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- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)
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haiku #558: cascade sounds / along a mountain path - / the blistering heat

cascade sounds
along a mountain path -
the blistering heat

A supporter of Kobayashi Issa, Kubota Shunko was the husband of the more famous Kubota Seifu. He was responsible for preserving one of his master's works: Last Days of Issa's Father (父の終焉日記, Chichi no Shūen Nikki), a poignant account of his father's final days. The text was passed down by generations of Shunko's descendants.

Haiku by Kubota Shunko

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

more halF unusuaL

halF cascadE [naviarhaiku558]

cascade sounds
along a mountain path -
the blistering heat

Kubota Shunko
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku558-cascade-sounds/

Cascade sounds: The Plava Voda (Blue Water) in Travnik, Bosnia, recorded in July 2024.

Free download

Naviar Haiku 558

Plava Voda [NaviarHaiku558]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
558
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku558-cascade-sounds/

2024-09-12

Cascade Sounds (Naviarhaiku 558)

Recorded, mixed & mastered 12 Sep 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2024 Jim Lemanowicz

Tools used - Bitwig & PolyGrid, Arturia Augmented Strings, Ableton Live & Live native devices. 

This original version of "There Is No Down" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 558, Cascade Sounds

cascade sounds
along a mountain path -
the blistering heat

by: Kubota Shunko

A supporter of Kobayashi Issa, Kubota Shunko was the husband of the more famous Kubota Seifu. He was responsible for preserving one of his master's works: Last Days of Issa's Father (父の終焉日記, Chichi no Shūen Nikki), a poignant account of his father's final days. The text was passed down by generations of Shunko's descendants.

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

There Is No Down  (naviarhaiku558)

An electronic composition, original sounds created in Pure Data.

Mountain Heat (naviarhaiku558)

Created in response to:

cascade sounds
along a mountain path -
the blistering heat

Naviar Haiku challenge 558; details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Generated via sequencers and burst generators in what turned out to be a monster virtual modular patch using VCV Rack. manipulated via mapped physical controls and recorded to multiple tracks where additional effects were added.

Cascade Sounds - (Naviarhaiku - 558)

A piece inspired by the botanical garden in Lausanne

Kernera saxatilis

A bit more sinister than initially planned. Track made for the naviar haiku challenge 597 https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku597-orchids-by-night/

orchids by night (naviarhaiku 597)

The track feels like it’s built out of pieces of the past—old 8-bit sounds that were more about ingenuity than perfection. Working with those constraints, using square waves and simple drum loops, trying to get something out of such raw, limited tools.As usual, restrictions can lead to more creativity. It’s like stitching together a memory.  I broke out the SID Station and the trusty S-612 for some Lo Rez mayhem.

Tarc0 disquiet0704

RÜCKKEHR

For the 603rd haiku from @naviar-records. 

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku603-insect-tremolo/

insect tremolo 
soberingly cools the heat 
of farmland roads

by: Kogetsu Eguchi

Kogetsu Eguchi (1825-1867) was a Japanese poet active in the late Edo period. Together with Kazan Watanabe, he authored the haiku book Tōke shunchō.

The heat of farmlands roads (naviarhaiku603)

Morast

Electronic composition, an evolving textured drone sequence, original sounds created using Pure Data.

Forbidden Ground (naviarhaiku605)

Helena Kirche

Part of: Dark Bouquet. Variations on a theme. soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/sets/dark-bouquet
All material - cut, altered, mixed at will - comes from a nocturnal solo improvisation with fretless acoustic bass guitar with piezo pickup, effect pedals (Carcosa - Dark Star - Obscura), non synchronized loops, three amps. Recorded in the room with Zoom H2n, edited in Audacity. All sounds made with the instrument. All sounds, mixing and production: Velvet Something Superdark.

Dark Flower Drone

Whispers of a Collapsing World

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.

Naviar is a music community and label. Through regular publications, open projects and events, we explore the connection between experimental music and traditional Japanese poetry.

To join the Haiku challenge, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Cascade Sounds - (Naviarhaiku - 558)

Mr_Lamppost

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