heat in waves ̶
in the stones
angry reverberations

Katō Kyōtai was a poet from Nagoya who entered the world of haikai in 1759. His work shares with Buson a careful observation, not just of nature itself, but also of the complex emotions and reactions that characterize human existence.

 

haiku by Katō Kyōtai

Furnace in waves-naviarhaiku541

Inuksuit, for Piano and Celesta

Everything at once_03

2024-10-09

NLS - 2024 - 10 - 09 - Prague Night

Sonic collage created in response to:

Through a world of sound
the only filter I have
my discerning ear

Naviar Haiku challenge 562, details here; https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

In a change from my usual live method this track was very much assembled. That said each synth element was improvised in conjunction with and added to the existing material as the track evolved. 

I started by taking a long ambient drone (Borrowed from another project), generated with Points And Lines* and processed it through the Free Ghost  Radio VST plugin from Quilcom to produce the short wave radio like sounds, details here: (it's near the end of the list): https://flowstoners.com/quilcom

Then in conjunction with that I assembled the field recordings that open the track. A bit of a mish-mash,

Circus Atmosphere,
brixton road, london, busy afternoon with voices, passing busses, traffic,
11 o' clock bells from the catania cathedral of st agatha, sicily.

All from this sound pack sold in aid of WWF Denmark: https://www.luftrum.com/free-field-recordings

And a dog from Freesound: Dogs barking in small town by BonnyOrbit -- https://freesound.org/s/442485
 -- License: Creative Commons 0

With the opening set I then recorded the rhythmic pulses and sequences using a small virtual modular VCV Rack patch that I'd prepared earlier. With that done I went back and added the synth surf, separate VCV patch, synth wind, Bento* and random chirps and synth whales to swim in the synthetic sea, Creature From Then ID.* 

Points And Lines, Bento and Creature From The ID  are stand alone virtual instruments by Giorgio Sancristoforo: https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net

A World of Sound - (Naviarhaiku - 562)

渡月

From the Inktober 2024 drawing challenge I add some musical colors to the drawings. Each day of October a new drawing needs to be created and posted. see my playlist “Inktober 2024 short tracks”

Inktober 2024 24.Expedition -Valentino

Western Plains (2023) Anthology CD3 Track 08

Inbows ridernoon_02

From wizards of waverly place

Disquiet Junto 0721 invited us to provide musical accompaniment to a storm. 

This one made me think of my grandmother. She and I would sit in her glassed-in porch and drink tea while the storms of the Atlantic coastal summer raged outside, wind throwing sheets of rain against the windows, the sky purple with flashes of white, the thunder making the ground shake. 

She helped me understand the difference between awe and fear.

In recording this, I tried to be respectful of the storm as it happened. I did very little editing. I tried to give the storm plenty of room to move around in, saying what I needed to say in the spaces between the peals of thunder. 

Vintage Korg M3R synth over a field recording of a storm I made here in Chicago last July.

More on the 721st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Well Weathered — The Assignment: Play along with a storm — at https://disquiet.com/0721/.

Tea and Tempest (disquiet0721)

I'm primarily a visual artist both 2D and 3D, for the last decade I've operated almost exclusively in the digital 3D realm.   since the late 80s I've made periodic forays into the sonic world, MIDI sequencing, minimalism, musique concrète, found sounds  and improvisation. I am seldom happy with anything and seldom consider a piece finished.

A World of Sound - (Naviarhaiku - 562)

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