Come On [disquiet0249]

**Production Notes** Found an interesting interview with Steve Reich in which he talked about the origins of his music. I extracted a short piece of the interview, made a even shorter one for looping and arranged the phasing loops in Ableton. It sounded completely mechanical and boring. So the Phonogene came to help. I took four 1:30 minute jams I recorded with the Make Noise Systeme Concrete (Maths, Phonogene, Echophone, MMG and Clouds were used) and added them to Ableton loops. Added and animated EQs, a hint of compression, a final gag and that’s all. Happy 80th birthday, Mr. Reich! _______________________________________________________________ **Disquiet Junto Project 0249: 80 Phases** Wish the minimalist composer Steve Reich a happy birthday. Major thanks to Neil Stringfellow for proposing and helping to craft this project. Project Steps: Step 1: October 3 marked the 80th birthday of composer Steve Reich. Prepare to record a tribute to him. Step 2: Select a short segment of sound or music that can be looped and, per Reich’s own technique, “phased.” Fortunately, the song “Happy Birthday” has entered the public do- main. Consider using it. Step 3: Take the segment from Step 2 and play it on repeat, layering the loop with slightly different timing to create a phasing effect. Play around with this, editing the loops until you have some successful or interesting sounds/accidents.  Step 4: Add some extra sounds or textures if you think the piece needs it. Five More Important Steps When Your Track Is Done: Step 1: Per the instructions below, be sure to include the project tag “disquiet0249” (no spaces) in the name of your track. If you’re posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is es- sential to my locating the tracks and creating a playlist of them. Step 2: Upload your track. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your track. Step 3: In the following discussion thread at llllllll.co please consider posting your track. (Assuming you post it on SoundCloud, a search for the tag will help me construct the playlist.) http://llllllll.co/t/happy-birthday-steve-reich-disquiet-junto-project-0249/ Step 4: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process. Step 5: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto par- ticipants. Deadline: This project was posted in the morning, California time, on Thursday, October 6, 2016, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, October 10, 2016. Length: The length is up to you. Four minutes feels about right. (...) More on this 249th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Wish the minimalist composer Steve Reich a happy birthday” — at: http://disquiet.com/0249/ More on the Disquiet Junto at: http://disquiet.com/junto/ Subscribe to project announcements here: http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/ Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: http://llllllll.co/t/happy-birthday-steve-reich-disquiet-junto-project-0249/ There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack in- clusion. Rain image by Rory MacLeod, used thanks to a Creative Commons license: flic.kr/p/bVJFJb https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/