Tag: Improvisation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoJeL2cLAqY A sonic diary.

Recorded, mixed & mastered 29-30 Dec 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Synths, Atari 8-bit emulator, Brian Funk’s 100-year old piano, sax, voice.

This original version of “Have You Ever Been To Butter?” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0626: Audio Journal 2023. The Assignment: Create a sonic diary of the past year with a dozen (or more) super-brief segments.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto
Project discussion took place on https://ift.tt/Q9HK0lr
Artwork/photo by Jim Lemanowicz, 06 Sep 2018, Wantagh LIRR station, NY, USA

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This track was originally released under the artist name “Manhattan Rubber.”

Music & art © 2018, 2023 Jim Lemanowicz

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhoGFLw2WB4 What does this room sound like?

Recorded, mixed & mastered 23 Dec 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Sax, bathroom, effects

This original version of “The Lady With The Watermelon Hugs” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0625: Noise Ceiling. The Assignment: What does this room sound like?

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/
Discussion took place on https://ift.tt/Tn3VSQZ
Artwork/photo by Jim Lemanowicz, 27 Feb 2010

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This track was originally released under the artist name “Wishbook.”

Music & art © 2010, 2023 Jim Lemanowicz

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#disquiet0625 #sounddesign #disquietjunto #avantgarde #sax #bathroom #watermelon #soundart #experimental #electronic #soundscape #peaceful #instrumental #avantgarde #noisy #shesalady #hugs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGJg38PjOQU Depicting shadows in sound.

Recorded, mixed & mastered 14 Feb 1988, 30 Nov / 01 Dec 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Synths, acoustic guitar, samples & effects

This original version of “Little Iodine Crack” was submitted as part of **Disquiet Junto Project 0622: Know the Shadow.** The Assignment: How do you depict a shadow in sound?

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/
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Artwork/photo by Jim Lemanowicz, 31 May 2017, Boston, MA, USA

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A newer mix of this piece was included on the 2024 album All Roads Lead To Jimmy Lem
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This track was originally released under the artist name “Lumber Mart.”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KUPazl_tFU This piece uses material I had discarded in 2005 to create a new piano piece.

Conceived, recorded, mixed, mastered 05 Feb 2005 & 23 Nov 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa, NY.

Piano, effects

This original version of “Pinch Appeal” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0621: The Leftovers. The Assignment: Use recently discarded material to make something new.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/
Project discussion took place at https://ift.tt/qL40vUC
Artwork: 11 Sep 2017, Massapequa, NY by Jim Lemanowicz

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This track was originally released under the artist name “Our Quiet Fog.”

Music & art ©2005, 2017, 2023 Jim Lemanowicz

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwGIv6uwWYI This piece kind of deconstructs a samba rhythm. Kind of.

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

Synths, drum samples, effects

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
Project discussion took place at https://ift.tt/zwa7kC8
Artwork: Penn Station, NYC 17 Dec 2010, by Jim Lemanowicz

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

Music & art – ©2010, 2023 Jim Lemanowicz

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSyvVSHNHGc This piece transforms text from Black Panther, Vol. 9, No. 3, November 4, 1972 “A Matter Of Life Or Death, vote “no” on proposition 17, 4th paragraph,” into music.

Recorded, mixed & mastered 02-03 Nov 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Samples, electric bass, cymbal, nylon string guitar & effects

This original version of “Begrabe Das Lied” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0618: Burying the Lede. The Assignment: Turn old news into new music.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/
Project discussion took place on https://ift.tt/nuG90Y4
Artwork generated via Adobe Express Generative AI by Jim Lemanowicz, 03 Nov 2023

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This track was originally released under the artist name “Two-Finger Modal Box.”

Music & art ©2023 Jim Lemanowicz

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyaI5JdxGBA Recorded, mixed & mastered 19 Oct 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa, outside.

Synths & effects

This original version of “Sanitized For Your Own Good” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0616: : Definition Jam. The Assignment: Explore, in music, the nuanced differences between two closely related words.

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Discussion took place on https://ift.tt/KpJ1Eea
Artwork/photo by Jim Lemanowicz, 31 May 2017, Boston, MA, USA

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A newer mix of this piece was included on the 2024 album All Roads Lead To Jimmy Lem
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Original Soundcloud post – https://ift.tt/C3MyAKJ

This track was originally released under the artist name “Lumber Mart.”

Music & art © 2017, 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkHmaQd92o0 Recorded, mixed & mastered 22-23 Sep 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa, outside.

Snare drum, landscaping equipment & effects

This original version of “My Resistance Is Not My Personality” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0612: Drum Vector. The Assignment: Walk the listener through variations on the same percussive instrument.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/
Conversation took place here – https://ift.tt/bMSiyOX
Artwork/photography by Jim Lemanowicz, 23 Sep 2013, Bryant Park, NYC, NY, USA

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This track was originally released under the artist name “The David Conspiracy.”

Music & art ©2013, 2023 Jim Lemanowicz

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PruKi44TrwM Contains recordings by Tristan Louth-Robins, Thomas Undermulden, Hugh G Prat, Jonathan Zorn and Bo OhWell
Mixed & mastered 10 Sep 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Samples & effects

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This original version of “Cactus, O Cactus” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0610: Speed Limit Pt 2
The Assignment: Combine two or more pre-existing 60 BPM tracks into something new — at half the speed.

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Conversation took place here – https://ift.tt/1kixhWL
Artwork/photography by Jim Lemanowicz, 09 Sep 2010, NYC subway.

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This track was originally released under the artist name “Antlers Spread Wide.”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FoPGUlnT4o For this, I continued down the road paved by my 0605 & 0606 submissions, these being extensions of what I did for 0530 and the subsequent album of its evolutionary brothers and sisters.

Recorded, mixed & mastered 31 Aug 2023 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Synths & effects

This original version of “Please My Parching Tongue” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0609: Speed Limit Pt 1. Record a track at precisely 60 BPM with the intention someone will subsequently rework it.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/
Discussion took place on https://ift.tt/RAvh0Zf
Artwork/photo by Jim Lemanowicz, 31 May 2017, Boston, MA, USA

Look for me at patreon.com/blisterpop – patrons get my albums for free!
Original Soundcloud post – https://ift.tt/QA7GZrL
A newer mix of this piece was included on the 2024 album All Roads Lead To Jimmy Lem
https://ift.tt/e9yCFZx

This track was originally released under the artist name “Lumber Mart.”

Music & art © 2017, 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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#disquiet0609 #Experimentalmusic #sounddesign #electronicmusic #disquietjunto #avantgarde #minimal #iosmusic #speedlimit #tongue
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