naviarhaiku479:
Summer night
transforms to daybreak.
I count fleas.

haiku: Ryōkan Taigu https://allpoetry.com/Taigu-Ryokan
image: freestocks https://unsplash.com/@freestocks
for the Naviar Records Haiku Music Challenge www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Night Transforms To Daybreak [NaviarHaiku479]

multiply layered drones. polyrhythmic drums. cymbal reverb.

[naviarhaiku480] ascent

This is my response to this week's @naviar-records Haiku prompt.

Sound of mountain
sound of ocean
everywhere spring rain.

Sôen Nakagawa was a key figure in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from Japan to the Western world. Author Sean Murphy, in his “One Bird, One Stone: 108 Contemporary Zen Stories”, tells us an interesting story about the Zen Buddhist master during his time in the U.S.:

“Soen loved to walk around New York City. He’d stare at the lighted skyscrapers, at their tops, he claimed he saw Buddha figures in the lights. “Look at the Buddha,” he’d point, “Shining Buddha!” He’d fill the sleeves of his robes with nuts and berries from Central Park or herbs growing in the sidewalk cracks, and add them to his bowl at the next meal. He loved the musical Fiddler on the Roof, and when asked a question about why some particular point of ceremony needed to be performed in a certain way, he might burst into song, responding “Tradition…!”
 
Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 10th May 2023

haiku by Sôen Nakagawa https://tricycle.org/magazine/endless-vow-zen-path-soen-nakagawa/

picture by Guillaume de Germain https://unsplash.com/photos/Z8l4vxWTEiY

spring rain (naviarhaiku487)

With https://soundcloud.com/mikey_a/tete-a-deux-disquiet0593, https://soundcloud.com/encym/tete-a-tete-disquiet0592 and https://soundcloud.com/andreas-kitzmann-27370936/disquiet0591.

All three source tracks loaded onto Radio Music, stepping between the first second and third iterations randomly. Processing in two parts, one steady pulsing gates, one slower envelopes into a granular processor. Some editing and ambience added in Live.

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More on this 594th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Threemix (The Assignment: Remix an asynchronously produced trio), at: https://disquiet.com/0594/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0594-threemix/

disquiet0594 - tetralogies (with mikey_a, encym and andreas kitzmann)

Experimento natural # 4

Inverted Meadow Fountain

Xtreme Krell Gestures

© 2023 Pantomime Riot

No one’s sure which way to go 
To make sure we don’t miss the show
Could be north it could be south 
With last nights flavors in your mouth 
You’ve gotta grab the final shout
And put your real self about 
So throw some vox at one o five 
Then darker shadows can arrive 

Speed down the yard with your handbrake turn 
Bang up the sounds let the baseline churn
Revel and roll in the ecstasy 
Then open the door lets your senses free

Go Rolling in the sonic well 
Let fiery purges leap from hell
Jump back in the frying pan 
And send a text out to the clan 
Psycho beats to make them vibe
Reminding that they’re still alive 
Pretty Floyd or Ugly Jo 
Become the local folk hero 

Speed down the yard with your handbrake turn 
Bang up the sounds let the baseline churn
Revel and roll in the ecstasy 
Then open the door lets your senses free

Then you get that sign up call 
So will you let your morals fall 
Make that million dollar vid
But who the fuck they tryna kid
Remember honest tunes you sang 
And finally get to join the gang 
Set you up so you can fail 
And pull the sting right out your tail

Speed down the yard with your handbrake turn 
Bang up the sounds let the baseline churn
Revel and roll in the ecstasy 
Then open the door lets your senses free

ONE O FIVE

Drift in 417 Hz. [Dark Nature Concept]

mikey_a is an ambient and soundscape artist living in Melbourne, Australia.
Though now producing mainly in the box with a mix of VST and field recordings he still likes to occasionally crank out some of the physical treasures he's owned since the '80s: a Korg MonoPoly, a Roland TR-606, TB-303, S-10 and D-110 along with a TEAC 3440 reel-to-reel.
He is a frequent contributor to the Naviar Records' Haiku Challenge and Disquiet Junto projects.

Night Transforms To Daybreak [NaviarHaiku479]

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