Menura

Hopefully this will be the first of many collaborations myself and John do as I love the different stages of the piece & how it builds- hope you enjoy!

Beauty Lies Within  (Clambience & John Buckle Collab)

here and there
upon scorched fields
wild violets

Arii Shokyu-Ni was a haiku poetess during the Edo period who began a wandering life after running away from her husband at 29 with the haiku poet Kohaku. Just like Matsuo Basho, "the Nun Shokyu" traveled to the Deep North of Japan.
 
Haiku by Arii Shokyu-Ni: https://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/shokyu-ni.html

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

more halF unusuaL

halF scorcheD [naviarhaiku582]

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 26 Feb 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, reverb, echo.

This original version of "Cool Your Scorching Throw Pillow, Part 73" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 582, Here And There

here and there
upon scorched fields
wild violets

by: Arii Shokyu-Ni

Arii Shokyu-Ni was a haiku poetess during the Edo period who began a wandering life after running away from her husband at 29 with the haiku poet Kohaku. Just like Matsuo Basho, "the Nun Shokyu" traveled to the Deep North of Japan.

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 12 Feb 2023 - a view of a painting of mine from the same month named “No Plans”, Massapequa, NY, USA

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Cool Your Scorching Throw Pillow, Part 73  (naviarhaiku582)

27Feb25

My naviarhaiku582 track
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku582-here-and-there/
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upon scorched fields [naviarhaiku582]

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 582:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku582-here-and-there/

Thanks to Marco Alessi from Naviar Records for the weekly challenge!

Photo by zenbytes (Yellowstone, Wyoming, USA, 2024)

upon scorched fields - Naviarhaiku582

This is my response to this week's @naviar-records haiku music challenge.

"here and there
upon scorched fields
wild violets"

Arii Shokyu-Ni was a haiku poetess during the Edo period who began a wandering life after running away from her husband at 29 with the haiku poet Kohaku. Just like Matsuo Basho, "the Nun Shokyu" traveled to the Deep North of Japan.
 

Haiku by Arii Shokyu-Ni

Extract of a picture by A C

here (naviarhaiku582)

made for the haiku challenge #582: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku582-here-and-there/

Acoustic guitar, Mooer Ocean Machine II, Blackstar Fly acoustic stereo amps. Recorded with a Zoom Q2n-4K.

wild violets (naviarhaiku 582)

#4103 (90.45% 433 left): Mar. 9 2025: The palfrey was as fleet as wind (E.H.Coleridge from Sep. 2, 2024) 

Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : )

Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536:
This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece.

######## Latest Album: 29th SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ########
"shin Clair De Lune" - the 29th selection album of piano ten thousand leaves

The best song in the last few years, Shin Clair De Lune, was born, so I named the album after it. The opening song is that song.

youtube: FULL VIDEO with 20 full songs in very high quality sounds
https://youtu.be/_KoD3Urfn38?si=WP2OCvwwVeLYyfnU

Album Download:  iTune
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/shin-clair-de-lune/1796986397

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/0IesFKVy7eEyvrfn90AW8b?si=_-BDNh2JQ3yUSQyOpSUSFQ

appleMusic
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/shin-clair-de-lune/1796986397

amazonMusic
https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0DXKJ5655?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_Af4hYEidL5bbME7ncUiUORjxE

all music streaming services:
https://linkco.re/mF4G0R43?lang=en

the palfrey was as fleet as wind - #4103 (90R45 percent 433 left) by chair house 250309

Created for Naviar Haiku challenge 586: 

fog dissolves to rain
- cool breezes clear the vista,
showing cloud-topped hills

details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Interpreting the haiku more literally than sensible. I stated with some binaural rain from this sound pack sold in aid of WWF Denmark: www.luftrum.com/free-field-recordings Then fired up VCV Rack to patch together the other elements, split for multitrack recording and additional effects:

Opening of the rain sample (Valhalla Supermassive),
Synth raindrops (PSP Pianoverb),
Re-emergence of "Fog" drone (Audio thing's frostbite 2.

This was not my original plan, but after several failed improvised takes I did things in a different order and got it under ten minutes, drums came in later than expected so used some creative EQ to emphasise their synth origin. 


Cloud Topped Hills - (naviarhaiku - 586)

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