Sprickor

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Tan Taigi’s poem “The cormorant in the forest; / The cherry blossoms / Along the evening path”.

Tracklist

Debroc - The cormorant and the cherry blossoms
Voidborn Horde - The Cherry Blossoms
Gianantonio Patella - strofe ardisia
Tuonela - Cormorants and blossoms of the evening
ray_cobley - Forest
Jimmy Lem - Blue Sunshine Boils

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.
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Naviar Broadcast #319 – The cormorant in the forest – Wednesday 15th May 2024

The Gathering_01

Amelie

I am not a politician. I am just a simple person who has come to break down this system. – Volodymyr Zelensky

Track list and start times:
00:00  Plague Clock – Void Weaver
01:46  No Mates Ensemble – Caligo Paean (Isolation and Wonder)
09:58  Snowman Lost His Head - Faring over the light (naviarhaiku612)
13:55  Colony – Empty Skies
22:02  Darshan Ambient – Blue Lotus
27:22  Fadi Tabbal – Music For Arcs And Diameters
33:20  Pigments – Anchorage
37:24  Plague Clock – Hunt for the Mongolian Death Worm
39:40  Mirocaw – Fryazino (Dedicated to Roman Sidorov)
47:40  cryxuss – sunrise improv 09072025
51:52  Beckton Alps2 – The Sun!
58:34  Laurent Pernice – Aussi Loin
1:07:55  DREKKA – Unbeknownst to the Participants at Hand (Part III)
1:12:58  Daniel Barbiero –Not One Nor (excerpt)
1:16:38  Spyros Polychronopoulos ·& Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris – Widdershins II
1:23:07  tetkik ve tedavi – the fall of the red dragonfly [ naviarhaiku614 ]
1:27:37  windspace – Star Above The Peak - naviarhaiku613
1:31:33  squidwerks – Bahkmut
1:37:18  Wizards Warlocks Angel Dust – Aurum Horizontale
1:47:35  Sowl – Where Ghosts Build Their Home
i:56:08  Tuonela – 1111 divergence reverse remix
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Eclectic current – Break down the system

Endbright

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 26 Nov 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synth, effects.

This original version of "Head Inoperative” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 621: Deutzia In Full White.

Deutzia in full white -
deep in the night,
the Milky Way.

by: Ikenishi Gonsui

Ikenishi Gonsui (1650–1722) was a haiku poet from Nara who settled permanently in Kyoto in 1684. A collection of his works, entitled *Ikenishi Gonsui no kenkyū,* was published in 2003.

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 25 Oct 2025, Grand Central Station, NYC, NY, USA

Music & art © 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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Head Inoperative (naviarhaiku621)

By far

Somewhere I came across an AI-generated track called 'Martini On Mars' which was okay. I did this to it.


Image: Lexica.art

Martian martini madness

made for the haiku challenge; https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku622-under-the-burning-sky/

a procession of ants without end (naviarhaiku622)

unloosed from why and wherefore

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.

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Naviar Broadcast #319 – The cormorant in the forest – Wednesday 15th May 2024

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