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An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

I have little knowledge of board games. I do remember playing Cluedo once or twice in the distant past and I have created something quite dark and unsettling to accompany the murder theme of the game, but not too intrusive or melodramatic for background music. The sounds were created using Pure Data with some additional adjustments and effects. More on the 767th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Your Move — The Assignment: Make music to play board games to — at disquiet.com/0767.

Electronic composition, an evolving textured drone sequence with sounds from various sources including Pure Data.

An electronic composition recorded in real-time using Pure Data with algorithms to set parameters for the creation of contrapuntal rhythmic patterns. The track combines sine and sawtooth waves without effects - a 'mathematical' soundscape. More on the 766th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Rock Math — The Assignment: What kind of math will you channel? — at disquiet.com/0766.

Electronic piano tracks.

Recordings of ducks with various FX increasing in intensity. More on the 765th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Sonic Kin — The Assignment: Give space to the unheard voices of animals — at disquiet.com/0765.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

A collage of animal recordings from various sources with some additional delay and reverb. More on the 764th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Zoo Review — The Assignment: Create a sonic menagerie — at disquiet.com/0764.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

This track combines the unpleasant noise of a strimmer, somewhat slowed down, with the pleasing sounds of running water in a brook or stream (both my original field recordings) and a neutral electronic drone, a touch of reverb added. More on the 763rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Lunch Break — The Assignment: Make background music to read to midday — at disquiet.com/0763.

Electronic composition, an evolving textured drone sequence, sounds from various sources.

An electronic quasi-serialist octet created in real time using Pure Data. More on the 762nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Lunch Break — The Assignment: Make background music to read to midday — at disquiet.com

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources including Pure Data.

All the sounds in this track are derived from the original clip by Michael Vorfeld with no additional material, using Audacity to edit and assemble. It incorporates repetition, adjustments to tempo and dynamics, detuning, layering, delay, reverb and numerous other effects. More on the 760th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Harness the Light — The Assignment: Use audio of a light bulb to express the pervasiveness of energy — at disquiet.com/0760.

Electronic piano tracks, a touch of reverb added.

A combination of a couple of field recordings I made locally, a touch of delay and reverb added. More on the 759th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Rock Music — The Assignment: Make music with nothing but rocks — at disquiet.com/0759.

An electronic composition created using Pure Data and Audacity.

A random sequence of electronic piano chords with the sound of a washing machine in the background. More on the 758th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Background Noise — The Assignment: Play into the distraction — at disquiet.com/0758.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data and Audacity with reverb and delay. More on the 757th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Screen Time — The Assignment: Interpret this gauzy window treatment as an audio effect — at disquiet.com/0757.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources including Pure Data and Audacity.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources - Pure Data, Audacity, etc.

Two electronic tracks joined together by means of a longish crossfade, sounds created using Pure Data, Audacity and numerous fx. More on the 755th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Give Way — The Assignment: Combine two tracks — disquiet.com/0755

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

An electronic noise sequence interrupted at irregular intervals by clips of different contrasting sounds, created from various sources. More on the 754th weekly Disquiet Junto project, The Blip — The Assignment: Interrupt an ongoing process — disquiet.com/0754

A remix of 'Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries' sung by Rudy Vallee - available here: https://archive.org/details/RudyValleeCollection1925-1934PartTwo-DiscountLabels

An electronic composition created using Pure Data, with a touch of additional reverb, etc. Something fairly relaxing but not too hypnotic - you don't want to fall asleep at the wheel! More on the 753rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, 5 Minute Wait — The Assignment: Write outdoors hold music for a single-lane tunnel entrance delay — disquiet.com/0753.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

A sequence of six different electronic clips of storm-like noise, sounds from various sources. More on the 752nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Pong Pings — The Assignment: Contributes sounds to a 2026 Musikfestival Bern installation — disquiet.com/0752. More on Musikfestival Bern at https://musikfestivalbern.ch. Many thanks to the festival’s Tobias Reber for the invitation to again collaborate. This is the eighth consecutive year of Bern x Junto collaborations.

A mix of original field recordings and an electronic sequence.

