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Words and Music by Cole Porter

Oh Paris...       
...reimagining a popular Cole Porter song with Electronica aesthetics

Created and performed by me & bitzone
I (voice, guitar, software synths, original Ableton composition)
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone (samples, percussion, final arrangement, production)
140 BPM, E minor

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I Love Paris

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"El Templo De Dios" - 09 De Noviembre De 2022

the best things are the simplest

Disquiet Junto Project 0575: On Ice
The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something with it.

I always wanted to do the ice project, but year for year I missed it because of … reasons. Last year I even build a diy hydrophone (see here https://www.instagram.com/p/CXoJtm5tR_w/ ) for this project (and missed it again). Now I tried to melt the ice with the frozen contact mic inside, and record it 'from inside'.

I made some videos: In the “red part” of the video I hoped to create (and record) a crack in the ice, in the “ice inside a glass” part you may even see the bubbles of noises you will hear in my track (not in the video, it's meta only): https://www.instagram.com/p/CnFbiOiNIV3/

The results were … unspectacular. By whatsoever reason the ice didn't click or make interesting noises and because I had to amplify the signal from the contact mic of the hydrophone, there was a lot of noise and hum in the Zoom H5 recording. 

I used a 1 minute sample from the recordings, reduced the noises and the hum and tried to isolate the sound of the slowly melting ice, which was a sound between cooking water, eating popcorn, burning wood. It didn't work well, because the noise frequencies were mostly on the same range. But you can hear them in the background noise floor, which I doubled time-displaced for having stereo. I added some Supermassive FX, because it worked.

I could have lived with that alone, but decided to add some bass. Fortunately there was the f…ing 50Hz AC humming in the recording, which I had filtered for the melting ice noise tracks – and which I amplified for the bass track. Maybe not the most interesting bass lick, but I liked it for its endurance. 

I used another, unfiltered version of the sample to add rhythmic elements with the help of Audiomoderns Stepfilter and Gatelab plugins, which are always nice for something like that, and here I used two instances with different speeds (1/4, 1/8T) for creating some unexpectedness.

I think I clearly failed recording "ice in a glass". Next try next new years eve … but I really like the resulting track, because all is made with a single noisy humming 1 minute recording sample. If someone wants to add some solo or remix it – be my guest ;-) 

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More on this 575th weekly Disquiet Junto project — On Ice (The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something with it) — at: https://disquiet.com/0575/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0575-on-ice/

Krakenkraft On Ice [disquiet0575]

Digital recording, October 2011 and January 2012.

Rob- vocals, words, music
qsc- guitar, bass, triggerfinger, words, music

(Thoughts from the)kitchen sink

what to wear tonight
while you’re wearing me out
who’s going to fill your diary tomorrow
switch me on
switch me off
I’m not the phone to pick up
I’m not the floor to walk upon

who needs a book these days
as he hit his next bottle
how do you move me in your last movie
switch it on
switch it off
you’re not my answerphone
you’re not the words I long to hear

“what part do I play in your novel” you might say
it’s all up in the air
and I’m not going anywhere
apart from
the kitchen sink

where are you taking this ride
in a borrowed car
how do you wind me through this movie
switch me on
switch me off
I’m not your terror vision
switch me on
switch me off
I’m but a broken mirror

(thoughts from) the kitchensink

Life is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle, except there’s no picture to follow, pieces are missing and some pieces are from a completely different jigsaw altogether, you just have to make the best of what you’ve got.  Listen with headphones.

Jigsaw

The first piece looks like the sky
The second piece looks like the land
The third piece looks like part of a face
The fourth piece looks like the back of your hand

This piece could be someone you love
This piece could be a friend
This piece could be the start of your road
And this piece could be the end

And if nothing never ever
Seems to fit so well together
As the picture that you’re given would imply
You can but only try to see it through

One piece holds so much detail inside
Another piece seems so bland
Over there a piece that looks a bit out of place
And this piece I just don’t understand

And if nothing never ever
Seems to fit so well together
As the picture that you’re given would imply
You can but only try to see it through

Image by CJW using coloured pencils on paper

Jigsaw

Hey, Banjo
Words and music by John David Lawson

Hey banjo
Can you give me a happy tune
Isn't that what you do
If I could learn to play you
Would you tell truth?

I could whistle
Toot on a pennyflute
Strum two chords on a uke
Maybe those things would sound cute
If they weren't so cruel

My piano 
Gathers dust in the studio
Harmonica just blows
Cello is far too mellow
Accordion bellows

Hey banjo 
Can you help me with my head
To write again, at least try
To forget what a friend had said
Hoping it was a lie

'Cause someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
Someone's in the kitchen ohh
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
The rest you know

Hey banjo 
Guess I got played by you
Got taken in by your tune
And if I never hear five strings again
That would be too soon

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Credits:
Vocals, piano, guitar, banjo, harmonica, accordion - John David Lawson
Photo by Morgan Lane on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/wlY66otjq28

"Hey, Banjo", music and lyrics © 2023 John David Lawson. All rights reserved.

Hey, Banjo

Title: Isang Pamaskong Panaginip. Communion song. 

Composer: Rev. Fr. Benildus Ma. (Manuel) P. Maramba, OSB, (July 4, 1936—July 13, 2020), monk of the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat Manila.

Album: Abbey Liturgical Series No. 1: Mga Awitin sa Simbang Gabi at Kapaskuhan (2009).

Copyright: Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat Manila. 2009.

Unknown album (7/21/2016 11:17:41 AM)

12 Isang Pamaskong Panaginip

Title: Banal Ka, Poong Maykapal (Santo).

Lyrics:
Banal ka, Poong Maykapal. 
Banal ang iyong pangalan.
Banal ang iyong kaharian.
Langit at lupa'y nagpupugay
sa iyong kadakilaan.

Dinarakila ng lahat 
ang naparito mong Anak
na s'yang nagmulat sa bulag,
sa pilay ay nagpalakad,
at nakiramay sa lahat.

Composer: Rev. Fr. Benildus Ma. (Manuel) P. Maramba, OSB, (July 4, 1936—July 13, 2020), monk of the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat Manila.

Album: Abbey Liturgical Series No. 1: Mga Awitin sa Simbang Gabi at Kapaskuhan (2009).

Copyright: Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat Manila. 2009.

Abbey Liturgical Series No. 1 Mga Awitin sa Simbang Gabi at Iba Pa

06 Banal Ka, Poong Maykapal (Santo)

Title: Alleluia.

Composer: Rev. Fr. Benildus Ma. (Manuel) P. Maramba, OSB, (July 4, 1936—July 13, 2020), monk of the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat Manila.

Album: Abbey Liturgical Series No. 1: Mga Awitin sa Simbang Gabi at Kapaskuhan (2009).

Copyright: Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat Manila. 2009.

06 Banal Ka, Poong Maykapal (Santo)

Musica Liturgica Phil.

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