Bowed basses and cellos (harmonics, fx and sustained notes)
Composed and performed by DD in Paris 27/March/2025.

Inspired by this haiku

Fog dissolves to rain
- cool breezes clear the vista,
showing cloud-topped hills

Poem by Raymond Cobley
Photo by Casey Horner

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Fog and Rain (naviarhaiku586)

Here's my musical resonance to this week's haiku from @naviar-records.

fog dissolves to rain
- cool breezes clear the vista,
showing cloud-topped hills

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku586-fog-dissolves-to-rain/

Thank you Marco.

Fog dissolves to rain (naviarhaiku586)

Following this week's Disquiet Junto project this track was created using a historic recording of the Ravel string quartet from 1928.
This is the sound of a dream, dissolved beyond recognition, but still present as the conscious cause of this unconscious music.

The audio was transformed using spectral synthesizers and effect chains to create this dreamlike rendition. No other sounds or instruments were employed.

More on the 691st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Un-Ravel — The Assignment: Make a recording of a string quartet fall apart — at https://disquiet.com/0691/

rêver  (Disquiet0691)

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 586:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku586-fog-dissolves-to-rain/
Thanks to Marco Alessi from Naviar Records for the weekly challenge!
Photo by zenbytes (Sibratsgfäll, Austria, 2021)

Water drops 4.wav by Zaziesound -- https://freesound.org/s/496303/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

fog dissolves - Naviarhaiku586

three 90s jungle beats, all slowed to 128bpm, switch out across two channels

morse code plays the phrase "fog dissolves to rain" on ableton's "EFX Small Cymbal" rack

four granular soundbeds

a melody i played through three sampled instruments (upright bass, piano, guitarophone)

one atmospheric drone from the "though-forms" patreon

mary says "maybe tomorrow"

[naviarhaiku586] clear the vista

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
587
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku587-paperweights/

2025-04-03

paperweights ( Naviarhaiku 587 )

Disquiet Junto Project 0703: That’s How You Got Killed Before

This one’s been sitting on my hard drive for 16 months. It came from a session with my friend and collaborator Bobby Rangell — we had recorded some flutes for a job, then took advantage of being in the studio to jam a bit: bass and flute, sometimes with a drum machine click.
It was a super productive day. I later revisited and shared many of those flute-based tracks… but this one?
Like the others, it was just two tracks: mono flute and stereo bass, with a 2-bar drum machine loop. But I made a patching mistake that day — the bass came out super thin and low, and mixed weirdly with Bobby’s long reverb. So I just… deleted my bass track. Why? No idea.
Months later, I went back to it — and found only Bobby’s flute and a 3-note Roland 707 kick pattern. No idea what I originally played. Worse: Bobby’s blowing was super abstract. I couldn’t even figure out the key. Still can’t.
Then I got Marc’s email this morning and thought, why not try something different?
Instead of trying to remember what we did, I improvised on top of Bobby and the 707 kick playing electric bass, just following my own ideas and added some drum loops that weren’t there when we played, then I played a Fender Rhodes and some synth textures following my new bass, trying to structure what was probably and abstract free impro.
instead of trying to figure out what key were we playing in (I recall in all our impros we just kept one steady key) I introduced chord changes, played around with modulations, and laid down harmonies that don’t necessarily match what Bobby was playing. So now you hear his flute moving freely over harmonies that were never there in the original — sometimes clashing, sometimes strangely aligning. I liked the tension it created.
I spent a full day in the studio doing this. Honestly, I don’t think it’s done, but I’m leaving it here for now.
Side note: if anyone asks “what’s the point of the Junto challenges?” — this is it.
Sure, I could have called Bobby back and spent the same 8 hours creating something much more polished and coherent from scratch. But we never would have ended up with something like this. And without this challenge, I never would’ve bothered digging into a broken, abandoned track like this.


Performed by Daniel DIaz (June 2025) and Bobby Rangell (March 2024)
Photo by DD, Carilo, Argentina. 2025

That’s How You Got Killed Before (disquiet0703)

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Ovheda - Demo x71

My Friend, I Watched You Die

THE 2ND UNRELEASED RECORD. "COLD BLOOM" IS AN RECORD I HAVE A LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH. I THINK THEIR ARE GOOD IDEAS DOTTED THROUGHOUT BUT I ALWAYS FELT IT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BE BETTER. 

I WILL BE HOSTING A LISTENING PARTY ON BANDCAMP TOMORROW AT 7PM IN CELBRATION OF FINALLY BRING OUT THE RECORD. YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO JOIN ME! 

OCT 10 - COLD BLOOM (2014)
OCT 17 - BEYOND THE PINE (2015)
OCT 21 - VVAVES (2015)
OCT 28 - WE ARE ATOM (2017)
OCT 31 - THE LONG NIGHT (2019)
NOV 2 - OUTER LANDS (2019)
NOV 8 - INNER (2021)
NOV 10 - BROKEN TAPES OF VODA (2021)


BUY - COLD BLOOM 

SUPERNOVA

Exploring sound and resonances across drone, ambient-drone, and minimalism, with occasional field recordings. Captured without digital post-production, preserving the trace of a moment, an idea, and their immediate determinations.

Fog dissolves to rain (naviarhaiku586)

Daniele Marx