‘et lux in tenebris lucet’
Track created for the Disquiet Junto Project. http://www.disquiet.com
0647 = Day Drone. Make some daylight drones for Drone Day.

Somewhere between night and day there is dawn. And maybe that's what the drone is: a call to dawn.
Inspired by the life and work of Victor Klemperer, German writer and philologist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Klemperer

Tools :
Nebulae v2 > Monsoon.
Pam’s > Varigate 4+ > Plaits > Fold 6 > Desmodus Versio.
Loquelic Iteritas Percido (free mode) > DSP.
Zadar, Tetrapad, Ochd, Diode Chaos, 3x MIA.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

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More on this 647th Disquiet Junto project ("Day Drone. Make some daylight drones for Drone Day") at:
https://disquiet.com/0647

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

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

Associated image : Petrus Major.

D24 [disquiet 0647]

‘vincit qui patitur’
Track created for the Disquiet Junto Project. http://www.disquiet.com
0648 = Shadow Boxing. Employ shadow boxing as a musical metaphor.

The one trying to defend itself is a church organ, alone, without its titular organist. It fights by trying to express by itself, with the air it has left from the depths of its many windchests and pipes, from the depths of its entrails. The organ is alive, as are all instruments, of course... But now he's afraid, he attempts to call for help as fire threatens under the cathedral's vaults. He's afraid of dying.

It is April 15, 2019. The fire will spread, destroying the spire and the entire roof covering the nave, choir and transept. But the organ will be saved.

Completely dismantled, and cleaned of smoke dust, "the king of instruments" would play again 5 years later, this time with his organist friend. He witnessed the biggest disaster to hit the cathedral since it was built. He is the miraculous witness of Notre-Dame.

Inspired by the Disquiet Junto theme (and a preset I created with Kontakt).
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

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More on this 648th Disquiet Junto project ("Shadow Boxing. Employ shadow boxing as a musical metaphor") at:
https://disquiet.com/0648

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

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

Associated image : Petrus Major.

The Witness of Notre-Dame [disquiet 0648]

‘carthago delenda est’
Track created for the Disquiet Junto Project. http://www.disquiet.com
0649 = Concerto for [ ]. Write a piece of music informed by the concerto form.

Concerto for Noise and Noises.
- Allegro ma non troppo (cadenza by PM).
- Lento.
- Presto agitato.

Dedicated to Caterpillar.

Tools :
Pam’s > DFAM, Marbles, SIG.
- Telharmonic (N out) > Optomix > Desmodus Versio.
- DFAM (noise) > Sisters > DSP.
- Plaits (filtered noise).
- Drum2 (noise crush).

Diode Chaos, Batumi, Rnd Step, 3x MIA, Mutes.
Tetrapad, A-138s, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

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More on this 649th Disquiet Junto project ("Concerto for [ ]. Write a piece of music informed by the concerto form") at:
https://disquiet.com/0649

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

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

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Noise Concerto [disquiet 0649]

‘audite cæli’
Modular Eudemonism.
Track created in 2021.

Tools :
Plaits (Pair of classic waveforms) > Mother-32 ext audio in.
Batumi (square) > Ultra-Random Analog (ext clk in).
URA A & B outs > M-32.
Monsoon (Clouds Parasite / Clouds mode).
Marbles, Ochd, Batumi (saw), Buff Mult.
Quad Vca, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Canticum [modular eudemonism]

‘ab origine fidelis’
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2023.
Sahelanthropus Tchadensis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahelanthropus

Tools :
Pam’s, SIG.
- Strega.
- Plaits (particle noise).
- Nebulae (sampled voice).
- Pluck.
Sisters.
Monsoon (clouds mode), DSP (saturated reverb), Desmodus Versio.
Rnd Step, Ochd, Batumi, Sinc Defero, Zadar.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Sahelanthropus [modular hedonism]

‘silentium te expectat’
Track created for the Disquiet Junto Project. http://www.disquiet.com
0652 = By the Tale. Set a favorite story to music.

Lost Horizon.
In 1931, a small plane crashes in the mountains of Tibet. The four passengers are taken in a remote monastery called Shangri-La: a place of peace where time seems suspended. This James Hilton's magnificent novel is both an adventure story and a spiritual initiation shared by the reader.

