Inspired by this haiku written by Tan Taigi,  a haiku poet of the Edo period.
each and every star
is brought to light –
how cold
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2021/04/14/naviarhaiku380-each-and-every-star/
https://soundcloud.com/naviar-records/sets/haiku-380-each-and-every-star

The title of the track is taken from a phrase by Adrienne von Speyr (1902 –1967), a Swiss mystic.

My Naviar Haiuku

Light doesn't force, it invites

Light doesn't force, it invites (naviarhaiku380)

7 songs in 7 days, one EP total creativity.
Songs from 2010, remastered never earlier released.

Toast To Our Learnings

dac insomniac + r.s.stropharia - darkspeaker II - live impro-set (15.12.2019)

A LIVE PERFORMANCE !!!

It is with great pleasure that I make a joint release of this performance of Monday's Song by the very talented Liz Dicker @liz-dicker.

Monday's Song is one of the songs in the "Days of the Week" song series that I have released over the last few years.  Sadly, all those releases are of virtual performances.  This is my first live performance release.  

I feel that I have come along way improving my virtual piano performances over the last many years.  I have even very occasionally lulled an unsuspecting listener into thinking it was me playing (if only).  However, there is nothing like a live performance as most clearly demonstrated by this wonderful rendition of the work by Liz.
 
Liz's playing brings the piece to life!  She delivers subtleties and nuances that I could not even imagine.  So I would like to thank Liz again, this time publicly, for this generous gift and for all the delightful compositions and performances of her own that she has posted on soundcloud.  Please go take a listen https://soundcloud.com/liz-dicker.

As always, thank you for listening and hope you enjoy.

Be safe and stay or get healthy!
Christopher

Monday's Song

Monday's Song Performed By Elisabeth Dicker

Flight

All Instruments By Martin Reed
Produced By Martin Reed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgDTVOFgNSk

Apache Sunsets On The Horizan

ORAN

The Storms of Jupiter

I enjoyed hearing this melody on soundcloud and thought to try it out on my accordion.  I had the great good fortune to interest my soundcloud friends Zach and Jore in the tune as well.   Jore added our tracks together to come up with this wonderful version.

Alan Ingall @newshoe   -  accordion
Zach Schneider @zach-schneider-1   -  tin whistle
Jorma Heikkilä  @jorma-heikkil  - arrange, mix, all other instruments

Some other versions
Two concertinas
https://soundcloud.com/concertinist/2mb-xotes-romanes-6-28-20
Two accordions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbwu-YlZ9Rc

Photo: see: https://www.auques.cat/auca.php?auca=gitanes

Xotis Romani - collab Newshoe with Zach and Jore

First off:
I'm still happy I've managed to have recently finished my latest album Fuive, Pt.2. 

THis thing is streamable on spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0PRPXmD0LXKl5V6tkYTcgF?si=5nMikolYReyXgoRU0vnuGA

Also the thing can be streamed or downloaded on Bandcamp 
https://saschamuhr.bandcamp.com/album/fuive-part-2

Anyway, back to the video at hand. I haven't been posting a lot lately which is due to the score to a small indie-video game I'm working on right now. It's an entry to the itch.io game-off and we had a month to start and finish a game. Besides work, the game and whatever else one has to do I've sadly neglected my social media outlets. While warming up to record some stuff for the game yesterday I made did this little improvisation that I thought would be fitting to the latest improvs.

I've been using the Vigier Shawn Lane Excalibur on this one, going into the 'When the sun explodes' by Beautiful Noise Effects into the BLuguitar Amp1 which goes into the Bluguitar Blubox which then goes straight to the mixer. 

I've got a Mooer A7 in the FX Loop, as well as a 'Shallow Water' by Fairfield Circuitry (prominently featured on the loop) and the Boss DD-20 for the loop

Let me know what you think!

Improvisation_17: Building lydian textures with the Vigier Excalibur on the Bluguitar Amp1

DECELERATION

When I write music, I try to go on a journey to feel emotions, whatever they may be.  To me, music is a celebration of life; for all the pain and suffering we may endure, it is a gift to be alive. 

I hope music can take you on journeys of your own to places where you may want to be.  Thank you for listening.

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If anyone is interested in performing any of my works, please let me know.  I have scores available for some pieces and would gladly create the score for other works.

Monday's Song Performed By Elisabeth Dicker

Christopher Larkins | Composer