More on this 167th Disquiet Junto project — “Marking the 3rd anniversary of Bassel Khartabil’s incarceration, turn the silence of a room into something soothing” — at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/03/12/disquiet0167-freebassel/

More on Bassel Khartabil at:

http://freebassel.org/

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Disquiet Junto Project 0167: Placid Cell

Tracklist:
1. Vangelis Papathanassiou - Sunny Earth
2. Safa, Mhamad Safa - Proto-Ismael
3. Valentina Magaletti - A Queer Anthology of Drums
4. Música Esporádica - Meciendo El Engaño
5. Mariá Portugal - Telepatía
6. Andreas Vollenweider - Lunar Pond 
7. Alejandro Jodorowsky - Tarot Reading
8. Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors - Totem
9. Roberto Musci - Back Railway To
10. Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2267070
11. IONOI #20 14/04/2021 - Veneto
12. Seekersinternational - Side A
13. Inner Space - Bobby Lyle
14. Lonnie Liston Smith, The Cosmic Echoes - Visions of a New Word (Phase I)
15. Georges I. Gurdjieff - Sacred Hymns
16. VISIO - angelo ribelle
17. Sushma Soma - Grief
18. Ulla - for your love
19. Young Guru - On Creativity 
20. Hazrat Inyhat Kahn - Dedication of the Universel
21. TSVI, Seven Orbits - Astral Projection
22. Soundwalk Collective - Half Of Life
23. John Rocca - Reflections of the Sun
24. Mike Midnight - No Angels-ICU ft. 3NDLES5
25. OMAAR - Drumplate (DJ Plead Remix)
26. Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Tutankhamun
27. Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - Love And Death
28. Elysian Spring - 7th Sea
29. Torozebu - Runaway
30. ssaliva - jazz
31. Maxwell Sterling - Fake Intimacy
32. Michel Banabila - MltVz 5
33. Untitled - Untitled 
34. Michel Banabila - Balafon Dub
35. Soho Rezanejad - Uplifter (Internazionale Red Lights Remix) 
36. The United States Of America Love Song For The Dead Che
37. Christina Pluhar, Nahuel Pennisi - O eterno (Orfeo)

NTS RADIO - VĪS SPECIAL - 04.10.2023

@syberkid

~ Tracklist ~

Jon Keliehor - The Beginning of Time
Martina Testen - Exploring the Mesnjak Forest (Slovenia)
Purelink - Wade Into A Wide And Complex Circle
Pontiac Streator & Ulla Straus - Item 11
Klaus - Gus
Chad Munson - Capillaries
Tdel - Make Noise 0-Coast
UNKEN REFLEX - 03.11.1987
Rezo Glonti - Pastiche (Teenage Engineering OP-1)
Inhmost - Nightsky
Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2271040
Doctrina Natura - Dream VII
cv313 - As The Light Closes In
Michel Banabila - New Energy Forms
Atom™ - Texturen IV [Part I]
Donato Dozzy - Let It Go
Lee Anthony Norris - Perpetual(Autumn Of Communion)
Spherical Aberration - Valley Of Dreams
Hüda - Unreleased
Akasha Project - Rhoden Gold Picknick 2
Ground Tactics - 444Hz High Self (L0v1n Pr3s3nc3)
Malibu - The Things That Fade
Eterna - Garland Of Shame

~

As we enter cosy-season, I’m really happy to share the next Deep Mind Music mix with you all. This is a re-recording of the set I played for @transience-archive at WHOLE festival last year. A 6AM set in glistening morning light for tired beings and expansive minds 💠

This one is straight from the heart, I hope you find something in this journey ~ a soft evaporation into vaporous clouds, a space for quiet reflection, a shimmering fractal of emotion 🤍🦋🤍✧｡⋆.

~~  
Downloads Enabled ~

Deep Mind Music

Sybil ~ Deep Mind Music Vol.32

Free Bassel ! 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/FreeBassel_Day_2015

I mainly used EQ, tremolo, reverb, and a little soundtoy crystalizer ..
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Disquiet Junto Project 0167: Placid Cell
Marking the 3rd anniversary of Bassel Khartabil’s incarceration, turn the silence of a room into something soothing.

This project is the second time that the Junto gathered its resources to pay tribute to the wrongfully imprisoned Creative Commons advocate and coder Bassel. Sunday, March 15, marks the third anniversary of Bassel’s incarceration in Syria.

In Bassel’s honor, this week we’ll make music by taking the loneliness of a small, closed room and making something beautiful and soothing from it.

