The Uncertainty Principal

Disquiet Junto Project 0646: Empty Orchestra
The Assignment: Interpret the literal translation of “karaoke.”

Step 1: You may or may not be familiar with the literal meaning of the word “karaoke.” The first two syllables are the Japanese word for “empty.” The final two syllables are an abbreviation of the Japanese word for “orchestra.” Consider how the term “empty orchestra” connects with the idea of karaoke.

Step 2: Think about the term “empty orchestra” on its own, apart from its association with karaoke. Come up with a new meaning for it. What kind of genre or musical form would “empty orchestra” be on its own?

Step 3: Record a piece of music exemplifying the ideas that arose to you during Step 2.

Tasks Upon Completion:

Label: Include “disquiet0646” (no spaces/quotes) in the name of your track.

Upload: Post your track to a public account (SoundCloud preferred but by no means required). It’s best to focus on one track, but if you post more than one, clarify which is the “main” rendition.

Share: Post your track and a description/explanation at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0646-empty-orchestra/

Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.

Additional Details:

Length: The length is up to you.

Deadline: Monday, May 20, 2024, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.

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License: It’s preferred (but not required) to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., an attribution Creative Commons license).

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More on the 646th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Empty Orchestra — The Assignment: Interpret the literal translation of “karaoke” — at Disquiet Junto Project 0646: Empty Orchestra – Disquiet

The depicted theater in the cover image is the Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex in Caracas, Venezuela.

An ending with no beginning - disquiet0646

Created on iPad with AUM
Mixed and mastered with Cubase 13 and Ozone 10

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 541:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku541-heat-in-waves/

Photo by zenbytes (2015, La Palma, Spain)

stones angry reverberations - Naviarhaiku 541

heat in waves ̶
in the stones
angry reverberations

Katō Kyōtai was a poet from Nagoya who entered the world of haikai in 1759. His work shares with Buson a careful observation, not just of nature itself, but also of the complex emotions and reactions that characterize human existence.

 

haiku by Katō Kyōtai

Furnace in waves-naviarhaiku541

a track by marco Lucchi reworked by Mean Flow

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maggio 2024

Mean Flow & Marco Lucchi - Esatonale [7]

OP1 Field, Cocoquantus, CB MOOD MKII, SOMA COSMOS

More on the 647th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Day Drone — The Assignment: Make some daylight drones for Drone Day — at https://disquiet.com/0647/

Central Europe (disquiet0647)

Disquiet Junto 0657 was an invitation to compose a pice out of overlapping tones that start and stop suddenly.

I created multiple layers of synth pads, each holding a single note of random duration in the key of Am. Next I bounced the audio, slowed it by 75%, and reversed it to create abrupt stops in each tone. I blended that audio back into the mix to provide a low aural foundation. On top of this I recorded a couple of additional pads with held tones, chopped up with a grain stutter plugin. To wrap it up, I improvised a couple of wandering leads with "broken" synths in Cmaj/Amin.

I worked hard on the spacial mix, so headphones or a good pair of stereo monitors are recommended.

More on this week's Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0657

Disquiet Junto

Tails on Tones (disquiet0657)

Inuksuit, for Piano and Celesta

Bent Clarision_05

Jabbernauts, Q.V. 051925a

new places

Traveller in sound and space.  Enjoying and creating ambient, drone and experimental music.