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An electronic composition, sounds created in real-time using Pure Data.

'I have nothing to say and I am saying it' - John Cage. An electronic sequence created in real time using Pure Data with elements of indeterminacy, a touch of reverb added. More on the 738th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Speak Not — The Assignment: Saying something without saying it — at https://disquiet.com/0738/

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

An electronic composition, original sequence created using Pure Data with additional sounds, reverb and delay, etc. More on the 737th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Opening Ceremony — The Assignment: We're just getting started — at https://disquiet.com/0737/

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

A sequence of electronic clips of varying lengths, sounds and textures. To provide some sense of continuity they all share the same basic tempo. As for social media, apart from sites connected to music or video and a family group, I am a very light user. I occasionally use Facebook but just as an observer, not having contributed anything for years. I have never used any of the other major providers. More on the 736th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Feed Me — The Assignment: Write a piece of music emulating the dopamine engine that is social media. — at https://disquiet.com/0736/

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

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 Disquiet Junto Project 0733: Window Drop – Disquiet

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 like? — at https://disquiet.com/0732/

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 project, Calendar Advent — The Assignment: Create a sonic diary of the past year with a dozen (or more) super-brief segments — at https://disquiet.com/0730/.

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.