Step 1: Go into the quietest room in your home and record the room’s tone. Also record the sound of the door being closed.

Step 2: Locate in that track a suitably quiet 10 consecutive seconds. Also locate the moment when the door is closed.

Step 3: Locate in those 10 seconds a handful of signature sonic events, moments, however small or subtle, that stand out from the general silence.

Step 4: Create an original composition that begins with the door being closed, proceeds through the 10 unadulterated seconds of room tone, and after which samples of those sonic events from Step 3 are transformed into something soothing. This being a project about isolation, you cannot add any external sound elements.

Step 5: Upload the combination of your accompaniment and the foundational track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.

Step 6: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Deadline: This assignment was made in the evening, California time, on Thursday, March 12, 2015, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, March 16, 2015.

Length: The length of your finished work should be roughly between two and five minutes.

Upload: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, only upload one track for this assignment, and include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.

Title/Tag: When adding your track to the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com, please include the term “disquiet0167-freebassel” in the title of your track, and as a tag for your track.

Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).

Linking: When posting the track, please be sure to include this information:

More on this 167th Disquiet Junto project — “Marking the 3rd anniversary of Bassel Khartabil’s incarceration, turn the silence of a room into something soothing” — at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/03/12/disquiet0167-freebassel/

More on Bassel Khartabil at:

http://freebassel.org/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto


FreeBassel Day 2015 [disquiet0167-freebassel]

This is the inside of my bathroom, recorded on a Tascam DR-07 mkII. I edited the audio in ProTools 11. You can hear some cat sounds if you listen up!


More on this 167th Disquiet Junto project — “Marking the 3rd anniversary of Bassel Khartabil’s incarceration, turn the silence of a room into something soothing” — at:

disquiet.com/2015/03/12/disquiet0167-freebassel/

More on Bassel Khartabil at:

freebassel.org/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

disquiet.com/junto

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:

disquiet.com/forums/

Placid Cell - [disquiet0167-freebassel]

created March 2015
@ dead_shrine

paulstretch/Ableton

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More on this 167th Disquiet Junto project — “Marking the 3rd anniversary of Bassel Khartabil’s incarceration, turn the silence of a room into something soothing” — at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/03/12/disquiet0167-freebassel/

More on Bassel Khartabil at:

http://freebassel.org/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:

http://disquiet.com/forums/


for_bassel(2015)[disquiet0167-freebassel]

The first 2 seconds you hear my bathroom's door closing.
The next 10 seconds you hear the silence in my bathroom.
Then a heartbeat evolves, made of a reflection of the closing door.
The chords, the lead melody and the bass sound are all made using the same microsound, a very short loop near the end of the silent part.
A shaker-like sound is made out of some noise, maybe my breath because I was in the room during the recording.
I used Bitwig's sampler, a lot of filters, some delays and Verberate for the plate-hall.
It took me about 2 hours to get the whole track done.
So I hope you enjoy it.

More on this 167th Disquiet Junto project — “Marking the 3rd anniversary of Bassel Khartabil’s incarceration, turn the silence of a room into something soothing” — at:
disquiet.com/2015/03/12/disquiet0167-freebassel/
More on Bassel Khartabil at:
http://freebassel.org/
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
disquiet.com/junto
Join the Disquiet Junto at:
soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/
Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
disquiet.com/forums/

Bathroom Lullaby [disquiet0167-freebassel]

**Production Notes**

The most quiet room in our flat is a tiny walk-in wardrobe. I was just recording the sound of the door closing, when my daugher, which played Skyrim in the living room, cursed in frustration. 

I isolated that bit and mangled it with Ambient V_03 for a steady pulse. This treatment went into Reaktors Molekular-Effect-Plugin, which turns noises into sine waves. That’s where I got all the tonal bits from. 

Compressed, added a a bit of RC 48 Reverb... and that‘s not all....

... I really hope they free Bassel Kathabir. 

* * *

**Disquiet Junto Project 0167: Placid Cell**


Marking the 3rd anniversary of Bassel Khartabil’s incarceration, turn the silence of a room into something soothing.

￼This project is the second time that the Junto gathered its resources to pay tribute to the wrongfully imprisoned Creative Commons advocate and coder Bassel. Sunday, March 15, marks the third anniversary of Bassel’s incarceration in Syria.

In Bassel’s honor, this week we’ll make music by taking the loneliness of a small, closed room and making something beautiful and soothing from it.

Step 1: Go into the quietest room in your home and record the room’s tone. Also record the sound of the door being closed.

