This was my contribution for Disquiet Junto Project 0715: Err Apparent. The Assignment: Make a mistake on purpose. Build something from it.

Here’s a copy of my post on the Disquiet Junto 0715 discussion thread on Lines:

This is a loose interpretation of the prompt since I used a recent recording that already had flaws rather than making a mistake on purpose. Last week, we took our dog Hanako to the beach. She loves to run around going after the bull kelp that washes up on the shore and tear them apart. Sometimes, she’ll collect them onto a big pile. I figured it would be cool to do some field recordings during our doggie beach day. As I was setting up, I realized that I had taken the spent batteries out of the Zoom F3 recorder and never replaced them. I did have a back up recorder, a Sony A10, but didn’t bring the windjammer for it. The weather was breezy but recorded several minutes of ocean sounds anyway. When I listened to the recordings that night, the audio was mostly wind noise. I thought I could salvage some of the beach ambience for this project.
 
I used a high pass filter in Ableton Live along, with additional effects, to cleanup and manipulate the recording so at least some of the ocean sounds came through. From there, added additional tracks using built-in instruments and Slate+Ash Ruins. This turned out to have a much more chill vibe than I originally imagined. 

More on the 715th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Err Apparent — The Assignment: Make a mistake on purpose. Build something from it — at https://disquiet.com/0715/

Beach and Kelp Drifts [disquiet0715]

Somewhere on the California Central Coast

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