Two Memories Gradient (disquiet0463) by Daniel Diaz published on 2020-11-13T13:22:16Z 1st Section: Bb Major synthesizers performed by DD 2nd Section: A major/minor. Performed by Flute (Bobby Rangell, Denver USA) Percussion (Nico Arnicho, Montevideo Uruguay) Fretless Bass, bowed basses drone (Daniel Diaz, Buenos Aires, Argentina) Recorded circa 2007 in Paris, reworked and remixed Friday November 13th 2020. Photo by Louis Maniquet For this challenge: Step 1: Think about how a gradient functions, as one thing transitions into another. Step 2: Make a short piece of music that aims to explore the idea of a gradient in sound. As mentioned on a previous junto, lately, when I have time, I’m recycling old masters I got back this summer from a publisher deal, I have dozens of 10 or 15 years old tracks to re-listen, re-work and release or use at will. For this junto I decided to do a gradient between two old tracks: one completely electronic (synths and treatments) and one acoustic (live in the studio performance with actual musicians and instruments) It starts with the electro-drone song , and instead of just crossfading volumes between tracks I decided to make my own interpretation of gradient: the second song’s tracks start unmuting one by one, starting with the flute and some percussion, then bass, etc, while the first song’s tracks start fading or muting one by one. To make things interested, the first song is in the key of Bb major, while the second plays around A major and A minor, so the long middle section of this track, where the mutation happens, is in two superimposed keys, providing dissonance and instability instead of the original track’s clear mood. Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-pr…aking-the-gradient/ Genre electro-acoustic experimental Comment by Noodle Twister Most wonderful 2020-11-18T15:38:23Z Comment by undermulden Beautiful track(s) 2020-11-17T22:48:21Z Comment by Grávido trueno Siempre es un placer escuchar tu música🙏 2020-11-17T13:22:26Z Comment by El Cjadaldiaul very nice, the gradient worked perfectly :-) 2020-11-16T20:55:42Z Comment by Suss Müsik Just a wonderful musical journey, from one realm to another, like watching liquid of different viscosities blend into each other. 2020-11-16T14:16:49Z Comment by Jet Jaguar (NZ) Really enjoyable - the polytonality is surprisingly easy going and first, gets pretty gnarly in the middle, and then the closing section is just really nice! Much more interesting than just a cross fade 2020-11-16T00:33:55Z Comment by Fake Genius lovely feel 2020-11-15T08:59:52Z Comment by Fake Genius love the flute here 2020-11-15T08:59:13Z Comment by Detritus Tabu3 man that sub is perfect. 2020-11-14T06:43:27Z Comment by NorthWoods beautiful! what is the scale/mode the flute is playing? 2020-11-14T02:52:38Z Comment by P a b l o Beautiful soundwaves and divine flowing feeling 2020-11-13T14:00:48Z