Recorded, mixed & mastered on 07 May 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Guitar, ebow, prepared guitar, bow, guitar synth, effects.

This original version of "Reply Hazy, Try Again" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 592: Slanting Sunlight Rays.

slanting sunlight rays
a warm hazy afternoon
the forest to hear

by: Marc Sheridan

Marc Sheridan is an ever-curious person who loves what is just around the corner: the unusual and the mysterious. Even everyday objects and scenes can always be viewed differently.

He has been published in numerous magazines in the US and the UK and has exhibited up and down the West Coast of the US for the past 23 years.

Infrared photography/art - Jim Lemanowicz, 27 Apr 2009,  Massapequa, NY, USA. 

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Reply Hazy, Try Again (naviarhaiku592)

Made for the haiku challenge 618 of Naviar records.

the harp player moves under cover market day

by: kjmunro

kjmunro cultivates poetry on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation & the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. She founded & facilitates ‘solstice haiku', a monthly haiku discussion group in Whitehorse, & manages a weekly blog feature for The Haiku Foundation called Haiku Dialogue. She is the recipient of the 2023 Borealis Prize – The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution, her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, & her debut poetry collection is contractions (Red Moon Press, 2019).

More informations about haiku challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

The harp player (naviarhaiku618)

This one started as a simple electric-guitar-and-bass progression, just a rough idea that wasn’t really going anywhere. This week I expanded it with several synth layers and some floating eBow lines.
Funny enough, the little gimmick in the middle section ended up giving the track its shape — a kind of slow, climatic crescendo that finally brought it to life.

I re-recorded that line as an intro today. The whole track is still a floating, meandering, blurry ambient groove, but there’s a certain beauty in that haze.

Inspired by this naviarhaiku620 poem:

some starlight
spared from being scooped up
four-handed net


Haiku by Kinsha
Picture by NASA


Some Starlight - naviarhaiku620

some starlight
spared from being scooped up
four-handed net

I came across this poem in the book "An Anthology of Haiku, Ancient and Modern" by Asataro Miyamori. The poet’s surname and the publication date are unknown; only the name Kinsha remains.

Haiku by Kinsha

Picture by Alvis Taurēns

The Naviar haiku music challenge invites artists to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre. To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 128 - NaviarHaiku620 - Four-Handed Net

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data with various fx.

Catching Starlight (naviarhaiku620)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
621
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku621-deutzia-in-full-white/

2025-11-27

Deutzia in full white  (Naviarhaiku 621)

27Nov25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/801286007066656768/naviarhaiku621-deutzia-in-full-white
😊

deep in the night [naviarhaiku621]

Oddity Deep in the Night
All sounds come exclusively from the GForce @gforce-software ODDITY3 — a beautiful emulation of the classic ARP Odyssey.
This piece leans toward reflective, melodic ambient, with that vintage cinematic/synth soundtrack vibe of the early electronic pioneers (Vangelis, Tomita, Wendy Carlos…).


Instrumental track inspired by this haiku:

Deutzia in full white –
deep in the night,
the Milky Way.
— Ikenishi Gonsui (1650–1722)


Created for the @Naviar-Records Haiku Challenge.
Photo by Ronaldo Lu
Hope you enjoy the journey.

Oddity Deep in the Night - naviarhaiku621

Deutzia in full white -
deep in the night,
the Milky Way.

Ikenishi Gonsui (1650–1722) was a haiku poet from Nara who settled permanently in Kyoto in 1684. A collection of his works, entitled Ikenishi Gonsui no kenkyū, was published in 2003.

Haiku by Ikenishi Gonsui

Picture by Christina Deravedisian

The Naviar haiku music challenge invites artists to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre. To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 129 - NaviarHaiku621 - Deutzia in Full White

Audacity and samples.

Made for the Haiku challenge during Naviar's weekly music session https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku621-deutzia-in-full-white/

light from above, light from below (naviarhaiku621)

152 - The Last Shiver

My music asks listeners to be like dreamers uncovering hidden patterns in passing clouds. Support me @ patreon.com/blisterpop

Reply Hazy, Try Again (naviarhaiku592)

Jimmy Lem