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)

I want to start making mixes semi regularly. Quarterly maybe. 
Though not necessarily representative of the seasons 
More reflective. An aide memoire of what I've been listening to / going through

So here is one for Autumn...

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Weird period of time.
Lots of work.
Drama. Kissing friends. Cold setting in.

How is it December already?

Autumn 2023 Mix

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)

Over in a flash
Broken promises & cheap thrills
PNW

Summer 2025 Mix

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)

Uploaded as part of the junto disquiet project 0414

Mod Cons (disquiet0414)

Uploaded as part of junto disquiet 0426
Using only samples from https://www.cellularchorus.com/ and all processed, sequenced and manipulated from a digitakt. 
No external processing.

Cellular Choir (disquiet0426)

Uploaded for the disquiet junto 0428. 

A remixed version of a previous low tempo moody & smokey jazz cafe track I had made. 
Tried to make it sound more distant, in the past and degrading. 
Added some live ambience

Urban Moss (disquiet0428)

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 as part of the disquiet 0474 project building on a previous piece made by: Euclidean & moduS ponY

https://soundcloud.com/user-970962304/ascension-loop-disquiet0473?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0473 

I added the central drum track on a digitakt

Patchnotes: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0474-police-action/41007/21?u=mdh

Police Action (disquiet0474)

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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