Strangely beautiful und beautifully strange!

Ancient or ancestral dance rhythms emerging from the mists of time and combined with a modern drone. Or is it an ancient drone with modern rhythms?

More on the 717th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Generation Gambit — The Assignment: Layer two eras of recordings, one of them imaginary — at https://disquiet.com/0717/.





Ancient and Modern (disquiet0717)

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

Little song for Ikenishi Gonsui haiku:

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

In my language:

"Deutzia tota blanca -
en la nit profunda,
la Via Làctia."

Deutzia gracilis is the scientific name.

Deutzia gracilis (naviarhaiku621)

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)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 26 Nov 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synth, effects.

This original version of "Head Inoperative” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 621: Deutzia In Full White.

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

by: Ikenishi Gonsui

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.

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 25 Oct 2025, Grand Central Station, NYC, NY, USA

Music & art © 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

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Head Inoperative (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

Made for the haiku challenge 621 of Naviar records.

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

Haiku by Ikenishi Gonsui

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.

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

In the night, the Milky Way (naviarhaiku621)

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku-Challenge:  https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku621-deutzia-in-full-white/

Deutzia in full white-naviarhaiku621

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)

My submission for the Naviar Haiku Challenge #621.

More on the challenge here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Deep in the Full White Night - naviarhaiku618



Inspired by Naviar Haiku 621:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku621-deutzia-in-full-white/

Thanks to Marco Alessi from Naviar Records for the weekly challenge!

Photo by zenbytes (Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, 2017)


full white - Naviarhaiku621

Abstract Sound Structures, Musique Concrète & Live Electronics.
Experimental abstract animation videos.
It is my aim to create and/or edit my tracks & videos using free or open-source software only.
Influences include: J.S. Bach, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Giacinto Scelsi, Mauricio Kagel, Conlon Nancarrow, Christian Wolff, Harry Partch, Luc Ferrari, Morton Feldman, Cornelius Cardew, Bernard Parmegiani, Ana-Maria Avram, David Tudor, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Renaissance Polyphony.
All my work is published under a Creative Commons licence & can be freely downloaded (as wav) or remixed.

Ancient and Modern (disquiet0717)

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