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337is (three three seven is)NishiaRA[D]I[O] Temple (Naturalised Civilisation)[disquiet0518]Audiovisual processing, composition, and Field Recoding by Leslie Rollins (337is). Obscure & Relevant 2021, (CC BY-NC 3.0 US): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/Source sound material gathered from field recordings shared by:[disquiet0516] outside in #1https://soundcloud.com/howthenightcame/disquiet0516-outside-in-1/comment-1554004735 Courtesy of howthenightcameRadio Info (disquiet0517)https://soundcloud.com/user-130801280/radio-info-disquiet0517 Courtesy of user-130801280 (Noodle Twister)More on this 518th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Inside Out (Co/Exist 3 of 3) (The Assignment: Combine sounds of nature and civilization) — at: https://disquiet.com/0518/This is the third and final stage of a three-part project sequence. You needn’t have participated in either of the tw...
2021-12-0302 min
337is (three three seven is)Case IH 9120 Axial - Flow Combine [disquiet0517]Audio field recording captured by Leslie Rollins (337is). Obscure & Relevant 2021, (CC BY-NC 3.0 US): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/Living rurally has its perks except for when one is listening for sounds of civilization ... need something of the "natural world?" No problem! I'm swimming in it. Need some industrial sounds? A little more challenging ... especially when I travel to an even more remote destination in the hills of Pennsylvania to be with family. I wasn't sure what I was going to be able to capture for sounds of civilization as Amish buggies count as traffic noise, but they don't really...
2021-11-2602 min
337is (three three seven is)Miigwech mkego 11/07/21 42.272225, -77.786673 [disquiet0516]Field Recording captured by Leslie Rollins (337is).A migrating flock of Canada geese surprised and delighted me when I was in the field capturing video footage of a pond surface near my home in Alfred New York. I didn't have my rig completely set up and ready when I began to hear them coming in the distance and kicked into audio field recording mode with the gear I had. The video is rough as a result, and the audio is a bit as well. But, it captures the moment nicely with their sounds and splashing echoing off the surface of...
2021-11-1902 min
337is (three three seven is)I Often Feel Like I Don't Know What To DoAudio synthesis improvisation performed and captured by Leslie Rollins (337is). Obscure & Relevant 2021, (CC BY-NC 3.0 US): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
2021-03-0802 min
337is (three three seven is)HeretoforeThanks to @timedroplet for the inspiring image.Audio synthesis improvisation performed and captured by Leslie Rollins (337is). Obscure & Relevant 2021, (CC BY-NC 3.0 US): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
2021-03-0320 min
337is (three three seven is)PLATO No. 7336 Against Brutality (I Can't Breathe Version)During the Peace Walk on Sunday, June 7, 2020, all who gathered took a knee in front of the Berrien Springs High School while the walk’s student organizers read out a list of names of black lives taken through brutality and murder by police and vigilantes . After each name was read, the crowd of over 1,000 people responded with cries of "I can't breathe!" When the students reached George Floyd's name on the list and read it out, again the gathered people cried out "I can't breathe" and then fell silent for eight minutes and forty-six seconds—the length of time that Dere...
2020-06-1014 min
337is (three three seven is)Meandering Wavetable For Polivoks FilterAudio synthesis improvisation performed and captured by Leslie Rollins (337is). Obscure & Relevant 2020, (CC BY-NC 3.0 US): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
2020-01-3105 min
337is (three three seven is)Crane (disquiet0350)An exploration of GRM Tools Band Pass filters using a field recording featuring a Sandhill crane calling. My home state of Michigan has proposed a hunting season for this magnificent bird, and the thought of that possibly passing sickens me. The mix was originally in 5.1 and I'm not thrilled with the stereo conversion. More for me to learn and play with I guess. While this may not be the most gentle sounds to lull one back to sleep, it'd totally fit for me. Bird sounds always relax me, and these sound like they're deep in the night.More on this 350...
2018-09-1504 min
337is (three three seven is)Dawn SpearUnaltered Field Recording with Sinusoidal Partial Editing Analysis and Hand-Drawn Resynthesis 2018
2018-09-0313 min
337is (three three seven is)The Son You Love Was NotThe Son You Love Was Not by 337is (three three seven is)
2018-08-0101 min
337is (three three seven is)Springbok Flown (Firebat)Audio portion of improvised audiovisual composition. This audio drove movement, shape, and color variations in the resultant video (see Video link above for the full combination of sound and vision.)
