The haiku prompt for this one:

whenever we meet
it’s raining
green walnuts

Naviar haiku challenge 616, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Made using  custom recordings, VCV Rack and Dust from Soundmorph.


Green Walnuts - (Naviarhaiku - 616)

Little song forSaitō Sanki haiku:

"An autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea."

I translate the title to my language, catalan. "Drawn back by the sea" is "Arrossegat per la mar" on my island. In Catalonia, they say: "Arrossegat pel mar". The Balearic form is more poetic for me.

Arrossegat per la mar (naviarhaiku617)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 29 Oct & 01 Nov 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, samples, effects.

This original version of "Go Ahead, Ernie” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 617: An Autumn Nightfall

an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.

by: Saitō Sanki

Saitō Sanki (1900 – 1962) was a dentist who discovered his passion for haiku poetry in his mid-thirties, when his colleagues at the hospital in Soto Kanda convinced him to write a haiku for a collection. Later, he became one of the most important exponents of wartime haiku: he was imprisoned in 1940 during the government’s World War II persecution of controversial artists, and was officially forbidden to write until the end of the war.

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 30 Oct 2025, Massapequa train station, Massapequa, NY, USA

Music & art © 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Go Ahead, Ernie (naviarhaiku617)

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cycles (naviarhaiku617)

naviarhaiku617 – an autumn nightfall
October 29, 2025

an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.

by: Saitō Sanki

Saitō Sanki (1900 – 1962) was a dentist who discovered his passion for haiku poetry in his mid-thirties, when his colleagues at the hospital in Soto Kanda convinced him to write a haiku for a collection. Later, he became one of the most important exponents of wartime haiku: he was imprisoned in 1940 during the government’s World War II persecution of controversial artists, and was officially forbidden to write until the end of the war.

Catfish (naviarhaiku617)

The haiku prompt for this:

an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.

Naviar haiku challenge 617, details here:  https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

I have my field recording of the sea so I had a starting point; everything else was made with VCV Rack. I started with the sequences then added the synthetic waves, mixed with the real ones towards the end of the track. Wanting to keep the rest quite sparce and minimal I then made a simple chord sequence and a simple self generating melody.   

With a rough plan for the overall form I was going to follow I set up physical controls and multi track recording, hit record and mixed/modulated all the elements in one live take.

While the sea recording is my own it has been uploaded to freesound, find it here: Waves_on_a_Shingle_Beach by Mr_Lamppost -- https://freesound.org/s/800900/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 

Drawn Back By The Sea - (naviarhaiku - 617)



Composition pour le Naviar Haïku Music challenge 617.
Sur un haïku de Saitō Sanki (1900 – 1962):

an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.

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


sea fishbone

Little song for Kjmunro haiku:

"The harp player
moves under cover
market day."

"Mercat" is the word "Market" in my language. This is my market of my little island.

Mercat (naviarhaiku618)

Made in response to this haiku:

the harp player
moves under cover
market day

Naviar haiku challenge 618, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

I already had the field recordings I needed to frame the track, a combination of a food market in Catania Sicily and Brixton Market south west London. Recordings from this sound pack: https://www.luftrum.com/free-field-recordings Sold in aid of WWF Denmark.

I then used VCV Rack to build an evolving sequence and a self generating melody, the main elements of the track. To these I added minimal background elements also VCV to form a bridge between the sequenced elements and field recordings.  

With all the synthetic elements ready to go I mixed and assembled the field recordings that open the track, having done a "Dry run" to test my mapped physical controls and multi track recordings setup for the VCV elements I took a guess and mixed the field recordings that close the track. When I hit record and did the live mix I found I was wildly wide of the mark so while the opening and all the synth elements are as performed I'll admit to sliding the closing set of field recordings into place after the event. 

The Harp Player - (naviarhaiku - 618)

Little song for Masaoka Shiki haiku:
"Almost black
deepening purple
ripe grapes."

Deepening (naviarhaiku619)

I'm primarily a visual artist both 2D and 3D, for the last decade I've operated almost exclusively in the digital 3D realm.   since the late 80s I've made periodic forays into the sonic world, MIDI sequencing, minimalism, musique concrète, found sounds  and improvisation. I am seldom happy with anything and seldom consider a piece finished.

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

Little musician from little island. OST for films, documentary & videogames.

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