More on this 101st Disquiet Junto project (Make a phase composition based on the sounds of three switches) at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/12/05/disquiet0101-analogbinary/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

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http://goo.gl/vn82Dv

Disquiet Junto Project 0101: Analog Binary

Decided to keep this weeks Junto simple, so I recorded three instances of switching on / off 
First sound to be heard is my ceiling fan
2nd. is my electric kettle 
3rd. is the on off switch on my electric piano 
Duplicated each sound onto two different tracks panned each hard L & R timestreched one side of each "stereo" image slightly to create a phase shift kinda beat...then I thought of Mandela and wanted to create an uprising towards the end, so I duplicated everything a couple of times and displaced the new tracks a little more with long fades....to let the whole thing end with just two beats - it all falls back to the beginning... coming and going on your own.


Disquiet Junto Project 0101: Analog Binary

Record the audio of three objects in your home or workplace that have on/off switches. Capture the unique sound of them being turned on and off. For each of the switches, record several seconds of this on/off action so you can create loops of a steady pace. Then create an original piece of music that employs phase shifts — that is, in which the tiny distinctions between loops create noticeable patterning as time progresses. You can use some light processing, but the sense of "switch-ness" of the source audio should never be lost.

Deadline: Monday, December 9, 2013, at 11:59pm wherever you are.

Length: Your track’s length should be between two and five minutes.

Information: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto.

Title/Tag: Include the term “disquiet0101-analogbinary” in the title of your track, and as a tag for your track.

Download: Please consider employing a license that allows for attributed, commerce-free remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).

Linking: When posting the track, be sure to include this information:

More on this 101st Disquiet Junto project (Make a phase composition based on the sounds of three switches) at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/12/05/disquiet0101-analogbinary/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

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

Associated image found via:

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“disquiet0101-analogbinary” Mandela

Disquiet Junto Project 0101: Analog Binary.

I recorded 3 switches (Light/Coffee Machine/HiFi) then I sampled them and I applied some reverbs, delays, resonators, while playing with the samples. It was quite fun ...

More on this 101st Disquiet Junto project (Make a phase composition based on the sounds of three switches) at:
http://disquiet.com/2013/12/05/disquiet0101-analogbinary/
More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

LINEAR BELLS - Disquiet0101-Analogbinary - HiFi Furry

The three sounds are ones I had recorded a few years ago at a bakery I was making bread at. One is a Vitamix blender, the other is a 30qt mixer, and the last one I can't remember. 
I only added a little effect to the vitamix: Bode Frequency Shift. 
The others I left raw. In the spirit of this assignment, I used fade in fade out, through out the piece.

More at: http://subversiveintentions.wordpress.com

More on this 101st Disquiet Junto project (Make a phase composition based on the sounds of three switches) at:

http://disquiet.com/2013/12/05/disquiet0101-analogbinary/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:

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

Associated image found via:

http://goo.gl/vn82Dv

Life/Death Machine (disquiet0101-analogbinary)

I left work early as I have a ton of personal time to take before the end of the year and then I recorded my light switches with a Zoom H2 recorder. After importing the recordings I built a small dub send/return network to apply lightly. The deep droning sounds are created through micro loops one of the more interesting switches in my new apartment is the one that controls the garbage disposal after introducing the garbage disposal loop I began micro looping it to create a granular sounding pad and then towards the end layered several of them all in different spans of time off the original loop.

Hope you enjoy.

disquiet0101-analogbinary

Recorded three sounds as directed: A microwave, a kitchen sink (not strictly a "switch" but it does go on and off), and a small battery-powered hand drill.

In Ableton Live, loaded the sounds and made a few permutations of each, both in length and pitch.  They are brought into and out of the piece throughout. 
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Disquiet Junto Project 0101: Analog Binary

Record the audio of three objects in your home or workplace that have on/off switches. Capture the unique sound of them being turned on and off. For each of the switches, record several seconds of this on/off action so you can create loops of a steady pace. Then create an original piece of music that employs phase shifts — that is, in which the tiny distinctions between loops create noticeable patterning as time progresses. You can use some light processing, but the sense of "switch-ness" of the source audio should never be lost.

Deadline: Monday, December 9, 2013, at 11:59pm wherever you are.

Length: Your track’s length should be between two and five minutes.

More on this 101st Disquiet Junto project (Make a phase composition based on the sounds of three switches) at:
http://disquiet.com/2013/12/05/disquiet0101-analogbinary/

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

For Whom The Boole Tolls [disquiet0101-analogbinary]

I decided to only use switches in my office. Since recording the switch for my powerbar presented an insurmountable problem, I ended up recording the switch on my Oxygen8 Keyboard, the light switch in my office, and the switch for an old boombox, which has several intermediate stages.

I went for a lo-fi vibe, removed the incidental sounds before and after the switch recordings, but did not otherwise plan the performance. I added distortion that emphasizes the poor quality of the recording. Echo effects and occasional wild panning add some variety. The track was passed through a bit-reducing plugin for the end, making it more and more digital as the piece concludes.

The original piece was over 4 minutes long. I decided to cut out a section in the middle, dropping 2 of the 3 tracks to enable me to splice the two halves together. The resulting "radio-friendly" edit is less monotonous than the original, but perhaps less hypnotic as well.

Tick-Tack-Brap [disquiet0101-analogbinary]

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

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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

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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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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

Subscribe to project announcements here:

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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/

Diaz/Cobley/Krakenkraft: Would Somebody Please Do Something? [disquiet0474]

My 33 1/3 series book about the Aphex Twin album <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II</i> was published in 2014. The book was one of the top 5 bestselling titles for the calendar year, and in 2015 was ranked by Pitchfork as one of the "33 best" of the 100-plus books in the 33 1/3 series. It has subsequently been translated into Japanese (2019) and Spanish (2018)

Since 2012 I have moderated the Disquiet Junto group, which began on SoundCloud. More at disquiet.com/junto. 

I've written for Nature, Pitchfork, The Wire, Down Beat, Boing Boing, NewMusicBox, Red Bull Music Academy, Art Practical, the website of The Atlantic, and many other publications. 

I've exhibited sound art at galleries in Los Angeles (Crewest), Manhattan (apex art), and Dubai (DUTAC), and I had a audio-visual installation at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of its 45th anniversary.

And since 1996 I've run the website Disquiet.com about the intersection of sound, art, and technology.

Tick-Tack-Brap [disquiet0101-analogbinary]

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