{"id":270665,"date":"2025-06-03T14:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/ambient-music\/angel-luis-martinez-disquiet\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:33:35","slug":"angel-luis-martinez-disquiet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=270665","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1ngel Luis Mart\u00ednez \u2013 Disquiet"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This Junto Profile is part of an ongoing series of short Q&As that provide some background on various individuals who participate regularly in the online Disquiet Junto music community.<\/em><\/p>\n

What\u2019s your name?<\/strong> My name is \u00c1ngel Luis Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n

Spirit Turnpike is my project that I\u2019d like to see perform as a full band someday. I use Professor MTZ (first word is derived from my \u201cday\u201d job) on recordings where my main contribution is mixing other artists\u2019 work.<\/p>\n

My first band, and which exists to this day, is The Arawax. It\u2019s where I gained deep confidence and understanding of the bass guitar through folk, punk, and many other influences. We have done concerts together that were fun and well-received.<\/p>\n

Currently, I also collaborate with New Haven Improvisers Collective.<\/p>\n

Where are you located?<\/strong> I grew up in Brooklyn \u2014 specifically in Williamsburg and the adjoining areas in Bed-Stuy. While I played a little guitar, tape recorders and a Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard were at the center of my sonic adventures. The sampler also has a synthesizer function to make more sounds. This was the 1980s, so I made mixtapes from radio and TV programs, my own voice, and occasional noodlings on instruments, enjoying especially sampled weirdness from loops. I still have many of those cassettes, so now I sometimes think what, if anything, I can make from them.<\/p>\n

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What is your musical activity?<\/strong> I have played bass guitar and bass ukulele and sang with The Arawax since 2016, mashing up folk, rock, punk, funk, etc. We have performed in Queens and Philadelphia. I learned a lot about bass playing, especially the high notes so I could hear myself when we practiced.<\/p>\n

In 2022, I began to attend the monthly free improvisation workshop series of the New Haven Improvisers Collective (NHIC) at the legendary Never Ending Books<\/a> in that city. Its openness and dedication to making new music was welcoming and intriguing. In 2023, we began doing monthly showcases as well, many of which have been turned into live recordings. Each month there\u2019s a new one on Bandcamp, except in June & July.<\/p>\n

In 2023, I came to Bandcamp and released my music-poem \u201cNon Fungible Tchotchkes,\u201d my answer to the religion of crypto, just as the NFT craze was losing steam. It was part of a 4-track EP with different mixes, including one of me just reciting the poem. Occasionally, though, I find a report that tells me some relevance remains in the piece.<\/p>\n

Soon on Substack, I encountered the Labelabel project by Miter (Ryan Stubbs), who produced Salon du Monde, Fremont, a three-part video variety show. I created a video for \u201cNon Fungible Tchotchkes.\u201d It was edited to appear on Episode 2 and as a coda on Episode 3. I was amazed how well that turned out, and it featured a lot of great artists who came together because we were all on Substack.<\/p>\n

So how did I find Disquiet Junto? Not long after joining NHIC, I did a search for experimental jazz on the Internet Archive, and learned about Orchestra Eclettica Sincretista. It was through OES maestro Marco Lucchi\u2019s postings that I heard some of his Disquiet contributions, and joined last June.<\/p>\n

What is one good musical habit?<\/strong> I make sure I am ready to record ideas that arise. Sometimes I get an idea for a rhythm, a melody, or even song lyrics. I would record these short pieces \u2014 even and often for me only seconds long \u2014 to make sure I don\u2019t forget how the music sounded to me. Even a phone voice recorder can be useful to make sure ideas are not forgotten.<\/p>\n

What are your online locations? Besides Substack and Bandcamp, I pay more attention now to SoundCloud largely because of the Disquiet Junto. National and International Beat Poetry Society\u2019s social media have been great for sharing writings and music. But I have found that email is a great place to share online.<\/p>\n

What was a particularly meaningful Junto project?<\/strong> I had long wanted to do a lullaby \u2014 and in Spanish \u2014 so disquiet0655, Soothing Sounds II, was definitely a meaningful treasure! <\/p>\n

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