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January 26, 2013
Past Week at Twitter.com/Disquiet
The Generative Rhythms of Domestic White Noise: https://t.co/ZFPX3vYi. AKA, 60 seconds of my dishwasher. ->
Well, fortunately AppleCare is handling my replacement power adapter. ->
Yo, OS X people: Favorite FLAC ripper(s)? ->
Now 29 musicians have reworked solo @nilsfrahm piano pieces in the latest https://t.co/hrpu0A1s project. Cc @djunto ->
Domestic site-specific sound installation. RT @jeffkolar: As the temp drops to 1° in Chicago, the HVAC whistle begins to crescendo. ->
Post audio of your dishwasher -> comments thread about BPM & ventilation: https://t.co/YyD2622n ->
The thief's internalized score, a panel from the third of Darwyn Cooke's Parker adaptations: http://t.co/MKI3ruAb ->
42 musicians have reworked @nilsfrahm solo piano, with quarter of a day until @djunto deadline: https://t.co/hrpu0A1s. Cc: @ErasedTapesPR ->
We just hit 50 tracks by as many musicians in @nilsfrahm remix project, with several hours to go before deadline: https://t.co/hrpu0A1s ->
The not infrequent but always sudden need to listen to Breakbeat Era: http://t.co/uR9cngNh ->
Reading Dr. Seuss to my (nearly) 2.5-year-old finally influenced me. Noticed loose Lorax association in something of mine soon to be printed ->
So, how long before an Android or iOS device can use something like AirDisplay or iDisplay to power its own second screen? ->
External CD ripper is creating magnificent drone-hum on metal desk while FLAC software is in effect. ->
Tuesday noon siren in San Francisco, surrounded by students on lunch break. It's like hall-monitor overkill. ->
This week's @djunto project will require a clock that has a ticking second hand, and if possible a contact microphone. ->
Preparing for wingnut impeachment demands due to Beyoncé lip-synching inauguration scandal. ->
Spending a lot of time reading articles about Upstream Color mostly as a means to get a sense of what it sounds like. #sundance ->
Got @RearthUSA case for my Nexus 4: http://t.co/rgSp2pRb. Was hesitant about a "hard" case but it's thinner than many "gels." Study. Solid. ->
This makes me happy. MT @JaschaHoffman: Shane Carruth's Upstream Color : plot // William Basinski's tape loops : song form (@disquiet) ->
Very cool. Thanks. MT @GuyBirkin: Sound-a-day project involving processed field recordings by Gilles Helsen: http://t.co/YznTXA5m ->
Last week's @djunto involved @nilsfrahm's beautiful piano. This week's, starting tomorrow, will involve a purposefully mundane audio source. ->
The soft breeze of the laptop's fan on overdrive makes the virus scan seem all the more refreshing. ->
3D printing of everyday objects will have arrived when I no longer get press releases about 3D printing of everyday objects. ->
Still thinks an entire Fringe-meets-Homeland TV series could spin off from the "Shock the Monkey" video. ->
A million geek voices crying out at once. Some of them quite happily. ->
The big question for me is what JJ Abrams will do with John Williams. ->
Instructions for the 56th weekly Disquiet Junto (@djunto) project go live shortly: music from the tick of a clock. ->
Plans for new @djunto project went live at https://t.co/omMowbWd + http://t.co/bwbhJoJB & went to the email list (almost 400 members). ->
Discussion about the Star Wars / Star Trek "no-hire agreement" is overshadowing the Apple / Google one. ->
My first Vine post is of a 7" single of lock-groove music. http://t.co/de04fRu5 ->
The new @djunto project is available in 5 languages: Croatian, English, Japanese, Polish, and Turkish: http://t.co/bwbhJoJB ->
Source audio for current @djunto, if you need it. MT @Schemawound: Anyone needing a clock sound, here is my recording: http://t.co/uy6dupTs ->
Officially upgraded to FLAC (from 320kbps MP3s) for my CD rips. Did this at times in the past, but it's now my default. ->
Time for letterpress collectable book: memorable @djunto titles. MT @ethanhein: New track: Steve Reich Checks His Watch… ->
Just added the Afrikaans translation to the current @djunto project. Our translators are amazing. ->
January 25, 2013
A Recently Ticking Clock
Sometimes the Disquiet Junto projects are very new to the participants, and sometimes they’re quite familiar. Just last night the 56th of these weekly endeavors in the realm of creative restraint began, and it took as its subject the sound of a ticking clock, which was intended to be sampled by each participant and spun into something new. As it turns out, at least one Junto regular, Schemawound, had already done such a thing. On his 2010 album Hospital Songs, the track “Datapump” clearly employs the ticking of a clock. One of the interesting things about the use of a second hand as a rhythm is the extent to which the space between the ticks is heard. Here, the level of detail in the tick barely seems to leave space before the next one kicks in. Layered on is a haunting drone that sways back and forth with a woozy malevolence.
