All submissions to Haiku 321:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/02/26/naviarhaiku321-figures-sculpted

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 podcasts and free (pay-what-you-want)compilations. Please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

haiku #321: Figures sculpted / on ancient temple walls / still look at us

originally intended to be a collab- fell through...
3rd track from "Four Abstracts" EP burythejar.bandcamp.com/album/four-abstracts
photo-Michael Ryan- Cathedral Wash Canyon-Arizona

Abstract Three

Deep bass for deep space and deep lights.

Naviar Haiku 601
pulling light
from the other world...
the Milky Way

Deep Lights

Let it go

2025-07-27

unrest around us

NO CONVENTIONS

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
604
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku604-in-spring-sunlight/

2025-07-31

In spring sunlight (Naviarhaiku 604)

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 604

In spring sunlight
the rows of tea bushes
ripple like waves
 

Tōge Morita (1924-2013) was a Japanese teacher and poet from Osaka. In the early 50s, he started publishing his poems in the Katsuragi 葛城 magazine, later becoming its editor-in-chief and, in 1990, its editor.

Haiku by Tōge Morita

Picture by Kyle Bushnell

Submission deadline: 6th August 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Whisper fields (naviarhaiku604)

INTANGIBLE

United (Night's Daughters Mix)

Underground Walk

I started the response to this haiku, but putting an image of the text into Metasynth to create sequences of sound using various custom sample instruments. A very quick and happy process ,one 90minute train trip, hope its a worthwhile listen.

Temple Figures(NaviarHaiku321)

“Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” has been covered countless times in the more than 150 years it’s been around.  Its history carries it back to pre-civil war days with some scholars believing that the song is a portrayal of a child being separated from parent after a slave auction.  It has been a song of sorrow and triumph for many, being used in weddings, masses, and funerals.  This particular recording was borne in 2018 out of frustration with the border crisis.  It seemed wrong to sell such a thing, so today felt like a good opportunity to set it out.

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (naviarhaiku321)

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

2020-02-27

Figures sculpted ( Naviarhaiku 321 )

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
321 week Haiku.
https://naviarlab.tumbir.com/

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/02/26/naviarhaiku321-figures-sculpted/

OneAmbient4 - Figures Sculpted On Ancient Walls (Naviarhaiku 321)

Figures sculpted
on ancient temple walls
still look at us

haiku by Aju Mukhopadhyay https://www.boloji.com/articles/13046/affable-writer-aju-mukhopadhyay
picture by Saeed Siddiqui https://unsplash.com/@saeedsid

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

temple

halF sculpteD [naviarhaiku321]

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 🥰

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

halF sculpteD [naviarhaiku321]

halF unusuaL

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