Wonderful pulsing waves and singing tones, Just beautiful :)

All submissions to Haiku 337:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/06/17/naviarhaiku337-a-lightning-bolt/

To participate:

- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)

- When choosing a title for your piece also include the assignment number, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku110)”

To submit your track:

- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.

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- If you don’t use any music platform, upload it to this Dropbox folder and I’ll include it in the weekly playlist. If you choose this option, make sure you include your name in the track’s title. www.dropbox.com/request/JvKyUfuCSzJ3gRNRocZz

Your track may be included in Naviar's weekly podcasts and free (pay-what-you-want)compilations. Please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

haiku #337: A lightning bolt / splits in two and strikes / the mountaintop.

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)

https://www.beatport.com/release/v/4522770

MMXXVIXXIVGLSSGL

More on the 680th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reverse Resolution — The Assignment: Finish something (musical) you started last year — at https://disquiet.com/0680/

Reverse Resolution [disquiet0680]

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

even though afar-naviarhaiku575

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 28/29 Apr 2023 & 12 Jan 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

The original material is a bit of mystery to me - Cecelia5, FL Studio, PaulXStretch, Reason, Thor, Fracture. To this I added Collision and Massive X & Arturia Fragments. I created this track after organizing the raw material for a future album. This was the second track I completed. I completed the first track yesterday for this week’s Disquiet Junto. 

This original version of "Friction And Fluoride" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 575, Even Though Afar.

Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

by: Kagami Shikō

Kagami Shikō was a Japanese poet, considered one of the ten outstanding disciples (Shōmon jittetsu 蕉門十哲) of Matsuo Bashō. He was in turn the master of the famous poetess Fukuda Chiyo-ni.

Originally from the present-day Gifu Prefecture, Kagami Shikō became a monk at Daichi-ji Temple, and in 1690 he became a pupil of Bashō, later accompanying him on some of his journeys and recording his last will in 1694.

After Basho's death, he kept travelling around Japan, writing several essays on haiku and collections of writings until his death in 1731.

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Massapequa, NY, USA - 19 Nov 2017

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Friction And Fluoride (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

ფეხი მკერდზე მომადო და თითები აათამაშა.
კოჭთან წითელი ზოლი ემჩნევა.
ეტყობა უჭერს ჩემი ნაჩუქარი ფეხსაცმელი.

* * *
მთელი საათი იწნავდა კულულებს.
მერე გაიშალა.
ბავშვობას ვიხსენებდიო - მითხრა, სანამ მაკოცებდა.

* * *
ერბოკვერცხს წვავს და ღიღინებს.
მე კი ჯერაც ვწევარ და
საკუთარ ასოს ვეთამაშები.

* * *
მკლავით წმენდს დაორთქლილ სარკეს და
აბაზანიდან ვხედავ
გაპარსულ იღლიას და სამართებელს ნიჟარაზე.

* * *
კატა ბარძაყებს შორის ჩაისვა
და ეფერება.
ბოთლს ვხსნი და ლამბაქზე რძეს ვასხამ.

* * *
პირჩაღმა წევს და რუბოკოს ტანკებს კითხულობს.
მის ზურგზე ხერხემლის მალებს ვითვლი და
ხვალინდელ დღეზე ვფიქრობ.

* * *
სარეცხის თოკზე
ზეწარი რომ გაკიდა,
ეზოში მოთამაშე ბავშვებმა ამოიხედეს.

* * *
ყვავილებს ვრწყავდი.
წყალი მომთხოვა და
ჩაიდნის ღარიდან დავალევინე.

* * *
წინდას იცვამს.
გალიაში ჩიტბატონები ჟივჟივებენ.
ფანჯარა ღიაა და ყველანი მზეს ვუცქერით.

* * *
შიშველ სხეულზე ხალათი მოიცვა და
იატაკს გვის.
მე თმის ღერებს ვაცლი ბალიშს.

* * *
მარაოს მინიავებს და
ძუძუები უთრთის.
ვენტილიატორი იქვე დგას.

* * *
თხილს ვუტეხავ და
საკუთარი ხელით ვაჭმევ.
თავად მან ცოტა ხნის წინ ჩიტბატონები დააპურა.

* * *
კაბა ისე გაიხადა,
მძივი არ მოუხსნია.
მარჯანზე ვკოცნი და ხანაც ძუძუსთავებზე.

* * *
ვარდის ფურცლები დაპუტა და
ლოგინში ჩამიყარა.
ეკლიან ტოტს ხელში ათამაშებს.

* * *
დამსკდარ ტუჩებზე
გლიცერინს ისვამს.
ცივა.

* * *
მხარზე ორი ანაცერი.
დაორთქლილ ფანჯარაზე
თითით რგოლები გამომყავს.

* * *
ციდან ღრუბელი გადაცურდა და
ვარსკვლავებმა ღამე გაანათეს.
საბანს ვხდი და სხეულზე ხალებს ვუთვლი.

* * *
იატაკზე ტარაკანა გაცოცდა და
ძირს დაგდებულ
ბიუსტჰალტერს შემოუარა.

* * *
ძველებური საათის ქანქარა
ჩვენს რიტმს აყვა,
ჩამორჩა და ბოლოს გაუსწრო.

* * *
მესამე დღეა წვიმს.
ფანჯარაში ვიყურები.
აბაზანიდანაც წყლის ჩხრიალი ისმის.

* * *
ჭუჭრუტანიდან შემოსული მზის სხივი
ჩვენს სხეულებზე გადასრიალდა და
დაკეტილ კარს მიაწყდა.

She placed her foot on my chest (Shota Iatashvili’s poem)

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

#disquietjunto #disquiet0681 #experimentalmusic #soundart #electronicmusic #sounddesign #ableton #bassoon #mars #house #puppy #drama

Mars In The Nondeterministic House (disquiet0681)

Emerald Forest

Travelling Streetside Blues

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
337 week haiku
naviarlab.tumblr.com/
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/06/17/naviarhaiku337-a-lightning-bolt/

2020-06-18

A lightning bolt  ( Naviarhaiku 337 )

I attempted to mix some synths playing harmonic and melodic elements with various field recordings and effects. I also employed a traditional Japanese scale (called in, related to the phyrgian mode). The mix didn't gel quite as I'd hoped but the overall impression I was going for is there.

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This track was inspired by the following Haiku:
A lightning bolt,
splits in two and strikes -
the mountaintop

Mountaintop Bolt (naviarhaiku337)

A lightning bolt
splits in two and strikes
the mountaintop.

haiku by Naito Joso https://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2008/01/naito-joso.html
picture by Luka Vovk https://unsplash.com/@lukavovk

For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

pith falls

halF spliT [naviarhaiku337]

A lightning bolt
splits in two and strikes
the mountaintop.

haiku by Naito Joso https://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2008/01/naito-joso.html
picture by Luka Vovk https://unsplash.com/@lukavovk

Naito Joso was a Japanese poet in the Edo period and a student of Matsuo Bashō. His works were published posthumously in 1750 in the book Jōsō hokkushū (collection of hokku by Jōsō).

A Lightning Bolt [naviarhaiku337]

Naviar is a music community and label. Through regular publications, open projects and events, we explore the connection between experimental music and traditional Japanese poetry.

To join the Haiku challenge, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

All my stuff is now free on bandcamp! https://ahornberg.bandcamp.com/

A Lightning Bolt [naviarhaiku337]

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