Tools :
Marbles (with some jitter).
- Telharmonic H out > Monsoon (clouds mode).
- Telharmonic N out > Vcf1.
- Rings > FX Aid (#31 reverb shimmer).
- Nebulae (sampled voice) > Sisters.

Zadar, Batumi, Ochd.
A-138s, Quad Vca, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
RD-700GX (choir).
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

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More on this 652nd Disquiet Junto project ("By the Tale. Set a favorite story to music") at:
https://disquiet.com/0652

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

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

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Lost Horizon [disquiet 0652]

‘cæsar non supra grammaticos’
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2023.

Tools :
Marbles, A-160-2.
- 0-Coast > Fold 6 > DSP (leslie speaker).
- Nebulae (sampled voice) > Desmodus Versio.
- Basimilus > FX Aid (#24 reverb plate classic).
- Loquelic Iteritas Percido > Monsoon (clouds mode).
Ochd, Batumi, Rnd Step, Zadar & Nin, Maths, Sinc Defero.
Buff Mult, Mutes, Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Little Turbulence [modular hedonism]

‘ordo ab chao’
Track created for the Disquiet Junto Project. http://www.disquiet.com
0654 =  Just Notation. Interpret a graphic score by Franziska Baumann.

Luna is a little atonal piece of improvised music for the piano, reflecting the stochastic character of this notation made up of lines, strokes, dusts, stains and transparencies.

Tools :
UAD Ravel Grand Piano.
NE Ruina, Waves Abbey Road Chambers, UAD Lexicon 224, and a few little 'prepared' fx :)
Recorded live, mixed and mastered with Logic Pro X.

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More on this 654th Disquiet Junto project ("Just Notation. Interpret a graphic score by Franziska Baumann") at:
https://disquiet.com/0654

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

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

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Luna [disquiet 0654]

‘cum shaker, non cum cochleari’
Modular Eudemonism.
Track created in 2024.

Tools :
Pam’s.
- Plaits (particle noise).
- Drum2 (space snare) > Fx Aid (#23 reverb spring).
- Telharmonic (H out) > Data Bender.
- Basimilus.
Batumi, Diode Chaos, Rnd Step.
Mutes, 3x MIA, Tetrapad.
A-138s, Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Roulette [modular eudemonism]

‘sine experientia non sunt nisi ideae’
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2023.

A track produced with a modular synth and a hint of jazz & blues in mind.
A shout-out to @joerxworx for his work, his talent, and for introducing us to so many wonderful tracks through his reposts :)

Tools :
Marbles, A-160-2, Varigate, SIG.
- Basimilus.
- Drum2 (noise crush).
- Telharmonic (H out) > Sisters > Monsoon (clouds mode).
- Plaits (pair of classic waveforms) > Motomouth > Fold 6 > Verb.
Mutes, Buff Mult, Sinc Defero.
Zadar, Batumi (saw), Ochd.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

In Freiheit [modular hedonism]

‘nunc est bibendum’
Track created for the Disquiet Junto Project. http://www.disquiet.com
0656 =  Soothing Sounds II RMX. Make music for babies’ parents.

Based on 'dream, kiddo' by Terry Mullett.
https://soundcloud.com/terry_mullett/disquiet0655

Now it's time to drink and dance :)

Tools :
Pam’s, Marbles.
- Nebulae (sample: 'dream, kiddo') > Desmodus Versio.
- Basimilus.
- Drum2 (space snare). 
Zadar, Batumi (saw), Rnd Step.
Sinc Defero, Mutes.
A-138s, Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

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More on this 656th Disquiet Junto project ("Soothing Sounds II RMX. Make music for babies’ parents") at:
https://disquiet.com/0656

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

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

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Guinguette (Terry Mullett - Petrus Major) [disquiet 0656]

‘effingo discere’
Track created for the Disquiet Junto Project. http://www.disquiet.com
0657 =  Straight Edged. Held tones, sharp edges.

I'm not too keen on imitating the classical orchestra - I've known and loved classical music for too long for that. But quite quickly, I thought of a personal reference in this field (may I be forgiven :) to answer the assignment. So I made a little one-minute piece in which the held tones occur progressively and are gradually superimposed. That's all.

