the sounds, it made me a bit more disciplined than I otherwise might have been.

Image credit: National Marine Sanctuaries https://flickr.com/photos/44124469278@N01/43863888325

Disquiet Junto Project 0601: Hard Six
The Assignment: Let a roll of the dice determine the relative prominence of various parts of a track.

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

Step 1: Choose six brief segments of sound that you have recently recorded. Or record some new segments now. Either way, select six of them, and label them one through six.

Step 2: Roll a single die for each of the six segments chosen in Step 1.

Step 3: The result of each roll in Step 2 represents the relative presence of that given segment in a finished piece of music. Think about how the pieces might relate to each other. This idea of relative presence can mean whatever you want: frequency of appearance, relative volume, intelligibility etc.

Step 4: Record a piece of music in which the relative presence of the segments chosen in Step 1 correlate with the results from Step 2.

Eight Important Steps When Your Track Is Done:

Step 1: Include “disquiet0601” (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 “disquiet0601” (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 1:

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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.

Kelp Forest disquiet0601

See https://disquiet.com/2023/07/06/disquiet-junto-project-0601-hard-six/

I made it difficult for myself and selected 6 unrelated eurorack improvs. And to make it even harder, the dice showed 4-3-4-2-4-2, which meant I had to use all of them a lot. I think the result is a hot mess, but at least it resembles music. And that is good enough for me.

disquiet0601

naviarhaiku497 – The gate shuts
The gate shuts
with a loud groan
The temple sleeps

(Tr. Alex Fyffe)

Hōsai graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied law. He got off to a good start but decided to give up his home, family, and business to jump from one militant religion of Japan to the other.

Just like Taneda Santoka, Hōsai abandoned the traditional verse form of his time and mostly looked at the austere confines of his life for inspiration.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

 

Deadline: 19th July 2023

Haiku by Hosai Ozaki https://allpoetry.com/Hosai-Ozaki

Picture by Julia Karl https://unsplash.com/photos/DzPZD5atXPc

The Gate Shuts/ The Temple Sleeps (naviarhaiku497)

More on this 604th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Heaven’s Gate (The Assignment: Use a picture of the clouds as a plan for adjusting your sound), at: https://disquiet.com/0604/

About the Disquiet Junto: Disquiet Junto F.A.Q. – Disquiet

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3-Zone-Heaven(disquiet0604)

Welcome tσ th!s εvσlving space … inspired by thε playful sp!rit of hai (meaning “fun” or unμsuΔl, like in haiku) …

I dig around thε edges t0 uneΔrth non-mμ§ic musics — sliding into nσ!§ε, glitch, chΔnce, Δ$MR, and σther soundwσrlds that feel oddly familiar in their oddity …

✨👂 L!§†εn cΔrεfu!l¥ … 👀 εxplσrε dεεpl¥ … 🎵💫

And for the full hΔlF unμ§uaL trεΔ†ment for your eyes Δs well as your εars, check σut the Yσutubε channel… ░▒▓█ ᵒ(≧▽≦)ᵒ ░▒▓█▒░

Thanks f0r joining thε journey! Your support kεeps this all afloat — HUGΣLY Δpprec!Δted 🙏🥰

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My 33 1/3 series book about the Aphex Twin album <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II</i> was published in 2014. The book was one of the top 5 bestselling titles for the calendar year, and in 2015 was ranked by Pitchfork as one of the "33 best" of the 100-plus books in the 33 1/3 series. It has subsequently been translated into Japanese (2019) and Spanish (2018)

Since 2012 I have moderated the Disquiet Junto group, which began on SoundCloud. More at disquiet.com/junto. 

I've written for Nature, Pitchfork, The Wire, Down Beat, Boing Boing, NewMusicBox, Red Bull Music Academy, Art Practical, the website of The Atlantic, and many other publications. 

I've exhibited sound art at galleries in Los Angeles (Crewest), Manhattan (apex art), and Dubai (DUTAC), and I had a audio-visual installation at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of its 45th anniversary.

And since 1996 I've run the website Disquiet.com about the intersection of sound, art, and technology.

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