I wanted to mirror the proportions of a haiku in my piece, so I chose to make part A 5 x 4 measures, B 7 x 4 measures and C again 5 x 4, which made for a nice length at 100 bpm. I wanted to start building the piece using chords; my main problem there is that I automatically resort to 4-bar chords when I start a project. I decided to force myself to use non-uniform chord lengths. I thought I would reduce the length of the chords as the section progressed.

As a happy coincidence, I realized that 4 + 2 x 3 + 3 x 2 + 4 x 1 = 20! I thought to reuse this framework in reverse, and so to use the same chord progression, backwards, for section C. Section B has mostly 2-bar chords but some are 1/2 bar. The beginning and ending chords are also symmetrical but not the middle ones.

I chose a shimmery pad for sections A & C (ice) and an organ-like pad for section B (cathedral). I wanted a tinkly sound to play against that, and sequenced a loose, meandering melody for section A. A flute-like patch plays almost throughout, usually reinforcing the highest chord tone. I added an arpeggiated patch for section B to increase contrast.

The haiku was too short for my initial plan to record myself reciting it, stretch the sound, and use that as background. I did record myself whispering into the mike (one take), split it into 3 parts, and processed each with different effects: echo & reverb, multitap delay, plain reverb. The snippets are repeated a few times but not too evenly.

A one-measure intro and one-measure outro serve to bracket the piece. Part of me just wants to keep piling on layers and effects in hopes of coming up with something dazzling, but don't haikus teach us that less is more?

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More on this 117th Disquiet Junto project — “Compose an original piece of music in response to a haiku” — at:

http://disquiet.com/2014/03/27/disquiet0117-naviarjunto/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/?p=16588

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

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

Join the Naviar Haiku Project at:

https://soundcloud.com/groups/naviar-laboratory

More on Naviar at:

http://naviarlab.tumblr.com/

Haiku by Nite Rote, more from whom at:

http://niterote.com/

Image associated with this Junto project is by William Warby, via a Creative Commons license:

https://flic.kr/p/8HqHv9


Cathedral At The End Of The World [disquiet0117-naviarjunto/Naviarhaiku012 – They encounter]

Very nice samples to work with.
I unmuted the first 3 (or the last 3?) the more "synth" ones, didn't use the glitchy/noise tracks. Those 3 tracks played back with no added fx or mix sounded full Vangelis for me.
I  miss and I know I will miss Vangelis Papathanassíou for the rest of my life.
This one's for him. 

3 tracks from Marcus Fischer's sample set, tweaked and slightly edited
3 tracks performed by myself on Friday June the 30th during the morning: one electric piano, 2 synthesisers: Ultra Analog VA2 and Micro Korg


More on this 600th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reaching Out (The Assignment: This is a shared sample project. Rework a set of seven WAV files provided by Marcus Fischer), at: https://disquiet.com/0600/ 1

So Long Vangelis (disquiet0600)

Disquiet Junto Project 0600: Reaching Out
The Assignment: This is a shared sample project. Rework a set of seven WAV files provided by Marcus Fischer.

I wanted to make a ten minutes track, because thats 600 seconds for disquiet0600. Some of the samples went into granular meat grinders of different kinds (but mostly Granulator II in Live), others were used more or less directly, but with something from Puremagnetik as an FX. I went by stomach for a track that would please my taste, using only Marcus samples

All sample sound material: Marcus Fischer – thank you!

Cover image: Clipdrop / Stable Diffusion, prompt: "Der Lederschürzenclub der Unruhe", edited.

More on this 600th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reaching Out (The Assignment: This is a shared sample project. Rework a set of seven WAV files provided by Marcus Fischer), at: https://disquiet.com/0600/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0600-reaching-out/

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Lederschürzenclubunruhe [disquiet0600]

for the disquiet junto //

mfischer samples, reworked

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More on this 600th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reaching Out (The Assignment: This is a shared sample project. Rework a set of seven WAV files provided by Marcus Fischer), at: https://disquiet.com/0600/

Please credit Marcus Fischer when posting your track.

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0600-reaching-out/

A King of Infinite Space

[disquiet0600] A King of Infinite Space

A sequence of sounds created in Pure Data, first randomly deconstructed then rejigged.

