I really like the harshness of the track that conflicts so nicely with the melody and underlying sounds.

This is based on what I've learned from the organ works of the French avant-garde composer Messiaen -- who was once such a prisoner himself. Political prisoners, of course, are never called such by the governments holding them. Still, there are infallible ways to tell. But for more on this topic I must send you to the video version here: 
https://rumble.com/v1kv785-our-lady-of-political-prisoners.html

Our Lady of Political Prisoners

A live coding session using Sonic Pi.  Samples are mostly recordings of metal on metal.

Live Code Session 09/19/2022

Yars Treely

trying to count

Nothingness

A state where nothing is present, or where nothing exists that is important or gives meaning to life. (Cambridge Dictionary)

Stati di interdizione, stasi, sbilanciamento,, fluttuazione, indeterminazione.

Nothingness(disquiet0602)

My submission to the Naviar Haiku Challenge #500.

More on Naviar Haiku here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/08/02/naviarhaiku500-morning-solace/

Morning Blossoms

Morning Blossoms - naviarhaiku500

STEPS:

Find track to Remix >	ID a track with seasonal relevance >
Slow Down > Took BPM down by a considerable amount 
Add Beef > eq’d until desired boom
Embiggen > 2 versions of the track one pan entirely L the other pan entirely right 
Wilder > Take 1 version track and put a granular synth (Output made) to work on one audio channel. Mixed to taste. Add Guitar Rig 6 because why not. 
> make unruly FX tweaks
Filty	> Apply Heavy Filters on each channel, LP, HP, Bandpass Automation all done in Maschine 
Perks > Added percussion
? > Took percussion out - good result 
Bounced to Logic > Final tweaks (Fabfilter), Limiter
>Drench Reverb

Winters End Remixed - disquiet0641

Brillman x Tape Lab back at it again, this time with some small changes, just a few minor edits, nothing big, just a — microTWEAK. Building on an initial and explosive creative clash. Tape Lab & Brillman have delivered another melodic, composed and unexpected 2nd collaboration piece. 

Transferred at the speed of light (115bpm) across the Atlantic Ocean. Initial melodies were recorded via the Yamaha RM1X with space/reverb added from the Korg Kaos DJ Pad. Basslines were recorded on the Moog Sub37. Brillman remixed with additional drums/synths/sounds including the brilliant microFREAK. But, ultimately, the star of the show is Brillman’s expertly composed and eclectic sonic palette and, definitely, skills as a mixer and master-er.

Fearlessly, new sounds echo in and out, ricocheting off of other beats and bloops, a confetti of sounds raining down.

Brillman & Tape Lab - microTWEAK (traktor Mix)

Recorded, mixed and mastered on 25 Apr 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. This was also Day 1364 of the 100 Day Project.

Process notes - 

I first thought of scraping my iPhone against a stone. Then, I free-associated “stone” with “pizza stone” and then “LP.” Right after that I thought to capture some LP surface noise, and came right around to using one of Yoko’s albums…so…not the music but the physical object. I looked around my landlady’s backyard and found a slightly mysterious pile of stones and I was off.

I made 2 sets of four short recordings. Mid-way, I decided to get "elemental" with it, too.

- Two recordings were outdoor "air" recordings, including some dogs.
- One other recording was scraping my iPhone against a stack of stones.
- Indoors, I recorded the kitchen sink (water, and yes everything including the kitchen sink) and also lighting matches I keep for my barbecue (fire).
- The second set of recordings was of the inner groove noise from my copy of Yoko's Fly double album. The last recording included switching briefly to the radio (white noise) and then my own struggling to get the two disks back into the jacket.

For this, I used similar methods, (and an Ableton Live template), I’d used for Disquiet Juntos 0530, 0605, 0606, 0609 & 0616, all which reference “minimally viable music” as we did in 0530, my first Junto. This included many Ableton Live effects devices and some Max for Live devices by Amazing Noises.

For what it is is worth, Junto 0530 also was the genesis of this album - [Something That Once Was (Free)](https://music.blisterpop.com/album/something-that-once-was-free). Eventually, this piece and 0605, 0606, 0609 & 0616 will all be worked into the follow-up.

©2024 Jim Lemanowicz

Artwork: 31 Mar 2017, April Fool’s holiday in Boston. MA, USA, near Old Atlantic Ave and State St. 

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This original version of “Come Fly With Us” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0643: Stone Out of Focus. The Assignment: Make music inspired by a poem.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: [disquiet.com/junto/](http://disquiet.com/junto/)

Subscribe to project announcements here: [tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto](http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto)

More on the 643rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Stone Out of Focus — The Assignment: Make music inspired by a poem — at https://disquiet.com/0643/

This week’s project is based on a text by Yoko Ono, originally published in her book *Grapefruit,* 60 years ago, back in 1964.

Come Fly With Us (disquiet0643)

What sound does a stone make while aging? I know what sounds I make. Some of them are groans. Others I will leave to your imagination. As for stones, if we could hear them I'd imagine cracking and slow, harmonious drones. I replicated this with the Buchla Easel for the cracking and the Soma Terra for the droning, helped along with granular processing and some reverb.

Disquiet0643

‘coitus more ferarum’
Track created for the Disquiet Junto Project. http://www.disquiet.com
0645 = Speed Trap. Record something, slow it down, and then record over it.

Landing at Roissy.
The 'something' is a single note repeated by Loquelic Iteritas Percido.
The 'volte-face' is played by Basimilus and Pluck.

Tools :
Logic X > uMidi > Pam’s >> Marbles, SIG.
Loquelic Iteritas Percido > DSP.
Basimilus Iteritas Alter > Desmodus Versio.
Pluck > Data Bender > Monsoon.
Rnd Step, Batumi.
Sinc Defero, Mutes.
StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

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More on this 645th Disquiet Junto project ("Speed Trap. Record something, slow it down, and then record over it") at:
https://disquiet.com/0645

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

Project discussion takes place on https://llllllll.co/

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Winters End Remixed - disquiet0641

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