Deadline: 15th June 2022

All submissions to Haiku 440:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2022/06/08/naviarhaiku440-the-sixth-month/

To participate:
- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)
- When choosing a title for your piece also include the assignment number, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku110)”
To submit your track:
- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.
- If you upload your music on Youtube, Bandcamp or anywhere else, upload your submission and then send me the link by email at marco@naviarrecords.com or contact me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram
- If you don’t use any music platform, upload it to this Dropbox folder and I’ll include it in the weekly playlist. If you choose this option, make sure you include your name in the track’s title. www.dropbox.com/request/JvKyUfuCSzJ3gRNRocZz
Your track may be included in Naviar's weekly podcasts and free (pay-what-you-want)compilations. If you can, please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

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haiku #440: the sixth month – / with clouds laid on its summit / Mount-Arashi

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
440 week haiku
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2022/06/08/naviarhaiku440-the-sixth-month/

2022-06-08

The Sixth Month  (Naviarhaiku 440)

Summit in Clouds (naviarhaiku440)

Music created for

NAVIAR HAIKU 440
"the sixth month –
with clouds laid on its summit
Mount-Arashi"

haiku by Matsuo Basho (Tr. Ueda Makoto) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/basho

Cover by Nelson Brodon

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

Arashi Basho

Naviar Records

Nelson Brodon - Arashi Basho (NaviarHaiku 440)

Music in response to the Naviar Haiku Challenge 440.

This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

With Clouds Laid On Its Summit (naviarhaiku440)

My naviarhaiku440 submission;

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2022/06/08/naviarhaiku440-the-sixth-month/

:D

with clouds laid on its summit [naviarhaiku440]

the sixth month –
with clouds laid on its summit
Mount-Arashi

Matsuo Basho (1644 – 1694)

In his late twenties, Basho moved to Edo (now Tokyo), where he joined the local active poetry community: he started writing under the name Basho after he received a basho tree from one of his students. Basho wrote in a particular form called Haibun, a fusion of haiku and prose: his most famous haibun collection is The Narrow Road to the Interior.

Summit in Clouds (navku440)

story
**On a silent moonlit night, the pure white moonlight reflects off the water, creating a mystical scene.**  
As the melody of a piano flows, along with its notes, the figures of cat ninjas can be seen darting across ancient rooftops and through swaying bamboo groves. Their movements are flawless, and occasionally, eyes illuminated by the moonlight hint at their next move.

STORY

Their destination is a massive structure resembling an ancient temple. From within this structure, futuristic blue lights and electronic sounds can be heard. Here lies an AI that holds sway over the fates of many.

As they approach the temple, a glitch-like noise resonates, and in an instant, the entire temple is enveloped in a protective barrier of light. Faced with this barrier, the cat ninjas momentarily seem lost.

Suddenly, from a distant village, a voice echoes, "Are you ready?" Faces from the village appear in the out-of-focus background, their voices laden with hope and anxiety.

Among the ninjas, one steps forward. From beneath his fur, wires and cables resembling that of a cyborg emerge. He connects these to the core of the AI and, in a flash, deciphers the information, disabling the protective barrier.

Taking a deep breath, he smiles at his comrades and says, "Everyone, I hope you're not too shocked, but truth be told, I'm an AI." In that moment, under the moonlight, a touching scene unfolds as their bond deepens

AI Ninja

Endless Echo-naviarhaiku512

Iron Lion Psyclone

Rusty

Microepiphanies

two seahorses
dancing in seagrass
slivers of sunlight

Haiku by: Corine Timmer www.bicadeideias.com (first published on FemkuMag Issue 34, November 2022)

More information: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

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halF twO [naviarhaiku516]

Unsticking

Composition inspired by haiku by Raymond Cobley.

Dark clouds menacing
– I doubt we shall reach shelter
Before the deluge

Dark Clouds Menacing

Dark Clouds Menacing - (naviarhaiku518)

This week’s podcast features music made by Naviar’s community inspired by
Kohn Wright’s poem “Last bloom before autumn / Stares back at me with a smile / My younger brother”

Tracklist:

Adrian Lane - Stare Back At Me With A Smile
zenbytes - with a smile
undermulden - Last Bloom
LazenbeeIndustries – autumn
ray_cobley - A Last Bloom
Raymond Stull - The Last Bloom

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/15/naviarhaiku515-last-bloom-before-autumn/ 

Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house” by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Katerina Kerdi
voice reciting the poem: Marco Sebastiano Alessi

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on Resonance Extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.
To have your music featured on the show, you'll have to participate in the Haiku music challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
support the show: https://www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/

Naviar Broadcast #295 – Last bloom before autumn – Wednesday 29th November 2023

This page is for tracks made in response to Naviar Records weekly haiku challenges. I have been involved for years now.  Check out UNNECESSARY ENTERPRISES pages here on Soundcloud and also the collections at Bandcamp. This page "activated" in September, 2018.

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

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