Disquiet Junto Project 0563: Digital Magical Realism

I don't think you can mention Magical Realism and music and not mention Jon Hassell. A little Hassell in this weeks project in terms of style and the means of production. Eno introduced Hassell to the Eventide Harmionizer in the late 70's, and used many incarnations of the Harmonizer over the years. Recently I've been playing around with VSig (Eventides development tool) making algorithms for the H9000, this weeks track uses a resonant reverse panned delay I've been working on. Simple chord progression played on a Modal 002, spectral filtered delay on the percussion, bass from a PolyBrute, H8000 harmonizing a Yamaha VL1 Sax patch.... and some whistling.

APOB - Riff Kan [disquiet0563]

An electronic sequence put together using Samplebrain & Audacity.

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The cover image for this project is from DALL·E 2. The prompt: “sleeping person floating horizontally above suburban home, night, streetlight, highly realistic photograph.”

Magic Metro (disquiet0563)

Arguably reaching its peak before it became overground, the period of the posthumously named Digital Magickal Realism movement (1988-1993)was mercifully brief. Seeking to fill the ritualistic and shamanistic gaps where the first incarnation of Psychic TV left off, after moving on allegedly invent acid house.

Pioneered by idle white boy late teenagers from the midlands in England, with Tascam Porta Ones and Elka synths, the cassette spools were left to run on record capturing wandering improvisations, while the protganists were busy reading the early Neil Gaiman DC comic books, hence this relatively obscure genre's name. 

Typical to the production would be sparseness of sound, leaving the mistakes in, and percussion making itchy sounds that were panned to the left and the right, not quite right sounding, like something in the corner of your eye.

Seminal musicians of the genre would be Lenny Claves and Damian Deviant, the latter's 'Plain Pandora' acknowledged as the most influential of the genre's output. With Lenny and Damian having to get jobs, respectively, in a record shop and a music examiner's office, the Digital Magickal Realism oeuvre pretty much died out, leaving scant impression behind.

Digital Magickal Realism (disquiet 0563)

More on this 566th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Outdoor Furniture Music (The Assignment: Imagine the ur-ambient Erik Satie musique d’ameublement concept en plein air) – at: https://disquiet.com/0566/

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The cover image for this project is from DALL·E 2. The prompt: “outdoor furniture, pixel art, sunny day.”

The EuclRhythmic Chromaticon | Outdoor Furniture Music

The Euclidean Chromaticon | Outdoor Furniture Music - disquiet0566

last weekend, I recorded some outdoor sessions with soma cosmos, OP-1 & guitar
then i read marc's assignment today
I thought that's exactly what it is

it's a three part track, each part for me and my little brothers above me

brothers(disquiet0566)

Disquiet Junto Project 0566: Outdoor Furniture Music

photograph courtesy of horsthel mood  (https://soundcloud.com/user-425225791)                                          
who also kindly provided the                                                    
typewriter soundbite - thank you!

The Assignment: Imagine the ur-ambient Erik Satie musique d’ameublement concept en plein air

Schaeffer - Opulus (disquiet0566)

This track was inspired by this great prompt and two outdoor lounge chairs covered with lichen - I can't seem to bring myself to get rid of them, they really have developed a beautiful covering that continues to grow - apparently, species of all types are entitled to lounge in the sun.  A series of instruments make up this drone piece, some software from Spitfire and guitar pedalled through Hors d'Oeuvre?, Meet Maude and Mercury7.

Apothecia(disquiet0566)

This track follows the inspiration of the Disquiet Junto Project 0566: Background music for outdoors.

In my imagination a choir-track is very convenient for creating a pleasant background atmosphere while enjoying nature, sitting on a bench. The generative creation of the track supports the desired purpose of a flow of restrained inspirations.

This Musical Bots track was again created with the generative MIDI sequencer Transition (free VST-plugin available at http://www.codefn42.com/transition/index.html), All instruments were played by groups of bots in different configurations for the separate sections of this piece. 

More on this 566th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Outdoor Furniture Music (The Assignment: Imagine the ur-ambient Erik Satie musique d’ameublement concept en plein air) – at: https://disquiet.com/0566/

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Musique pour les bancs de parc en bois, présentée par les Bots Musicaux (Disquiet0566)

More on this 567th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Three Meters (The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures) – at: https://disquiet.com/0567/

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Schlemiel_disquiet0567_Schlimazel

disquiet0567
Ternary Cadence
    • Key: D Major     BPM: 115     Time signature: 5/8, 6/8, 7/8     DAW: Reaper
    • Instruments: Drums, Percussion, Synths 
    • Plug-ins: NI cloud supply, NI Massive, DSK Asian Z DreamZ, Vibromaster, Massive X
    • IDEA: Create 3 sections to the song. One in 5/8 one in 6/8 and one in 7/8.
    • PROCESS: Created 3 sections of drum patterns with my RY 30 drum machine. Added chords, lead sounds and a bass part.
    • RESULT: A song that is 3 minutes and 7 seconds long containing 3 different sections each in a different time signature. Containing 6 different instrument sounds.
More on this 567th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Three Meters (The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures) — at: https://disquiet.com/0567/

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disquiet0567 - Ternary Cadence

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Apothecia(disquiet0566)

K Joule