fave listenings of this month

in the pic: David Crosby

"musica assoluta" (febbraio 2023)

Deadline: 22nd February 2023

All submissions to Haiku 476:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/02/15/naviarhaiku476-birds-in-a-bare-tree/

To participate:
- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)
- When choosing a title for your piece also include the assignment number, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku110)”
To submit your track:
- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.
- If you upload your music on Youtube, Bandcamp or anywhere else, upload your submission and then send me the link by email at marco@naviarrecords.com or contact me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram
- If you don’t use any music platform, upload it to this Dropbox folder and I’ll include it in the weekly playlist. If you choose this option, make sure you include your name in the track’s title. www.dropbox.com/request/JvKyUfuCSzJ3gRNRocZz
Your track may be included in Naviar's weekly podcasts and free (pay-what-you-want)compilations. If you can, please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

Naviar Haiku Challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
Naviar Records store: www.naviarrecords.bandcamp.com
Subscribe/support the project: www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/

haiku #476: Birds in a bare tree / Dance on windswept branches / Their waiting ballet…

Because S.C. wants from August 22 to cancel the group, I would like to keep the relationship went both posts behind.
http://www.naviarrecords.com/blog/

Haiku poetry and music.

Naviar Haiku is a music project in which artists are invited to make new music inspired by a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

Haiku is a traditional and short form of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines: it’s about moments of objective experience which lead to deeper considerations about life and nature. The juxtaposition of two images or ideas and the consequent creation of a gap in the imagery gives the reader (or, in this case, the musician) the chance to complete the poem with his/her own interpretation.

This project is about expanding the meaning of a poem beyond its words, and the active role of the reader in haiku poetry, unique in the literary realm, is what inspired this project.

MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO NAVIAR HAIKU

Music created for

NAVIAR HAIKU 476
"Birds in a bare tree
Dance on windswept branches
Their waiting ballet…"

haiku by John Hinks https://soundcloud.com/flownblue

Cover by Nelson Brodon

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

Windswept Ballet

Naviar Records

Nelson Brodon - Windswept Ballet [Naviar Haiku 476]

This is the closing track off of "Hyphae", a collection of tracks I made with fellow ambient guitarist Wodwo (Ray Robinson -- https://soundcloud.com/user-364196783-552705040). 

It all started with discovering each other’s work on Soundcloud and grew into a lively exchange of ideas and sketches. With both being on a quest to take the less obvious sonic route, always searching for the uncommon guitar sound, and their fondness for spacious and slightly unsettling ambient compositions, the sessions were kickstarted with the appropriately titled "Germ", which gestated into what became the first completed track of this long-distance collaboration between Munich and Derby. 

The title for the second track, "Hyphae" came to mind after reading Merlin Sheldrake’s fascinating “Entangled Life”. It seems apt to draw parallels between the massive mycorrhizal fungi hyphae networks (the "Wood Wide Web") that connect different species of plants and transport substances and information between them, and the to and fro of abstract layers of sonic matter that passed between the two musicians. 

The collection closes with "Simulacrum", probing the terrain where a bright major key tonality coalesces with a bit-crushed low-end undercurrent. And despite what your ears might lead you to believe, no keyboards or synths were used in any of this music! 

Hyphae is also available from Wodwo's Bandcamp page: rayrobinson.bandcamp.com/album/hyphae

Released January 27, 2023

Hyphae

Simulacrum  [Out now on "Hyphae" by Wodwo & encym]

naviarhaiku473 
sudden breeze
every strand of the spider’s web
in tune

Mark Miller is an award-winning poet and photographer who has published four books of poetry, the latest being Light and Counterlight (Ginninderra Press, 2020), a selection of his haiku from over 400 that have been published in international journals and anthologies. His haiku have been featured on buses and trains, on the walls of a public swimming pool, and on art installations in parks and malls. Mark lives in Shoalhaven Heads, Australia.

