a good friend of mine painted a series of images based on descartes' "meditations on first philosophy."

https://www.lowwintersun.org/work/descartes-meditations

i took painting number 6, sliced it into five strips, fed the images into photosounder, the converted the resulting .wav files to MIDI (quantized to 16ths). i used the MIDI clips separately to trigger various samples: kick; snare; low tom; floor tom; hi-hat. i added a steady hi-hat pedal to help navigate the slightly offbeat rhythms.

finally, i layered in a live guitar piece (played through VCV rack, which i first encountered through disquiet junto, many moons ago...)

some possible questions: how can we think about the relationship between something rhythmic (the "beat") and something a-rhythmic (the "ambient" guitar)?
do they feel like two utterly separate streams, or do they somehow inform each other?
also, my track is only one minute long - can something so short be called 'ambient'?
more generally, can such a brief composition claim to establish a mood or atmosphere?

(wittgensteinian thought: i can claim to have felt sad for one minute, but not to have been depressed for one minute. certain moods or states require longer stretches of time to operate.)

all the best, htnc

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[disquiet0544] cartesian drummer

King Imagine: Elotronix, FX, Sub - 
Bruno Gussoni: Shakuhachi, Nohkan

KIng Imagine & Bruno Gussoni - Photosynthesis

Thought it was Impossible

Material: five haikus I wrote, three tracks by Ingvar Tautra
Method: morphing, kneading, assembling
Special thanks: There are some very generous people on Soundcloud. Ingvar Tautra, https://soundcloud.com/agnosturaelwar is one of them for sure. He often uploads tracks to share. Thank you, Ingvar, for allowing me to alter
https://soundcloud.com/agnosturaelwar/by-the-shoreline for haikus one and five,
https://soundcloud.com/agnosturaelwar/patologic-basis-invitation-collaborate-work for haiku three and
https://soundcloud.com/agnosturaelwar/vacation-hypothesis-2 for haikus two and four.
Some of your material, Ingvar, has been treated beyond recognition, especially with haikus two and four. Please do excuse. 

Lyrics / copyright jo richter:

.
well watered, potted
palms stand silent as humans
throng the promenade

. .
bold bicycle wheels
keep spinning, sensing ahead
for new ground to touch

. . .
a flagpole towers
at the far end of the pier
hosting wind's absence

. . . . 
couples walk closer
in crowds where status rests on
the choice of your shades

. . . . .
a torn-off thorn leaf
yellowing, asks to be blown
to the other side

Summer Observations - featuring Ingvar Tautra

invitation to full version is given as well! 
98 bpm - here the link to parts! bass and drum parts are represented in full length for orientation - the others are shorter stems.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SCv6ql0RbetIctpwKh38KbkkN0TKEyLX?usp=sharing

Abyss Black Bolt Thunder Kiss [Open for Co-LAB: Parts in Description]

A moment of your time please [84]

D-Soft Needles

Zigilem Keid

Happy New Year!

2023 will be anniversary 50 years Tubular Bells. The second part of this improvised set dives into the finale of this milestone album with some acidic vibes to it.

HEDONI ↯TICK ALTVR -  2023 Chao↯i↯ Jam Into Tubular Bell↯

Inspired by the fragility of complex systems and the shifting climate, my new album Model Ensemble Drift is available now, blending ambient textures with glitchy rhythms to create a soundtrack for a world in constant flux.


Warming Stripes

how the night came

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