You had my attention with the lovely, slow movements of the strings and synth sounds. The sudden appearance of the arpeggiated notes and then the rising ocean sound at the end were brilliant additions that really help the piece conclude. Nice work!

I've been exploring scanned synthesis - and this is a glitchy little number using that approach to interpret the latest haiku from Naviar Records ... Enjoy!

gale in the mountains –
watch how the fallen blossoms
carpet the water

Haiku by: Den Sutejo [Translated by Makoto Ueda] https://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/den-sutejo.html

More information: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

more halF unusuaL

halF carpeteD [naviarhaiku514]

Recorded, mixed & mastered 08-10 Nov 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2023 Jim Lemanowicz

Process notes

First day -

- Not intending this to be for the next Junto - it was Wednesday - I decided to program a samba beat in FL Studio from a book of drum patterns for four percussion instruments and then added a second snare. 
- Nothing especially out of the ordinary, it just felt like practice. I went to sleep wondering if I could take it apart somehow.

Second day -

- Spent probably too much time getting MIDI out of FL and into Ableton Live.
- I used a template that I developed last June for this particular concept, (”band”), I call Smile Puppy I used this concept for Juntos 0546 and 0599. This concept started for me in a very primitive way in FL 3.5 back in 2001-ish, so I always try to include FL somehow, so it seemed natural to use that concept name.
- Juggled the percussion tracks to have the thing build as it went, with some open spots too. Didn’t want to be linear, it felt less musical to me.
- My template included a track for raw audio that I removed and a track with a marimba sound and another one with an Operator pluck sound.
- I used a Max For Live thing called TreeSEQ by Gross9978 to generate the notes for the two melodic tracks, with the pluck aiming for the bass sounds. I then captured these two parts in two MIDI receiver tracks.
- I liked the pluck sound but not for bass. It didn’t have any hint of bass oomph and what can I say, I’m really fussy with bass.
- So I duplicated the bass part and with some messing around, I found something in Kontakt that was more bass-sounding to me but also a little off. That was it, I was going to stick with that.
- I took the original bass part, cut it in half, increased the octave I was in and half timed it as a solo near the end of the track. I also processed it with some of Live’s guitar-oriented effects but also a gate to gently tame it. Still it eventually took over without any intention from me and I liked that happy accident for an ending.

Update - third day 11/10
- after posting, I was not happy with the balance and I did another mix.

Artwork: Penn Station, NYC 17 Dec 2010, by Jim Lemanowicz

------

This original version of "I Am As Dry As A Fish" was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0619: Beat Accrual. The Assignment: Rebuild a complicated rhythm from scratch.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: [disquiet.com/junto/](https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdisquiet.com%2Fjunto%2F&token=5155d9-1-1699589421887)

Subscribe to project announcements here: [tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/](https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftinyletter.com%2Fdisquiet-junto%2F&token=5ad8e7-1-1699589421887)

This track was originally released under the artist name "Smile Puppy."

I Am As Dry As A Fish (disquiet0619)

Last Bloom(naviarhaiku515)

This week’s podcast features music made by Naviar’s community inspired by
Shubham Dasgupta’s poem “in dark autumn nights / dew and the new bamboo shoots / reaching out to moon”

Tracklist:

jamesbrynildsen - Bamboo Moon
Stan Magendanz - reaching out to moon
zenbytes - night dew and bamboo shoots
noble-earths – Bamboo
33per - (new bamboo shoots) Rarotonga
Raymond Stull - Touch the Moonlight

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/10/18/naviarhaiku511-in-dark-autumn-nights/

Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house” by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Micah Hallahan
voice reciting the poem: Marco Sebastiano Alessi

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on Resonance Extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.
To have your music featured on the show, you'll have to participate in the Haiku music challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
support the show: https://www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/

Naviar Broadcast #291 – in dark autumn nights – Wednesday 1st November 2023

Created with AUM on iPad and Cubase 12 on PC

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 515:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/15/naviarhaiku515-last-bloom-before-autumn/

Sample from:
https://freetousesounds.bandcamp.com/album/rural-american-ambience-sound-library-usa

Photo by zenbytes (2018, Germany)

with a smile - Naviarhaiku 515

Composition inspired by haiku by John Wright

Last bloom before autumn

Last bloom before autumn
Stares back at me with a smile
My younger brother

Staring Back

Staring Back - (naviarhaiku515)

Naviar Haiku 515

Last bloom before autumn
Stares back at me with a smile
My younger brother

John Wright is a drummer, producer, and regular participant in our music challenge. A few weeks ago, John participated in our latest haiku workshop on Discord, and here’s one of the poems he wrote recently.

To participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Haiku by: John Wright  https://soundcloud.com/thgirwnhoj

Picture by: Katerina Kerdi https://unsplash.com/photos/silhouette-photograph-of-forest–YiJvbfNDqk

The Last Bloom

The Last Bloom (NaviarHaiku515)

Hold On Tight And Don't Let Go NaviarHaiku518

Celestial Flamebearers

Hello everyone, today, new cinematographic track.

"Tribute" is a tribute to the grandeur of nature, and in particular that of erupting volcanoes.

I hope you like it !🌋

Spotify : 
https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/artist/3Jguk5LRag7Nx7WXIx0eCX?si=BCq7_DhBR7y-dM1dmPGTFA

Instagram : 
https://www.instagram.com/apoen.beats/

Tribute

Clearance is a drone ambient / drumless synthwave track that builds up slowly.

This is a very intimate piece, from a series of last productions that were made in my old studio before the separation. It's called Clearance because, despite over 3 years of awareness, it was only at this moment that I understood that a serious change was imminent.

Cover photo: Hexagon Sean
Mastering: ® AV limited ™

💙 Follow my socials 💙
Bandcamp » https://axlrhodesmusic.bandcamp.com
Spotify » https://open.spotify.com/artist/5nlgdELJT2bvwCgU1ZCNf4
Youtube » https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Rl_JujMvuK3mHD8SVXUOQ
Instagram » https://instagram.com/axlrhodesmusic
Facebook » https://facebook.com/axlrhodesmusic
Twitter » https://twitter.com/axlrhodesmusic
My Sounds & Samplepacks » https://axlrhodesmusic.gumroad.com

Clearance

Bandcamp

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

with a smile - Naviarhaiku 515

zenbytes

Recent comments

John Wright

Related tracks