2018-07-1808 min
2018-07-1608 min
337is (three three seven is)Ritual to Claim 1st Chair (3rd Chair would be fine, thanks) [disquiet0315]@disconcert_1 has added a rich and gooey additional layer to this and you can enjoy the mumblings and twitterings here: https://soundcloud.com/disconcert_1/ritual-of-the-second-chair-w-337is-disquiet0316I love these multi-part Juntos and scrambled to get something together in time to participate. I recorded a brief awakening of my altar with my singing bowl, shacapas, and bell. I recorded a slow motion video at 240 FPS on my iPhone, and used Sennheiser Ambeo binaural recording headphones to capture the slowed sounds. I focused primarily on creating sounds on the left side of the mic array, and I mastered to mono focusing on...
2018-01-1502 min
337is (three three seven is)Driving Naked Nails In My Lunch (disquiet0302)*NOTE* If you're interested in more details on the process of assemblage I used for this head here for further information/discussion: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0302-gronkytonk/More on this 302nd weekly Disquiet Junto project (“Gronkytonk: Record a single in the genre introduced in Malka Older’s novel Infomacracy) at:https://disquiet.com/0302/More on the Disquiet Junto at:https://disquiet.com/junto/Subscribe to project announcements here:http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0302-gronkytonk/There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disqui...
2017-10-1301 min
337is (three three seven is)Parts > Sum (disquiet0301)If you want to see what all of this ruckus is about, visit the Video page linked above. The video is the end product. This audio is simply a stepping stone for getting there.The sound was a means to an end for generating the video. If you watch the video, I would suggest watching the piece with the sound muted. The goal of the Disquiet Juno this week was to create a combination which is less than the constituent parts. We were instructed to utilize portions of the first ten tracks on Lee Rosevere's sublimely beautiful release entitled "5 Minute...
2017-10-0805 min
337is (three three seven is)Wag The Chord (disquiet0300)Happy 300th Marc and all Disquiet Junto members! What a milestone! I've spent the past several months in the realms of video synthesis and haven't been creating much in the audio realm, but I couldn't miss being a part of this celebration. For my three instruments I focused on two within my modular (four notes from the Patch Chord driven by a DPO, and a voice of four notes from a Mutable Instruments quartet) and one from my Two Voice (where I used the classic cheat of tuning each of the four oscillators to serve as one of the notes...
2017-10-0101 min
337is (three three seven is)Ringed Raag (To be Sung at Dusk)Duet for reed-less bass clarinet and live electronics featuring Jason Gresl. You can learn more about, and connect with @jason-gresl here:http://claricello.com/
2017-03-3123 min
337is (three three seven is)Bass ClkarimbanetCollaboration for reed-less bass clarinet and electronics featuring Jason Gresl. You can learn more about, and connect with @jason-gresl here:http://claricello.com/
2017-03-3010 min
337is (three three seven is)Breathfolding (Steve Vercelloni's Revisioning)@steve-vercelloni chopped and skrew'd reworking of https://soundcloud.com/337is/breathfolding-for-melodica brings a glorious stompy energy infused with cosmically psychedelic melodies. All the sparkles and tingles are lined up and dance beautifully in his hands. Thanks Steve!
2017-03-2107 min
kipple sounds337is - Breathfolding For Melodica (Jimmy Kipple's for fuck's sake Dave mix)unsolicited interference with 337is' raw & ecstatic https://soundcloud.com/337is/breathfolding-for-melodica
2017-03-1809 min
kipple sounds337is - Breathfolding For Melodica (Jimmy Kipple's ERR_VIDEO_REGION mix)unsolicited interference with 337is' wonderful https://soundcloud.com/337is/breathfolding-for-melodica
2017-03-1807 min
337is (three three seven is)Breathfolding For MelodicaDrone prepared in G with DPO wave folded with VCM. Played melodica in G-minor and used PTG as an envelope follower. Never touched the patch once it was set up and all changes derived from pitch and volume of melodica playing.
2017-03-1610 min
337is (three three seven is)73.5 (Duet With Joan LaBarbara)Synthesized vocalizations to be played with a manipulation of selections from Joan La Barbara's 73 Poems 1993. Texts by Kenneth Goldsmith.
2017-02-2510 min
337is (three three seven is)"Mad Anthony" Wayne (Extended Bones Remastered Version)A ghost story haunts this track: www.ushistory.org/paoli/history/wayneburied.htm
2017-02-1507 min
2017-02-0807 min
337is (three three seven is)Trinus Millisian SketchTesting version 4 firmware of Patch Chord. Seems to be working fine!
2017-02-0703 min
337is (three three seven is)In Search Of (Kitchen Music) [disquiet0265]With a friendly nod to Laurie Anderson, my wife improvises a journey of loss and discovery while rifling through our "other utensils" drawer. Everything referenced here actually resides in this drawer (including the three ice cream scoops and the llama-shaped bottle opener), and this recording is representative of the exercise of searching through layers of ephemera in both physical reality and within one's own mind.More on this 265th weekly Disquiet Junto project, “Kitchen Music: Record a piece of music that uses items from just one drawer”:http://disquiet.com/0265/More on the Disquiet Junto at:http://disquiet.com/junto/Subs...
