The Assignment: Collaborate posthumously with the late Jeffrey (Nofi) Melton.

This track is a posthumous collaboration with Jeffrey Melton, aka Nofi, who passed away on March 30, 2013. It was recorded live in April 2013 atop a June 2012 Melton live recording.

More on this 66th Disquiet Junto project at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/04/04/disquiet0066-nonofi/

More of Melton/Nofi’s music at:

http://www.nofi.org/

Read Melton’s obituary here:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fortwayne/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=163988588

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto Project 0066: Communing with Nofi


GURISITO CÓSMICO
Aunque todo este clarito no cierres tu corazón. 
Viene la noche al ratito y podes precisar el farol. 

Solo soy un gurisito cantando los mantras del cosmos, 
gritos del cielo y la tierra , silencios de siglos bien hondos. 

Sonidos que rajan la tierra como un gran río sideral. 
Siembra de llantos y risas que un día se han de cosechar. 

No siempre esta lindo el camino, andando aprendí a tropezar. 
Dicha de caer descubriendo el suelo que me enseño a soñar. 

Solo soy un gurisito cantando los mantras del cosmos.
credits
from Litoraleza
Todos los instrumentos interpretados por Alejandro Lauphan. 
Músico invitado: Pablo Jacobo. 
Producido y grabado por Pablo Jacobo (Pol Nada, Mi Familia) en Ashiko estudios. 
Asistencia técnica: Ezequiel Fructuoso.

Gurisito Cósmico

Vibra-PH part i

This came together very quickly, and it had to because I don't have any time this weekend.  

I downloaded and edited the samples, loaded them into my iPad to Samplr, doubled them up on the interface, and pitch shifted everything around until I got a backing track I liked.  

The voice sample was pitch-shifted down 3 semitones so that "she" became a "he".  The words were manipulated in real time.

It's kind of a "Boards of Canada or The Orb" meets "late-period Scott Walker's weird scratchy backing tracks".  Huzzah!

More on this 124th Disquiet Junto project — “Recombinate work from the netlabels addSensor, As4cords, and Audiotalaia” — at:  http://disquiet.com/2014/05/15/disquiet0124-deriveandthrive/

More on the Disquiet Junto at: http://disquiet.com/?p=16588

Join the Disquiet Junto at: http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

The source audio for this track is available for free download from these three netlabel websites:

More on Erissoma’s “The miracle in the human brain” at:  http://www.addsensor.com/addsensor_html.htm

More on Kayaka’s “O” at  https://archive.org/details/Kayaka-Cp

More on D’Incise’s “Graphein” at http://www.audiotalaia.net/catalogue/at071-dincise/

Connections (disquiet0124-deriveandthrive)

Processed the 3 audio files with FX like flanger, grain delay and heavy reverb from a NI Reaktor ensemble. Plus sample cutting & sequencing from drumk2 (k-devices).


More on this 124th Disquiet Junto project — “Recombinate work from the netlabels addSensor, As4cords, and Audioitalia” — at:

http://disquiet.com/2014/05/15/disquiet0124-deriveandthrive/
More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/?p=16588
Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/
The source audio for this track is available for free download from these three netlabel websites:

More on Erissoma’s “The miracle in the human brain” at:

http://www.addsensor.com/addsensor_html.htm
More on Kayaka’s “Blackening” at

https://archive.org/details/Kayaka-Cp
More on D’Incise’s “Graphein” at

http://www.audiotalaia.net/catalogue/at071-dincise/

nystada - Mantra (disquiet0124-deriveandthrive)

Oddly perky smears & loops; i think there's an implication of a 'song' here. 

My main focus/fixation was the agitated thump of the sped-up loop from Erissoma’s “The miracle in the human brain" which i appear to be unable to tire of over the course of four minutes. Sections of Kayaka’s “O” were smeared through various granular delays until they felt like they made sense with the loop, it's edge removed as it were. I vaugley regret that all i did with D’Incise’s “Graphein" was create a sustained crackle but obviously not enough to actually do anything about it.

More on this 124th Disquiet Junto project — “Recombinate work from the netlabels addSensor, As4cords, and Audiotalaia” — at:

http://disquiet.com/2014/05/15/disquiet0124-deriveandthrive/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/?p=16588

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

The source audio for this track is available for free download from these three netlabel websites:

More on Erissoma’s “The miracle in the human brain” at:

http://www.addsensor.com/addsensor_html.htm

More on Kayaka’s “O” at

https://archive.org/details/Kayaka-Cp

More on D’Incise’s “Graphein” at

http://www.audiotalaia.net/catalogue/at071-dincise/

i believe this sound meets the criteria for this week's assignment.

the moths everyplace [disquiet0124-deriveandthrive]

