Genuary2026_OrderDisOrder
Order with a simple DisOrder?
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DisOrderingGrids
The prompt for Genuary 2026 Day 16 is “Order & DisOrder”.
DisOrderingGrids uses a previously composed track(coded in SonicPi & Python): GridToNoise as the Ordered Property and takes its Remix: GridToNoiseToSound as the disorder. Where the sounds represent how small changes can drastically affect the data and the connotations around it
Audio
DisOrdering Grids
IllestPreacha · DisOrderingGrids
Poem
Order
Order is not Only seen
But can be heard
Along the pace
Along the Tone
Of what is shown
In this pace
As these words
Appear on the scene
As Order is not only seen
DisOrder
Disorder
Doesn't always mean chaos
But a numerical seance
What is it that feel abrupt
What is that it inrreupts
Disorder doesn't always mean chaos
Listening Design
- DisOrderingGrids takes the sonifications of the Grids and gives the listener a choice to experience the duality of the perception of Order and Disorder throughout the composition. It breaks itself down by switching between the Order and Disorder in the following Intervals:
| Timing | Intervals | Structure |
| 0-60 | 30 Seconds | Order then Disorder |
| 60-90 | 15 Seconds | Order then Disorder |
| 90-108 | 9 Seconds | Order then Disorder |
| 108-167 | 59 Seconds | Order and Disorder |
Both components are mapping sounds of a 16×16 Grid through the following ranges (1-3,4-6,7-9,10-11)
when 1..3 with_fx :ping_pong, mix: 0.65 do with_fx :ixi_techno, mix: 0.75 do with_fx [:echo,:whammy].choose, mix: rrand(0.4,0.8) do sample [:loop_safari,:tabla_ghe4].choose, amp: 6, rate: x * rrand_i(-2,2) + 0.01, beat_stretch: y end end end when 4..6 with_fx [:ping_pong,:vowel].choose, mix: rrand(0.4,0.8) do sample [:elec_blip,:elec_blip2,:elec_bong].choose, beat_stretch: y + 1, amp: x - 1, decay: x + 1 end when 7..9 if x % 2 == 0 use_synth :piano n = ring(:b3,:c4,:c5,:d6,:e7,x*9,x*12) else use_synth [:prophet,:chipbass,:chiplead].choose n = ring(:c5,:a4,:b1,x*7)-
Then followed by having identifying sounds for the 5-6 Grids that are being sonified
#following a tick format sonification(shipyard5,:yard5,:ambi_glass_hum) sonification(shipyard4,:yard4,:ambi_glass_rub) sonification(shipyard3,:yard3,:ambi_piano) sonification(shipyard2,:yard2,:ambi_glass_hum) sonification(shipyard1,:yard1,:ambi_piano) #following a shuffle format sonification(shipyard1.shuffle,:yard1mix,:ambi_choir) sonification(shipyard3.shuffle,:yard3mix,:ambi_lunar_land) sonification(shipyard5.shuffle,:yard5mix,:ambi_soft_buzz)-
