All submissions are here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku636-beyond-the-talus/

To participate in the Haiku Music challenge:

- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)
- When choosing a title for your piece also include the assignment number, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku382)”

To submit your track:

- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track. Make it public before contacting me.
- If you upload your music on Youtube, Bandcamp or anywhere else, upload your submission and then send me the link by email at marco@naviarrecords.com or contact me on X, Facebook or Instagram
- If you don’t use any music platform, upload it to this Dropbox folder and I’ll include it in the weekly playlist. If you choose this option, make sure you include your name in the track’s title. www.dropbox.com/request/JvKyUfuCSzJ3gRNRocZz

more info here: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Your track may be included in Naviar's weekly podcasts and free (pay-what-you-want) compilations. If you can, please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

Naviar Records store: www.naviarrecords.bandcamp.com
Naviar Records Membership (access to full discography, creative meetups, workshops, and more): https://www.naviarrecords.com/membership-and-services/#membership

haiku #636: beyond the talus / withering in the valley - / a hanging glacier

Hi-res download available on Naviar's Bandcamp page (subscription required): https://naviarrecords.bandcamp.com/community

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on https://soundcloud.com/resonance-extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.

http://extra.resonance.fm/series/naviar-broadcast

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Full discography

Albums

artist: https://soundcloud.com/subespai
album: The Present Time (NR014)
Track: Braidwood to Northside 
release date: 23rd April 2021
duration: 32 minutes
edition: digital + CD

The Present Time is a collection of five mystic tunes by Subespai, a member of Naviar's community and regular performer in our digital and physical events.

In this concept album, subtle ambient layers are carefully combined with natural sounds, guiding the listeners through a journey simultaneously within and without themselves. The Present Time is a soundtrack for the restless soul: an immersive soundscape depicting the ambivalence of the times we live in.

Subespai is Mauri Edo, a Sydney-based sound artist working with found sound, repetition and volume to explore and express complex thoughts and ideas on existence, society and the individual.

Written, recorded, produced and mixed by Mauri Edo
Cover and video by Naviar Records (picture by Denny Müller)
Mastered by Naviar Records

The Present Time

Subespai - The Present Time (teaser)

artist: DesuExSounds https://soundcloud.com/freej-255201882
album: Figments (NR015)
release date: 10th September 2021
duration: 39 minutes
edition: digital + CD

How we recall, 
how Emotions imprint in us, 
the sound of mother Nature, 
the big City, 
our Loneliness, 
our struggles, 
the Voice that soothe our pain, 
the Voice that fuels our Dreams, 
to conquer the Past and reach 
for the Summit, 
Our best. 
to Sail, 
with Hope, 
into the Unknown. 


Figments is an introspective journey depicted through ethereal soundscapes: personal experiences that define us yet result from intimate contemplation that little has to do with objective experience. 

In concert, mind and surroundings create a new world, where the boundaries between reality and abstraction seem feeble, non-existent. Field recordings make way for subtle ambient layers: a metaphor of the world being absorbed and reinterpreted by our consciousness. What’s left is a path made of memory, experience, feelings that become the compass that guides us through the intricacies of life. 

Like waves, perpetual melodies break through the veil of reality and force us to look within, question ourselves and what defines us. 

Figments is a celebration of the inner voice, the one that can shape reality so that we can live within its boundaries while being truly, unquestionably ourselves. 

About the artist: 

A "homegrown" of Naviar's community, Constantin Blu, aka DesuExSounds, started producing ambient and soundscapes by picking up the Naviar's Haiku challenge almost four years ago to explore and develop creativity through music as a tool for self-knowledge and interaction. Previously just a passion, Constantin has co-authored musical projects for dance and theatre in the Bucharest scene with friends who have a special home town in common: Onesti. "Figments" is the first ambient solo album that coagulates this journey, reflects the personal bond, and draws inspiration from Naviar's artistic ethos.

