underwater buddhist temple in the sky, beautiful

More on this 188th Disquiet Junto project (“Take a provided track and make it more complex”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/08/06/disquiet0188-complexcomplex/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:

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Image associated with this project from the notes that accompany the album Complexification (Entr’acte), by Guy Birkin and Sun Hammer, and on which project is based.

More on Complexification:

http://entracte.co.uk/projects/guy-birkin–sun-hammer-e187/

Disquiet Junto Project 0188: Complex Complex

Schnittke - Improvisation And Fugue

for me complexity is a conceptual endeavour, it's more about the process than the outcome. at the moment, i see complexity as an integration of disparate elements: subjective-objective, creative-analytical, individual-communal, present-past etc. i'm aware that every piece of music i do follows on from another, they are related to each other in some (small?) way. working intuitively allows this to come out i think, but in addition i always combine conscious conceptual elements from previous efforts - my hope is that my soundcloud timeline provides a natural progression track to track. 

i've been working a lot with samples on my last few tracks, so i didn't add anything else. i just went through and isolated small sounds i liked then stretched them and blended in over the course of track (like in sleeping church) but here i was more interested in getting a balance between texture and frequency. i've been working with dronefx on my mixcloud pieces so i used that to generate some note progressions and changed the pitch of the low end sounds. i wanted to make an ambient piece that gradually develops with more texture (again like in all my recent pieces) and i used the concepts of the last two disquiet projects to complement this: i recorded the piece to tape as in summer:impermanence (& fortuitously coz it was the same decrepit old tape a little snippet of that track comes through right at the start!) then i faded between the tape version into the 'clean' version as the track progresses (like in last weeks project).

i wanted the finished piece to sound completely different to the source but still retain something of the spirit of it. i tested this by fading in and out my favourite section of the original  right at the end and i think it works pretty well.
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Disquiet Junto Project 0188: Complex Complex
Take a provided track and make it more complex.

This project was proposed by Guy Birkin and Jay Bodley (aka Sun Hammer). It extends the thinking that went into their album Complexification, released by the record label Entr’acte. (http://entracte.co.uk/projects/guy-birkin–sun-hammer-e187/)

These are the steps for this project:

Step 1: Pick one of the two tracks at the following URL: https://goo.gl/tN4Oit.

Step 2: Modify that one track in any way, using as much or little of it as you like, to make a new piece that sounds “more complex” than the original. You may add other sounds. (Note: You are free to use any definition or measure of “complexity.” You should be sure to describe your process and how it “increases” the complexity of the original track.)

Background: The album Complexification by Guy Birkin and Sun Hammer “explores musical complexity through a collaborative process based on a set of rules.” Those rules involved the two musicians swapping successive copies of a track in order to make it progressively more “complex.” For their purposes, they defined “complexity” as follows: “In this project, complexity is understood in terms of the quantity and variety of musical elements or patterns. The result is two parallel threads of music, each representing a progression of increasing complexity.”

More on this 188th Disquiet Junto project (“Take a provided track and make it more complex”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/08/06/disquiet0188-complexcomplex/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:

http://disquiet.com/forums/


hidden complex (summer mix) (disquiet0188)

This weeks task was to take a track and make it more complex...

Complexity can be approached from various angles, I myself, not being a virtuoso musician, use blunt tactics. 
Previewing the material, I chose to sample (Complexification0010SH by Sun Hammer), The original material was sliced into sections and played back via pads in Ableton, triggering, bouncing and combining the material. After creating a rough sequence of events and patterns by hand and unquantized, I then added some sound design elements to add depth and texture to the sound.  Chains of effects where layered to try and add width.  I'm relying on a mixture of delays and edits to create transitions between the past and I just tried to make an interesting sound collage.

Oh yeah, and it was fun!

More on this 188th Disquiet Junto project (“Take a provided track and make it more complex”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/08/06/disquiet0188-complexcomplex/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:

http://disquiet.com/forums/

Image associated with this project from the notes that accompany the album Complexification (Entr’acte), by Guy Birkin and Sun Hammer, and on which project is based.

More on Complexification:

http://entracte.co.uk/projects/guy-birkin–sun-hammer-e187/


Consumer Complex  - Disquiet0188 - Complexcomplex

Lately, I've been enjoying taking a single sample of something and building a whole new track around it. 