More on this 124th Disquiet Junto project — “Recombinate work from the netlabels addSensor, As4cords, and Audiotalaia” — at:
http://disquiet.com/2014/05/15/disquiet0124-deriveandthrive/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/?p=16588

Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

The source audio for this track is available for free download from these three netlabel websites:

More on Erissoma’s “The miracle in the human brain” at:
http://www.addsensor.com/addsensor_html.htm

More on Kayaka’s “O” at
https://archive.org/details/Kayaka-Cp

More on D’Incise’s “Graphein” at
http://www.audiotalaia.net/catalogue/at071-dincise/

D N T  [disquiet0124-deriveandthrive]

This energetic work was recorded live at the peak of SQ UK springtour at Metanast Manchester may 17 2014. Thomas Bjelkeborn electronics, wii and laptop. Paul Pignon woodwind, tenor sax and flutes. Recording Manoli Moriaty/Metanast, Mastering Thomas Bjelkeborn/Studio84.

Howling Shouts (ft B&P)

1. Caustic Window – 101 Rainbows (Ambient Mix)
2. Amen Dunes – Splits Are Parted
3. Body/Head - Abstract
4. Burial – Hiders
5. Andy Stott - Numb
6. Coil – Triple Sun
7. Dean Blunt – Seven Seals of Affirmation
8. Deutsch Nepal – Eternal Day
9. Forest Sword – Thor´s Stone
10. Baaba Maal – Call to Prayer
11. Godflesh – Ringer
12. Laraaji – Cave (Bee Mask Version)
13. Lonnie Holley – Sun & Water (feat. Lillian Blades)
14. Ry Cooder - Brothers


DJung Mixtape#1

El 3 de Mayo de 2014, Raras Músicas viajó a Barcelona para presentar una sesión en el Antic Forn de Vallcarca. Además de la actuación La Criatura, se presentaron una serie de "matches" entre músicos del Raras Músicas Ensemble y una selección de los mejores artistas de la improvisación y experimentación musical de Barcelona.

Entre estos encuentros tuvo lugar este:

Primo Gabbiano (guitarra, electrónica) (http://primogabbiano.blogspot.com.es/)
Eli Gras (instrumentos propios, objetos amplificados) (http://www.eligras.com/)
Gregorio Kazaroff (objetos, electrónica)
Ivor R Tamplin (live sampling) (http://oniriasounds.wordpress.com/)
Victor M Vázquez (cuencos tibetanos, percusión)



RM23 - 04. Match 2 (Gabbiano, Gras, Kazaroff, Tamplin, Vazquez)

Live 20 Nov 2014, Café Galdós, Madrid

Guillermo Bazzola: guitarra
Fernando Lamas: batería
Pedro Rato: teclados
Ricardo Tejero: saxo alto

Pulse! Edición 05 - 03. FreeJazz House Band - Set 1

This track is a posthumous collaboration with Jeffrey Melton, aka Nofi, who passed away on March 30, 2013. It was recorded live in April 2013 atop a June 2012 Melton live recording.

I took 3 minutes between 54:23 and 57:23, a section with a strict rhythm and a crawling synth part.  My goal was to play off the strict rhythm.

My loops included a layering of the "plane" sounds and the "carfadeout" sound I created for Disquiet 64.  They were layered to go off-rhythm and out of phase.  

Also included are a couple of samples from my track "You've Got Less Time Than You Think" - which is a piece of music I made last year that I thought turned out rather well, the title of which is kind of a call to arms for me to get on with things - making sounds, art, or whatever, and to not worry about all the other noise of life.

"You've Got Less Time Than You Think" - https://soundcloud.com/markrushtoncom/youve-got-less-time-than-you

"Rochester Ridge (disquiet0064-halflive)" - http://soundcloud.com/markrushtoncom/rochester-ridge-disquiet0064

More on this 66th Disquiet Junto project at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/04/04/disquiet0066-nonofi/

More of Melton/Nofi’s music at:

http://www.nofi.org/

Read Melton’s obituary here:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fortwayne/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=163988588

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Noise Of Life (disquiet0066-nofi)

This is a special project. Very nice Marc.
I turned off the lights and lit a candle to listen to Jeffrey's track. It was a pleasure getting lost in his sound.

This track was recorded in Ableton Live and mastered with iZotope's Ozone 5.
I used a bass guitar and ran it through Komplete's Guitar Rig 5. The patch is called Christal-MC and it provided the sweeping echo chorus pad sound off of the bass notes.

Thank you for listening.

This track is a posthumous collaboration with Jeffrey Melton, aka Nofi, who passed away on March 30, 2013. It was recorded live in April 2013 atop a June 2012 Melton live recording.

