This trio for one alto and two C flutes was inspired by a lecture titled "Georgia O'Keeffe's Radical Abstraction" in which one of O'Keeffe's works — Abstraction White Rose — was described as existing on a spectrum between realism and abstraction...or perhaps it is paradoxically both at the same time?

“Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.” — Georgia O'Keeffe

Lecture available here: https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/georgia-okeeffes-radical-abstraction/

Sheet music available upon request.
All are welcome to use this piece as a basis for improvisation.

Abstraction Cactus Flower © 2023 by Alyce Santoro is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Abstraction Cactus Flower (disquiet0591)

a tiny phrase on a palm sized thumb piano started this little cacophony- of sonic forest reflected in the rippling water of a lake..

AtTheForest'sEdge(NaviarHaiku491)

Work on kick-starting a goal that you have had for a song. For this one, it was to introduce some percussion.

More on this 597th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Goal Line (The Assignment: Get started on a plan by getting over getting started), at: https://disquiet.com/0597/

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-0597-goal-line/

lending library [disquiet0597]

Drone and Pulse steady state fall asleep basked in moonlight.

LazingIntheShadowsOfMoonRays(NaviarHaiku504)

See accompanying visuals @ https://youtu.be/Y5gTprRp1Sw

summer sky…
rippling the silence
a watersnake

Haiku by Janice Doppler https://poets.drifting-sands-haibun.org/first-name-starts-with-j/janice-doppler/

Picture by Jackson Hendry https://unsplash.com/photos/kKpTHqM2K-c

More information: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

visuals (YouTube)

halF ripplinG [naviarhaiku507]

More on this 612th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Drum Vector (The Assignment: Walk the listener through variations on the same percussive instrument), at: https://disquiet.com/0612/

Thanks to Mahlen Morris for having proposed this project.

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-0612-drum-vector/

more halF unusuaL

halF vectoR [disquiet0612]

You can find my notes on this track via this link at the Lines forum: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0612-drum-vector/64175/9

Disquiet Junto Project 0612: Drum Vector
The Assignment: Walk the listener through variations on the same percussive instrument.

Thanks to Mahlen Morris for having proposed this project.

Step 1: Pick a single percussion instrument.

Step 2: Record between 4 and 12 different short examples (roughly 20 to 60 seconds each) of playing that instrument. Imagine that each recording is by a different musician exercising a different aspect of the instrument. Make no deliberate attempt to match key or tempo or sonic quality between them.

Step 3: Imagine moving through space over the course of time, and encountering the sounds — overlapping somewhat — as you proceed. Arrange the recordings over the course of a track so that at least one and at most five of the examples are audible at any one time. To further the spatial movement, each could fade in at the beginning and fade out. They might, as well, move from position to position within the stereo field.

Step 4: If you wish, consider adding a noise bed underneath the entire piece to sew all of the pieces together, to provide a sense of the space one is moving through.

[Disquiet_Junto_0612] The Lure of Bells

Recorded, mixed & mastered 22-23 Sep 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa, outside.

©2023 Jim Lemanowicz

Process notes - 
On Sep 23, 2023 and in the presence of an army of active landscaping equipment, I recorded a no-name eBay piccolo snare drum in twenty different short recordings using a handful of different exciters and techniques into a 2019 iPad and AUM with no other effects. 

This I arranged into three track groups in Ableton Live for left, right and center, each with an effects chain containing an Ableton Corpus and a Melda Production MAutoPitch into my standard channel rack. These clips were arranged over a straight recording of the landscaping equipment split into two stereo tracks, both through an Ableton Resonator and a Melda Production MAutoPitch. 

I didn't want to present a linear walk, so I went with a busy walk through an airport or major train station as my guide...with landscapers...

Photo - 
23 Sep 2013, Bryant Park, NYC, NY, USA, Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of "My Resistance Is Not My Personality" was submitted as part of ​Disquiet Junto Project 0612: Drum Vector. The Assignment: Walk the listener through variations on the same percussive instrument.

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

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

This track was originally released under the artist name "The David Conspiracy."

My Resistance Is Not My Personality (disquiet0612)

This is my submission for this week's Disquiet Junto assignment.

More on this 612th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Drum Vector (The Assignment: Walk the listener through variations on the same percussive instrument), at: https://disquiet.com/0612/

Thanks to Mahlen Morris for having proposed this project.

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1

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

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0612-drum-vector/

Mauna Kea Cycle [disquiet0612]

More on this 617th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Haunt Scape (The Assignment: Halloween is coming up. Do your thing), at: https://disquiet.com/0617/

The cover image (enlarged, type added) is from Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull#/media/File:3d_CT_scan_animation.gif

That image is credited to Arielinson and used thanks to a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

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-0617-haunt-scape/

Binding Trilogy (disquiet0617)

Ambient Frog Chorus

This account is mostly for sketches and experiments. For completed recordings and albums visit my bandcamp page: https://hippieswearingmuzzles.bandcamp.com/

Mauna Kea Cycle [disquiet0612]

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