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The Assignment: Remix the pure sounds of Chris Kallmyer’s traveling wind chimes to your own musical purposes. -Used the first 3 minutes of the original, unedited -Converted that audio to midi and triggered a crystal chamber bowls sampler. -Added 3 wind chimes I own (build by my father in the 80's out of aluminium tubes) -Improvised an acoustic piano part -Improvised a synth pad Paris, Friday 16th...

Composed and performed by Daniel Diaz, April 2021, Paris France. Electric Bass harmonics Electric Bass Guitar Celeste Glockenspiel For this Haiku: rain rituals⠀ in the light of torches –⠀ mountain peaks at night⠀ ⠀ haiku by Tan Taigi⠀ picture by Max Bender

This is me improvising on an Olivetti Valentine portable typewriter (belonging to my friend and go-to designer the late great Sergio Pittaluga) I converted the audio to midi and assigned a metal sample and a tongue drum playing randomized notes from the midi converted typewriter. I did play some piano lines, tried with a piano sound on a randomized midi but it was awful (listen to what I played, i...

Guitars (Fender telecaster, Gibson Les Paul), ebow, tube amplifiers (Epiphone and Fender) Composed and performed by DD during Lockdown, late 2020. Photo by DD, Buenos Aires circa 2017. A video with this track: https://youtu.be/R7jQr5YpIxg

For this challenge: Instructions: Construct a Sound Haiku from a series of two-second “syllables” made from recordings you have captured. A traditional haiku is a poem written in three sections of five syllables, seven syllables, and then five syllables. Only seventeen syllables in all. Your audio recordings should be arranged into three sections of ten seconds, fourteen seconds, and then ten second...

Synthesizers and pianos by DD, March 2021 Photo by DD, Greece 2020 For this challenge: Step 1: You’re going to record a time capsule, something for yourself to listen to in the future. The default time is five years. You can, however, set the time for however long (or short) you like. Step 2: Record that track and post it online. @disquiet

ok, I'm not fluent on Pig Latin, but hey: during this Friday morning I managed to get two sentences done: First sentence goes B-C-E-G-A-B8-Eb-D8 Second sentence goes B-C-A-E-B8-Eb-G-D8-E8-D8 Then I transferred the initial two note "consonant cluster" to the end of the phrase and added a vocalic syllable in the form of a low A note (upright bass and treated piano) 00:00 First sentence B-C-E-G-A-B8-...

Instrumental ballad. Previously unreleased, part of my outakes collection "maquina dura" Performed live to ADAT on Madre Selva Studios, Madrid, Spain on July 2000 by Daniel Diaz: Stratocaster guitar Edgar Grau: Alembic bass Rik Hambra: Percussion @edgar-grau-1 @ethnicfusionsound

Tanpura Santoor Electric Bass Synthesizers Orchestral Samples Drum Programming For this challenge: Create a “musical collage,” however you might define it, likely using the equivalent of cut and paste. this is what I did: 1- Took and old track provided by my friends at Ethnic Fusion Sound (an Indian Raga with classical instrumentation and voice) kept the Tanpura and Santoor. 2- Took some tracks fr...

Orchestral samples, solo cello and synthesizers For this haiku: A lost child crying⠀ stumbling over the dark fields…⠀ catching fireflies⠀ ⠀ Poem by Yoshida Ryusui (1691-1758). Photo by DD (Paris, 2020)

For this challenge: "Here’s your next single’s cover. Now record it." Love this one, and love the photo. Mist/fog is such a global (globalizing?) thing. Any city could use it to get on approximately the same mood. Like a landscape's tuxedo. This photo could be any city , dressed like that, could be my home-town Buenos Aires (a city fog suits so well). There's a tango standard "Nieblas del Riachuel...

Nieblas Panamericanas (electric version) Rhodes electric piano Upright bass Synthesizers The photo was shot in Houston, Texas, by Robert Boyd and is used with his permission. For this challenge: "Here’s your next single’s cover. Now record it." An alternate take on this one: Nieblas Panamericanas (https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/nieblas-panamericanas) More info: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-j...