More on this 66th Disquiet Junto project at:

disquiet.com/2013/04/04/disquiet0066-nonofi/

More of Melton/Nofi’s music at:

www.nofi.org/

Read Melton’s obituary here:

www.legacy.com/obituaries/fortwa…amp;pid=163988588

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

Groups – Disquiet-junto





much too young to... [disquiet0066_nonofi]

Very special project this week - very fine idea, Marc - happy to be part of it.
I fumbled around with the source for a while, found a part I liked, plus a few others I liked after bending them a bit - Paul Stretch shortened the track - I also used the very beginning as a layer...Time too play along, hmm tried a bunch of different things out: AM radio, a feedback box, Granulator in Ableton, E-Bow on guitar etc. etc. nothing worked for me....finally my old Strat through Abletons amp rack with plenty of dissonant noises...Couldn't really think of a title, so left it without 
This track is a posthumous collaboration with Jeffrey Melton, aka Nofi, who passed
away on March 30, 2013. It was recorded live in April 2013 atop a June 2012 Melton
live recording.
More on this 66th Disquiet Junto project at:
http://disquiet.com/2013/04/04/disquiet0066-nonofi/
More of Melton/Nofi’s music at: http://www.nofi.org/
Read Melton’s obituary here:http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fortwayne/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=163988588
More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/


“disquiet0066-nonofi”

This track is a posthumous collaboration with Jeffrey Melton, aka Nofi, who passed away on March 30, 2013. It was recorded live in April 2013 atop a June 2012 Melton live recording.

More on this 66th Disquiet Junto project at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/04/04/disquiet0066-nonofi/

More of Melton/Nofi’s music at:

http://www.nofi.org/

Read Melton’s obituary here:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fortwayne/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=163988588

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Transmissions (disquiet0066-nonofi)

Disquiet Junto Project 0066: Communing with Nofi 

This track is a posthumous collaboration with Jeffrey Melton, aka Nofi, who passed away on March 30, 2013. It was recorded live in April 2013 atop a June 2012 Melton live recording.

We were instructed to take an excerpt from one of Jeffrey's live recordings, listen to it a few times and then play live along to it and record the result.

While listening to it, I decided to record six instances directly into the Samplr app. I prepared each recording in different ways, allowing for further live tweaking later. I then recorded myself play along to the excerpt chosen.

Jeffrey may be gone, but his music will live on... and he is now forever nofi (in his own words: "a state of being-without-boundaries (i.e. boundless, stateless)."

RIP 


More on this 66th Disquiet Junto project at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/04/04/disquiet0066-nonofi/

More of Melton/Nofi’s music at:

http://www.nofi.org/

Read Melton’s obituary here:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fortwayne/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=163988588

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

So long [disquiet0066-nonofi]

Life is but a Learning Process, a work in progress... 

All tracks have added info. Contact me if you like what you hear and/or if you'd like to d/l anything. Production tips are always welcome, I don't really know what I'm doin' ! :-) 

Besides my individual endeavours, I'm currently involved in three projects:

http://soundcloud.com/k-p-t - audiovisual improvisation with Greg K and http://soundcloud.com/user3301471 
http://soundcloud.com/pppt - instrumental trio with http://soundcloud.com/carlos_ruizt and http://soundcloud.com/pepeprieto
http://soundcloud.com/the-kraut-funders - improvisation based on minimum motifs taken from classic composers, with Alberto Santos and Francesca Sorrentino 

My work consists of building blocks to be used interchangeably...Parts and pieces (or the whole piece) I present here will appear again during my work with any of the projects I may be involved with, further processed or unprocessed, in a different order, with a different character, nuancing a different aspect of the piece...or just as they are here with any additions provided by other musicians...find out more about this by taking a look at set "Playing 'Improv'" and reading the rules to the game...

My 33 1/3 series book about the Aphex Twin album Selected Ambient Works Volume II was published in 2014. The book was one of the top 5 bestselling titles for the calendar year, and in 2015 was ranked by Pitchfork as one of the "33 best" of the 100-plus books in the 33 1/3 series. It has subsequently been translated into Japanese (2019) and Spanish (2018)

Since 2012 I have moderated the Disquiet Junto group, which began on SoundCloud. More at disquiet.com/junto. 

I've written for Nature, Pitchfork, The Wire, Down Beat, Boing Boing, NewMusicBox, Red Bull Music Academy, Art Practical, the website of The Atlantic, and many other publications. 

I've exhibited sound art at galleries in Los Angeles (Crewest), Manhattan (apex art), and Dubai (DUTAC), and I had a audio-visual installation at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of its 45th anniversary.

And since 1996 I've run the website Disquiet.com about the intersection of sound, art, and technology.

So long [disquiet0066-nonofi]

jai_

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