Like it very much here, great sounds and rythm!!!!

This was my contribution for Disquiet Junto Project 0707: Chain of Practice. The Assignment: Make music from how you make music. This project is the third of three that are being done by the Disquiet Junto in collaboration with the 2025 Musikfestival Bern, which will be held in Switzerland from September 3 through 7.

Here’s a copy of my post on the Disquiet Junto 0707 discussion thread on Lines:

Recorded myself speaking the following sentence using a Tascam DR-100mkIII: “I try to create music by mindfully listening to what’s happening around me, as well as to what the subconscious parts of my mind are trying to say”. 

I took the recording and heavily processed it, mainly using Morphagene on the modular and the Fieldtone Weaver effects pedal. Assembled the tracks, as well as the original recording, into Ableton Live. From there – I sliced, sampled, mangled, and added effects till I ended with something I was mostly satisfied with. The repetitive guitar-like sequence was created using a sliced sample transformed in Ableton’s Simpler instrument with some spectral effects. 

Hopefully, this piece reflects that idea stated in the opening sentence. This was challenging and fun. Thank you, I’m glad I was able to participate in these Musikfestival Bern projects again this year.

More on the 707th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chain of Practice — The Assignment: Make music from how you make music — at https://disquiet.com/0707/

Never Landing [disquiet0707]

Mr. Practice [disquiet0707]

I discovered the freedom in looking at things as “different” instead of “better.”

Recorded, edited, mixed & mastered on 19/20 Jul 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa, USA.

Vocal samples, effects

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 10/14/20 Jul 2015, Massapequa, NY, USA

Music & art © 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of “Magnitude Of Characteristic Difference To Upper” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0707: Book Start. The Assignment: Make music from how you make music.

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

More on the 707th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chain of Practice — The Assignment: Make music from how you make music — at https://disquiet.com/0707/

One sentence from one of my responses from this interview/profile form the audio and operating basis for this piece. 
https://disquiet.com/2025/02/03/junto-profile-jimmy-lem/

Magnitude Of Characteristic Difference To Upper (disquiet0707)

What is left after you strip down style to the basics?

Who Was Left disquiet0707

More on the 707th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chain of Practice — The Assignment: Make music from how you make music — at https://disquiet.com/0707/

Ich ergründe einen Klang in meinen Gedanken ^^ und breche ihn auf ^^ um seine alltäglichen und bekannten Elemente zu schichten ^^ und in serieller Weise sein Timbre aus alten und neuen Teilen nachzuformen.
Ich erforsche was wirklich einen Klang ausmacht und wie ich mit dessen langweiligen und meist überflüssigen Teilen etwas originelles schaffen kann das bekannte Sounds in einen hoffentlich neuen und inspirierenden Kontext setzt.

I explore a sound in my mind and break it down to layer its everyday and familiar elements and serially recreate its timbre from old and new parts.
I explore what really makes a sound and how I can take its boring and mostly superfluous parts and create something original that hopefully puts familiar sounds into a new and inspiring context.

the assignment was to come up with a sentence that describes our approach, my practice of creating a new track. took ages to find some words that really match in that context and accompany a true to it concept for this project. i usually wont work with vocals and/or spoken word so this was quite tricky and until mixing and mastering stage it took such a long time giving me real headache (again) but i like with what i came up reflecting what really reflects my work agenda. you should decide if in my track a certain vibe of "chain" or chained parts is to be heard or not, i personally thing i somehow missed that part of this compositional concept. anyway this might well be one of my best tracks this year so far.

produced  on Fostex TH7 headphones, mixed and checked on Fostex pm0.5D and a cheap 2.1 system, arranged in Bitwig Studio
tools used: beyerdynamic FOX, Flechtwerk, Curve2, Kontakt

be save, vegan love (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

Coma -- Practice -- Disquiet707

More on the 707th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chain of Practice — The Assignment: Make music from how you make music — at https://disquiet.com/0707/

The Mustard You Left On The Hearth [disquiet0707]

Entry for disquiet0707. 24-24. 24 hours a day.

disquiet0707: 24 Hours

"Follow your ear. If you encounter a rabbithole, see where it goes. And always try to show up."
All sounds created from voice recordings of this text with loads of messing about and processing.
More on the 707th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chain of Practice — The Assignment: Make music from how you make music — at https://disquiet.com/0707/.