Figments

DesuExSounds - Figments (teaser)

artist: Rathrobin https://soundcloud.com/rathrobin
album: Ear to the Ground (NR016)
release date: 31st January 2022
duration: 36 minutes
edition: digital + limited edition CD

Naviar's first solo release of the year is the stunning concept album "Ear to the Ground" by electroacoustic duo Rathrobin.

Exploring the themes of memory and yearning, Ear to the Ground is a sonic journal of intertwined personal experiences: two nomadic authors pouring their creativity and feelings in a blank canvas that becomes a breathtaking collection of electroacoustic songs.

When Pier and Beth contacted me to release their album, I was mesmerized by the mood and poignancy of their soundscapes.
Ear to the Ground is cinematic music at its best: powerful and enveloping, inviting the listener on a journey that speaks of human nature, life, and personal evolution. Beth's voice gently guides us and hovers over Pier's captivating ambient layers, adding further depth to a multifaceted album that evolves together with the listener.

The main themes of ‘Ear to the Ground’ are time, memory and nostalgia, which are realized through textural, layered, emotive and evocative soundscapes.

During six years of collaboration, inevitably, the artists' own memories, experiences and lives were interwoven throughout the album, and their own, somewhat nomadic lifestyles reflected another significant theme of the album: the meaning of home.

Vocals, field recordings, digital and analogue instruments move through the album as a way for the artists and listeners to process experiences from the past and conjure thoughts of the future.

The album’s making was a long but consistent process and invariably included some periods of furious creativity and others of quiet contemplation.

About Rathrobin:

Beth Chesser (UK) and Pier Giorgio Storti (Italy) collaborated virtually, over a six-year period whilst simultaneously exploring the world, living in various countries. After meeting on Soundcloud they quickly began working on their first collaborative album, ‘Ear to the Ground’. Each are musicians in their own right, both have performed in live bands and a multitude of recorded musical projects. The collaboration sees Pier contribute his multi-instrumental aptitude with Beth’s vocals, and digital music compositions. All the tracks from their debut album have been recorded in various locations: Italy, UK, Singapore and Finland between 2015 and 2020.

Rathrobin - Ear To The Ground (teaser)

This week’s podcast features music made by Naviar’s community inspired by 
Clive Bennett’s poem “distant hills … / beyond the gate / winter stillness”


https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/03/01/naviarhaiku478-distant-hills/


Tracklist:


John Wright - Between Us
Night Note - Distant Hills
Douglas James's DarkWaterBlue - Distant Hills Winter Stillness
Ingvar Tautra - Beyond The Gate
Seramind - Ferne Hügel
Leon Clowes - Beyond The Gate


Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house” by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Micah Hallahan
voice reciting the poem: Marco Sebastiano Alessi

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 #259 – distant hills – Wednesday 15th March 2023

This week’s podcast features music made by Naviar’s community inspired by
Kohn Wright’s poem “Last bloom before autumn / Stares back at me with a smile / My younger brother”

Tracklist:

Adrian Lane - Stare Back At Me With A Smile
zenbytes - with a smile
undermulden - Last Bloom
LazenbeeIndustries – autumn
ray_cobley - A Last Bloom
Raymond Stull - The Last Bloom

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/15/naviarhaiku515-last-bloom-before-autumn/ 

Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house” by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Katerina Kerdi
voice reciting the poem: Marco Sebastiano Alessi

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 #295 – Last bloom before autumn – Wednesday 29th November 2023

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Genkaibō’s poem “heaven and earth / still not rent asunder / - morning mist”.

Tracklist:

EdMundio – EARTHandMIST 
Voidborn Horde - Morning Mist 
Halcyon Hum – Asunder 
zenbytes - heaven and earth 
Oxebe - heaven and earth 
windspace - Not Yet Rent Asunder 



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 #336 - Heaven and Earth – Wednesday 11th September 2024

Bluster is a collection of five songs by tetkik ve tedavi, a contributor to the Naviar haiku challenge.