The spider's web (naviarhaiku473)

Tuesday

« Kedros »  My concerto for flute & orchestra Opus 24 (VST recording)
Here's my flute concerto composed between 2014 and 2023
Score available on my website : www.franckdouvin.com (Tab : Compositons - Enregistrements - Partitions)
To obtain the solo flute score, please contact me on my website (Tab : Contact)
Franck Douvin © 2023 Contemporary chamber music
Thanks for listening & sharing
I hope you'll enjoy !
Instrumentation :
Piccolo
Flute
Alto Flute
Oboe
Alto Saxophone Clarinet (Si Bémol) Bass Clarinet (Si Bémol) Bassoon
Horn (Fa) Trumpet (Do) Ondes Martenot Harp Vibraphone Chimes Timpani
Flute Solo
Violin I
Violin II
Viola Violoncello Double Bass

« Kedros »  My concerto for flute & orchestra Opus 24 (VST recording)

2023-02-02

NLS 2023 - 02 - 02

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
475 week haiku
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/02/08/naviarhaiku475-rock-bottom/

NLS - night live session

2023-02-09

Rock Bottom  (Naviarhaiku 475 ) NLS

It's the half term school holidays in the UK this week, I'm sitting at home with two young kids and I read this email from Naviar for the Haiku challenge as it pops into my inbox.  I love the image this haiku creates. Outside my window at home we have tree branches that are winter bare. I was filming these the other day for another project. 
I had an idea for the music straight away - a 'bare' sort of sound to reflect the image of branches.  I started on this straight away. The kids are happy playing so I progressed and made this in about 2 hours. 

Birds in a bare tree
Dance on windswept branches
Their waiting ballet…

John Hinks, aka FlownBlue, is a prolific and talented composer, and a regular participant in the Haiku challenge. Aside from his solo project, John is also involved in three improvising duos: ‘Windfall Light‘ (with Jim Tetlow), ‘Abstract Blue‘ (with Kevin Buckland) and ‘Light Fragments‘ (with Steve Escott).

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

Deadline: 22nd February 2023

haiku by John Hinks https://soundcloud.com/flownblue

picture by Robbin Huang https://unsplash.com/@ikarishinjigao

Audio Obscura - The Ballet Of Birds On A Windswept Branch (naviarhaiku476)

Marco Lucchi : analog synthesizer, piano and tape

found sounds
https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/

for the current Naviar Haiku challenge
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/02/15/naviarhaiku476-birds-in-a-bare-tree/

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Birds in a bare tree
Dance on windswept branches
Their waiting ballet ..

John Hinks

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15 febbraio 2023

Marco Lucchi - A bare tree [Naviar Haiku # 476]

Birds in a bare tree
Dance on windswept branches
Their waiting ballet…

haiku by John Hinks https://soundcloud.com/flownblue

picture by Robbin Huang https://unsplash.com/@ikarishinjigao

For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

daft whelp wins

halF windswepT [naviarhaiku476]

Birds in a bare tree
Dance on windswept branches
Their waiting ballet…

John Hinks, aka FlownBlue, is a prolific and talented composer, and a regular participant in the Haiku challenge. Aside from his solo project, John is also involved in three improvising duos: ‘Windfall Light‘ (with Jim Tetlow), ‘Abstract Blue‘ (with Kevin Buckland) and ‘Light Fragments‘ (with Steve Escott).

waiting [naviarhaiku476]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
476 week haiku
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/02/15/naviarhaiku476-birds-in-a-bare-tree/

2023-02-18

Birds In A Bare Tree  ( Naviarhaiku 476 )

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
477 week haiku
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/02/22/naviarhaiku477-far-distance-beckons/

2023-02-23

Far Distance Beckons  ( Naviarhaiku 477 )

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
478 week haiku
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/03/01/naviarhaiku478-distant-hills/

2023-03-03

Distant Hills ( Naviarhaiku 478 )

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
479 week haiku
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/03/08/naviarhaiku479-summer-night/

2023-03-09

Summer Night ( Naviarhaiku 479 )

a great honor for me  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfaP4ROcQs

no professional aspirations, just entertainment
home recordings just for the joy of music
Everything is based on feelings and moods. No use of AI.
thank you for listening
Thank you all for your comments, because there is always room for improvement
I am still looking, trying and experimenting, I really like electronic ambient for many years, but it only works as a live percussionist. In short, nothing is black or white:)
In today's hectic world I need quiet sounds and the vast majority of songs created at night, so are my compositions such as they are.

My tracks is based on the absolute freedom of the use of sound. Arises as if I painted a picture. In the head is the base, and then adding the details here and there.
As well as if I were his music told the story.

I use: Ableton-Live-Suite with Partnerinstrumets, Kontakt Player + virtual instrumentzs,NI-Machine, Ableton Push, Acces Virus TI Snow, Waldorf Blofeld, AKAI MPK 49, Korg Microkorg XL+,KORG Kaossilator,Kaosspad,KORG Wavedrum, Roland HPD 20, nord lead A1 r, Yamaha mx49, Roland Edirol for Fieldrecordings - and various live percussion.(Kalimba, frame drum, tombak, koshi etc)

Birds In A Bare Tree ( Naviarhaiku 476 )

Night Note