Ah. I understand now after checking your profile info. 

" this is the accident ... alien troubadour delight
this unbiased and neutral claim remains entirely unsolicited ...
void all prepared travel plans . void admittance to this fine dwelling . void all bodies and vessels . void all prior subconscious void . void this protocol"
The flies - meaninglessness

Blind Orphan Twins Plot Of Oath And Blood - Our Psychic Assassin Twins

Earth Before Men, Earth After Men

I think this track is a failure, maybe not to the assignment, but to my expectations. A random word  generator gave mit the word „arise“, which I loved. My idea was to get the relaxed mood across of getting up on a lazy Saturday, waking up slowly, getting out of bed and getting started with the day. 

The track starts with a dreamy shortwave recording rising in pitch and drenched in reverb, then adds an organ at a slow pace. After a break, things start to get moving, more lines are introduced, finally the drums kick in… but as the track might be something I’d listen to on a Saturday morning, I couldn’t translate the music in my head. It’s just too flat. Still, fun was had ;-) 

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Disquiet Junto Project 0602: Choice Words 
The Assignment: Make a piece of music that strives to express a specific word.

Step 1: Choose a word — either a favorite word, or one at random from a dictionary, a book your reading, or any such source.

Step 2: Compose a short piece of music that expresses that word as best you can. Perhaps it communicates an underlying concept, or follows the shape of the word when spoken, or utilizes it as an extremely short lyric. Come up with your own approach, which might be determined by the word, rather than imposed on the word.

Eight Important Steps When Your Track Is Done:

Step 1: Include “disquiet0602” (no spaces or quotation marks) in the name of your tracks.

Step 2: If your audio-hosting platform allows for tags, be sure to also include the project tag “disquiet0602” (no spaces or quotation marks). If you’re posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is essential to subsequent location of tracks for the creation of a project playlist.

Step 3: Upload your tracks. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your tracks.

Step 4: Post your track in the following discussion thread at llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0602-choice-words/

Step 5: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process.

Step 6: If posting on social media, please consider using the hashtag #DisquietJunto so fellow participants are more likely to locate your communication.

Step 7: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Step 8: Also join in the discussion on the Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

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More on this 602nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Choice Words (The Assignment: Make a piece of music that strives to express a specific word), at: https://disquiet.com/0602/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0602-choice-words/

Arise [disquiet0602]

My submission for the November 2023 Sim Selection monthly challenge of Benn Jordan's discord community.

Theme: Helios
Keywords: tender, fluctuating

Photo by James Day on Unsplash.

east to west

Pacific

This week's Disquiet Junto prompt was "Take one held tone and make it dance slowly."

I thought this would be challenging, but really it all came together very quickly!

I thought about what dancing means (motion?) and tried to imagine ways a long held tone could "move" slowly. 

I came up with three main ways:
0:00 - 0:53 - a slowly moving bandpass filter followed by Abletons' stock Echo plug-in (the resonance of the filter immediately introduces an overtone that is not the held note, but hey don't blame me I didn't invent physics)
0:54 - 1:18 - Using a vibrato plug-in at about 50% wet/dry to slowly move the tone and town by cents
1:19 - 2:33 - Using tremolo to add a lot of motion - the tone is doubled, panned L and R, and tremolo'd at different rates to make it dance across the stereo field (the slowness of the dancing is debatable here, but the intent is there!)
2:34 - 2:58 - This is the opening phrase of the piece, but accompanied by an echo blast from the tremolo'd section that fades out

All in all, a ton of fun! I never in a million years would have tried something like, so this was a great experiment.

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More on this 631st weekly Disquiet Junto project, In a Silent Waveform — The Assignment: Take one held tone and make it dance slowly — at: https://disquiet.com/0631/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0631-in-a-silent-waveform/

"Take one held tone and make it dance slowly." (Disquiet0631)

For the Disquiet Junto 0636: The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio.
Here's a handpan piece. I hope it inspires some collaboration! 
Here's some info: 
The handpan scale is  F integral, which is like F minor without a Bb. 
Scale notes: (F), C, Db, Eb, F, G, Ab, C
99 bpm
There is a melody that repeats 3 times, at bar 13, 37, and 57. Then Before, in between and after are some little grooves. 
It's been a while since I've participated in the Junto (I have been doing Weekly Beats all year) but I love this three part collaboration. Can't wait to hear what this community does!

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/

Left(Hand)(1of3)[disquiet0636]

Declaring something to be the last entails it having occurred at least once, and often implies that preventive measures will be difficult. Yet there are situations where such mitigation is imperative - as is the case with the redoubtable opera murders.

This track is the third and final of a trio of Disquiet Junto's, featuring Coraline Ada Ehmke's rhythmic atmosphere, guitar, and radio drama samples (https://soundcloud.com/coralineada/the-last-of-the-opera-murders-disquiet0636), RPLKTR's piano, pads, and drums (https://soundcloud.com/rplktr/the-last-of-the-opera-murders-disquiet0637), and my addition of synth organ bass and soprano saxophone (with generous reverb).

The Last of the Opera Murders

The Last Of The Opera Murders (disquiet0638) featuring Coraline Ada Ehmke and RPLKTR

Incubuses

Extensibility

This is my response to a Haiku by Michael Dudley:

abandoned farmhouse
off the snow-piled roof
gusts of ghosts

Michael Dudley (michaeljdudley.com) was born in downtown Toronto and reared in the Greater Toronto Area.   He later lived and worked for 35 years in rural Southwestern Ontario. From May 2018 until June 2020 he continuously travelled.  He is the father of three adults and the author of numerous poetry collections, including pilgrimage:  ha!ku selected & new, Red Moon Press, 2017.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 9th December 2020

haiku by Michael Dudley http://michaeljdudley.com

picture by Shapelined https://unsplash.com/@shapelined

The track is based on an Patch for VCV Rack I made for the
Day Of The Dead 2020 Mystery Giveaway (https://youtu.be/v-Kw2zkKHD0) with some overdubbed guitar. Recorded and mixed with Audio Evolution Mobile Studio.

Abandoned Farmhouse (naviarhaiku361)

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