Built out of a short extract from an improvisation between @stellato-strings (violin) and myself (piano) there's some Audacity pitch change going on and I'm keeping this week's @naviar-records Haiku Challenge as sparse as possible, with organ stop shifting and very low growling Garageband string ensemble. The picture is from a sunset this week in Margate.

without a voice
the heron would disappear –
morning snow

Widely regarded as one of the most important female haiku poets, Fukuda Chiyo-ni was a Japanese poet of the Edo period. She started writing haiku early in her childhood and was strongly influenced by Basho’s poetry (probably because her teachers were his students).

The fundamentals in Basho’s poetry include: sabi (detached loneliness), wabi (poverty of spirit), hosomi (slenderness, sparseness), shiori (tenderness), sokkyo (spontaneity), makoto (sincerity), fuga (elegance), karumi (simplicity), kyakkan byosha (objectivity), and shiZen to hitotsu ni naru (oneness with nature). Fukuda Chiyo-ni was particularly interested in the latter, since most of her poetry deals with the realm of nature.

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

Deadline: 26th October 2022

haiku by Fukuda Chiyo-ni http://haikukan.city.hakusan.ishikawa.jp/english/about/index.html

morning snow (naviarhaiku459)

With planning now for the @naviar-records event on 7th December at Cafe Oto, I'm thinking now as pieces as fragments that will make for materials for live mixing and performance on the night.

This is a tiny fragment from the improvisation I did the other week with @stellato-strings on the violin, me on the piano, and through panning, repetition and added effects normally used for vocals I'm trying to create a spider's web that is a series of bell-like connections.

This is in response to HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE Naviarhaiku 460:

Frozen dew gleams
Spiderwebs made stark
The cusp of winter

I came across David Pattison’s haiku on Twitter. David started writing poetry just a little over a year ago and uses it to share and express his love for nature.

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

Deadline: 2nd November 2022

haiku by David Pattison https://twitter.com/DavidPa71415858

The pic is by me, yesterday morning out on a walk with a dear friend who is just back from Sweden.

spiderwebs (naviarhaiku460)

A layered track to capture the bleakness of winter.

Music by - Stu King
Jazz Master and Gretsch Guitars
Echo
Reverb
Analog Delay
Ebow

Winter Web

Winter Web (naviarhaiku460)

Sound fantasy on:

Frozen dew gleams
Spiderwebs made stark
The cusp of winter

Naviarrecords, Haiku challenge 460
Voice Sample Herta Müller

Wind ist kälter als Schnee_Naviarhaiku460

naviarhaiku461:
the sound of rain
on a cold spring morn
the town is quiet

haiku: Craig Lincoln https://twitter.com/Clpoetry
image: Vincent Camacho https://unsplash.com/@joyousdevil
for the Naviar Records Haiku Music Challenge www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Rain on a Cold Spring Morn [NaviarHaiku461]

Anthem for the Wilderchild in all of us.

Music - Stu King
Jazzmaster Electric
Orangewood Acoustic
Digital Delay
Analog Delay
Reverb

Field Recording - Domar1979

Wilderchild

Wilderchild (naviarhaiku467)

Wallet Full of Plastic (G. Di Nunno)

Born under a full moon, set footprints around here
Took the tone of madness, and made it very clear
Worked hard on a get-by, gave Jesus a last prayer
Wrapped the gifts in chances to thank him for his care.

Could have told you life's not easy
Though it sometimes can even out
Catch a break at the next hoedown
Where you might hand someone your doubt
With your pocket full of change,
And my wallet full of plastic.

Small towns are the barroom, stand up or you sit down
All the stories told there, the paradise they've found
Street drifter to nightlight, hands holding a thin bone
Wanting love to blossom, 'til the angels call them home

Repeat: Could have told you...

Wind blows the dust
The feeling's in the soul
That's how it is around here
Ooooh
There's no surprise
Unless it's linked to chain
Religion dries the tears
I came back, but I'm leaving again.

Church hymns and a strange twist, home folk just like myself
There reward is heaven, a Bible on the shelf
Sounds echo through tall trees, sweet music by tough love
Interlocks the fiber that makes them good enough.

Repeat: Could have told you...

All content written and performed by Gino Di Nunno
Copyright 2002, 2023
A song with a lot of religion references, but it is about more than that.

#4. Wallet Full Of Plastic

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Remember The Comet [Full Album in Free Download in The Description]

Winter Wonder Remastered

J'air repris ici dans une toute nouvelle version un de mes premiers morceaux créés au moment où je m'étais acheté, il y a maintenant déjà quelques années, mon piano numérique (Roland FP30) qui m'enchantait à lui tout seul par ses sonorités nouvelles pour moi. Il perd malheureusement beaucoup ici de sa sonorité, car je ne peux le brancher à ma carte audio que par sa sortie casque. De cette première version et de son arrangement d'époque j'ai cependant conservé ici  la partie centrale. J'espère que vous apprécierez son ambiance très rêveuse

un ange passe


In this collaboration, Radboud Mens and I explore the tension between stasis and movement. Operating within the realm of drone and electroacoustic music, we construct a sonic landscape where sustained tones and microscopic events constantly shape and reshape each other. What initially appears static reveals itself to be rich with detail: tiny acoustic shifts breathe life into apparent stillness, inviting focused and attentive listening.

The album emerged from a process where sound research, improvisation, and sound design merge. Self-built instruments, the search for timbre and texture, and recordings of the learning process itself form the foundation of these compositions. Rather than following a traditional musical structure, the result is a sonic field in which the minimal continually transforms depending on the listener’s perspective. This is a layered and handcrafted album that doesn’t narrate, but questions. Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point is not a boundary. It’s an invitation to listen differently.


released June 9, 2025

All music by Ard Janssen & Radboud Mens
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung
Artwork & design by Ard Janssen

Manufactured by Record Industry
Distributed by Clone Distribution

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