Video here...https://youtu.be/JTSLLEhHzfk
Disquiet Junto Project 0588: Swell Time

The Assignment: Make some surf music

Step 1: We’re going to make some surf music. Think about the word “surf” separate from the word “music.”

Step 2: Make some surf music inspired by the thoughts that arose in Step 1.

Eight Important Steps When Your Track Is Done:

Step 1: Include “disquiet0588” (no spaces or quotation marks) in the name of your tracks.

Step 2: If your audio-hosting platform allows for tags, be sure to also include the project tag “disquiet0588” (no spaces or quotation marks). If you’re posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is essential to subsequent location of tracks for the creation of a project playlist.

Step 3: Upload your tracks. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your tracks.

Step 4: Post your track in the following discussion thread at llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0588-swell-time/

Step 5: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process.

Step 6: If posting on social media, please consider using the hashtag #DisquietJunto so fellow participants are more likely to locate your communication.

Step 7: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Step 8: Also join in the discussion on the Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

Note: Please post one track for this weekly Junto project. If you choose to post more than one, and do so on SoundCloud, please let me know which you’d like added to the playlist. Thanks.

Additional Details:

Length: The length is up to you. How long until the tide changes?

Deadline: This project’s deadline is the end of the day Monday, April 10, 2023, at 11:59pm (that is, just before midnight) wherever you are. It was posted on Thursday, April 6, 2023.

Upload: When participating in this project, be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.

Download: It is always best to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution, allowing for derivatives).

For context, when posting the track online, please be sure to include this following information:

More on this 588th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Swell Time (The Assignment: Make some surf music), at: https://disquiet.com/0588/ 1

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

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0588-swell-time/

Surf City NZ- disquiet0588

Water Works Part 3 v2.0 Disquiet0590
Assignment: Make music combining field recordings and feedback

I have had an Ableton set filled with my field recordings of WATER in all its forms liquid, vapor(hard to record) , solid(ice) since 2010 with a plan to complete a record OF water. An homage to the magic stuff that makes us and makes our (formerly) garden planet. Finally 12 years later I am adapting the concept to the 40th anniversary IOS performance at Elastic Chicago on 11/4/23 on their Cleat 16 channel sound system. Full version will also be a Cd on Full Spectrum Records later this year.  Timely considering the state of the planet and our water resources. Life giving and a potentially very destructive force, perfect fodder for Illusion of Safety matter...
The sound sources are mountain river California, Pacific Ocean, thunder and rain outside my window in Schaumburg Il, underwater while scuba diving, walking on ice on my driveway, waterfall at Yellowstone, & a dripping sink These are the only sound sources, processed in ableton, and in this Part of the Suite collages/ cut and paste in the musique concrete style of Pierre Schaeffer begin the piece, sporadic use of feedback to complement the sounds and finally a bit more feedback overload and durational flow at the end.
I added 4 return tracks with reverbs, resonators, and a chopping effect, all with their own sends enabled to allow feedback as if in a matrix. I used the usual technique of drawing in envelopes and levels by hand. I used to beat myself up about not running automation by playing with knobs and pots in real time but have realized it is best to just draw the perfect automation and levels and tweak until its the way it needs to be. Critical of course in working with feedback, another favorite technique, so thanks again for the wonderful disquiet assignment bringing my love and use of field recording and feedback into play to move along this long overdue project into fruition.

For context, when posting the track online, please be sure to include this following information:
More on this 590th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Concrète Roots (The Assignment: Make music combining field recordings and feedback), at: https://disquiet.com/0590/ 2
About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1
Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/
Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0590-concrete-roots/

Illusion of Safety Water Works Part 3 Ver 2.0 Disquiet 0590

Disquiet Junto Project 0591: The Loneliest Number
The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio.

Experimenting a bit more with feedback after last week’s DisquietJunto.
From a longer recording of these experiments I stitched together different sections, choosing mainly ones that were relatively sparse, in order to leave room for more layers.

Practical info: Although the use of envelopes and filters makes the sounds mostly percussive, I did use specific notes/chords to create them, and so it may be useful to know these:
Am7 (a-c-e-g); B/A (a-d#-f#-b); G+/A (a-b-d#-g). Notes are from the A dorian #4 scale (mode of E harm minor).
The tempo is 78.5 bpm.

More on this 591st weekly Disquiet Junto project, The Loneliest Number (The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio), at: https://disquiet.com/0591/

A Loneliest Number(disquiet0591)

117 BPM 

More on this 591st weekly Disquiet Junto project, The Loneliest Number (The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio), at: https://disquiet.com/0591/

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

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/ 1

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co 1: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0591-the-loneliest-number/

The Loneliest Voices (disquiet0591)

A multiple recording made with found instruments, a little reverb added.

More on this 598th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Mixmaster Mic (The Assignment: Record the same sound with multiple mics; mix the results), at: https://disquiet.com/0598/

The image to the “cover” of this project is from an 1880 U.S. patent.

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

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0598-mixmaster-mic/

Polymic (disquiet0598)

[disquiet0598] Sgt One - Up

A mix of five drone sequences of different frequencies, each with added modulation & varying dynamics.
I have kept this one fairly short for the purposes of the Disquiet project. Some longer drones with visuals on Youtube, including: 
https://youtu.be/j-3SaOtNrPc
https://youtu.be/xQOvj6LBcBY
https://youtu.be/WDxAqog0YaU
https://youtu.be/lSYqjxC-GcM

More on this 599th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Minimal(ist) Blend (The Assignment: Make a piece of music that combines self-contained minimalist parts), at: https://disquiet.com/0599/

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

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0599-minimal-ist-blend/

Five of Drones (disquiet0599)

There's No Time Left

Meditation 1.12

A dark, immersive ambient track blending fear and serenity. Performed live, DAW-less on modular synths, then recorded and mastered in Ableton. Evolving drones and textures create a haunting, meditative atmosphere.

Peace in the Dread

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.

Five of Drones (disquiet0599)

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