More on this 629th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Jigsaw Logic — The Assignment: Break a piece of your music and put it back together again — at: https://disquiet.com/0629/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0629-jigsaw-logic/

Rejigged (disquiet0629)

I extracted 6 parts from an old track of mine. These are initially exposed in sequence, subsequently the processing was done by altering exclusively the speed and duration of each part. The piece from which I extracted the 6 parts was built with csound, the subsequent reworking was also done with csound and then mixed with audacity.
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More on this 629th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Jigsaw Logic — The Assignment: Break a piece of your music and put it back together again — at: https://disquiet.com/0629/

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Cigolwas - Disquiet0629

This was my contribution for Disquiet Junto Project 0629: Jigsaw Logic

Here’s a copy of my post on the Disquiet Junto 0629 discussion thread:

Wasn’t sure how to go about this project at first so I wasn’t going to participate but after thinking about it for a bit, landed on the following solution. 

I used the piece that I created for Disquiet Junto 0589: Auto Play from April 2023, Autogenic Succession. Imported the audio file into Ableton Live and let Simpler auto-slice the sound file. I then used the Max for Live MIDI device, Random Notes by Hacktive, to sequence the slices onto two tracks. It took several tries of tweaking before I was somewhat happy with the final result. The final minute is the unaltered last section from the original project. 

More on this 629th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Jigsaw Logic — The Assignment: Break a piece of your music and put it back together again — at: https://disquiet.com/0629/
About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/
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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0629-jigsaw-logic/

Shapeshifted Autogenic Succession [disquiet0629]

Panned hard left for junto jam project

More on this 472nd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Jam Time (1 of 3) / The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0472/

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-0472-jam-time/

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

Image associated with this project is by Meg Jones, and used thanks to Flickr and a Creative Commons license allowing editing (cropped with text added) for non-commercial purposes:

https://flic.kr/p/mDRT9 1

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Orphaned Loop (disquiet0472)

I went for a relatively simple approach attempting to leave space for other contributors. Only two parts: a bass and a melody (in need of rhythm and harmony) at 102 BPM in E minor. This version is stereo, but you can download a mono version hard panned left here:
https://soundcloud.com/chalkwalk-junto/jam-time-1-left-only-disquiet0472/s-sa4u6mxsbth
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More on this 472nd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Jam Time (1 of 3) / The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0472/ 1

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1

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https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co 1:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0472-jam-time/

Jam Time 1/3 (disquiet0472)

This was built on top of:
https://soundcloud.com/ymeynard/amniote-disquiet0472

My thought here was that it could do with some percussion, so I designed sound percussion sounds. I made a set of sounds then did a few layers of finger drumming in time to the original. I struggled a little with the transition into the bridge (which has a different tempo) but broadly I think it worked out. You can download a version with the two parts hard panned left & right here:
https://soundcloud.com/chalkwalk-junto/placebo-effect-23-separate-stereo-disquiet0473/s-7BV9fNnIMa7
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More on this 473rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — Placebo Effect (2 of 3) / The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio that others will complete — at:

https://disquiet.com/0473/ 1

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1

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https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0473-placebo-effect/

Placebo Effect 2/3 (disquiet0473)

Disquiet Junto Project 0474 – Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians.

How do I start? Singing is always dangerous, if you are not a singer… No… okay, this way: Some children can only be loved by their parents… one must stand by one's misdeeds … my microphone was broken … the true beauty of music is that it connects us, yes, this is it! 

I startet with the playlist https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0473 and went to "around the middle of it" and started listening until I found something I liked: https://soundcloud.com/disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0473 by https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz (guitar) and https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley (synth). The strange mixture felt right and asked for some voice.

So I improvised with the text given by the titles (and some extra text). I did two takes. I added as much plugins as possible to hide the fact that I can't sing. As you can hear: Neither can I sing, nor am I able to hide it with production gimmicks.

Anyway, after slicing my vocals I somehow liked it. Yes, you will have to listen to it 20 times, drinking some high octane booze, but then you will discover the hidden beauty of this track. Thanks, guys, I really had a lot of fun with this!

More on this 474th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Police Action (3 of 3) / The Assignment: Complete a trio by adding a track to an existing duet by two other musicians — at:
https://disquiet.com/0474/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0474-police-action/