Step 2: Locate in that track a suitably quiet 10 consecutive seconds. Also locate the moment when the door is closed.

Step 3: Locate in those 10 seconds a handful of signature sonic events, moments, however small or subtle, that stand out from the general silence.

Step 4: Create an original composition that begins with the door being closed, proceeds through the 10 unadulterated seconds of room tone, and after which samples of those sonic events from Step 3 are transformed into something soothing. This being a project about isolation, you cannot add any external sound elements.

Step 5: Upload the combination of your accompaniment and the foundational track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.

Step 6: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Length: The length of your finished work should be roughly between two and five minutes.

(...) 

More on this 167th Disquiet Junto project — “Marking the 3rd anniversary of Bassel Khartabil’s incarceration, turn the silence of a room into something soothing” — at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/03/12/disquiet0167-freebassel/

More on Bassel Khartabil at:
http://freebassel.org/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto

Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
http://disquiet.com/forums/

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Thoughts [disquiet0167-freebassel]

march 6th, 2025

…stepping into the vastness of the desert ~ in the valley of the sun ~ sensing ancestral spirit in the floating air ~ emptiness inspires renewal ~ allowing silence ~ welcoming an extended trip into the endless world of imagination…

…the blissful intro (made exclusively for this mix) was created by the lovebirds from @ali_dada...

...thanks to the contributions by all these beautiful artists…ali dada, Altin Gün, Quintessence, Brian Eno, Jaimie Branch, Anouar Brahem, Aram Bajakian, Robert Wood, Gustavo Santaolalla, Perila, Elko B., Ariel Kalma, Robert Fripp, Bruce Langhorne, Bill Nelson, Deux Filles, Harold Budd, JAB, Les Halles, pmxper, Andrew Tuttle & Padang Food Tigers, Kikagaku Moyo, David Casper, Finis Africae, The Chi Factory, Pan-American, Franco Tamponi, Laraaji, Charles Lloyd, Black Flower, Biosphere, Robbie Basho, M. Zalla, ONO, Golden Brown, Joanna Brouk, Ken Camden, Hakimonu, Marc Barreca, Marisa Anderson, Mahmut Sezer, Munir Bachir And His Quartet, Ka Safar, Terje Rypdal, Georg Deuter, Sauveur Mallia, Phil Stroud, Tommy Guerrero, Mehmet Polat, F.S. Blumm, Jackie-O Motherfucker, William Eaton, Oregon, Michael Tanner & Sharron Kraus, Per Tjernberg, Curd Duca, Sarah Davachi, Lee Underwood, Mike Cooper & Steve Gunn, M. Sage, Michael Brook, Daniel Lanois, Jon Hassell, Haruomi Hosono, K. Leimer, Hizuru, Zaumne, Michel Banabila, Eric Vloeimans, O Yuki Conjugate, X.Y.R., Liu Fang, Alla, Ballaké Sissoko, Henri Tournier, desert winds field recordings…

...artwork by Childe Hassam - september moonrise (1900)...

fata morgana

the plants glow green and golden and the sunlight softly whispers, ‘eternal infinite love…’
recorded live in the hidden garden Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. 




ft:
julie byrne, kei watanabe, unreleased sketches, excerpt from 'your consciousness comes from the moon' by josh schrei (the emerald), leafar legov, natureboy flako, michel banabila, fila brazillia, sapphire slows, earthen sea, skarú, roberto musci, hans berg, rod modell, upsammy, noc:turne, karol xvii & mb valence, altone, emile mosseri, adar, desmond cheese, notte brigante, susumu yokota, kaitlyn aurelia smith, ben kaczor & niculin barandun.

photo by corie

eternity's infinite love mix

A mix of songs and authors that I would listen to in a deep forest when I'm immersed in my own thoughts with no one else around.
A moment of self-reflection, social distancing and of course total joy. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/joy-2025/episodes/joy-2025-joy-in-the-deep-woods-w-biolzz-23rd-april-2025

joy in the deep woods w/ biolzz 230425

王凡 - 全剧到此结束(所有声音均来自采样)
桃花岭公园的湖边
北京燕郊ufo目击事件
frere tuck - CS Rose
Fanclub Orchestra - Mika Bubble Sing
Michel Banabila - E.T.
Visible Cloaks - Terrazzo (Ft. Motion Graphics)
Brian Eno & Rick Holland - as if your eyes were partly closed as if you honed
H.Takahashi - Wurzel

rain - 11

Laura Not is an artist and DJ. She hosts (x)=musik on Lyl Radio, co-runs the label Final Image and has released experimental music on Infant Tree, Kashual Plastik and phncrs.⁣

@lauranot
https://www.instagram.com/laura__lot/
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During 'Wave Form', Aurélien Arbet and Pierre Rousseau explore an interpolation of various recordings, often at the margins of traditional formats and conventional styles of music. During an hour, a long oscillation is formed out of a selection of interviews, spoken word, poetry, music for dance or art, marginal pop attempts and various field recordings.

