Abstract Sound Structures, Musique Concrète & Live Electronics. Experimental animation videos. It is my aim to create and/or edit my tracks & videos using 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 publish ...
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60 minutes of Viola da Gamba, all commercial free, with no talking DJ between songs. All songs Creative Commons by-nc-sa 1.0 licensed from the record label that isn't evil: magnatune.com
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A have a few tracks in hand that I have been meaning to upload & this prompt gives me the opportunity to post this one. It is a live electronic composition in quasi-serialist mode created in Pure Data.More on this 613th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Test Drive (The Assignment: The Assignment: Do something you’ve been meaning to do), at: https://di…
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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Electronic percussion sequences created in Pure Data with a touch of reverb & additional noise.More on this 612th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Drum Vector (The Assignment: Walk the listener through variations on the same percussive instrument), at: https://disquiet.com/0612/Thanks to Mahlen Morris for having proposed this project.About the Disqui…
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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An evolving drone sequence, sounds created in Pure Data.More on this 611th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Music That Listens to Itself (The Assignment: Record a piece of music that repurposes itself as it proceeds), at: https://disquiet.com/0611/Some of the music resulting from this project may be included in a September 29, 2023, event at the Berk…
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A live electronic composition created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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Many thanks to the relevant artists for the three tracks I used. I downloaded them simply because they are around the same length:undermulden - Sleep Spindleswasabicube - chwe degJohanthan Zorn - Disquiet0609 60bpmAfter changing the tempo as required, extensive editing & a touch of reverb, this is the result.More on this 610th weekly Disquiet Junto…
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An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.By ray_cobley
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A live electronic com;position created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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An electronic sequence created in Pure Data & Audacity.More on this 609th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Speed Limit Pt 1 (The Assignment: Record a track at precisely 60 BPM with the intention someone will subsequently rework it), at: https://disquiet.com/0609/About the Disquiet Junto: Disquiet Junto F.A.Q. – DisquietSubscribe to project announceme…
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Prompted by the mention of Youtube, I looked at a few of my videos of a few years ago, concentrating on soundscapes & musique concrète. For most captions were unavailable but, quite strangely & randomly, one came up with the following word sequence: 'hai hai ya Aku nggak Tahu hai', which turned out to be in Malay &, not counting the repetitions of …
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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An electronic composition sounds from various sources.By ray_cobley
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.More on this 607th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Silence Wave (The Assignment: From close to zero and back again, alter the relative amount of sound to silence in a piece of music), at: https://disquiet.com/0607/Thanks this week to Jason Richardson and Klaus-Dieter Hilf.About the Disquiet Junt…
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A track consisting of around 75% silence interrupted by bursts of noise from an original field recording made by the shore, a little reverb added.More on this 606th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Three to One (Compose a piece of music with three times as much silence as sound), at: https://disquiet.com/0606/ 1Thanks this week to Jason Richardson an…
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An electronic composition created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.More on this 605th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Fifty Fifty (Compose a piece of music with as much silence as notes), at: https://disquiet.com/0605/Thanks to Jason Richardson for having proposed this week’s project.About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1Subscribe to project an…
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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An electronic sequence created in Pure Data & subjected to a touch of reverb & Noise Gate.More on this 604th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Heaven’s Gate (The Assignment: Use a picture of the clouds as a plan for adjusting your sound), at: https://disquiet.com/0604/About the Disquiet Junto: Disquiet Junto F.A.Q. – DisquietSubscribe to project annou…
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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Electronic composition created in Pure Data with additional reverb.More on this 603rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Animated Suspension (The Assignment: Record a piece of music that suggests something floating in air), at: https://disquiet.com/0603/About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/Subscribe to project announcements: https://tin…
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data. Shoogly = unsteady, unstable, uncertain, shaky, wobbly.More on this 602nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Choice Words (The Assignment: Make a piece of music that strives to express a specific word), at: https://disquiet.com/0602/About the Disquiet Junto: Disquiet Junto F.A.Q. – DisquietSubscri…
