#31

Here’s mine: https://soundcloud.com/plusch/protracted-disquiet0299

I used a part of a MIDI file from a modulation study I composed, and slowed it to 10 bpm. I had the MIDI file play a Zebra2 preset (HS 12-String Sitar)and added MFM2 delay to lengthen the sustain of the notes, Permut8 for texture, and plenty of ValhallaRoom reverb.

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#32

https://soundcloud.com/vgmrmojo/602-bpm-disquiet0299

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#33

This is my first submission to Disquiet Junto. I’ve been subscribed for ages and love reading the posts to get ideas, but I hadn’t made time for a track until now.

After reading that 10BPM DANCE CLUB wanted to play ridiculously slow songs for a “dance party,” I decided to use TR-909 drum samples for that classic house feel. It was grueling to try to make something one could conceivably dance to at 10bpm (and an extra challenge because Ableton only goes to 20bpm). I ended up adding some faster triplet rhythms towards the end to give it a 3/4 feel that you could at least tap your foot to.

Everything produced with Ableton stock plug-ins with a few personal field recordings for instrument samples and two song samples for additional ornamentation (Cyndi Lauper’s “Yeah Yeah” & tUnE-yArDs’ “Bizness”).

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#34

Welcome to the Junto. So glad you could join in.

#35

This is my contribution: https://soundcloud.com/ph_vs_f/walts-waltz

First of all, Ableton Live made it hard for me because the minimum speed is 20 BPM ;-). But with some mathematics and metric changes it worked.

The basis were two samples (door and smashing class). Then I added a jazz waltz drum loop slowed down. The artifacts of the loop (cymbals) are strictly intended. Next was a drone sound added with some random effects and panning.

The piano (Pianoteq 6, quite detuned) was played live in one take. At last, an improvation with Lyra-4 synth was added.

I thought of some abandoned dance hall, poor drunken Walt is leaving after the last dance…

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#36

I took a public domain version of Strauss’ Blue Danube, cut a bit out and sloooooooowwwwweeed it down using Ableton eventually got a mix of slowed/pitched pieces that are at 10 BPM that I like. It felt like it just had to be a long piece, an intro at 10BPM ain’t gonna pass fast… Some drums do come in if you have patience.

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#37

https://soundcloud.com/triermusic/central-10ent-disquiet0299

This was impossible to resist. I tried a couple of different strategies, but my favorite tended to be making a cool track at a “normal” tempo for dance music and then slowing it down considerably. I like the idea that a short melody will feel like a long, disconnected figure. It’s like how an ent might perceive time vs. a human.

A relatively short chunk of fast dance music (about a minute?) gave me a long-enough slow-dance track. The vibe I wanted after that was a proto-dubstep vibe, with lots of echoes and delays shimmering around space. The vibe ended up similar to ambient music, which is ok with me.

Writing a fast track and then working with it at a very slow tempo feels very John Cage to me, in a “suppressing the composer’s will” kind of way. I am looking forward to hearing what others did.

(Oh, and also we were apparently supposed to write something in 3/4. I did not do that.)

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#38

10 BPM - wow - that presented some unexpected challenges, especially in 3/4! I did not want to add too many notes, lest it feel like it was faster than 10 bpm. It is VERY difficult to play in time at 10 bpm! I laid down the effected guitar first, then layered other synths and sounds on top in Ableton Live. The odd warbles here and there are the Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV1. The final arrangement came together rather quickly. Then some fun with various reverbs in mixing.

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#39

Nice rhythm work keeping it that slow

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#40

Just under the wire, again:
https://soundcloud.com/mtnviewmark-bits/subtle-waltz-disquiet0299

Not much process in the one other than just running by intuition.
Ableton only goes down to 20bpm, so I composed it in 3/2.
One thing I noticed: It just took so much longer: Each replay of a section, each listen through, etc… took that much more time.

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#41

Always amazed at the amount of thought, music, and philosophy you manage to pack into a Junto work! Simply (complexly) lovelyl!

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#42

I really loved the downbeat feel of this - easy to imagine it being used in a film soundtrack.

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#43

Love the track - though I initially mis-read the title as ‘10 cent’ - like it is 50 Cent’s little brother :wink:

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#44

I’m really impressed you played this live! Must have felt meditative…

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#45

This feels very cohesive! From listening to it I’d assume you make 10 bpm all the time :smiley: The synth has a nice retro vibe, it felt Stranger Things-ish or like John Carpenter’s best work…

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#46

Thank you – that is very kind of you :smiley:

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#47

Thanks! Admittedly, drum machine subdivions which are later muted helped greatly.

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#48

I like how i still get the sense of the “sway” of the waltz. Ethereal.

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#49

This felt like there was a whole story being unfolded - like a sort of cyber-punk film noir. Really enjoyed it!

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#50

New to the disquiet thing - great to be involved! Here’s my little offering for 0299:

https://soundcloud.com/half-unusual/half-waltz-disquiet0299

(brief description on soundcloud re process on track - and just realised I missed the deadline :-/)

:wink:

h u

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