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2022 May June Juntos

Between the clouds and the wind, he thought he might have seen her face...

Posthumously dedicated to Alissa Kolenovic, who died on 5/4/22 after being struck by a delivery truck driver in Morris Park, Bronx, NYC.

Recorded, mixed & mastered 05 May 2022 & 25 Jul 2018 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2022 Jim Lemanowicz

Art - captured 21 Feb 2022 with a Kodak Brownie Bullet in the backyard, where the iPad recording above was later made.

This original version of "FiveFourTenSixteen In Low" was submitted as part of ​Disquiet Junto Project 0540: 5ive 4our.  Take back 5/4 for Jedi time masters Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond.

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Project discussion - https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0540-5ive-4our/55013 

This track was originally released under the artist name "Freedom From Polio."

FiveFourTenSixteen In Low (disquiet0540)

Having accepted the challenge, our hero walked into YouTube Woods to learn how to bake cookie-cutter cookies at a temperature not recommended for human consumption and burned the whole 
batch.

Recorded, mixed & mastered May 13/14 2022 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Synths, effects

©2022 Jim Lemanowicz

This original version of "KPG Math Extinction" was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0541: 10BPM Techno. Make some snail-paced beats.
Original post on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/blisterpop/kpg-math-extinction-disquiet0541-by-blemishes

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0541-10bpm-techno/

This track was originally released under the artist name "Blemishes."

Working title - "Fletcherargonmathcuminatmophilefarm Soup Or KPG Math Extinction FAMCAF."

KPG Math Extinction (disquiet0541)

"Shooting The Moon, 26 Times 100" by Wishbook

I rubbed the oil from my eyes, turned my head and passed to my left.  I withdrew and then reinserted the Atari 2600 cartridge.

Recorded & mixed - 11 Jan 2016, 15 Jul 2007 & 19 May 2022 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2022 Jim Lemanowicz

Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 27 Feb 2010

This original version of "Shooting The Moon, 26 Times 100" was submitted as part of ​Disquiet Junto Project 0541: 2600 Club.  Make some phreaking music.  Thanks to Alan Bland for proposing this concept for a project.

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Project discussion takes place on https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0542-2600-club/

This track was originally released under the artist name "Wishbook."

Shooting The Moon, 26 Times 100 (disquiet0542)

Recorded, mixed & mastered May 27 2022 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2022 Jim Lemanowicz

Piano, echo

Art - captured 06 Feb 2010 with a Sony Cybershot in Massapequa, NY, USA

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This original version of "The Silent, Understood" was submitted as part of ​Disquiet Junto Project 0543: Disquiet Junto Project 0543: Technique Check.  The Assignment: Share a tip from your method toolbox.

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0543-technique-check

This track was originally released under the artist name "Our Quiet Fog."

The Silent, Understood (disquiet0543)

Recorded 31 May 2014, mixed & mastered June 02 2022 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

This is a cover version of a song by Van Morrison.  ©1968 Van Morrison.  

I am looking for input on my mixing and mastering here.  Is the master too hot?  Is there enough clarity between the parts?  Do the vocals and lead guitar shine through in the mix? Is the cymbal too loud (I quite like it during the guitar solo and during the mellotron/loud parts)? Honestly, details other than "good" or "bad" for the mix or master will always be welcome.  However, I am not soliciting any comments on my performances here instrumentally or vocally.  I have enough critics of that kind living in my head, thank you.  I also have no intention of adding or removing or re-recording any of the parts here.  

What I am currently working on is a remix project whilst simultaneously learning some iZotope plugins.  The material is a covers EP I completed/released first in 2014.  This followed a serious hospital stay and in my mind represented a "stripped-down" approach similar to my cassette 4-track work in the 90s - guitar, bass, drum sounds, vocals, basic keys - and as opposed to my "kitchen sink" approach in the 00s with songs that had 50-100 tracks each at times.   This particular cover is Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" and is dedicated to Lester Bangs and his horrific experience related to this song and album by Van, as understood by my reading of the book "Let It Blurt" by Jim Derogatis.  Lester had a sort of subconscious reach into my life as in high school I was an avid Creem reader of the period slightly before and after his death.  His shadow was all over that magazine at that time.  

