Disquiet Junto Project 0362: Operational Surrealism

otolythe · 2018-12-10T18:14:40.350Z

the carnivalesque has funhouses, sure, but what are those weird mirrors really reflecting? is it that something wicked this way comes, or does it not come fast enough? what happens when dreams are disrupted; is an irruption into the real the most real, or the real’s undoing? questions, questions… and thx for the reference to Toby Dammit — I looked it up as I was unfamiliar; loves me some Poe, oh yes

GLSmyth · 2018-12-10T21:33:31.993Z

I will probably be the last one to submit this week, but just possibly better late than never.

The idea here was to work with two dissimilar items, in this case a twelve-tone row and a tonal center. The more I worked on this the more I was able to find, and with hours to go before the deadline for completing the piece, I am offering what is part of what should become a much larger piece, as I still see numerous opportunities for playing with this idea.

A Sewing-Machine And An Umbrella was written for Flute, Clarinet, Trombone, Violin, Viola and Cello.

The score is available at http://bit.ly/2Ecb2hm

Ruairi · 2018-12-10T23:59:12.399Z

The umbrella and sewing machine were the samples I used
The chance was in the randomness of throwing it together until stuff worked (beauty)
The dissecting table was FL Studio
The whole undertaking was surreal

BennDeMole · 2018-12-11T02:28:01.365Z

Dissecting-table drone,
Glitchy sewing beats,
Chance random Gestrument umbrellaic instruments,
Is there beauty in the flute?

project-dirigent · 2018-12-11T03:51:03.101Z

Don_Stanley · 2018-12-11T04:41:57.998Z

Missing a “Baz” … ie a low end.

Yasha · 2018-12-11T05:42:13.398Z

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ikjoyce · 2018-12-11T10:04:44.222Z

Like a lost Ives piece. Lovely and mysterious. Bravo.

otolythe · 2018-12-11T14:29:52.261Z

beautiful piece — it doesn’t even sound like you’re “working with”, it just sounds like music. and the score is equally austere and lovely, thanks for posting it as well! from our vantage point in the 21st century, surrealism could be said to be “classical”…looking forward to hearing its next iteration

otolythe · 2018-12-11T14:52:47.060Z

surreal disco is the best disco! I had no idea of the dance potential of these domestic implements/instruments

otolythe · 2018-12-11T14:56:10.239Z

delicate and mesmerizing, the depths of the eternal abyss and the temporal ship floating over, unawares…

otolythe · 2018-12-11T15:05:35.235Z

incremental incidental percussive builds to melody or rhythmic patterns, before bursting briefly apart, then building, differently, again – love your interpretation of appliances by instruments, yet another layer of surrealist gesture

otolythe · 2018-12-11T15:09:13.771Z

hooked on bach meets hooked on breton meets the pace of change is accelerating these days, everyone says so meets hooked on noyze: nice!

otolythe · 2018-12-11T15:15:16.721Z

I FOR ONE welcome our new robot overlords — so long as they are composed of happy accidents and snippets of previously broadcast instruction and delight

Hawthorn · 2018-12-11T18:01:19.968Z

HOW did I miss that it’s a Satie rip-off! I’ll blame the fact that I’m only ever half-awake when I hear it

Hawthorn · 2018-12-11T18:03:28.613Z

Hahaha! Yep, very voyeuristic!

petesasqwax · 2018-12-12T00:47:26.663Z

I don’t fully grasp what the remit is, but I love what I’m hearing, have read the FAQ and 100% want to get involved with the next one!

disquiet · 2018-12-12T01:12:57.814Z

Cool. Great to have you join in. The basic idea is that every Thursday a different project goes out (tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto), and you have until the following Monday at 11:59pm to post a track in response to the assignment.

petesasqwax · 2018-12-12T07:15:10.961Z

Brilliant - I’ve signed up for the email and am ready to go tomorrow.

otolythe · 2018-12-12T15:07:27.304Z

because it was the EDM version lol – wait that’s an idea! make over gymnopédie No. 1 in your chosen genre: metal gymnopédie, britpop gymnopédie, R&B gymnopédie, high school choir gymnopédie, slowed-down-800% gymnopédie…