yeah, this one rocks.  nice layers and the kicks really hit.

Nice. Starts off playful and then gets quite dark and industrial. Superb.

The thump of a kick is superb & hypnotic:)

Recorded, mixed & mastered 20/21 Sep 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2024 Jim Lemanowicz

Tools used - FL Studio, Nimble Tools Misstortion 2, Puremagnetik Pastfabric, Ozone 9 Exciter & Equalizer, native FL Studio effects, Moog MF-104S Delay, kHs Resonator & Ring Mod, Output Portal, samples of rain & electric bass, FL Sakura, Ableton Live and Live native devices, PaulXStretch and the kick sample I used in this week’s Disquiet Junto.

This original version of "It's Umbrella Time Again" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 559, Misty Spring Rain

misty spring rains...
umbrellas high and low
aboard the ferry

by: Masaoka Shiki

Regarded as the father of contemporary haiku, Masaoka Shiki was a poet and literary critic during the Meiji period Japan.

He advocated realistic observation by “sketching” (shasei) poems and going out into nature with notebooks, thus abandoning the traditional subjects of haiku of the time. His advice for an aspiring poet was, “Use both imaginary pictures and real ones, but prefer the real ones.”

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

It's Umbrella Time Again  (naviarhaiku559)

AR[F10] (disquiet0665)

This week's Disquiet Junto was in memory of the founder of the Mille Plateaux record label, Achim Szepanski. We were invited to listen to the compilation _Clicks and Cuts_ and compose a piece that paid homage.

I listened to the album a couple of times over and took notes on what I heard: complex rhythm is centered; glitchy, non-traditional percussion and other samples; dry mix; musical elements downplayed; no obvious structure; repetitious, hypnotic; lots of thoughtful, small touches.

I stepped away for a few hours and listened to familiar music to clear my head. When I was ready I hit the studio equipped with only my notes. I set out to make a piece that met the criteria I had observed more than something that sounded like the examples we had been given.

Since the rhythm is so central, I hand-programmed a few 5/4 drum patterns and shopped for an appropriately glitchy drum kit. I layered on some additional percussive and other samples for flavor.

The drone synth was performed on my Moffenzeef Modular Stargazer. There's no clock sync on this unit, so I had to set the LFO rate by hand and pray that I didn't accidentally bump that knob while performing. I doubled the Stargazer and panned the two tracks hard left and right. I quantized one and not the other, meaning that the LFOs drift in and out of phase. I also blended in a +7 pitch shift to fill out the sound some.

"Mise-en-scêne" is best experienced with headphones. Recorded at NO SIGNAL Multimedia Lab in The Shambles, Chicago.

Mise-en-scène (disquiet0665)

This is my submission to this weeks Disquiet Junto assignment.

More on the 665th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Clicks + Cuts Music Factory — The Assignment: Record a track in honor of the late Achim Szepanski — at Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory – Disquiet

20240927 [disquiet0665]

Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory
The Assignment: Record a track in honor of the late Achim Szepanski (1957-2024), founder of the Mille Plateaux record label, 

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Weekly Beats 2024

The Campsite Rule

My take on a track inspired by the first Clicks + Cuts compilation.
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More on the 665th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Clicks + Cuts Music Factory — The Assignment: Record a track in honor of the late Achim Szepanski — at Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory – Disquiet

click set (disquiet0655)

My contribution to this week's Disquiet prompt. Creating a piece of music inspired by Mille Plateaux's influential Clicks and Cuts compilation. 
Equipment used: Nord Drum 3p, Maschine +, Hydrasynth desktop.

Recorded and mixed in LIve 12. Eventide H3000 mk2 and Izotope Ozone for processing.

More on the 665th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Clicks + Cuts Music Factory — The Assignment: Record a track in honor of the late Achim Szepanski — at https://disquiet.com/0665/

Flat Landscapes (disquiet0665)

Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory
The Assignment: Record a track in honor of the late Achim Szepanski.

Background: Achim Szepanski (1957-2024), founder of the Mille Plateaux record label, among numerous other accomplishments, died this week. This project is in his honor. You needn’t know much if anything to begin this project; just follow the instructions. As always, discussion of the topic at hand in the project’s llllllll.co message thread is encouraged.

Step 1: Listen back to the first Clicks + Cuts compilation album (originally released in 2020). It is streaming on YouTube 22 (the first hour or so of that playlist).

Step 2: Consider the common elements in various tracks: the glitch effects, the sense of space, the attention to tiny details, the industrial minimalism, the emphasis on sampling, the tempo, the groove. What else do you hear?

Step 3: Record a track in the spirit of that first Clicks + Cuts album.

More on the 665th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Clicks + Cuts Music Factory — The Assignment: Record a track in honor of the late Achim Szepanski — at Disquiet Junto Project 0665: Clicks + Cuts Music Factory – Disquiet 1

The image associated with this project was created by Lubomir Panak in 2011. Originally posted on Flickr 1, it is used thanks to a CC BY-NC 2.0 license. This is a detail of the original image, and it has been tilted at an angle, with the project information superimposed.

chua (disquiet 0665)

Spirit Project - Universe Within (Original Mix), in progress.

Universe Within (Original Mix)

These sounds are meant to challenge, they come from a positive headspace and my intention is only to assist the mental and physical growth of each and every individual. Face your fears and emerge stronger. With love - Joshua

A machēn records production
Produced by machēn
Artwork by machēn
Mastered by machēn

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