In the Disorder version this is added by adding BPMs (either 120 or 60 for the normal iteration and 240 for the shuffle to reflect the disorder that the shuffle can have as it is randomized by the real world date as a seed). WIth an additional filter to make the two factions, distinguishable
The Two Components
GridToNoise (Ordered)
GridToNoiseToSound (DisOrdered)
IllestPreacha · GridToNoiseToSound
Ordered Code
DataSets
shipyard1 = [[ 7, 2, 8, 6, 4, 11, 6, 7, 11, 7, 10, 10, 10, 5, 11, 7],
[ 5, 5, 10, 8, 1, 4, 10, 11, 10, 11, 6, 10, 11, 10, 2, 4],
[11, 1, 8, 9, 10, 7, 10, 10, 5, 10, 9, 6, 6, 1, 9, 11],
[10, 8, 10, 6, 11, 1, 5, 9, 6, 1, 10, 4, 10, 7, 10, 7],
[10, 8, 10, 10, 7, 4, 1, 9, 11, 9, 10, 2, 7, 10, 8, 5],
[10, 8, 10, 9, 10, 8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 8, 3, 10, 5, 10, 8],
[ 2, 3, 5, 10, 7, 9, 11, 6, 6, 6, 3, 10, 7, 6, 10, 3],
[ 9, 11, 9, 9, 10, 11, 11, 10, 11, 7, 10, 10, 7, 6, 8, 6],
[11, 4, 6, 7, 11, 10, 5, 6, 6, 11, 0, 9, 8, 10, 11, 9],
[ 4, 7, 11, 6, 7, 9, 11, 9, 1, 9, 8, 11, 3, 9, 6, 8],
[ 3, 11, 3, 10, 7, 9, 10, 4, 0, 7, 6, 11, 2, 8, 10, 11],
[ 7, 6, 10, 1, 11, 2, 3, 10, 6, 8, 4, 11, 3, 8, 8, 6],
[ 4, 2, 1, 11, 1, 11, 11, 8, 6, 10, 8, 10, 1, 10, 4, 10],
[ 8, 6, 8, 3, 5, 10, 9, 2, 10, 11, 7, 6, 10, 11, 11, 9],
[ 8, 7, 11, 10, 1, 10, 8, 10, 4, 9, 10, 3, 7, 11, 7, 4],
[ 8, 8, 10, 5, 9, 0, 2, 10, 9, 5, 0, 10, 6, 0, 10, 11]]
shipyard2 = [[ 8, 10, 7, 6, 4, 7, 10, 1, 5, 8, 10, 9, 6, 9, 10, 5],
[11, 3, 8, 10, 8, 10, 4, 7, 10, 7, 10, 7, 10, 10, 10, 10],
[ 7, 5, 7, 10, 7, 7, 8, 10, 10, 3, 6, 10, 11, 6, 6, 9],
[10, 11, 6, 10, 9, 11, 11, 2, 4, 9, 9, 2, 8, 1, 11, 1],
[11, 9, 10, 11, 9, 9, 7, 2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 9, 9, 0, 11],
[ 8, 6, 9, 9, 10, 4, 6, 10, 7, 4, 9, 11, 4, 8, 6, 7],
[11, 6, 6, 4, 10, 2, 6, 4, 7, 2, 7, 9, 10, 10, 10, 9],
[ 8, 0, 11, 8, 1, 11, 5, 7, 10, 7, 7, 5, 11, 0, 10, 1],
[10, 8, 1, 5, 10, 7, 8, 7, 11, 4, 2, 4, 2, 10, 8, 10],
[ 1, 11, 2, 5, 7, 11, 11, 2, 7, 3, 6, 10, 8, 8, 10, 4],
[ 6, 10, 6, 6, 10, 2, 9, 5, 8, 6, 8, 10, 1, 11, 10, 6],
[ 9, 7, 9, 4, 1, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 6, 6, 10, 8],
[ 9, 3, 10, 7, 0, 11, 10, 5, 11, 11, 9, 7, 8, 10, 10, 0],
[ 2, 11, 6, 10, 9, 7, 1, 10, 7, 0, 0, 9, 7, 8, 3, 8],
[ 3, 9, 5, 10, 2, 7, 4, 6, 2, 1, 4, 5, 6, 3, 10, 7],
[ 4, 10, 6, 9, 7, 10, 6, 4, 11, 5, 4, 3, 8, 10, 9, 6]]
shipyard3 = [[10, 11, 6, 7, 8, 6, 6, 4, 10, 11, 2, 2, 2, 10, 6, 10],
[ 2, 10, 7, 10, 8, 7, 10, 1, 8, 3, 11, 7, 8, 5, 10, 7],
[ 9, 10, 6, 9, 8, 0, 8, 11, 3, 6, 4, 10, 5, 11, 8, 2],
[ 7, 7, 3, 6, 11, 6, 3, 10, 7, 7, 8, 7, 6, 8, 11, 3],
[ 9, 10, 10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 6, 8, 5, 10, 8, 11, 6, 2, 11],
[10, 10, 2, 10, 7, 5, 5, 6, 7, 9, 5, 10, 11, 7, 9, 10],
[ 7, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 6, 10, 2, 11, 8, 8, 7, 10, 1, 8],
