A small note on my own behalf: I have noticed that my playback figures have dropped dramatically. The statistics show that the number of playbacks has dropped from 2000 per week to just under 200. 
On the one hand, this is frustrating, as everyone sees this as an indicator and confirmation of their work. On the other hand, figures are not particularly important, but one wonders what is wrong. In my opinion, SC has changed a lot, uploading tracks has become more complicated and constant security queries are annoying. 
In addition, great artists are disappearing from the platform, partly by their own choice, partly because they have been banned, the algorithm has “recognized” them as spam and mercilessly deleted their account. I'm still a paying member, but my attitude towards this has changed...

Please let me know your experiences and impressions.

Scepter

Pop Over W - Effects

on New Year's Day
everywhere, a corrupt world's
blossoms.

As customary, the first haiku of the year is by Kobayashi Issa.

Among the four great masters of Japanese haiku, Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) was the most prolific: during his lifetime he wrote over 20,000 haiku, hundreds of tanka, and several haibun.

Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

everywhere [naviarhaiku574]

GRR-Jamn-Day 6

sparKLEye

Seven ronroco tracks
Infra bass
Orchestral Samples

Composed and recorded by Daniel Diaz, 1st May 2025

for this haiku:

Steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino!


Haiku by Ōshima Ryōta
Photo by DD, Iceland  2024


@naviar-records

dream and reality (naviarhaiku591)

SUN RAFRIKA

https://soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sunset-circus?si=f1a3d8f5d81a434a9b191483f128438a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing 

Tea R. Sea - Sunset Circus (Open Collab)

Histoire d’amour

This track is a 10-minute-version (Soundcloud limit) of the original on "Miðpunkts Útgáfurnar (the Centerpiece Versions)". Grab the full length album on Bandcamp, esp. for the 16 & 20 minute long-playing tracks.

Description:
Fogged up Tendernob rhapsodies in an unctuous Seocho-Gu dive. Pendulous, vaporous tapestries lurch through a Pacific rim hinterland. Elasticated ama-tremolos palpitate on repeat-one. Billowing indigo moods erupt into sumptuous, sidewinding derangements, then repose into gurgling, glacial meltwater.

May the journey continue to be the reward. Headphone listening recommended, you know, for the sonic details.

Credits & Ethics Statement → This work, based around a Mango Drive style dub chord + vocal leitmotif, is 100% hand-{written/played}, recorded and arranged by Ruoho Ruotsi using NI Reaktor, Ableton Live, a DR-40X and an unrivaled, guitar-pedalboard dubstation.

Mastered by Cem Oral @ Jammin Masters | Berlin
Words & album photograph by Ruoho Ruotsi

everywhere [naviarhaiku574]

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