2017-01-3002 min
337is (three three seven is)New Southwell Minster's Converted Bowls (Song for Jeff Koons)Field Recoding (note lack of “r” in “co()ding”) is a process I utilize to resituate field recordings into new surroundings. Most often utilizing my own field recordings with my modular synthesizer. Often, the first step in Recoding is re-recording the source Field Recording inside my studio space. I approach these inside recording sessions just as I would my standard outside field recording sessions, meaning that the environment and sounds within it are very deliberately chosen and engaged with. In the case of this piece, I played the original .wav file directly from a Dropbox folder on my iPhone 7+ which was sat...
2017-01-2403 min
337is (three three seven is)Rhyme Ravel (disquiet0264)I've been snakebitten creatively since before American Thanksgiving. This is the first new work I've been able to complete since 12/07/16. Nearly a month gone in 2017 and nothing to show for it. Incredibly disheartening. I'd love to be able to time travel to a time when my creativity flows more freely. This piece starts with a ticking clock which is immediately stopped indicating that the passage of time has changed. I approach a buffer of this sound created by the Synchrodyne and coax it back and forth in a very tape sort of fashion. I can only represent this to you...
2017-01-2203 min
337is (three three seven is)No Falling On Cedars (Rockettes Morton)Source audio features "Snow Falls" from "Three Voices for Joan La Barbara" by Morton Feldman.Experimenting with a new selection of modules for my portable improvisation case: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/370960
2016-12-0805 min
2016-12-0509 min
337is (three three seven is)Noisevember (MI Westside NANP Exploration)[disquiet0257]I rarely go straight noise. I experience multiple streams of sound data as noise. These streams can be comprised of un-noisey sorts of sounds. But it's the density that makes me feel it as noise. That, and any sort of feedback feels like noise to me. So this piece is a combination of those characteristics. I find working in a modular environment that things can get overly dense too easily in my hands. I have to really work to breathe some air into my patches, and that's how I start this piece ... light, and not too dense. Then, I gradually...
2016-12-0206 min
2016-11-2828 min
337is (three three seven is)O For A Thousand Tongues To SingO For A Thousand Tongues To Sing by 337is (three three seven is)
2016-11-1730 min
337is (three three seven is)ApostasyArt and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Mattathias's zeal." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-37e5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
2016-11-1516 min
337is (three three seven is)Klana Dewi Sekartaji: GangsaranA live field recording gathered during the "Michigan Festival of Sacred Music" of the “Friends of the Gamelan” ensemble from Chicago Illinois performing at the Central Branch of the Kalamazoo Public Library in Kalamazoo Michigan on Saturday October 29 2016. For more information, and to support the ensemble, visit the following pages:http://www.chicagogamelan.orghttp://mfsm.ushttp://www.kpl.gov/default.aspx
2016-10-3010 min
337is (three three seven is)Wolf's Prairie Park, Jesuit Mission Flagpole, Home ChimesCaptured at 12:19 AM on Saturday October 29 in Wolf's Prairie Park: 41.9415899,-86.3337762Come along on an early morning walk through Wolf's Prairie Park during high winds. Thrill to the sounds of the leaves shaking intensely. Marvel at the musical prowess of the aluminum flagpole next to the Jesuit Mission marker. Stomp along with the rhythmic steps of your host. And finally, find repose on his front porch with beautiful chimes.
2016-10-2916 min
337is (three three seven is)Game On, Gamelan (337is Distributing Threes & Sevens To Boson Spin & Glenn Sogge)My addition to the @glenn-sogge composition:https://soundcloud.com/glenn-sogge/game-on-gamelan-boson-spinWhich is a rework of the @boson_spin creation:https://soundcloud.com/boson_spin/collab-base-trackThank you both for the inspiration and fine offerings.
2016-10-2310 min
337is (three three seven is)How To Repeat (disquiet0250)Wasn't in a Raymond Scott sort of mood though I love his work ... this contribution may well be a hold over from the last junto ... it's hard to leave phases behind.When I'm at my most vulnerable, minimalism soothes me greatly. Perhaps this new baby will find a similar feeling in listening to this. This is a simple 4 note motif sequenced for one of the TVP's voices. I played the other voice live in realtime, warts and all, and this adds a human touch that I know I crave, and it seems likely that most babies do too. More on...
2016-10-1607 min
337is (three three seven is)Slowed Phase (Conjunto Tipico Sensacion)[disquiet0249]I love Minimalism in all forms. It's been an omnipresent force throughout my entire life. The American branch of musical Minimalism, with the trinity of Adams, Glass, and Reich probably does make up my own personal liturgy. As I dug deeper into the that vein and discovered the forerunners like Riley, Young, and next generation contributors like Bryars and Nyman, the world of Minimal music kept expanding. Ironic.So, Reich is one of my favorites and I know his music intimately. I knew exactly what I wanted to do in this Junto; sort of a mashup between his percussive pieces...
