Disquiet Junto Project 0676: Sub Melody
The Assignment: Bury a slow melody deep inside a drone.

Step 1: We did a drone project last week and it went well, so let’s do another one. You needn’t have done last week’s to do this week, as is always the case. Again, you may, yourself, be experienced recording drone music, or you may never have recorded any. You may not even be sure what drone music is, in which case read up a bit. Not matter your experience and familiarity, please give some thought as to what constitutes drone music.

Step 2: Think about what makes a melody, even a very slow and simple melody, different from a drone.

Step 3: Now record a piece of music that is, objectively, a deep drone, but somehow within it, somewhere well below the surface, include a slow-moving melody.

Deadline: Monday, December 16, 2024, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.

Details at at https://disquiet.com/0676/

Disquiet Junto Project 0676: Sub Melody

Morgengrauen

A slow drone with a hint of melody coming through, using only the Terra. I layered two versions of this in Logic, subjecting each of the tracks to different effects and panning - mainly reverb based effects and Arturia's Motion. There is a bit of noise in the mix. At first I struggled to isolate it but then grew to like how it added a bit of grit and also triggered interesting pops and sparkles in the Zoia patch I was using in the initial mix. So, I'm going to consider it an aesthetic choice for now.

disquiet0676

The Assignment: Bury a slow melody deep inside a drone.

Step 1: We did a drone project last week and it went well, so let’s do another one. You needn’t have done last week’s to do this week, as is always the case. Again, you may, yourself, be experienced recording drone music, or you may never have recorded any. You may not even be sure what drone music is, in which case read up a bit. Not matter your experience and familiarity, please give some thought as to what constitutes drone music.

Step 2: Think about what makes a melody, even a very slow and simple melody, different from a drone.

Step 3: Now record a piece of music that is, objectively, a deep drone, but somehow within it, somewhere well below the surface, include a slow-moving melody. 

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/

bury the lead [disquiet0676]

This week's Disquiet Junto challenged us to make a drone that is somehow melodic. My response is a drone haunted by a distant, distorted melody, which it follows in steps that are 21 seconds apart. 

All of the sounds on this track, including the percussion, were created on a vintage Korg M3R synthesizer and recorded live. The tracks were post-processed in Logic, mainly applying stereo delay for movement and the ChromaGlow plugin for color. 

I was probably more intentional about reverb in this track than I usually am, especially for a drone piece. My early mixes were drowning in reverb, so I dialed all the sends on all the tracks back to -∞ and brought the wet signal back in minimally and track-by-track. The only exception was the repeating high melodic figure, which I wanted to sound unnaturally distant.

More about this week's Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0676

The Bromptom Cemetery Time Machine (disquiet0676)

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data and Audacity.

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/

Substrata (disquiet0676)

Drone (disquiet0676)

This was my contribution for Disquiet Junto Project 0676: Sub Melody. The assignment: Bury a slow melody deep inside a drone.

Here’s a copy of my post on the Disquiet Junto 0676 discussion thread on Lines:

I really enjoyed these drone projects. Wanted to create a minimal atmospheric vibe with this one. Tried to keep the melody as low key and simple as possible. 

Created in Ableton Live using Slate + Ash Choreographs, along with some samples. Valhalla Delay, Valhalla Supermassive and Output Portal were the effects used. Photo taken in San Francisco in 2008, back when I used to live in the SF Bay Area.

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/

Resonant Spaces [disquiet0676]

ROSAS

Shores Of Pangea

EARTHBOUND (5)

Encounter

Created as a contribution to a drone created by Pete Swinton.

soundcloud.com/peteswinton/sets/srigala-for-jm-basquiat-a

Rework ; Henry Koek

For JM Basquiat  Pete Swinton Rework Henry Koek

Somewhere on the California Central Coast

Resonant Spaces [disquiet0676]

he_nu_ri