Shows
junklightmechanical heartnoisy beat oriented music2024-12-0105 min
junklightsailing to oriona little sequencer driven thing that came out of todays practice......2024-11-2407 min
junklightAnd The Circle And The Treefirst outing for my "groove" case https://modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2430896
After quite a long hiatus this year - mostly just lack of time in which to make music sadly - back to exploring the groove as a concept.
(& if you like this can I recommend https://junklight.bandcamp.com/album/until-the-apocalypse-comes :-) )2024-10-2008 min
junklight[disquiet0666] DescentMore Angel Heart than burning fires but there you go.....
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0666-beauty-and-the-beast/2024-10-0307 min
junklightInnsmouth daystrying to get the old music making muscles restarted after a lull2024-08-2204 min
junklightNever fallelectronic groove2024-07-1306 min
junklightAn Echo Calling Homegetting back in the saddle making some music.
playing with new synths - ID700 , chroma and sax2024-06-2203 min
junklightLight In The Windtracker experiments2024-06-0102 min
junklightIn a silent agea moment2024-03-1502 min
junklightFireflightambient with a hint of the world being on fire2024-03-0308 min
junklightGlass and Onionsmostly just learning the t1 so bit more accessible than my usual rubbish2024-01-0204 min
junklightRather Unreasonableback on my Relabi based nonsense.Nearly, but not quite techno
for the people who actually listen.......2023-12-1608 min
junklightEverything Falls Apartthings2023-12-1304 min
junklightWe Take Ourselves OutIn all these moments. Time stopped. Couldn’t understand. The clock not moving. All aswirl. now we leave. We take ourselves out. Outside. And into the maelstrom. Holding hands together. Making sure we don’t loose each other and all the time we look and analyse. But how will we know. Indeed. How will we know. And can you even see it. Look my friend look. And in the midst of it you must stop. Stop I say. Stop. These moments. Between the movements of the hands. Stopped as they are. These moments are for hiding in. For living in. For...2023-12-0722 min
junklightCould Be Fallingdunno2023-12-0205 min
junklightInharmonic Lovegot all my hardware plugged back in again, had a nap and couldn't resist
kind of like the contrasts in this - chilled out but also jarring2023-11-2613 min
junklightdisquiet0621 - Victoryrecorded for Disquiet Junto
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0621-the-leftovers/64999
Taken from a collection of improvisations using this https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2110722
it took on an unexpected life of its own when I started doing the junto project......2023-11-2505 min
junklightPalace of Versailles, Dawn, March 22 1790experiments in serialism
Ideally you would listen to this very loud in an empty palace…2023-10-3016 min
junklightUnder the Skytechno adjacent slinkiness2023-10-0607 min
junklightHigh Priestessin the mountains2023-09-1706 min
junklight_f_y_v_this is a "side quest" piece of music. My experimentation on something else reminded me of Mille Plateaux, glitch music and clicks and cuts and I put this together2023-09-0108 min
junklightMaps Drawn in Dreamslook, I've needed to get this sax thing out of my system for a while so hard luck......2023-08-1905 min
junklightDecadesfurther transmissions from Viriconium2023-07-2303 min
junklightOrdinary fencesI liked the rhythm in this patch I made2023-07-2204 min
junklightThe Wrong Pathwhat do you mean it's not a pop song - it's three minutes long what more do you want!!!!!2023-07-1503 min
junklightBackwingdubcrow finally understands........2023-07-0905 min
junklightThe Hand That Liftsstrange rhythms2023-07-0104 min
junklightDigitalisone of those rare times when I preferred a later take rather than the first2023-06-2903 min
junklightSunlight In Your Petrochemical Heartworking on something larger but this little piece came together out of the ideas I was working on2023-06-2303 min
junklightDancing Barefoot On The Cool Forest Floorshort improvisation with modular & piano and pedals - just trying to let the music flow and not letting thinking get in the way2023-06-0904 min
junklightUnfolding In Reflected LightMeditative and Generative and somehow encompassing recent obsessions including old school frippertronics, frequencies and chaotic generative systems not to mention a nice dress2023-06-0107 min
junklightAs We Cross The Borderthere is something that this track captures that I couldn't leave alone2023-05-1703 min
junklightSomeone Elses Apocolypsedunno. just made this and here you are!2023-05-0702 min
junklightHead Bowed, Voice Quiet, In The Warm Winda piano improvisation with uncertain loops2023-04-3005 min
junklightBright Colourssomething bright & frenetic for a change!2023-04-2404 min
junklightYear After Yearin one of those moody beats and melancholy strings kind of moods......2023-04-2303 min
junklightUncoil Into The OceanI've alway loved Earth & Dylan Carlsons playing, inspired by that and things like Wooden Shjips
primarily make noise modular - my pseudo shared system plus Strega and 0_Coast - also using Screen Violence by OBNE2023-04-1414 min
junklightLament (for Paul)thinking about a friend whose funeral it is today2023-04-0106 min
junklightCould You Understand In A Flat Landscapea fresh chapter and new understanding on the subject of the absent detective.......