An electronic composition which gradually slows down, sounds created using Pure Data and Audacity. More on the 751th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Gastropod Meter — The Assignment: Go slow for an imagined nature documentary — disquiet.com/0751.

'Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burned the topless towers of Ilium?' (Marlowe - Doctor Faustus) This is an electronic composition created using Pure Data, Audacity and various fx. More on the 750th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Let’s Get Heavy — The Assignment: Record something epic — disquiet.com/0750.

Electronic composition, a contrapuntal sequence created in real time using Pure Data.

I note from the Google document that lots of duos have remained unused and so I have created a third trio using the track by dandante and Bruno Blanchard (https://soundcloud.com/dandante/and-therefore-this-girl-ft.) I have added a textured drone sequence and a touch of reverb. More on the 749th weekly Disquiet Junto project, And a Three (3/3) — The Assignment: Record the final third of a trio — disquiet.com/0749.

For a second collaboration I chose the interesting duo by encym and analoc (https://soundcloud.com/encym/escort-analoc-encym-disquiet0748). I added a relatively uncomplicated electronic sequence with some lower register sounds as a kind of ground bass. More on the 749th weekly Disquiet Junto project, And a Three (3/3) — The Assignment: Record the final third of a trio — disquiet.com/0749.

An electronic composition created in real time using Pure Data, a touch of reverb added.

For this contribution I selected the track by fectoper and CJMcGregor (https://soundcloud.com/fectoper/two-of-a-nice-pair) and added a contrasting electronic sequence of mainly metallic sounds. I gave the final result a touch of reverb for added homogeneity. More on the 749th weekly Disquiet Junto project, And a Three (3/3) — The Assignment: Record the final third of a trio — disquiet.com/0749.

For a second contribution I used the track by halF unusuaL (https://soundcloud.com/half-unusual/half-spike-disquiet0747-85bpm), panned it to the left and added a second electronic noise sequence to the right. More on the 748th weekly Disquiet Junto project, And a Two (2/3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio — disquiet.com/0748.

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

I used the track by Dami Quartz (https://soundcloud.com/damikyu/and-a-one-1-3-disquiet0747) and added an electronic sequence created in real time using Pure Data & featuring a degree of indeterminacy. More on the 748th weekly Disquiet Junto project, And a Two (2/3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of a trio — disquiet.com/0748.

A mix of electronic and recorded sound, some reverb and delay added.

This track has been extracted from one of a number of unpublished, uncomplicated electronic sequences that I have had on file for some time. It was created using Pure Data. Hopefully, someone will find a use for it. By coincidence, it is already panned toward the left. More on the 747th weekly Disquiet Junto project, And a One (1/3) — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — disquiet.com/0747.

An electronic composition, textured drone sequence, sounds from various sources including Pure Data and Audacity.

An electronic composition created using Pure Data, Audacity and numerous VSTs, etc. I have not stuck exactly to the instructions here. I do not fly often but, if I do, I prefer silence at take-off. There is enough noise and stuff going on without adding to it. This track is rather an impression of what a nervous or edgy passenger might feel before and during take-off. More on the 746th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Music for Takeoff — The Assignment: Help airplane passengers get off the ground — disquiet.com/0746.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources including Pure Data.

For certain projects I like to combine different or disparate sounds or sequences to create dense textures and maybe I sometimes get carried away. Nevertheless, this composition melds two tracks of this type for even more layers of sound. It was created using various electronic sources or processes including Pure Data. More on the 745th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Double Down — The Assignment: Do something you do too much even more — disquiet.com/0745.

A live electronic composition created using Pure Data and first published as a music video soundtrack in 2023. For related video see: https://youtu.be/_qWINN11pGk

An electronic compositioon, sounds from various sources including Pure Data.

This track interweaves the cocoa sample, repeated at intervals with variations, an outdoor field recording of flowing water (with the odd bird sound), and two drone sequences, one created from an expanded version of the sample, the other electronic. More on the 744th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Cold Chocolate — The Assignment: Turn a shared sample into something refreshing — disquiet.com/0744.

An electronic composition created in real time using Pure Data.