Made for the 696th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chain of Layers — The Assignment: Make music change by altering its layers — at https://disquiet.com/0696/
Step 1: Record 10 to 15 layers of continuous sound.
Step 2: Create a piece of music in which you only change the relative presence of those individual layers from Step 1 over time. Some light effects and panning are certainly fine, but the majority of the impact should be how the prominence of the individual layers changes.

To make this I recorded sounds in a live session with Creatures Once band collaborator AM Faulks. He on iOS apps and I in Ableton Live, playing the Push, and the Circuit Tracks, Organelle and voice. Separately recorded handpan, tongue drum and Circuit Monostation. 

I decided to frequently and unpredictably mute layers to create a collage, cut up feeling. This chain is in the process of breaking apart, binding no more. 

Image: AI from Bing Image Generator / Dall E-3

More about this weeks assignment:
This project is the first of three that are being done in by the Disquiet Junto in collaboration with the 2025 Musikfestival Bern, which will be held in Switzerland from September 3 through 7. The festival topic this year is « Kette » — which translates, as the organization explains, to “Chain”: “Chains connect but they also bind. They create relationships but also restrictions. As a gift they look nice, feared when used in vice, and yet they can span bridges across fire and ice.” All three Junto projects will engage with the work of Svetlana Maraš, who is the Composer-in-Residence for the 2025 festival.

Breaking Chain [Disquiet0696]

A bass track over @half-unusual 's groove.
I played electric bass guitar (maple fender jazz bass with a pick and mute and a crunchy amp) with an overdrive pedal and a “skidder” effect tweaked in real time.

Original: https://soundcloud.com/half-unusual/half-third-disquiet0697-80-bpm

for this challenge:
llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-pr…-0698-second-third/

The Ghost of Bolsover Castle (with half unusuaL) - disquiet0698

Credits:

Daniel Díaz: ronroco & composition
Ángel L. Martínez: guitar & effects

This is the second part of a three-part Disquiet Junto collaboration.  This track is based on "Ronroco Idea 8 May 2025" by Daniel Diaz: 
https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/ronroco-idea-8-may-2025

More on the 698th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Second Third — The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0698/

Music for Ronroco & Guitar (disquiet0698)

250511 - disquiet0698 - 2of3

Worked on this duo by e_nu_ri (@user-807707609) : https://soundcloud.com/user-807707609/bowed-and-jangled-farther-disquiet0698  based on this original track by 
@red_robin
https://soundcloud.com/red_robin/disquiet-junto-0697-mr-bowed-jangles

The all-synth background is great. I thought the contrast between those synth tracks and a warm, acoustic tone could be interesting, so I improvised a lead part on tenor ukulele. I also added an infra bass drone playing the tonic, and used a little software I’m beta testing that generates sound from a text prompt using some kind of AI (can’t say more here, but it’s fun for drones!).
It's like a dark, abstract recitativo, hope you like it.

For this collaboration project:
llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-pr…t-0699-third-third/

Mr Bowed Jangles returns (w/ he_nu_ri and Tristan Louth-Robins) - disquiet0699

Disquiet0699 For Love Of Ska with xhg and FrankH

This is my second submission to this week's Disquiet Junto assignment. The audio panned all the way to the left was recorded by Matthew Mirliani as the first part of a trio. The right channel contains dandante's contribution for the second part of the trio. My contribution can be heard panned to the center.

More on the 699th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Third Third — The Assignment: Record the final third of a trio — at disquiet.com/0699/

Third Third Two [disquiet0699] w/Matthew Mirliani and Dandante

Based off tracks from Torsten Goerke and Coraline Ada Ehmke

[disquiet0699] Pulse

Added the third and final part (center) to https://soundcloud.com/torpidscorpion/second-third-disquiet0698-fake

More on the 699th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Third Third — The Assignment: Record the final third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0699/

Missing Third (disquiet0699)

[disquiet0699] powerup - with cj mcgregor and lee evans

More on the 699th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Third Third — The Assignment: Record the final third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0699/

Accompaniment for Ronroco & Guitar - disquiet0699

Creating eclectic music and enjoying the journey. 
I participate in Weekly Beats (as miraclemiles) and the Disquiet Junto. 
This account has my solo and Creatures Once band music.

Breaking Chain [Disquiet0696]

August Miles and Creatures Once

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