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Recorded, mixed & mastered 26 Oct 2022, 26 Oct 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

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Process notes –
I wanted to do something peaceful but also a little alien.

I started in Reason, using a bassoon sound and Malström & added a bit from a piano & Absynth piece from exactly two years ago. I exported the stems and imported to Ableton Live. In Live, I added the bass part – the native Analog synth. Here, I treated the four parts with various effects and finished.

Tools used – Spitfire Softpiano, NI Absynth, NN-19 Bassoon, Malström, Bitwig, Reason, Ableton Live, Analog, DAW-specific native devices, iZotope Nectar & Ozone.

Artwork/Photography –
Manhattan, NYC, NY 21 Oct 2020

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This original version of “Born With Sternum” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0669: Phonosynthesis. The Assignment: Make music to help a forest regenerate.

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Recorded, mixed & mastered 23 Oct 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

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I put together three generative parts for this in Reason – using Monotone, Felt Instruments Lekko & Subtractor. I then moved over to Ableton Live and did some processing there – shifted each track slightly off-time by stretching.

This original version of “Surfactant Is Cool” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 564, Fog clears Away…

Fog clears away:
the waterfall shows up
bit by bit.

by: Natsume Sōseki (Tr. Sōiku Shigematsu)

Undoubtedly one of the most important Japanese novelists in modern history, Natsume Sōseki began his career publishing haiku and renku poems in a number of newspapers and periodicals. Early in his career he met Masaoka Shiki, who encouraged him to become a writer and tutored him in the art of composing haiku.

Between 1900 and 1903 he studied at the UCL in London, but this proved to be quite a dramatic experience for the young Soseki. Despite this, when Soseki returned to Japan, he exploded into prolific writing activity.

Art by Jim Lemanowicz 19 Aug 2011, LIRR, NY, USA

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Recorded, mixed & mastered 16 Oct 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

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I put together three generative parts for this in Reason – using Grain, Europa & AudioDamage Phosphor. I then moved over the first take of this to Ableton and did some processing there – some dirt, some echo, a touch of reverb.

This original version of “Shaking Air” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 563, autumn wind…

autumn wind…
I am stringing
a plain-wood bow

by: Mukai Kyorai

Kyorai was a Japanese haiku poet who first trained as a martial artist before he started writing and became one of Basho’s first disciples.

This is one of Kyorai’s most famous poem, and one that Natsume Sōseki used as an example of great haiku poetry when teaching at a high school in Kumamoto.

Art by Jim Lemanowicz 19 Aug 2011, LIRR, NY, USA

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Recorded, mixed & mastered 31 Mar 2018, 12 Jul 2008, 10 Oct 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

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Process notes –
I started in Reason, using a xylophone sound and two arpeggiated synths. I did two different versions. I brought the entirety of the second longer version plus some of the first into Ableton Live 12.1. Here, I added some alto sax from 2018 and a bit of a manipulated guitar recording from 2008.

Tools used –
Reason, NN-XT, Europa, Ableton Live, Granulator III, alto sax, Cort Zenox, iZotope Nectar, native Live & Reason effects, iZotope Nectar & Ozone.

Artwork/Photography –
Manhattan, NYC, NY 21 Oct 2020

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This original version of “Mister, Have You Seen My Dog?” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0667: Neighbor of the Beast. The Assignment: What’s it sound like when the devil lives across the street?

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Recorded, mixed & mastered 02 -04 Oct 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

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Process notes –
For this, I started with a very casual absently-minded piano piece using QuNexus, Noire Felt & Bitwig. I pulled a section of this – highlighting a scale including some quarter tones also making use of the flatted-fifth, (”The Devil’s Interval”), for this Disquiet Junto and another section for this week’s Naviar Haiku. Along with the piano part, I pulled into Ableton Live a resampled and stretched piece of the piano alongside a section of a SurgeXT improvisation earlier in the night. I added some effects while in Ableton.

Tools used – Bitwig, Ableton Live, Jasper Marsalis’ Tone Resonator, Puremagnetik Pastfabric & Zerone, Surge XT, Noire piano.

Artwork/Photography –
Hampton Bays, NY 29 Mar 2015

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This original version of “Suspensory Muscle Of” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0666: Beauty and the Beast. The Assignment: We’ve hit a devilish numerical milestone. Do your thing.

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Recorded, mixed & mastered 02/03 Oct 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

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For this, I started with a very casual absently-minded piano piece using Noire Felt & Bitwig. I pulled a section of this for this Naviar Haiku and another section for this week’s Disquiet Junto. I moved an audio copy of this section to Ableton Live and added a dronish patch I put together in Vital. I added some Chow Tape Model to the piano track. That’s really it.

