Disquiet Junto Project 0717: Generation Gambit
Dear Members of the Disquiet Junto,
Not much to report. Super hot here — hottest day of the year on Tuesday. Such a fun project this past week, with everyone imagining they were, in fact, a band called Dense Fog Advisory. This week’s project shifts from weather to ancestors. Instructions appear below, and at disquiet.com/0717.
Thanks, as always, for your generosity with your time, creativity, and curiosity.
Best from San Francisco,
Marc Weidenbaum
marc@disquiet.com
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Disquiet Junto Project 0717: Generation Gambit
The Assignment: Layer two eras of recordings, one of them imaginary.
Step 1: Imagine some long ago ancestor of yours, one who also made music. This doesn’t have to be a real person.
Step 2: Record a rough track that is supposedly by your ancestor from Step 1. It should be evident in the sound that this recording is quite old (e.g., warble, surface noise, degradation).
Step 3: Record something on top of the ancestor track from Step 2, so the result is a combination of your contemporary sounds and your (perhaps fictional) ancestor’s antiquated sounds.
Tasks Upon Completion:
Label: Include “disquiet0717” (no spaces/quotes) in the name of your track.
Upload: A person participating in the Disquiet Junto should post only one track per weekly project (SoundCloud account preferred but not required). If on occasion you feel inspired to post more than one track (whether to a single account or across multiple accounts), you should clarify which is the “main” rendition for consideration by fellow members and (if on SoundCloud) for inclusion in the SoundCloud playlist.
Share: Post your track and a description/explanation at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0717-generation-gambit/
Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.
Additional Details:
Length: The length is up to you. How many years have transpired?
Deadline: Monday, September 29, 2025, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.
About: https://disquiet.com/junto/
Newsletter: https://juntoletter.disquiet.com/
License: It’s preferred (but not required) to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., an attribution Creative Commons license).
Please Include When Posting Your Track:
More on the 717th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Generation Gambit — The Assignment: Layer two eras of recordings, one of them imaginary — at https://disquiet.com/0717/.