Disquiet Junto Project 0188: Complex Complex
Take a provided track and make it more complex.

I used the track Complexification0010SH.

My goal was to add complexity while preserving the clarity of the original track. 

I began by adding 2 subtle tracks under the original opening. One is a time stretched version of the original with a stretch factor of 1. It adds a bit of pitched noise. The other is Spectral Filterbank which adds a slight repeating pitch. Both tracks are derived from and follow the sounds of the original track. They add a new bit of complexity to the original.

For the second section, starting at about 2:15, I added a new track based on the quieter section of the original. I repeated and reversed it creating a bilateral arc. I copied this and time stretched it with a stretch factor of 1. Underneath this I added a long, soft drone from Freesound (DerwentSharpe, Ambient » minor - 3b.wav). All this is under the original track. The new layered sounds add to the complexity of the original.

I overlapped the sounds from the last minute of the original track to create a drive to the final segment. The repeated beat pattern returns at about 3:15, increases and reaches a climax at 4:10. The piece ends with the sound of the original track. 

Edited in Audacity. 

The image associated with this track is by Thomas Boulvin

This project was proposed by Guy Birkin and Jay Bodley (aka Sun Hammer). It extends the thinking that went into their album Complexification, released by the record label Entr’acte. (There’s more background on album below the project description.)

More on this 188th Disquiet Junto project (“Take a provided track and make it more complex”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/08/06/disquiet0188-complexcomplex/

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


Complex Complex [disquiet0188-complexcomplex]

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