Track originally posted at soundcloud.com/schemawound. The full album is available at itunes.apple.com and (name your price, including free) at music.schemawound.com. More from Schemawound, aka Jonathan Siemasko of Naugatuck, Connecticut, at schemawound.com and twitter.com/Schemawound.
January 24, 2013
Disquiet Junto Project 0056: Matter of Time
Each Thursday at the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have just over four days to upload a track in response to the assignment. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate.
After last week’s project, which involved exceptionally beautiful source music in the form of solo piano works by Nils Frahm, it seemed fitting to go the other direction this week: to require the recording of the source material, and to make that source subject among the most rudimentary sounds as possible.
This assignment was made in the early afternoon, California time, on Thursday, January 24, 2013, with 11:59pm on the following Monday, January 28, as the deadline. Below are translations into four languages in addition to English: Croatian, Japanese, Polish, and Turkish, courtesy respectively of Darko Macan, Naoyuki Sasanami and Yukiko Yamasaki, M. Emre Meydan, and Grzegorz Bojanek.
Above photo courtesy of Flickr.com, via Creative Commons license.
These are the instructions that went out to the group’s email list (at tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto).
Disquiet Junto Project 0056: Matter of Time
This week’s project requires you to make a field recording to serve as the source audio. These are the steps:
Step 1: Locate a clock that has an audible, even if very quiet, tick to its second hand. A watch or other timepiece is also appropriate to the task.
Step 2: Record the sound of the clock for at least 30 seconds, and do so in a manner captures the sound in the greatest detail. A contact mic is highly recommended.
Step 3: Adjust and otherwise filter the recording to reveal the various noises that make up its tick. The goal is to get at the nuance of its internal mechanism.
Step 4: Create an original piece of music employing only layered loops of that sound. These layered loops can individually be transformed in any manner you choose, but at least one unaltered version of the original recording should be included in your piece.
Deadline: Monday, January 28, 2013, at 11:59pm wherever you are.
Length: Your finished work should be between 2 and 5 minutes long.
Information: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto.
Title/Tag: When adding your track to the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com, please include the term “disquiet0056-matteroftime” in the title of your track, and as a tag for your track.
Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).
Linking: When posting the track, be sure to include this information:
More on this 56th Disquiet Junto project at:
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/24/disqui...
More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet...
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Project in Croatian:
Disquiet Junto Projekt 0056: Pitanje vremena
Za ovotjedni projekt trebate snimiti tonski zapis koji će vam poslužiti kao polazišni snimak. Koraci su slijedeći:
korak: Pronađite zidni sat čiji se otkucaj sekundne kazaljke čuje, pa ma kako tiho. Ručni ili bilo kakav drugi sat će također poslužiti svrsi.
korak: Snimajte otkucaje sata tijekom najmanje 30 sekunda, i to na način da uhvatite i najmanje detalje zvuka. Preporuča se uporaba kontaktnoga mikrofona.
korak: Prilagodite i filtrirajte snimak kako biste izložili raznovrsne zvuke od kojih se otkucaj sastoji. Cilj je njegov unutarnji mehanizam rasložiti na nijanse.
korak: Načinite izvornu glazbenu kompoziciju koristeći isključivo višerazinske petlje toga zvuka. Svaku od petlji smijete pojedinačno preobraziti kako vam god volja, ali u kompoziciju trebate uključiti barem jednu neizmjenjenu verziju izvornoga snimka.
Rok: Ponedjeljak, 28. siječnja, minutu do ponoći po lokalnom vremenu.
Trajanje: Neka vam snimci traju između 2 i 5 minuta.
Informacije: Kad stavljate svoj snimak na SoundCloud, molim vas dodajte i opis procesa planiranja, komponiranja i snimanja. Taj opis je ključan element komunikacijskog procesa koji je u srži Disquiet Junta.
Naslov/Tag: Kad stavljate svoj snimak na Disquiet Junto grupu na Soundcloud.com, molim vas da uključite “disquiet0056-matteroftime ” u naslov snimka te u njegov tag.
Downloadiranje: Draže mi je ako omogućite download svoga snimka te ako je omogućen remiks uz citiranje izvornika (n.pr. licenca Creative Commonsa koja dopušta nekomercijalno dijeljenje uz navođenje izvornika).
Linkanje: Kad stavljate snimak, molim vas da dodate sljedeću obavijest:
Više o 56. Disquiet Junto projektu na:
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/24/disqui...
More details on the Disquiet Junto at/Više o Disquiet Juntu na:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet...
