Created in response to:

rising sun
and nothing else –
misty sea!

Naviar haiku challenge 589, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Another experiment with minimal resources, one of my own field recordings and other than a touch of compression and master track EQ. One effect plugin: GRFX Granular Effects from Imaginando: https://www.imaginando.pt/products/grfx-granular-effects

Update:
I have uploaded the original field recording to Freesound with a CC0 license, get it here: https://freesound.org/s/800900/

Misty Sea - (naviarhaiku - 589)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 23 Apr 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths & effects.

This original version of "Downstream Procrastination" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 590: Dreadful The Stream.

dreadful the stream
without so much as a name!
early-summer rains

by: Yosa Buson

One of the four great haiku masters, Yosa Buson studied both Japanese and Chinese poetry. He was also an accomplished painter, and most of his poems were accompanied by paintings, resulting in a more diverse and individual set of works than the one by his main historical influence, Basho.

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 28 Jun 2009, Massapequa, NY, USA on the edge of the woods. 

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Downstream Procrastination (naviarhaiku590)

dreadful the stream
without so much as a name!
early-summer rains

Haiku by Yosa Buson

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/


Untitled Stream (naviarhaiku590)

Made in response to:

dreadful the stream
without so much as a name!
early-summer rains

Naviar haiku challenge 590, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Although everything was generated and controlled in Voltage Modular I tried something a little different, rather than recording audio I routed and recorded sequenced Midi data that was passed to external instruments, Speldosa and Slammer for the drums, both from Klevgrand.

There are also a couple of field recordings:

Some burbling water from freesound processed inside Voltage:
Water Babbling2.m4a by dasoundguy -- https://freesound.org/s/478450/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
and some binaural rain from this sound pack sold in aid of WWF Denmark: www.luftrum.com/free-field-recordings: 

Stream With No Name - (naviarhaiku - 590)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 29 Oct 2005 & 30 Apr 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Stockhausen Sound & Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, augmented piano, voice & effects.

This original version of "Let's Leave Steady Divided" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 591: Dreadful The Stream.

steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino!

by: Ōshima Ryōta

Ōshima Ryōta was a Japanese poet of the Edo period. Some sources say he was a disciple of Yosa Buson, while others say his master was Hattori Ransetsu. He's mostly remembered for his essay “Bashō ku kai” 芭蕉句解 ('Study of Bashō's haiku') published in 1759, a magnum opus of his studies and literary theories on Matsuo Bashō's work.

Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 07 Aug 2016, Massapequa, NY, USA

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Let's Leave Steady Divided (naviarhaiku591)

steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino! 

Haiku by Ōshima Ryōta

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/



In Between The Drops (naviarhaiku591)

The rain sounds were created on the miRack app on my iPhone - portable eurorack for creating on the go.  The sequence was created in Voltage Modular

slow and steady _NaviarHaiku591

Made in response to:

steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino!

Naviar haiku challenge 591, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

I've used rain samples a few times recently so decided to do something different and find another way to represent rain, the result is a bit abstract but that's OK it's part of the dream. Everything was created using Voltage Modular with the addition of GRFX from Imaginando to add an extra layer to the rain. As usual the track is the result of a single "Live" take. 

Dream and Reality - (naviarhaiku - 591)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 07 May 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Guitar, ebow, prepared guitar, bow, guitar synth, effects.

This original version of "Reply Hazy, Try Again" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 592: Slanting Sunlight Rays.

slanting sunlight rays
a warm hazy afternoon
the forest to hear

by: Marc Sheridan

Marc Sheridan is an ever-curious person who loves what is just around the corner: the unusual and the mysterious. Even everyday objects and scenes can always be viewed differently.

He has been published in numerous magazines in the US and the UK and has exhibited up and down the West Coast of the US for the past 23 years.

Infrared photography/art - Jim Lemanowicz, 27 Apr 2009,  Massapequa, NY, USA. 

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Reply Hazy, Try Again (naviarhaiku592)

Made for naviar haiku challenge 592, full description coming shortly

Hazy_Afternoon-(naviarhaiku-592)

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.

Making music is about being surprised.
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