NH122: mid-point of the bridge / I hover above / the river’s current

Naviar Haiku challenge 101 - 150

For this week's Naviar Haiku, I improvised at the piano, imagining looking at the rippling waters below. I tried also to represent the bridge as a rising and later falling motif. This is the best performance I did, but annoyingly it was recorded too hot and distorts :-(  So - here is another recording which is cleaner but maybe not as interesting in my opinion : https://soundcloud.com/ikjoyce/the-river-naviarhaiku122-mid-point-of-the-bridge-take-2

Poem by r-d-w: "Mid-point of the bridge / I hover above / the river's currents"

http://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/143836265323/naviarhaiku122-mid-point-of-the-bridge


The River (NaviarHaiku122 - mid point of the bridge) Take 1

For this week's Naviar Haiku, I improvised at the piano, imagining looking at the rippling waters below. I tried also to represent the bridge as a rising and later falling motif. Annoyingly the best performance was recorded too hot and distorts :-(  So - this is a different take, which is cleaner but not as interesting in my opinion. 

Poem by r-d-w: "Mid-point of the bridge / I hover above / the river's currents"

http://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/143836265323/naviarhaiku122-mid-point-of-the-bridge


The River (NaviarHaiku122 - mid point of the bridge) Take 2

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
122week haiku 
Poem by r-d-w: "Mid-point of the bridge / I hover above / the river's currents"
naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/143836265…-of-the-bridge

Mystic River (Naviarhaiku122 - mid-point of the bridge)

Mid-point of the bridge-
I hover above
the river’s current

Poem by: r-d-w
http://r-d-w.tumblr.com

Picture by: Martin Brigden
https://www.flickr.com/photos/noddymini

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

The Crystal River [Naviarhaiku122 - mid-point of the bridge]

This is my entry for Naviarhaiku122 - mid-point of the bridge.

Created, arranged and produced in Sensomusic Hollyhock II this track considers the consistent nature of a river's current against more fluid background sounds.

I've used Polygon by Glitchmachines, Nave by Waldorf, Firebird by Tone 2 and a sample from Remnants by The Coil.  Hollyhock's homing pad was used for some glitchy percussive sounds.

Poem by: r-d-w

Picture by: Martin Brigden

NaviarHaiku122 - mid-point of the bridge

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
142 week haiku
naviarlab.tumblr.com/

2016-09-22

One note of the shakuhachi (Naviar Haiku 142)

one note of the shakuhachi / resounds endlessly / piercing the winter clouds

all tonal sounds except the background pads and drums are created from a broken shakuhachi sample-CD, sampled in real time. 

sampled, mixed and mastered by www.stachy.dj

Naviarhaiku 142

stachy.dj

hofuku sochi 報復措置 - one note of the shakuhachi (or two?) [Naviarhaiku#142]

went literal: one held shakuhachi note, resonating at C1 - C6

.............. .      .             .

The haiku of the week was written by Sôen Nakagawa, a key figure in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from Japan to the Western world.

The shakuhachi is a Japanese end-blown flute that was originally introduced from China into Japan in the 8th century. If you’re curious to hear how it sounds, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7s-wXZWT5o

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku poem. To participate, visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

DEADLINE: 28th September

Poem by Sôen Nakagawa

Picture by Anne James

shakuhachi d  r   i    f     t (naviarhaiku142)

Written as companion to the following Haiku by Sôen Nakagawa:

One note of the Shakuhachi
resounds endlessly
piercing the winder clouds



For more information and to participate: http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Piercing Clouds

Piercing Clouds [NaviarHaiku142]

Exploring the realms of electronic music.

I started out using Caustic, the Android music creation tool and I still use it occasionally from time to time.  I moved onto Ableton Live Lite 8,  the 'I, Improvised 3' project inspired an album created with one take recording which can be found on my Bandcamp page.

It has limitations I thought were too crippling to create full songs but you just need to be a bit creative.  True it's a compromise but it goes to show you can still make music even with these software limitations. 

I've since moved onto using Mulab 6 and more recently Usine Hollyhock II which isn't like a traditional DAW, it's more aimed at live performance.  It is incredibly powerful with a wealth of samplers, granulators, glitch tools, groove machines and physics engines.  It's also a totally modular environment. 

As well as synthesizing sounds, field recordings or found sounds hold a particular fascination in the way they can capture a unique moment  resulting in sounds that cannot be synthesized. 

The tools in Hollyhock allow me to dissect these sounds, making them non-linear which kind of takes them outside of time to give a different perspective. 

NaviarHaiku122 - mid-point of the bridge

Andrulian