Disquiet 0554 - P by h b published on 2022-08-11T14:09:36Z I haven't posted in a while. First of all, I modified the MIDI to the specified scale from EDM or something. Then I used a Chinese heavy metal guitar plugin to make it sound like that, and connected various effectors to it. What I wanted to express was the ocean! The ocean is slow unless it's a tsunami, so it's kind of in line with the theme. The distortion of the guitar sounds like white noise, which represents the sound of waves. I remember reading a book once that said that the sound of a ship's engine in the sound of waves means that there is something man-made mixed in with nature, and that is the key to ambient music. I don't like to listen to man-made sounds too loudly in nature (although I don't mind it when I'm in the city). But no matter how quiet I output my compositions, if the listener turns up the volume, it is meaningless! So I made the sound of the waves louder, so that the artificial sound is buried in the waves. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) ------------ Disquiet Junto Project 0554: Cage Chord The Assignment: Riff on a chord by John Cage. This project is the third of three that are being done in collaboration with the 2022 Musikfestival Bern, which will be held in Switzerland from September 7 through 11. The topic this year is “unvermittelt,” which is a little tricky to translate. Literally it’s “unmediated,” but it can also mean “sudden,” “abrupt,” or “immediate.” We are working at the invitation of Tobias Reber (@TobiasReber), an early Junto participant, who is in charge of the educational activities of the festival. This is the fourth year in a row that the Junto has collaborated with Musikfestival Bern. Select recordings resulting from these three Disquiet Junto projects will be played and displayed throughout the festival. Step 1: Consider this chord: E5 A#4 E4 D#4 Db3 C3 If MIDI is of use to you, here is a link to the chord in a MIDI file: https://disquiet.com/0554-midi Step 2: You might read up a bit about the source of the chord, the piece “Organ²/ASLSP” by John Cage. Cage desired the piece to be played “As Slow As Possible.” Currently it is being performed in Halberstadt, Germany, on a special organ that will play it for a total of 639 years. It’s been going for 21 years so far, and is at this moment playing the above chord. Read up here: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-02-04/john-cage-organ-slow-as-possible-halberstadt-germany Step 3: Produce a loopable drone (duration between one and three minutes) of your own based on that chord. Note: Submitted drones will be sequenced into one large drone piece to be played at the Cage Room, a pop-up workshop and exhibition space of the festival at Progr, Bern, Switzerland. Genre Ambient