The first Naviar Haiku challenge tackled by halF unusuaL was in January 2018. This is the first instalment of regular contributions over the years in release order. There are 50 tracks in this collection and over 3 hours of music ... Enjoy! 🤗

Ideal for playing whilst you're working, walking, driving, running, cycling, etc. You're welcome! 😉


For more on Naviar Records' Haiku Challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

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Naviar Haiku I - Early Years: January 2018 - August 2019

All submissions to Haiku 251:

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2018/10/24/naviarhaiku251-i-have-lost-my-way

To participate:

- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)

- Publish 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 (naviarhaiku145)”

Your track may be included in Naviar's weekly podcast and monthly free (pay-what-you-want)compilation. Please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

haiku #251: I have lost my way / In a strange town at night, – / A sky of old cold stars.

Visuals @ https://youtu.be/kgTvlfcR8uI

Poem by Takahama Kyoshi https://terebess.hu/english/haiku/takahama.html

Picture by Jose Murillo https://unsplash.com/@jcmu

visuals (YouTube)

halF gianT [naviarhaiku208]

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2018/03/21/naviarhaiku220-a-quiet-garden/

halF gardeN [naviarhaiku220]

Spring approaches
the Pacific Ocean
will be my sitting mat
 
Poem by Soen Nakagawa https://terebess.hu/english/haiku/nakagawa.html

Picture by Sergei Akulich https://unsplash.com/@sakulich

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2018/03/28/naviarhaiku221-spring-approaches/

free download

halF sittinG [naviarhaiku221]

Ghostly melody
follows me into my day
fragment of a dream

Poem by Jason Richardson http://highku.blogspot.co.uk
Picture by Casey Horner https://unsplash.com/@mischievous_penguins

http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

halF ghostlY [naviarhaiku222]

Meditation class
the distant waterfall
suddenly closer

Poem by Marco Alessi http://msacrx.tumblr.com

Picture by Patrick Hendry https://unsplash.com/@worldsbetweenlines

halF klassE [naviarhaiku223]

I have lost my way
In a strange town at night, –
A sky of old cold stars.

haiku by Richard Wright https://terebess.hu/english/haiku/wright.html
picture by Biel Morro https://unsplash.com/@bielmorro

lost

halF losT [naviarhaiku251]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
251 week haiku
naviarlab.tumblr.com/

2018-10-25

I have lost my way (Naviarhaiku 251)

This track was composed for the Naviar Haiku project (@naviar-records), week 251: https://soundcloud.com/naviar-records/sets/haiku-251-i-have-lost-my-way

In A Strange Town (Naviarhaiku251)

my entry for the https://www.ambientonline.org/forum/ambient/ao-challenges/91594-one-sample-dare-challenge-63
haiku by Richard Wright https://terebess.hu/english/haiku/wright.html
picture by Biel Morro https://unsplash.com/@bielmorro

Naviarhaiku - Old Cold Stars

October 26, 2018.

I have lost my way
In a strange town at night, –
A sky of old cold stars.

~ Richard Wright

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One of the most celebrated African-American novelists of the twentieth century, Richard Wright discovered haiku during the last eighteen months of his life (he died of heart attack in 1960, aged 52). In such a short time he wrote 4000 poems, and his posthumous book “Haiku: This Other World“ is a collection with 817 of his own favorite haiku.

His daughter Julia once said that haiku for Wright were “self-developed antidotes against illness, and that breaking down words into syllables matched the shortness of his breath.”

Strangetown, At Night (Naviar Haiku 251)

Welcome to halF unusuaL, an evolving space inspired by play in the spirit of ‘hai’ (meaning “fun” or “unusual” in the word haiku). Here, improvisation connects the unexpected, mining the boundary between music and non-music to shape sound worlds that feel oddly familiar in their oddity. Listen freely, explore deeply, and for the sounds to live for your eyes as well as your ears, please stop by the YouTube channel. Thank you for joining this journey! Your support helps keep this afloat ... and is HUGELY appreciated 🥰