Naviar Haiku Challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

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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 #564: Fog clears away: / the waterfall shows up / bit by bit.

A 'bit' conceptual this one ... You're hearing 1-bit sound at the beginning of the piece ... all the way up to 16-bits by the end ... Enjoy!

Fog clears away:
the waterfall shows up
bit by bit.
 
Undoubtedly one of the most important Japanese novelists in modern history, Natsume Sōseki began his career publishing haiku and renku poems in a number of newspapers and periodicals. Early in his career he met Masaoka Shiki, who encouraged him to become a writer and tutored him in the art of composing haiku.

Between 1900 and 1903 he studied at the UCL in London, but this proved to be quite a dramatic experience for the young Soseki. Despite this, when Soseki returned to Japan, he exploded into prolific writing activity.

Haiku by Natsume Soseki: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16061597.Natsume_S_seki

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

more halF unusuaL

halF waterfalL [naviarhaiku564]

mixing homemade bells, metal junk with synthetic sounds and resynthesis, inspired by NaviarHaiku 564 :
Fog clears away:
the waterfall shows up
bit by bit. 
Natsume Sōseki

Curling Wisps And Tumbling Clouds Of Fog (NaviarHaiku564)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
564
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku564-fog-clears-away/

2024-10-24

Fog Clears Away (Naviarhaiku 564)

Recorded, mixed & mastered 23 Oct 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2024 Jim Lemanowicz

I put together three generative parts for this in Reason - using Monotone, Felt Instruments Lekko & Subtractor. I then moved over to Ableton Live and did some processing there - shifted each track slightly off-time by stretching. 

This original version of "Surfactant Is Cool" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 564, Fog clears Away…

Fog clears away:
the waterfall shows up
bit by bit.

by: Natsume Sōseki (Tr. Sōiku Shigematsu)

Undoubtedly one of the most important Japanese novelists in modern history, Natsume Sōseki began his career publishing haiku and renku poems in a number of newspapers and periodicals. Early in his career he met Masaoka Shiki, who encouraged him to become a writer and tutored him in the art of composing haiku.

Between 1900 and 1903 he studied at the UCL in London, but this proved to be quite a dramatic experience for the young Soseki. Despite this, when Soseki returned to Japan, he exploded into prolific writing activity.

Art by Jim Lemanowicz 19 Aug 2011, LIRR, NY, USA

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

Surfactant Is Cool (naviarhaiku564)

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data with various plugins, etc.

Fog Clears (naviarhaiku564)

Created in response to:

Fog clears away:
the waterfall shows up
bit by bit.

Naviar Haiku challenge 564, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

With the exception of one external effect everything was built in virtual modular using Voltage Modular this time experimenting with modules from Dome Music Technologies.

Fog Clears Away - (Naviarhaiku - 564)

Made for the haiku challenge 609 of Naviar records.

revealing in the dark the sadness of things a fisherman's torch

by: Tagami Kikusha

Tagami Kikusha (1753-1826) was a Japanese multi-disciplinary artist and Buddhist nun, mostly known as a poet, painter, calligrapher, and tea practitioner.

More informations about haiku challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Thank you Marco!

A fisherman's torch (naviarhaiku609)

A reflection of contemporary society and our inability to communicate and agree on a common reality. This work features Italian Soprano Silvia Pepe

Fragmentation feat Silvia Pepe

Hiraeth

"My Angel and Me" 2025.

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 611:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku611-half-asleep-eyes/

Thanks to Marco Alessi from Naviar Records for the weekly challenge!

Photo by zenbytes (Portugal, 2013)

half-asleep eyes - Naviarhaiku611

Little song for Yatsuka Ishihara haiku:

"Faring over the lake
drawing the light
an autumn butterfly"

Faring over the light (naviarhaiku612)

"Cathedral Mojo" (with Michał Sławski - guitar).

ervprib

Made for the haiku challenge 613 of Naviar records.

Star above the peak - a silk worm-breeding village silently asleep

by: Mizuhara Shuoshi

Mizuhara Shuoshi was a 20th century Japanese poet. Shuoshi rebelled against the principles of emotional detachment in haiku, which he thought limited his ability to emotionally express himself through poetry: he started a magazine called Staggerbush which focused on a more romantic, lyrical type of haiku.

More informations about haiku challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Star above the peak (naviarhaiku613)

FM SQ FX EX

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

Fog Clears Away - (Naviarhaiku - 564)

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