All submissions are here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku597-orchids-by-night/

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)”

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- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.
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- 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.

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haiku #597: orchids by night – / within their fragrance looms / their blossoms’ white!

orchids by night –
within their fragrance looms
their blossoms’ white!
 

One of the four great haiku masters, Yosa Buson studied both Japanese and Chinese poetry. He was also an accomplished painter, and most of his poems were accompanied by paintings, resulting in a more diverse and individual set of works than the one by his main historical influence, Basho.

Haiku by Yosa Buson: https://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/202207/202207_12_en.html
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

more halF unusuaL

halF orchiD [naviarhaiku597]

A standard jazz ballad chord progression treated as an abstract ambient soundscape with three tracks of electric bass and 3 tracks of synthesisers.

Created June 12th 2025 For this haiku:

orchids by night –
within their fragrance looms
their blossoms’ white!

One of the four great haiku masters, Yosa Buson studied both Japanese and Chinese poetry. He was also an accomplished painter, and most of his poems were accompanied by paintings, resulting in a more diverse and individual set of works than the one by his main historical influence, Basho.

Haiku by Yosa Buson
Picture by Nataliia Davydenko

Orchids by Night -  naviarhaiku597

orchids by night –
within their fragrance looms
their blossoms’ white!
(Yosa Buson)
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku597-orchids-by-night/
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Looming White (naviarhaiku597)

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

Night Fragrance (naviarhaiku597)

13Jun25

My naviarhaiku597 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/786052950397157376/join-the-naviar-haiku-music-challenge

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orchids by night [naviarhaiku597]

Here's my musical resonance to this week's haiku from @naviar-records.

orchids by night – within their fragrance looms their blossoms’ white!

by: Yosa Buson

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku597-orchids-by-night/

Orchids by night (naviarhaiku597)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 12/13 Jun 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, drum machine, effects.

This original version of "Undergo The Friction For Me” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 597: Orchids By Night.

orchids by night –
within their fragrance looms
their blossoms’ white!

by: Yosa Buson

One of the four great haiku masters, Yosa Buson studied both Japanese and Chinese poetry. He was also an accomplished painter, and most of his poems were accompanied by paintings, resulting in a more diverse and individual set of works than the one by his main historical influence, Basho.

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 26 Jun 2015, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, Mulberry St, NYC, USA & 12 Jun 2025.

©2015, 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see [www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge](https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.naviarrecords.com%2Fhaiku-music-challenge&token=b0f243-1-1747861126080)

Undergo The Friction For Me (naviarhaiku597)

This is my response to this week's @naviar-records haiku challenge. Here's the information about that:

"orchids by night –
within their fragrance looms
their blossoms’ white!"
 

One of the four great haiku masters, Yosa Buson studied both Japanese and Chinese poetry. He was also an accomplished painter, and most of his poems were accompanied by paintings, resulting in a more diverse and individual set of works than the one by his main historical influence, Basho.

Haiku by Yosa Buson

Extract of picture by Nataliia Davydenko

Submission deadline: 18th June 2025

looms (naviarhaiku597)

A bit more sinister than initially planned. Track made for the naviar haiku challenge 597 https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku597-orchids-by-night/

orchids by night (naviarhaiku 597)

YT Short: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wRxgcdcVb9k

orchids by night-naviarhaiku597

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
597
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku597-orchids-by-night/

2025-06-14

orchids by night –(Naviarhaiku 597 )

This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.

https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 101 - NaviarHaiku597

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 597:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku597-orchids-by-night/

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

orchids by night - Naviarhaiku597

orchids by night-
within their fragrance looms
their blossoms' white!

orchids_NAVIARHAIKU597

Inspired by:

orchids by night –
within their fragrance looms
their blossoms’ white!

Naviar haiku challenge 597, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

I used Voltage Modular with a lot of the Buchla inspired DMT Audio West Coast modules giving plenty of chaotic modulation. Although as usual this is the result of a single live take I was really just mixing, all modulation was built into the patch.

Orchids By Night - (naviarhaiku - 597)

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