[11, 10, 11, 10, 8, 10, 8, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 2, 0, 3],
[10, 11, 7, 8, 10, 11, 7, 4, 11, 8, 2, 2, 10, 1, 1, 4],
[ 5, 6, 11, 10, 2, 1, 6, 5, 7, 2, 8, 8, 8, 6, 5, 4],
[10, 8, 4, 3, 10, 7, 11, 6, 8, 5, 5, 8, 9, 7, 7, 10],
[ 7, 11, 11, 2, 9, 3, 9, 8, 9, 11, 7, 6, 11, 11, 4, 2],
[ 6, 10, 9, 11, 4, 11, 8, 3, 4, 8, 11, 7, 11, 6, 3, 8],
[ 9, 8, 4, 4, 11, 8, 8, 10, 11, 9, 3, 10, 11, 10, 7, 6],
[ 4, 5, 9, 4, 1, 7, 10, 5, 10, 6, 11, 11, 0, 0, 8, 7],
[ 6, 10, 10, 11, 10, 0, 10, 2, 6, 0, 0, 6, 10, 9, 9, 8]]
shipyard4 = [[10, 10, 6, 8, 9, 7, 6, 9, 11, 4, 6, 3, 3, 2, 6, 10],
[ 1, 11, 11, 9, 5, 6, 8, 1, 10, 7, 3, 3, 10, 11, 10, 5],
[ 3, 10, 4, 10, 10, 7, 6, 8, 7, 1, 11, 2, 7, 10, 4, 10],
[ 3, 10, 6, 7, 8, 6, 1, 7, 8, 7, 6, 8, 4, 7, 6, 11],
[ 9, 10, 9, 11, 10, 8, 7, 4, 5, 11, 11, 3, 9, 7, 10, 7],
[ 3, 8, 7, 8, 10, 10, 3, 5, 9, 8, 8, 6, 7, 7, 10, 10],
[ 3, 8, 1, 2, 7, 4, 9, 7, 2, 10, 3, 6, 0, 1, 10, 7],
[10, 5, 11, 3, 5, 6, 10, 6, 8, 8, 6, 8, 7, 3, 4, 7],
[ 7, 8, 2, 9, 6, 11, 7, 8, 1, 7, 11, 11, 10, 7, 11, 11],
[ 5, 11, 0, 11, 6, 10, 5, 9, 9, 6, 10, 10, 8, 1, 9, 11],
[ 6, 0, 10, 10, 11, 3, 5, 7, 6, 9, 11, 6, 6, 11, 10, 10],
[ 2, 6, 10, 5, 10, 8, 1, 8, 11, 8, 4, 8, 11, 9, 10, 10],
[ 6, 11, 11, 6, 7, 8, 2, 8, 8, 6, 10, 8, 10, 7, 2, 3],
[10, 2, 10, 7, 6, 6, 11, 10, 1, 6, 10, 10, 11, 7, 11, 10],
[ 8, 11, 9, 8, 10, 9, 10, 10, 3, 11, 5, 11, 10, 7, 11, 3],
[10, 6, 10, 9, 10, 2, 1, 7, 9, 7, 7, 6, 5, 7, 8, 10]]
shipyard5 = [[11, 7, 6, 9, 10, 2, 10, 5, 8, 3, 6, 10, 6, 0, 9, 3],
[ 9, 11, 2, 10, 8, 2, 9, 4, 11, 10, 3, 0, 9, 10, 2, 7],
[10, 6, 11, 6, 11, 9, 0, 7, 9, 11, 11, 5, 7, 11, 8, 11],
[ 9, 3, 1, 9, 11, 9, 6, 2, 10, 2, 10, 6, 5, 6, 9, 9],
[10, 5, 6, 3, 9, 5, 5, 11, 6, 3, 6, 10, 3, 4, 10, 3],
[ 4, 10, 5, 2, 10, 6, 4, 11, 7, 3, 9, 7, 10, 6, 7, 11],
[11, 10, 9, 10, 10, 11, 10, 0, 11, 11, 7, 9, 2, 11, 6, 8],
[10, 10, 3, 2, 10, 4, 8, 4, 10, 9, 8, 4, 9, 9, 1, 4],
[ 7, 7, 11, 11, 4, 11, 6, 10, 6, 9, 9, 11, 6, 0, 4, 7],
[ 8, 7, 7, 9, 8, 8, 11, 9, 4, 11, 7, 8, 1, 11, 7, 9],
[10, 4, 2, 4, 6, 6, 11, 7, 5, 6, 7, 7, 6, 11, 10, 7],
[ 9, 10, 6, 1, 10, 9, 8, 10, 11, 9, 3, 9, 10, 10, 2, 10],
[ 7, 10, 9, 10, 2, 10, 9, 10, 4, 10, 11, 9, 10, 10, 6, 4],
[ 6, 10, 3, 7, 2, 10, 6, 9, 6, 9, 8, 10, 11, 11, 9, 3],
[10, 6, 11, 10, 5, 3, 11, 9, 9, 6, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 2],
[ 1, 2, 10, 10, 4, 9, 4, 1, 9, 10, 11, 8, 4, 9, 7, 2]]
shipyard6 = [[ 0, 2, 0, 7, 10, 4, 8, 6, 10, 9, 11, 6, 4, 11, 8, 11],
[10, 8, 10, 6, 10, 11, 9, 4, 7, 10, 1, 10, 9, 9, 9, 11],
[10, 11, 9, 11, 11, 10, 7, 10, 3, 6, 2, 3, 6, 2, 10, 7],
[10, 6, 9, 4, 11, 10, 8, 5, 8, 10, 5, 7, 6, 1, 7, 9],
