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Marc Weidenbaum
@disquiet.bsky.social
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Disquiet.com since 1996: ambient/electronic music, field recordings, sound studies. I moderate the Disquiet Junto community of weekly music projects. I've written for The Wire, Pitchfork and Nature. I publish ThisWeekInSound.disquiet.com. Offline weekends.
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Damon Holzborn @damonholzborn.bsky.social · 8h
I’m not sure I know what a “horn whooping” sounds like, but I promise I’ll get the hell outta here if I hear a loud alarm of any sort.

Cc: @disquiet.bsky.social
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 13h
Much appreciated
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 13h
Score. Thanks.
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 14h
That is, mentioned the Woods, not the Segal. On it. Thanks.
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 14h
Only 'cause someone about 10 minutes ago mentioned it to me, so thanks indeed. Checking it out.
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 14h
Thanks for that
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 17h
On a positive note, whatever bizarre (seemingly) Cloudflare-related issues I had been having on Disquiet.com seem to be not happening during Monday's AWS outage. Here's to 21st-century snow days. :)
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 18h
I drafted a list of favorite records of the year, almost entirely ambient and/or abstract. There are a few hip-hop albums, too, by Earl Sweatshirt; Tyler, the Creator (aka Tyler who makes you use semicolons in lists like this); Little Simz; Aesop Rock. Any recommendations along those lines? Thanks.
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 18h
"Delete and play next"*

"Head to the curb"**

There’s something brutal (and, to that end, Ballardian) to the user experience language one encounters on a daily basis.

*Netflix

**Uber
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 3d
Great opening act for Rolando’s Make Noise showcase
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 3d
Barbershop update: The barber who usually has oldies playing was out for the day, the other barber was enjoying the silence, and who am I to argue?
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 3d
Yeah, I gotta get more consistent
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 3d
It’s a Tonex One. I got it (used) mostly as a highly portable (small; power and data over one USB-C cable) audio interface for guitar (to
computer).
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 3d
Was holding out for number 1 but so be it
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 3d
Yeah, I played hooky this week and went to the de Young Museum for the manga exhibit, which is pretty darn great
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 4d
I’ve only really used modulargrid.net for Eurorack, so when I looked in the (guitar) pedals section, I was surprised to find things like an Akai MPC1000 and an Elektron Digitakt listed
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 4d
Disquiet Junto Project 0720: One from Two

The Assignment: Combine a pair of your recent tracks.

Deadline: Monday, October 20, 2025, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.

Details: disquiet.com/0720

#DisquietJunto
A person in a hat is listening intently with what appears to be an early version of a stethoscope, while possibly looking into a viewing machine of some sort, plus the name and number of the project
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 5d
A new #DisquietJunto music community project will appear at 12:10am Pacific tomorrow (October 16, 2025) at disquiet.com/0720, and go out at the same time to the email list (juntoletter.disquiet.com). The theme explores combinations of half-finished work.
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 6d
I'm not, by any means, planning on getting a vanity plate — but if I were to ...
A California license plate that reads RSS4LIF
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 10d
Have a good weekend. Open a window as soon as you wake up. Search an ebook of your favorite novel from childhood for the words “sound” and “listen” and note the results. Play an album very loud from the next room over. See you Tuesday — or maybe Wednesday.
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 10d
That's pretty cool. I didn't realize that the Spanish edition of my 33 1/3 book on Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II was the first book in the series of Spanish translations. Some background on the publisher here (in Spanish).

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Dale play - La Agenda Revista
La colección 33 1/3, de la editorial inglesa Bloomsbury, ofrece libros pequeños, dedicados cada uno a un disco. Dos editoriales argentinas se juntaron para traducirlos
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 10d
My video playlist on YouTube of live performances of ambient music is up to 225 tracks. It is, apparently, 31 hours, 48 minutes, and 1 second in length.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3C9...
ambient drone eurorack modular live 20250830_2
YouTube video by OTSUBO Kazuhisa
www.youtube.com
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 10d
Filthmilk, I have been helpfully informed!
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 10d
Bonus points to the musician who set up across the street from the Autechre concert at the Regency and drew a crowd when the show ended, around 11:15pm
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Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 10d
Got a good photo of Autechre's awesome show at the Regency
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