The collection represents an attempt to explore various states of mind, ranging from the eerie to the joyful, elicited by and expressed via repetitive arpeggios accompanied by ambient layers and electronic rhythm.

tetkik ve tedavi is Adil Sarıbay, an Istanbul-based musician working with various techniques and devices to explore ambient and electronic musical possibilities for self-expression and communication of experiences and emotions.

Written, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Adil Sarıbay
soundcloud.com/tetkik_ve_tedavi

Buy Album

tetkik ve tedavi - Bluster (teaser)

https://soundcloud.com/encym

The Ambient/Electronic transmission channel of guitarist and producer Roland Reinke, "encym" explores un-guitaristic territory by layering, collaging and shaping improvised loops. 
This piece draws inspiration from two contrasting environments. The first is the my recent concerts in Japan, which prompted me to revisit a Logic project containing ambient set rehearsals prepared for this year’s performances. Among various sonic experiments—many of them focused on noise and pedal-based textures—I rediscovered a sparse, unembellished guitar composition. It reflects my own musical roots and cultural legacy: guitar playing in its most elemental form.
To ground the piece in a specific place and time, I layered it with a slowed-down field recording captured on the Osaka subway, creating a deep, immersive atmosphere. The result is a meditation on space and memory—anchored both in the familiarity of home and the surreal experience of being elsewhere.

Encym - hdtrn [オサカ]

Sound Ripples is a sound installation by Marco Sebastiano Alessi, created for the Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio. Inspired by the cultural legacy of the Ainu people, Alessi and members of the online music community Naviar Records reflected on the roots of their own local traditions, and created sounds inspired by the landscapes and stories of their respective environments.
Combining field recordings from across Japan, ambient compositions by Naviar Records’ community, and sounds captured during Alessi’s time in Sapporo, this installation invites listeners to experience sound as a vessel of memory, transmission, and transformation.
This immersive experience aims to highlight the importance of music as a connector that brings cultures into dialogue: a medium that transcends space and time to build bridges between distant communities.

Sound Ripples sound installation

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Yatsuka Ishihara’s poem “pulling light / from the other world . . . / the Milky Way”.

Tracklist:

windspace · Otherworldly Light https://soundcloud.com/windspace/otherworldly-light
Benn DeMole · Pulling Light https://soundcloud.com/benn-demole/pulling-light-naviarhaiku601
Night Note · pulling light from the other world https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/pulling-light-from-the-other-world-naviarhaiku-601
Ed Mundio · By the Light Of The Milky Way https://soundcloud.com/edmundio1/by-the-light-of-the-milky-way-naviarhaiku-601
Tuonela · Light from another world https://soundcloud.com/tuonela-1/light-from-another-world


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 #377 – Pulling light – Wednesday 23rd July 2025

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Darren Bourne’s poem “half-asleep eyes / open to a dreamlike world / of blossoms”.

Tracklist:

Leon Clowes · half-asleep eye https://soundcloud.com/leonclowes/half-asleep-eye
Anne Versailles · Blooming sleepiness https://soundcloud.com/user-576728462/blooming-sleepiness
Gianantonio Patella - beryl mossed wools https://soundcloud.com/gianantonio-patella/beryl-mossed-wools
Mr_Lamppost · A Dreamlike World https://soundcloud.com/mr_lamppost/a_dreamlike_world-naviarhaiku
vheissu77 · dreamlike blossoms https://soundcloud.com/vheissu77/dreamlike-blossoms

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 #381 –  Half-asleep eyes – Wednesday 1st October  2025

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Yatsuka Ishihara’s poem “faring over the lake / drawing the light / an autumn butterfly”.

