three drum tracks, two synth pads, various SFX from the cancelled game "p.t.: silent hills". there are two channels of vocals (harry mason from "silent hill: shattered memories") gated in such a way that only his 'meaningless' inhalations and exhalations escape - these vocals also trigger an acid bass via ableton's "roar". at the close we get two layers of live guitar. aberrant dsp "sketch cassette ii" sits on the master bus, and occasionaly flicks on to provide some warble.

https://museumofhistoricalmaterials.bandcamp.com

[naviarhaiku596] unhinged

young grasses -
not yet bent
in any direction

Kaga no Chiyo-jo (1703–1775) was a haiku poet discovered by Kagami Shiko at a very young age. She became a Buddhist nun at 52 and wrote around 1,900 haiku in her lifetime. A highlight of her poetry career was presenting haiku to a Korean delegation in 1763, one of the first cultural exchanges of this kind.

Haiku by Kaga no Chiyo

Picture by Kateryna Viderska

as soggy neutrons - naviarhaiku608

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)

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

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

Haiku by Tagami Kikusha

Picture by Michael Shannon

fisherman's sadness_naviarhaiku609

As will as the haiku:

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

this also takes cues from the accompanying image, which together make up Naviar Haiku challenge 609, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

A bit of a change for this one, I didn't use anything modular and didn't do everything in a single take.   However with the waves field recording, chord sequence, (technically dyads), played using a custom patch for Dreamsynth from Cherry Audio:  https://cherryaudio.com/products/dreamsynth and the footsteps at the beginning in place. 

I then recoded volume automation for those elements allowing me to live mix them with my performance using the Creature From The ID stand alone synth by Giorgio Sancristoforo: https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net/softwares which was passed through delay and reverb effects, in place as I recorded so I could judge their effect. 

With those main elements done I added the extra footsteps and buoy bell. After listening to the Creature sounds and deciding that in places they more resembled short wave radio interference than whale song I added the Morse Code.

Sounds used.

Waves - My own recording but available from freesound: Waves_on_a_Shingle_Beach by Mr_Lamppost -- https://freesound.org/s/800900/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Footsteps: walking slow on stones by launemax -- https://freesound.org/s/249921/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Buoy bell:  S29-19 Bell buoy.wav by craigsmith -- https://freesound.org/s/675693/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Morse Code - generated nn line using Morse Code Translator: https://morsecode.world/international/translator.html

The Sadness Of Things - (naviarhaiku - 609)

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Kaga no Chiyo’s poem “young grasses - / not yet bent / in any direction”.

Tracklist:

Debroc · Anarchic https://soundcloud.com/user-99036881/anarchic_naviarhaiku608
Boundary Objects · SONG 118 https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-118-naviarhaiku608-young
Gianantonio Patella - as soggy neutrons https://soundcloud.com/gianantonio-patella/as-soggy-neutrons
mike shockley · not yet bent https://soundcloud.com/user-209675219/not-yet-bent_naviar-haiku-608
Stan Magendanz · not yet bent in any direction https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/not-yet-bent-in-any-direction-naviarhaiku608
zenbytes · young grasses https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/young-grasses-naviarhaiku608

Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house”by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Micah Hallahan

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on Resonance Extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.
To have your music featured on the show, you'll have to participate in the Haiku music challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
support the show: https://www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/


Naviar Broadcast #378 – Young grasses – Wednesday 10th September 2025

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
610
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku610-dropped-glass/

2025-09-11

dropped glass (Naviarhaiku 610)

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku610-dropped-glass/

Portrait of Philip Glass by Graziano Origa: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip-glass-by-origa.jpg

philip [ naviarhaiku610 ]

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Tagami Kikusha’s poem “revealing in the dark / the sadness of things / a fisherman's torch”.

Tracklist:

Tuonela · A torch in the dark https://soundcloud.com/tuonela-1/a-torch-in-the-dark-naviar609
Night Note · revealing in the dark https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/revealing-in-the-dark-naviar-haiku-609
Daniele Marx · A fisherman's torch https://soundcloud.com/user-537291530/a-fishermans-torch
Mr_Lamppost · The Sadness Of Things https://soundcloud.com/mr_lamppost/the-sadness-of-things-naviarhaiku-609
rikardfvs · the sadness of things https://soundcloud.com/rikardfvs/the-sadness-of-things-naviarhaiku609

Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house”by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Micah Hallahan

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on Resonance Extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.
To have your music featured on the show, you'll have to participate in the Haiku music challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
support the show: https://www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/

Naviar Broadcast #379 –  Revealing in the dark – Wednesday 17th September 2025

https://museumofhistoricalmaterials.bandcamp.com

[naviarhaiku596] unhinged

museum of historical materials

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