This piece was inspired by the New Zealand television series One Lane Bridge. It is intended as background music for an imaginary scene in which the main character Ariki Davis has strong, threatening visions.

The track is my contribution to the Disquiet Junto Project 0513.

More on this 513th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Ghost OST (The Assignment: Play that spooky music) – at: https://disquiet.com/0513/ 2

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Matakite (disquiet0513)

Alternative title: Freud Eggs
Alternative title: EDM(R)

This week's Disquiet Junto prompt was to create a piece of music that you might hear as you wait to enter a therapist's office.

I knew I wanted some inoffensive "waiting" music that repeated so much that it faded into the background. I also wanted to recreate the white noises machines that are used to block out conversations. I also added to binaural waves that beat at the "gamma" frequency, which allegedly boost self-awareness and problem-solving (I think? For the life of me I can't find the web page I got that info from). 



I used some sidechain gating and flipped sidechain gating to the white noise play with and against the percussion and before I knew it, I had a 3 minute song.

This is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

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More on this 515th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Talking Cure (The Assignment: Write music for a psychotherapist’s waiting room) — at: https://disquiet.com/0515/

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Image credit: Lamont Hall, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. Waiting room, 1956. Public domain.

Therapme (Disquiet0515)

This is my contribution to Disquiet Junto Project 0516: "Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3)", a first in a series of three. This week's assignment was: Record a minute or two of nature (whatever you understand by "nature"). 

This is a recording made  back in 2019. I was out in the fields, recording, when I was surprised by a light rain and took refuge under an oak tree. The birds kept me company until it stopped raining.

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Rain, Birdsong (disquiet0516)

Disquiet Junto Project 0516: Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3). Record a minute or two of nature.

I checked my field recordings: I had some nice rain under an umbrella, some frogs and wells and so on … I dismissed all, because I thought in parts 2 and 3 of 3 there might be a need for different sounds. So this is a recording of an electromagnetic landscape with Soma Ether (some crocodile clips to add antenna power), recorded with a Zoom H1n. It's been taken in the countryside, so it might be defined as "nature". 

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More on this 516th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of nature) — at: https://disquiet.com/0516/

This is the first of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18, part two will begin on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

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Outside In: Electromagnetic Record [disquiet0516]

Disquiet Junto Project 0516: Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3)
The Assignment: Record a minute or two of nature.

More on this 516th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of nature) — at: https://disquiet.com/0516/

This is the first of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18, part two will begin on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

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

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0516-outside-in-co-exist-1-of-3/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

Coast at Møns Klint (disquiet0516)

Disquiet Junto Project 0516: Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3) 

The Assignment: Record a minute or two of nature.

This is the first of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18, part two will begin on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

There is one step for this project: Record a minute or two of nature, whether that be bubbling streams, leaves rustling in the breeze, the sounds of birds and crickets, etc., however it is that you might define nature.

Note that the three-part sequence will eventually draw from this project’s results, so it’s helpful if you set your track for download so that other musicians can make use of it down the road.

Track notes: 

Recorded with a Zoom H3-VR, rendered to binaural stereo.

The recording site was a lower track adjacent to Carrickalinga Creek at Middle Farm, Yankalilla. I'm not entirely certain of the prominent birdsong heard throughout, though I believe it may be a variety of scrubwren native to the area.

[disquiet0516] Foregrounded birdsong at Middle Farm, Yankalilla (binaural)

More on this 516th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Outside In (Co/Exist 1 of 3) (The Assignment: Record a minute or two of nature) – at: https://disquiet.com/0516/ 1

This is the first of a three-part project sequence. You can participate in all three parts, or any two of the three, or even just any one of them. Part one began on November 18, part two will begin on November 25, and part three will begin on December 2. Thanks to Alan Bland and Mark Lentczner for having proposed the project.

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

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0516-outside-in-co-exist-1-of-3/

Walthamstow Wetlands (disquiet0516)

Field recording of the Steavenson River, Buxton, Australia.
The bird calls are typical in a dry schlerophyll forest biome - kookaburras, parrots, fantails, thornbills, rosellas and whistlers.

Steavensons [disquiet0516]

Sony ICD-AX412 out the lounge window on a sunny Monday afternoon. Birds, children playing, cars and a siren to finish. The natural world.
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denatured (disquiet0516)

River stream ( disquiet0516 )

More on this 528th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Landscape Architecture (The Assignment: Forge an unobtrusive path through musical flora) — at: https://disquiet.com/0528/

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galah riffle

halF fragilE [disquiet0528]

Ambient electronica, Berlin School, Chillout & Kosmische Space Musik from Munich, Germany. ► Soundcloud is my musical diary - expect lightfooted drafts, soundchecks, playthings & misfits here. ► Go Bandcamp for finished pieces & more serious musical works.

Outside In: Electromagnetic Record [disquiet0516]

Krakenkraft & Etherkraken