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What does an empty internet sound like?
The task is both absurd and intriguing. The leftover sounds of past information; letters, words, images, voices, music - all blurred into a fading white noise...?

I started with two different sources of white noise, my vintage Roland System 100 and a euro-rack module. To create the illustration of remnants of digital communication I used a simple loop from the Roland running through the euro-rack and then added two tracks of sample-and-hold noise from the Moog.

Ironically, I ended up using only analogue synthesisers to illustrate a digital emptiness...

More on this 118th Disquiet Junto project — “What is the room tone of the Internet?” — at:
http://disquiet.com/2014/04/03/disquiet0118-internetroomtone/
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/?p=16588
Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/
Image associated with this Junto project used via a Creative Commons license:
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Reflections [disquiet0118-internetroomtone]

Hi, I imagined a ball bouncing on that concrete room (photo).
The room is huge.
the ball is hollow and metallic.


Used:
Hang (treated with a bouncing delay fx)
Synthesized field recording
Filtered and treated field recording.

Recorded on December 22nd 2023  during the morning.

for this junto:https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0625-noise-ceiling

Ball Bouncing in This Empty Room (disquiet0625)

Original by encym https://soundcloud.com/encym 

Dubbed & mixed 15 Mar 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. This was also Day 1338 of the 100 Day Project.

Music distributed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DEED

Process notes
Last week, encym(https://soundcloud.com/encym) recorded & uploaded “Neat Disorder” and I downloaded it on 3/13 

His original post and notes -
https://soundcloud.com/encym/neat_disorder_disquiet0636

“This week’s Junto project has always been one of my favourites – so I recorded the first third of what will eventually become a trio. I played it on my Tele through a simple, straightforward signal chain of Chase Bliss Mood (the main sound), fed through a Dark Star and a Polymoon to add space and variations in terms of timbre. No further editing in the DAW. I went for as sparse a track as I could, to provide as much space as possible for my potential collaborators. My hope is that you feel inspired by my “almost crumbling to pieces” vibe, and I look forward to hearing what you will be adding over the coming weeks for it to become a trio recording.”

My own additional process notes - 
On 3/15, I recorded about 9 minutes of prepared cuatro and picked some bits I liked for this piece. I used a few native Ableton Live effects, panned to right.

Artwork: Edit and additions to encym’s original using Adobe Photoshop 2024 and Q’MIC-Qt.

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This original version of “Ataxophobia, Right?” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0637: Right (2 of 3). The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio.

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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/ 

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2024-03-15 Ataxophobia, Right? by encym & Jimmy Lem (disquiet0367)

For the second third of what will become a trio, I improvised over the neat track: https://soundcloud.com/encym/neat_disorder_disquiet0636?si=b9ddc52764ed4a2aa016f867b517e4fc&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing by @encym

The right side was made with a meaty and glassy combo instrument using Pigments and Falcon. 
Following the approach of the original track on the left, I made a sparse arrangement, with plenty of air and spectrum for future collaborators.

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/

encym & undermulden - Picks & String 2 of 3 (disquiet0637)

The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio.

Used the track Four Variations for Left by Jim Lemanowicz: https://soundcloud.com/blisterpop/four-variations-for-left-by-jimmy-lem-disquiet0636?si=34834046ea474be7810d00b8e10455c0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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/

Four Variations tied together - with Jim Lemanowicz (disquiet0637)

YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyGtk4-ZtfQ

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku-Challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku536-tall-wide-arching-trees/

Assume a cathedral shape-naviarhaiku536

for john hinks.

two loops of vinyl glitch and a filtered techno beat give forward motion to several layers of piano and live guitar, tuned down and tone rolled off to make it sound like a bass guitar. the high end rapidly rolls off near the end to "de-arch" everything.

[naviarhaiku538] de-arching (for john)

Recorded for the Naviar Haiku challenge #536.

The intention is to illustrate the passing; peacefully, into darkness, into light.

Starting with a simple arpeggio on the Vintage Vibe, running through a Space Echo, followed by a slow and mellow bass on the Moog One and a bit of space glitter from the Waldorf Quantum. Finished off with an ambiguous melody on the Moog.

Recorded in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22.

into light [naviarhaiku536]

Submission to Naviar Haiku challenge 536:

Tall, wide-arching trees
Assume a cathedral shape
Until darkness falls

A background wash from Giorgio Sancristoforo's PointsAndLines: https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net
Added to that were a couple of semi random layers created in virtual modular using VCV Rack.

Along with those random elements I played a live solo using  Solionid an emulator plugin  based on the Solina String Ensemble: https://solcitomusica.blogspot.com/p/virtuales.html

Darkness Falls - (NaviarHaiku - 536)

Darkness Falls - (NavciarHaiku - 536)

Make kick drums from the sound of something carbonated.
Disquiet Junto Project 0642: Kick from Champagne
The Assignment: Use carbonation to make a beat.

Step 1: Make kick drums from the sound of something carbonated.