Tools :
Logic instruments.
Waves & SSL plugins.
Mixed and mastered with Logic Pro X.

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More on this 657th Disquiet Junto project ("Straight Edged. Held tones, sharp edges") at:
https://disquiet.com/0657

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

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

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Ruhig [disquiet 0657]

‘libera me ab inferno’
Corvée de Chiotte.
Track created in 2023.

No more paper?
Keep holding back, please.
And speak to a member of staff so we can help.

Tools :
Pam’s, Varigate, SIG.
- Chainsaw > Zagrzeb > Monsoon (clouds mode).
- Dfam, Basimilus > A-138s > Desmodus Versio > Overseer.
- Plaits (Vowel and speech synthesis) > FX Aid (#29 reverb cloud).
- Drum2 (noise crush).
Mutes, Sinc Defero.
Zadar (loop mode), Ochd, Diode Chaos.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Dernier Train pour Ploubelzec [corvée de chiotte]

‘sapiens vel distans’
Modular Eudemonism.
Track created in 2023.

Dvaravati: long thought to be a legend, this ancient civilisation (6th to 11th century) was the first Buddhist kingdom in Thailand.
Modest dedication to 'Sly' Stallone.

Tools :
Marbles, Buff Mult.
- Plaits (pair of classic waveforms) > Zagrzeb > FX Aid (#25 reverb room stereo).
- Drum2 > Rings > Desmodus Versio.
Zadar, Batumi (saw), Ochd.
StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Dvaravati [modular eudemonism]

‘virtus ad populum’
Breakfast Time.
Track created in 2023.

In 1971, I lived fifteen minutes from Tittenhurst Park. And I had no idea what music was being recorded there. Unconsciousness is beautiful…

Tools :
Pam’s, Varigate, Marbles.
- Plaits > Fold 6 > DSP (saturated reverb).
- Basimilus.
- Rings > FX Aid (#24 reverb plate classic).
- Morphagene > Sisters > Desmodus Versio.
Zadar, Ochd.
Mutes, Sinc Defero, uVca.
StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

The People (are asleep) [breakfast time]

‘ante mare undae’
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2022.

'Ante Mare Undae' is the motto of the House of Rochechouart (Latin contraction of 'Avant que la mer fût au monde, Rochechouart portait les ondes' / 'Before the sea was in the world, Rochechouart carried the waves').

Madame de Montespan, the Sun King's great love and mistress, belonged to this very old French family. They regularly met up at the former ‘Porcelain Trianon’ located in the royal estate of Versailles, a place renowned for its marvellous gardens.
 
Tools :
Marbles, A-160-2, Arp.
- Rings (odd & even outs) > Desmodus Versio.
- Plaits (pair of classic waveforms) > Monsoon (clouds mode).
- Vco2 (pulse out) > modDemix > Data Bender > FX Aid (#27 reverb hall medium).
- Basimilus.
- Drum2 > Dsp (reverb mode).
Zadar, Batumi (saw outs), Ochd.
Mutes, Buff Mult, Sinc Defero.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Dans les Jardins de Trianon [modular hedonism]

‘artis facta’
A Table in the Corner.

This track, produced in bits and pieces over the summer of 2024, turned out to be a reminiscence… and finally a modest and personal tribute to AON, one of the most creative bands of the 20th century (IMO :)

Many thanks to @wanja-olten for his encouragement.

Tools :
Logic instruments.
Samples by J.J. Jeczalik: Big Kick, Large Ambient Snare, Ambient Conga, Large Hey, Cabasa.
Other samples by: Glitchmachines, Sample Magic, Soniss, Sonokinetic, etc.
Mixed and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Artefact [a table in the corner]

‘fortuna’
Modular Eudemonism.
Track created in 2023.

Kairos is an ancient Greek philosophical concept. Unlike Chronos, which is linear time, Kairos can only be indicated by feeling: it is the ‘time of the opportune moment’. Kairos tells us, for example, when the artist should stop and let his work live its own life.