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Project in Japanese:
Disquiet 0056 – Matter of Time: 時間に関すること
今週は、音源となるようなフィールド・レコーディングを経験していただきます。手順は以下の通りです：
ステップ１：極僅かであっても、秒針のチクチクという音を聞き取ることができる時計を手元に用意してください。腕時計、あるいは、掛け時計を使っていただいても構いません。
ステップ２：時計の音を少なくとも３０秒間録音して下さい。録音の際は、音が綿密に聞き取れるように心がけてください。接触型マイクの使用をお勧めします。
ステップ３：チクチクという時を刻む音を作り出している雑多なノイズを明確化するために、録音のデータを調整ないし加工して下さい。こうして人為的な変更が加えられたノイズの音色の微妙な差異に迫るというのが、本段階の目標です。
ステップ４：調整ないし加工したサウンドに繰り返されるループのみを使って、独自の音楽を作成してください。繰り返されるループは各自各々の方法で変形して構いません。但し、オリジナルの秒針音（録音データ）から抽出されたループを少なくとも一つは含んで音楽を作成することを原則とします。
〆切：2013年1月2８日月曜日11:59pm 何処に住んでいるに関わらず
長さ：２～５分の長さに留めて下さい。
情報：作品をサウンドクラウドのグループに投稿する際には、あなたの採用した構想、作曲、録音の過程についての説明をつけてください。このような記述が、このグループの本来の目的であるコミュニケーションに不可欠なものとなります
タイトル／タグ：Disquiet Juntoグループに作品を投稿する際には”disquiet0056-matteroftime”という言葉をタグとしてタイトルに追加してください。
ダウンロード：通常通り、必ずしもダウンロード可能にする必要はありませんが、クリエイティブ・コモンズ・ライセンスのもとにリミックスを許可することが望ましいとされます。
リンク：投稿する際には以下の情報を追加してください
More on this 56th Disquiet Junto project at:
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/24/disqui...
More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet...
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Project in Polish:
Disquiet Junto Project 0056: Matter of Time (to kwestia czasu)
W tym tygodniu będzie trzeba wykonać nagranie terenowe, które będzie materiałem źródłowym. A oto kroki:
Krok 1: Trzeba znaleźć zegar, którego wskazówki wydają dźwięk podczas przesuwania się, nawet jeśli jest to bardzo cichy dźwięk. Może to też być zegarek na rękę czy inny czasomierz.
Krok 2: Nagrać dźwięk zegara przez co najmniej 30 sekund i wykonać to tak by nagranie zawierało wszystkie szczegóły nagrywanych dźwięków. Zalecane jest zastosowanie mikrofonu kontaktowego.
Krok 3: Dostroić i tak przefiltrować dźwięk aby nagranie pokazywało różne elementy, na które składa się tykanie. Celem jest uzyskanie niuansów wewnętrznego mechanizmu.
Krok 4: Stworzyć oryginalny utwór, zawierający tylko nałożone pętle z tymi dźwiękami. Pętle te mogą podlegać dowolnym transformacjom, jednakże przynajmniej jedna z nich musi być oryginalnym nagraniem, bez zastosowanych zmian.
Deadline: Poniedziałek, 28 stycznia 2013, do godziny 23:59, gdziekolwiek mieszkacie.
Długość: Ukończony utwór powinien trwać mieć długość od 2 do 5 minut.
Informacja: Proszę podać opis procesu twórczego, czyli planowania, komponowania i nagrywania. Opis ten jest podstawowym i nieodłącznym elementem projektów Disquiet Junto.
Tytuł/Tag: Przy dodawaniu utworu do grupy Disquiet Junto, proszę dodać informację “disquiet0056-matteroftime” w tytule utworu i także na liście tagów.
Download: Byłoby dobrze, gdyby utwór można było pobrać, tak by można było wykonać remiksy (dlatego proszę o ustawienie licencji Creative Commons, które pozwalają na wykonaywanie prac pochodnych)
Linki: Po załadowniu, proszę o załączenie następującej informacji pod “chmurą”:
More on this 56th Disquiet Junto project at:
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/24/disqui...
More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet...
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Project in Turkish:
Disquiet Junto Projesi 0056: Matter of Time (Zaman Meselesi)
Bu haftanın projesi kaynak ses olarak kullanmak üzere bir ses kaydı yapmanızı gerektiriyor. Şu adımları izleyin:
1) Saniye kolunun çok az da olsa ses çıkardığı bir saat bulun. Bir kol saati veya kronometre de uygun olur.
2) Saatin sesini en az 30 saniye boyunca kaydedin, ve bu kayıtta mümkün olduğunca fazla detay yakalamaya çalışın. Bir kontakt mikrofonu kullanmanız tavsiye edilir.
3) Yaptığınız kaydı düzenleyerek veya filtreleyerek saat kolunun hareketini sağlayan çeşitli sesleri ortaya çıkartın. Amaç, saatin iç mekanizmasının nüanslarını yakalamak.
4) Sadece bu kayıt ile, sesleri üstüste bindirip tekrarlayarak bir parça oluşturun. Bu ses katmanlarının her birini istediğiniz şekilde dönüştürebilirsiniz, ama parçanızda ses kaydının en azından bir tane düzenlenmemiş versiyonu kullanılmalı.
