Carnival of Rust

This week's Disquiet Junto prompt challenged us to a duel with a metronome: record a piece of music that weaves in and out of a steady beat. 

I assembled a trio comprising the Moog Minitaur (lead and bass), Roland Juno (pads), and Waldorf Streichfett (strings). I improvised a meandering chord sequence and spent a lot of time mixing multiple layers of analog pads to bring it to life. Against the steady backdrop of a simple percussion pattern, I recorded the lead performance on the Minitaur. Since this synth doesn't sync to the MIDI clock on the computer, riding the LFO controls manually let me improvise the swirling/cycling/beating patterns that dance within, against, and without the beat. 

About the vocals: When I was listening to the mix earlier today, I heard a momentary audio artifact that sounded like a muffled voice. This inspired me to add a vague vocal part for way back in the mix, so recorded myself reading an excerpt from "A Vision of the Night" by Ambrose Bierce.

More on the 719th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Riding on the Metronome — The Assignment: Play with and against a steady beat — at https://disquiet.com/0719/.

Legend of the Moon People (disquiet0719)

From the record "Modern Romantics", 2011
written by adaline
produced by Hawksley Workman, Marten Tromm

Modern Romantics

Keep Me High

TRUST

Fault Line

(Lyrics by Cameron Rafati and Jeff Bhasker)

You tell yourself that
Your so fine, you don't need me
But when you try hard to leave me
You find it's not easy

You think you're sly
Try to deny what you're feeling
I don't buy what you're dealin' no no 

Cause nobody loves you 
Quite like I do
Because nobody knows you 
Just like I do. 

You told your friends 
That I was only for your weekend 
That you used me for your freak-end
It was good but you're weren't peakin'

But in your eyes 
It hit me too
Dropped your disguise 
And I found you 
I won't kiss and tell like you my dear
Cause we both know it's true that

Nobody loves you 
Quite like I do
Because nobody knows you 
Just like I do. 

You think you're young, with years to find out what you really want. 
But wait to long and soon you'll find that what we had is gone.
And I can't hold on forever and ever. 
Can't wait my whole life for you to realize that..

Nobody loves you 
Quite like I do
Because nobody knows you 
Just like I do.

Nobody Loves You

MISSIO - DWI (Stripped)

I made this cover because I love this song, but it was very hard to make and I can't say I like this cover a lot.
You can watch it on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJt0BZByEWo

Two Feet - Lost the Game cover by Julia Vylegzhanina

Keeping me alive- Jonathan Roy

Daisy Gray - Wicked Game

Chris Avantgarde and I wrote this song a little over a year ago in L.A. It just got featured in Netflix DARK Season 3 Episode 3 & will be included in the upcoming season of Lucifer.

Inside

Chris Avantgarde, Red Rosamond -  Inside

“Red Rosamond: The One To Watch. Your new music obsession.” - Marie Claire Magazine

“She's a copper-haired fox with a range as huskily emotive as Adele's powerful pipes” - NOISEY 

“Red Rosamond has a very rare type of presence. A singer with a magnetic allure, her iconic voice is allied to a striking songwriting sense that finds the newcomer wearing her heart on her sleeve.” - CLASH

The label: Toom Records