I did that mostly with this, a short sample from the 2nd mp3 and then used a bunch of PD samples from freesound along with some VST instruments in Ableton Live - throwing everything but the kitchen sink.. and yet somehow it still sounds unfinished. Will revisit this track in the future.

Started and completed in one session in about 2 hours.

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Disquiet Junto Project 0188: Complex Complex
Take a provided track and make it more complex.

This project was proposed by Guy Birkin and Jay Bodley (aka Sun Hammer). It extends the thinking that went into their album Complexification, released by the record label Entr’acte. (There’s more background on album below the project description.)

These are the steps for this project:

Step 1: Pick one of the two tracks at the following URL: https://goo.gl/tN4Oit.

Step 2: Modify that one track in any way, using as much or little of it as you like, to make a new piece that sounds “more complex” than the original. You may add other sounds. (Note: You are free to use any definition or measure of “complexity.” You should be sure to describe your process and how it “increases” the complexity of the original track.)

Step 3: Upload your completed track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.

Step 4: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Deadline: This assignment was made in the afternoon, California time, on Thursday, August 6, 2015, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, August 10, 2015.

Background: The album Complexification by Guy Birkin and Sun Hammer “explores musical complexity through a collaborative process based on a set of rules.” Those rules involved the two musicians swapping successive copies of a track in order to make it progressively more “complex.” For their purposes, they defined “complexity” as follows: “In this project, complexity is understood in terms of the quantity and variety of musical elements or patterns. The result is two parallel threads of music, each representing a progression of increasing complexity.”

More on this 188th Disquiet Junto project (“Take a provided track and make it more complex”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/08/06/disquiet0188-complexcomplex/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
http://disquiet.com/forums/

More on Complexification:
http://entracte.co.uk/projects/guy-birkin–sun-hammer-e187/

Lee Rosevere - Test Pattern [disquiet0188-complexcomplex]

More on this 188th Disquiet Junto project (“Take a provided track and make it more complex”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/08/06/disquiet0188-complexcomplex/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:

http://disquiet.com/forums/

Image associated with this project from the notes that accompany the album Complexification (Entr’acte), by Guy Birkin and Sun Hammer, and on which project is based.

More on Complexification:

http://entracte.co.uk/projects/guy-birkin–sun-hammer-e187/

i took the original sample and copied it 8 times as different layers which I then placed into garageband, with each layer being placed slightly to the left of the previous one. this created a complexity in the different spacing of notes and sounds.
I then deleted the beginning 20 secs of the second track (and deleted an extra 20 secs from each of the following tracks so that they all came in slowly to add complexity over an expanded period. i then added 1 effect to each of the layers
layer 1 no effects
layer 2 pitch shift down 
layer 3 slow panning tremolo
layer 4 vocal transformer (pitch down and fierce degradation)
layer 5 pitch shift down
layer 6 vocal trans. (pitch -15 slight degradation)
layer 7 delay (fast sweep)
layer 8 pitch shift down (-12) + 6 second reverb.


Strudel (disquiet 0188 - Complexcomplex)

Disquiet Junto Project 0188: Complex Complex
Take a provided track and make it more complex.

- My intention was to have increasing complexity acting upon increasing complexity.
- Did this on my iPad. I used the 2nd track, but really used both. 
- The Sparkle app was used to apply the temporal characteristics of the 1st track onto the 2nd track, so the 2nd track was played with the sound characteristics of the 1st track.
- I took 3 minutes of each track. The 1st track was played at half speed and the 2nd a normal speed. So for this six minute piece the 2nd track (3 minute segment) played twice.
- For the first three minutes it is just the increasing complexity of the 1st track acting on the 2nd track, which itself is increasing in complexity.
- At three minutes delay was added, and then gradually increased.
- Around the last minute I manipulated the filter for additional complexity.
- Recorded the piece in Sparkle, then applied EQ and Compression in Auria.

More on this 188th Disquiet Junto project (“Take a provided track and make it more complex”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/08/06/disquiet0188-complexcomplex/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
http://disquiet.com/forums/

Image associated with this project from the notes that accompany the album Complexification (Entr’acte), by Guy Birkin and Sun Hammer, and on which project is based.