Son Teslim Tarihi: 28 Ocak 2013 Pazartesi, 23:59 (yerel saatinize göre)
Uzunluk: Çalışmanızın uzunluğu yaklaşık 2 ila 5 dakika arasında olmalı.
Bilgi: Yaptığınız parçayı paylaşırken, lütfen bu parçanın planlama, besteleme ve kayıt süreciyle ilgili bilgi de verin. Bu açıklama, Disquiet Junto’ya içkin iletişim sürecinin önemli bir parçasıdır.
İsim/Etiket: Parçanızı Soundcloud.com’daki Disquiet Junto grubuna eklerken, lütfen “disquiet0056-matteroftime” kelimesini hem parçanın isminde, hem de etiket (tag) olarak kullanın.
Download: Parçanızın indirilebilir olması ve “atfedilmiş (attributed) remix”e izin vermesi tercih edilir (orijinal sahibine atıf yapılarak ticari olmayan şekilde paylaşmaya izin veren bir Creative Commons lisansı gibi).
Linkler: Yaptığınız parçayı paylaşırken, şu satırları eklemeyi unutmayın:
56 Disquiet Junto projesi hakkında daha fazlası için:
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/24/disqui...
Disquiet Junto hakkında daha fazla bilgi için:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet...
January 23, 2013
Brooklyn Beats (MP3)
To say that “Corduroy,” by the Brooklyn-based musician Matte Wood, goes unexpected places would be an understatement. How exactly it moves from its opening to close is worth paying attention to, because those two points are so distinct from each other. The end is a vibrant, post-rock excursion into whirligig flourishes atop a nifty chiptune rhythm; it manages, much to its credit, to be both downtempo and upbeat. The opening, by contrast, is modulated pitches of what appear to be string samples, echoed into the middle distance yet retaining their catgut texture. This goes on for nearly a minute before the track gets underway. The second time around, and henceforth, it pays to pay attention to the transition.
In the brief accompanying note, Wood refers to the track as follows: “Another really old tune that I’ve been sitting on for a while.” Here’s to hoping for more from the archives soon.
Track originally posted at soundcloud.com/matte-wood. More from Wood, aka James Jano, at twitter.com/Matte_Wood.
January 21, 2013
Another Pure Data Patch from Caracas
Following the post here last week about the first three in Joaquín Mendoza Sebastián’s ongoing series of etudes for Pure Data, the graphic language/interface, he posted a fourth. And, again, he provided not only the resulting audio of the experiment, but the underlying code, a screen shot of which appears above. The work is a mix of slowly proceeding tones, as if committed on a water-logged yet still functional synthesizer, each seemingly triggering additional echoes, some brief, others lingering.
Sebastián also mentions, in the post, that he’ll soon have a series of videos online that describe the process of his patch development. Track originally posted for free download at soundcloud.com/joaquin-mendoza. More from Sebastián at joaquinmendoza.net. More on Pure Data, aka Pd, at puredata.info.
January 20, 2013
Balm, or Balmy (MP3)
Allan Brugg, aka Average Alien, has uploaded a track that is both peaceful and active, its ambient foundation providing cover for a rapidly burbling brook. It’s said that such water sounds are among the most pleasant to the human ear, but here in Brugg’s “Balm” the sounds — and they may in fact be artificial in origin, but the effect is like that of a thin stream in rapid motion over a rough bottom — have an unmistakeable urgency. It’s worth recalling that while the word “balm” refers to a calming agent, something that gives solace, the term “balmy” can be used to connote eccentricity, even madness.
Track originally posted for free download at soundcloud.com/average-alien. More from Brugg, who’s based in Britain, at twitter.com/alien_artifex and average-alien.bandcamp.com.
January 19, 2013
A Sequence of Interest (MP3)
The latest from the excellent Chicago broadcast/podcast Radius is a cascade of short-burst found recordings, like several dials of several radios turned at once. The work of Hugo Paquete, they’re not in search of something of interest to listen to, as is the case for an automobile’s driver and sole occupant late at night on a freeway a long way from the vehicle’s destination, so much as they’re in search of a sequence of interest: parallels, coincidences, confluences, correlations, patterns.
More on the project at theradius.us/episode35. More about Hugo Paquete, who describes himself as an “intermedia and sound artist,” at about.me/hugo.paquete and crcan.blogspot.com.
