A piano improv inspired by the haiku:

having a dream
is part of the job …
rain in spring

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 to the Deep North of Japan.

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

Deadline: 28th July 2021

Rain In Spring (Naviarhaiku394)

Blocks

First track of our album "Frühling" available on Bandcamp:
https://stefanstrasser.bandcamp.com/album/fr-hling-2
Recorded in our rehearsal room in Cologne

Licht

upwards is not enough

after the typhoon
I walk around alone -
sunshine everywhere

Hosomi Ayako (1907–1997) was a prominent haiku poet from Aogaki, Hyogo. After a series of personal tragedies, including the deaths of her husband and mother, she found solace in haiku during an illness. She later married Sawaki Kinichi, leader of the modern haiku group Kaze, and was deeply involved in the haiku community until her passing at 90.

Haiku by Hosomi Ayako

Picture by Tam DV

Submission deadline: 25th June 2025
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

After The Typhoon (NaviarHaiku598)

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku599-rain-rituals/

rain rituals -
if the gods are here now
to see the paddies

Haiku by Takarai Kikaku

Picture by Ritz

KiKaKuKaKi [ naviarhaiku599 ]

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 600

thinking of us
the sound of the wind
between the pines

Andrea Cecon is a hearing aid technician, traveler, and internationally published author. His first ebook won third place in the 2011 Sharp Write Book Awards (poetry category). He resides in Cividale, Italy, with his wife, Russian author Valeria Simonova-Cecon. He finds inspiration in memories, travel, and everyday life…

Haiku by Andrea Cecon

Photography by Ali Kazal

Submission deadline: July 9, 2025
For more information and to participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

The Sound Of Wind (naviarhaiku600)

yet another little livecoding experiment ... enjoy! 😁

scent of plum
in a flash of rising sun!
the mountain path

This week's challenge features a poem by the greatest master of haiku, Matsuo Bashō.

Haiku by Matsuo Bashō: https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/206
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

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halF pluM [naviarhaiku602]

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 602

scent of plum
in a flash of rising sun!
the mountain path

This week's challenge features a poem by the greatest master of haiku, Matsuo Bashō.

Haiku by Matsuo Bashō

Picture by Michel Stockman
 

Submission deadline: 23rd July 2025
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Sweet Elderpath (naviarhaiku602)

A three-handed piano piece in response to:

Naviar Haiku 602
Scent of plum
in a flash of rising sun!
the mountain path


Sensory (Naviar Haiku 602)

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

avaunt weightless - naviarhaiku604

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.