Inspired by the following haiku written by Ōshima, a Japanese poet of the Edo period.
they spoke no words
the visitor, the host
and the white chrysanthemum

Haiku by Ōshima Ryōta
Picture by Ioann-Mark Kuznietsov
https://soundcloud.com/naviar-records

Sailing into the silence

Sailing Into The Silence (naviarhaiku555)

Part of the Naviar Haiku Challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku575-even-though-afar/

even though afar-naviarhaiku575

guitar improvisation for the haiku challenge 575 https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku575-even-though-afar/

sun (naviarhaiku575)

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 575:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku575-even-though-afar/

Thanks to Marco Alessi from Naviar Records for the weekly challenge!

Photo by zenbytes (Colorado, USA , 2024)

even though afar - 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)

This is my first track using 'time stretch'. I took a simple 4 note piano chord, stretched it, added delay and reverb, reversed it, added more delay, stretched that, reversed it yet again and then added the final delay and reverb. Added synth sounds from the Behringer Kobol Expander. The higher percussive notes represent the pointy pine needles and the swept noise represents the wind.

Moutain Pines (naviarhaiku575)

Composition pour le Naviar Haïku Music challenge 575.
Sur un haïku de Kagami Shikō:
Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

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

Coolness feeling

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 16 Jan 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Using an AI-generated drum generator I had put together this week, I generated some midi, used some for bass and some for drums. I won't get into too many details but the sustained sound is a bassoon or sample or something. It reminded me a little of Cale's viola on the first VU.

For this I thought of some innocent with headphones on...in some 80s shock suspense horror film out for a walk after an argument with the parents unaware that they were being followed by some evil thing. Kind of lulled away from intense emotion and zoning out to something not too engaging but not without movement. Maybe the result of the Walkman's radio dial getting stuck after the device was thrown.

This might sound contrived but as I was coming up with this I was thinking of David Lynch's Wild At Heart and the loop of Wicked Game in the car crash scene. This was about 45 min before I knew he had died. I am sad beyond belief.

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Massapequa, NY, USA - 11 Sep 2016

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of “Mars In The Nondeterministic House” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0681: Drama Course. The Assignment: Record a piece of music to transform a walk or a run into something theatrical.

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

More on the 681st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Drama Course — The Assignment: Record a piece of music to transform a walk or a run into something theatrical — at https://disquiet.com/0681/

Check the thread here for a screenshot of the AI "drum machine" (it doesn't actually make a sound, just a MIDI export but I do have a Max For Live version, too). It's influenced by "the current position of Mars." https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0681-drama-course/70495/3?u=blisterpop

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Mars In The Nondeterministic House (disquiet0681)

From a series of (almost) daily ocean glimpses. The music is composed to a video of the sea (photons captured fresh every day). You can experience the full video version here: https://youtu.be/ppQsJnlcvoA

Glimpse 1379 (Jul 11 2025)

DREAMLOCK is a 3:25 ambient soundscape built from five evolving synthesizer textures. It weaves digital haze, distant pulses, and ethereal harmonic shifts to evoke dreamlike states, introspection, and mysterious atmospheres. Ideal for sci-fi dramas, psychological thrillers, dream sequences, and any scene requiring subtle emotional depth without overpowering dialogue.

Dreamlock

Seamorrow

Traveller in sound and space.  Enjoying and creating ambient, drone and experimental music.