This piece started off as an experiment using Steve Reich's Phase Shift technique.

Apart from the title, neither Frankenstein nor the Moon make an appearance. Sorry to disappoint anyone.

Pic: Musical instrument used as a garden ornament, Heaton Moor, Stockport, Greater Manchester. By Geoff Descartes.

Published on SC 11 December 2021

In the comfort of your own mind

Frankenstein on the moon

That

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Insomniac dreams

for this assignment i took my previous work [https://soundcloud.com/forelight/future-nostalgia-running-sim-v101] into abletons vector grain and leaving long gaps to mirror each gesture, jammed incidents off and on. I used this process twice, panning each section hard left/right. I then timsetretched the results and added some simple synth drones.

More on this 605th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Fifty Fifty (Compose a piece of music with as much silence as notes), at: https://disquiet.com/0605/

Thanks to Jason Richardson for having proposed this week’s project.

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50 50 [disquiet0605]

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizer and sequencer programming, sampler and sample editing, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. September 3 to 4, 2023.
sm5 [eM 01] [24WAV].

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"I often just sit down with the intention of 'writing' an [audio] track. When I experience no inspiration, or have no idea for a concept of an original recording, I usually turn to the Diquiet Junto prompt of the week to set-out to compose one. 

This week was no different:

I read the disquiet prompt -- 'record a simple track at 60 BPM in 4/4 that will be reworked subsequently by other musicians' --  Sunday evening, and started that minute. I worked seven straight hours on it without getting out of My seat.

I set-out to create something simple, tonally, and mode- and key-wise, and something that did not have a bunch of changes or sections, that COULD be easily reworked into a more, highly complex piece.

Recording a lone, aggressive, staccatto, string patch and looping it led Me to recording another variation with slight percussion, and then I just added a long, time-expanded bed of a violin being tuned judiciously in sections.

I added a 'head' [introduction] and a 'tail' [cadence], and that was it.

Here is, ' ... to the Beach, Asunder.'"

~ Michael Ash Sharbaugh

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"More on this 609th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Speed Limit Pt 1 (The Assignment: Record a track at precisely 60 BPM with the intention someone will subsequently rework it), at: https://disquiet.com/0609/

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~ Marc Weidenbaum

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"... to the Beach Asunder" [disquiet0609] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

Sinny: samboga blocks, gong, ratchet, processing
Tetrisrocker: clock ticking sample
Abyeditsound: clock ticking sample
Inspectorj: cuckoo clock sample
13gkopeckak: bicycle bell sample

More on this 609th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Speed Limit Pt 1 (The Assignment: Record a track at precisely 60 BPM with the intention someone will subsequently rework it), at: https://disquiet.com/0609/

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Clocking Out (disquiet0609)

"Town Path" was originally created back on September 7, 2022, over a year prior to its release. Nothing about this song was particularly difficult to create; it could have easily been released much earlier.

For a very long time, the working title was simply "Town", and the idea of changing it to "Town Path" was first considered on March 23. I only changed the project title on the release date.

Musically, "Town Path" is very minimalist, which is a deliberate break from the dense production I usually gravitate towards.

Sinny: programming, processing, voices, castanets

Town Path

I went for a bike ride and recorded the ambient sounds with a mini recorder. Subsequently I took several samples at different speeds and mixed them via 'csound' at different speeds even in reverse. First time using ambient sounds to make a piece.

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More on this 614th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Alternate Route (The Assignment: Do something you often do, but differently), at: https://disquiet.com/0614/

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condensato e diluito - disquiet0614

Pushing forward with world building, narrative driven sound system music, Lifted Icons' next release comes with 5 tracks from 4 different artists exploring urban dystopian futurism. An EP fuelled by drones, arps, polyrhythmic percussion, sonic materials and no small amount of dread anxiety.

Gravel

Miscegenation

LATCH. - Miscegenation

Almares

POP | SPACEROCK | AMBIENT | EXPERIMENTAL

the PERSON, the SOUND : Michael Ash Sharbaugh is a composer of music and poetry, a lead vocalist and synthesist who hails from Philadelphia, PA. Since 1985, Michael has released hundreds of recordings, but known primarily for his atmospheric pop ("Give Yourself Completely"), jarring spacerock ("Dying in the Killing Jar"), and ambient-experimental works ("Infrastructure," "point65c," "Three Aimless Clouds").

Michael's sound is a synergy of 'darkwave-y' electronica and 'trip-hop-y' psychedelia: bass-laden rhythms form the gravity for his own breathy vocals and his soundscapes of dizzying synths and 'found sounds.' His ambient and experimental musics are soothing, and somewhat 'alien' to the ear: they float and shimmer, meander, and -- more often than not -- haunt.

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the INFLUENCES : Duran Duran, The Weeknd, Blondie, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol + Steve Stevens, Stone Temple Pilots, Dead Can Dance, Siouxsie & The Banshees, This Mortal Coil, Air, Naked Eyes, Tears for Fears, Alice in Chains, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, The Chameleons [UK], Brian Eno, The Cocteau Twins, ABBA, The Bee Gees, Claude Debussy, Frederick Chopin, Guillaume de Machaut, Early Music, Renaissance music, Baroque music, and Joe Meek.

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#duranduran #theweeknd #blondie #depechemode #billyidol #stevestevens #deadcandance #siouxsieandthebanshees #air #tearsforfears #johnbarry #lesliebricusse #claudedebussy #mauriceravel #frederickchopin #eriksatie #brianeno #thecocteautwins #abba #beegees #joemeek #chameleons #octoberproject #patbenatar #haroldbudd #lindseybuckingham #nakedeyes #aha #ceefarrow #omd #thismortalcoil #stonetemplepilots #aliceinchains #baroque #renaissance #earlymusic #theweeknd

"... to the Beach Asunder" [disquiet0609] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

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