étude no. 2021.02.24.09.41

No more, this road is closed

developed from Marco Lucchi´s
https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/one-hand-piano-n2-you-to-play-with-if-you-like-it

Triad 2 w/Marco Lucchi

“When into the womb of time everything is again withdrawn chaos will be restored and chaos is the score upon which reality is written.” 
- Henry Miller, Tropic Of Cancer.

Live improvisation using Soma Labs Rumble Of Ancient Times and Meng Qi’s Wingie II resonator. Recorded in AUM on iPad.

Chaos Machine

This track was inspired by the Disquiet Junto Project 0608 (see below for details);
A field recording made on an IC train in the Netherlands (and already used for the track https://soundcloud.com/rabmusiclab/aankomst-amsterdam-zuid) was fed into the free transcription tool https://editor.flixier.com/transcribe/. The resulting Spanish text was translated into English. The free text-to-speech tool https://ttsfree.com/ was then used to create the voice pronouncing this text.

The field recording and the voice are accompanied by various instruments improvised to the existing soundscape.

The track-title is one of the translated sentences the AI has thought to recognize from the sounds of the train's interior.

The lyrics created by this magical approach are:

Marta,
Educates,
Alicia.
Thank you.
For if we are to what we are.
I have,
I don't know to yes.
Left number, the B.
Yes,
no nothing.
All right,
Miles,
I love me.

Sorry, Marta.
Thank you, Marta.
Don't go on.


More on this 608th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Nature-to-Text (The Assignment: Using a speech-to-text tool, turn a field recording into instructions for a composition), at: https://disquiet.com/0608/

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

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co 2: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0608-nature-to-text/

For if we are to what we are (Disquiet0608)

Disquiet Junto Project 0620: Beat Accrual Accrual
The Assignment: Turn someone’s slow-build beat into a finished track.

I decided to build on Going Modular's "Disquieting Polyrhythm" because of the haunting, repetitive synth and dramatic build of the piece. It's a soundscape that I've been living in now for days. I only made one alteration which was to short it a bit in the last two thirds. https://soundcloud.com/goingmodular

I also really wanted to see if I could combine that with yet another junto from last week just to be cheeky about the assignment. Lee Evans' "Euclidian Dub" worked quite well with this, bringing it in just at the end of the song, making this slow, driving, building piece extra climactic and almost dancy in the end. (https://soundcloud.com/hippieswearingmuzzles/euclidean-dub-disquiet0619)

I haven't been able to write lyrics for a long time but this really sparked it for me and I was able to jot out some words that relate to a lot that's on my mind - the Israel-Hamas war, a complicated relationship with an ill and possibly dying father, being almost 40 and still not knowing if I'll get to be a mother or "just" an artist or both...all the things! It felt cathartic to express some of that. (AND pretty vulnerable).

I love creating choirs in my music. I also loved the idea of once again building from something simpler to something more complex so I had the backing choir slowly emerge while the lead vocal gradually got more crunchy. I added a subby bass partway through and strings to mimic the melody of the synth and bring it out more for the climax. 

Oh! And it was raining when I recorded and I just needed that sound in there.

Thank you so much to Going Modular and Lee Evans for your creations!

More on this 620th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Beat Accrual Accrual (The Assignment: Turn someone’s slow-build beat into a finished track), at: https://disquiet.com/0620/

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-0620-beat-accrual-accrual/

stone soup (w Going Modular and Lee Evans) (disquiet0620)

Disquiet Junto Project 0621: The Leftovers
The Assignment: Use recently discarded material to make something new.

I was really excited by this prompt and then had such a bumpy time moving through it. Lots of starts and stops, lots of frustration. But ultimately I found my way to something cozy and warm (like any good leftovers). 

I was inspired by my love for blooper reels and behind the scenes content. I've been working on a really special audio storytelling/concept album project about space colonization for a long time now and I find it comforting and joyful to listen back to the chatter between takes, the bits we ultimately cut out, and the unruly sounds that happen outside of the final edits. I like hearing our unscripted personalities, thought processes, and mistakes. 

So for this piece I just used that stuff paired with a good amount of mic adjustment sounds and a sweet, simple melody from one of many abandoned songwriting attempts.

More on this 621st weekly Disquiet Junto project, The Leftovers (The Assignment: Use recently discarded material to make something new), at: https://disquiet.com/0621/

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-0621-the-leftovers/

behind the scenes (disquiet0621)

From Freesound
 637857__kyles__street-light-distant-traffic-and-couple-of-cars-pass-verdun-montreal-canada
 547722__kalhan__delhi-metro-interior-dense
 48618__stomachache__talkinginsubwaystation
 425850__soundholder__renault-master-f3500-dci135-exterior-passby-slow-speed-low-rpm-mono-follow
 242509__deleted_user_4401185__room-tone-theatre-1

More on this 625th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Noise Ceiling (The Assignment: What does this room sound like?), at: https://disquiet.com/0625/

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-0625-noise-ceiling/

Vintage Clothing Storage Room On Bleeker Street 2:32 am(disquiet0625)

More on this 626th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Audio Journal 2023 — The Assignment: Create a sonic diary of the past year with a dozen (or more) super-brief segments — at: https://disquiet.com/0626/

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-0626-audio-journal-2023/

Audio Journal 2023

Disquiet Junto | Audio Journal 2023 - disquiet0626

Then She Reaches For The Gun was a one off project, bringing together more than 50 artists from across the globe, releasing an album in late 2022 nomatesensemble.bandcamp.com/album/the-…ely-future But it was so much fun we are back for more.
This track features the following Artists :
Angostura Elwar -  2 x Behringer CRAVE analog synths/Yamaha P200 electronic piano 
Ariad Music- Clarinet/Percussion/Piano
Axel Weiß- Robot Voices 
Dane Renshaw -Drums
Loop(c)y - Electric Guitar 
Paul Miller - Electronic Percussion
Robert Jefferson - Akai Rhythm wolf/GakkenSX-150 ll/Korg Kaosilator
Ten Atmospheres - Field Recordings/Synths
Mat Ward - Double Bass/Noise/Arrangement

Then She Reaches For The Gun - Feather Hunt

Equipment:YAMAHA Reface CP,Cooper Fx Outward V2,Chase Bliss Audio MOOD,Chase Bliss Audio Blooper,BOSS RV-5

Vintage Clothing Storage Room On Bleeker Street 2:32 am(disquiet0625)

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