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oh rain by the brilliant _blank who is my go to for rain samples
https://archive.org/details/aporee_23718_27569
)2023-03-2606 min
junklightMemory Wavesome chilled out beats2023-03-1906 min
junklightYou, History and the Moonelectronics and cello improvisation2023-03-1403 min
junklightSnowfalla snowy improvisation with piano and electronics2023-03-1005 min
junklightLimpl Pasestill tinkering with non linear grids2023-02-1903 min
junklightSending And Recievingescape from the grid!2023-02-1506 min
junklightIn Golden Light,before The Noisea pastoral meditation. Getting myself back into this "actually making music & not just tinkering with tools" thing2023-02-0410 min
junklightSong Of The Molluscsome small music2022-12-3105 min
junklightThe Evening Witchtoo much work and not enough music making of late2022-11-0803 min
junklight[0556: Gabber Ambient] Just Another Extra In A Police Proceduralthis weeks Disquiet is to make 200bpm ambient - who could resist a challenge like that
Not really sure if it is either gabber or ambient but it is at 220 bpm!
I'm sure in the right state of mind this could take you places!2022-08-2507 min
junklightSea TowersI have discovered lofi pedals :-)2022-08-0605 min
junklightLaumaI rather liked this bit taken from a recent improvisation session2022-08-0404 min
junklightdisquiet0549 Far Edge Of The Worldfollowing a prompt
Step 1: Think about stereo for a moment.
Step 2: Now think about it a bit more — specifically, think less about using stereo as a means to give a sense of a physical space to a recording, and more about using stereo as a compositional tool.
Step 3: Record a piece of music in which you engage with stereo based on the ideas you formulated in Step 1 and Step 2.2022-07-0706 min
junklightdisquiet0548 Dark forestAnother Disquiet piece
"Make some drone music from nothing other than the sound of your own voice. You can manipulate and layer your voice, but please add no other instrumentation."
I'll post a blog post about it later or tomorrow....and put the link here2022-07-0209 min
junklightwe have been in the sunnot the usual - messing about with my new studio additions and playing with the iOS apps Autony and Cality2022-06-2004 min
junklightThursdayA little improvisation that came together while organising my latest music studio setup2022-06-1608 min
junklightThe Waking Of Summers GodsA quiet hymn for the waking of the land
(made with this wonderful sample https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/the-quiet-choir/ )2022-05-3103 min
junklightDancer On The Plateau [disquiet0541]A piece made for https://disquiet.com
read more at https://junklight.com/new-blog-1/2022/5/13/dancer-on-the-plateau
(bone scan in the image by Brad Short https://sketchfab.com/dbshort)2022-05-1311 min
junklightNewtoysA new thing arrived and very lovely it is too!!2022-04-2902 min
junklightThe Hand That Bitesthe other side of the coin2022-04-2406 min
junklightThe Mouth That FeedsThis is kind of what I hoped "disintegration loops" might have sounded like.....2022-04-2409 min
junklightDay Of The Decapodmore private music to help keep the nonsense at bay
(you may have briefly seen an earlier different version of this upload - I uploading the wrong file. cabbage)2021-12-1603 min
junklightPrivate Places IIncreasingly I'm finding music an escape. Gone are the grand concepts and plans - I just sit down and play as often as I can, letting the sound take me where it will. Beauty in the maelstrom, silence in the noise.2021-12-1405 min
junklightAlexandria SketchI've had an idea for a project - based almost entirely on a track title - for a little while. For it I want something that kind of evokes 1930's Alexandria. this is almost certainly NOT it but has a lot of what I was looking for2021-10-1704 min
junklightGlad Of The Distance Between UsI found the bass while just messing about with the morphagene and this little track came about all on its own
I think the bass sound is something I recorded from the 0-c0ast - the lead sound certainly is an the "piano" is the Argon82021-10-0704 min
junklightBallet For The Days Enda short improvisation on my new system2021-09-2903 min
junklightA New GrooveThis is a "plunderphonics" track where it was made over the top of another piece of music and then the original piece of music was removed leaving only my stuff .