Tracklist:

Jimmy Lem · Amplitude Of Acoustic Vibration https://soundcloud.com/blisterpop/amplitude-of-acoustic-vibration-naviarhaiku612
zenbytes · autumn butterfly https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/autumn-butterfly
Meccaniche del Suono · Over the lake https://soundcloud.com/meccaniche-del-suono/over-the-lake-naviarhaiku612
Stan Magendanz · an autumn butterfly https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/an-autumn-butterfly-naviarhaiku612
windspace · Drawing The Autumn Light https://soundcloud.com/windspace/drawing-the-autumn-light
Night Note · faring over the lake https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/faring-over-the-lake-naviarhaiku-612

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 #382 –  Faring over the lake – Wednesday 8th October 2025

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Kaya Shirao’s poem “The coming of autumn / determined by / a red dragonfly”.

Tracklist:

zenbytes · autumn dragonfly https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/autumn-dragonfly
Tuonela · Dragonfly determination https://soundcloud.com/tuonela-1/dragonfly-determination
Night Note · The coming of autumn https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/the-coming-of-autumn-naviarhaiku-614
Boundary Objects · SONG 121 https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-121-naviarhaiku614-the
tetkik ve tedavi · the fall of the red dragonfly https://soundcloud.com/tetkik_ve_tedavi/the-fall-of-the-red-dragonfly-naviarhaiku614


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 #384 –  The coming of autumn – Wednesday 22nd October 2025

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Tanaka Hiroaki’s poem “whenever we meet / it’s raining / green walnuts”.

Tracklist:

Marco Lucchi · It's raining https://soundcloud.com/musichevirtuali/its-raining-naviar-haiku-616
Ray Cobley · Green Walnut Time https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/green-walnut-time
Jimmy Lem · An All-Encompassing Cold Perfume https://soundcloud.com/blisterpop/an-all-encompassing-cold-perfume-naviarhaiku616
Stan Magendanz · green walnuts https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/green-walnuts-naviarhaiku616
cryxuss · green walnuts https://soundcloud.com/cryxuss/green-walnuts-naviarhaiku616
Snowman Lost His Head · We meet https://soundcloud.com/snowmanlosthishead/we-meet-naviarhaiku616

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 #386 – Whenever we meet – Wednesday 5th November 2025

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by kjmunro’s poem “the harp player / moves under cover / market day”.

Tracklist:

Snowman Lost His Head · Mercat https://soundcloud.com/snowmanlosthishead/mercat-naviarhaiku618
Terry Mullett · shadow in shade https://soundcloud.com/terry_mullett/shadow-in-shade-naviarhaiku618
Boundary Objects · SONG 125 https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-125-naviarhaiku618-the
Daniele Marx · The harp player https://soundcloud.com/user-537291530/the-harp-player-naviarhaiku618
Mr_Lamppost · The Harp Player https://soundcloud.com/mr_lamppost/the-harp-player-naviarhaiku-618


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 #388 – The harp player – Wednesday 19th November 2025

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Masaoka Shiki’s poem “almost black / deepening purple / ripe grapes”.

Tracklist:

Anne Versailles · Ripe purple https://soundcloud.com/user-576728462/ripe-purple
tetkik ve tedavi · anthocyanin https://soundcloud.com/tetkik_ve_tedavi/anthocyanin-naviarhaiku619
Stan Magendanz · deepening purple https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/deepening-purple-naviarhaiku619
cryxuss · (almost) black https://soundcloud.com/cryxuss/almost-black-naviarhaiku619
Ray Cobley · Deepening Purple https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/deepening-purple
zenbytes · deepening purple https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/deepening-purple


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 #389 – Almost black – Wednesday 26th November 2025

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Kinsha’s poem “some starlight / spared from being scooped up / four-handed net”.

Tracklist:

Ray Cobley · Catching Starlight https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/catching-starlight
Tuonela · Sparing starlight https://soundcloud.com/tuonela-1/sparing-starlight
terry mullett · net of the night https://soundcloud.com/terry_mullett/net-of-the-night-naviarhaiku620
Boundary Objects · SONG 128 https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-128-naviarhaiku620-four
Night Note · some starlight https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/some-starlight-naviarhaiku-620


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 #390 – Some starlight – Wednesday 3rd December 2025

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Kinsha’s poem “some starlight / spared from being scooped up / four-handed net”.