Past Week at Twitter.com/Disquiet
This week @djunto is composing musical scores for news articles. The first is for a @newscientist piece on earthworms: https://t.co/z8dc8vGz ->
Uncomfortably fixated on the idea that Agent Coulson becomes Deathlok. ->
It's pretty nifty that iDisplay works over USB. Now, can someone make them a less silly icon? Thanks. ->
An hour-plus later realizes that he had "Ventolin (Salbutamol Mix)" on repeat. ->
Found out about Aaron Swartz's suicide via RSS. Sadly fitting, fittingly sad. ->
A score for @lessig's obituary for @aaronsw. Text here: http://t.co/TirNSM2l. Music here: https://t.co/8S35dnxg. Part of the 54th @djunto. ->
At end of this long post is list of key apps I use on my Android phone, mostly widgets. If you have faves lemme know: http://t.co/XGyNTB1i ->
Late evening sounds: two laptop keyboard being typed on intermittently, low level electric hum, occasional passing bus. ->
RIP, Claude-Anne Lopez (b. 1920), unintentional Benjamin Franklin scholar: http://t.co/Skfg3BVQ. Cc @djunto ->
"The article uses close to 700 words to say very little. How would I make a soundtrack?" Writing a score for the news: https://t.co/iQLaa69l ->
I was invited to participate in @SoundCloud Heroes. As part of it, here's audio of me yapping about what I'm up to: https://t.co/mqGSlFAX ->
Tuesday noon siren just as I was about to hit play on a BBC recording of a John Zorn concert. ->
PS: Here's that BBC recording of the Zorn-at-60 concert: http://t.co/81gWDENS. ->
Favorite thing about @piesaac's art-gallery text adventure is additional ".z" tacked onto the URL every time I "wait": https://t.co/NrPb518x ->
RIP, Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Oshima (b. 1932) . MT @yukiyamasaki: Listening to Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence ( http://t.co/2md8msCW ) ->
Print mag's out now, so here's a re-link to an article I wrote for my alumni mag about book about Cohen's "Hallelujah": http://t.co/bqT7hnC8 ->
Major helicopter action in the Richmond District. ->
The more paperless my office gets, the more screenerfull it gets. ->
Morning video: live concert in Italy of John Cage's Variations VI, with birdsong, Cage's voice, and a colorful modular: http://t.co/fVbjHksN ->
A Kickstarter for bicycle horn/light with extra attention to sound (an "undiscovered country," per the designer): http://t.co/Wfmab60A ->
Tomorrow's @djunto project has gone to the translators. It's a manufactured piano duet. ->
Who song in trailer for espionage show The Americans. This + CSI shows + recent Person of Interest: the Who = sonic TV shorthand for mystery ->
Kode9, dishwashers, Shanghai: yapping it up in comments under the autobiographical recording I posted yesterday: https://t.co/mqGSlFAX ->
This signage makes me feel like 20th Century Boys is happening in my neighborhood: http://t.co/PfFYK5Sw ->
More shortly, but some initial notes on something the @djunto will be assisting @bldgblog on: http://t.co/0SWiy2yq. Sonifying liquefaction. ->
Disappointed that Alphas hasn't been renewed by Syfy. Enjoyed interviewing the show runner for Nature last year. ->
I'd love to see the demographic breakdown of who purchases Lode Runner during the next 24 hours: http://t.co/1iENOywD ->
Yo, OS X pros: Any way to use a key command to click/trigger an item in the menu bar? ->
Yo, @io9: Poet @christianbok made a micro-organism write poetry: http://t.co/wIA6Dm0u (Earlier created languages for Earth: Final Conflict.) ->
Paraphrasing Woody Allen in Stardust Memories I check out new Timbaland/Pharrell productions hoping for hint of their earlier, funkier work. ->
More details from @SoundCloud on that Heroes program I was invited to participate in: http://t.co/O1N94u94 ->
"an orchestra being held hostage in an underground bunker with thinning oxygen"? Sign me up: http://t.co/cSfPD2hY #asaprocky #clamscasino ->
The 55th weekly Disquiet Junto project goes live shortly. We'll be reworking @nilsfrahm, with specific restraints. ->
AirDisplay for 2nd screen is nifty but iDisplay's ability to use USB (Android only) is super-nifty, especially when using public network. ->
For the 55th @djunto project, we're reworking piano tracks by @nilsfrahm. Details at https://t.co/5ji3COis + http://t.co/3CD48YxE ->
The 55th @djunto is available English as well as Afrikaans, Croatian, German, and Turkish, with probably one more language to be added. ->
"Signal." Detail of manhole cover. The fallen leaves must be the "noise." http://t.co/fhv49Gy1 ->
Syfy : science fiction :: MTV : music ->
RIP, Nic Potter (b. 1951), bassist of Van der Graaf Generator. ->
Can Raspberry Pi + external CD = quiet, compact media-ripping station? Can it do so with relative ease? ->
Yo, @djunto folks, @otolythe over at @hilobrow did up the year-end audio journals: http://t.co/lxPzNqhL. ->
Already 6 reworkings of solo piano by @nilsfrahm combing 2 tracks into 1: https://t.co/hrpu0A1s. Set includes source audio. ->
Japanese translation of instructions has been added to this week's @djunto project: http://t.co/3CD48YxE ->
That isn't the cafe's subwoofer. That's a little kid pounding a heel against the bench every time the bass note kicks in. ->
Dead MacBook Power Adapter Society ->
In one day: phone loses data connection repeatedly, laptop cord dies, home wifi goes out for hours. Oh, and dead bulb in desk lamp. #oy ->
January 17, 2013
Disquiet Junto Project 0055: Two Screws
Each Thursday at the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have just over four days to upload a track in response to the assignment. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate.
