Recorded, mixed & mastered on 28/29 Apr 2023 & 12 Jan 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

The original material is a bit of mystery to me - Cecelia5, FL Studio, PaulXStretch, Reason, Thor, Fracture. To this I added Collision and Massive X & Arturia Fragments. I created this track after organizing the raw material for a future album. This was the second track I completed. I completed the first track yesterday for this week’s Disquiet Junto. 

This original version of "Friction And Fluoride" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 575, Even Though Afar.

Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

by: Kagami Shikō

Kagami Shikō was a Japanese poet, considered one of the ten outstanding disciples (Shōmon jittetsu 蕉門十哲) of Matsuo Bashō. He was in turn the master of the famous poetess Fukuda Chiyo-ni.

Originally from the present-day Gifu Prefecture, Kagami Shikō became a monk at Daichi-ji Temple, and in 1690 he became a pupil of Bashō, later accompanying him on some of his journeys and recording his last will in 1694.

After Basho's death, he kept travelling around Japan, writing several essays on haiku and collections of writings until his death in 1731.

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Massapequa, NY, USA - 19 Nov 2017

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

Friction And Fluoride (naviarhaiku575)

Created in response to:

Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

Naviar Haiku challenge 575, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

The inclusion of the lake and reflections in the image that goes with the poem definitely influenced the final result.  Everything was made with a single patch using Voltage Modular which was manipulated and recorded to multiple tracks in one "Live" take.  There were options for further subtle variation built into the patch but when I came to map physical controls I didn't have enough knobs and sliders to use them all. 

A Feeling Of Coolness - (Naviarhaiku - 575)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 17 Jan 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

I read the haiku a few times and imagined a cloud of visibly cool air enveloping a warm lake, a tree and a heron. 

This original version of "Slouch Beneath The Tree With Me" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 576, Amongst The Rushes.

Amongst the rushes,
a stillness comes over us -
Heron in winter.

by: roekin

roekin is a mark of gratitude; an attribution to all that is; kin.
Dependently arising, from a life lived simply, peace+haiku is the growing collection of poetry and writings attributed to roekin.
The collection can be found at roekin.com.

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Massapequa, NY, USA - 19 Nov 2017

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

Slouch Beneath The Tree With Me  (naviarhaiku576)

Created in response to:

Amongst the rushes,
a stillness comes over us -
Heron in winter.

Naviar Haiku challenge 576, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

The waster sample is from freesound:
water on rocks, calm, manitoulin.mp3 by TRP -- https://freesound.org/s/575244/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

This was loaded into and processed while the rest of the sounds were generated by a virtual modular patch assembled with VCV Rack. All recorded in a single "Live" take.

A Stillness Comes - (Naviarhaiku - 576)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 25 Jan 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

I read the haiku and imagined the smell of a rose and all the interesting places our memories can go to.  All sounds are native devices in Ableton Live, using my own presets/racks, all being played by multiple instances of a sequencer I put together in Max For Live with the help of Claude.ai. 

This original version of "No Drip" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 577, Curve Of Time.

Curve of time -
a thought takes flight,
scent of a rose.

by: El Wud

Vincenzo, aka El Wud, is an electronic musician from Naples, Italy.

A regular participant in our haiku music challenge, El Wud uses sound overlaps, causal collisions and cosmic echoes to create evocative soundscapes.

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Massapequa, NY, USA - 05 Sep 2017

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

No Drip  (naviarhaiku577)

Some months ago I was heading to the doctor’s when I heard a voice say “notice the tattoo,” or “ look at the tattoo,” something along those lines, which left me pretty baffled, unsure what this meant or why it suddenly popped into my head. But I made sure I would pay attention to any tattoos I saw at the doctor’s office. When I got there a young nurse admitted me and checked my vitals. She was pretty and had a calming grace about her. When she went to take my blood pressure, I saw on the inside of her wrist was a single tattoo: a red rose. Throughout the day I contemplated what this symbol was meant to mean and why I was supposed to see it but couldn’t really make any connection to it. 
Around this time I had started learning more about the saints. I was reading a book of poetry by St. Thérèse of Lisieux “the Little Flower” that I really loved. In it are the most tender of love poems dedicated to Jesus, other saints and her fellow sisters at her convent. 
But it wasn’t until a couple of days ago I found the novena prayer to St. Thérèse and was shocked and tickled to discover it is apparently common knowledge that she’ll send a rose to those who ask for her prayers. 
Now I can’t remember if I had, at that time, asked, but maybe she went ahead and sent the rose knowing I would catch up down the line. Either way, this beautiful haiku by El Wud evoked in me this memory and the desire to repay her kind gift.

So dear St. Thérèse of Lisieux, this one’s dedicated to you:


Curve of time—
a thought takes flight,
scent of a rose.

by El Wud
Naviar Haiku challenge #577

A Rose from St. Thérèse [naviarhaiku 577]

This track is my interpretation of: 

Curve of time -
a thought takes flight,
scent of a rose.

Naviar Haiku challenge 577, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

All done with Voltage Modular (Virtual modular environment) from Cherry audio making heavy use of the modules from Dome Music Technologies.  There were too many elements to record this in one go, I neither have enough physical controls of hands. so split it into sections; each recorded as a live, one take performance, following on from and adding to each other.  

I think I hit all the elements for this one.
Curve of Time: A bit of obvious vintage synth, cheesy but who doesn't enjoy a bit of quality Gouda? 
One thought takes flight from the rest.
And I can scent a rose.
But beyond the obvious dairy products placing the element is up to you.

Curve Of Time - (naviarhaiku - 577)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 31 Jan 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Beer bottle, Korg Monotron Delay, grains, emulated springs. 

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

This original version of "The Lithosphere Behaves As One" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 578, One By One.

one by one
praising and withdrawing inside -
winter moon

by: Senjo

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, near the corner of 8th Ave & 44th St, NYC, USA - 31 Jan 2018

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

The Lithosphere Behaves As One (naviarhaiku578)

Naviar Haiku Challenge 578

one by one
praising and withdrawing inside -
winter moon

by: Senjo

Photo by Jordan Steranka on Unsplash

Praising and Withdrawing

Praising And Withdrawing (Naviar Haiku 578)

Created as a response to:

one by one
praising and withdrawing inside -
winter moon

Naviar haiku challenge 578: details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

With the exception of the gongs, a combination of a modified Dreamsynth bell preset and Gong Amp, everything was made with one monster virtual modular patch using VCV Rack (Mostly Surge XT modules). 

Probably not the best way to do it, I should have learned from how easy it was splitting things last week, but everything including the gongs was multi-track recorded as a single live performance. Apart from pushing my far from shabby CPU to it's limit I wasn't able to modulate as many things as I'd have liked, ran into the not enough physical knobs/sliders limit.  ,

One_by_One-(naviarhaiku-578)

Composer & music producer of electronic, ambient, piano, EDM, and Jazz amalgamations. Music as spiritual gateway.

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.

Sound artist.
Freedom from being unknown.
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Jan Bjork has had a passionate interest in music since a very young age. Having training in playing the piano, selfstudies has led to more instruments that can be handled. His own music covers piano and electronic/synth based music reflecting his broad taste in many genres. Coming releases will include piano, synth/electronic, ambient all with influences ranging from classical, blues, jazz, rock etcetera.
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