Tracklist:

michael mooser · deep in the night https://soundcloud.com/2025donut/deep-in-the-night-naviarhaiku
Stan Magendanz · deep in the night https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/deep-in-the-night-naviarhaiku621
windspace · Deep in the Full White Night https://soundcloud.com/windspace/deep-in-the-full-white-night
Terry Mullett · garden of stars https://soundcloud.com/terry_mullett/garden-of-stars
Boundary Objects · SONG 129 https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-129-naviarhaiku621
Daniele Marx · In the night, the Milky Way https://soundcloud.com/user-537291530/in-the-night-the-milky-way


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 #391 – Deutzia in full white – Wednesday 10th December 2025

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Santoka Taneda’s poem “Under the burning sky - / a procession of ants, / without end”.

Tracklist:

Terry Mullett · menace in numbers https://soundcloud.com/terry_mullett/menace-in-numbers
vheissu77 · The Ants! They March! https://soundcloud.com/vheissu77/the-ants-they-march-naviarhaiku622
Mr_Lamppost · Endless https://soundcloud.com/mr_lamppost/endless-naviarhaiku-622
Ray Cobley · Ant Procession Amplified  https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/ant-procession-amplified
Daniele Marx · Under the burning sky https://soundcloud.com/user-537291530/under-the-burning-sky
Night Note · Under the burning sky https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/under-the-burning-sky-naviarhaiku-622


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 #392 – Under the burning sky – Wednesday 17th December 2025

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Maeda Fura’s poem “In this snow — / yesterday was the sound / of a voice”.

Tracklist:


windspace · A Yeti Voice in the Snow https://soundcloud.com/windspace/a-yeti-voice-in-the-snow
Voidborn Horde · Past Restraints https://soundcloud.com/voidbornhorde/past-restraints-naviarhaiku625
Daniele Marx · In this snow https://soundcloud.com/user-537291530/in-this-snow-yesterday-was-the
Ed Mundio · Snow Voices https://soundcloud.com/edmundio1/snow-voices-naviar-haiku-625
Stan Magendanz · yesterday https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/yesterday-naviarhaiku625
Mr_Lamppost · Yesterday a Voice https://soundcloud.com/mr_lamppost/yesterday-a-voice-naviarhaiku-625


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 7 pm 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 #393 – In this snow – Wednesday 7th January 2026

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Kobayashi Issa’s poem “on New Year's Day / tall as a sleeping man... / the clouds”

Tracklist:


tetkik ve tedavi · Can I sleep through the year https://soundcloud.com/tetkik_ve_tedavi/can-i-sleep-through-the-year-naviarhaiku626
Voidborn Horde · Beyond The Soul https://soundcloud.com/voidbornhorde/beyond-the-soul-naviarhaiku626
Lazenbee Industries · the clouds https://soundcloud.com/lazenbeeindustries/the-clouds-naviarhaiku626
ray_cobley · New Year Clouds https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/new-year-clouds-naviarhaiku626
Anne Versailles · On New Year's Day https://soundcloud.com/user-576728462/on-new-years-day


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 #394 – On New Year's Day – Wednesday 14th January 2026

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Takahama Kyoshi’s poem “A single paulownia leaf / sunlit as it falls / to the ground.”

Tracklist:

Snowman Lost His Head - Sunlit as it falls to the ground https://soundcloud.com/snowmanlosthishead/sunlit-as-it-falls-to-the
Daniele Marx · A single paulownia leaf https://soundcloud.com/user-537291530/a-single-paulownia-leaf
Stan Magendanz · A single paulownia leaf, sunlit as it falls https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/a-single-paulownia-leaf-sunlit-as-it-falls-naviarhaiku627
El Wud · A vertical dance https://soundcloud.com/el-wud-1/a-vertical-dance
windspace · A leaf, sunlit as it falls https://soundcloud.com/windspace/a-leaf-sunlit-as-it-falls
Mr_Lamppost · Sunlit as It Falls https://soundcloud.com/mr_lamppost/sunlit-as-it-falls-naviarhaiku-627


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 #395– A single paulownia leaf – Wednesday 21st January 2026

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Dakotsu Īda’s poem “In the dark beyond, / a sound falls down / — the moth.”

