Free Improvisation Session in Vienna / 29-07-2024
Elisabeth Kelvin - soprano sax
Isolde Werner - vocals (except track 1/4)
Stefan Strasser - electronics

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stefan Strasser
Cover photo: Detail of a painting by Elisabeth Kelvin

Vienna Session by Kelvin - Werner - Strasser

PH vs. F
stePHan bartsch - drums
steFan strasser - piano, [d]ronin, electronics

Lockdown Blues

Track from album "vibrational challenge" with Italian-French artist 
Available on Bandcamp:

https://stefanstrasser.bandcamp.com/album/vibrational-challenge

Antonella Eye Porcelluzzi - voice on yoga and veda theory texts, mixed with own lyrics 
linktr.ee/AntonellaEyePorcelluzzi 
antonellaeyeaynilporcelluzzi.bandcamp.com 
aeplab.bandcamp.com 

Stefan Strasser – guitar 

Recorded by the artists, mixed and mastered by Stefan Strasser

challenge 1

Track #1 from new album available on Bandcamp:

https://stefanstrasser.bandcamp.com/album/improcity

IMPROCITY reinvent themselves in every moment of their playing. A sometimes playful, sometimes driving drum kit, a guitar that meanders through soundscapes you wouldn't expect from an electric guitar, a trumpet that sounds as if it's coming from spherical planes, a bass that holds all this together - these are the ingredients for IMPROCITY's sound.
credits
released August 1, 2022 

Wilfried Hanrath – bass, fx 
Ralf Schloßherr - drums, percussion 
Stefan Strasser - guitar, fx 
Udo Zöls - trumpet, fx, guitar (tracks 3+6) 

Recorded 5/21 in Cologne, 11/21 in Duisburg 
Mixed and mastered by Stefan Strasser

Improcity

IMPROCITY - Ley Lines

Disquiet Junto Project 0554: Cage Chord
The Assignment: Riff on a chord by John Cage.

This project is the third of three that are being done in collaboration with the 2022 Musikfestival Bern, which will be held in Switzerland from September 7 through 11. The topic this year is “unvermittelt,” which is a little tricky to translate. Literally it’s “unmediated,” but it can also mean “sudden,” “abrupt,” or “immediate.”

We are working at the invitation of Tobias Reber, an early Junto participant, who is in charge of the educational activities of the festival. This is the fourth year in a row that the Junto has collaborated with Musikfestival Bern.

Select recordings resulting from these three Disquiet Junto projects will be played and displayed throughout the festival.

Step 1: Consider this chord:

E5
A#4
E4
D#4
Db3
C3

If MIDI is of use to you, here is a link to the chord in a MIDI file:

https://disquiet.com/0554-midi

Step 2: You might read up a bit about the source of the chord, the piece “Organ²/ASLSP” by John Cage. Cage desired the piece to be played “As Slow As Possible.” Currently it is being performed in Halberstadt, Germany, on a special organ that will play it for a total of 639 years. It’s been going for 21 years so far, and is at this moment playing the above chord. Read up here:

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-02-04/john-cage-organ-slow-as-possible-halberstadt-germany

Step 3: Produce a loopable drone (duration between one and three minutes) of your own based on that chord.

Note: Submitted drones will be sequenced into one large drone piece to be played at the Cage Room, a pop-up workshop and exhibition space of the festival at Progr, Bern, Switzerland.

Corded Caged Chord [disquiet0554]

The music of Three Jazz Trio is freely improvised in a non-idiomatic manner, drawing influences from jazz, minimalism, and ambient music. 

On this album - in contrast to a lot of today’s music - a great deal of time is taken so that the pieces evolve slowly. 

The sometimes quite harsh - but mostly subtle – live electronics add some quirky spices to the playing. 

