**Production Notes**
Some days ago, I awoke at 5:00 a.m.. The birds were singing outside, and as I live right in the noisy city center, that‘s an unusual sound tapestry. The birds weren’t as loud as on the recording, but they sounded very cheerful… so I got up and started my field recorder.
To this recording, I added a self made drone; some chords came from Una Corda; a simple Operator bass; some pings from Aalto (lovely VST ensemble from Madrona labs). The fading organ is the „Enoeque“ preset patch I recently did for Rhythmic Robot’s Orgatone 601.
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** Disquiet Junto Project 0218: Sound Passage**
The Assignment: Following the path of artist Kate Carr, explore sounds from a distance.
The artist and musician Kate Carr generously agreed to provide a prompt this week for the Junto.
Step 1: Consider the ways that sound changes as it travels across space, moving through specific human-built architectures and/or natural geographies. I live near Belfast’s major football stadium, and the roar that travels from the stadium, across the train tracks, up my street, and into my ears is a very different sound to the roar heard when standing in the stadium itself.
Step 2: Record a distant sound, and reflect on what frequencies have made it to your ears from the source, and which ones have bounced or decayed away.
Step 3: Compose a piece based on this recording, and your meditation on the ways its very journey to you has changed the sounds inherent in it.
Step 4: Upload your completed track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.
Step 5: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process.
Step 6: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.
Background: Kate Carr composes soundscapes based on field recording and non-conventional instrumentation to explore the relationship between people and place. Weaving together real and imaginary journeys , intensive explorations of sonic enclaves and the re-broadcast of sound in public places, her work is centred on both human and natural geographies. More on Kate Carr at gleamingsilverribbon.com.
Length: The length is up to you. Between one and four minutes seems appropriate.
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