UnBoxed February 2024
Original lyrics, vocal performances and recordings by the wonderful @diamondlajolie
Reimagined and embellished by OUT OF THE BOX

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Di Bellezza / Beauty And Pleasure MIX (Featuring diamondlajolie)

Composition pour le Naviar Haïku Music challenge 545.
Sur un haïku de El Wud:
white petals
on the stormy sea -
floating memories

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku545-white-petals/

Stormy Memories (NaviarHaiku 545)

2027-07-31

Fireflies

Experientis imulsenti

the slow beginning of an endless conversation with ghosts

Recorded & mixed on 07 Nov 2009 & 30 Aug 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Process notes -
I started with a Nov 2009 “home field recording” I made using a small 1960s transistor radio to detect/probe electromagnetic fields around my apartment, which itself was inspired by Nicolas Collins’ book *Handmade Electronic Music.* 

I recorded this using a Sony Cybershot DSC-W50. I recorded things like computer hard drives, a Blackberry phone, a TV, an electric toothbrush, a microwave, a refrigerator and light fixtures using this technique. Not sure what made it onto this piece. 

I selected small pieces of this 9.5 minute recording and dragged them into a total of 11 tracks in Ableton Live. Some tracks use MIDI instruments and others play the tracks in real time or altered with Live’s warping modes.

Tools used -
Ableton Live, IRCAM IM-Mover, Slate + Ash Cycles, Ableton Granulator III & other native Live devices

The full audio/video for this “radio probe” source can be heard/seen on my YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK4vmRqBd68. 

I put together a small body of raw material inspired by the book back in 2009, some of it is still on YouTube. The YouTube videos use Magix Music Maker for video editing, IIRC. 

Artwork/Photography - Long Island, NY, USA, North Fork - 19 Oct 2008 - using the same Sony camera mentioned above.

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This original version of “Bags Of Mostly Verdant Electrons” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0661: Consumer Drone Product. The Assignment: Record a piece of drone music using sounds from your home.

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

More on the 661st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Consumer Drone Product — The Assignment: Record a piece of drone music using sounds from your home — at https://disquiet.com/0661/

Bags Of Mostly Verdant Electrons  (disquiet0661)

"Ideas like a virus"

Music by Stu King
Gretsch Streamliner
Synth One
Digital Delay
Reverb
Hologram Microcosm
Boss RC5 looper (x2)
Koma Fieldkit
MXR Duke of Tone

Sample
Steve Kilbey - Interview 1988

Dream Being

2024-09-14

View From The Window

The quiet hours of the night_02

Lost At Sea (2021) Anthology CD1 Track 10

The freedom of being lost

Almost all tracks are free to download and covered by a Creative Commons license. Collaborations / Remixes are welcome so feel free to experiment - no need to get my permission first. Just send me a link to your track when you're done :)

I love listening to & creating ambient, dark ambient, avant-garde & experimental electronica (and the occasional beatscape). I have no professional aspirations  - I just really like creating music / manipulating sounds. It's my way of relaxing after a hard day at the office. All my tracks are produced using monitoring headphones (Audix A140) so I recommend that you listen to my music through headphones. My DAW of choice is FL Studio. I also use Reason every now & then. 


To the artists I follow; I do my best to try to listen to as many of your tracks as possible each night (I listen to each track all the way through - you went through the effort to create a track so you deserve to have it heard in full). If I miss a recent upload of yours, please forgive me...

Thank you for taking the time to visit my little corner of the soundcloud.

the slow beginning of an endless conversation with ghosts

Stan Magendanz