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This week's #disquietjunto prompt was to create a new subgenre of techno! I knew I wanted to do "symmetrical techno" pretty much right away. 

I was inspired by the Threechords' Hammerhead Rhythm Station software, which I would mess around with back in the oughts. Not only was it hours of fun, but it was also pretty easy to get a little weird: in particular, reversing the drum samples: I always enjoyed reversing a kick sample against a regular kick sample and and hearing the reversed version "whoosh" into the traditional kick sound.

I took this as the basic principle of "symmetrical techno" and tried to expand it into a framework for a whole track (or genre!). All of the rhythms and pitches flip at some point, but each instrument has its own point(s) of symmetry, usually within each section of the song.

Sometimes I created symmetry by literally reversing a recording, sometimes I made a series of pitches appear in reverse order (aka retrograde).

Also, the overall form is symmetrical: ABCDCBA

Writing under the framework of "whatever you create will then be followed by a flipped version" was a really interesting way to write! Some interesting rhythms emerged, like a snare pattern that isn't quite what you would expect. And the hi-hat pattern is a series of 5 8th notes that interlock with the rest of the drum kit in interesting ways.


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Vincent Eoppolo  LA NOTTE for electronic and electric viola

Four electronic sequences with sections deleted on an ad hoc basis but playing together at the end.

More on this 586th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chance the Eraser (The Assignment: Use probability to remove material from a track), at: https://disquiet.com/0586/

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This track was created by randomly fading in and out individually the instruments and recordings of the original track https://soundcloud.com/rabmusiclab/winter-slow-and-even-tempered. The created spaces enrich the track, give more emphasis to the remaining instruments - and a deeper meaning of its own to this composition.  As contradictory as this may seem...

The creation was inspired by the Disquiet Junto Project 0586 (details see below).

I owe my thanks to @user-957729823 (Ha Kéko) for providing the great field-recording https://soundcloud.com/user-957729823/snow-removal_2. An ambient version of this recording was created with PaulXStretch.
These tracks can be heard if hazard determines to fade them in...

More on this 586th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chance the Eraser (The Assignment: Use probability to remove material from a track), at: https://disquiet.com/0586/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1

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Winter, slow and even-tempered, embracing Spaces (Disquiet0586)

Made as an submission for [disquiet0588] (and not bad seen for itself), but discarded in favor of https://soundcloud.com/winterer/surfing-the-seven-seas-disquiet0588

What can be surfed? A wavetable synth. This was the starting point for a patch with the virtual modular system miRack. The patch is modulated by some LFOs. Additional surfing theremins for good vibrations and keyboard sounds of an internet surfer...

Surfing Seven Seas

Collection of experimental improvisations on the Serge synthesizer.
Recorded 2023. Production and Artwork: Thomas Breuer

serge patches

serge patches 02

serge patches 03

See the accompanying visuals @ https://youtu.be/pcGYPoWRkqw

This piece uses sounds recorded in the process of making a loaf with a breadmaker ... enjoy!

visuals (YouTube)

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2023-06-18

Journey To Háalda

Disquiet Junto Project 0607: Silence Wave 
The Assignment: From close to zero and back again, alter the relative amount of sound to silence in a piece of music.


I used two stems of Norns awake recordings (heavyly altered). Every stem got four instances with Audiomodern Gatelab (via routing in Reaper). Gatelab configuration was reduced to 10 gates (just to make it easy) with one of ten gates activated (on a different location on every instance). 

So by blending in and out these four tracks I was able to increase the sound/silence ratio from 0 to 40 (times 2 stems, one for bass, one for head, both in sync) and back to zero. Some FX and panning to provide some roomish feeling. The construction is designed slower than the dismantling.

This all may sound like an engineers approach, but if I had not liked the result, I would have gone another way. The altering of the sound/silence ratio is not very granular (0-10-20-30-40 percent) and I may have calculated somehow wrong (somehow I have the feeling) but I think the perception is ok.

Bandcamp version:
https://krakenkraft.bandcamp.com/track/the-voids-in-the-walls-disquiet0607

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More on this 607th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Silence Wave (The Assignment: From close to zero and back again, alter the relative amount of sound to silence in a piece of music), at: https://disquiet.com/0607/

Thanks this week to Jason Richardson and Klaus-Dieter Hilf.

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0607-silence-wave/

disquiet23

The Voids In The Walls [disquiet0607]

Altranto

Abstract Sound Structures, Musique Concrète & Live Electronics.
Experimental abstract animation videos.
It is my aim to create and/or edit my tracks & videos using free or open-source software only.
Influences include: J.S. Bach, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Giacinto Scelsi, Mauricio Kagel, Conlon Nancarrow, Christian Wolff, Harry Partch, Luc Ferrari, Morton Feldman, Cornelius Cardew, Bernard Parmegiani, Ana-Maria Avram, David Tudor, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Renaissance Polyphony.
All my work is published under a Creative Commons licence & can be freely downloaded (as wav) or remixed.

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