Made as part of the disquiet project #0481 where the instruction was to record a track, upload it and set yourself a reminder to listen to it again in 5 years time. 

Made using samples in Ableton + plugins

Capsule Time (disquiet0481)

Made for the disquiet junto 0556 where the idea was to fuse ambient and gabber genres.

Drums were made on a Digitakt and the rest was adding chaos / bliss in Ableton. Vocal samples come from Inspector Morse going to a rave. Legend has it this long episode contains the line "It's a rave, Lewis!", well I searched and couldn't find that, so just took some other bits.

e-e-e-e-ec-ecstasy

Gabber Ambient (disquiet0556)

Uploaded as part of the Junto Disquiet 0572

Prompt:

"Instruction: Record a beat with the intension that someone other than yourself will add something to it at a later date. It’s preferable that you record something that lasts between one and three minutes, but it’s also fine to record something shorter with the intention that someone will loop it — or something longer, for that matter."

I found this old discarded beat on my computer with not much memory of creating it. According to the file stamp its from November 2020. Think I'd been reading Pynchon's Mason and Dixon around the time which is why its called "Hsi and Ho"

Image came from the prompt: "hsi and ho in a pynchon fever dream" given to Nightcafe

Rhythm Kit (disquiet0572)

Uploaded for the disquiet junto 0666

This week marks the 666th consecutive weekly Disquiet Junto project. Many numbers along the way, since the Junto first began in January 2012, have inspired interpretation. This particular one has hovered on the horizon for a long time. And now we’ve arrived. Take a moment to go dark and make some noise.

Beauty and the Beast (disquiet0666)

It wasn't a very fruitful time in terms of music listening. 
I didn't discover much new 
Or even listen to much of the old

Music seemed to recede into the background a bit

A hot dogs not a hot dog without a bun

Autumn 2024 Mix

Recorded as part of the 684th disquiet junto: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0684-early-bird

This entry is for someone who I’m very close with who is a long way from home and waking up in unfamiliar surroundings. I hope this playful little track offers a moment of escapism when waking up & adds a lightness to their day.

>Step 1: You are going to record a piece of music intended for someone to listen to almost immediately upon waking up. Think about your mornings, and what a more optimal morning might entail.

> Step 2: Consider a scenario in which someone wakes up and, rather than look at their work or check the news, they take a period of time to just get centered. Think about how long you might want this to take, say three minutes, or five minutes, or twenty minutes.

+ other steps

Recorded with stock Ableton devices

Early Bird (disquiet0684)

Death of a legend
Growing interest in movie sound design
Alan Splet
Abandoned French classes

Winter 2024/2025 Mix

Recorded as part of the 691st disquiet. Based on a chopped up and decaying sample of Ravels String quartet mov1. Done in Ableton with Augustus loop, MAIM plugin & various other audio destroyers

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0691-un-ravel/71303/12?u=mdh

Un-Ravel (disquiet0691)

Uploaded as part of the Disquiet Junto 0692

"There is just one step for this project: Record a piece of music in which the sound of fire — match, burner, cigarette, etc. — provides the primary source for the rhythmic track."

The sound I chose for the fire was a field recording I'd made a few years ago in Brittany of a friend preparing a BBQ

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0692-combust-a-move/71387/16?u=mdh

Combust A Move (disquiet0692)

Uploaded for the disquiet 0693

Step 1: Choose a familiar song for which you have access to the sheet music.

Step 2: Select a segment of the song, perhaps one round of the chorus and the verse — perhaps more, or less, after you finish reading these instructions.

Step 3: Write down all the notes (and their lengths) in the main melodic line.

Step 4: Alphabetize the notes, and also sort them by length, in ascending order, so an Ab goes before an A, and a quarter note goes before a whole note, and so forth. (You might also adjust for where the note falls relative to middle C, starting low and proceeding up.)

Step 5: Record results when all those notes are played in the sequence that was derived during Step 4.

I tried re-arranging the chorus of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgDKtLPp46s. The results it turns out are... not great!

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0693-melody-sorted/71471/16?u=mdh

Melody Sorted (disquiet0693)

Uploaded as part of the disquiet junto 0694

"The Assignment: Add a beat to a pre-existing piece of music.

There is just one step to this project: Take a pre-existing piece of music that is in 4/4 — either your own or something in the public domain — and add a beat to each measure, transforming it into 5/4."

The song I added a beat to was a version of All The Way - Julie Stapleton feat Ashaye https://v4visions.bandcamp.com/track/all-the-way-feat-ashaye that I chopped and screwed a bit

5/4ify (disquiet0694)

Spring 2025 Mix

Uploaded as part of the disquiet junto 0704. 

"You’re going to record 8-bit music (or something approximately like it"

This was made using an lsdj rom on a miyoo mini

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0704-right-on-cumulus/72333/22?u=mdh

Its a recreation of a track from DJ Metatron - Loops of Infinity

Right on Cumulus (disquiet0704)

Created as part of disquiet 0383. 

The idea being to create an artificial rendering of background ambient sound for an apartment on a large interstellar ship. 

Mostly made up of radio recordings from around the world on 03/05/2019.

Full description of concept and process here: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0383-interstellar-ambience/22125/12?u=mdh

Interstellar Ambience (disquiet0383)

Uploaded as part of Junto Disquiet 0395 using samples from: https://www.big-guitar.com/

Acoustic Expanse (disquiet0395)

Made as part of the disquiet 0471 - making a piece out of just samples of ice cubes which I recorded 2 years ago in Amsterdam. I don't know what those ice cubes are up to these days, I suspect they gave up and melted.

Patch notes: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0471-phase-transition/40183/27?u=mdh

Phase Transition (disquiet0471)

Made for the junto disquiet 0473

Using this piece https://soundcloud.com/peter-eisenhauer/disquiet0472-jamtime-1-of-3 by Peter Eisenhauer. 
Part 2 of an ongoing collaboration

Simple random orca sequence into a Korg Minilogue with some subtle effects added. My addition is panned right following the instructions

Placebo Effect (disquiet0473)

Made as part of the junto disquiet 0475.

The idea was to remix a 3 part collaboration from last week. 
I fed small loops of a specific part of this track https://soundcloud.com/melondruie/unsafe-approach-disquiet-0474?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0474 into a hardware looper to try and make something totally new.

Mixed in ableton. Hard to control the mid frequencies

Patch notes: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0475-low-end/41299/18?u=mdh

mdh

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