Tracklist:


Tuonela · Sound falls in the dark https://soundcloud.com/tuonela-1/sound-falls-in-the-dark
Voidborn Horde · End's Beauty https://soundcloud.com/voidbornhorde/ends-beauty-naviarhaiku628
ray_cobley · In Darkness Beyond https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/in-darkness-beyond
Terry Mullett · moth at the window https://soundcloud.com/terry_mullett/moth-at-the-window
Night Note · the moth https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/the-moth-naviarhaiku-628
tetkik ve tedavi · unmoth https://soundcloud.com/tetkik_ve_tedavi/unmoth-naviarhaiku628


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 #396– In the dark beyond – Wednesday 28th January 2026

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Morikawa Kyoroku’s poem “autumn storm– / the scarecrow / falls first.”

Tracklist:

zenbytes · autumn storm https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/autumn-storm-naviarhaiku629
windspace · a stormcrow falls https://soundcloud.com/windspace/a-stormcrow-falls
ray_cobley · Scarecrow https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/scarecrow-naviarhaiku629
halF unusuaL · halF scarecrow https://soundcloud.com/half-unusual/half-scarecrow
rikardfvs · falls first https://soundcloud.com/rikardfvs/falls-first-naviarhaiku629
Gianantonio Patella · alfresco scarf twirls https://soundcloud.com/gianantonio-patella/alfresco-scarf-twirls
Night Note · autumn storm https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/autumn-storm-naviarhaiku-629


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 #397– Autumn storm – Wednesday 4th February 2026

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Hattori Ransetsu’s poem “One leaf falls; / then another — / on the wind.”

Tracklist:

zenbytes · one leaf falls https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/one-leaf-falls-naviarhaiku630
ray_cobley · One Leaf after Another https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/one-leaf-after-another
Stan Magendanz · One leaf falls, then another https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/one-leaf-falls-then-another-naviarhaiku630
Leon Clowes · naviarhaiku630 https://soundcloud.com/leonclowes/naviarhaiku630-one
Night Note · One leaf falls https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/one-leaf-falls-naviarhaiku-630
Il Lungo Addio · L'Ultimo di Voi https://soundcloud.com/lungoaddio-839790311/lultimo-di-voi-naviarhaiku630


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 #398– One leaf falls – Wednesday 11th February 2026

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Uejima Onitsura’s poem “Spring day— / in the garden, a sparrow / dust-bathing.”

Tracklist:


Stan Magendanz · A Spring day in the garden https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/a-spring-day-in-the-garden-naviarhaiku631
ray_cobley · Spring Day with Sparrows https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/spring-day-with-sparrows
zenbytes · dust-bathing https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/dust-bathing-naviarhaiku631
Night Note · a sparrow dust-bathing https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/a-sparrow-dust-bathing-naviarhaiku-631
Mr_Lamppost · Spring Sparrow https://soundcloud.com/mr_lamppost/spring-sparrow-naviarhaiku-631


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 #399– Spring day– Wednesday 18th February 2026

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by El Wud’s poem “slowly gliding — / a snail in the grass / follows the clouds.”

Tracklist:

El Wud · The cloud and the snail https://soundcloud.com/el-wud-1/the-cloud-and-the-snail
Daniele Marx · A snail in the grass follows the clouds https://soundcloud.com/user-537291530/a-snail-in-the-grass-follows
Leon Clowes · gliding https://soundcloud.com/leonclowes/gliding-naviarhaiku632
Gianantonio Patella · glowingly opaque https://soundcloud.com/gianantonio-patella/glowingly-opaque
zenbytes · follow the clouds https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/follow-the-clouds
Marco Lucchi · slowly gliding https://soundcloud.com/musichevirtuali/slowly-gliding-naviar-haiku


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 #400 – Slowly gliding– Wednesday 25th February 2026

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Kobayashi Issa’s poem “when you return / don't forget my house! / departing swallows.”

