This is an acoustic cover of Wellerman, the 20th century NZ folksong about whaling. 

This was recorded in Long Island, NY in the summer of 2023
Vocals: Cora
Production: torpid scorpion

For more on the song, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellerman

This release is part of the weekly Disquiet Junto.
Note that as this is a demo of an upcoming release NO DERIVATIVE WORKS applies

More on this 613th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Test Drive (The Assignment: The Assignment: Do something you’ve been meaning to do), at: https://disquiet.com/0613/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/
 
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Wellerman (ft Cora)

Wellerman (acoustic demo) ft Cora (via disquiet0613)

First of a series....the last of its species

sparse piano chords that take a parabolic flight into low earth orbit before making one last effort. A harmonic base for further development:

G minor, 115 bpm.

As far as process and kit, this was made with an upright piano, a coles4038, and stock ableton effects. I played for 20 minutes, kept the good bits, and edited it to be AABA with forward progress.

Make something cool with it!

More on the 636th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Left (1 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0636/

Dissolve Left! (disquiet0636)

two in an ambient bed, with an arpeggiated pulse.

Torpid Scorpion added the Super Gemini arp with some subtle and not-so-subtle filter movement and cross-modulation to the already movin' bed set by the Old Drummer. (no drums were invovled here however!)

Old Drummers base track: https://soundcloud.com/vgmrmojo/disquiet0636

Neither of us followed instructions about panning and both beds sit on top of each other quite nicely so enjoy!

120bpm, C lydian. UDO super gemini.

More on the 637th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right (2 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio — at https://disquiet.com/0637/

Pulse

Pulse (disquiet0637) Old Drummer X Torpid Scorpion

A deep drone with a melody in the lower layers of its latent space. Madness to procrastinate to, created in pursuit of harmony.

Done in two takes on the MatrixBrute, H3000, VVV. Not mastered what? because why.

More on the 676th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Sub Melody — The Assignment: Bury a slow melody deep inside a drone — at https://disquiet.com/0676/

Matrixxx Sub Melody (disquiet0676)

A new game for new children in a new century, echoes of old mistakes, history on repeat, maybe next time! Lets go to the moon, but not without anticipation, passion, wonder, and regret. Would they recognise themselves as children?

A tribute too Georges Bizet's Op 22 for piano, go listen.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeux_d%27enfants_(Bizet)

This piano is electric, as is the bass, the found sounds are eclectic: cornwall and NASA, in flight, and in repose. The space inhabited is by Sean Costello/Valhalla DSP.

NASA recordings used by permission, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, https://freesound.org/people/DudeAwesome/sounds/386070/

Moire on the 677th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Jeux d’enfants — The Assignment: Make music inspired by a children’s toy or game — at https://disquiet.com/0677/

Jeux d'Enfants Nouveaux - La Fusée

Jeux d'Enfants Nouveaux - La Fusée (disquiet 0677)

A groove in Dm @ 104 bpm played on a mahogany guild parlour guitar with a figure overdubbed. A foundation on which to ground your energy for the long struggle ahead.

More on the 697th weekly Disquiet Junto project, First Third — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0697/

Disquiet0697 - First Third

Fake Genius on the left, Torpid Scorpion on the RIght. 

Added a rhythm played on the TR8S with a second pass to hand-crank filter and delay effects.

This pie is waiting for a third to fill in the missing piece.

More on the 698th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Second Third — The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0698/



Second Third (disquiet0698) Fake Genius x Torpid Scorpion

A guitar part added to CJ McGregor's modular rhythm part, for the second of three phases of a collaboration.

More on the 698th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Second Third — The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0698/

Second Third on the RIght! (disquiet0698) CJ McGregor x Torpid Scorpion

Built on top of the excellent bass and rhythm work of DD and halF unusuaL in the previous two weeks, and operating under the influence of Lol Tolhurst's rock and roll memoirs, as well as the unease of being here now in 2025, here is a happy little song about modern life. 

More on the 699th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Third Third — The Assignment: Record the final third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0699/

Mother of Thirds (disquiet 0699) Torpid Scorpion x Daniel Diaz x Half Unusual

Trapped in a metal tube away from the studio at the start, I was able to capture the sounds of RIC -> JFK, of Nonsensical posing on CSPAN, and the Emagical EVOCative sounds of past times  - then voila! at home for some acoustic fun with children and birds. Was it all a dream? No! Here's to 700 more.

Some credit where credit is due:

Samples are as follows, used by permission and/or with fair use educational intent.

Ted Cruz speaking at Congressional Inquiry ‘Boeing CEO testifies on aircraft safety’ Aptil 2, 2025 11:13 pm EDT as broadcast by CSPAN https://archive.org/details/CSPAN2_20250403_031300_Boeing_CEO_Testifies_on_Aircraft_Safety/start/300/end/360


In flight announcement and ambience Sample taken by Rens on AA flight 4662 Richmond, VA to LGA NY 30 May 2025


Kids in copenhagen playground 2014 from Freesound.org 
CHILDREN IN SCHOOLYARD 96_24 - LIM1.flac by fielastro -- https://freesound.org/s/250504/ -- License: Creative Commons 0


Dawn Chorus - Birdsong - London - UK by nebulousflynn -- https://freesound.org/s/234889/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

All other performances Torpid Scorpion.