In this case the track was a Sophie Ellis Bextor track2021-09-2003 min
junklightBetween The Starsjust giving my new music setup a quick run out.....2021-09-0203 min
junklightWhere the river joinsWhere the river joins by junklight2021-07-0105 min
junklightdisquiet0483 Absent WordsAnother visit to the absent detective for Disquiet Junto
This weeks instructions were to use a recording of typing as the rhythmic basis of a track. For some reason despite not having taken part for sometime this grabbed my imagination.
Most of the track apart from the solo is a supercollider program. Using machine listening to derive the timing from my typing. Despite my original intentions being very different the combination of typing and the patterns somehow got me in a blade runner/noir kind of mood and I leaned right into that. Indulgent but sod it
If you are...2021-04-0204 min
junklightdisquiet0483 - Absent WordsAnother visit to the absent detective for Disquiet Junto
This weeks instructions were to use a recording of typing as the rhythmic basis of a track. For some reason despite not having taken part for sometime this grabbed my imagination.
Most of the track apart from the solo is a supercollider program. Using machine listening to derive the timing from my typing. Despite my original intentions being very different the combination of typing and the patterns somehow got me in a blade runner/noir kind of mood and I leaned right into that. Indulgent but sod it
If you are...2021-04-0204 min
junklightNever Quite FallingMy fingers don't get on with the guitar fretboard - not nimble or flexible enough. Despite that I love the sounds of it as an instrument and one thing I'm particularly fond of is finger style guitar playing.
in all my years of making electronic music I've never really found any decent emulation of it - most guitar stuff for producers is sample based anyway. As I've become more fluent in Supercollider I realised it would be an ideal way to build an emulation I could use in the way I wanted to with much more control than sample based...2021-03-1401 min
junklightWinters ChildI kind of like this but it doesn't really fit with any of the larger projects I'm working on so putting it here2021-01-2709 min
junklightRelentless daysAnother one I'm not sure if I submitted or not
Abstract and quiet2021-01-1704 min
junklightThe Raging TorrentAs far as I know this was also made for the Dark Outside
not sure if I sent this one or if it was just in reserve
The voice is the wonderful Melissa Harrison talking about rain2021-01-1706 min
junklightBeyond These WallsAnother Dark outside piece. This one is one of those improvisations that come out of nowhere. I'd recorded a ton of bits & pieces which I was going to work into something and then at the end of the day just sat down in front of the modular & synths I had set up and just played this as is. & fortunately for me I was recording at the time....
late night music thinking of better times in lockdown......2021-01-1708 min
junklightA Being That ExistsRecorded for the Dark Outside this is part of a project I conceived just before a several month creative "drought" where I completely any drive to make music.
The text is generated with GPT-2 a machine learning algorithm that was trained on a vast corpus of text drawn from the internet. To my mind this is the ultimate cultural sampler as the next step after sampling verbatim sections of audio and video - this is synthesising something new from textual samples. Interestingly the text had to be edited to remove sections were the algorithm veered off into less savoury content...2021-01-1704 min
junklightYou Againis the music returning? who can tell......2020-12-3004 min
junklightWater Under WaterFirst music to arrive for a while. Play it loud enough that the windows are rattling2020-08-2507 min
junklightThe Ghosts That Gather As The Days Pass.2020-08-1002 min
junklightdisquiet0441 River Stonesdisquiet0441 River Stones by junklight2020-06-1405 min
junklightdisquiet0440 Scales Scrapped Off A FishThere is just one step: Throw off the shackles of A440 and make a piece of music in your favorite alternate tuning.