The first two tracks in this set are of the source audio:
This assignment was made in the early afternoon, California time, on Thursday, January 17, 2013, with 11:59pm on the following Monday, January 21, as the deadline. Below are translations into four languages in addition to English: Afrikaans, Croatian, German, and Turkish, courtesy respectively of Kurt Human, Darko Macan, Tobias Reber, and M. Emre Meydan.
These are the instructions that went out to the group’s email list (at tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto).
�Disquiet Junto Project 0055: Two Screws
This week’s project involves a shared set of source material. The source audio is the free solo piano album ‘Screws’ by Nils Frahm.
Frahm, who’s based in Germany, posted the nine-track album of short solo works for free download while he was recuperating from busting one of his thumbs. He subsequently created a site to house all the remixed/reworked versions that admirers sent to him, as well as the videos and other responses that he received.
For this project you will take two of the source tracks ���— “Do” and “Re” — and create a new track from them, in the process creating a work for two pianos.
Source Audio: You can download the files as sets of MP3 or AIF audio:
http://public.erasedtapes.com/screws/...NilsFrahmScrewsmp3.zip
http://public.erasedtapes.com/screws/...NilsFrahmScrewsaif.zip
Or download the individual file directly from their links here:
https://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/se...
You can only use those two Frahm tracks as audio source material for your track, and you cannot add anything other sounds, but you can transform the two Frahm tracks as you please. In the end, though, the sound of a piano should be evident.
Deadline: Monday, January 21, 2013, at 11:59pm wherever you are.
Length: Your finished work should be between 2 and 5 minutes long.
Information: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto.
Title/Tag: When adding your track to the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com, please include the term “disquiet0055-twoscrews” in the title of your track, and as a tag for your track.
Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).
Also: Be sure to share the track to the Reworked site, here:
http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/submit/
Linking: When posting the track, be sure to include this information:
More on this 55th Disquiet Junto project at:
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/17/disqui...
More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet...
More on the Frahm project at:
http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/
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Project in Afrikaans:
Disquiet Junto Projek 0055: Twee Skroewe (Two Screws)
Hierdie week se projek . Die klankbron is die gratis klavier-album ‘Screws’ deur Nils Frahm.
Frahm, wie in Duitsland woon, het hierdie album van korte klavier musiekstukke geplaas terwyl hy van ‘n gebreekte duim herstel het. Daarna het hy ‘n webwerf geskep om al die remixes/herinterpreteerte weergawes van sy musiek, alsook al die videos en kommentare dat sy bewonderaars hom gestuur het, ten toon te stel.
Vir hierdie projek sal jy twee van die bron musiekstukke “Do” en “Re” , ‘n nuwe stuk daaruit skep en so te sê ‘n stuk vir twee klaviere skep.
Bron-Audio: Jy kan die files as MP3 of AIF hier aflaai:
http://public.erasedtapes.com/screws/...NilsFrahmScrewsmp3.zip
http://public.erasedtapes.com/screws/...NilsFrahmScrewsaif.zip
Or download the individual file directly from their links here:
https://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/se...
Jy kan net hierde twee Frahm stukke gebruik, en niks anders. Jy kan ook nie andere klanke byvoeg nie, maar jy durf die twee stukke so veel wie jy wil transformeer. Dit moet natuurlik klaar wees dat dit die klank van ‘n klavier is.
Sperdatum: Maandag, Janurie 21, 2013, waarokal jy is.
Lengte: Jou komposisie moet tussen 2 en 5 minute lank wees
Inligting: Wanneer jy jou track op SoundCloud plaas, sluit ook asb. in ‘n beskrywing van jou proses van beplanning, samestelling en opname van jou stuk. Hierdie beskrywing is ‘n belangrike deel van die inherente kommunikatiewe proses wat by Disquiet Junto plaasvind.
Titel/Tag: Wanneer jy jou track by die Disquiet Junto groep byvoeg op SoundCloud, sluit asb. die begrip ‘disquiet0055-twoscrews’ in die titel in, en ook as ‘n tag
Download:
Dit is verkieslik dat jou jy stuk as ‘downloadable’ gestel is en dat jy die moonltikheid biet vir ‘n toegeskryfde remix (bv. ‘n Creative Commons lisensie dat nie-kommersiële deel met toeskrywing toelaat).
Maak ook sekser dat jy jou track ook hier plaas: http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/submit/
Skakeling:
Wanneer jy jou track plaas, maak seker dat jy die volgende inligting ook insluit:
More on this 55th Disquiet Junto project at:
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/17/disqui...