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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I split six samples into smaller segments, arranged them according to the throw of the die & adjusted the volume to bring each into prominence in its turn.More on this 601st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Hard Six (The Assignment: Let a roll of the dice determine the relative prominence of various parts of a track), at: https://disquiet.com/0601/Th…
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A mix of original field recordings with a touch of reverb.By ray_cobley
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This track uses all the samples provided by Marcus Fischer, modified & combined in numerous different ways.More on this 600th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reaching Out (The Assignment: This is a shared sample project. Rework a set of seven WAV files provided by Marcus Fischer), at: https://disquiet.com/0600/ 1Please credit Marcus Fischer when pos…
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An electronic composition created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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A mix of five drone sequences of different frequencies, each with added modulation & varying dynamics.I have kept this one fairly short for the purposes of the Disquiet project. Some longer drones with visuals on Youtube, including: https://youtu.be/j-3SaOtNrPchttps://youtu.be/xQOvj6LBcBYhttps://youtu.be/WDxAqog0YaUhttps://youtu.be/lSYqjxC-GcMMore …
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A multiple recording made with found instruments, a little reverb added.More on this 598th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Mixmaster Mic (The Assignment: Record the same sound with multiple mics; mix the results), at: https://disquiet.com/0598/The image to the “cover” of this project is from an 1880 U.S. patent.About the Disquiet Junto: https://disq…
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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Among other projects, I intend to work on a range of tracks using Pure Data. This is is a live sequence recently created.More on this 597th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Goal Line (The Assignment: Get started on a plan by getting over getting started), at: https://disquiet.com/0597/About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/Subscribe to …
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An evolving electronic sequence, created in Pure Data then undergoing a series of changes.More on this 596th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Phylogeny Junto (The Assignment: Depict genres’ evolution over time in music), at: https://disquiet.com/0596/About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/Subscribe to project announcements: https://tiny…
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A simple sine wave of 130 hz undergoes a series of resonant effects.More on this 595th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Filter Progression (The Assignment: Make music by processing a static sound), at: https://disquiet.com/0595/About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-jun…
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A mix of electronic & recorded sounds. Musique Concrète.By ray_cobley
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An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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I used the track: HalF frugaL ( https://soundcloud.com/half-unusual/half-frugal-disquiet0593-featuring-marc-eisenschink-and-encym). Having downloaded the solo (twice), the duet & the trio, after carefully adjusting the dynamics, I arranged them in a canon-like sequence & then added a degree of reverb.More on this 594th weekly Disquiet Junto project…
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All Better - with OhWell & halF unusual (disquiet0593)
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A second contribution to this project. I downloaded the track by OhWell & halF unusual (https://soundcloud.com/half-unusual/half-better-disquiet0592-collaboration-with-ohwell?), & added some extra electronic noise.More on this 593rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, The Charm (The Assignment: Complete an asynchronous trio begun by two other musicians)…
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Musical Chores - with mark hannesson and Sonaura (disquiet0593)
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Taking the track 'Washerduo' by mark hannesson & sonaura (https://soundcloud.com/mjh7-1/washerduo), made from recordings of dishwashers, I added sounds of my washing machine.More on this 593rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, The Charm (The Assignment: Complete an asynchronous trio begun by two other musicians), at: https://disquiet.com/0593/About th…
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After downloading the track posted by undermulden: Possibilities in an empty corner, I added an intermittent rhythm track of metallic sounds with some reverb.More on this 592nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Better Than One (The Assignment: Record the second third of an asynchronous trio), at: https://disquiet.com/0592/About the Disquiet Junto: htt…
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An electronic composition, sounds from various sources, including Pure Data.By ray_cobley
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An evolving drone sequence, sounds created in Pure Data.For related video see: https://youtu.be/lSYqjxC-GcMBy ray_cobley
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A textured drone around the note G2 (98 Hz). Could be used, with modifications as necessary, for the basis of a layered sequence.More on this 591st weekly Disquiet Junto project, The Loneliest Number (The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio), at: https://disquiet.com/0591/About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/Subscribe to pr…
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An original field recording made with stones & pebbles on the shore, with additional feedback.More on this 590th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Concrète Roots (The Assignment: Make music combining field recordings and feedback), at: https://disquiet.com/0590/ 1About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/Subscribe to project announcements: …
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