From common clay [Disquiet0284] by Tuonela

Disquiet Junto Project 0284: Creative Commonfield

Used a 5 minute segment from about 35 minutes in, shortened and then stretched into an uneven drone full of ambient weirdness that runs throughout.

This was also fed into The Mangle (demo copy) and treated with unusual restraint (for me). This provides the ‘melodic’ content in the second half.

The final ten minutes were gently improvised on using ambient v.3 software, producing the bell-like section in the first half.

Illustration is of the kiln god “Leif, Guardian of MugPhlutes and Ceramic Musical Instruments”, sculpture and photo by Paul Chenoweth

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Disquiet Junto Project 0284: Creative Commonfield

Make ambient music from the sound of clay bowls.

Step 1: We’ll be making ambient recordings this week based on source audio from the artist Chris Kallmyer. He recorded the music using bells and bowls he constructed from clay sourced on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis. Download the source audio from here:

https://goo.gl/Jb5CGU

Step 2: The goal is to make recordings that can also be played in the San Francisco gallery FraenkelLAB, where Kallmyer’s work is currently on display as part of the exhibit “Listening Is a Luxury.” I’ll be giving a talk there on Friday, June 16, and I’ll have some of the music audible in the background as well as before and after the talk.

Step 3: Among Kallmyer’s sonic objects made from the St. Louis clay are ceramic bowls. When making a piece of music from the source audio please do the following: (A) use no additional source audio, (B) aim for a sound that is just as gentle as the source audio, (C) consider using stereo effects to reflect the circular shape of the bowls. (Note: I might make an edit of the tracks — a ceramic chime mixtape, as it were — for the event.)

More on this 284th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Creative Commonfield: Make ambient music from the sound of clay bowls. — at:

https://disquiet.com/0284/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/