More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet...
More on the Frahm project at:
http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/
. . .
Project in Croatian:
Disquiet Junto Projekt 0055: Dva zavrtnja
U ovotjednom projektu radit ćete sa zajedničkim polazištem. Polazišni audio je besplatni solo pijanistički album “Screws” (“Zavrtnji”) Nilsa Frahma.
Frahm, koji živi u Njemačkoj, postavio je album sastavljen od devet kratkih solo kompozicija na besplatno skidanje dok se oporavljao od ozljede palca. Poslije je načinio i website kako bi imao gdje smjestiti remiksane/prerađene verzije koje su mu obožavatelji stali slati, kao i videje te svaku drugu vrst odgovora.
Za ovaj projekt će vam trebati dvije polazišne snimke — “Do” i “Re” — od kojih ćete stvoriti novu kompoziciju, djelo za dva glasovira.
Polazišni audio: fileove možete skinuti u vidu skupnih MP3 ili AIF audio zapisa:
http://public.erasedtapes.com/screws/...NilsFrahmScrewsmp3.zip
http://public.erasedtapes.com/screws/...NilsFrahmScrewsaif.zip
Ili skinuti pojedinačne zapise direktno s linkova ovdje dostupnih:
https://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/se...
Kao polazišni audio materijal smijete upotrijebiti samo te dvije Frahmove kompozicije i ne smijete im dodavati bilo kakav drugi zvuk, ali obje Frahmove kompozicije smijete preoblikovati po želji. Na kraju, doduše, zvuk klavira mora biti prepoznatljiv.
Rok: Ponedjeljak, 21. siječnja, minutu do ponoći po lokalnom vremenu.
Trajanje: Neka vam snimci traju između 2 i 5 minute.
Informacije: Kad stavljate svoj snimak na SoundCloud, molim vas dodajte i opis procesa planiranja, komponiranja i snimanja. Taj opis je ključan element komunikacijskog procesa koji je u srži Disquiet Junta.
Naslov/Tag: Kad stavljate svoj snimak na Disquiet Junto grupu na Soundcloud.com, molim vas da uključite “disquiet0055-twoscrews” u naslov snimka te u njegov tag.
Downloadiranje: Draže mi je ako omogućite download svoga snimka te ako je omogućen remiks uz citiranje izvornika (n.pr. licenca Creative Commonsa koja dopušta nekomercijalno dijeljenje uz navođenje izvornika).
Također: svakako podijelite snimak i na Reworked websiteu:
http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/submit/
Linkanje: Kad stavljate snimak, molim vas da dodate sljedeću obavijest:
Više o 55. Disquiet Junto projektu na:
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/17/disqui...
More details on the Disquiet Junto at/Više o Disquiet Juntu na:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet...
More on the Frahm project at/Više o Frahmovu projektu na:
http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/
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Project in German:
�Disquiet Junto Projekt 0055: Two Screws – Zwei Schrauben
Diese Woche geht es um ein Projekt, in dem wir mit einem gemeinsamen Ausgangsmaterial arbeiten. Die Audiodateien, deren wir uns dafür bedienen, sind frei verfügbar: es ist das Solo-Album “Screws” von Nils Frahm.
Der deutsche Pianist Frahm hat das aus neun kurzen Solostücken bestehende Album gratis veröffentlicht, während er sich von einer Daumenverletzung erholt hat. Anschliessend erstellte er eine Website für die vielen Remixes, Neubearbeitungen, Musikvideos und andere Antworten die ihm Fans geschickt hatten.
Für dieses Junto-Projekt wirst du zwei der Kompositionen verwenden – “Do” und “Re” – und daraus eine neues Stück gestalten – also ein Werk für zwei Pianos.
Klangquellen: Du kannst das komplette “Screws”-Album als MP3 oder AIF an folgender Stelle herunterladen:
http://public.erasedtapes.com/screws/...NilsFrahmScrewsmp3.zip
http://public.erasedtapes.com/screws/...NilsFrahmScrewsaif.zip
Oder aber du lädst die einzelnen Dateien unter diesem Link herunter:
https://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/se...
Wie oben erwähnt sollst du nur die Stücke “Do” und “Re” als Ausgangsmaterial verwenden und keine anderen Klänge hinzufügen. Du kannst die Aufnahmen aber bearbeiten wie du willst, solange der Klavierklang am Ende immer noch deutlich hörbar ist.
Deadline: Montag, der 21. Januar 2013, um 23.59 deiner Zeit.
Dauer: Dein Stück sollte zwischen 2 und 5 Minuten lang sein.
Information: Bitte Beschreibe deinen Arbeitsprozess wenn du dein Stück auf SoundCloud postest. Diese Beschreibung ist ein integraler Bestandteil des kommunikativen Prozesses in der Disquiet Junto.
Titel/Tags: Bitte füge deinem Stück-Titel auf SoundCloud die Beschreibung “disquiet0055-twoscrews” bei und verwende diese Information auch als Tag für dein Stück.