Drone & frequencies2020-06-0607 min
junklightThe Moment We FellThe Moment We Fell by junklight2020-05-2716 min
junklightField Recording - My Backyard - late afternoon - 8 May 2020 - disquiet0436This week sounds from around the world - check out other sounds with the same tag.
This is from my backyard just now
Step 1: Make a field recording, indoors or outdoors. Your recording may be of any length. If you make your recording outdoors, be attentive to sounds of nature that are now more audible due to restrictions on human activity during the pandemic. If you are under strict quarantine and cannot go outside, create your soundscape indoors, capturing the domestic sounds that you consider characteristic of your current circumstances.
Step 2: Upload your recording per the standard Junto instructions below.
...2020-05-0808 min
junklightEndless Now (disquiet0435)The Disquiet Junto is fairly freeform this week. This is about lots of things but there is a reason I make music rather than writing them down these days........2020-05-0404 min
junklightEmpty Trainsthis was a live stream but forgot to switch scenes to the one of me playing. D'oh
Will have another go with the same setup and see if I can get a good video.
But I really liked the music so posting it
rain recorded by _blank https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22_blank+%5Bat%5D+null66913%222020-04-0912 min
junklightThe Light Will Come Againbeen a music day rather than a coding day - lots of soundscaping with Islands2020-03-2908 min
junklightCROWDED disquiet0430A further installment in the Disquiet solitary ensembles.
I used this track as a basis https://soundcloud.com/petejahn/crowds-disquiet0429?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0429
Step 1: This week’s Disquiet Junto project is the second in a sequence intended to encourage and reward asynchronous collaboration. This week you will be adding music to a pre-existing track, which you will source from the previous week’s Junto project (disquiet.com/0429 4). Note that you aren’t creating a duet — you’re creating the second third of what will eventually be a trio. Keep this in mind. Leave space for what is yet to come.
Step...2020-03-2902 min
junklightOld Earth (a beginning)- disquiet0429The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio that others will complete.
Step 1: This week’s Junto project is the first in a sequence intended to invite, encourage, and reward collaboration. You will be recording something with the understanding that it will remain unfinished for the time being.
Step 2: The plan is for you to record a short and original piece of music, on any instrumentation of your choice. Conceive it as something that leaves room for something else — other instruments, other people — to join in.
Step 3: Record a short piece of music, roughly two to three minutes in length...2020-03-1903 min
junklightCrow TideCrow Tide by junklight2019-11-2306 min
junklightJunklight - The Last Day Of SummerMessing about with the Bazille Synth from u-he2019-09-2202 min
junklightSolar Day Structured The LivingSolar Day Structured The Living by junklight2019-06-1313 min
junklightDreamingDreaming by junklight2019-05-0903 min
junklightEarthrise From The Ocean Of StormsEarthrise From The Ocean Of Storms by junklight2019-01-1010 min
junklightNever Quite RecallNever Quite Recall by junklight2019-01-0608 min
junklightThe Colour Of LightThe Colour Of Light by junklight2018-03-3106 min
junklightThe Earth TurnsThe Earth Turns by junklight2018-02-0505 min
junklightTideA very short soundtrack for an instagram video https://www.instagram.com/p/Be1A3hlluwl/?taken-by=junklight2018-02-0501 min
junklightFalling WaterA short piece I made for an instagram upload (https://www.instagram.com/p/BaCX6g0lp2j/?taken-by=junklight) - I might make a longer version of this, it feels like it needs a second more expansive section....2017-10-1001 min
junklightThe Spiraling HoursThe Spiraling Hours by junklight2017-06-2413 min
junklightEvening LightEvening Light by junklight2016-11-1203 min
junklightRearranging The Deck ChairsRearranging The Deck Chairs by junklight2016-06-2903 min