More on Complexification:
http://entracte.co.uk/projects/guy-birkin–sun-hammer-e187/

Transferred Complexity [disquiet0188-complexcomplex]

PathWithCircles[disquiet0188-complexcomplex]

A quick demo of three layers of a wavetable synth patch I've been working on for another piece.

The only difference between each instance of the instrument is filter settings.

"Many" loops became 3 in this compressed scale.
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More on this 189th Disquiet Junto project (“Create a dense stack of attack-free tonal material from one audio source”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/08/13/disquiet0189-tonelayer/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:

http://disquiet.com/forums/

[Disquiet's] Image associated with this project by Nicholas D., and used thanks to a Creative Commons license:

https://flic.kr/p/ca1iLd


fairchild demo [disquiet0189-tonelayer]

After an 1 hour messing around with the modular trying to figure out a ridiculously complex way of doing this week's task; I gave up and did this Basinski -style thing in 10 minutes with my new lapsteel guitar and a forthcoming software looper whose name I'm not allowed to mention yet...
The track was done in real time. (Hence the fact it's more than 1 minute long) The guitar was processed through Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5 and I added some Tape delay, Eq and Limiting in Ableton Live.

More on this 189th Disquiet Junto project (“Create a dense stack of attack-free tonal material from one audio source”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/08/13/disquiet0189-tonelayer/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:

http://disquiet.com/forums/

Image associated with this project by Nicholas D., and used thanks to a Creative Commons license:

https://flic.kr/p/ca1iLd

Sediment Layers (disquiet0189-tonelayer)

Swells [disquiet 0189:tone layer]
this track is an entry to disquiet Junto Project 0189 - to create a dense stack of attack-free tonal material from one audio source.
I used tuning forks over guitar pick up  ( yes i did this once before) through eq pedal and line 6 looper. Each improvised take was recored to minidisc...and then into computer and layered up 6 times...or so.... until I liked it  and hit the right concentration of tones. 
More on this 189th Disquiet Junto project (“Create a dense stack of attack-free tonal material from one audio source”) at:
disquiet.com/2015/08/13/disquiet0189-tonelayer/
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
disquiet.com/junto/
Join the Disquiet Junto at:
soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/
Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
disquiet.com/forums/


Swells [disquiet 0189:tone layer]

this weeks project provided a massive dilemna for me, there were so many amazing sounds and astounding tales last week that I had really hard time trying to choose.

I ended up with the first 20 seconds of 337is'  "National Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 1989"  and the whole of (I'm sorry I know I was supposed to use only part of) Hideyuki Kuromiya's
"Incidental G"  both beautiful in their own right, looped them, and added the last ingredient (as prescribed by my physician or doctorb Marc) to glue them together, a couple of samples from the movie Serpico (it's a slow burn but well worth the watch). Thanks  to 337is and Hideyuki for you lovely sounds and sorry to all the other people I didn't use, whose sounds were equally as lovely.

I did nothing to any of the tracks except for a little delay on the very last Serpico sample and a fade out on 337is part.


More on this 190th Disquiet Junto project (“Set two out-of-sync loops atop each other, and then add sonic glue”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/08/20/disquiet0190-missedconnections/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:

http://disquiet.com/forums/

Image courtesy of my dinner, salad of fresh herbs, fennel, rocket, chilli, sweet potato from my garden and chick peas from a tin, i'm gonna have a real good shit tomorrow.



Real Good Shit (disquiet0190-missedconnections)

I chose:
https://soundcloud.com/matt-also/revlector-disquiet0189-tonelayer
and:
https://soundcloud.com/337is/national-tennis-centre-melbourne-australia-1989-disquiet0189-tonelayer

Thanks Matt and Leslie!

After finding and layering loops from those two works I thought about how to 'glue' them together and decided that some live Saxophone should do it. I recorded it with intention to get a nice breathy sound that would mix well with the loop from 337is. Found a scale that suited both loops and improvised along with them.... A bit of mixing, EQ, reverb etc and here it is!

