Hummingbird (naviarhaiku 449)

This week's haiku, by Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), inspired an improvisation on Equator2 VST synthesizer, played on two ROLI Seaboard Blocks, with added effects. Recorded and mixed in Reaper.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

The Sound Of Water (naviarhaiku450)

This is the final experiment I'm going to do using an Audacity cut up from the piano improvisation I did a few weeks back (thanks @stellato-strings for use of your lovely piano), and I'm still playing around with seeing what sounds I can maximise from the Garageband presets.

I'm creating material for a set by a canal bridge in Woodbridge for the Ambient Festival on 24th September: https://www.woodbridgeambientmusicfestival.com/#/saturday-floating/

All hail to the marvellous weekly Naviar Records Haiku challenge, details of this prompt below:

first light
losing the thread
of a dream

As a Nashville-born transplant to Rochester, New York, Taylor Wray has found short-form poetry to be the perfect antidote to the long, cold winters. Taylor is the author of two collections of haiku and senryū: WAITING FOR THE MOON and SINKING AND RESURFACING (both from Inspirebytes Omni Media).

For more of Taylor’s poetry, follow him on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at @inthreelines, or visit https://linktr.ee/inthreelines.

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

Deadline: 31st August 2022

haiku by Taylor Wray https://linktr.ee/inthreelines.

losing the thread (naviarhaiku451)

This lovely haiku by Taylor Wray led me towards the Phrygian mode. My improvisation, in E Phrygian, is played on Babylon VST synth. Recorded and mixed in Reaper, with Frostbite2 added. Mastered with CloudBounce.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

First Light (naviarhaiku451)

awakening - naviarhaiku 451

Awakening - Naviarhaiku 451

As a Nashville-born transplant to Rochester, New York, Taylor Wray has found short-form poetry to be the perfect antidote to the long, cold winters. Taylor is the author of two collections of haiku and senryū: WAITING FOR THE MOON and SINKING AND RESURFACING (both from Inspirebytes Omni Media).

For more of Taylor’s poetry, follow him on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at @inthreelines, or visit https://linktr.ee/inthreelines.

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

Deadline: 31st August 2022

haiku by Taylor Wray https://linktr.ee/inthreelines.

picture by Jakub Kriz https://unsplash.com/@jakubkriz\

Dream light [naviarhaiku451 - first light]

Falling leaves
deep in the forest
I see a buddha

A wandering poet and ascetic Zen priest, Santōka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui, one of the first poets to discard the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure in haiku.

Santōka’s poetry emphasizes the necessity of sabi (solitude) in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment and serenity.

Deep in the forest I see (naviarhaiku453)

Sequence of clips from randomly selected tracks made for Disquiet Junto in 2022.

More on this 574th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Audio Journal 2022 (The Assignment: Create a sonic diary of the past year with a dozen (or more) super-brief segments) – at: https://disquiet.com/0574/

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0574-audio-journal-2022/

Bits Of 2022 (disquiet0574)

ETHEREAL AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES INSPIRED BY GAME OF THRONES AND THE  LORD OF THE RINGS AND MANY OTHERS. RELAX, ENJOY AND DRIFT AWAY.

ETHEREAL - VANYAR'S HYMN

Circuit Board - Instrumental

A distinctive piece from the Ballroom Records archive, “Planetarium” by Kostas Maskalides is featured on TEN: The Archive Series, Pt. 4 — a curated collection exploring the label’s most atmospheric and genre-defying Electronica.

TEN: The Archive Series, Pt. 4

Planetarium

My music is freely improvised, usually on VST synthesizers, sometimes fretless bass, guitar, occasionally electric viola or cello, with a variety of effects pedals. Solo music is performed live and recorded as 'FlownBlue'.  I am also in four improvising duos: 'Windfall Light' (with Jim Tetlow), 'Abstract Blue' (with Kevin Buckland), 'Light Fragments' (with Steve Escott), and Szukanie (with Michał Wojciechowski). I'm a member of the Quadelectronic improv group based in Leicester, UK. Duo music is all on Bandcamp - links below.