Tracklist:

Stan Magendanz · when you return https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/when-you-return-naviarhaiku633
Boundary Objects · SONG 137 https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-137-naviarhaiku633
Voidborn Horde · Season Memories https://soundcloud.com/voidbornhorde/season-memories-naviarhaiku633
Snowman Lost His Head · Return https://soundcloud.com/snowmanlosthishead/return-naviarhaiku633
vheissu77 · swallows https://soundcloud.com/vheissu77/swallows-naviarhaiku633
tetkik ve tedavi · I look inside but no one's home https://soundcloud.com/tetkik_ve_tedavi/i-look-inside-but-no-ones-home
Oxebe · Naviarhaiku#633 https://soundcloud.com/oxebe/nh633


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/

Thanks to all our supporters:  

Alan Florit, alkem24, Andō, danap_m, dlm, dounianne, Ed Mundio, El Wud, Jared Rimer, JM, John Wright, Larry Ellingson, Lemonjimm, LunGao, Martin Clark, Michael Fitzgerald, Mike Shockley, Mr_Lamppost, murray_9, onosendai, Randall, Richard Banks, Scott, Snark, stonetapetheory, Tom Gray, Walter Fini, Wanja, Olten, Xon Karasu, zenbytes.

Naviar Broadcast #401– When you return – Wednesday 4th March 2026

Little song for Lisa Germany haiku:
"Beyond the talus
withering in the valley
- a hanging glacier."
"Glacier" is "Glacera in my language.
Digtial recorder with Blooom & FM8 vst's. 
Recorder on Menorca island.

Glacier (naviarhaiku636)

Created in TidalCycles from a bodyless bass guitar improvisation. Enjoy the accompanying visuals at https://youtu.be/eMlJep-c-fM

beyond the talus
withering in the valley
- a hanging glacier

This haiku by Lisa Germany is part of the Stay Cool project - a collaboration between Naviar Records and Red Earth Ecology that aims to promote techniques for Japanese-inspired prose and foster international collaboration.

Lisa is a multidisciplinary artist whose work begins with walking, preferably in wild places. Rooted in awe and attentive to the natural world, she writes haiku and haibun in the traditional Japanese tradition, seeking moments of beauty in everyday experience.

The Australian living in Arctic Greenland gave a presentation that started the Stay Cool workshops. Her presentation can be viewed at https://youtu.be/aqy5HYAi6Fc or a summary can be read at ree.org.au/2026/02/17/stay-cool-with-lisa-germany/

The Stay Cool project will culminate in an exhibition in the city of Griffith, Australia from 20 April.

Haiku by Lisa Germany: https://lisagermany.com

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

visuals (YouTube)

halF glaciaL [naviarhaiku636]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
636
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku636-beyond-the-talus/

2025-03-12

beyond the talus (Naviarhaiku 636)

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Kagami Shikō’s poem “In the temple hall, / sparrows chirping — / evening shower.”

Tracklist:

ray_cobley · In the Temple Hall https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley/in-the-temple-hall
Boundary Objects · SONG 139 https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-139-naviarhaiku634-in-the
Jimmy Lem · Did I Have A Fissure Before https://soundcloud.com/blisterpop/did-i-have-a-fissure-before
Night Note · in the temple hall https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/in-the-temple-hall-naviarhaiku
zenbytes · temple hall https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/temple-hall-naviarhaiku634
Stan Magendanz -In the temple hall sparrows chirping https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/in-the-temple-hall-sparrows


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/

Thanks to all our supporters:

  Alan Florit, alkem24, Andō, danap_m, dlm, dounianne, Ed Mundio, El Wud, Jared Rimer, JM, John Wright, Larry Ellingson, Lemonjimm, LunGao, Martin Clark, Michael Fitzgerald, Mike Shockley, Mr_Lamppost, murray_9, onosendai, Randall, Richard Banks, Scott, Snark, stonetapetheory, Tom Gray, Walter Fini, Wanja, Olten, Xon Karasu, zenbytes, Bruno Blanchard.

