As The Bird Fly

made for the haiku challenge #581 during our weekly music meetup: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku581-plunging-my-hand/

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hands in the water (naviarhaiku581)

6Mar25
My naviarhaiku583 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/777192557469990912/naviarhaiku583-out-of-the-blue
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out of the blue [naviarhaiku583]

After watching the wonderful TV series "In My Skin", I tried to compose a track to match this touching story. While playing the piano melody on my midi keyboard, I recorded the mechanical sounds of the keys using a smartphone and a dictaphone.
This recording approach was inspired by this week's Disquiet Junto project, but doesn't follow that prompt closely.
These recordings (treated with various effects) were mixed with the piano, and strings and synth sounds were added to the track, all to support the guiding emotion drawn from the story.

More on the 689th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Supporting Players — The Assignment: Elevate the presence of your non-instrument equipment — at https://disquiet.com/0689/

In My Skin - the Sound of Sound  (Disquiet0689)

letit

Senglar & Wilhelm Matthies - Mori

Atorthave

weak and savourless

Down at the riverside big fish were glancing, children cheering. Is this what life is about?

El Guadalquivir

Exhalations on the road to extinction

The track I prepared probably does not correspond perfectly to the rules of the challenge....anyway.
Nothing experimental, it is a classic tonal track, totally instrumental, without samples and particular sound design.
Simple Euclidean sequencer in B flat/F key that drives percussive instruments (wood, metal).
I found an old piece (only the final master) in which each independent cell of the sequencer generates a new pattern and each pattern represents a different channel/layer (12 in total).
The variations of the layers are therefore given by the score.
This creates a game of interlocking pieces, in which the alternation/modification of the channels is given by the fragment/channel played.
The various patterns/channels are parallel (Pan and L/R).
For the continuity of the sound I created drones with  organ and double bass (long bow).

As The Bird Fly

Hiroyuki Shido

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