As Joe Zawinul said, “We always solo, we never solo,” roles are not fixed and change frequently. Structure evolves dynamically and can certainly be found in spite of the free improvisation.
credits
releases March 7, 2023 

Rainer Weber - bass clarinet 
Stephan Bartsch - drums / percussion 
Stefan Strasser - keys / live electronics / [d]ronin on track 3 

Recorded in Cologne / August 2022 
Mixed and mastered - Stefan Strasser 
Photo and cover design - Stefan Strasser

https://stefanstrasser.bandcamp.com/album/poetry-album

Poetry Album

Nonlinear Pulse Varieties

live at endless elektrosounds at 35blumen

improvisation no1

improvisation no.1

title track from new album available on bandcamp: https://stefanstrasser.bandcamp.com/album/n-dutgang

"nødutgang" unveils an atmospheric odyssey through ambient electronics and percussion, a collaborative creation by stephan bartsch, stefan schmidt and stefan strasser. recorded live, the album captures the fluidity of bartsch's percussion, the ethereal electronic landscapes shaped by schmidt, and the later overdubbed electronic textures of stefan strasser. the seamless blend of unconventional percussion and synthetic elements invites the listener into a transcendental sonic realm. this collaborative effort, marred only by the unintentional omission of stefan strasser's live session contributions, stands as a testament to their ability to navigate unexpected turns and create a truly immersive musical experience.

stefan schmidt - [d]ronin, lyra8, efx (musicforoverexposedcelluloid.bandcamp.com)
stephan bartsch - percussion
stefan strasser - osmose synth, distant piano and electronics
credits
releases February 2, 2024

recorded, mixed and mastered in cologne by stefan strasser, cover photo and design by stefan strasser

nødutgang

improvisation no3

improvisation no.3

improvisation no2

improvisation no.2

Free Improvisation Session in Vienna / 29-07-2024
Elisabeth Kelvin - soprano sax
Isolde Werner - vocals (except track 1/3)
Stefan Strasser - electronics

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stefan Strasser
Cover photo: Detail of a painting by Elisabeth Kelvin

Vienna Session

Bezirk 17.5

Free Improvisation Session in Vienna / 29-07-2024
Elisabeth Kelvin - soprano sax
Isolde Werner - vocals (except tracks 1/4)
Stefan Strasser - electronics

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stefan Strasser
Cover photo: Detail of a painting by Elisabeth Kelvin

Bezirk 17.4

Bezirk 17.3

Bezirk 17.2

Bezirk 17.1

First track of our album "Frühling" available on Bandcamp:
https://stefanstrasser.bandcamp.com/album/fr-hling-2
Recorded in our rehearsal room in Cologne

Licht

First track from our first album "Dune" which will be released on May 1, 2025 on Bandcamp and all major streaming platforms:
https://stefanstrasser.bandcamp.com/album/dune

Nihiliminimalismus

PH vs. F meet W:I:L - kind of ambient noise power trio

Nocturnal Occurrences

https://disquiet.com/

Disquiet Junto Project 0367: Trio Initiate
The Assignment: Record the first third of an eventual trio.

Step 1: This week’s Junto will be the first in a sequence that explores and encourages collaboration. You will be recording something with the understanding that it will remain unfinished for the time being.

Step 2: The plan is for you to record a short and original piece of music, on any instrumentation of your choice. Conceive it as something that leaves room for something else — other instruments, other people — to join in.

Step 3: Record a short piece of music, roughly two to three minutes in length, as described in Step 2. When done, if possible, pan the audio so that your piece is solely in the left side of the audio.

Left Lane (disquiet0367)

Disquiet Junto Project 0445: Aare Tribute
The Assignment: Read maps of a river as a graphic score.

This project is the second of three that are being done over the course of as many months in collaboration with the 2020 Musikfestival Bern, which will be held in Switzerland from September 2 through 6 under the motto “Tektonik” (“Tectonics”). For this reason, a German translation is provided below. We are working at the invitation of Tobias Reber, an early Junto participant, who is in charge of the educational activities of the festival. This is the second year in a row that the Junto has collaborated with Musikfestival Bern. Select recordings resulting from these three Disquiet Junto projects will be played on a listening booth at the Steinatelier on September 5, as well as being aired on Radio RaBe (rabe.ch), an independent local radio station partnering with the festival.

Step 1: Look at the three maps below, all of the river Aare, a tributary that circumnavigates the city of Bern. One is from the late 18th century. The other two are modern renditions from Google Maps.

[Click through to disquiet.com/0445 to see the maps.]

Step 2: Use one or more of those images by interpreting them as graphic scores and composing a resulting piece of music.

Seven More Important Steps When Your Track Is Done:

Step 1: Include “disquiet0445” (no spaces or quotation marks) in the name of your tracks.

Step 2: If your audio-hosting platform allows for tags, be sure to also include the project tag “disquiet0445” (no spaces or quotation marks). If you’re posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is essential to subsequent location of tracks for the creation of a project playlist.

