An old, abandoned studio jam, tweaked today (feb 2nd 2022) mixed and  shared for the first time for this haiku challenge.
Performed by Daniel Diaz (bass, drums, guitar, organ) with Pajaro Canzani (acoustic guitar)

Poem:

the edge of the world
– the road vanishes into
a curtain of mist

By Raymond Cobley is an experimental composer and regular participant in our Haiku challenge.

Photo by Joseph Hersh
@naviar-records

At the edge of the world, a cowboy vanishes into the mist of the road (naviarhaiku422)

Hang
Synthesizers
Bowed upright basses

Composed and performed by Dnaiel Diaz
Published by Sonoton GmbH

For this haiku

high tide
flapping in vertical waves
a lone fish

by Marilyn Ward
photo by DD

A Lone Fish (naviarhaiku430)

Tall trees gently wave
Sending secret messages
Into the Spring breeze

haiku by John Hinks https://soundcloud.com/flownblue

picture by Amanda Mocci https://unsplash.com/@amandamocci

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

feral techs

halF secreT [naviarhaiku439]

a good friend of mine painted a series of images based on descartes' "meditations on first philosophy."

https://www.lowwintersun.org/work/descartes-meditations

i took painting number 6, sliced it into five strips, fed the images into photosounder, the converted the resulting .wav files to MIDI (quantized to 16ths). i used the MIDI clips separately to trigger various samples: kick; snare; low tom; floor tom; hi-hat. i added a steady hi-hat pedal to help navigate the slightly offbeat rhythms.

finally, i layered in a live guitar piece (played through VCV rack, which i first encountered through disquiet junto, many moons ago...)

some possible questions: how can we think about the relationship between something rhythmic (the "beat") and something a-rhythmic (the "ambient" guitar)?
do they feel like two utterly separate streams, or do they somehow inform each other?
also, my track is only one minute long - can something so short be called 'ambient'?
more generally, can such a brief composition claim to establish a mood or atmosphere?

(wittgensteinian thought: i can claim to have felt sad for one minute, but not to have been depressed for one minute. certain moods or states require longer stretches of time to operate.)

all the best, htnc

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[disquiet0544] cartesian drummer

My own haiku inspired this experimental improvisation played on 12-string guitar with effects (Guitar Rig 6). Recorded and mixed in Reaper. Mastered with CloudBounce.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Secret Messages (naviarhaiku439)

another piece for the haiku challenge https://www.naviarrecords.com/2022/06/01/naviarhaiku439-tall-trees-gently-wave/

Secret Messages In The Spring Breeze (naviarhaiku439)

Slow and relaxing track I composed to keep developing my skills of air control and timing. I tried to let the headjoint do it's job and give the digital effects room to breathe.

Sometimes I focus too much on controlling the metal tube attached to my face but when you play flute it's an extension of not just your hand but how you breathe as a human being. It's quite intimate and not always so easy to produce song with the ease of breathe I am grateful to have everyday.

Enjoy and be well.

Dizzy

Planus

05 Sanctuary II:Fujara I

Bows of Reminiscence

Nishul (Revival) - Stereolithica 653

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.