2016-10-0909 min
337is (three three seven is)Meandering Glass BeadThanks again to @autumn-drones for suggesting our collaboration and for being such a generous host. This is the third and final track culled from our time together in Tim's studio. As with the other two, this was a live improvisation created on the fly by the two of us.
2016-10-0825 min
337is (three three seven is)Hyve/4 (disquiet0247)Over the weekend I had the pleasure of meeting @yellow-salamandr-7 in the real-time waking world. We attended an awesome synthesizer build workshop together in Chicago. At the end of the workshop we each had completed our builds of the HYVE Hybrid Octave Touch Synthesizer. You can read more about the unique touch driven polyphonic synth here:https://www.facebook.com/HyveSynthesizer/The timing of my acquisition of this instrument was fortuitous as when I think of waltzes, accordions aren't far behind. The arrangement of the HYVE reminds me a lot of a concertina and playing little parts of waltzes flowed...
2016-09-2606 min
337is (three three seven is)ZVex Instant Lo - Fi Junky Eurorack Module@goiks suggested:"I'd love to hear plucked string or other mutable rings sounds. I'd like the trigger for those sounds to also trigger an envelope that goes to the effect instead of the onboard lfo (both abrupt and medium attack), about 75% towards the lofi and wet settings."Turing providing sequence, transposed by Pressure Points. Clock from one side of Maths, routed into other side of Maths to utilize AD envelope into ILFJ instead of its own internal LFO. Settings on ILFJ were usually 75 % for wet/dry and comp/lofi, occasionally full dry to reveal raw sound from Elements. Played with...
2016-09-1313 min
337is (three three seven is)Drone E While You Work (disquiet0245)This weekend was Knobcon and I was running top speed throughout the three days with my eyes and ears wide open. Synths and sounds EVERYWHERE. :-) And even more importantly, friends, old and new, also there sharing in the excitement. I got to meet fellow contributor Glenn Sogge in person and we talked at length about everything. It was soo cool to cement a friendship formed through the Disquiet Junto with shared time experienced together in the waking world. I thought about this prompt while I was there and found myself talking a lot about the Disquiet Junto with others...
2016-09-1204 min
337is (three three seven is)Inter-Tribal Dawn; Singer's Choice (For Glenn Sogge)I dedicate this recording to @glenn-sogge who has a huge heart for sounds and a great ear for composition. Recorded 09/04/16 starting at 6:20 AM EST in Mud Lake Bog from this location: 41.829888, -86.434760Yesterday I attended the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi's Kee-Boon-Mein-Kaa ("I have quit picking huckleberries") Pow Wow on their land in Dowagiac Michigan. I was deeply moved by their drumming, singing, and dancing. I find their notion of inter-tribal participation particularly inspiring, where multiple cultures share their traditions in harmony.Often, in my field recordings I struggle with what I feel like are intrusions from the human domain, spoiling...
2016-09-0459 min
337is (three three seven is)They Say You ... (disquiet0243)Thank you to @autumn-drones for not only maintaining an absolutely splendid polysynth collection, but for inviting mere mortals such as myself into the inner sanctum of your studio for collaborations like this.This track was created live, on the fly with myself and Tim Stoneberg a week ago today. He controlled his fleet of polysynths from the Cirklon while I played his Prophet-6 live on the fly. This track has bumps and warts, but it definitely feels how I experience the original Vanegelis score for Bladerunner. I associate the mighty Yamaha CS 80 with that original score, and by God, the...
2016-08-2821 min
337is (three three seven is)Quilting Time At The Chime Factory (disquiet0242)Thank you to @autumn-drones for being a gracious host, a fine collaborator, and an amazing caretaker of synthetic technologies that would make your head spin. Check out his releases:https://autumndrones.bandcamp.com/So this week's Junto asks us to share a trick or technique that we utilize with a particular piece of hard/software. My response might be perceived as a willful disregarding of the spirit of this task, but I'm completely serious in my desire to share one of the most important aspects of music creation for me; namely face-to-face collaborations for real-time improvisations. I get such a...
2016-08-2139 min
337is (three three seven is)Crustaceans As Carpenter [disquiet0240]The sound which begins this composition is a looped portion of a longer field recording that I captured near latitude: 28.8048 and longitude -80.8606 about this time last year. This area in Florida is a challenging place to record as there is a significant amount of both terrestrial and aquatic noise pollution from cars, boats, and um, rockets. This was captured within the grounds held by NASA and the ecosystem is a fascinating mashup of both fresh and saltwater marshes, pools, and streams. This particular hydrophone recording comes from a small inland lagoon of brackish water. When I dropped the microphones...
