ray_cobley

An electronic composition, original sounds created using Pure Data.

A short voice recording repeated numerous times, slightly slowed down and arranged in a canon of six layers with a touch of delay and reverb. More on the 708th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Vocal Chords — The Assignment: Do something with layers of the sound of your voice. — at https://disquiet.com/0708/

A sequence of ten tracks, sounds from various sources including electronics and recordings of small or improvised percussion. For related video with abstract animation see: https://youtu.be/JXowoUQNtLw

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

The creative process is an addiction but not an obsession. This short sentence is repeated numerous times with one layer slowed down and the whole subjected to a chain of changing effects. More on the 707th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chain of Practice — The Assignment: Make music from how you make music — at https://disquiet.com/0707/

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

A fairly random sequence of sounds recorded in the bathroom using appropriate paraphernalia: a comb. soap-dish, plastic tub and wrapping, tube, water, etc, with a touch of additional delay and reverb. Audacity was used for recording and editing. More on the 706th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Tile One On — The Assignment: Make the most of your bathroom — at https://disquiet.com/0706/

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data and Audacity.

A response in sound to the beginning of 'The Iliad': 'The Wrath of Achilles is my theme, that fatal wrath which, in fulfilment of the will of Zeus, brought the Achaeans so much suffering and sent the gallant souls of many noblemen to Hades, leaving their bodies as carrion for the dogs and passing birds.' (version by Penguin Classics, translation by E.V. Rieu). The track is a mix of electronic and...

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data and Audacity.

An electronic sequence created using BeepBox and Audacity. More on the 704th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right on Cumulus — The Assignment: Compose 8-bit music inspired by a Cory Arcangel / Super Mario video — at https://disquiet.com/0704/

Sunshine after Storm (naviarhaiku598) by ray_cobley

I always keep a quantity of unfinished, discarded or 'dead' material which I attempt to resurrect from time to time. In this case, after considering and experimenting with various possibilities, I eventually combined two contrasting electronic sequences (drone and random noise), slowed them down by a quarter and added a touch of delay, etc. More on the 703rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, That’s H...

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

This track uses Gimp and Audacity to create sound from images. I uploaded two original images in different formats to Audacity, made various adjustments to the resulting sound and added some delay, reverb, etc. More on the 702nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chain of Applications — The Assignment: Make music by misusing a piece of music software — at https://disquiet.com/0702/

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

An original electronic sequence split into nine sections with gaps between. The gaps are filled in with clips from other original tracks selected more or less at random, with cross-fading for smooth transitions. More on the 701st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Gap Ear — The Assignment: Break apart a piece of music and fill the resulting spaces — at https://disquiet.com/0701/

A textured drone sequence, sounds created using Pure Data.

The photo was taken yesterday morning when it happened to be raining. The track is an electronic sequence created using Pure Data with a touch of delay and reverb. More on the 700th weekly Disquiet Junto project, View Frame — The Assignment: Share a peek out your window and some sounds inspired by the view — at https://disquiet.com/0700/

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

For a second effort I took the track by Meccaniche del Suono and Krakenkraft (https://soundcloud.com/winterer/do-the-right-thing-meccaniche-del-suono-krakenkraft-disquiet0698) and added an electronic sequence. More on the 699th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Third Third — The Assignment: Record the final third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0699/

I took the track by half unusual and Torsten Goerke (https://soundcloud.com/half-unusual/half-plastiq-disquiet0698-wtorsten-goerke) and added another recorded noise sequence. More on the 699th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Third Third — The Assignment: Record the final third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0699/

For a second collaboration I used the track by alanblip (https://soundcloud.com/alanblip/b-drone-disquiet0697) and added another dark drone to the right. More on the 698th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Second Third — The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0698/

A collaboration using the track by modusMatt (https://soundcloud.com/modusmatt/with-the-bathwater-disquiet0697) to which I added a sequence of recordings of noises made with stones. More on the 698th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Second Third — The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0698/

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.