Part of the Naviar Haiku Challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku575-even-though-afar/

even though afar-naviarhaiku575

another contribution to the haiku challenge of naviar records:

Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

             - Kagami Shikō -

cool breeze (naviarhaiku575)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 28/29 Apr 2023 & 12 Jan 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

The original material is a bit of mystery to me - Cecelia5, FL Studio, PaulXStretch, Reason, Thor, Fracture. To this I added Collision and Massive X & Arturia Fragments. I created this track after organizing the raw material for a future album. This was the second track I completed. I completed the first track yesterday for this week’s Disquiet Junto. 

This original version of "Friction And Fluoride" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 575, Even Though Afar.

Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

by: Kagami Shikō

Kagami Shikō was a Japanese poet, considered one of the ten outstanding disciples (Shōmon jittetsu 蕉門十哲) of Matsuo Bashō. He was in turn the master of the famous poetess Fukuda Chiyo-ni.

Originally from the present-day Gifu Prefecture, Kagami Shikō became a monk at Daichi-ji Temple, and in 1690 he became a pupil of Bashō, later accompanying him on some of his journeys and recording his last will in 1694.

After Basho's death, he kept travelling around Japan, writing several essays on haiku and collections of writings until his death in 1731.

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Massapequa, NY, USA - 19 Nov 2017

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Friction And Fluoride (naviarhaiku575)

This is composed solely of musical recordings of variable quality that I made during a tour of southern Spain in 2023;  a National Day event in the square in Madrid, a religious parade through the streets of in Granada, a Flamenco show in Seville and the organ (and ambience) of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. I made a rough assembly last year, disliked it and left it. I’ve warmed to it, a bit – it’s now framed by the flamenco school recorded in Seville. All have been slightly treated/enhanced to varying degrees during the mixing process.

You must see live flamenco before you die.
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The Assignment: Finish something (musical) you started last year.

This project has just one step: finish something you started last year, likely a piece of music you left unfinished.

More on the 680th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reverse Resolution — The Assignment: Finish something (musical) you started last year — at https://disquiet.com/0680/

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto /

Recuerdos de España [disquiet0680]

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku575-even-though-afar/

Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

by: Kagami Shikō

Kagami Shikō was a Japanese poet, considered one of the ten outstanding disciples (Shōmon jittetsu 蕉門十哲) of Matsuo Bashō. He was in turn the master of the famous poetess Fukuda Chiyo-ni.

Originally from the present-day Gifu Prefecture, Kagami Shikō became a monk at Daichi-ji Temple, and in 1690 he became a pupil of Bashō, later accompanying him on some of his journeys and recording his last will in 1694.

After Basho's death, he kept travelling around Japan, writing several essays on haiku and collections of writings until his death in 1731.

Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@luniavis?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Vasilina Sirotina</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-close-up-of-a-bunch-of-moss-on-a-tree-WzXvGsRxE58?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a>
      

Forest Magic [ naviarhaiku575 ]

Composition pour le Naviar Haïku Music challenge 575.
Sur un haïku de Kagami Shikō:
Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Coolness feeling

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 16 Jan 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Using an AI-generated drum generator I had put together this week, I generated some midi, used some for bass and some for drums. I won't get into too many details but the sustained sound is a bassoon or sample or something. It reminded me a little of Cale's viola on the first VU.

For this I thought of some innocent with headphones on...in some 80s shock suspense horror film out for a walk after an argument with the parents unaware that they were being followed by some evil thing. Kind of lulled away from intense emotion and zoning out to something not too engaging but not without movement. Maybe the result of the Walkman's radio dial getting stuck after the device was thrown.

This might sound contrived but as I was coming up with this I was thinking of David Lynch's Wild At Heart and the loop of Wicked Game in the car crash scene. This was about 45 min before I knew he had died. I am sad beyond belief.

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Massapequa, NY, USA - 11 Sep 2016

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of “Mars In The Nondeterministic House” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0681: Drama Course. The Assignment: Record a piece of music to transform a walk or a run into something theatrical.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/

More on the 681st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Drama Course — The Assignment: Record a piece of music to transform a walk or a run into something theatrical — at https://disquiet.com/0681/

Check the thread here for a screenshot of the AI "drum machine" (it doesn't actually make a sound, just a MIDI export but I do have a Max For Live version, too). It's influenced by "the current position of Mars." https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0681-drama-course/70495/3?u=blisterpop

#disquietjunto #disquiet0681 #experimentalmusic #soundart #electronicmusic #sounddesign #ableton #bassoon #mars #house #puppy #drama

Mars In The Nondeterministic House (disquiet0681)

I totally LOVE this sign on a stairwell at Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, UK, so I've enjoyed making it into a track! 😜 It looks to me like the figure is tap dancing down the stairs, so I've tried to capture that a little. Also, the stairs suggest a walking bass, but, as they are clearly falling or tripping, it (obviously) needed to be a little less step-wise! 😁

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-district-derbyshire/kedleston-hall

More on the 688th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Sign Up — The Assignment: Interpret a routine public sign as a musical instruction — at https://disquiet.com/0688/

more halF unusuaL

halF triP [disquiet0688]

The rhythm track is created from the sounds of a lighter, striking a match and a crackling fire ...

More on the 692nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Combust a Move — The Assignment: Make music using fire for the rhythm track — at https://disquiet.com/0692/

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