Enjoy this moment! This is the first time halF unusuaL has ever released anything in a vaguely major key! 😜

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halF soothinG [disquiet0655]

Soft, soothing repetitive instrumental, all acoustic, real instruments performed by DD in Paris, summer 2024.

Ukuleles
Ronroco
Chanrango
Bass pulse
Analog Synth pad


For this junto:
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0655-soothing-sounds-ii/

echoes of light - disquiet0655

OP1 Field, Chase Bliss MOOD MKII

More on the 655th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Soothing Sounds II — The Assignment: Make music for babies — at https://disquiet.com/0655/

Being & Becoming (disquiet0655)

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

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The image associated with this project is from an early patent for a pacifier.

Slumberscape (disquiet0655)

acclamation (disquiet0655)

The Assignment: Make music for babies.

Being acclaimed and ready to find a place in the world – held by open, trustful, steady voices, breath, arms and love. 

Enjoy!

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acclamation (disquiet0655)

This week's Disquiet Junto introduced me to the work of Raymond Scott, beginning with his 3-volume "Soothing Sounds for Baby" and back and forth in time between The Quintette and Looney Tunes and Manhattan Research. I've got a lot of catching up on history to do.

I wanted to do something that was lovely and curious, a dark fairy tale, a sort of lullaby that evoked the clockwork precision of the songs on the Soothing Sounds records. I learned that Scott was the inventor of the sequencer, so I decided to use a hardware sequencer and analog circuits to create an homage. I tried to reflect the ostinato sequences, the wandering key changes, the intricately overlapping patterns, and the stiff improvisation that I heard in Scott's work.

All of the sounds came from a Roland JU-06A, the boutique reissue of the venerable Juno-60 and Juno-160. I also used that unit's 12-step sequencer to create each iteration of the ostinato pattern (through 7 key changes.)

I swear I tried not to use reverb. I swear I swear.

"Baby's First Harmonic Minor" is best enjoyed curled up under a soft blanket, nightlight aglow, with the hall light on and the bedroom door left open just a little bit. 

Recorded at NOSIGNAL Multimedia Lab in The Shambles. Chicago, USA.

More about this week's Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0655

Disquiet Junto

Baby's First Harmonic Minor (disquiet0655)

This was my contribution for Disquiet Junto Project 0655: Soothing Sounds II 

Here’s a copy of my post on the Disquiet Junto 0655 discussion thread on Lines:

Congratulations to all the recent parents out there. Here's to magical, hopeful, and loving years ahead together. And to the newly born – may your life unfold and blossom, interlaced with all the beautiful wonders this planet has to offer. 

The main track was created on a modular synthesizer using Norns/Grid with Meadowphysics to sequence Just Friends via Crow. I liked the accordian-like tones it generated. 4ms EnvVCA was used for modulation. Calsynth uBurst (Clouds) was used for reverb effects. An additional synth track using Fors Tela, along with field recordings, were added in Abelton Live 11. Other effects, Phonolyth Cascade and Valhalla Delay plugins, were also added.

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The image associated with this project is from an early patent for a pacifier.

Blossom [disquiet0655]

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Single photo: "ARGH!" by Scott M is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Lyrics in Spanish plus English and Italian translations (the latter courtesy of Barbara Di Sacco "La Poetessa")

Artists are free to remix, reuse, and remake with attribution.

Al Mar, Mi Piratita (To the Sea, My Little Pirate) (disquiet0655)

Submission to Disquiet Junto Project 0655 - Soothing Sounds II

goodnight moon

goodnight moon - disquiet0655

Welcome to the world. May you find peace and happiness.
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More on the 655th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Soothing Sounds II — The Assignment: Make music for babies — at https://disquiet.com/0655/

Twinkle twinkle V2

Kei

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