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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 #605: just inside the fence / to prohibited grounds / wild violets

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 605

just inside the fence
to prohibited grounds
wild violets
 

Shida Yaba (1663-1740) was a haiku poet born in Fukui Prefecture. One of Bashō’s most famous Ten Disciples, he was also the editor of the poetry anthology Sumidawara (Charcoal sack, 1694).

Haiku by Shida Yaba

Picture by Flower Four

Submission deadline: 13th August 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Steps Forbidden (naviarhaiku605)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
605
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku605-just-inside-the-fence/

2025-08-06

wild violets ( Naviarhaiku 605 )

7Aug25

https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/791121672328642560/naviarhaiku605-just-inside-the-fence

😊

just inside the fence [naviarhaiku605]

Prohibited violets (naviarhaiku605)

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

Forbidden Ground (naviarhaiku605)

created in response to:

just inside the fence
to prohibited grounds
wild violets

Naviar haiku challenge 605, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Made using VCV Rack. Live mixed and recorded in a single take.

Wild Violets - (naviarhaiku - 605)

You Look Stupid

Slow dance under the fraying moon

Disquiet Junto's 715th prompt was simple: record yourself making a mistake on purpose, and emphasize the error through repetition. 

Long-time readers will know that I favor narrative in my pieces, so I created a little vignette: we listen in on a frustrated pianist in a parlor, as she tries to improvise on a piano with a bad E4. (The piece was improvised, but it was refined over a couple of takes.) 

Features synthetic piano, organic vocal, and ambient field recording.

More on the 715th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Err Apparent — The Assignment: Make a mistake on purpose. Build something from it — at https://disquiet.com/0715/.

Improv in A minor (on a piano with a sticky key) (disquiet0715)

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

afloat

2025-09-18

swinging on a wave

18Sep25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/794931467129094144/naviarhaiku611-half-asleep-eyes
😊

half-asleep eyes [naviarhaiku611]

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 24 Sep 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, effects.

This original version of "Amplitude Of Acoustic Vibratio” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 612: Faring Over The Lake.

faring over the lake
drawing the light
an autumn butterfly

by: Yatsuka Ishihara

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 30 Oct 2015, Central Park, Manhattan, NYC, USA

Music & art © 2015, 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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

Patreon & Soundcloud - blisterpop
YouTube - Jimmy Lem
TikTok - jimmlem
Bluesky - jimmylem.bsky.social

Amplitude Of Acoustic Vibration  (naviarhaiku612)

26Sep25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/795574358626140160/naviarhaiku612-faring-over-the-lake
😊

an autumn butterfly [naviarhaiku612]

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

by: Mizuhara Shuoshi

naviarhaiku613 – Star above the peak
@naviar-records
composed and produced by Guided Levitation on 2nd and 3rd of October 2025

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku613-star-above-the-peak/

Guided Levitation - against all odds (naviarhaiku613)

Finally, more than a year after the initial idea, I can share this concept about the seasons with you.
It consists of several songs merged into a single track. The initial idea came about when I released the song Winter's Ending.
All the tracks are published individually here, with the exception of the interlude Maj (an improvised draft from 2022)
and the track Last Summer, which was completed recently.
Below is the timeline for the entire song.

0:00:00.000 ->  rites of passage
0:05:51.000  ->  Le printemps (avec l'hiver au coeur)
0:10:06.032  ->  Go outside
0:16:51.500   ->  Maj
0:18:30.000  ->  Last summer
0:21:54.022  ->  Autumn
0:26:03.405 ->  preludio all'inverno
0:31:22.534  ->  Winter's ending

I did a rough mix of everything, making sure there were no volume peaks.
There will definitely be further adjustments to follow within the structure to make the mix more consistent.

In the song Last Summer, two samples from freesound.org (processed by me) were used.
Thanks to: https://freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/
                      sample: https://freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/269471/
Thanks to: https://freesound.org/people/dobroide/
                      sample: https://freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/74317/

Due to SoundCloud's terrible algorithm, this track will not be highly recommended... It took me a lot of hard work to create it.
I am sharing it freely with you (beauty is free, at least I believe so)...
Therefore, if you like it and if you have the opportunity,
please consider sharing it with a repost, so that it reaches your followers or anyone else
Thank you for being here.


Stagioni *read notes please

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

Wild Violets - (naviarhaiku - 605)

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