**Jesús Lastra**’s “Decontamination” is one of several tracks to come out of a new SoundCloud-based group called Extrospection. Each month, starting this past August, the plan for Extrospection is to post a single image, which group members will then interpret in sound. Like the Disquiet Junto group projects, the Extrospection group runs on an open call basis — and for those who find the weekly pace of the Junto a bit demanding (not that there is any intended pressure to participate each week), a monthly approach might prove helpfully relaxed. The first month’s Extrospection image was a mix of sky and harsh plateau. The second, from which Lastra’s track was derived, shows a distant ferris wheel as viewed through a dilapidated residence. In Lastra’s imagination, this calls for a horror-movie pace, all heavily transformed vocals and nervous-making, static-laced beats:
https://soundcloud.com/jalastram/decontamination-extrospection
The rules at Extrospection are the same each month:
>1) refer your composing to the picture shown at the top of the group monthly.
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>2) download that picture and use it as icon of your track.
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>3) track should be max 5 min in length.
Track originally posted for free download at [soundcloud.com/jalastram](https://soundcloud.com/jalastram/decontamination-extrospection). More on the Extrospection group at its [home page](https://soundcloud.com/groups/extrospection). The group was founded by Italian musician Paolo Mascolini, who also goes by SÅzu Project. More from Lastra, who is based in Venezuela, at [jalaztram.tumblr.com](http://jalaztram.tumblr.com/).
Thanks for the publication, extrospection is a wonderful idea.
Love the image for September. I created a gloomy piece for this, it can be found here (https://soundcloud.com/l-a-j-1/) pending moderator approval.