More on the 700th weekly Disquiet Junto project, View Frame — The Assignment: Share a peek out your window and some sounds inspired by the view — at https://disquiet.com/0700/

Flight 700

Flight 700 (disquiet0700)

A looped musing on the state of the world run through Eventide Band Delays with the parameters abused by modulating at just above and just below audio rate

Disquiet0702 - Chain of Band Delays

Inspired by the novel "Cloud Atlas" and expanding on one of the themes on the evanescent value of artistic production. And by the casio vl-1 - fantasy, flute, and piano.

More on the 704th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right on Cumulus — The Assignment: Compose 8-bit music inspired by a Cory Arcangel / Super Mario video — at disquiet.com/0704/

Disquiet0704 - Cloud Index

This is my 1st of 2 contributions to the Disquiet Junto 0473...a duet with moduS ponY's contribution 'New Unit' to disquiet0472. It is called 'Leaf Blower'

I recorded the sound of leaf blowers working in Kennington Park, South London, on a grey, covid-19 lockdown day, during my one rationed daily excursion. These leaf blowers appear twice, obviously, in the track but also inscrutably as the sampled waveform which provides the melodic/harmonic base. There is subtle modulation of the pitch, and filter throughout. Tools used include:

iPhone voice memos
Ableton live
Valhalla Delay and ValhallaVintageVerb
iZotope Mobius filter
Arturia Mini Filter
Roland keyboard controller

Torpid Scorpion

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More on this 473rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Placebo Effect (2 of 3) / The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0473/ 1

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0473-placebo-effect/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Image associated with this project is by Israel Avila, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/5bFGMU 1

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Leaf Blower

disquiet0473 Placebo Effect - Leaf Blower (Torpid Scorpion On ModuS PonY)

A duet featuring Guitar from High Towers & Deep Wells and Bass from Torpid Scorpion; Space left on the couch for a third.

Em, 72bpm

Bass has mild compression and a tiny amount of saturation via Trash2. Guitar EQ to make room for the bass. 

Tools used:
- Ibanez Bass through Radial Powerstrip
- Ableton Live and EQ8
- Izotope Trash2

note: this track contains 0% brexit content. Give it a rest.

More on this 472nd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Jam Time (1 of 3) / The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0472/ 3

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1

Subscribe to project announcements here:

https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co 1:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0472-jam-time/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Image associated with this project is by Meg Jones, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/mDRT9 1

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Fog in the Channel; Continent Cut Off

Disquiet0473 Fog In The Chanel; Continent Cut Off (feat High Towers & Deep Wells)

This is a submission for the Disquiet Junto 0474: Police Action

I built this track from the excellent collaboration of @daniel-diaz and @forcedamage from Junto 0473. Respect.

Fifths Damage (https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/fifths-damage-21012021-disquiet0473) had a very strong western feel, and also a feeling of being balanced between sentiment and action. We are each trapped in a dynamic equilibrium that gets us through the day, but the ground is shifting and the system is out of balance. The Ostrich is one of the last remaining flightless birds; surely that is not our fate? Make a plan.

I added a rhythm track to what I received, starting with the output form the Logic Drummer in hip-hop mode and then editing the results until they locked to the groove that was there, choosing a nice acoustic kit emulation, and running the track through a Fatso EL7X. Other tools used included a coles 4038, an iphone, Phil Moore's excellent Retro PowerStrip, an A&H board, Valhalla plugins, and Ozone for a quick and dirty mastering pass.

The lyrics came from the feeling above, and from fighting off stockholm syndrome from all the decades since Reagan and Thatcher.

The samples are from the 'crying indian' public service announcement of the last century, and the extinction rebellion of this century.

- Torpid Scorpion


More on this 474th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Police Action (3 of 3) / The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians – at:

https://disquiet.com/0474/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0474-police-action/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Image associated with this project is by orangechallenger, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/cGSjx7 1

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Future Damage - 1970

Future Damage - 1970 (disquiet0474) w Daniel Diaz and Force Damage

Las Ruinas Circulares: an electronic collage incorporating some of the eponymous work by Jorge Luis Borges first published in 1940 in the literary journal Sur.

Are we the dreamer or the dream? The act of creation is one of pain but also of necessity. The culture of judgement and personal responsibility posits the guilt of the agent. but is there agency, or does the house of cards rest on nothing at all; a supposition? Are we a construct of images, pasted together from scraps of memory?

Voices raised in dream:
- modular (rings, pams, sloths, 2hp arp, 
- rhodes
- valhalla
- Drumbrite, SSF entity
- flatwound
- torpid scorpion


More on this 478th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Collage of Collages (The Assignment: Make a collage that will become part of a larger collage.) — at:

https://disquiet.com/0478/

The project is a collaboration with the radio show Kopfkino, initiated by Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka. More on Kopfkino at:

https://cba.fro.at/series/kopfkino

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0478-collage-of-collages/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Image associated with this project is by the late Jeffrey Melton (a very early Junto participant), and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/4zoz46

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/

Torpid Scorpion - Las Ruinas (Disquiet Junto 0478 - Collage Of Collages) SCMASTER

Torpid Scorpion is the electro-acoustic project of London based musician Rens Troost. 

My soundcloud is where I put up experiments and collaborations that may or may not see release someday.

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