More on this 190th Disquiet Junto project (“Set two out-of-sync loops atop each other, and then add sonic glue”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/08/20/disquiet0190-missedconnections/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
http://disquiet.com/forums/


Claimed Grace [disquiet0190-missedconnections]

PROCESS
20 bars of https://soundcloud.com/rupertlally "Sediment Layers"
https://soundcloud.com/rupertlally/sediment-layers-disquiet0189-tonelayer?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet0189-tonelayer

8 bars of https://soundcloud.com/ahornberg "Digital Frippertronics"
https://soundcloud.com/ahornberg/digital-frippertronics?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet0189-tonelayer

Loads of flying, fluttery harmonics and shifting undertones as these loops cycled together. Rupert Lally's track loop is 30% right and ahornberg's is 30% left in the mix and they're both blended (smeared?) together by a slight (27% wet) band-pass (1500Hz) resonance filter and a bit of room reverb. They're both in related keys (G and D, it seemed) so their ensuing conversation took some pretty turns. Put my guitar down this week in favor of Propellerhead's Figure app for iPad (the latest update's "arpeggiator" has become a tiny addiction). I programmed 8 bar synth and bass loops in the key of G at 96bpm and played the percussion pad live as the track streamed along with the sources on my Acid timeline. Figure ran via Audiobus into Flux:FX's "Multi-Verb" preset located in the app's stock Ambient bank.

RIG
Propellerhead Figure: "Sonny" drum kit (4/4 kick, 6/4 snareclap, 12/4 hats, 10/4 toms), "Bassguitar" bass (5/4 rhythm, 7 scale steps), "Super Poly" synth (5/4 rhythm, 7 scale steps)
Noiise Flux:FX for iPad (ver 1.01): Ambience "Multi-Verb" preset
Audiobus for iPad (2.1.17), Sony Acid 7.0, Win 8.1

PROJECT
More on this 190th Disquiet Junto project (“Set two out-of-sync loops atop each other, and then add sonic glue”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/08/20/disquiet0190-missedconnections/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/

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sedimentronic figures [disquiet0190-missedconnections]

I patched on four separate occasions and tore each one down. This one is the fifth, and I'm still not thrilled with it. However, polyphony on a modular is challenging, so I'm giving myself a small break. I settled on a major third for my chord, and then set about to creating it on the three oscillators I have in my modular synth which can create chords; Braids, Shapeshifter, and Patch Chord. I was forced to tune them by ear as I no longer have my Dave Jones O'Tool oscilloscope. This actually took the most time for me. I understand the appeal of monophony in monastic orders now. The next trick was figuring out how to morph from one oscillator to the next. For this I turned to Doc Oc and believe it or not, this is as slow as I could get it. Still sounds too quick in transitions for my ears. By slowly turning down the Q on it, I could slow things a bit more and make the chord hits less aggressive. I liked the sound of this, but in exploring, I eventually realized that with too little Q, the whole thing would stop moving altogether. Finicky. 

More on this 191st Disquiet Junto project (“One chord to rule them all — on several instruments”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2015/08/27/disquiet0191-heldchord/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

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Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:

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NOTE: I did not make use of the Image associated with this project by Max Nathan, and used thanks to a Creative Commons license:

https://flic.kr/p/3aL7nK

Video

0.0207% (disquiet0191-heldchord)

7-string Chapman Stick Bass, and 12-string Chapman Grand Stick - both melody and bass sides. So three E-major chords: 7-string, 12-string bass side, then 12-string melody side. 
Each chord only lasted about three seconds, so I stretched them to a bit over twenty seconds using Audacity, then added twenty seconds of silence in front of chord two and forty seconds in front of chord three. 

Sticks [disquiet0191 - Heldchord]

My 33 1/3 series book about the Aphex Twin album <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II</i> was published in 2014. The book was one of the top 5 bestselling titles for the calendar year, and in 2015 was ranked by Pitchfork as one of the "33 best" of the 100-plus books in the 33 1/3 series. It has subsequently been translated into Japanese (2019) and Spanish (2018)

Since 2012 I have moderated the Disquiet Junto group, which began on SoundCloud. More at disquiet.com/junto. 

I've written for Nature, Pitchfork, The Wire, Down Beat, Boing Boing, NewMusicBox, Red Bull Music Academy, Art Practical, the website of The Atlantic, and many other publications. 

I've exhibited sound art at galleries in Los Angeles (Crewest), Manhattan (apex art), and Dubai (DUTAC), and I had a audio-visual installation at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of its 45th anniversary.

And since 1996 I've run the website Disquiet.com about the intersection of sound, art, and technology.

PathWithCircles[disquiet0188-complexcomplex]

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