Acoustic repetitive, all real instruments:
Ronrocos
Ukuleles
Acoustic bass
Bombo legüero

Composed and performed by DD, 2024

For this haiku

heaven and earth:
neither exists apart from
snow fluttering down

by Kajiwara Hashin 


@naviar-records

From Heaven (naviarhaiku584)

Disquiet Junto Project 0689: Supporting Players The Assignment: Elevate the presence of your non-instrument equipment.

In my improvisation setup, using acoustic instruments with electronic effects chains, I prefer using a contact microphone. This prevents unwanted audio feedback (sound from the speakers feeding back into the microphone. But it can lead to issues with accidentally bumping against the table that the instrument is on, or touching the cable of the contact mic (which is extremely sensitive to handling noise). One of the effects chains I use a lot, uses transient detection to trigger recording to a buffer in a granular synth, and doing pitch analysis to allow tuned audio effects (like a tuned resonator in a feedback path). Accidentally brushing the mic cable can then lead to some unexpected results… which I often find rather pleasing, actually.
So for this piece, I wanted to give the granulated mic cable brushes and table bumps centre stage, playing a bit of duduk as a background layer.

More on the 689th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Supporting Players — The Assignment: Elevate the presence of your non-instrument equipment — at https://disquiet.com/0689/

Accidental support (disquiet0689)

After watching the wonderful TV series "In My Skin", I tried to compose a track to match this touching story. While playing the piano melody on my midi keyboard, I recorded the mechanical sounds of the keys using a smartphone and a dictaphone.
This recording approach was inspired by this week's Disquiet Junto project, but doesn't follow that prompt closely.
These recordings (treated with various effects) were mixed with the piano, and strings and synth sounds were added to the track, all to support the guiding emotion drawn from the story.

More on the 689th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Supporting Players — The Assignment: Elevate the presence of your non-instrument equipment — at https://disquiet.com/0689/

In My Skin - the Sound of Sound  (Disquiet0689)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 14 Mar 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, effects

This original version of "Never Burn" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 584, Heaven And Earth

heaven and earth:
neither exists apart from
snow fluttering down

by: Kajiwara Hashin

Kajiwara Hashin was born in 1864 and studied under Kyoshi. Although Hashin is not very well-known as a poet, this particular haiku that he wrote is quite popular worldwide: it was first translated by Miyamori Asataro and later by R. H. Blyth.

Drawing/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 30 Mar 2017, West 46th St, NYC, USA

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

#soundart #naviarhaiku #naviarhaiku584 #experimentalmusic #heaven #electronicmusic #sounddesign #ableton #burn #earth

Never Burn (naviarhaiku584)

This week's response to the @naviar-records haiku challenge uses elements of sound design I've created for zack mennell's "Rage Reactor" performance installation which they will be realising in Liverpool's Dadafest this week: https://www.dadafest.co.uk/event/ddfi40-rage-reactor

"heaven and earth:
neither exists apart from
snow fluttering down"

Kajiwara Hashin was born in 1864 and studied under Kyoshi. Although Hashin is not very well-known as a poet, this particular haiku that he wrote is quite popular worldwide: it was first translated by Miyamori Asataro and later by R. H. Blyth.

Haiku by Kajiwara Hashin

Extract of picture by Simon Berger

Submission deadline: 19th March 2025

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

neither snow (naviarhaiku584)

WEIL ICH ES SO WILL

More on the 690th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Knot Bad — The Assignment: Interpret wood grain as a graphic score — at https://disquiet.com/0690/

disquiet0690

My track notes regarding the creation of this track can be found here: 

Disquiet Junto Project 0690: Knot Bad
The Assignment: Interpret wood grain as a graphic score.

Step 1: Find a piece of wood, the grain of which captures your imagination.

Step 2: Consider how the shapes of the grain might be interpreted as a graphically notated score. (If you are not familiar with the concept of a graphic score, read up.)

Step 3: Record a piece of music in which you interpret the grain of the wood you selected in Step 1 as a graphic score.

[Disquiet Junto 0690] Contin You'd Uhm

060125009

Recorded, edited, mixed & mastered on 28 May 2017 & 06 Jun 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa, USA. 

Synths, effects

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 06 Jun 2015 & 06 Jun 2025, Massapequa, NY, USA 

©2015, 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of “Usually May Disappear” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0701: Gap Ear. The Assignment: Break apart a piece of music and fill the resulting spaces.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/

More on the 701st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Gap Ear — The Assignment: Break apart a piece of music and fill the resulting spaces — at https://disquiet.com/0701/

Usually May Disappear (disquiet0701)

vcv rack      release date: 24_ 03_ 2019     
More on this 377th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Algorithms Assemble / The Assignment: Have fun with rules applied to scales, in coordination with the Algorithmic Art Assembly — at:

https://disquiet.com/0377/ 2

The project is lightly adapted from one proposed by Junto member Charlie Kramer (aka NorthWoods).

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/ 1

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https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0377-algorithms-assemble/ 2

There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Algorithms (disquiet0377)

https://soundcloud.com/user-941288896-491859901
https://soundcloud.com/noisered
https://soundcloud.com/isonomia

Algorithms (disquiet0377)

Euclidean~~~