Birds sing and the valley cries
A vaguely blurry peach dream
Grasses get wet after the spring rain

鳥が囀り谷が鳴く
ぼんやりとした桃の夢
雨立ち上り草濡れる

Congrats to the 10th Anniversary of Naviar ! 
Thanks for the inspirations from the Naviar Haiku Fest.. and now come to this place again for naviarhaiku530 

An another experimental hypnotic track inspired from the poem of spring rain by kobayashi issa - mixed with the humbled profound Taiko drums from the liveset at Naviar Haiku Fest in Tokyo 2024- a kind of tribute track for the 10th anniversary of Naviar's long journey :) 

taking it easy
the mouse sleeps too...
spring rain

Haiku : Kobayashi Issa
Music : Nukumori Eugene / Nx  https://a-tale-of.bandcamp.com/
IG: www.instagram.com/jinsei_books

Spring Rain - 春雨  [naviarhaiku530]

Broadcast to those within the beacon's reach.

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Grady Steele 'Jolimont' [AV012]

"Cruel folk you are, unmatched for jealousy, you gods who cannot bear to let a goddess sleep with a man." (Calypso to Hermes, who has just ordered her to release Odysseus. Homer, Odyssey 5.120)


Calypso’s Dream is a soundscape collection sculpted from the subtle sonic morphologies of the micro-environments on the island of Mljet in the South Adriatic. The collection serves as a conceptual counterpoint to Homer’s Odyssey and a critical reflection on commercial island attractions such as Odysseus’s Cave, where he was supposedly held captive for seven long years by the nymph Calypso.

In search of a different gender approach to the ancient Greek myth and its contemporary commercial appropriation, we created a simple narrative from Calypso’s perspective, inspired by the work of the renowned writer Margaret Atwood, who wrote The Penelopiad, and tried to unravel the archetypal mystery by narrating the Odyssey from the perspective of his wife Penelope, who was left for 20 years to defend the kingdom and raise their children.

Calypso’s Dream is an attempt to create a symbolic micro-episode of The Penelopiad within the medium of sound art, woven from the dense spectrum of the island’s biophony, instrumental and improvised narratives, critically reflecting on the commercial appropriation of culture, advocating for the importance of a listening culture, and emphasizing the urgency of raising ecological awareness.

The island of Mljet is one of the oldest European protected natural zones, still, there is so much more that can be done to keep this Adriatic marvel away from harsh trends of mass tourism.

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The release includes a PDF booklet containing curatorial text and images of Mljet's many aquatic micro-environments, flora, and fauna.

The project is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, and the Dubrovnik-Neretva County Department for Education and Culture. 

All sounds recorded and edited by Manja Ristić & Mark Vernon
Hydrophones used for underwater recording — JrF & Aquarian
Mastering by Goran Simonoski / La Plant Studio
Cover art, images, text by Manja Ristić

The Deadly Grief Of Calypso

Track #2 of "FerroTape", released Jan 22nd 2025.

This upload is a low-bitrate preview. For proper full-quality tracks head to Bandcamp: https://mmwave.bandcamp.com/album/ferrotape

Flutter

Sonance

SD_Crtyv_rS

Live performance as part of TIME AS A SONIC GESTURE - a durational concert for headphones by Jacqui O'Reilly.

The very start of the recording features a live variation on first track (The Frequency of a Leaf) off my forthcoming album.

From Jacqui "The concept for Time as a Sonic Gesture, emerged in response to Katelyn Geard’s work, I Have Something to Say, (exhibited in GRAPHITE, at DRAW Space, April 2024). This work was described as a drawing ‘soft as a whisper’ in its reach beyond two dimensions.  Time as a Sonic Gesture plays with this notion of persistence of vision, to instantiate time as a trans-disciplinary gesture of collective presence in the making and sharing of art. Throughout the evening local guests artists Laura Altman and Alexandra Spence will improvise with O’Reilly and play solo, to unfold an experimental and immersive soundscape performance."

TIME AS A SONIC GESTURE is curated by Belinda Yee (@belindayee) as part of an ongoing series of performances looking at the relationship of drawing to sound. Photography by James Peter Brown.
https://drawspace.org/past-exhibitions-and-events/jacqui-oreilly

Live at DRAW Space March 2025

release on 2nd May 2025 : www.wabi-sabi-tapes.bandcamp.com
@manja-ristic

Manja Ristić is a Serbian violinist, sound artist, published poet, curator, and researcher. In her work, she sets ecosystems in resonance and translates the human activity that criss-crosses them.

Manja Ristić - Olovo (extract)

noisy old boy

"But what's really changed? The dead stay dead, and the living stay living, until they die, at which point, they stay dead.
And you can't save the dead! I've tried! They're just too damned dead!"

"You can't save the dead! I've tried! They're just too damned dead!"

~ LAAPS 046 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP46]

artist : Offthesky
album : Nocturnas
duration : 40.28 mn
date : August 28th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / marble pink/purple LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : August 01st, 2025 / official release : August 28th, 2025
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Sound and composition by Jason Corder
Vocals by Rin Howell
Created in Thailand and Colorado, 2022 - 2024

Mastered by Offthesky
Artwork by Gaël Bonnefon
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://offthesky.bandcamp.com/
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The Deadly Grief Of Calypso

Manja Ristic