Tools :
Pam’s, Marbles, SIG, Varigate.
- Plaits (pair of classic waveforms) > Beads.
- Pluck > DSP (reverb).
- Drum2.
- Loquelic Iteritas Percido > Desmodus Versio.
- Morphagene (vocal sample) > Synchronyne > Sisters.
Sinc Defero, Ochd.
StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Kairos [modular eudemonism]

‘ne obliviscaris fabam’
Travel Stories.
Track created in 2024.

Tribute to Ringo who returned fairly quickly from a famous "holiday camp" in Rishikesh in 1968, the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi where many masterpieces of the White Album were composed.

Tools :
Pam’s, Marbles.
- Drum2 (space snare) > Rings > Zagrzeb > Desmodus Versio.
- Basimilus.
- DFAM > DSP (reverb).
Zadar, Ochd, Batumi.
Sinc Defero, Mutes, Buff Mult.
StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
- RD-700GX (GX Strings 1).
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Two Bags for Rishikesh [travel stories]

‘redde Caesari quae sunt Caesaris, et quae sunt Dei Deo’
Wastes & Sequences.
Track created in 2023.

“To meet and balance the needs of our society, our economy and our planet, European companies are developing new processes and technologies that are based on biology. (…) As defined by the OECD, biotechnology applies science and technology to living organisms, as well as parts, products and models of them, to alter living or non-living materials to produce knowledge, goods and services.” (europa.eu) [sic]

Tools :
Marbles, A-160-2.
- Nebulae (vocal sample) > Data Bender.
- Morphagene (low pitch sample) > Verb.
- Disting mk4 (H-7 Noise) > DSP (reverb).
- Telharmonic (H out) > Sisters > A-138s > Desmodus Versio.
Zadar, Batumi, Ochd, Rnd Step, Buff Mult, Sinc Defero.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Biotech [wastes & sequences]

‘omnes stulti, et deliberationes non utentes, omnia tentant’
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2023.

A minimalist piece inspired by the film Les Tontons Flingueurs (directed by Georges Lautner, dialogue by Michel Audiard, co-produced with Germany and Italy - Mein Onkel, der Gangster / In Famiglia si Spara - 1963).

Kitchen scene, dialogue between Fernand Naudin (Lino Ventura) and Raoul Volfoni (Bernard Blier) enjoying their glass of whisky ‘the three Kings’:

- Raoul Volfoni : “Tu sais pas ce qu'il me rappelle ? C't'espèce de drôlerie qu'on buvait dans une petite taule de Biên Hòa, pas tellement loin de Saïgon. Les volets rouges… et la taulière, une blonde comac… Comment qu'elle s'appelait, nom de Dieu ?”
- Fernand Naudin : “Lulu la Nantaise”.

(Dialogue in slang French, difficult to translate without betraying its flavour, about a woman met in Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City - nicknamed Lulu la Nantaise).

Tools :
Pam’s, Varigate, SIG.
- Plaits (pair of classic waveforms) > A-138s.
- Pluck > A-138s.
A-138s > FX Aid (reverb room stereo).
- Rings > DSP (stereo delay).
- One (personal perc sample).
- Drum2 (space snare).
Diode Chaos, Buff Mult, Mutes.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Lulu la Nantaise [modular hedonism]

‘ex luna, terra’
Travel Stories.
Track created in 2023.

"The vast loneliness up here of the Moon is awe inspiring, and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth. The Earth from here is a grand oasis to the big vastness of space" (Apollo 8 astronaut Jim Lovell).
 
Tools :
Pam’s.
- Basimilus, Drum2, Morphagene.
- Plaits, Rings.
- Polygogo > StMix.
- Nebulae (voice sample) > Disting mk4 (C-4 clockable ping pong delay) > StMix.
StMix > Desmodus Versio.
A-180-2, Mutes, Sinc Defero.
Ochd, Batumi (saw out), Zadar.
A-138s, Quad Vca, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Houston, We Have an Oasis [travel stories]

‘Et in terra pax’
Modular Eudemonism.
Track created in 2023.

A humble dedication to Todd Barton (@user7621213) whose knowledge, talent and wisdom have given me a better understanding of the modular synthesizer.

Fully generative.

