The process is as astonishing as the result :)

Astonishing and lovely result of your process. Like it very much!

More on the 649th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Concerto for — The Assignment: Write a piece of music informed by the concerto form — at https://disquiet.com/0649/

Android  Dreams Of Concerto (disquiet0649)

More on the 651st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Why Compute? — The Assignment: Respond to a prompt from George E. Lewis — at https://disquiet.com/0651/

“Why do we want our computers to improvise?” My answer: because it’s a fun way to enhance creativity, allow playful interaction and create a source of the unknown to challenge you.

I tried to create something in this spirit using the fabulous Krill for Norns with various Synths.

Disquiet0651 - Because It’s Fun!

Made in Bitwig with a couple of generative Grid patches.

Night Lurker [ naviarhaiku547 ]

Step 1: Choose a favorite short story.

Step 2: Compose a piece of music that follows the arc of the story’s narrative or otherwise conveys something about the story you want to express. You may closely follow plot points, or convey an overall atmosphere, or incorporate related sound effects, or do something else entirely.


Giovanni Boccaccio - Decameron
Giornata quarta - Novella prima

Tancredi, prenze di Salerno, uccide l’amante della figliuola e mandale il cuore in una coppa d’oro; la quale, messa sopra esso acqua avvelenata, quella si bee, e cosí muore.

E velati gli occhi ed ogni senso perduto, di questa dolente vita si dipartí.

Reaktor`s Ensembles:
mfFX  Metaphysical Function's effects bank
K-Teck Slicer 0.52: Step sequenced grainy slicer  etc......

01062024

E Velati Gli Occhi(disquiet0652)

This week's Disquiet Junto was, well, disquieting. We were to make a list of rules we never break, and then pick one— to break.

My list was mainly "I don't usually"'s rather than rules proper, but one item stood out: I never use loops. I'm philosophically opposed to loops. (You do you.)

So the challenge for me was: can I use stock loops exclusively and still make it sound like me?

So in creating this piece I didn't allow myself to play, paint, or shift any notes. I just drag-and-dropped the first loops that came to my eye into an arrangement template. The only musical variables I could manipulate were the arrangement, the key and mode (using scale quantization), and the voicings (using pre-existing presets). 

The drums got their own set of loops. The synthetic bass and guitar split notes from 3 loops. The two pads share a loop. The vocal samples are  synthetic and use the default text from a text-to-speech application.

More about this week's Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0653

Disquiet Junto

Default Text (disquiet0653)

Enjoy this moment! This is the first time halF unusuaL has ever released anything in a vaguely major key! 😜

More on the 655th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Soothing Sounds II — The Assignment: Make music for babies — at https://disquiet.com/0655/

more halF unusuaL

halF soothinG [disquiet0655]

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 552

Stretching ahead -
the straight road,
loneliness.

A wandering poet and ascetic Zen priest, Santōka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui, one of the first poets to discard the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure in haiku.

Santōka’s poetry emphasizes the necessity of sabi (solitude) in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment and serenity.
 
Haiku by Santoka Taneda

Picture by Devin Justesen

Submission deadline: 7th August 2024

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Loneliness (naviarhaiku552)

The palace of night

sound art for disquiet0658.

More on the 658th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Re-Amplify — The Assignment: Re-record and re-compose an organ improvisation by Daniel Glaus — at https://disquiet.com/0658/

Created some loops and played them through a bone conduction speaker. Then used the speaker as a vibration tool to resonate a plastic bottle that had once contained sparkling spring water. It was recorded it using a contact mic over the mouth of the bottle. Moving the speaker about by hand changes how it resonates, less pressure on the speaker will make it vibrate and buzz. Some EQing, but no further effects added.

flood of tears (disquiet0658)

Airsum Sheikses

31Aug24 

My naviarhaiku556 track;
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/760053344826015744/naviarhaiku556-heaven-and-earth
:D

morning mist [naviarhaiku556]

Artist and non-musician making visionary sound art with found objects.

I collect litter and make small scale sonic sculptures and rudimentary instruments. When I play them I’m thinking of natural rhythms like the wind in the trees or animal movements.

flood of tears (disquiet0658)

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