The Orchid Paradox jamn playlist (Jan. 2025)

Lightning (finger remix)

Planet

my debut track! My goal is to create music that people enjoy dancing to and to transport the listener to a faraway place.

Seems Strange

This is the Submission for the 680th Disquiet Junto.

More on the 680th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reverse Resolution — The Assignment: Finish something (musical) you started last year — at https://disquiet.com/0680/

Fleeting (disquiet0680)

The Orchid Paradox - No Drawers

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do,
I'm half crazy,
All for the love of you.

It won't be a stylish marriage,
I haven't got a carriage,
But you'll look sweet, up on the seat,
Of a bicycle built for two!

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do,
I'm half crazy,
All for the love of you.

It won't be a stylish marriage,
I haven't got a carriage,
But you'll look sweet, up on the seat
Of a bicycle built for two!

The Orchid Paradox - Daisy Trippin

More on the 681st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Drama Course — The Assignment: Record a piece of music to transform a walk or a run into something theatrical — at https://disquiet.com/0681/

I am in the fortunate situation that I can walk to work. So I recorded this short walk of about 8 minutes. Most of it is along a small river, a bit away from traffic. About half way, I cross the river over a small waterfall and later recross it over a wooden bridge. The walk ends with a beep of the badge reader.

There is some natural drama on this walk with birds and sounds of the river. What would make it more dramatical would be a lot more people (instead of the two dog walkers I say hello to). So I took this as an excuse to go crazy with speech synthesis, which I probably use far too often. I have a very soft spot for Plaits “Alpha Tango Foxtrot”. So there you have it: added drama. Lovely walks to everyone!

Disquiet0681 - La-la-la / Foxtrot

The Orchid Paradox - Jade Frog Temple

"Him? Bah, I'm sure he's doing fine. He's probably giving them hell up there in Valhalla after all this time."

Laruna (Demo)

The Orchid Paradox - Tryptic Mystics (feat. Nhaktu)

The Orchid Paradox - What You Need (ft. MIA STONE)

All the sounds in this track are derived from original recordings of small hand bells.
More on the 682nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Unring a Bell — The Assignment: What if you could? — at https://disquiet.com/0682/

Cracked Bells (disquiet0682)

During spring 2024 I regularly visited Ballyfad woods, sometimes to walk the various paths, sometimes to prepare the place for recording by cutting low branches in places I would need to have clear for setting up the equipment in the early mornings. I was most interested in recording down the south-west end, as this is the part that has a small valley, is only 2.9 Kilometres from the M11 motorway. Though I have known Ballyfad wood for a very long time as it is not far from where I live, it is only after new paths had been opened up that I discovered this small valley, it has some huge Beech and oak trees with a small pond in one part. Back in 1992-1993 in the north end of the woods is where I recorded 'Aubade' (and done research on the dawn chorus). Basically it is too close to the road to successfully record there now, however at the bottom of the valley, most of any noise in the area would not reach the bottom, also I thought, if I only record when there is a drift of air going against any noise from the M11, then it was worth a try, so over that spring I made many recordings, sometimes with three recording rigs, at the time I didn't think I had had much success, however it is always the case that I am most critical of the recordings made the morning I make them, it seems it is tiredness that makes me feel I have not achieved anything. However since then I have revisited the recordings and was very surprised at their quality, I felt they were too good to leave them unpublished. This album covers the best eight recordings, cross-faded together into two tracks. Ballyfad wood is in the north of county Wexford, near the villages of Coolgreany and Ballyfad and south-west of Arklow, Ireland.


Ballyfad Woods (1) - Spring 2024

Negs

The rhythm track is created from the sounds of a lighter, striking a match and a crackling fire ...

More on the 692nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Combust a Move — The Assignment: Make music using fire for the rhythm track — at https://disquiet.com/0692/

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halF alighT [disquiet0692]

Two person group based out of Boulder, CO. We create a variety of music across different genres and for different settings. Breathwork ceremonies, cannabis circles, ecstatic dance, meditation and yoga among others. Heavily improvised music that blends acoustic and high tech electronic instruments to create Neo-Tribal soundscapes for inner exploration, movement/flow, healing, and self-realization. Check out our Bandcamp for full-length albums.

trippy space jams to blast off with and/or dance to

The Orchid Paradox - Jade Frog Temple

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