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The Assignment: Record a piece of music in this imaginary genre: “rude mechanicals.” Went back to my vaults, all the metals and household objects I recorded for my CD “Musique Mecanique” back in 2010. An album that could be filed under the “Rude Mechanicals” genre. Also recorded some fresh tracks, mostly metallic objects and instruments: […]

-8 tracks of Tibetan bowls (drone and hits) some treated and pitched. -2 tracks of Koshi chimes, one natural, another pitched 8ve low -1 track of Ultra Analog VA synth pad -40 seconds Lexicon reverb, delays, convolution reverb Performed by DD , June 2018 Paris, France. Photo by @ablaut FREE DOWNLOAD Cretaed for Ambient Online […]

Composed and performed by DD Accordina Multiple upright basses (pizz and bowed, string section) Glockenspiel Classical guitar Ukulele (mandolin style picking) Harmonium Violin and viola samples (several sample libraries) Dedicated to: Friedensreich Hundertwasser Mario Averbuj Andrea Averbuj Die Stadt Wien Mr Kite 24 bit 96kHz master

Composed and performed by DD in Paris, France, May 2018. Tibetan bowls Shakuhachi Melodica Hohner Treated dulcimer Clocks Tongue drums (treated) Matrix 12 synth pad Voices Music for this haiku: “A snail raising its horns: edge of the well” Photo by Benjamin Robin Jespersen Poem by Natsume Sôseki

Created for: Disquiet Junto Project 0331: Born Under a Bad Sine What does it sound like when a robot has the blues? Can’t quite tell for other cities, but believe me: this is the kind of music robots like to listen to in my hometown when they get sad and low. Buenos Aires is a […]

music boxes carillons clock bells metal tubes FM8 synthesizer Geo Generator performed by DD in Paris, France, April 2018. Free Download created for Ambient Online Image inspired Dare 26

Created for: Disquiet Junto Project 0328: Sonic Pentimento That word is “pentimento,” which is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “a reappearance in a painting of an original drawn or painted element which was eventually painted over by the artist.” Familiarize yourself with the term. Think about how the term “pentimento” can be borrowed from […]

Sine waveforms from these synths: z3Ta Emu Vintage Keys Ultra Analog by AAS Vinyl noise sampled from my personal collection. Created on a rush, March 31st 2018 in Paris for: Disquiet Junto Project 0326: Wave Turntable The challenge: Compose a short piece of music using only sine waves and the surface sounds of vinyl played […]