great atmo, Ian, excellent sound. Happy Easter, hi. M :-)

All submissions to Haiku 221:

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

To participate:

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

- Upload 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 it by using a Creative Commons License.

Haiku #221: Spring approaches / the Pacific Ocean / will be my sitting mat

Welcome to a little deep (haiku) space TidalCycles livecoding play! 😁😜

pulling light
from the other world . . .
the Milky Way

Yatsuka Ishihara (1919–1998) was a Japanese poet and co-founder of the journal Aki 秋 with Akira Matsuzawa. He also served as an advisor to the Modern Haiku Association (Gendai Haiku Kyōkai) and the Association of Haiku Poets (Haijin Kyōkai).

Haiku by Yatsuka Ishihara: https://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/writerprofiles/JonesOnIshihara.html
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

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halF milkY [naviarhaiku601]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
601
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku601-pulling-light/

2025-07-10

pulling light  from the other world . . . (Naviarhaiku 601 )

...or don't remember

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
602
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku602-scent-of-plum/

2025-07-17

scent of plum(Naviarhaiku 602)

17Jul25
My naviarhaiku602 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/789227947919900672/naviarhaiku602-scent-of-plum
😊

the mountain path [naviarhaiku602]

Woodwalker

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
603
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku603-insect-tremolo/

2025-07-23

insect tremolo (Naviarhaiku (603)

insects tremolo and chatter...  insect tremolo
soberingly cools the heat
of farmland roads

Kogetsu Eguchi (1825-1867) was a Japanese poet active in the late Edo period. Together with Kazan Watanabe, he authored the haiku book Tōke shunchō.

Haiku by Kogetsu Eguchi


 

Submission deadline: 30th July 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Sentimental Insects (NaviarHaiku603)

26Jul25

My naviarhaiku603 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/789843806415650816/naviarhaiku603-insect-tremolo
😊

the heat of farmland roads [naviarhaiku603]

INTANGIBLE

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
221 week haiku
naviarlab.tumblr.com/
yamaha mx 49

2018-03-29

spring approaches   (Naviarhaiku 221)

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]

Spring approaches / the Pacific Ocean / will be my sitting mat (naviarhaiku221)

For many of us the Spring season has finally arrived, so this week I selected a haiku by Zen Buddhist master Soen Nakagawa, mostly known for being a seminal figure in spreading interest in Zen to the West. 

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



Deadline: 4th April 2018

Poem by Soen Nakagawa https://terebess.hu/english/haiku/nakagawa.html

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

Easter Fools [naviarhaiku221 - Spring approaches]

This week's Haiku is by Soen Nakagawa: 
"Spring approaches / the Pacific ocean / will be my sitting mat"

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

Pacific (NaviarHaiku221)

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

This will be my place for Naviar Haiku and Disquiet Junto entries.
-Experiments may appear on YouTube from time to time: 
https://www.youtube.com/user/ikjoyce
-Albums will be released on Bandcamp: 
https://ikjoyce.bandcamp.com/

New album "The Endless Solitude Of A Skylark's Song" now available:
https://ikjoyce.bandcamp.com/album/the-endless-solitude-of-a-skylarks-song

Album 'Selene' now available on Cassette / Download from Naviar Records: 
https://naviarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/selene 

**Albums now available on iTunes, Amazon, Deezer, Spotify, and Google Play**  

I make electronic ambient and drone music using modular synthesis to explore themes of nature, space, isolation, man/machine interaction, and the borders of the sleep/wake cycle.

Pacific (NaviarHaiku221)

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