This original version of “Trunk, Redeclared” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 561, stars on the pond…

stars on the pond…
again the pitter-pattering
freezing drizzle

by: Tachibana Hokushi

Tachibana Hokushi, whose real name was Tachibana Genjiro, was born in Kanazawa in 1665. Hokushi was one of Basho’s most famous students at the time, and he even accompanied the great master during part of his famous journey through the narrow roads of the North, from Kanazawa to Matsuoka.

Art by Jim Lemanowicz 14 Oct 2014, Massapequa

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Recorded, mixed & mastered 26 Sep 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

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For this, I started by recording two phrases into Ableton Live on a Jay Turser MG-2 “Mustang” guitar tuned to F# A# C# G# C# F. For both loops – which were different lengths – I used PitchLoop89, some compression, a warp/stretch mode and a bit of chorus. Next I used a Rogue Fretless bass and then Cherry Audio’s ARP Pro Soloist. Other items used – Live native devices and Melda plugins.

This original version of “Red Over Seventeen” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 560, Daybreak!

daybreak!
the tempest interred
in snow

by: Inoue Shiro

Inoue Shiro (1742-1812) was a doctor and poet from Nagoya.

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Recorded, mixed & mastered 20/21 Sep 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

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Tools used – FL Studio, Nimble Tools Misstortion 2, Puremagnetik Pastfabric, Ozone 9 Exciter & Equalizer, native FL Studio effects, Moog MF-104S Delay, kHs Resonator & Ring Mod, Output Portal, samples of rain & electric bass, FL Sakura, Ableton Live and Live native devices.

This original version of “It’s Umbrella Time Again” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 559, Misty Spring Rain

misty spring rains…
umbrellas high and low
aboard the ferry

by: Masaoka Shiki

Regarded as the father of contemporary haiku, Masaoka Shiki was a poet and literary critic during the Meiji period Japan.

He advocated realistic observation by “sketching” (shasei) poems and going out into nature with notebooks, thus abandoning the traditional subjects of haiku of the time. His advice for an aspiring poet was, “Use both imaginary pictures and real ones, but prefer the real ones.”

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Recorded & mixed on 19 & 20 Sep 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Process notes –
For this, I put together a 4 track piece in FL Studio and exported stems on Thursday and then reworked those stems along with an altered piece of the full mix in Ableton Live on Friday.

Tools used – Fruit Kick, Caelum Audio Tape Cassette, Arturia Delay TAPE-201, Puremagnetik Gelm, Moog MF-1045, FL Plucked, Output Portal, FL Pitch Shifter, Ableton Creative Extensions Re-Enveloper, FL DirectWave, Puremagnetik Pastfabric, Ableton Buffer Shuffler 2, Spectral Blur, Pitchloop89 & other Live native devices.

Artwork/Photography –
Hampton Bays, NY 29 Mar 2015

This original version of “Context Plays A Crucial Role In Determining Meaning” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0664: Mother Beat. The Assignment: Record a piece of music in 29/16 time.

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Recorded & mixed on 13 Sep 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Process notes –
Bitwig – I started in Bitwig by pulling four samples from Freesound.org, including the one offered for use with this project. After this, I applied different settings of the Tuner device, very wet, different stretch modes and some limiting before exporting the 4 stems.

I grabbed my iPad and sat in the cool night air with AudioKit’s Synth One and recorded a few slow takes on the same arpeggio.

Ableton Live –
– I pulled in all four of Freesound samples. I warped each one differently, grouped the HDD Sounds together & applied pitch correction in Nectar along with some CHOWTapeModel. I grouped the other two sounds together and applied Corpus on a beam setting.
– I used 6 different pieces of the Synth One recordings, with some filtering applied to some and used Caellum Audio’s Tape Cassette 2 on one of these tracks.
– I pulled three bits of a Max session from 19 Apr 2024 as some icing on this cake, using the same basic Corpus patch as the second Freesound set.
– I mixed it – just went with it

Title – I just liked how the word “orchard” contains the word “hard.”

Artwork/Photography –
Sunnyside, Queens, NY 08 Sep 2022

Samples used from ffb.soffa obtained from Freesound.org
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Samples used from eardeer obtained from Freesound.org
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This original version of “Peach Orchard Skiffle” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0663: Drive Way. The Assignment: Record a piece of music that complements the hum and whir of a hard drive.

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