Process notes - 
On this track I played a Jay Turser Mustang-inspired guitar, an Epi EB-0 bass, an M-Audio Trigger Finger (triggering some jazz-type Ableton Live drum rack), a cheap cymbal (same one from the 90s) and two tracks of GForce M-Tron string and flute sounds.  My arrangement in this 31 May 2014 version subs in a plunky angular lead guitar for the vocal ad-libs that Van originally gave us and what I tried to do with no success when I almost gave up on the project in Jan 2014. I also opted for a shorter track length than either Van's version or much of the "kitchen sink" work I was doing in the 00s.  

The plugins used were Nectar 3 Plus, Neutron 3 Advanced/Visual Mixer (and now 4), and Ozone 9 Advanced.  In a limited way, these plugins AI "assisted" me in my mix levels, my mastering treatments and my instrument and vocal effects.  I used a hybrid approach where I did not give the iZotope plugins my naked tracks but rather used most of the channel "racks" (strips) set up in 2014, originally in Ableton Live 9 32-bit and remixed here in Live 11 64-bit.  Nor did I use the Visual Mixer for panning.  Subjectively speaking, for the past year or so, my mastering has improved with the help of iZotope's Elements plugins, so I recently went and upgraded.  I then committed to learning some new tricks for these old ears.  I also tweaked some things that I felt the AI missed, but did not dwell on almost anything here for more than a minute or two.     

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This remixed and remastered version of "Astral Weeks" was submitted as part of ​Disquiet Junto Project 0544: Feedback Loop.  The Assignment: Share music-in-progress for input from others.

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Ongoing conversation is here - https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0544-feedback-loop/55883

This track was originally released under the artist name "Vowel Samples."

Cold Cover Calibration (2022 remix/remaster)

Astral Weeks (02 June 2022 remix/remaster - disquiet0544)

When I was working on this it reminded me of approximately the fall of 2001, I when I was experimenting with creating loop/sequenced pieces using Fruity Loops and whatever knowledge I had of drum machines at the time.  

Recorded, mixed & mastered 18/19/20 Jun 2022 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Synths & effects

©2022 Jim Lemanowicz

Artwork: Penn Station, NYC 17 Dec 2010, by Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of "Father Yog-Astley" was submitted as part of ​Disquiet Junto Project 0546: Code Notes. The Assignment: Make music that includes a secret message.

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Discussion took place at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0546-code-notes

This track was originally released under the artist name "Smile Puppy."

Father Yog-Astley (disquiet0546)

An interpretation of what a "math house" genre could have sounded like in the 1980s, from someone who has never tried neither math-rock nor house before.

Recorded, mixed & mastered 22-27 Jun 2022 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Guitar, bass, synths, effects, samples

©2022 Jim Lemanowicz  

Art/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 23 Sep 2016

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This original version of "Red Warehouse, More Massacre" was submitted as part of ​Disquiet Junto Project 0547: Genre Melee. The Assignment: Combine two seemingly different genres.

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Project discussion takes place on https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0547-genre-melee/](https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0547-genre-melee/

This was originally released under the artist name "Los Franceses Muertos."

Red Warehouse, More Massacre (disquiet0547)

A newer version of this appears on my Sep 2023 vocal-sourced album "Love It When It Slips" (https://music.blisterpop.com/album/love-it-when-it-slips) under the title "Appendectomy & Emulsion"

Recorded, mixed & mastered 30 Jun 2022 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2022 Jim Lemanowicz  

Process notes - 6 tracks of my voice, distorted, edited, sliced in Ableton Live



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This original version of "Prelude In Preparation" was submitted as part of ​Disquiet Junto Project 0548: Drone Vox. The Assignment: Make a drone using just your voice.

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This track was originally released under the artist name "Yeast With Teeth."

Prelude In Preparation (disquiet0548)

Making music is about being surprised.
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2022 May June Juntos

Jimmy Lem