Created on iPad, mixed and mastered with Cubase 14 and Ozone 11

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 605:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku605-just-inside-the-fence/

Photo by zenbytes (Sibratsgfäll, Austria, 2019)


prohibited grounds - Naviarhaiku605

This track was inspired by this week's Disquiet Junto project: The barcode of the softcover Penguin edition of Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow" was used as the timeline for the rhythm, and the track was created with this beat as inspiration.
The other elements followed, found through intuition or happy accidents.
The result is a far groovier track than I initially assumed.

More on the 712th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Zebra Code — The Assignment: What rhythm do you hear in a bar code? — at https://disquiet.com/0712/

Thinking Fast and Slow (Disquiet0712)

revealing in the dark
the sadness of things
a fisherman's torch
 

Tagami Kikusha (1753-1826) was a Japanese multi-disciplinary artist and Buddhist nun, mostly known as a poet, painter, calligrapher, and tea practitioner.

Haiku by Tagami Kikusha

Picture by Michael Shannon

fisherman's sadness_naviarhaiku609

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 609:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku609-revealing-in-the-dark/

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

Photo by zenbytes (Bretagne, France, 2020)

revealing torch - Naviarhaiku609

Recorded, edited, mixed & mastered on 11 Sep 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa, USA.

Synth, samples, effects

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 21 Oct 2020, Manhattan, NYC, USA

Music & art © 2020, 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of “How Monotonous, Herr Pencil” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0715: Err Apparent. The Assignment: Make a mistake on purpose. Build something from it.

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

More on the 715th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Err Apparent — The Assignment: Make a mistake on purpose. Build something from it — at https://disquiet.com/0715/

Patreon & Soundcloud - blisterpop
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TikTok - jimmlem
Bluesky - jimmylem.bsky.social

How Monotonous, Herr Pencil (disquiet0715)

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not broken (naviarhaiku610)

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 610:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku610-dropped-glass/

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

Photo by zenbytes (Bretagne, France, 2018)

dropped glass - Naviarhaiku610

A piece inspired by the botanical garden in Lausanne.

Cyclamen hederifolium

gravel 30 bpm 12225 take 1

This is my organ piece “Symphonic Nocturne”, Recorded live at Church of the Advent, Boston, 2/16/23. It’s an homage to Ukrainian master Boris Lyatoshynskyi, who is known as the father of Ukrainian modernist music.

Symphonic Nocturne, for organ (2021)

shifty 60 bpm key test 4 w hat 1

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