Lost and found master from 2007, a live in the studio improvisation performed by Nico Arnicho (URU), Percussion Bobby Rangell (USA), Flute Daniel Diaz (ARG), Fretless bass Remixed and edited for the first time now February 2021 , for this haiku: ⠀ Heavenly creatures⠀ descending it seems –⠀ the sea of spring⠀ ⠀ Poem by Matsunaga Teitoku (1571-1654) Photo by Sam X

TRES VIDALAS: Unused master for an Inti Huamani unfinished album. Composed and recorded between 1995 and 1996 in Buenos Aires , Argentina A medley of three compositions in a "vidala/baguala" rhythm. 1-Vidala del Metan Viejo 2-Fat’s Vidala 3-Vidala del Sumariante Composed by Daniel Diaz, third part text written by Inti Huamani Performed by Daniel Diaz: electric piano, electric bass, keyboards, perc...

Getting together through music, in times of isolation... Here in France I added upright bass (Center) over the beautiful collaboration between Analoc (Germany) (Left Channel) and halF unusuaL (England) (Right Channel) Original track: https://soundcloud.com/half-unusual/half-placebo-disquiet0473-with-analoc For this late January 2021 junto project: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0474-...

Abstract Counterpoint Improvisation (disquiet0474) Getting together through music, in times of isolation... I recorded here (France)upright bass over the duet by Chris Ledwidge (Ireland): piano and Michael Ash Sharbaugh (USA) synthesizers. I improvised over the original track twice, first take was a disaster, second was slightly better but still I couldn’t figure out what the piano was doing so my...

A minimal little song on a late-autumn/early-winter mood but with some playful energy left from the summer.. Single release re-titled "Idea Minima" here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6stZ2zSDYuM8O7zrHq1Pjj Composed and performed by DD January 2021. Charango Flutes Vibraphone Percussion Upright bass For this Haiku: hidden among the trees – a shrine with mice and red leaves on the ground haiku by...

Unused track form the SEGUNDO CICLO sessions (Buenos Aires circa 1996) https://danieldiaz.bandcamp.com/album/segundo-ciclo https://open.spotify.com/album/3C6ySTvFiWXOoDm9QAHpvO Daniel Diaz; fretless bass, Rhodes electric piano Julian Hojman: Tenor sax Claudio Eidler: Drums Composed and arranged by Daniel Diaz

Collaboration for the juto challenge 0473 https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0473-placebo-effect/ Based on an original piano track by @forcedamage https://soundcloud.com/forcedamage/fifths-just-piano-disquiet0472 I added electric bass guitar and synthesizer Photo: La Fortuna, Costa Rica by DD 2019.

Collaboration for the junto challenge 0473 https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0473-placebo-effect/ Based on an original piano track by @ikjoyce https://soundcloud.com/ikjoyce/disquiet0472-jamtimebacking I added electric guitar improvisation over the original track, edited and augmented by a pitch shifted version of that same track Performed on a borrowed Gibson Les Paul through a Hughes...

EDIT: Updated version JAN 26th 2021. After several nice contributions from other junto participants (see disquiet0473) that showed me that actually something could be done (organ, lead guitar, etc) I decided to "complete" the original take myself just to have something more listenable here. Please refer to the 0473 versions for more interesting take son this original guitar jam.. Originally create...

Piano Upright basses (pizz and bowed) Melodica Charango Cajones Kuntrun Voices A genre blend between Huayno (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huayno) and Milonga (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milonga_(music)) A pure experimental endeavour that ended up as a little soundtrack moment on the series Documentary Now. Composed and recorded by DD around 2007, remixed 2020.

One track of an E minor chord performed on a Fender Telecaster Guitar Six tracks of the same chord performed on the same guitar each string recorded separately , performed with eBow. Composed and performed by DD, January 2021 For this haiku: naviarhaiku366⠀ ⠀ An old carousel⠀ Riding peacocks and dragons⠀ Distant memory⠀ Poem by John Hinks, aka @FlownBlue Photo by DD (Santa Monica CA, 2007, Kodak T...

Lost and found master from 2007, a live in the studio improvisation performed by Nico Arnicho (URU), Percussion Bobby Rangell (USA), Flute Pajaro Canzani (URU), Acoustic guitar Daniel Diaz (ARG), Fretless bass and electric piano remixed and edited for the first time now late 2020 , for this haiku: "Deep in the water, softly moving his fins, a carp, dreaming" haiku by Morikawa Kyoroku picture by Li...

rêverie répetitive en noir et blanc opus 13 marco lucchi : piano I, piano II daniel diaz: piano III, piano IV (mallets), delays, reverse delays, filters 13th December 2020 photo by ricardo gomez based on https://soundcloud.com/marcolucchi/piano-patterns-n13 @marcolucchi