Disquiet Junto Project 0673: Switch Back
The Assignment: Make the quiet part loud, and vice-versa.

Just one step this week: Record a piece of music in which you make loud that which is usually quiet and quiet that which is usually loud.

Deadline: Monday, November 25, 2024, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.

Details: disquiet.com/0673

Disquiet Junto Project 0673: Switch Back

An original recording of a recycling collection, itself recycled in line with the project and combined with an electronic background drone created in Pure Data, a touch of reverb added.

More on the 673rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Switch Back — The Assignment: Make the quiet part loud, and vice-versa — at https://disquiet.com/0673/

Recyclate (disquiet0673)

Disquiet Junto 0673 asked us to record a song in which what is normally loud becomes quiet, and what is quiet becomes loud.

I started by improvising a fairly straightforward if dark verse-chorus progression on piano. I added simple bass, some programmed drums, and a lead guitar part. That simple arrangement became the canvas. 

To meet the criteria of the prompt, I threw lots of reverb on all 4 tracks— like a ridiculous amount of reverb. I always use sends to aux busses for reverb design for different instruments, so now it just was a matter of cranking up the sends and capturing just the wet (effected) signal and none of the dry (original) signal from the aux track. Some creative audio routing made that possible.

The result, to me, sounds like a song that is inside-out. What is loud is quiet, what is quiet is loud. Enjoy!

More about this week's Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0673

Song of the Inside-Out (disquiet0673)

The Assignment: Make the quiet part loud, and vice-versa.

Just one step this week: Record a piece of music in which you make loud that which is usually quiet and quiet that which is usually loud.

More on the 673rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Switch Back — The Assignment: Make the quiet part loud, and vice-versa — at https://disquiet.com/0673/

gone fishing [disquiet0673]

Two simple drones, pitched the same, one evolving out of the other. The first is made from my own recording of a thunderclap during a Sydney rainstorm, the second from a recording of the ambience of my house when we are out and the animals are asleep..

Minimal and mercifully short. Headphones recommended.
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The Assignment: Make the quiet part loud, and vice-versa.

Just one step this week: Record a piece of music in which you make loud that which is usually quiet and quiet that which is usually loud.

More at https://disquiet.com/0673/

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

Thunderhouse [disquiet0673]

More on the 673rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Switch Back — The Assignment: Make the quiet part loud, and vice-versa — at https://disquiet.com/0673/

It's Cold (disquiet0673)

More on the 673rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Switch Back — The Assignment: Make the quiet part loud, and vice-versa — at https://disquiet.com/0673/

As well as the more obvious switches, this track also features the wonderful Sumu plugin from Madrona Labs ... https://soundcloud.com/madronalabs ... Hot out of the workshop, having just been released as version 1.0, after an extended beta testing phase ... As you can hear, it doesn't disappoint! https://madronalabs.com/products/sumu?locale=us

You'll be hearing more unusuaL Sumu sooooon 😁❤️

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halF switcH [disquiet0673]

Welcome to halF unusuaL, an evolving space inspired by play in the spirit of ‘hai’ (meaning “fun” or “unusual” in the word haiku). Here, improvisation connects the unexpected, mining the boundary between music and non-music to shape sound worlds that feel oddly familiar in their oddity. Listen freely, explore deeply, and for the sounds to live for your eyes as well as your ears, please stop by the YouTube channel. Thank you for joining this journey! Your support helps keep this afloat ... and is HUGELY appreciated 🥰