Made in response to:

dreadful the stream
without so much as a name!
early-summer rains

Naviar haiku challenge 590, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Although everything was generated and controlled in Voltage Modular I tried something a little different, rather than recording audio I routed and recorded sequenced Midi data that was passed to external instruments, Speldosa and Slammer for the drums, both from Klevgrand.

There are also a couple of field recordings:

Some burbling water from freesound processed inside Voltage:
Water Babbling2.m4a by dasoundguy -- https://freesound.org/s/478450/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
and some binaural rain from this sound pack sold in aid of WWF Denmark: www.luftrum.com/free-field-recordings: 

Stream With No Name - (naviarhaiku - 590)

From my album "Brittle Fractures" which is available to buy and download on Bandcamp. Only available on Soundcloud for a limited time... 🙏

afloat

ARCTIC   BIRDS    3    -   2025

half-asleep eyes
open to a dreamlike world
of blossoms

Natsume Seibi (1749-1816) was the son of a wealthy Edo rice broker and was acquainted with a number of other famous poets, including Oshima Ryota and Kobayashi Issa. In addition to his poetry, Seibi left behind a number of fine examples of haikai prose. 

Haiku by Natsume Seibi

Picture by Pascal Bullan

beryl mossed wools - naviarhaiku611

a project created in december 2020 found from the archive 

Procedure:
A MIDI sequence was created with Elektron Octatrack,
which drives a piano track in Ableton.
The sequence was then broken down into four melodic lines.
The first line were transposed by +7 semintones
the second by +11 semitones
the third -13 semitones
the fourth line remains in the same pitch
then the harmony was extracted from each melodic line.
For each track, the ghost plays its part and sings as it pleases.
Next, for the sake of musicality, each ghost decides which notes to play and which to omit from its part.
During the performance the Time increase and the ensemble takes place
second take with the "singing ghost" track add

work in progress

cover art is a waterpaint made by me in 1999

ghost III *take two

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
612
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku612-faring-over-the-lake/

2025-09-25

faring over the lake (Naviarhaiku 612)

Little song for Yatsuka Ishihara haiku:

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

Faring over the light (naviarhaiku612)

rabbit happiness

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 612:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku612-faring-over-the-lake/

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

Photo by zenbytes (Honfleur, France, 2018)

autumn butterfly - Naviarhaiku612

hp47

HAPPY ENDING

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.

Stream With No Name - (naviarhaiku - 590)

Mr_Lamppost