The Disquiet Junto is a group in which musicians respond to weekly, fast-turnaround projects to compose, record, and share new music — and provide feedback to and receive feedback from fellow participants. The idea is to use the constraints inherent in these assignments as a springboard for creativity. The first Junto project began on the first Thursday of January 2012, and the series has continued weekly since then. It was founded by and is moderated by Marc Weidenbaum.  Find out more at https://disquiet.com/2013/04/25/disquiet-junto-faq/

My Disquiet Junto

The Fly in the Hyperdrive

I recorded throwing ice cubes into the best crystal glass I own. a long stem glass which is the last of a set of six. It makes a beautiful ringing sound no matter how you hit it. All the sounds are made from the ice and the glass, including the ringing, and my voice.

I used a 32 bit float field recorder that I bought recently to test turning up very small sounds, like the glass ringing. Works well. The sounds are treated with Ableton to vary them (played back on a midi keyboard, then mixed and moved around), and for my voice I used, also for the very first time, a Korg Kaoss Pad 3 that I just acquired.

See photo of the glass.

Disquiet0627 ICE NINE

Took an old piece - is is music? Well, I came to “music” from a reverse angle. I was a spoken word radio producer in the 80’s, then got attracted to audio art, moved to Europe, tried installations, and found myself in the experimental music world. So this piece is from about ten years ago, and has been rejigged by me. I did it simply, using Ableton but not enhancing with synth.  Next time.

Disquiet0629DaysAreShort

Response to Junto 0650 - a chance to try out Granulator III in Ableton 12, and my Korg Monolog, which of course has sirens - and to sing crazy

Disquiet0650SheppardsSirens

Singing fridge and fan - and couldn't resist singing along.

More on the 661st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Consumer Drone Product — The Assignment: Record a piece of drone music using sounds from your home — at https://disquiet.com/0661/

Fridge vs Fan (Disquiet0661)

[What I Found on Pluto](https://on.soundcloud.com/2vcNNmGgdCa2ujddA)
I made this track by selecting my favorite little recordings from many years - all recorded by me - many of them are my voice, some are animals, tiny snippets harvested from past field recordings, many accidental - then I did a survey of effects in Ableton that I wanted to explore and treated everything, learning about various parameters until I got the atmosphere I wanted - a great practice opportunity. The photo is one I took of a balloon flight, altering the colors.

What I Found on Pluto (disquiet0671)

I read about making 8-bit music, watched a couple of videos and found a simple Japanese plug-in called Magical 8-bit, which I used in playing my midi keyboard. It is probably not exactly the assignment, because I added another element: files from a teaching colleague's class on Sonification, meaning that these files are not 8-bit, but they create a kind of hommage to something. 

More on the 704th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right on Cumulus — The Assignment: Compose 8-bit music inspired by a Cory Arcangel / Super Mario video — at https://disquiet.com/0704/

Disquiet0704 Unforgettable

JUST FOR YOURSELF

14Aug25

https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/791763921762729984/naviarhaiku606-slightly-faint

😊

the milky way [naviarhaiku606]

Argonauts

#4270 (94.14% 266 left): Aug. 23, 2025: And thought (again, William Butler Yeats from May 22, 2025) 

*** NEW CATCHPHRASE FOR PIANO TEN THOUSAND LEAVES ***

" Gentleness, carried on 4,536 leaves of sound "

*** FIRST "PIANO TEN THOUSAND LEAVE" COMPLETE WORK ALBUM SERIES START ***

VOLUME1-2 just released! 

youtube: full video of 50 pieces 2 hours
https://youtu.be/fBmIMLpM10g?si=MQmAdF95M7GCm4Ve

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/1KDM283kVS8x7fO9q79w2v?si=iIJ4sZidSqWW8ah59Y_a1g

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/the-complete-works-of-piano-ten-thousand-leaves-vol-1-2/1832629621

iTunes: purchase Album
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/the-complete-works-of-piano-ten-thousand-leaves-vol-1-2/1832629621

amazon Music
https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0FM2WWZN7?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_faCvtKtEhOsTlljR2QPhBVgF7

Line Music:
https://lin.ee/LFlLqT8

AWA:
https://s.awa.fm/album/7f18b6a4010dd6f7de96?t=1755003610

all music streaming services:
https://linkco.re/VeA0UreQ?lang=en


and though you have passed the best of life still trace - #4270 (266 left) by chair house 250823

Pilhouette

ab chaos

A.J. Kaufmann - voice, electroacoustic guitar.
Michał Sławski - bass guitar.

In the Middle

Refrain

"My Angel and Me" 2025.

Sound artist and poet - American, living in the North of France. Member of Muzzix Collective.

Disquiet0704 Unforgettable

Marjorie Van Halteren

Recent comments

Ángel L. Martínez / Spirit Turnpike

Related tracks