Electronic, disquiet0355 sevenism
vivisected (disquiet0355)

warning : this is a bit intense

i was reading kamila shamsie's novel home fire which is brilliant and fearless.
when the project email came thru i'd just read this section and it freaked me out a bit, a horrifying synchronicity:

"..he worked in the studio on sound effects of beheadings, crucifixions, whipping. This was both a test and a punishment. In the studio, he had control of himself. Abstracting himself to that place where nothing but getting the sound right mattered. The fascination of discovering the different pitch and timbre of a nail through flesh, a blade through flesh. Some men were men in their dying screams, some were animals. He, Mohammad bin Bagram, now numbered himself among the animals." (pp 169-70)

also some of my work as a therapist is evident to me in the music.. at least it's authentic!

i had two random arp patches running thru synthmaster, the sound really seemed to fit: arp gate cuts, cutoffs adjusted, delay feedback howl. i thought about not posting this track.

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Disquiet Junto Project 0355: Sonic Vivisection
The Assignment: Operate with incisions on a live sound in real time.

Step 1: Consider the concept of vivisection, or “the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation,” per the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Step 2: Consider how that term might be applied to sound — for example, enacting cuts into a live sound source in real time.