Rabbithole [disquiet0707]

More on the 707th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chain of Practice — The Assignment: Make music from how you make music — at https://disquiet.com/0707/. 

Destination Improvisation [disquiet0707]

The Swiss National Sound Archives – A Phonomontage


La Fonoteca nazionale svizzera conserva oltre 500'000 supporti sonori; ogni giorno se ne aggiungono di nuovi. Sezione della Biblioteca nazionale, la Fonoteca archivia e documenta il mondo sonoro della Svizzera.

Con: Günther Giovannoni, Enea Adami, Giuliano Castellani, Samuel Pont, Yari Copt, Gabriele Cerilli, Paola Pianta Franzoso, Andrea Sassen, Romano Nardelli.

Concetto e regia: Markus Zohner
Sound Engineer: Luca Massaroli
Assistenza di produzione: Elisabetta Preite
Jingle: Enea Adami, Federico Vogel

Una produzione della Markus Zohner Arts Company per incarico della Fonoteca nazionale svizzera, con il contributo della Fondazione Franco e Franca Bernasconi, Lugano, 2025.

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Die Schweizerische Nationalphonothek bewahrt über 500'000 Tonträger; täglich kommen neue hinzu. Als Teil der Nationalbibliothek archiviert, dokumentiert unsd vermittelt sie die Klangwelt der Schweiz.

Mit: Günther Giovannoni, Enea Adami, Giuliano Castellani, Samuel Pont, Yari Copt, Gabriele Cerilli, Paola Pianta Franzoso, Andrea Sassen, Romano Nardelli.

Konzept und Regie: Markus Zohner
Sound Engineer: Luca Massaroli
Produktionsassistenz: Elisabetta Preite
Jingle: Enea Adami, Federico Vogel

Eine Produktion der Markus Zohner Arts Company im Auftrag der Schweizerischen Nationalphonothek, mit Unterstützung der Franco und Franca Bernasconi Stiftung, Lugano, 2025.

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Français
La Phonothèque nationale suisse conserve plus de 500'000 supports sonores ; chaque jour s'y ajoutent de nouveaux. En tant que section de la Bibliothèque nationale, la Phonothèque archive et documente le monde sonore de la Suisse.

Avec: Günther Giovannoni, Enea Adami, Giuliano Castellani, Samuel Pont, Yari Copt, Gabriele Cerilli, Paola Pianta Franzoso, Andrea Sassen, Romano Nardelli.

Conception et mise en scène: Markus Zohner
Ingénieur du son: Luca Massaroli
Assistance de production: Elisabetta Preite
Jingle: Enea Adami, Federico Vogel

Une production de la Markus Zohner Arts Company pour le compte de la Phonothèque nationale suisse, avec le soutien de la Fondation Franco et Franca Bernasconi, Lugano, 2025.

The Swiss National Sound Archives – A Phonomontage

80 channel installation remix of Ending II by Tobias Reber

binaural documentary recording - best enjoyed on headphones.

Tobias Reber - concept & source material
Moritz Tobler - remix & realisation
Till Eiholzer - remix & realisation

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUhAS_WqEjo

Documentations:
http://www.tobiasreber.com/cms/works/ending-ii-remix
https://moritztobler.ch/ending2

Commissioned by Pakt Bern for "flash (back and forward)" on December 8, 2017. With kind support by Merging Technologies and Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB) - Sound Arts

Ending II Remix (binaural documentary recording)

freelance musician and sound designer specializing in electronic and electroacoustic music composition, performance and improvisation. creator of sound installations. educator and custom audio software developer. member of centrozoon (www.centrozoon.de) discography & documentation of works at www.tobiasreber.com, blog at www.tobiasreber.tumblr.com.

Ending II Remix (binaural documentary recording)

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