More on the 675th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Arc of the Drone — The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple — at https://disquiet.com/0675/

Anna's Song(Tabu Remix Of Anna Von Hausswolff - Evocation)disquiet0675

Nothing like a good drone to pass a winter's day. My go to instruments for droning are the Arp 2600 and the Buchla Easel, both of which were tuned to the same pitch. I let them drone on, playing with the resonance, timbre and filter controls as time went by. A third channel was recorded with the two routed through the Cosmos and the "cinema everything" patch on the Zoia. Once in Logic, further effects were added, notably Arturia's Motion and Fragments, along with a lot of panning and faders going up and down. The result is, well a drone, best heard on headphones while under a blanket. 

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Recorded, mixed & mastered on 05 Dec 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Process notes - I started by working in VCV Rack, capturing a 7 minute stereo recording. I pulled this into Ableton Live and layered the track six times, each track being treated differently. I mixed/mastered on the same night. 

Tools used 
VCV Rack - VCV-native modules, Vult Bleak, Surge XT Modern VCO, Frozen Wasteland Seriously Slow LFO, BogAudio VCF & LFO, JW-Modules Clock, Aaron Static’s Chord CV, Daniel Davies’ Sequel_8, Sckitam Waveguide Delay, Squinky Labs Stairway filter. 
Ableton Live - native Live devices and Cycling 74’s multiharmonizer

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 05 Dec 2015, Marjorie Post Park, Massapequa, NY, USA

©2024 Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of “Performing A Choke” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0675: Arc of the Drone. The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple.

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

More on the 675th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Arc of the Drone — The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple — at https://disquiet.com/0675/

Performing A Choke (disquiet0675)

Disquiet Junto Project 0675: Arc of the Drone
The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple.

A few years ago, I was addicted to drones. I stopped doing it because I felt I had nothing more to say with it. So it was fun to make one again. It's a single note from a single synthesizer, of course, and the complexity is added by half a dozen of different parameter modifiers on the synth and some fx. I want to mention that this is not the first time I've asked myself: What is complexity? For one thing, certainly the absence of simplicity and the presence of information. This somehow led me to use a bitcrusher for the first draft. I started with fewer bits, because simple means less information, and then allow more bits, which means more information thus more complexity. The result shows listeners how stupid the idea was, and not just because the reverb was behind the bitcrusher. The artefacts of the lower bit rates at the beginning and end seem to increase the complexity, ore something else. So at the end it may not sound like it's going from simple to complex to simple, but it actually is. For me, it was a strange adventure, but I like the result.

More on the 675th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Arc of the Drone — The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple — at https://disquiet.com/0675/

Discussion: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0675-arc-of-the-drone/69838

A# [disquiet0675]

In response to the disquiet junto assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple.

Loosly based on Saba Makam. Combination of Basille and Surge synths with clarinets and horns form BBC orchestra (Spitfire audio)

Saba (disquiet0675)

This was my contribution for Disquiet Junto Project 0675: Arc of the Drone.
The assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple.

Here’s a copy of my post on the Disquiet Junto 0675 discussion thread on Lines:

Tried to create a ambient drone that subtly transitioned from simple to complex to simple. Hopefully that came across in this piece.  

Created in Ableton Live using Slate + Ash Primaries/Strings, Madrona Labs Sumu, and Amazing Noises Grain Scanner soft instruments. Delay in Ableton along with Phonolyth Cascade reverb were the effects used. Image by Pawel Czerwinski via Unplash. 

More on the 675th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Arc of the Drone — The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple — at https://disquiet.com/0675/

Cascading Arc [disquiet0675]

Track notes are here: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0675-arc-of-the-drone/69838/23

**Disquiet Junto Project 0675: Arc of the Drone**  
The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple.

Step 1: You may, yourself, be experienced recording drone music, or you may never have recorded any. You may not even be sure what drone music is, in which case read up a bit. Not matter your experience and familiarity, please give some thought as to what constitutes drone music.

Step 2: Now think about what makes a drone simple and what makes a drone complex.

Step 3: Now record a piece of drone music that begins simple, gets complex, and then gets simple again. And note: The simple drone at the end needn’t necessarily be the same sort of drone with which the piece opens.

Disquiet_Junto_0675] Short Dazzle

almartinez
Dec 2024

Inspiration:

Any prog with an organ will do!

Credit:

Ángel L. Martínez: electronics

Chords:

A & Badd9

An arc of the drone represents the path that seeks a beginning and, through the long notes, seeks an end, even if it does not resemble the beginning, with the “arc” as that moment a musician is open to the journey where there is now knowledge of the beginning and the intent to know the end. And the intent may not even manifest in how the drone ends.


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Mapa (disquiet0675)

A live stochastic experiment
with four Korg Trident synthesisers,
from Cherry Audio.

Distant Dawn

From a series of (almost) daily ocean glimpses. The music is composed to a video of the sea (photons captured fresh every day). You can experience the full video version here: https://youtu.be/CK-gKTb6IGI

Glimpse 1467 (Oct 8 2025)

Recorded in Formby, England 2010 and 2013 and inspired by the myths and legends of Glastonbury and The Isle of Avalon.
Composed and performed by Paul Landry
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© 2015 Paul Landry Music
℗ 2025 Ditto Music LTD


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Tristan Louth-Robins is a South Australian artist working principally in the medium of sound art and field recording. Ideas of sound and its signification are key elements in Louth-Robins' practice, traversing the space between the visual and aural his work is realised through the mediums of recordings, installation, visual art and performance. He is interested in sound and its associative implications - including its relationship to objects, technology, urban space, memory and the natural world. 


Since 2005, Louth-Robins has presented work in Australia and internationally as a solo artist, whilst also collaborating with artists, writers, researchers, musicians and performers. 

Working across a vast array of activities encompassing composition, sound design, installation art, field recording and workshops, his work has been featured in events such as the Adelaide Festival of Arts (2006), The National Regional Arts Festival (2012), Mildura-Wentworth Arts Festival (2013), Fairfax Festival (2013) and Adelaide Fringe Festival (2014); and selected works exhibited at galleries including The Australian Experimental Art Foundation (2009), SASA Gallery (2012, 2015), Light Square Gallery (2012) and FELT Space (2015). His audio works have been broadcast on radio including Radio National, Classic FM, The BBC (UK), Acoustic Frontiers (USA) and RBB (Germany).