2016-08-0805 min
337is (three three seven is)Made In Taiwan By Way Of Sweden (disquiet0239)Please note: lots of bass in here that will sound better on headphones or a decent monitoring system. I learned most of what I know about synthesis through my relationship with the Clavia Nord Modular line of synthesizers. Some of my greatest "a-ha!" moments came while experimenting with the original Nord Modular. I had a significant amount of time to devote to learning and using it while living in Yu Chih (Fish Pond) Taiwan near Sun Moon Lake in the rural/agrarian middle highlands of the country. When I moved there in 1998, I knew it would be a temporary situation...
2016-08-0108 min
337is (three three seven is)Raining: Rose Of Sharon (Score)An improvised score for this: https://youtu.be/R3C80JzNrsw?list=PLmnMbJnfiGVF_R5tiDUJJR22nJSg1e9NV
2016-07-2903 min
2016-07-2014 min
337is (three three seven is)A Well-Tuned Introspection In C-Sharp MinorExperimenting with two voices stating simple melodies and inversions using La Monte Young's just intonation.
2016-06-2911 min
337is (three three seven is)On The Red Bed Moon (Just Invention In F# Minor For Christopher Knowles & Robert Wilson)I like lunar/solar events, strawberries, and Minimalism.
2016-06-2105 min
337is (three three seven is)Affordable Key ChangesMore experimentation with the quad quantizer in this quadraphonic patch.
2016-06-2015 min
337is (three three seven is)N@ND R3m1x (disquiet0233)An unusual (for me) contribution to this week's junto as I worked entirely in the box for this. I snipped the first 30 seconds of the three tracks as directed and then processed each one with itself in Argeïphontes Lyre 夏 5. I took the three new tracks and layered a performance into Ableton where I adjusted stereo positioning, eq, and compression. Sprinkled a bit of spring reverb over the top and served chilled.More on this 233rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Make one track from three different netlabels, courtesy of a Creative Commons license” — at:http://disquiet.com/0233/More on the Disquiet Ju...
2016-06-1901 min
337is (three three seven is)Blissful ExplorationA melodic and timbral exploration of multi-channel pitch quantizing. Easy to drift in this for hours at a time.
2016-06-1705 min
337is (three three seven is)All Of Them In MotionA single-pass, live and direct take from me and the modular to you.
2016-06-0707 min
337is (three three seven is)RouxboutSome stompy Monday morning music culled from last night's exploration of my freshly built Turing Machine MK II paired with the mighty E350.
2016-06-0609 min
337is (three three seven is)Field Complement (Giddy Giddy Carousel Outing)[disquiet0231]Here is an experiment utilizing a one minute field recording of the Silver Beach Carousel in Saint Joseph Michigan:http://www.silverbeachcarousel.com/I made the field recording after listening to the ebb and flow of the space near the shore of Lake Michigan for several minutes. An earlier recording featured just the carousel music with no announcements and I found that a bit same-y over the length of the recording. This one, with the announcer reminding the patrons to stay seated until the ride came to a stop had a bit more variety so I chose to work with...
2016-06-0501 min
337is (three three seven is)Lake Michigan Surf at Headlands International Dark Sky ParkRecordings captured on May 29, 2016 between 4:06 and 4:31 PM. More information about the park here:http://www.midarkskypark.org/
2016-06-0208 min
337is (three three seven is)KawsayMy score created for this video and animation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CfzQky9HFUhttps://vimeo.com/167423925The video/animation is a collaborative work between myself and Anne Zwiener. The germ of this idea sprouted during our time together at the Sachaqa Centro De Arte in San Roque Peru: http://www.sachaqacentrodearte2.com/I captured the raindrops falling from the trees outside a bodega across the road from the Iquitos airport and thought they were beautiful. During my time in Iquitos, I thought a lot about water and how we rely on it to live. I also thought about...
2016-05-2402 min
337is (three three seven is)Church Of Murch [disquiet0229]This week's prompt finds me experimenting with using very different tools that I normally do. It would seem that Mr. Murch had tape recorders with variable speed controls for both record and playback functions. My normal field recorder does not have this functionality (well, at least I couldn't figure it out if it does). I know this sort of manipulation can be done after the fact, but I wanted to experience what it is like using the precise method for creating a reverberant space which he describes in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_py6jVyOqUY All sounds...
2016-05-2007 min
337is (three three seven is)San Roque De Cumbaza Trio (04.11.15) [disquiet0228]I used a multi-mic setup while living in Peru last year. The recordings that I captured in and around San Roque and the Rio Cumbazza on April 11 2015 fit this Junto prompt perfectly for me. The three recordings heard (in order of appearance in the mix) are:-A night recording from my stereo DPA 4060 pair on the bamboo balcony of my mountain hut about a mile from the river-A Telinga parabolic dish and MKH 20 recording of locals playing in the waterfall which came off the mountain I stayed on and dropped a bit more than 100 feet into the Rio Cumbaza-A stereo...
