Naviarhaiku 084 | Soundbook 022


This year has been marvelous for Meter Bridge.  Hot on the heels of our debut release we introduced our first full length album, “Slow Motion”. We had loads of interviews, reviews and radio play.  Thanks to our friends and collaborators, our music has been heard, creating a loving fanbase across the globe.  We have big plans for 2016 including another album with a live show to support our voracious recording appetite.  Stay tuned for some exciting new collaborations and some videos that will visually enhance the unmistakable Meter Bridge sound.

This playlist just scratches the surface of the musical realms we have been exploring this year.  We are huge music fans and we love to share our excitement for new tunes.  Many of these artists are people we have interacted with or hope to meet someday.  We hope you enjoy this carefully arranged sound experience ranging from darkpop to indie folk, culminating in a lovely ambient drift.  Best wishes from us to you!


Meter Bridge's discoveries of 2015

STUFF

Music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.

To participate in the Haiku challenge:

- Make a song in response to the assigned haiku poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday, and you can find it at http://www.naviarrecords.com/blog)

- Upload your song on Soundcloud and message me privately with the track's URL (if you don't have Soundcloud or can't message me, visit www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku for more options)

- Include the assignment number in the title of your track, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku135)”

Please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix it by using a Creative Commons License.


Naviar Haiku Challenge: 50 - 100

The Molotov Jukebox Mixtape #2

So here is the second Molotov Jukebox Mixtape!! 

A late night on the fly mix, it's ended up with quite a heavy South American feel, with some great Latin remixes bookending some dirty bangers in here - enjoy it, share share share it and let us know what you think!!!

TRACK LIST:

1. Carol Cool - Upside Down (Captain Cumbia Remix)
2. Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Mambo Con Dancehall
3. Black Harmony - Don't Let It Go To Your head
4. Jackson do Pandeir - Capoeira Mata Um (Tahira - Buraco Velho Edit)
5. El Freaky - Festival En Guarare (remix)
6. Bomba Estéreo - El Alma Y Cuerpo
7. Galileo y su banda - Forestero (Uproot Andy Remix)
8. General Degree - Blood Sucka
9. Major Lazer - Watch Out For This (Bumaye)
10. Cesar Camargo - Futebol Do Bar
11. Afro Medusa - Pasilda
12. Lady Cha Cha (Minimatik) - Just (Latin) Dance

Mixed by Burkules

Don't forget you can come see us LIVE in Spain, France and the UK across November and December!!! 
Tickets here: www.musicglue.com/molotov-jukebox/

The Molotov Jukebox Mixtape #2

Lead track taken from RODNEY CROMWELL 'Age of Anxiety' (Happy Robots Records: Bot5)

Video at: http://youtu.be/l8jfuc20QQ4 
CD available from www.happyrobots.co.uk

RODNEY CROMWELL - Barry Was An Arms Dealer

By American electronic band Rare Facture, Nothing Matters is the first single from their debut album Light in the Dark - releasing 6/30/15.

Nothing Matters - Album Version

Here's a sample of my current single 'Difficult Times' which was released Monday 20th July 2015

Difficult Times (Snippet)

John Roberts Blues Band @ Immerloo Park Festival 2015

Don't know about a change in direction.A different path maybe,this path is dark. Avaiable on the A Darker Path ep on Teslacoil321 bandcamp !9.10.15
https://teslacoil321.bandcamp.com/

Disengage

This is the remix by Stephen Donohue (Foreign Technology) of our track Worthy

Worthy by GLYDA  Remixed by Foreign Technology

A dense two minute soundscape- The traces or echoes of ghosts accumulations of time and memories linger and pulse through dcracks in the daylight. Made with
virtual instruments in logic, metasynth visual processing and resynthesis,several round trips between midi and audio construction , whirlytube convolution reverb  - 

Echoes of Ghosts_(Naviarhaiku084 - Day is the portal)

DEADLINE: 19th August



Poem by nihonnohaiku

http://nihonnohaiku.tumblr.com/

Picture by nessguide

https://www.flickr.com/photos/maewest/

Mostly Ghostly [naviarhaiku084 - Day is the portal]

This is a track I made for Naviar Haiku 84.  It was partly inspired by listening the Wired radio show hosted by Keith Whitham. 
I arranged and produced it in Caustic 3.1 on android, primarily using the 8 bit synth and also the sub synth and modular, then  mastered in MuLab 6.

I've gone for a deliberately harsh sound on this one, those Ghosts of the Night are unwelcome visitors after all.   

The Ghosts Of The Night [Naviarhaiku084 - Day is the portal]

Made for the Naviar Laboratory: see https://soundcloud.com/groups/naviar-laboratory

and http://naviarlab.tumblr.com/

Ghost Gate [Naviarhaiku 084 - Day is the portal]

TRACKLIST 

1.	Ramirez - Intro Orgasmico 
2.	Ramirez - Un Minito Para Evacuar (Original Mix) 
3.	Kamixlo - Lariat (Visionist Remix) 
4.	Ramirez - Terapia (Evian's Therapy Clown Edit) 
5.	Evian Christ - Hectors Theme 
6.	Nalin And Kane - Beachball 
7.	Jack U Ft Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now 
8.	Dev/Null - Asplode 2013 
9.	Ultra Nate - Free (Acapella) 
10.	R.Wav 
11.	49ers Ft Anne Marie Smith - Move Your Feet 
12.	Jam City - Her 
13.	Naz Aka Naz - Started Again 
14.	Dj Go Hard - Wildoutgang Theme 
15.	Kylie Minogue - Slow (Acapella) 
16.	Shut Up And Dance Ft Peter Dancer - Raving Im Raving 
17.	Dj Wildchild - Renegade Master 
18.	Mm - 9th Ritual 
19.	Limewax - Cat And The Hat 
20.	Robin S - Show Me Love 
21.	Oneohtrix Point Never - Chrome Country 
22.	Safri Duo - Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song) 
23.	Total Touch - Touch Me (Acapella) 
24.	Visionist - Victim 
25.	0 Come Ups - P.O.L.O (Evian's Pianomix) 
26.	Evian Christ - Evian's Giving It Up In Hell 
27.	Klubbheads - Kickin Hard (Alarmapella) 
28.	Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea 
29.	Evian Christ - Thatsme 
30.	Elton John - Candle In The Wind 
31.	Kami + Lexxi - Demonic Yute 
32.	Roger Sanchez - Another Chance (Afterlife Mix)

Buy tickets here: http://trance.army/

Evian Christ performs Global Trance Diva (Live): Trance Party 4: The Great British Trance Off Mix

See http://bassling.blogspot.com/2015/12/naviar-haiku-0100-winter-evening.html for track discussion and video.

Hearthsong [Naviarhaiku100 - Winter evening]

DEADLINE: 9th December


Poem by Andrea Cecon 

Picture by Oskar Karlin 

It's getting darker [naviarhaiku100 - Winter evening]

The Inward Trek (a.k.a. Dark Winter) is my contribution to the 100th Naviar Haiku assignment. 


The Inward Trek

HIGHWAY BLUES - Words and Music by Gordon Wood

Gordon Wood - vocal, acoustic guitar; Phil Bird - acoustic lead guitar, acoustic 12-string

Produced by Phil Bird and Gordon Wood. Recorded by Phil Bird at Birdsroost Studios, Cheltenham, UK

Released April 2009

Highway Blues

HIGHWAY BLUES

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. 

The Ghosts Of The Night [Naviarhaiku084 - Day is the portal]

Andrulian