Recorded, mixed & mastered 27 Nov 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

This piece is a section of a longer generative improvisation. Using a patch I created earlier in the evening on Arturia Prophet V3 in the VS mode, I started in Bitwig with a few sequenced notes, Nitwig’s own random elements, CodeFN42 RandArp & iZotope’s Neoverb. I chose a small section to replicate across four tracks in Ableton Live and committed some variation with Live’s native devices and some other iZotope plugins. 

This original version of "Ion Exchange & Found" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 569, Resplendent. 

Resplendent
the kite soaring up above
the shanty town

by: Kobayashi Issa

Among the four great masters of Japanese haiku, Kobayashi Issa was the most prolific: during his lifetime he wrote over 20,000 haiku, hundreds of tanka, and several haibun. 

Art/photography by Jim Lemanowicz, 07 Nov 2009, Massapequa, NY, USA
©2024 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Ion Exchange & Found  (naviarhaiku569)

Recorded, mixed & mastered 04 Jan 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

For this I used Audio Damage Phosphor 3, some DX100 samples, Behringer ProVS mini, several native Live devices, a few Arturia effects.

This original version of "Doll Anatomies" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 574, On New Year’s Day.  

on New Year's Day
everywhere, a corrupt world's
blossoms.

by: Kobayashi Issa

As customary, the first haiku of the year is by Kobayashi Issa.

Among the four great masters of Japanese haiku, Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) was the most prolific: during his lifetime he wrote over 20,000 haiku, hundreds of tanka, and several haibun.

Art photography by Jim Lemanowicz, 15 Dec 2017, Massapequa, NY, USA. 

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

Doll Anatomies (naviarhaiku574)

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