Exoplanetary Phases - disquiet0272 by Daniel Diaz

Disquiet Junto Project 0272: Exoplanetary Intervals
The Assignment: Use music to express the relationships between planets.

Exoplanetary Ingredients:
Backround sound courtesy of NASA.
Electric Bass Guitar (Drake DIAZ CUSTOM5) 6 tracks
Synthesizer
Reverb and filters

Exoplanetary Recipe:
1-Download some background sounds from NASA’s site, to create the right ambience.
2-Record a click track with 2 harmonics (D+G) on El. Bass, playing a 5 beat pattern (five 1/4th notes)
3-Create a simple, not really earthy harmony: E7#9 – EbMaj7 – G/D, performed on a warm synth pad.
4-Play that harmony in 4 partswith short rhythmic notes (1/4th) with four El.Basses.
5-Following Mark Lentczner’s excellent dissection on the TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanets: the ratios of the orbits are 8:5 , 5:3 , 3:2 (twice) and 4:3
So first harmony voice (bass1) performs 8 notes every 5 clicks, second harmony voice (bass2) perform its voice on 5:3 (5 notes every 3 clicks) etc.
6-Add a low bass part performing the tonics in a 3+2 beat pattern .
7-Add one instance of bFilter to each voice, play with its cutoff and drive.

Photo courtesy of www.nasa.gov

http://www.trappist.one/

It’s been a while since I don’t follow this “intellectual” modus-operandi instead of the usual “musical” one, trusting my ears.
Here I followed the exoplanet orbit’s ratios to create a coherent yet out of phase poly-rhythm. Recorded each track just listening to my 5 beat click (harmonics). Then I un-soloed every track to hear how this mess sounded like.
Well, it has that cosmological Steve Reich side that’s charming, but it still sounds as messy as it was supposed to.
Comments are welcome more than ever!
Love DD

http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/dj/trappist.html6

Recently, scientists announced the discovery of a nearby star system, TRAPPIST-1. Orbiting its ultra-cool dwarf star are seven planets, three in the habitable zone. From the slowest, the planets orbit at: 1x, 4/3x 2x, 3x, 5x, 8x. Create an original musical composition that explores the exoplanets’ relationships.

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:
llllllll.co/t/exoplanetary-interv-disquiet-junto-project-0272

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/