ray_cobley

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 a shared recording from over 100 years ago — at https://disquiet.com/0729/.

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 Down — The Assignment: Delete a note at a time — at https://disquiet.com/0728/.

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 resulting track is an electronic composition which started with a sequence of sounds created using Pure Data, then modifying and expanding them by the use of selected filters and additions. More on the 727th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Polar Strategies — The Assignment: Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Oblique Strategies card deck — at https://disquiet.com/0727/.

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 took some of these, added various fx (detuning, delay, etc.) and combined them into this track. More on the 726th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chord of Omnis — The Assignment: Make music with a browser-based Omnichord as your sole sound source — at https://disquiet.com/0726/.

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.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources including Pure Data. More on the 722nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Spook Street — The Assignment: The Assignment: Make music for a haunted spy film — at https://disquiet.com/0722/.

A recording of storm-force winds outside, including a few incidental noises, brewed up with a similarly stormy electronic sequence, sounds from various sources. More on the 721st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Well Weathered — The Assignment: Play along with a storm — at https://disquiet.com/0721/.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

Electronic composition, a textured drone sequence, sounds created using Pure Data.

A combination of two unpublished electronic sequences I have recently been working on, sounds form various sources. More on the 720th weekly Disquiet Junto project, One from Two — The Assignment: Combine a pair of your recent tracks — at https://disquiet.com/0720/.

An electronic composition created using Pure Data .

A contrapuntal composition created using Pure Data with alternating sections of regular (120 bpm) and irregular or free rhythms. More on the 719th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Riding on the Metronome — The Assignment: Play with and against a steady beat — at https://disquiet.com/0719/.

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources. More on the 718th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Planet Jam It — The Assignment: Record the sound of an advanced alien civilization — at https://disquiet.com/0718/.

An electronic composition, original sounds created using Pure Data.

Ancient or ancestral dance rhythms emerging from the mists of time and combined with a modern drone. Or is it an ancient drone with modern rhythms? More on the 717th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Generation Gambit — The Assignment: Layer two eras of recordings, one of them imaginary — at https://disquiet.com/0717/.

Dreamy Blossoms (naviarhaiku611) by ray_cobley

An electronic composition with dense and muted sounds created using Pure Data with additional reverb, delay, etc. More on the 716th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Dense Fog Advisory — The Assignment: That's your band's name; now record something — at https://disquiet.com/0716/.

An electronic composition, original sounds created using Pure Data.

My take on this was to use glitches or extraneous sounds that crop up in field recordings. These are usually edited out but here I extracted some from a couple of recordings and joined them to form a continuous sequence. After extending this sequence and adding a touch of reverb and delay I combined it with an evolving electronic drone. More on the 715th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Err Apparent — The Assignment: Make a mistake on purpose. Build something from it — at https://disquiet.com/0715/.

An electronic composition, original sounds created using Pure Data.

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

An electronic sequence created using Pure Data in real time. More on the 713th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Airwave Workout — The Assignment: Record exercise music for an imaginary broadcast — at https://disquiet.com/0713/.

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

A short electronic noise track inspired by a barcode, sounds created using Audacity with databending, delay, reverb, etc. More on the 712th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Zebra Code — The Assignment: What rhythm do you hear in a bar code? — at https://disquiet.com/0712/.

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

Electronic composition, an evolving textured drone sequence, original sounds created using Pure Data.

I took my track Chippy Combo (disquiet0704) and reworked it to incorporate louder sections with additional reverb, etc. More on the 710th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Let's Get Loud — The Assignment: Make a piece of your own music louder/busier — at https://disquiet.com/0710/.

An electronic composition, original sounds created using Pure Data.

For this track I used a short electronic sequence. passed it through a granular vst with speed and other settings at maximum values then added a little delay and detuning. Needless to say, the result is totally different from the original. More on the 709th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Overclocked — The Assignment: Speed up a machine (or process) until it falters — at Disquiet Junto Project 0709: Overclocked – Disquiet.

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 recorded sounds. More on the 705th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Book Start — The Assignment: Let the beginning of a book help you begin a new piece of music — at https://disquiet.com/0705/. This week's project was proposed by Neil Stringfellow.

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/