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haiku #623: “Don’t pick it!” / then picks and gives to me / a garden plum

Little song for Tan Taigi haiku:
“Don’t pick it!”
then picks and gives to me
a garden plum"

Only hardware this time for this song. Juno 60 sounds are always good.

Then picks (naviarhaiku623)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
623
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku623-dont-pick-it/

2025-12-11

“Don’t pick it!” (Naviarhaiku 623)

11Dec25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/802546819033890816/naviarhaiku623-dont-pick-it
😊

“Don’t pick it!” [naviarhaiku623]

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources including Pure Data.

Plum Garden (naviarhaiku623)

Made for the haiku challenge 623 of Naviar records.

“Don’t pick it!” then picks and gives to me a garden plum

by: Tan Taigi

Tan Taigi was a haiku poet of the Edo period. He was a wanderer for most of his life and admired by Yosa Buson for his ability to transcend his eclectic and unconventional lifestyle with sublime poetry.

More informations about haiku challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Don’t pick it! (naviarhaiku623)

With these miniatures, as they keep getting smaller, the focus becomes increasingly on the detail. While the imprecise timings of each piano note (a simulated grand on Logic Pro) are kept, but the volume of individual notes are adjusted to remove the harsh. A faint synth string enters and fits in, faithfully keeping the unconnected series of notes imagined separate to the repeated piano motif, and the foley birdsong completes "a garden".

This was written during the weekly @naviar-records regular Saturday morning quiet session where we gather on Dischord in response to this week's haiku challenge. A curious poem this one, here's the information on that:

“Don’t pick it!”
then picks and gives to me
a garden plum

Tan Taigi was a haiku poet of the Edo period. He was a wanderer for most of his life and admired by Yosa Buson for his ability to transcend his eclectic and unconventional lifestyle with sublime poetry.

title taken from the words of a haiku by Tan Taigi  (translation by Richard Tice)

extract of picture by Markus Spiske

Submission deadline: 17h December 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/



a garden (naviarhaiku623)

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 623:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku623-dont-pick-it/
Thanks to Marco Alessi from Naviar Records for the weekly challenge!

Photo by zenbytes (La Palma, Spain, 2015)


pick and give to me - Naviarhaiku623

“Don’t pick it!”
then picks and gives to me
a garden plum

haiku by Tan Taigi  (translation by Richard Tice)

Picture by Markus Spiske

a mad plunger - naviarhaiku623

a garden plum  Naviarhaiku 623 - 12_13_25, 11.57 PM

a recording from the archive of maj 2025
I couldn't quite place this texture, but I think it's perfect for Naviar Records' weekly challenge number 623
more info here for partecipation:
https://www.naviarrecords.com

here's the following text and credits for the text and the image cover

“Don’t pick it!”
then picks and gives to me
a garden plum

haiku by Tan Taigi (translation by Richard Tice)

Picture by Markus Spiske


Don't pick it !  *naviarhaiku#623

My submission for the Naviar Haiku Challenge #623. More on Naviar Haiku: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

...and gave to me a garden plum - naviarhaiku623

Marco Lucchi : synthesizers and found sounds

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for the current Naviar Haiku challenge
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku623-dont-pick-it/

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na oriso to orite kure keri sono no ume

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“Don’t pick it!”
then picks and gives to me
a garden plum

Tan Taigi

Ume [Naviar Haiku # 623]

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku Music-Challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku623-dont-pick-it/


then picks and gives to me-naviarhaiku623

“Don’t pick it!”
then picks and gives to me
a garden plum

Tan Taigi was a haiku poet of the Edo period. He was a wanderer for most of his life and admired by Yosa Buson for his ability to transcend his eclectic and unconventional lifestyle with sublime poetry.

haiku by Tan Taigi  (translation by Richard Tice)

Picture by Markus Spiske

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 131 - NaviarHaiku623 - A Garden Plum

The haiku that directed this:

“Don’t pick it!”
then picks and gives to me
a garden plum

Naviar haiku challenge 623, details here:  https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

I decided to focus on the moment that the plum is picked making this very much a work in two parts, the tension between the desire to pick the plum and the instruction not to. Then after the deed is irrevocably done, the bitter-sweet   taste of the picked plum. 

Although the track is in two parts it was performed and recorded as a single live take; all the lements were assembled using Voltage Modular with automated switching allowing for the transition to be triggered as a single control message, (One hit on a pad on my MIDI controller).   

Garden Plum - (naviarhaiku - 623)

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