This week's Junto project has always been one of my favourites -- so I recorded the first third of what will eventually become a trio. I played it on my Tele through a simple, straightforward signal chain of Chase Bliss Mood (the main sound), fed through a Dark Star and a Polymoon to add space and variations in terms of timbre. No further editing in the DAW. 

I went for as sparse a track as I could, to provide as much space as possible for my potential collaborators. My hope is that you feel inspired by my "almost crumbling to pieces" vibe, and I look forward to hearing what you will be adding over the coming weeks for it to become a trio recording. 

More on the 636th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Left (1 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0636/

Neat Disorder (disquiet0636)

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 532

Wordless
all day long
the shadow of a butterfly
 
Hōsai graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied law. He got off to a good start but decided to give up his home, family, and business to jump from one militant religion of Japan to the other.

Just like Taneda Santoka, Hōsai abandoned the traditional verse form of his time and mostly looked at the austere confines of his life for inspiration.

Haiku by Hosai Ozaki

Picture by sumingliu youyou

Submission deadline: 20th March 2024

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.

TO PARTICIPATE
 
- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)
- When choosing a title for your piece also include the assignment number, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku532)”
To submit your track:
- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.
- If you upload your music on Youtube, Bandcamp or anywhere else, upload your submission and then send me the link by email at marco@naviarrecords.com or contact me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.
- If you don’t use any music platform, upload it to this Dropbox folder and I’ll include it in the weekly playlist. If you choose this option, make sure you include your name in the track’s title.

Your track may be included in Naviar's weekly podcasts and free (pay-what-you-want) compilations. If you can, please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.
 
For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

The Shadow of a Butterfly

The Shadow Of A Butterfly (naviarhaiku532)

I downloaded the track by encym - https://soundcloud.com/encym/neat_disorder_disquiet0636 - then added an electronic microtonal sequence created in Pure Data.

More on the 637th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right (2 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio — at https://disquiet.com/0637/

Diluted Disorder - with encym (disquiet0637)

I used the wonderful track Marsh Bones by Raincat - many thanks! - and added a right channel to it. Some of it is 56 BPM. My addition consists of alto recorder (a.k.a Altflöte), bells, industrial noises from a factory and a synth note (C1).

Left track by @raincat-306596410

Note: this sounds awful on headphones because of the strict left/right mix.

Disquiet0637 - Marsh Bones Factory (with Raincat)

Collaboration with https://soundcloud.com/coralineada/the-last-of-the-opera-murders-disquiet0636.

This is part of Disquiet Junto Project 0637: Right (2 of 3). See more at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0637-right-2-of-3/66483/43.

Disquiet Junto 2024

The Last Of The Opera Murders [disquiet0637]

The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio.

Used the track Four Variations for Left by Jim Lemanowicz: https://soundcloud.com/blisterpop/four-variations-for-left-by-jimmy-lem-disquiet0636?si=34834046ea474be7810d00b8e10455c0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

More on the 637th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right (2 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio — at https://disquiet.com/0637/

Four Variations tied together - with Jim Lemanowicz (disquiet0637)

This is built on

@lazenbeeindustries - rightward
https://soundcloud.com/lazenbeeindustries/rightward-feat-john-wright-disquiet0637

which in turn is built on

@thgirwnhoj - Just Percussion
https://soundcloud.com/thgirwnhoj/disquiet0636-just-percussion

My addition is a pair of bass parts. It was a challenge to make the bass parts stand distinct without being able to shape the other two parts... but I did my best.

I also added a kick. It seemed needed to drive the percussion once there were so many other parts going on. I shamelessly admit that I got the idea from reading @DeDe's write up of their own treatment of the same pair of tracks.  (Didn't listen yet to keep myself ignorant by what is surely a fantastic bass track!)

I resisted the temptation to muck with the two original parts, but I did use the original full-stereo version of Just Percussion, and then I panned it and rightward somewhat left and right, not hard. You should still be able to keep the parts distinct as you listen. As always - if anyone wants stems, or a hard L-C-R mix, just ask.

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More on the 638th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Center (3 of 3) — The Assignment: Complete a trio begun by two other musicians — at https://disquiet.com/0638/

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Image Credit: Tim Sullivan
https://stocksnap.io/photo/yellow-lines-OJYARI0WOY

Down The Center - disquiet0638

I added a bit of static to CoralineAda’s and Leon Clowes’ mezmerizing duo as an attempt to heighten the tension of the “missed connection” implied by the vocal sample. The static was created with the Landscape Stereofield and tamed somewhat by one of Hainbach’s presets for the Zoia.

Disquiet0638.6

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 532:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku533-flowing-along/

Photo by zenbytes (Yellowstone, Wyoming, USA, 2017)

changing colors - Naviarhaiku 533

A collaboration with @alanblip and @rabmusiclab. Thank you both :)
More on the 638th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Center (3 of 3) — The Assignment: Complete a trio begun by two other musicians — at https://disquiet.com/0638/

Disquiet0637 - Marsh Bones Factory (with Raincat)

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