disquiet0034-theradius, disquiet Kaboodle Sound
Sir Cumference [disquiet0034-theradius]

Created for the Disquiet Junto.

Assignment:

"This is a shared-sample project. The sample is the opening jingle (or "sound logo") for the excellent Chicago-based series called Radius. The series is broadcast in Chicago at 88.9 FM. Its jingle is titled "Radius loop."

"You will make an original piece of music in which the sample will serve as your sole sound source. Your track will open with the jingle/logo running in full. As it comes to a close, you will segue into an original piece of music built from a transformation of that jingle/logo. You can transform this source audio as you please, but you cannot include any additional sounds.

The jingle/logo, which is just 14 seconds long, can be downloaded from here:

theradius.us/about

"Background: The Radius show's goal is "to support work that engages the tonal and public spaces of the electromagnetic spectrum." The goal of this Disquiet Junto project is to explore the idea of a radio show's theme song, its jingle/logo; we'll do this by imagining that the jingle/logo is in fact the subject of such a show's entire content, rather than simply its opening introduction. "

Method:

Cut up the 14 second track into 19 separate samples in Audacity. Fed them all to an Electribe ESX, and played with the parts. No other sounds were used - all sounds were manipulated with combinations of pitch modulation, low-pass filters, delay and cutoff and amp modulation. The finished track was played through a KP3 Kaoss pad, which had a dub-style delay on, fairly low.

This track bears certain similarities with last week's track - I guess I couldn't get the rhythm out of my head.

I wanted to make the track longer, but don't have as much time as I'd like at the moment!

The first 14 seconds of the track are the original loop, at the end of which my track instantly starts.

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The track image is adapted from this:

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil...3%AD_radius.jpg

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More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
Disquiet Junto