Step 3: Upload your tracks. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your tracks.

Step 4: Post your tracks in the following discussion thread at llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0445-aare-tribute/

Step 5: Annotate your tracks with a brief explanation of your approach and process.

Step 6: If posting on social media, please consider using the hashtag #disquietjunto so fellow participants are more likely to locate your communication.

Step 7: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Additional Details:

Deadline: This project’s deadline is Monday, July 13, 2020, at 11:59pm (that is, just before midnight) wherever you are. It was posted on Thursday, July 9, 2020.

Length: The length is up to you.

Title/Tag: When posting your tracks, please include “disquiet0445” in the title of the tracks, and where applicable (on SoundCloud, for example) as a tag.

Upload: When participating in this project, be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.

Download: It is always best to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution, allowing for derivatives).

For context, when posting the track online, please be sure to include this following information:

More on this 445th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Disquiet Junto Project 0445: Aare Tribute — The Assignment: Read maps of a river as a graphic score — at:

https://disquiet.com/0445/

This is the second of three projects in collaboration with Musikfestival Bern 2020 which will take place in Bern, Switzerland, from September 2 to 6. More on the festival at:

https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/

https://www.facebook.com/musikfestivalbern/

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-0445-aare-tribute/

Here We Aare disquiet0445

Disquiet Junto Project 0450: Texture Analysis
The Assignment: Create a piece of music from sounds related to working with rocks.

Welcome to the 450th consecutive weekly Disquiet Junto project. Thanks to everyone who has participated, supported, and pitched in along the way.

This project is the third of three that are being done over the course of as many months in collaboration with the 2020 Musikfestival Bern, which will be held in Switzerland from September 2 through 6 under the motto “Tektonik” (“Tectonics”). For this reason, a German translation is provided below. We are working at the invitation of Tobias Reber, an early Junto participant, who is in charge of the educational activities of the festival. This is the second year in a row that the Junto has collaborated with Musikfestival Bern. Select recordings resulting from these three Disquiet Junto projects will be played on a listening booth at the Steinatelier on September 5, as well as being aired on Radio RaBe (rabe.ch), an independent local radio station partnering with the festival.

Step 1: Download the field recordings made at Carlo Bernasconi AG, a company that has been working in stone for over a century. The sounds range from machines to manual tools to spatial ambience.

Step 2: Listen for aspects of the recordings that attract your ears. Focus on textures in particular.

Step 3: Create a piece of music combining elements from as few or as many as you chose in Step 2.

Seven More Important Steps When Your Track Is Done:

Step 1: Include “disquiet0450” (no spaces or quotation marks) in the name of your tracks.

Step 2: If your audio-hosting platform allows for tags, be sure to also include the project tag “disquiet0450” (no spaces or quotation marks). If you’re posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is essential to subsequent location of tracks for the creation of a project playlist.

Step 3: Upload your tracks. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your tracks.

Step 4: Post your tracks in the following discussion thread at llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0450-texture-analysis/

Step 5: Annotate your tracks with a brief explanation of your approach and process.

Step 6: If posting on social media, please consider using the hashtag #disquietjunto and #musikfestivalbern so fellow participants are more likely to locate your communication.

Step 7: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Additional Details:

Deadline: This project’s deadline is Monday, August 17, 2020, at 11:59pm (that is, just before midnight) wherever you are. It was posted on Thursday, August 13, 2020.

Length: The length is up to you.

Title/Tag: When posting your tracks, please include “disquiet0450” in the title of the tracks, and where applicable (on SoundCloud, for example) as a tag.

Upload: When participating in this project, be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.

Download: It is always best to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution, allowing for derivatives).

For context, when posting the track online, please be sure to include this following information:

More on this 450th weekly Disquiet Junto project (Texture Analysis — The Assignment: Create a piece of music from sounds related to working with rocks) at:

https://disquiet.com/0450/

This is the third of three projects in collaboration with Musikfestival Bern 2020 which will take place in Bern, Switzerland, from September 2 to 6. More on the festival at:

https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/

https://www.facebook.com/musikfestivalbern/

The Rocks - disquiet0450

Disquiet Junto Project 0472: Jam Time (1 of 3)
The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio that others will complete.

Step 1: This week’s Junto project is the first in a sequence intended to invite, encourage, and reward collaboration. You will be recording something with the understanding that it will remain unfinished for the time being. Your part will be done, but more will happen. Read on.