[ 1, 8, 11, 7, 5, 3, 10, 5, 5, 4, 9, 2, 6, 10, 11, 4],
[10, 10, 9, 11, 9, 6, 4, 6, 9, 6, 8, 8, 3, 6, 10, 7],
[11, 6, 11, 7, 11, 7, 9, 10, 4, 7, 10, 8, 6, 7, 3, 7],
[ 3, 2, 10, 11, 10, 2, 5, 4, 7, 7, 8, 6, 10, 5, 9, 8],
[ 6, 7, 2, 6, 3, 6, 4, 4, 10, 7, 7, 6, 10, 10, 10, 11],
[ 4, 11, 4, 9, 3, 1, 6, 0, 10, 8, 2, 11, 10, 4, 2, 11],
[10, 9, 8, 11, 3, 10, 7, 4, 7, 7, 5, 7, 10, 11, 7, 8],
[10, 11, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 10, 4, 6, 1, 9, 4, 8],
[ 8, 11, 10, 6, 10, 4, 8, 11, 8, 6, 11, 1, 7, 10, 8, 6],
[10, 3, 11, 9, 9, 3, 6, 0, 7, 11, 10, 8, 2, 7, 7, 7],
[ 3, 8, 5, 6, 7, 11, 2, 7, 8, 6, 6, 7, 6, 6, 3, 8],
[11, 0, 10, 2, 11, 3, 4, 3, 7, 6, 7, 4, 9, 11, 6, 6]]
Python Code
#originally coded for battleships but transformed into a 16 x 16 array maker
import numpy as np
import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pylab as plt
def battle():
boats = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]
prob = [0.025,0.025,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.2,0.15]
#by adding the (10,10) instead of 5, able to make an array with the weighted values
shipyard2 = np.random.choice(boats, (16,16), p=prob)
return shipyard2
def plotting(x):
letters = ['A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P'] #set for the columns
uniform_data = x
ax = sns.heatmap(uniform_data, linewidth=0.5,cmap="Reds") #changing it to blue for ocean representation
ax.set_xticklabels(letters) #setting the ticks of the x axis to letters
plt.show()
return x
plotting(battle())
SonicPi
use_random_seed Time.now.to_i
#array made from a python script
def sonification(shipyard,looping,sampling)
live_loop looping do
#iterating the 2d arrays
for i in (0...shipyard.size) #overall size of range
for j in (0...shipyard[i].length) #overall length of the arrays
#these variables will be the main event trigger for each scenario, through different uses
x = shipyard[i][j]
y = Math.sqrt(shipyard[i][j])
case x #using case & when as a switch while using
when 1..3
with_fx :ping_pong, mix: 0.65 do
with_fx :ixi_techno, mix: 0.75 do
with_fx [:echo,:whammy].choose, mix: rrand(0.4,0.8) do
sample [:loop_safari,:tabla_ghe4].choose, amp: 6, rate: x * rrand_i(-2,2) + 0.01, beat_stretch: y
end
end
end
when 4..6
with_fx [:ping_pong,:vowel].choose, mix: rrand(0.4,0.8) do
sample [:elec_blip,:elec_blip2,:elec_bong].choose, beat_stretch: y + 1, amp: x - 1, decay: x + 1
end
when 7..9
if x % 2 == 0
use_synth :piano
n = ring(:b3,:c4,:c5,:d6,:e7,x*9,x*12)
else
use_synth [:prophet,:chipbass,:chiplead].choose
n = ring(:c5,:a4,:b1,x*7)
end
with_fx :wobble do
play n.tick, on: spread(x+6,24).look, release: (x/24), pan: -0.5
end
else
with_fx [:ping_pong,:flanger,:whammy].choose, amp: 1, mix: rrand(0.4,0.8) do
