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Tradacoustic series no. 176

Music, mostly recent, a few days, a few months...

creation: 2022/08/25

HK_Tradacoustic_176

🌃 Deeplanka

Night sounds

"Perché Dormiamo?" First DEMO version. Composed in the evening between the 5th and the 6th o January (probaly). The Piano sound was probably a Quicktime MIDI system sound. 

The title of the track came to me in the summer of 2006 at the Natural History Museum in London, looking at  a shrine with the reproduction of a small dinosaur portrayed in the act of sleeping.

The question that arose kept running through my head like a melancholy riddle throughout my stay in London.  "Why do we sleep? Why do we sleep? Why do we sleep? Why do we sleep? ..."

I finished the piece in January 2020, but still couldn't get an answer.

Perché Dormiamo? (DEMO 2007)

For What It's Worth (India Dub

Performed by Edvard Erdal, Guro Kleven Hagen, Eivind Ringstad and Amalie Stalheim at Norsjø Kammermusikkfest, May 1st 2021

Abrasjon II (2021) for string quartet

MÁRD for Ensemble
Composer: Parsa Zandi
Dedicated to my dear friend and teacher Mohammad H. Javaheri

Performed on June 29 in Graz by:
Flute: Kate Sabine Lasmane
Oboe: Mark Gradwohl
Clarinet: Jacob Niller
Trumpet: Thomas Kern
Harp: Anna Voronova 
Piano: Stepanka Vojtasova
Violin I: Sofya Agnessa Yakuntsova
Violin II: Jelena Jovovic
Viola: Aleksandra Kanke
Violoncello: Yigit Vural
Conductor: Ihor Kolomiyets

MÁRD (2022) for ensemble

Demo track from 2007, made with the purpose of being used for a band. The track was never finished or performed. Despite good intentions I got carried away and overdid the overdubs (a tendency I struggle to get rid of even now). I made an effort to leave everything as unaltered as possible from the 2007 mix. The only thing I was forced to add was the bass part; before there was a horrible midi placeholder and it was missing in many parts. I tried to play it the way I would have played it in 2007 and it still remains a bit naive since I am not a bass player.
The drums were made from a sample CD found at a friend's house, I don't know where they came from. It probably also has loops in it from the library of the old Apple Soundtrack Pro...

Skomorokh

Skomorokh (DEMO - Circa 2007)

Piece composed in 2002 for the trailer of the documentary 'My Three Peaks' ('Le mie Tre Cime') by Andreas Pichler. Direction: Andreas Pichler | Animation: Nunzio Cicero, Gigi Tarantola, Tatiana and Riccardo Arena. 
Part of the piece was later used in the final cut of the documentary. This track marks my very first experience with a sampler! I used Halion software (maybe version 2) and some sample CDs for Akai lent to me by a friend.
I put it here as it was, just cleaned up a couple of clicks, also because although I kept the score I no longer have either the sounds samples or the software to open the original project...

Tre Cime (Trailer Soundtrack - 2002)

Sunset

I believe this dates to 2019.  I think it was a coffeehouse/listening room kinda thing in Atlanta.  We didn't really rehearse this much so it's a bit loose.  This song tells you so much with such economy of words.  It's a masterpiece, in my opinion.

Ode To Billy Joe (cover by the great Bobbie Gentry) Live (in an undisclosed location) in 2019

Down tempo soundscapes for a.m. exploration, sacred movement, touch and mind travel. 

Come Together Slow

Poetry How Does It Feel

Another track from the Night Moves Project. I remember, when I was a child, my dad driving us over Holme Moss, late one freezing Boxing Day evening. The fog was so dense, visibility was just a few yards and we progressed at little more than walking pace. The road ran along a sheer drop and, at that time, there were no barriers. Having total trust in my dad, I thought it was thrillingly exciting. In retrospect, we should have gone the long way round...

The Fog

This track is only composed of field recordings made in Kragujevac, Serbia, in August 2022.
Ce morceau est uniquement composé d'enregistrements réalisés à Kragujevac, en Serbie, en août 2022. 
28-31/08/2022. Zoom H4N Pro. Kragujevac(Крагујевац).
Music : Manu // Artwork : Malka // Zuunzug.

Time Zones

Zastava-7

Disquiet Junto Project 0581: Helsinki Downspout

The Assignment: Use a rhythmic field recording as the foundation for a new track.

Step 1: This is a shared sample project, one in which all the participants will utilize the same provided recording, about a minute and a half long, as the rhythmic element for their own music. Access the track, originally recorded by Scott Fletcher and used with his permission, here:

https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/helsinki-downspout 30

Step 2: Listen to the provided track several times. Think about ways to map its content, perhaps making notations about when certain unique, momentary aspects surface.

Step 3: Record an original piece of music for which the provided music is the underlying rhythm. You might take this quite literally, using the source as it is, resulting in a track that is precisely 1:35 long. Alternately, you might elect to sample and rework the source material. If you go the latter route, make certain that the original sound is, at least at some point in the finished track, recognizable.

Step 4: Because this is a Creative Commons resource, be sure to identify Scott Fletcher as the original recorder of the source material, and include a link to the source track. Identify the license as: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).

Eight Important Steps When Your Track Is Done:

Step 1: Include “disquiet0581” (no spaces or quotation marks) in the name of your tracks.

Step 2: If your audio-hosting platform allows for tags, be sure to also include the project tag “disquiet0581” (no spaces or quotation marks). If you’re posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is essential to subsequent location of tracks for the creation of a project playlist.

Step 3: Upload your tracks. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your tracks.

Step 4: Post your track in the following discussion thread at llllllll.co:

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Additional Details:

Length: The length is up to you. How long did the rain last?

Deadline: Deadline: This project’s deadline is the end of the day Monday, February 20, 2023, at 11:59pm (that is, just before midnight) wherever you are. It was posted on Thursday, February 16, 2023.

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Thanks to Scott Fletcher for having provided the original material. It is used thanks to a Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). Original track at: https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/helsinki-downspout/ 30

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Like a butterfly caught inside - disquiet0581

2023-03-05

NLS - 2023 - 03 - 04  loosen up

In Seclusion

Colours Of Piano

Richter: Vladimir's Blues

Desert Dwellers - Yoga Dub Mystic (Eastern Sun Remix)

Music by Matteo Mariano
Artwork by Riccardo Arena http://www.riccardoarena.org

The sounds align on their own to form a combination that comes to life and evolves. Then it flies away.

Cheope

Cheope (2005 - Abridged ver.)

Damogen Furies

Baltang Ort

Performed & Recorded by Matteo Mariano (2007) http://macrogramma.com
Original cover art by Dario Panzeri (2020) http://dariopanzeri.org

Music inspired by the concept of electromagnetic catapult (mass driver), developed by Gerard K. O'Neill. We are in 2020 and space seems much further than it seemed in the 70s. 

Thanks to Dario Panzeri for the invaluable visual contribution.

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Musica ispirata al concetto di catapulta elettromagnetica (mass driver), sviluppata da Gerard K. O'Neill. Siamo nel 2020 e lo spazio sembra molto più distante rispetto a quanto poteva sembrare negli anni '70. 

Grazie a Dario Panzeri per l'inestimabile contributo visivo.

Mass Driver

Mass Driver (2007)

Sound Designer & Composer. Creates instrumental music and soundtracks for film/videos and for art exhibitions.

Tre Cime (Trailer Soundtrack - 2002)

Macrogramma