2016-05-1603 min
337is (three three seven is)Proof Of ConceptSequencers. How do they work? Using clocks and ADSRs instead.
2016-05-1108 min
337is (three three seven is)Adjustment to The Empress's Art (Strike A Chord)[disquiet0227]I haven't discovered a "favorite" chord yet and was stumped for the first few days as to what to use. Then I remembered that the Thoth deck I work with has Qabalistic note associations for the trumps. So I chose cards until I found three from the major arcana and ended up with Adjustment (F#), The Empress (F#), and Art (G#). With two of the same note in my chord, I decided some euro-pop styled octaving was in order so I fired up my Oberheim 2 Voice and banged out the simple 3 step sequence (with a triple ratchet). I then recorded...
2016-05-0805 min
337is (three three seven is)Bucky Fall (disquiet 0226)Here's a riff on the Make Noise Maths "Bouncing Ball" patch. It starts and ends dry, with only the bouncing ball patch in the mix. As the patch progresses I introduce delay (MOAR BOUNCE!), reverb, and filtered harmonics to emphasize the space between the bounces.This strikes me as somewhat futuristic sounding in a sentimentally retrograde sort of way. Perhaps what the world of possibilities may have sounded to Bucky back in the 50s and 60s. I can't think of him without thinking about his domes and my own set of magnetic Bucky Balls. The balls are what inspired the...
2016-05-0109 min
337is (three three seven is)Cold Embrace (Running Chilled Mix)[disquiet0224-coldembrace]I placed my matched stereo pair of DPA 4060 microphones on the top shelf within our refrigerator. One positioned towards the back which picked up more of the machinery rumble, and one positioned towards the front by the door. I then closed the door completely to hear what the fridge sounds like from the inside. Pretty chill with a breathy sort of pulse. I transferred the sound file from my field recorder to my computer and performed a bit of eq-ing to bring out the bass rumble a bit more. The opening 15 seconds is the fridge solo. I then imagined the f...
2016-04-1706 min
337is (three three seven is)micro_research ERD TestNote: Pan hard right to hear just the unaltered audio of the source material. Pan hard left to hear the distortion of the ERD/ERD at work. Pan center to have a wild ride!Source audio features samples (primarily "Snow Falls" from "Three Voices for Joan La Barbara" by Morton Feldman) culled from this thread:https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=151868&highlight=This is a demo of three modules created by Martin Howse:http://www.1010.co.uk/org/ERD.htmlFolks in this thread:https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=146386&start=125have requested demos, particularly of the...
2016-04-1210 min
2016-04-1109 min
337is (three three seven is)Arise: An Awakening (disquiet0221-morningmusic)I can't help but think of Eddie Murphy as the Prince in "Coming to America" when I consider one of the more pleasant scenarios when being awakened. But, as I am not royalty (in the traditional sense) I instead imagine I could be quite happen being awakened to this peaceful chordal melody. I fired up the Oberheim Two-Voice and tuned each oscillator to one pitch in this unison chord. I then improvised a rising and falling pattern in real time. By utilizing the envelopes on the Obie to both modify the VCAs and the filters, there is a breathy sort...
2016-03-2501 min
2016-03-2405 min
337is (three three seven is)Permutation: An AmbiencePermutation: An Ambience by 337is (three three seven is)
2016-03-1506 min
337is (three three seven is)Improvisation in Contemplation Of Echo's CursePlayed live, by hand and on the fly, slop and all. No sequencers were harmed (or used) in the creation of this.
2016-03-0609 min
337is (three three seven is)Scales & Divisions for Overblown PartialsPracticing my sample and hold scales while toughening my Serge-esqe embouchure.
2016-02-2212 min
2016-02-1507 min
337is (three three seven is)Rhythm Seeking CompanionLonelyheart on Valentines Day seeks intimate partner for further musical exploration. Got something to add to this? Let's hear it!
2016-02-1415 min
337is (three three seven is)Pillar Of SeverityThis Serge EQ baffles me a bit ... still working out the kinks.
2016-02-1419 min
337is (three three seven is)1YPM (MMXV Edit) [disquiet0209-journal2015]I am so grateful to Marc Weidenbaum, the Disquiet Junto, and all of the participants from this year. This project has enriched my life greatly and kept me moving in creativity on a month to month basis. Thank you to each of you for the inspiration you bring to this project week to week.Here is the timeline for this recording which is a collage of my output in 2015 with five seconds from each calendar month utilized in chronological order:JAN 0-5 seconds: https://soundcloud.com/337is/back-yard-bird-feeders-010615FEB 5-10 seconds: https://soundcloud.com/337is/fetchMAR 10-14 seconds: https://soundcloud...