Tools :
Pam’s > Marbles (with jitter, Raag Bhairav scale).
- Plaits (pair of classic waveforms) > Quad Vca > A-138s.
- Twin Waves (quad saw/sine) > Quad Vca > A-138s.
- Pluck > FX Aid (#29 reverb cloud).
A-138s > Desmodus Versio.
Ultra-Random Analog, Batumi, Ochd, Zadar.
A-160-2, Sinc Defero, Buff Mult.
StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

A Message from the Krell [modular eudemonism]

‘a divinis’
Wastes & Sequences.
Track created in 2022.

Chaotic music engineering franchise.

Tools :
Marbles, Varigate, A160-2.
- Nebulae (noises) > Data Bender > Overseer.
- Morphagene (voice sample) > Desmodus Versio.
- Plaits (pair of classic waveforms) > Vcf1 > DSP (leslie speaker).
- Drum2 (noise crush).
- Basimilus.
- Pluck.
Mutes, Batumi (saw outs), Planar2.
A-138s, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Deepterosaur Beatosaurus [wastes & sequences]

‘a divinis’
Wastes & Sequences.
2024 live performance.

Chaotic music engineering franchise.

Tools :
Pam’s, Arp, SIG.
- DFAM > Vcf1 > Desmodus Versio.
- Strega.
- Plaits (granular cloud) > DSP (leslie speaker).
- Twin Waves (additive odd) > Optomix > FX Aid (#26 reverb hall chorus).
- Basimilus.
- Pluck > Monsoon (clouds mode).
Diode Chaos, Ochd, Rnd Step, Tetrapad.
3x MIA, Mutes.
Quad Vca, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Hardcoratops Ambiensis [wastes & sequences]

‘a divinis’
Wastes & Sequences.
2021 live performance.

Chaotic music engineering franchise.

Tools :
DFAM (clock), Marbles, A 160-2.
- DFAM vca out > Overseer.
- Rings > Overseer.
- Nebulae > Sisters > FX Aid (#29 reverb cloud).
- Basimilus.
Ochd, Rnd Step.
Buff Mult, Sinc Defero, Mutes.
A-138s, Quad Vca, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Tribalopod Cyberdactyl [wastes & sequences]

'fere'
Track created for the Disquiet Junto Project. http://www.disquiet.com
0266 = Vocal Cuts. Use segments of your own held vowel to make music.

Monophonic.
Tools : scissors, EXS24, iZotope Iris, IrcamLab TS, MeldaProduction MMultiBandGranular, Sinevibes Deep and Turbulence, EQs.
Mixed in Logic Pro 9.

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More on this 266th Disquiet Junto project ("Vocal Cuts. Use segments of your own held vowel to make music") at:
http://disquiet.com/0266

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

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

Associated image : Petrus Major.

French A [disquiet0266]

'sol universalis'
Track created for the Disquiet Junto Project. http://www.disquiet.com
0270 = Just Duet. Record the second half of a duet live.
Percs & basis : Neo Minimalistische Percussie by FJNA (Indonesia).
https://soundcloud.com/user-242143924/neo-minimalistische-percussiedisquiet0269
Church Organ : Petrus Major (France).
Mixed in Logic Pro 9.

****

More on this 270th Disquiet Junto project ("Just Duet. Record the second half of a duet live") at:
http://disquiet.com/0270

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

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

Associated image : Petrus Major.

One Sun (FJNA - Petrus Major) [disquiet0270]

'vincit qui se vincit'
Room 7.
Track created in 2012.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

The Temptation Of St Anthony [room 7]

'ad astra per aspera'
Track created for the Disquiet Junto Project. http://www.disquiet.com
0273 = Alarm Clocked. Make music for a (new! improved!) slow-waking alarm clock.
Tools : EastWest Harp, EVP88 Electric Piano, Rob Papen Blue II, NASA Apollo 11 audio archive.
Mixed in Logic Pro 9.

****

More on this 273rd Disquiet Junto project ("Alarm Clocked. Make music for a (new! improved!) slow-waking alarm clock") at:
http://disquiet.com/0273

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

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

Associated image : Petrus Major.

We Have A Liftoff [disquiet0273]

Softs, synths & modules.

'On ne devrait jamais quitter Montauban' (Fernand Naudin).

Merci pour votre écoute / Thank's for listening.

Petrus Major

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