Aether Sway

Audio made using the Animoog synth on an ipad 2.
Track edited in Bias Peak.

More on this 102nd weekly Disquiet Junto project (Record original secular holiday music: glistening, reflective, gentle) at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/12/12/disquiet0102-sonictinsel/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Frory [disquiet0102-sonictinsel]

Syntrx plus a bit of Chase Bliss Habit pedal and Bastl Midi Looper.

Syn Ditty

From the album Lullaby for A.I. now on Bandcamp.

Puppetry Tree

Pulling and plucking thin piano wire through tiny holes drilled in the center top and bottom of a medium-size cookie tin.

Pulling Wire

This track is a thumb piano plugged into a mini speaker amp that has onboard overdrive.
The output is to a scavenged headphone speaker that is resting on the mylar membrane of a racquet called Sonic Smash.
The Sonic Smash is mounted on a tripod so the membrane is floating free to vibrate.
The racquet has a piezo attached that is input to a preamp then into the recorder.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/41969054@N00/14371288716/in/album-72157594476059557/

Acero Alaap

Poema de Blimps

Sunday July 7
Hot quiet Sunday afternoon ambient noise looped and repeated with car sounds removed.  Ambient tone is probably mostly a blend of cooling and refrigeration systems from various buildings.

Street Drone

Hence

Earliest recording of thumb pianos I started making circa 1990.
Recorded on in-built mic of old Sony boombox on found tape. The spoken words at the beginning were on the pre-used tape.

small as dust

Intimations

From the archives, an old favorite -- delicate and mellow.

moon thru trees

2 short asynchronous loops. Testing out a new looper pedal.

itty bitty ditty

Field recording of a brief hail event 3/13/2025. A bit of forklift sound from next door can be heard thru the noise sometimes and near the end the normal street sounds begin to emerge. This track is available for direct download.

Hail

Thumb piano made from a metal clamshell box with hairpin tines attached to a flat metal dish resonator.
The dish acts like a feedback antenna.
I am using a piezo pickup mounted on a magnet that can be placed and moved anywhere on the metal dish to find the sweet spots.


thumb piano photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41969054@N00/8582523035

magnet pickup photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41969054@N00/8582523429


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