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Prompted by the mention of Youtube, I looked at a few of my videos of a few years ago, concentrating on soundscapes & musique concrète. For most captions were unavailable but, quite strangely & randomly, one came up with the following word sequence: 'hai hai ya Aku nggak Tahu hai', which turned out to be in Malay &, not counting the repetitions of 'hai', means: 'Hi, I don't know' (according to Goo...

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

An electronic composition sounds from various sources.

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data. More on this 607th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Silence Wave (The Assignment: From close to zero and back again, alter the relative amount of sound to silence in a piece of music), at: https://disquiet.com/0607/ Thanks this week to Jason Richardson and Klaus-Dieter Hilf. About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ Subscribe to pro...

A track consisting of around 75% silence interrupted by bursts of noise from an original field recording made by the shore, a little reverb added. More on this 606th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Three to One (Compose a piece of music with three times as much silence as sound), at: https://disquiet.com/0606/ 1 Thanks this week to Jason Richardson and Klaus-Dieter Hilf. About the Disquiet Junto: h...

An electronic composition created in Pure Data.

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data. More on this 605th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Fifty Fifty (Compose a piece of music with as much silence as notes), at: https://disquiet.com/0605/ Thanks to Jason Richardson for having proposed this week’s project. About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1 Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-j...

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

An electronic sequence created in Pure Data & subjected to a touch of reverb & Noise Gate. More on this 604th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Heaven’s Gate (The Assignment: Use a picture of the clouds as a plan for adjusting your sound), at: https://disquiet.com/0604/ About the Disquiet Junto: Disquiet Junto F.A.Q. – Disquiet Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto...

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

Electronic composition created in Pure Data with additional reverb. More on this 603rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Animated Suspension (The Assignment: Record a piece of music that suggests something floating in air), at: https://disquiet.com/0603/ About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/ Project discussion...

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data. Shoogly = unsteady, unstable, uncertain, shaky, wobbly. More on this 602nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Choice Words (The Assignment: Make a piece of music that strives to express a specific word), at: https://disquiet.com/0602/ About the Disquiet Junto: Disquiet Junto F.A.Q. – Disquiet Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter...

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

I split six samples into smaller segments, arranged them according to the throw of the die & adjusted the volume to bring each into prominence in its turn. More on this 601st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Hard Six (The Assignment: Let a roll of the dice determine the relative prominence of various parts of a track), at: https://disquiet.com/0601/ The project was inspired in part by recent corresp...

A mix of original field recordings with a touch of reverb.

This track uses all the samples provided by Marcus Fischer, modified & combined in numerous different ways. 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 Please credit Marcus Fischer when posting your track. About the Disquiet Junto: https...

An electronic composition created in Pure Data.

A mix of five drone sequences of different frequencies, each with added modulation & varying dynamics. I have kept this one fairly short for the purposes of the Disquiet project. Some longer drones with visuals on Youtube, including: https://youtu.be/j-3SaOtNrPc https://youtu.be/xQOvj6LBcBY https://youtu.be/WDxAqog0YaU https://youtu.be/lSYqjxC-GcM More on this 599th weekly Disquiet Junto project,...

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

A multiple recording made with found instruments, a little reverb added. More on this 598th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Mixmaster Mic (The Assignment: Record the same sound with multiple mics; mix the results), at: https://disquiet.com/0598/ The image to the “cover” of this project is from an 1880 U.S. patent. About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ Subscribe to project announceme...

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

Among other projects, I intend to work on a range of tracks using Pure Data. This is is a live sequence recently created. More on this 597th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Goal Line (The Assignment: Get started on a plan by getting over getting started), at: https://disquiet.com/0597/ About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ Subscribe to project announcements: Disquiet Junto by Marc W...

An evolving electronic sequence, created in Pure Data then undergoing a series of changes. More on this 596th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Phylogeny Junto (The Assignment: Depict genres’ evolution over time in music), at: https://disquiet.com/0596/ About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/ Project discussion t...