Step 2: The plan is for you to record a short and original piece of music, on any instrumentation of your choice. Conceive it as something that leaves room for something else — other instruments, other people — to join in.

Step 3: Record a short piece of music, roughly two to three minutes in length, as described in Step 2. When done, if possible, pan the audio so that your piece is solely in the left side of the stereo spectrum.

Step 4: Also, and this is important, be sure, when done, to make your track downloadable, because it will be used by someone else in the next Disquiet Junto project.

https://disquiet.com/0472/

Polylingual Chaos (disquiet0472)

Disquiet Junto Project 0473: Placebo Effect
The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio that others will complete.

Step 1: This week’s Disquiet Junto project is the second in a sequence intended to encourage and reward asynchronous collaboration. This week you’ll be adding music to a pre-existing track, which you will source from the previous week’s Junto project (disquiet.com/0472). Note that you aren’t creating a duet — you’re creating the second third of what will eventually be a trio. Keep this in mind. Leave space for what is yet to come.

Step 2: The plan is for you to record a short and original piece of music, on any instrumentation of your choice, as a complement to the pre-existing track. First, however, you must select the piece of music to which you will be adding your own music. There are tracks by 68 musicians in all to choose from, 62 as part of this playlist:

https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0472
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I chose the track https://soundcloud.com/half-unusual/half-stereo-disquiet0472-85-bpm by halF unusuaL.

mostlY stereO feat. halF unusuaL (disquiet0473)

Disquiet Junto Project 0473: Placebo Effect
The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio that others will complete.

Step 1: This week’s Disquiet Junto project is the second in a sequence intended to encourage and reward asynchronous collaboration. This week you’ll be adding music to a pre-existing track, which you will source from the previous week’s Junto project (disquiet.com/0472). Note that you aren’t creating a duet — you’re creating the second third of what will eventually be a trio. Keep this in mind. Leave space for what is yet to come.

Step 2: The plan is for you to record a short and original piece of music, on any instrumentation of your choice, as a complement to the pre-existing track. First, however, you must select the piece of music to which you will be adding your own music. There are tracks by 68 musicians in all to choose from, 62 as part of this playlist:

https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0472


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For this track I chose moduS ponY's track "new unit" (https://soundcloud.com/moduspony/new-unit-disquiet0472).

polychaotiC feat. moduS ponY(disquiet0473)

Third part of a virtual trio, my part is the guitar in the middle, the original left track (drums) is by vgmrmojo and the right track (kemane) is by joyneski .


Disquiet Junto Project 0474: Police Action (3 or 3)
The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians.

Step 1: This week’s Disquiet Junto project is the third in a sequence that encourages and rewards asynchronous collaboration. This week you will be adding music to a pre-existing track, which you will source from the previous week’s Junto project (disquiet.com/0473). Note that you are finishing a trio — you’re creating the third part of what two previous musicians created. Please keep this in mind.

Step 2: The plan is for you to record an original piece of music, on any instrumentation of your choice, as a complement to a pre-existing track.

This was the basic track used by me:
https://soundcloud.com/user-859240368/drumskemane-disquiet0473

More on this 474th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Police Action (3 of 3) / The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians — at:

https://disquiet.com/0474/

The Third Man (disquiet0474) feat. vgmrmojo and joyneski

Disquiet Junto Project 0478: Collage of Collages
The Assignment: Make a collage that will become part of a larger collage.

Step 1: Create a “musical collage,” however you might define it, likely using the equivalent of cut and paste. When doing so, consider the sense in which your collage might itself become part of a subsequent collage.

Step 2: If you’d like your piece excerpted for a broadcast on the Austrian community radio show Kopfkino (translated: “cinema in the head,” and also available as a podcast) by Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, make sure your track is set for download when you post it.

Background: Margarethe has offered to produce an online segment in collaboration with the Disquiet Junto. The theme of the Kopfkino episode will be “collage.” The episode will itself be a collage of tracks produced in this week’s Junto project.

More on Kopfkino at: https://cba.fro.at/series/kopfkino

Headless Cinema (disquiet0478)

improviser - composer - sound artist

he does solo projects, collaborations and participates in international online improv sessions. his main instruments are piano, guitar and electronics.

inquiries for new collaborations are welcome.

you can contact him at contact@stefanstrassermusician.de

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