Disquiet Junto Project 0611: Music That Listens to Itself
The Assignment: Record a piece of music that repurposes itself as it proceeds.

My notes can be found here: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0611-music-that-listens-to-itself/64092/9

Step 1: The underlying idea is to produce music that, so to speak, listens to itself. This would be music that employs techniques to revisit itself — repurposes itself — as it proceeds. From reverb to echo to tape loops to granular synthesis to accessing a buffer, various techniques serve such a compositional and performance purpose. Consider a means to achieve this result.

Step 2: Record a piece of music that employs the technique you focused on as a result of Step 1. Please note: for the Berkeley Alembic event, I’ll be sharing music that is particularly quiet, particularly appropriate to a meditative state of mind. You don’t need to record quiet music for this project, but quiet music is what I’ll be playing at the event.

[Disquiet_Junto_0611] Imaginary Windchime

prod me

lyrics//
pink flowers in ecstacy 
i recommend you stay away
theyre having the time of their life
i stg theyll ruin your day
do not provoke them lil bitch 
theyll turn u down u lil bitch
theyll watch u drown u lil bitch
they cant tune u out u lil-
pink flowers in ecstacy 
i recommend you stay away
theyre having the time of their life
i stg theyll ruin your day
do not provoke them lil bitch 
theyll turn u down u lil bitch
theyll watch u drown u lil bitch
they cant tune u out u lil-
pink flowers in ecstacy 
i recommend you stay away
theyre having the time of their life
i stg theyll ruin your day
do not provoke them lil bitch 
theyll turn u down u lil bitch
theyll watch u drown u lil bitch
they cant tune u out u lil-
pink flowers in ecstacy 
i recommend you stay away
theyre having the time of their life
i stg theyll ruin your day
do not provoke them lil bitch 
theyll turn u down u lil bitch
theyll watch u drown u lil bitch
they cant tune u out u lil-
i swear to god i swear to god i swear to god youll die
and if u ever cross my way today your fate is nigh
i swear to god i swear to god i swear to god youll die
and if u ever cross my way today your fate is nigh
i swear to god i swear to god i swear to god youll die
and if u ever cross my way today your fate is nigh
i swear to god i swear to god i swear to god youll die
and if u ever cross my way today your fate is nigh
i swear to god i swear to god i swear to god youll die
and if u ever cross my way today your fate is nigh
i swear to god i swear to god i swear to god youll die
and if u ever cross my way today your fate is nigh
i swear to god i swear to god i swear to god youll die
and if u ever cross my way today your fate is nigh
i swear to god i swear to god i swear to god youll die
and if u ever cross my way today your fate is nigh
i swear to god i swear to god i swear to god youll die
and if u ever cross my way today your fate is nigh
i swear to god i swear to god i swear to god youll die
and if u ever cross my way today your fate is nigh
familiar faces surround my whole head
im freakin out bitch i aint hear what you said
schizophrenia paranoia invading my life
i be smokin on weed to calm me every night
i feel like ima throw up but i cant stop myself
when the blade hit my skin the euphoric its hell
but i know if i stop ill relapse anyway
so whats the point in stoping it
feel like im ill what the fuck do i do
am i greening out is it paranoia
am i hung over fuck im talking bout
fuck im talking bout fuck im talking bout

pink flowers in ecstacy (*_*)

What if some of Univision's old station IDs had more emphasis on their 4-note jingle?

I brought back some of the most memorable station IDs from the Hispanic broadcaster Univision in the USA, which are the ones that they used during the 2000s to the early-2010s, called the "White Space" IDs or bumpers.

I decided to try using some of these IDs from that TV network, although with their signature 4-note jingle more emphasized by the musical instruments and presets from Logic Pro heard here, which in each one of these IDs, they play the Univision melody during some points on the music track, depending on what they were going for around this time.

[MONTAGE] What if some old Univision IDs had more emphasis on the 4-note jingle? (Part 2)

This track is built around the sound of the wind shear produced by cracking open the door of my wood-burning heater. 

More on this 632nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Shear Wind — The Assignment: Make the most of the disturbance within a field recording — at: https://disquiet.com/0632/

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

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0632-shear-wind/

WindShearFeverDream_disquiet0632

Reflects on unrequited love and the desire to make an intangible connection real, highlighting the pain of separation.