Download: Es würde bevorzugt dass du deinen Track downloadbar machst und ihn für attribuiertes Remixing frei gibst (z.B. unter einer Creative Commons-Lizenz, die nichtkommerzielle Verwendung mit Attribution erlaubt).
Übrigens: Teile deinen Track unbedingt auch auf Nils’ Frahms “Reworked”-Seite:
http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/submit/
Links: Füge deiner Track-Beschreibung bitte auch die folgende Information bei:
Weitere Informationen über dieses 55. Disquiet Junto-Projekt (auf Englisch):
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/17/disqui...
Weitere Informationen über die Disquiet Junto (auf Englisch):
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet...
Mehr über Nils Frahm’s “Screws reworked”-Projekt unter:
http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/
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Project in Turkish:
Disquiet Junto Projesi 0055: Two Screws (İki Vida)
Bu haftanın projesi ortak bir kaynak ses üzerine kurulu. Bu kaynak ses, Nils Frahm’ın “Screws” isimli ücretsiz solo piyano albümünden.
Almanya’da yaşayan Frahm, kırılan başparmağının iyileşmesi sürecinde 9 kısa şarkıdan oluşan bir albüm hazırlayıp, bunu ücretsiz olarak indirilebilecek şekilde sundu. Ardından ise bu şarkıların başkaları tarafından tekrar düzenlenmiş versiyonlarının yanı sıra gönderilen video ve diğer tepkilere de yer verdiği bir site hazırladı.
Bu proje için iki kaynak parçayı –”Do” ve “Re”– alıp bunlardan yeni bir parça yaratacaksınız, yapmış olduğunuz parça iki piyanoluk bir çalışma gibi olacak.
Kaynak sesler: Dosyaları MP3 veya AIF dosyası olarak set halinde indirebilirsiniz:
http://public.erasedtapes.com/screws/...NilsFrahmScrewsmp3.zip
http://public.erasedtapes.com/screws/...NilsFrahmScrewsaif.zip
Veya buradaki linkler vasıtasıyla doğrudan istediğiniz şarkıları da indirebilirsiniz:
https://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/se...
Kendi parçanızı hazırlarken sadece bu iki Frahm parçasından faydalanabilirsiniz, başka sesler ekleyemezsiniz, ama iki kaynak sesi istediğiniz şekilde dönüştürebilirsiniz. Ama bitmiş çalışmanızda piyano sesi belirgin olmalı.
Son Teslim Tarihi: 21 Ocak 2013 Pazartesi, 23:59 (yerel saatinize göre)
Uzunluk: Çalışmanızın uzunluğu yaklaşık 2 ila 5 dakika arasında olmalı.
Bilgi: Yaptığınız parçayı paylaşırken, lütfen bu parçanın planlama, besteleme ve kayıt süreciyle ilgili bilgi de verin. Bu açıklama, Disquiet Junto’ya içkin iletişim sürecinin önemli bir parçasıdır.
İsim/Etiket: Parçanızı Soundcloud.com’daki Disquiet Junto grubuna eklerken, lütfen “disquiet0055-twoscrews” kelimesini hem parçanın isminde, hem de etiket (tag) olarak kullanın.
Download: Parçanızın indirilebilir olması ve “atfedilmiş (attributed) remix”e izin vermesi tercih edilir (orijinal sahibine atıf yapılarak ticari olmayan şekilde paylaşmaya izin veren bir Creative Commons lisansı gibi).
Ayrıca: Parçanızı mutlaka Reworked sitesinde de paylaşın:
http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/submit/
Linkler: Yaptığınız parçayı paylaşırken, şu satırları eklemeyi unutmayın:
55 Disquiet Junto projesi hakkında daha fazlası için:
http://disquiet.com/2013/01/17/disqui...
Disquiet Junto hakkında daha fazla bilgi için:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet...
Frahm projesi hakkında daha fazlası için:
http://reworked.nilsfrahm.com/
January 16, 2013
Under the Hood in Caracas
Some musicians make public the scores for their work, while others share the source audio for their mixes. And some post the code from which their music springs. Count among this last group Joaquin Mendoza of Caracas, Venezuela. His four etudes for the software program Pure Data — a graphical environment for sound, among other things — are elegant explorations of ever-warping tones. In addition to posting the tracks for download (“PD Etude 01,” “PD Etude 02 a,” “PD Etude 02 b,” and “PD Etude 03″), he has made available the Pure Data “object” that allows those warpings to take place. For illustration purposes, up above is a screenshot of the first of these.
Here are links to Zip files containing the three Pure Data objects in which these etudes were performed and recorded: 01, 02, 03.
Tracks originally posted for free download at soundcloud.com/joaquin-mendoza. More on Mendoza at joaquinmendoza.net. More on Pure Data, aka Pd, at puredata.info.
