Edited live jam, ice samples through no-input mixer feedback. I improvised for about 20 minutes. Cut it down to 4 segments that total 2 minutes. I also re-ordered the 4 segments into what felt like a fun structure. The ice samples come from my ice junto 1 year ago. 

The idea was to revisit the problem I was focused on last year with that junto piece — chasing a stronger sense of development and direction in my pieces. But through something closer to my current focus on live improvisation.

Last year when doing the ice prompt disquiet junto I was at a bit of a turning point in my production process. I knew my happy place was keeping production as close as possible to improvisation. But wanting stronger direction and development in my music led me to explore the slower process of editing and building things out on a DAW timeline. In the last 6 months I took a 180. I moved back to focusing mostly on improvisation, but with a new interest in structure. 

It’s been rewarding to revisit the material and problems I was playing with last year through a fresh lens. 


Disquiet Junto Project 0627: Just Ice Society
 The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something with it.
Welcome to a new year of Disquiet Junto communal music projects. This week’s project is as follows. It’s the same project we’ve begun each year with since the very first Junto project, way back in January 2012. The project is, per tradition, just this one step:
Step 1: Please record the sound of an ice cube rattling in a glass, and make something of it.

More on this 627th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Just Ice Society — The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something with it — at: https://disquiet.com/0627/
About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1
Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/
Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0627-just-ice-society/

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

New Old Ice [disquiet0627]

Sinewave, Fieldrecording, VirtualCZ, No-Input-Mixer, Boss SE-70, Contact Mic

MixSE - 70

Wataru Abe Liveset at 2025.0906 Subcrypt + XYLO

0906 Wataru Abe Liveset

My name comes after the book "Full bleed - New York City Skateboard Photography". It is about everyday surroundings, a culture, artistic expression, and so much more. I like house, noise, dub, ambient, minimal and the fields inbetween.

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