sample sampling, attack: x, beat_stretch: (x-3).abs
end
end
sleep [0.5,0.75,1,1.5,2].choose #pause in between each spawn, replicating the different thinking processes
end
end
end
end
#following a tick format
sonification(shipyard5,:yard5,:ambi_glass_hum)
sonification(shipyard4,:yard4,:ambi_glass_rub)
sonification(shipyard3,:yard3,:ambi_piano)
sonification(shipyard2,:yard2,:ambi_glass_hum)
sonification(shipyard1,:yard1,:ambi_piano)
#following a shuffle format
sonification(shipyard1.shuffle,:yard1mix,:ambi_choir)
sonification(shipyard3.shuffle,:yard3mix,:ambi_lunar_land)
sonification(shipyard5.shuffle,:yard5mix,:ambi_soft_buzz)
DisOrdered Code
SonicPi
use_random_seed Time.now.to_i
#array made from a python script
def sonification(speed,shipyard,looping,sampling)
live_loop looping do
use_bpm speed
#iterating the 2d arrays
for i in (0...shipyard.size) #overall size of range
for j in (0...shipyard[i].length) #overall length of the arrays
#these variables will be the main event trigger for each scenario, through different uses
x = shipyard[i][j]
y = Math.sqrt(shipyard[i][j])
case x #using case & when as a switch while using
when 1..3
with_fx :ping_pong, mix: 0.65 do
with_fx :ixi_techno, mix: 0.75 do
with_fx [:echo,:whammy].choose, mix: rrand(0.4,0.8) do
sample [:loop_safari,:tabla_ghe4].choose, amp: 6, rate: x * rrand_i(-2,2) + 0.01, beat_stretch: y
end
end
end
when 4..6
with_fx [:ping_pong,:vowel].choose, mix: rrand(0.4,0.8) do
sample [:elec_blip,:elec_blip2,:elec_bong].choose, beat_stretch: y + 1, amp: x - 1, decay: x + 1
end
when 7..9
if x % 2 == 0
use_synth :piano
n = ring(:b3,:c4,:c5,:d6,:e7,x*9,x*12)
else
use_synth [:prophet,:chipbass,:chiplead].choose
n = ring(:c5,:a4,:b1,x*7)
end
with_fx :wobble do
play n.tick, on: spread(x+6,24).look, release: (x/24), pan: -0.5
end
else
with_fx [:ping_pong,:flanger,:whammy].choose, amp: 1, mix: rrand(0.4,0.8) do
sample sampling, attack: x, beat_stretch: (x-3).abs
end
end
sleep [0.5,0.75,1,1.5,2].choose #pause in between each spawn, replicating the different thinking processes
end
end
end
end
#following a tick format
sonification(120,shipyard6,:yard6,:ambi_glass_rub)
sonification(120,shipyard5,:yard5,:ambi_glass_hum)
sonification(60,shipyard4,:yard4,:ambi_glass_rub)
sonification(120,shipyard3,:yard3,:ambi_piano)
sonification(60,shipyard2,:yard2,:ambi_glass_hum)
sonification(60,shipyard1,:yard1,:ambi_piano)
#following a shuffle format and faster mix, more chaotic due to more shuffling
sonification(240,shipyard1.shuffle,:yard1mix,:ambi_choir)
sonification(240,shipyard3.shuffle,:yard3mix,:ambi_lunar_land)
sonification(240,shipyard5.shuffle,:yard5mix,:ambi_soft_buzz)