2016-01-0301 min
337is (three three seven is)The Cost Of Future Tense: A Motet for hellekin (disquiet0202-costoffreedom)I first became aware of coder/artist Bassel Khartabil Sadafi through my participation with the Disquiet Junto while creating this celebration and continuation of his art: https://soundcloud.com/337is/disquiet0108-freebasselThere is a new book which continues the good fight on Bassel's behalf:http://costoffreedom.cc/book/In this chapter:http://costoffreedom.cc/book/epilogue/the-cost-of-future-tensethe words of hellekin rang out in a liturgical fashion for me. As I read it, I could hear a responsive reading, a call and response which brought the tradition of a Greek chorus to my mind. I can easily imagine a similar chorus...
2015-11-1302 min
337is (three three seven is)Tuning (Mother's Shadow)Shadow of: https://soundcloud.com/337is/mother-of-hope
2015-10-0512 min
337is (three three seven is)Mother Of HopeThere is a quiet place. Light source for: https://soundcloud.com/337is/tuning-mothers-shadow
2015-10-0508 min
337is (three three seven is)337% (aSoupOfNettles' "A Pinch Of Salt" Re-Rub Of 0.0207%)Here is a thoughtfully expansive re-composition courtesy of #asoupofnettles who utilized portions of this composition:https://soundcloud.com/337is/00207-disquiet0191-heldchordThe result is a masterful creation utilizing; repitching & restacking, oblivion reverb rippling through the filter wall, parrots shrieking, chimes ringing, and a dog barking somewhere.Be certain to listen to more gems here:https://soundcloud.com/asoupofnettles
2015-09-0303 min
337is (three three seven is)Bassline Seeking Companion (name constant's Spark It Up & Rub It On the Glass Version)Expanding the consciousness of this track, @name-constant has stood and delivered beautifully. A few notes on the process:"here is my addition to a new issue of the Bassline seeking companion. added keys, mangled church bells and wet fingers on a thick glass plate, distorted.(and fun :) )"For anyone that would like to participate:Original lonely bassline:https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-mwm@MidiPunk version: https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-mwm-entry-midipunk-has-background-in-vaudeville-version#random-coil version:https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-name-constants-spark-it-up-rub-it-on-the-glass-version#random-coil has established a repository for all the stems (beautiful additional contribution, thank you!) included in his version here:soundcloud.com/bscstems/sets/bassline-seeking-companion-2...
2015-08-1908 min
337is (three three seven is)National Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 1989 (disquiet0189-tonelayer)This junto exhausted me. So much to try and fit into one minute! And so much planning and patching for that minute! I'll do a full write up of my process shortly, but this was recorded live on the fly with one take.Original field recording of my Tibetan Singing bowl, used for the source of this track:https://soundcloud.com/337is/scraping-harmonics-contact-microphone-test?in=337is/sets/field-recordingsFull notes:I was almost immediately certain I wanted to repurpose the above recording of my Tibetan Singing bowl when I read the concept of this week's Junto. The sustained tone created from scraping...
2015-08-1601 min
337is (three three seven is)Bassline Seeking Companion [MidiPunk Has Background In Vaudeville Just The Drums Version]Here is the drum track added by the mighty @MidiPunk:https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-mwm-entry-midipunk-has-background-in-vaudeville-versionAnd here is the original bassline:https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-mwm/comment-243615650The two combined make up:https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-mwm-entry-midipunk-has-background-in-vaudeville-version#random-coil has established a repository for all the stems (beautiful additional contribution, thank you!) included in his version here:soundcloud.com/bscstems/sets/bassline-seeking-companion-2Now we await your voice and contribution! @letterfounder@random-coil@pythagora @Rezitator@ellowalamandr4
2015-08-1408 min
337is (three three seven is)Bassline Seeking Companion (MWM Entry) [MidiPunk Has Background In Vaudeville Version]The mighty #MidiPunk has spoken, and thus drums we're played. And they were good, and enriched the lonely bassline. Who will add more sonic DNA to this family tree? Here are the #MidiPunk drums without the bassline:https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-mwm-entry-midipunk-has-background-in-vaudeville-just-the-drums-versionHere is the original bassline without the drums:https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-mwm/comment-243615650#random-coil has established a repository for all the stems (beautiful additional contribution, thank you!) included in his version here:soundcloud.com/bscstems/sets/bassline-seeking-companion-2@letterfounder@random-coil@pythagora @Rezitator@ellowalamandr4
2015-08-1408 min
