Disquiet Junto Project 0506: Wipe Out
The Assignment: Take something whole and erase half of it.

Step 1: Take an existing recording of a piece of music, preferably something of your own.

Step 2: Remove half of the track (however you might define half), and in the process create a new version of the original, or something entirely new, or something in between.

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More on this 506th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Wipe Out (The Assignment: Take something whole and erase half of it) — at: https://disquiet.com/0506/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0506-wipe-out/

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The image associated with this project is by Emma Craig, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/xBs5JS

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Disquiet Junto Project 0506: Wipe Out

This is a rework of an old track (https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/cantico-for-a-raindrop-in-a-quiet-garden) but inspired by this junto challenge:
Disquiet Junto Project 0506: Wipe Out
The Assignment: Take something whole and erase half of it.

I not only removed half of the tracks (all the strings, bowed basses and cello) but also edited heavily to create a shorter version of the original, trimmed from 2:34 to 1:31 minutes long.

I kept (most of) the melodica, electric bass and electric guitar parts. 

Composed and performed by DD 2018, reworked Friday 10th September 2021
Photo by Krista Mcphee

Miniature 15 "Cantico" (disquiet0506)

Disquiet Junto Project 0506: Wipe Out
The Assignment: Take something whole and erase half of it.
More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Ending is freesound.org/s/398194/

Simp Elod(disquiet0506)

Disquiet Junto Project 0506: Wipe Out

The Assignment: Take something whole and erase half of it.

Step 1: Take an existing recording of a piece of music, preferably something of your own.

Step 2: Remove half of the track (however you might define half), and in the process create a new version of the original, or something entirely new, or something in between.

2B (DQ0506 Half) (disquiet0506)

Day Traveler (disquiet0506) is a reverse time stretch of an unreleased track called Traveler.  Day Traveler is half the length at 1:04 and was created using Sony ExpressFX Time Stretch in an old version of Sound Forge.

The original source sounds are the "strings" from the iOS app Musyc using one of the many "sets" I've built, or whatever they're called, for randomized note generation.  All this is run through my Empress Echoplex and Empress Reverb boxes, likely the "yellow tape" and "green ghost" settings of some value.

The picture is from a webcam in late August 2021 on Derybasivska Street, Odessa, Ukraine.  I enjoy travelling by webcam.

More on this 506th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Wipe Out (The Assignment: Take something whole and erase half of it) — at: https://disquiet.com/0506/

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

Day Traveler (disquiet0506)

More on this 506th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Wipe Out (The Assignment: Take something whole and erase half of it) – at: https://disquiet.com/0506/

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

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

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0506-wipe-out/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

The image associated with this project is by Emma Craig, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/xBs5JS

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Catnip Dream(disquiet0506)

Sinny: drum kit, scraper, tambourine, maraca, vibraslap, conch shell, plate weight, zipper, voices, synth programming

Reinterpretations of old songs are fun, and this song was no exception. I frequently go back to remix my material for improvements, and the song “Where Did it Go?” was on my shortlist. Well before this prompt was even announced, I had the idea of replacing some of the lead instruments with something new to heavily revamp the song.

Essentially, I took all the main parts of “Where Did it Go?” that defined the track and promptly deleted them. This included the arpeggiated organ, lead synths, and all of the programmed drums. I then took all of the background elements and pushed them to the front of the mix, effectively turning the song inside out.

Previously scrapped elements, including some voice effects, were revived, sometimes even replacing my “final takes” used on the original. Many existing tracks were altered to further distinguish them from the original tracks.

Fragments of other compositions are also present. One of those, “Hiccup Highway”, was re-released for Project 0504. The outro of a previously released song, “The Floor is Yours”, was made more prominent in this mix, providing some of the synth blips near the middle of the song.

An arpeggiated synth was the only new software instrument recorded for this remake. All of the other new instruments were percussion instruments recorded live, which included a tambourine, maraca, and vibraslap. I even played one of my plate weights as a brake drum.

The original can be found here for comparison.
https://soundcloud.com/sinnyseven/where-did-it-go

The 506th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Wipe Out (The Assignment: Take something whole and erase half of it) — at: disquiet.com/0506/
More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/

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View the discussion thread at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0506-wipe-out/48480

Where Did it Go? - Emergency Mix (disquiet0506)

Disquiet Junto projects and other sonic experimentations. For additional compositions, check out my main account, https://soundcloud.com/sinnyseven.

Where Did it Go? - Emergency Mix (disquiet0506)

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