Step 2: Make a rhythmic track (think techno, but certainly follow your own muse) using the result of Step 1.

Thanks to the folks in the Echo Chamber Slack whose discussion about techno and kicks informed this week’s project.

Tasks Upon Completion:

Label: Include “disquiet0642” (no spaces/quotes) in the name of your track.

Upload: Post your track to a public account (SoundCloud preferred but by no means required). It’s best to focus on one track, but if you post more than one, clarify which is the “main” rendition.

Share: Post your track and a description/explanation at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0642-kick-from-champagne/

Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.

Additional Details:

Length: The length is up to you.

Deadline: Monday, April 22, 2024, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.

About: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Newsletter: https://juntoletter.disquiet.com/

License: It’s preferred (but not required) to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., an attribution Creative Commons license).

Please Include When Posting Your Track:

More on the 642nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Kick from Champagne — The Assignment: Use carbonation to make a beat — at https://disquiet.com/0642/ 2

Feijoa - disquiet0642

“Take the sound of the stone aging.” At first I thought about this in the geological sense. Then I came to the conclusion that aging basically just means living. So what are stones up to when they live their secret lives when nobody is watching? What’s their sound? I imagined it being something cheeky and a little funky, kind of slow but danceable.

More on the 643rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Stone Out of Focus — The Assignment: Make music inspired by a poem — at https://disquiet.com/0643/

This week’s project is based on a text by Yoko Ono, originally published in her book Grapefruit60 years ago, back in 1964.

Disquiet0643 - Cheeky Stones Funk

The Buchla Easel has been my favourite companion ever since I acquired it five or so years ago. Together with the KOMA BD-101 analogue delay they make a perfect team for travel and minimal live performances. The recent addition of the Buchla AUX card introduces beautiful noise, and allows for further modulations. Recorded with plenty of random voltages and live manual knob tweaking.

objective thankfulness [disquiet0413]

The phases of the moon, as are the phases of life. The seasons of the year, so also the seasons of life. The only constant is perpetual change.

Although slightly melancholic perhaps, this piece has a positive, upwards moving continuum, towards its subtle and peaceful finale.

First the Moog One was recorded in one take, through two Roland Space Echos, one each for left and right channel. Then, with quite an amount of knob tweaking, the shimmer and playfulness of the Waldorf Quantum was added, also in one take, through the tape echoes.

phases [disquiet0420]

Only a few days ago, I performed a live improvised soundtrack to the silent movie Metropolis, so this project was unusually timely. Once my gear was hooked up in the studio again, I improvised this soundtrack in a similar way, imagining walking through an an abandoned, haunted old movie theatre, in the darkest depths of the night...

Recorded live in the studio.
Moog One starts off with a bass drone.
Waldorf Quantum comes in, adding dissonant and spooky sounds.
After a while a piano is heard, delivering random eerie notes.
Towards the end, the chase is on, or is it just imagination?
Two Roland Space Echoes create added spookiness.

More on this 421st weekly Disquiet Junto project — Marquee Ghosts / The Assignment: What sounds haunt a discarded movie theater in the middle of the night? — at:

https://disquiet.com/0421/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

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

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0421-marquee-ghosts/

marquee ghosts [disquiet421]

Video: https://youtu.be/ykKpn47M9CY

I think might have taken a bit of a personal approach to this project.

To create "short bursts of music" I used the Buchla Easel for one part of the composition, and the Waldorf Quantum for the other.

I created a fairly complex, random, self running patch on the Buchla Easel, which spits out short bursts of random notes and noise. This was routed through the KOMA BBD Delay, with its delay time controlled by the MakeNoise Wogglebug.

On the Quantum I choose a patch with two particle oscillators set to granular, and then I manipulated them in numerous ways during the recording. This is basically live slicing and live manipulation of a sample.

I would recommend you to follow the track through to its end, as there are quite a lot of interesting textures developing.

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More on this 422nd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Chapter Cascade / The Assignment: Make a piece of music made up of tiny alternating parts — at:

https://disquiet.com/0422/ 2

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1

Subscribe to project announcements here:

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

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0422-chapter-cascade/

particles [Disquiet0422]

An improvisation on my Korg piano running through two Roland Space echoes - asking our world leaders to please press the emergency STOP button - and for all of you who just loves a bit of piano improvisations!

Watch video of performance here:
https://youtu.be/IagoRgE27Eo

Listen on Bandcamp:
https://unden.bandcamp.com

Watch on Twitch:
https://www.twitch.tv/undensounds

Main Players:
Korg Stage Vintage SV-1
Roland Space Echo -RE-201
Roland Space Echo  RE-150

Recorded with a Zoom Q2n.

For Our Leaders [disquiet447]

Mats Unden is a Swedish sound artist based in Darwin, Australia. Creates minimal electronica, ambient, and makes noise, with a passion for analogue, modular and vintage synthesizers.

Reflections [disquiet0118-internetroomtone]

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