337is (three three seven is)Root & Bloom (s/h/a/r/r/p/s v 337is v midipunk v name constant)BREAKING NEWS! S/H/A/R/R/P/S has completed a video for this song! Hit the video link above or click here:https://vimeo.com/136455104@midipunk@random-coil@letterfounderEach of the above, a Master at Work. Collectively? Unassailable!Thank you to each participant for layering the goodness of your production on top of the humble beginning track: https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-2 Be sure to check the original posting here: https://soundcloud.com/letterfounder/rootandbloom-sharrps-v-337is-v-midi-punk-v-name-constant
2015-08-1303 min
337is (three three seven is)Bassline Seeking Companion (Pythagora's Theoremerizing Version)@pythagora has joined the party and added a delightful synth/guitar lead to:https://soundcloud.com/random-coil/337ismidipunknc-bassline-seeking-companion-synths-toppingAfter name constant had added something to:https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-2-midipunk-smashdown-mixWhich had the perfect drums that @MidiPunk had added to this:https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-2
2015-07-0703 min
337is (three three seven is)Bassline Seeking Companion (Name Constant's Synths Topping Version)Another version! This time courtesy of @random-coil (name constant) who added some sweet synthing to the mix of:337is – Bassline-seeking-companion-2-midipunk-smashdown-mixWhich stemmed from this: 337is – Bassline-seeking-companion-2
2015-07-0603 min
337is (three three seven is)Bassline Seeking Polkastrings (Rezitator's Shred Version)Another layer added to this original track: https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-2This time, guitar pyrotechnics courtesy of @Rezitator who managed to still find space in the track for grooves, textures and wicked licks!
2015-07-0503 min
337is (three three seven is)337is/MidiPunk/YS4 - Bassline Seeking Companion (Yellow Salamand'r Tunes In Version)A brilliant thickening of the soup courtesy of @ellowalamandr4 aka YS4 ... you should check out the rest of his work!Now who is going to transform this yet again?!Check out the original barebones bassline: https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-2Listen to the @MidiPunk drumstravaganza smash-down mix: https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-2-midipunk-smashdown-mix
2015-07-0403 min
337is (three three seven is)A Stitch In The Night Saves Fine (disquiet0183-stereomidnight)I selected the piece by @vgmrmojo contributed to the "Disquiet Junto 0170 Glitch In The Night" project as, at the time, it had the fewest listens of the project. A shame because it's a beautiful continuation of the previous work on the "Disquiet Junto 0160 One Minute Past Midnight" project. I also relate to several themes in these works. First, snow and cold are my natural surroundings for much of the year here in Michigan. Second, the material stems from field recording which I avidly participate in. Third, do you even modular?! ;-) vgmrmojo does, and so do I! Fourth, the use...
2015-07-0301 min
337is (three three seven is)Bassline Seeking Companion 2 (MidiPunk Smashdown Mix)Here's a rockin' version of this original track: https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-2The live drumming and percussion programming courtesy of the imitable @MidiPunkNow, who is going to flow or vocalise over this?!
2015-07-0203 min
337is (three three seven is)Bassline Seeking Companion 2Anyone up to using this for some Cumbia, Polka, or something? Have at it!MidiPunk has had a go with this bassline! Listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/337is/bassline-seeking-companion-2-midipunk-smashdown-mix
2015-06-2403 min
337is (three three seven is)AW4416: Electronic FieldThe coil pickups were placed on the two screens of the AW4416 whilst mastering this recording: https://soundcloud.com/337is/disquieting-preparing-to-dream
2015-06-2102 min
337is (three three seven is)Dreaming - “disquiet0181-instrumentaldream”This week's Disquiet Junto asked us to consider what our favorite instrument might sound like while dreaming. To create this piece I patched a dense and complicated structure on my modular synthesizer with a goal of having as many modules as possible blinking, flashing, and participating. I recorded the sound of the patch here if you're interested in checking it out: https://soundcloud.com/337is/disquieting-preparing-to-dreamThen, while recording that patch, I broke out a stereo pair of coil pickups which allow me to record electronic sounds emanating from devices and the environment. I moved the coils around the various modules...
2015-06-2006 min
337is (three three seven is)Disquieting: Preparing To DreamA preparatory piece for this week's Disquiet Junto. You can hear the sound of this patch dreaming here: https://soundcloud.com/337is/dreaming-disquiet0181-instrumentaldream
2015-06-2017 min
2015-06-1007 min
337is (three three seven is)Love Light Fancy (An Occasional Berceuse For Louis Vierne)Love Light Fancy (An Occasional Berceuse For Louis Vierne) by 337is (three three seven is)
2015-06-0907 min
337is (three three seven is)337is 4'33"In honor of having 433 followers on my SoundCloud Page I pay homage to John Cage with my rendition of 4'33" for modular synthesizer.
2015-05-1104 min