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More on this 553rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Break That Cycle (The Assignment: Record in a steady tempo but break it on occasion) — at: https://disquiet.com/0553/

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Four Four Walks Into A Bar (disquiet0553)

drone piece for the disquiet junto //

based on a chord from the john cage composition "as slow as possible"

(file edited 12/08)

Drowsy Hypothetical

[disquiet0554] Drowsy Hypothetical

This week’s prompt: A John Cage chord (E5 A#4 E4 D#4 Db3 C3) meant to be as slow as possible, in a 3 minute loopable drone, for potential inclusion in a music fest. 

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0554-cage-chord/57579/32?u=baconpaul

The chord is strange. Sort of a Cm7b9 with a wrong note voiced in a blatantly hostile fashion. And the idea took me to a place which is not appropriate for a music festival, or looping, or droning, or maybe even human consumption. I’m not sure. This one may be bad. For the first time in a while I’m really not sure whether to hit the upload or the trashcan.

But it calls on a lot of sounds i’ve been experimenting with around synthesis and feedback, instability, and random structure.  And all the voices (voices? sure I’ll go with voices) here have those characteristics. And what the heck. The communities are friendly so toss it out there. 

Mechanics: A stack of 6 or so Surge XT instances in Logic with a lot of patching, a lot of automation, and a bit of compression on the back.

Feedback on Cage's Chord (disquiet0554)

An electronic drone sequence.

More on this 554th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Cage Chord (The Assignment: Riff on a chord by John Cage) – at: https://disquiet.com/0554/

Thanks to Tobias Reber and Musikfestival Bern for collaboration on this project. More on the festival at:

https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/
https://www.instagram.com/musikfestival_bern
https://www.facebook.com/musikfestivalbern

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

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co 1: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0554-cage-chord/

Vinyl Drone (disquiet0554)

With this Disquiet Junto instruction, I took each note of the John Cage chord, assigned one note to separate organ sounds then midi recorded live playing of the inbuilt effects and stops. Having downloaded the MIDI version of this chord, I slowed the tempo down to 1. I transferred it to Audacity and cut the abrupt start and end, and added a slow fade in and out.

More on this 554th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Cage Chord (The Assignment: Riff on a chord by John Cage) — at: https://disquiet.com/0554/

Thanks to Tobias Reber and Musikfestival Bern for collaboration on this project. More on the festival at:

https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/
https://www.instagram.com/musikfestival_bern
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-0554-cage-chord/

Disquiet0554

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]

A track made for the disquiet Junto Project #0554

A chord  is formed by notes C3, Db3, D#4, E4, A#4, E5 from the Arp Odyssey mutitracked to six recorder/loopers using mlre script in the Monome Norns shield.

Odd-Y Cage Chord . disquiet0554

This composition was created for the Disquiet Junto Project 0554: Cage Chord. See below for more information. Hopefully it’s in keeping with the creative spirit of John Cage. 
More on this 554th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Cage Chord (The Assignment: Riff on a chord by John Cage) – at: https://disquiet.com/0554/ 1
Thanks to Tobias Reber and Musikfestival Bern for collaboration on this project. More on the festival at:
https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/ https://www.instagram.com/musikfestival_bern 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/ 1
Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co 1: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0554-cage-chord/

Disquiet Junto Cage Chord: disquiet0554

[disquiet0554] Rumble

Part of the disquiet0554 prompt to create a drone inspired by “Organ²/ASLSP” by John Cage. 

This piece switches chords once and uses filter and distortion adjustments to create different sounds and timbres throughout.

Cage Chord [after Organ²/ASLSP] [disquiet0554]

More on this 555th weekly Disquiet Junto project — A Simple Timer (The Assignment: Simplify by a factor of 5) — at: https://disquiet.com/0555/

Thanks to Anatol Locker for having proposed this project.

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

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Simple Waves (disquiet0555)

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

Corded Caged Chord [disquiet0554]

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