If I Could Grab You From the Mirror
93 BPM
G major

Verse 1:
I see you in the mirrors as I walk on by
Your smile reflected back at me makes my heart fly
I know you're not really there, it's just a fantasy
But in that glass I imagine what could be

Chorus:
If I could grab you from the mirror
Pull you out into my arms
We could finally be together
Safe from judgment, free from harm

Verse 2:
Each morning when I wake, before the light breaks through
I see you sleeping on my phone, the screen is blue
Just an illusion in the dark, pixels on a page
But I pretend we spent the night wrapped up in each other's gaze

Chorus:
If I could grab you from the mirror
Pull you out into my arms
We could finally be together
Safe from judgment, free from harm

Bridge:
I know the truth, that you're not mine to take
But I can't control what dreams my heart will make
So I'll enjoy our reflections as we pass
And keep our secret love locked in fragments of glass

Second Bridge:
One day I reach out and cross the glass divide
Step into the reflection standing by your side
In this mirrored world I can finally reside
We're together here, no longer denied

Our lives intertwine in this reversed plane
We walk hand in hand without shame or blame
No rules to follow, free to ignite our flame
Though it's only real in frames

Final Verse:
But when the glass does crack and the image splits
I see the truth of where your life really sits
Your husband's there holding you in his arms
While I'm left outside, separated from your charms

It's just a fractured fantasy I'm living in
You're not mine to have, you never have been
Though in the mirrors we walk hand in hand
It's only an illusion on which I stand

Chorus:
If I could grab you from the mirror
Pull you out into my arms
We could finally be together
Safe from judgment, free from harm

If i could grab you from the mirror

I'm set free. You left me.
Dont get me. So heavy.
I'm ready. Don't test me.
This ending a blessing.

OH OH NO
You left me with my woes.
OH OH NO.
You left me on my own.
This is where you gotta go.
You should just leave me alone.

I get assigned in this campaign.
I never wanted it that way.
Thought you did this with bad faith.
It's time for me to abstain.

Oh oh no.
Here we go.
Had high hopes.
Im so close.

4ut1st - OH OH NO (prod.LegacyVvV & @shinnro)

Because it is that love-filled time of the year (and Laufey just won a grammy!!!) I thought I would share one of my songs from last year’s Christmas stream: Lovesick, by Laufey ✨

I’ve gotten into the habit of sharing a short message with the songs I select— why they are part of my repertoire, what they mean to me. I believe context is crucial for the enjoyment of anything, especially music. 

For pacing purposes, it was too long for me to include in my music video, but I am including the transcript here for those interested.

Happy Valentines everyone!

Find more of my music at:
youtube.com/@jkasturias

Socials:
instagram.com/jkasturias

“So this [next song] is called Lovesick. I think it captures a particular mood, a kind of warm feeling in your heart [that] captures you and captivates you— I think this is exactly what I felt this year especially, [that] when I [first] heard this song from Laufey, [I thought] “yeah. That’s exactly how I feel.” 

Let me quote this particular line actually:

‘Getting twisted in my head,
Dreams are nightmares in my bed,
Since the last night I spent with you.’

Ewan ko kung anong meron sa pag-ibig, pero minsan, there is a particular intoxicating factor that comes with it, and [I really felt that] this year.”

Lovesick - Christmas Stream 2023

“But as in wailing there's nought availing, And Death unfailing will strike the blow, Then for that reason, and for a season, Let us be merry before we go.” - John Philpott Curran

A Wall, Wailing

Maria Mazzotta - La Furtuna (2024) (single)

"ONDE", THE NEW ALBUM BY MARIA MAZZOTTA: THE VITAL FORCE OF PEASANT TRADITION THROUGH CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTS WITH A SUBURBAN FLAVOR


Produced by the Record Label Zero Nove Nove, Friday February 23th it's released “Onde”, the new awaited album by Maria Mazzotta. Maria Mazzotta's visceral interpretation meets the electric sounds of Post-Rock, creating an original and profound blend. The title of the new album is Onde (Waves), an album in which Maria Mazzotta has chosen for the first time in her twenty-year career to express the outspoken and vital force of peasant tradition through contemporary instruments with a rural flavor to its essence.
Since 2020, the year her solo debut album Amoreamaro was published, she has covered thousands of kilometers non-stop performing in over 200 concerts in more than 25 countries across Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Through this traveling, she has gained an awareness of how she is able to push towards the true expression of her own experience of folk music with courage and freedom. It is a woman’s journey of traveling from one great European capital to another such as from Paris to Barcelona, all the way to some major world metropolises like Jakarta and Bogota, all the while presenting herself on stage accompanied by all her fragilities and strength in equal measure.

If i could grab you from the mirror

Israel Mayen

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