ray_cobley

ray_cobley

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Abstract Sound Structures, Musique Concrète & Live Electronics. Experimental abstract animation videos. It is my aim to create and/or edit my tracks & videos using free or open-source software only. Influences include: J.S. Bach, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Giacinto Scelsi, Mauricio Kagel, Conlon Nancarrow, Christian Wolff, Harry Partch, Luc Ferrari, Morton Feldman, Cornelius Cardew, Bernard Parmegiani, Ana-Maria Avram, David Tudor, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Renaissance Polyphony. All my work is published under a Creative Commons licence & can be freely downloaded (as wav) or remixed.

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ray_cobley

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Music

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Full Day (disquiet0647) 24.05.2024

A textured drone sequence, a mix of original recordings & electronics. More on the 647th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Day Drone — The Assignment: Make some daylight drones for Drone Day — at https://disquiet.com/0647/ The original image associated with this project is by Guillaume Pelletier, used with a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drone_bee_(32-image_macro_stack...

Angry (naviarhaiku541) 17.05.2024

An electronic composition created in Pure Data, some additional fx.

Voiceless Space (disquiet0646) 17.05.2024

An electronic composition created in Pure Data. 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.

Without Reflections (naviarhaiku540) 10.05.2024

Without Reflections (naviarhaiku540) by ray_cobley

Darker Halves (disquiet0645) 10.05.2024

Extracts from electronic sequences created in Pure Data, slowed by 50% & variously modified. More on the 645th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Speed Trap — The Assignment: Record something, slow it down, and then record over it — at https://disquiet.com/0645/

Forest (naviarhaiku539) 03.05.2024

A mix of electronic & recorded sounds.

Al Fresco (disquiet0644) 03.05.2024

A mix of original field recordings with a touch of reverb. I imagine a sequence of natural sounds as a relaxing or unobtrusive background to an appropriate event. More on the 644th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Event Horizon — The Assignment: Record music for a party of your choosing — at https://disquiet.com/0644/

Moon Floating (naviarhaiku538) 26.04.2024

An electronic composition created in Pure Data.

Ancient Stones (disquiet0643) 26.04.2024

Electronic composition, a textured drone sequence, original sounds created in Pure Data. More on the 643rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Stone Out of Focus — The Assignment: Make music inspired by a poem — at https://disquiet.com/0643/ This week’s project is based on a text by Yoko Ono, originally published in her book Grapefruit60 years ago, back in 1964.

Deep Streams (naviarhaiku537) 19.04.2024

An electronic composition, original sounds created in Pure Data.

Bubble, Bubble (disquiet0642) 19.04.2024

A slowed down recording of pouring fizzy water combined with an electronic sequence created in Pure Data, with some additional detuning, delay, reverb, etc. More on the 642nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Kick from Champagne — The Assignment: Use carbonation to make a beat — at https://disquiet.com/0642/ 2

Wide-Arching - for John Hinks (naviarhaiku536) 12.04.2024

An electronic composition, original sounds created in Pure Data - both a response to the haiku & an elegy for John Hinks.

Standing Alone (disquiet0641) 12.04.2024

This is a reworking of my contribution to the collaborative exercise, the right-hand part of: https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/diluted-disorder-with-encym-disquiet0637?si=8014e0c43a394dc9b938c666bbf0d50e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing I wanted to create a more interesting standalone track & (I hope) have done this by carefully applying numerous tweaks to the dyna...

Dense 05.04.2024

Electronic composition, an evolving drone/dark ambient sequence, original sounds created in Pure Data. For related video see: https://youtu.be/354SzHftdOc

Lunar Illusion (naviarhaiku535) 05.04.2024

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

Pheasantry Pleasantry (disquiet0639) 29.03.2024

I haven't time for anything complicated this week so this track is a relatively straightforward reworking of: https://soundcloud.com/rabmusiclab/pheasantry?si=5ade0285a3e6422b8c623d45119fcbc5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing More on the 639th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Path Ways (4 of 3) — The Assignment: Rework musical trios using the constituent parts — one of...

Lassitude (naviarhaiku534) 29.03.2024

Electronic composition, an evolving structured drone-like sequence, basic sounds created in Pure Data.

Flowing Colours (naviarhaiku533) 22.03.2024

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

Spring Trio - with Marc Eisenschink and 337is (disquiet0638) 22.03.2024

For this one I downloaded: https://soundcloud.com/randomshuffle/disquiet0637gemastered (with thanks to the original artists). I added a textured drone sequence.

Tuned Up - with Krakenkraft & Etherkraken and Soundoferror (disquiet0638) 22.03.2024

I downloaded this track: https://soundcloud.com/winterer/some-discriminative-finetuning-disquiet0637-23-second, with thanks to the original artists. I added a suitably adjusted and enhanced recording I made of men and machines at work.

Butterfly Shadow (naviarhaiku532) 15.03.2024

A live quasi-serialist electronic composition created in Pure Data.

Great Bells of Fire - with 33per (disquiet0637) 15.03.2024

For a second contribution I used the track by 33per - https://soundcloud.com/33per/firebells - and added an electronic sequence panned toward the right. More on the 637th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right (2 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio — at https://disquiet.com/0637/

Diluted Disorder - with encym (disquiet0637) 15.03.2024

I downloaded the track by encym - https://soundcloud.com/encym/neat_disorder_disquiet0636 - then added an electronic microtonal sequence created in Pure Data. More on the 637th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right (2 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio — at https://disquiet.com/0637/

Clockwork Left (disquiet0636) 08.03.2024

A three-voice electronic sequence, 84 & 168 bpm, panned toward the left. More on the 636th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Left (1 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0636/.

Thunder Shake (naviarhaiku531) 08.03.2024

An electronic composition, basic sounds created in Pure Data.

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