Naviar Broadcast #402– In the temple hall – Wednesday 11th March 2026

A short semi improvised piano piece inspired by this haiku:

beyond the talus
withering in the valley —
a hanging glacier

Haiku by Lisa Germany
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

The Fragile Valley  (naviarhaiku 636)

13Mar26
My Haiku636 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/810780721831690240/naviarhaiku636-beyond-the-talus
😃

beyond the talus [naviarhaiku636]

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Leanne Wicks’ poem “can you hear the stars? / shiny trills, thrills in the dark / my mind’s orchestra”

Tracklist:

zenbytes · can you hear the stars https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/can-you-hear-the-stars
windspace · can you hear the stars https://soundcloud.com/windspace/can-you-hear-the-stars
Tuonela · My God, it's full of stars!  https://soundcloud.com/tuonela-1/my-god-its-full-of-stars
fectoper · Aus des weltalls ferne https://soundcloud.com/fectoper/aus-des-weltalls-ferne
Jimmy Lem · Start Up The Crabfish https://soundcloud.com/blisterpop/start-up-the-crabfish

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/

Thanks to all our supporters:

  Alan Florit, alkem24, Andō, danap_m, dlm, dounianne, Ed Mundio, El Wud, Jared Rimer, JM, John Wright, Larry Ellingson, Lemonjimm, LunGao, Martin Clark, Michael Fitzgerald, Mike Shockley, Mr_Lamppost, murray_9, onosendai, Randall, Richard Banks, Scott, Snark, stonetapetheory, Tom Gray, Walter Fini, Wanja, Olten, Xon Karasu, zenbytes, Bruno Blanchard.

Naviar Broadcast #403 – Can you hear the stars – Wednesday 18th March 2026

artist: Hirotaka Shirotsubaki
album: Wet Petals
release date: 09th February 2017
duration: 36.03 min
edition: digital + limited edition cassette

Wet Petals is a collection of 5 ambient compositions by Hirotaka Shirotsubaki, a sound artist from Kobe, Japan.

Soothing melodies, field recordings and otherworldly guitar atmospheres will take you to an ethereal and eternal landscape where time stopped long ago, but nature still resonates with intensity. Wet Petals is a recreation of memories from fragments of sounds: it draws inspiration from nature and moods, bringing back impressions from days gone by.

Available from 9th February at https://naviarrecords.bandcamp.com

Written, recorded and produced by Hirotaka Shirotsubaki https://soundcloud.com/infection
Artwork by Marco Alessi
Design by Ewa Goral http://ewagoral.com

Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Wet Petals (album preview)

Wet Petals is available now in limited edition cassette + digital at https://naviarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wet-petals

Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Downstairs (NR002)

artist: https://soundcloud.com/unden
album: Haiku (NR013)
release date: 27th February 2021
duration: 23 minutes
edition: digital + CD

"'Haiku' is a collection of musical interpretations of haiku poems, all recorded during 2020, as part of Naviar Haiku challenges. My aspiration when selecting tracks is to communicate a series of experiences, and hopefully take you on a short journey. Most pieces are played, mixed and recorded live with an eclectic arsenal of hardware keyboards, synthesisers, and analogue effects, with little or no further editing."

Mats Unden is a Swedish sound artist, musician, and experimental composer, based in Darwin, Australia. He creates minimal electronica, ambient, and makes noise, with a passion for analogue, modular and vintage synthesizers. Being a visual artist as well, some works end up in performances, videos and installations.

Haiku

Unden - Haiku (teaser)

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

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