drum and bass beats, melodies, and textural samples from several different companies (ethereal 2080, shaman stems, glitched tones, touch loops, undrgrnd sounds), two tracks of live guitar, one synth melody (arturia pigments) and one channel of morse code ("plunging my hand into the lake... billowing clouds") played on a group of randomly triggered small cymbals at 170bpm. the track closes with a sample of toluca lake.

[naviarhaiku581] into the lake

An interpretation of:

here and there
upon scorched fields
wild violets

Naviar haiku challenge 582, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Assembled using a combination of Voltage Modular and Bento, the noise synth from Giorgio Sancristoforo; https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net (Bento is about 2/3 of the way down the list).

I started out with Bento, got it set up worked out which controls I wanted to manipulate the moved onto Voltage Modular and patched together the other elements I'd need. Although a bit of a fiddle, I'd assigned all my physical controls to Bento so had to control all the VM components with the mouse, everything was manipulated and recorder in a single live take.

Scorched Fields - (Naviarhaiku - 582)

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku582-here-and-there/

SONG 76 - Naviarhaiku582

Prompted by and in response to:

out of the blue
of early morning light:
a paulownia leaf

Naviar haiku challenge 583, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Not as I envisaged at the outset owing to a lucky experiment and a willingness to got with the flow. All the base sounds are generated in virtual modular using VCV Rack with split outputs allowing multitrack recording. I had planned on using the Deelay plugin from Sixth Sample and while I was tweaking the settings put it into chaos mode as an experiment, not what I wanted but more suitable for this track, saved some VCV patching.  With the other elements in place I set up physical controls and did a test run to get an idea of what to patch next. After what would have been the opening ran to over six minutes I decided that with a couple of tweaks I had enough for a take, more minimal and slower evolving than my original idea but probably suits the haiku better. I used a touch of Frostbite 2 from Audio Thing to add some texture to the opening.

Early Morning Light - (naviarhaiku - 583)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 14 Mar 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, effects

This original version of "Never Burn" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 584, Heaven And Earth

heaven and earth:
neither exists apart from
snow fluttering down

by: Kajiwara Hashin

Kajiwara Hashin was born in 1864 and studied under Kyoshi. Although Hashin is not very well-known as a poet, this particular haiku that he wrote is quite popular worldwide: it was first translated by Miyamori Asataro and later by R. H. Blyth.

Drawing/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 30 Mar 2017, West 46th St, NYC, USA

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

#soundart #naviarhaiku #naviarhaiku584 #experimentalmusic #heaven #electronicmusic #sounddesign #ableton #burn #earth

Never Burn (naviarhaiku584)

This track was created in response to this week's @naviar-records haiku challenge:

"fog dissolves to rain
- cool breezes clear the vista,
showing cloud-topped hills"
 
Raymond Cobley (@ray_cobley) is an experimental composer and regular participant in our Haiku challenge. Now retired, Raymond aims to explore the possibilities afforded by open-source software, which he uses exclusively for creating and editing both sounds & images. All his works are published ​under a Creative Commons licence, and free for anybody to download or remix.

haiku by Raymond Cobley
extract of picture by Inggrid Koe
 
Submission deadline: 2nd April 2025

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

showing (naviarhaiku586)



Composition pour le Naviar Haïku Music challenge 586.
Sur un haïku de Raymond Cobley:

fog dissolves to rain
- cool breezes clear the vista,
showing cloud-topped hills 

www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/


Droplets on the hills

2Apr25
My naviarhaiku587 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/779706051549380608/naviarhaiku587-paperweights
:D

paperweights [naviarhaiku587]

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

Ōshima Ryōta was a Japanese poet of the Edo period. Some sources say he was a disciple of Yosa Buson, while others say his master was Hattori Ransetsu. He's mostly remembered for his essay “Bashō ku kai” 芭蕉句解 ('Study of Bashō's haiku') published in 1759, a magnum opus of his studies and literary theories on Matsuo Bashō's work.

Haiku by Ōshima Ryōta: https://thepoetryhour.com/poets/oshima-ryota/

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

more halF unusuaL

halF realitY [naviarhaiku591]

A hopefully peaceful track composed for the 591st Naviar Haiku challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku591-steady-spring-rains/

Haiku:
steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino!
— Ōshima Ryōta

Photo by: Soubhagya Ranjan (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-tree-with-green-leaves-YqFqYd_WQHU)

The rain field recording felt inevitable as a starting point—once in place, the chimes followed naturally. Two measures of gentle drones and a few understated piano notes later, and the piece settled into a safe haven. Nothing more felt necessary.

showing (naviarhaiku586)

leon clowes

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