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An electronic sequence created using Pure Data, a touch of reverb added. More on the 735th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Spectrum Analysis — The Assignment: Write music inspired by a crayon — at https://disquiet.com/0735/

Original field recordings mixed with an electronic sequence.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources including Pure Data.

It is very quiet where I am so that the recording I made yesterday morning, apart from the odd passing vehicle (rush hour traffic!), a few rooks and a gull, is largely composed of amplified ambient noise. I combined this with a contrasting slow rhythmic track of metallic sounds. More on the 733rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Window Drop — The Assignment: Add to the sound outside your window — at...

If a room is decorated in a single colour there are obviously still considerable variations depending on how the light and shadow fall on the various surfaces and on the quality and brightness of the light source. This is an electronic composition, sounds from various sources including Pure Data. More on the 732nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Color Drenching — The Assignment: What does it sound...

An electronic composition created in real-time using Pure Data with a touch of additional reverb and delay.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources, including Pure Data. I wish everybody all the best for 2026.

A combination of two sequences derived from the noise of ice cubes in a glass. A happy and productive 2026 to all! More on the 731st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chill In — The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something with it — at https://disquiet.com/0731/.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

A sequence of clips from twelve of the tracks I contributed to Disquiet projects, one for each month, as follows: Uneasy Schlep (0681) Homeostasis (0687) Knotty Pine Perusal (0690) Matchplay (0692) Chain of Events (0696) Databend Drone (0702) Iliadic (0705) Loud Bits (0710) Field Glitches (0715) Storm Duo (0721) Omnishambles (0726) Caterpillar Events (0727) More on the 730th weekly Disquiet Junto...

An electronic composition, basic sounds created using Pure Data.

This is a remix of the 1920 recording of 'Nina' by Hans Kindler. i cut the track into sections and remixed, then created three layers, one consisting of the surface noise at the beginning and end, repeated and stretched. I made alterations to pitch and tempo then added grains, delay, reverb, echo, etc. More on the 729th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Community Remix (Nina) — The Assignment: Rework...

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources including Pure Data.

I created a fairly random sequence of sixteen notes using Beepbox and this was repeated sixteen times with a note removed each time until the last repeat is silent. The result of this process was played with a drone backdrop which, needless to say, gradually takes over as the piece progresses. A little reverb etc was added at various stages. More on the 728th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Note Do...

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources including Pure Data.

Oblique Strategies is not something I have ever heard of and was interested to see what it is. Having had a fairly superficial look, I am not sure if I have missed very much. I came across an alphabetical list of quotes and selected a couple of contiguous ones more or less at random: 'Imagine the music as a moving chain or caterpillar' and 'Imagine the music as a set of disconnected events'. The r...

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources, including Pure Data.

In common with others, it seems, I encountered various problems with this website. There was a considerable time lapse between pressing the keys and the resulting sounds and the site crashed a couple of times. Then the recording software stopped working and the whole thing eventually gave up the ghost, so that I lost patience with it. Nevertheless, I did manage to record a few short sequences. I t...

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data with various fx.

An electronic sequence created using Pure Data with additional reverb and delay to produce two levels, one with prominent sharp sounds and the other a fuzzy background with the impression of increased distance. More on the 725th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Rack It — The Assignment: Change the “focus” of a track as it plays — at https://disquiet.com/0725/.

An electronic composition, basic sounds created using Pure Data.

An electronic composition combining eight sequences created in real time using Pure Data. More on the 724th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Work It — The Assignment: The year’s almost over. Do that thing you’ve been meaning to do — at https://disquiet.com/0724/.

Musique Concrète - a mix of electronic and recorded sounds.

A quasi-serialist electronic sequence interrupted at intervals with short clips from another track played in reverse. The basic sounds were created using Pure Data. More on the 723rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Do the Collapse — The Assignment: Make music that falls apart repeatedly — at https://disquiet.com/0723/.

Musique Concrète - a mix of electronic and recorded sounds. A track for Haloween.