Aurélien Arbet is an art director, co-founder of the clothing brand and publishing house Études. Pierre Rousseau is a composer, producer and sound designer, crafting sounds for records, films, and art projects. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/wave-form/episodes/wave-form-28th-june-2025

Wave Form w/ Aurélien Arbet & Pierre Rousseau 280625

An audio scrapbook compiled by sound artist and musician Graham Dunning, comprised of sonic art and experiments, improvised music, textures and rhythms, as well as selections from Dunning's archive of found home tape recordings, and a variety of regular features. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/fractalmeat/episodes/fractalmeat-8th-july-2025

Fractal Meat On A Spongy Bone w/ Rutger Zuydervelt  080725

november 23rd, 2019

...i’ve carefully been going through my music collection these last couple of months and gathered a selection of cozy and authentic home tunes ~ love is all and times are all right, happiness is happening...

...follow the moods with New Apt., Michel Banabila, Ly Cheng, Quentin Pistol, Anne Laplantine & F.S. Blumm, Tò Trips, Prins Emanuel, Tommy Guerrero, Roman Flügel, Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek, Boozoo Bajou, Biosphere, Emily A. Sprague, Maria Somerville, EERA, Bunny, Suuns, Exploded View, Brian Eno, The Space Lady, Woo, Meitei, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Monster Rally & Mira Cook, The Doors, Wilburn Burchette, Bo Hansson, Clutchy Hopkins & Fat Albert Einstein, Gitkin, L’Eclair, Skeletons, John Abercrombie, Sauveur Mallia, Lionel Belasco, Sophia Loren, Mariah, Lena Platonos, Nightfall In Camp, Blonde Redhead, Anna Domino, Shy Layers, Efdemin,  The Vernon Spring, H Hunt, Laurence Guy, Lawrence, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Tomemitsu,  Bob Marley & The Wailers, Contact Field Orchestra, Toshio Matsuura Group, Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra, Shuta Hasunuma & U-zhaan, Susso, Trio Surdina, Benedetto Ghiglia, Rachel Sweet, Homeshake, J.J. Cale, Lô Borges, Nicolas Godin, Les Hommes, Mehmet Polat, Pierre Bastien, Rupert Clervaux & Beatrice Dillon, Mort Garson, Pierre Dutour, Huerco S., Michael Brook & Daniel Lanois, The Heliocentrics...

...artwork by Marc Chagall - bercy enbankment (1953)...

...according to eastern spirituality, self-realization is the knowledge and embodiment of our true nature or the higher self beyond the ego... 

...happy birthday dad, I love you...

all right

Michel Banabila, born 1961, is a sound artist, composer, and producer. Banabila has released music since 1983 and has produced musical scores for numerous films, documentaries, theater plays and choreography. His music varies from minimal loop-based electronica, fourth world, and neoclassical pieces, to drones,  experimental ambient,  and punk-as-fuck tape music. His work has been published by labels like Bureau B (DE), Eilean Rec (FR), Knekelhuis (NL), Pingipung (DE) and Séance Centre (CA)

My 33 1/3 series book about the Aphex Twin album <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II</i> was published in 2014. The book was one of the top 5 bestselling titles for the calendar year, and in 2015 was ranked by Pitchfork as one of the "33 best" of the 100-plus books in the 33 1/3 series. It has subsequently been translated into Japanese (2019) and Spanish (2018)

Since 2012 I have moderated the Disquiet Junto group, which began on SoundCloud. More at disquiet.com/junto. 

I've written for Nature, Pitchfork, The Wire, Down Beat, Boing Boing, NewMusicBox, Red Bull Music Academy, Art Practical, the website of The Atlantic, and many other publications. 

I've exhibited sound art at galleries in Los Angeles (Crewest), Manhattan (apex art), and Dubai (DUTAC), and I had a audio-visual installation at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of its 45th anniversary.

And since 1996 I've run the website Disquiet.com about the intersection of sound, art, and technology.

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