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haiku #591: steady spring rains... / both dream and reality / Mount Yoshino!

Johano Nādabindu (aka João Svayam) - acoustic guitar, djembe, mix | @joaomsousa
Herny Koek - sax, vocals, bass, kotamo, bells, tibetan bowls| @henry-koek

AŬSKULTI is a collaborative project curated by Johano Nadabindu from the TUTMONDA sound label. Its main focus is to unite musicians from all over, showcasing their talent, language, and creativity on tracks that are primarily improvised.
CHANCE is the second release of a group of collaborative tracks that combines recordings made in person and at a distance.

Process:
Johano recorded a guitar track, and then a djembe track. Sent the stems to Henry, who incredibly gave life to what was a draft, and created a multi track universe of textures and sounds. He added bass, saxophone, vocals, bells, tibetan bowls and kotamo, giving CHANCE a chance to became an entire different sonic spell. Henry sent the STEMS back, and Johano mixed them. 


AŬSKULTI - CHANCE

Inspired bu this poem:


one by one
praising and withdrawing inside -
winter moon


Haiku by Senjo
Photo by NASA @nasa

@naviar-records

Another Winter Moon - naviarhaiku578

More on the 684th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Early Bird — The Assignment: Record not so much an alarm as a guided wakening — at https://disquiet.com/0684/

The Real GS!YBE Alarm Clock (disquiet0684)

My interpretation of:

Mount Asama
amidst its fumes and ash
fresh young leaves!

Naviar Haiku challenge 579, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

With the exception of the birdsong at the start, which is from this sound pack: https://www.luftrum.com/free-field-recordings sold in aid of WWF Denmark, Everything was created in virtual modular using VCV Rack. As I had a couple of distractions this week I developed the sounds in three separate VCV patches, which rather than combining I performed and recorded sequentially each as a single take.

While doing it this way makes it less of a live experience it does greatly simplify the assignment of physical controls, allows for splitting to more tracks when recording allowing more flexibility in the mixing/mastering process and allowed me to add the birdsong after recording the opening, meaning it was in place when I introduced the sequences.   

Fresh Young Leaves - (naviarhaiku - 579)

Inspired by the haiku:

Mount Asama
amidst its fumes and ash
fresh young leaves!

by: Yosa Buson

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku579-mount-asama/

from the ashes (naviarhaiku579)

sadly, i cannot play piano. so, to create tracks like this, i play single notes to a click track at half speed and then double their bpm. this enables me to slowly create and layer sounds that i'm not able to play live...

this track is an amalgamation of three reworked melodies from the silent hill series: "the terminal show", "innocent moon", and "lost innocence". there are three pianos, an upright bass, a temple lyre, two female choirs, some live guitar, and a very quiet sample from SH2 ("help me"). i reduced the bpm from 136 to 124 in the middle section to make time gently suggest it's own terminus.

[naviarhaiku580] touching not

The Swap Coven (The Diabolical Orgies Of Dr. Orloff Mix)

steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino! 

Ōshima Ryōta was a Japanese poet of the Edo period. Some sources say he was a disciple of Yosa Buson, while others say his master was Hattori Ransetsu. He's mostly remembered for his essay “Bashō ku kai” 芭蕉句解 ('Study of Bashō's haiku') published in 1759, a magnum opus of his studies and literary theories on Matsuo Bashō's work.

Haiku by Ōshima Ryōta: https://thepoetryhour.com/poets/oshima-ryota/

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

more halF unusuaL

halF realitY [naviarhaiku591]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
591
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku591-steady-spring-rains/

2025-05-01

steady spring rains... (Naviarhaiku 591)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 29 Oct 2005 & 30 Apr 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Stockhausen Sound & Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, augmented piano, voice & effects.

This original version of "Let's Leave Steady Divided" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 591: Dreadful The Stream.

steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino!

by: Ōshima Ryōta

Ōshima Ryōta was a Japanese poet of the Edo period. Some sources say he was a disciple of Yosa Buson, while others say his master was Hattori Ransetsu. He's mostly remembered for his essay “Bashō ku kai” 芭蕉句解 ('Study of Bashō's haiku') published in 1759, a magnum opus of his studies and literary theories on Matsuo Bashō's work.

Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 07 Aug 2016, Massapequa, NY, USA

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Let's Leave Steady Divided (naviarhaiku591)

Seven ronroco tracks
Infra bass
Orchestral Samples

Composed and recorded by Daniel Diaz, 1st May 2025

for this haiku:

Steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino!


Haiku by Ōshima Ryōta
Photo by DD, Iceland  2024


@naviar-records

dream and reality (naviarhaiku591)

A hopefully peaceful track composed for the 591st Naviar Haiku challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku591-steady-spring-rains/

Haiku:
steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino!
— Ōshima Ryōta

Photo by: Soubhagya Ranjan (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-tree-with-green-leaves-YqFqYd_WQHU)

The rain field recording felt inevitable as a starting point—once in place, the chimes followed naturally. Two measures of gentle drones and a few understated piano notes later, and the piece settled into a safe haven. Nothing more felt necessary.

Steady spring rains (naviarhaiku591)

MMXXIVIIIXVILCKBLTRTII

Cinematic, Soundscape and Expressive Thematic Compositions

01 A Journey to Somewhere

Relaxing Theme 2

multi-instrumentalist & composer.
Genre fluid music for images / instrumental / contemporary post-fusion / experimental jazz / electro acoustic ambient / melodic noise / neoclassical / naive hard core / cosmopolitan world music.

bio here:
http://dedeland.com/daniel-diaz-bio/


In some words:
Composer, arranger, producer, multi-instrumentalist. Born in Argentina,
I studied music in Buenos Aires, New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Paris.

For 20 years, I developed an important career as a session and backing musician in Argentina and Europe, playing, among other instruments, the bass, touring and recording with many jazz, rock, fusion, world, Latin and tango bands.

At the same time, I worked as an arranger, producer and musical director with many projects and artists in the USA, Argentina and Europe.

From 1992 to 1997, I performed my compositions live with my own band in Buenos Aires and began a solo recording career with the worldwide release of my first album "The Years Alone" on the North American label Green Linnet/Xenophile. On this album I arranged and performed 11 of my songs written between 1986 and 1993. I played most of the instruments, but included guest appearances by some great South American players.

My recording career continued with "Segundo Ciclo" (1997), released worldwide by Timeless Records, and 12 more albums released between 2000 and 2016.

Currently, I work as an on-demand film/TV composer while continuing to play live and produce.

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

dream and reality (naviarhaiku591)

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