2022-07-20

The Shadows Change

This week's haiku, by Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), inspired an improvisation on Equator2 VST synthesizer, played on two ROLI Seaboard Blocks, with added effects. Recorded and mixed in Reaper.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

The Sound Of Water (naviarhaiku450)

A song about narcissist leaders and their followers.

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Lyrics
Wolves and sheep
Cruel dance in the darkness of night
A new round up, but where is the fight

They glamour the sheep
All baffled by the masters’ strength and their icy speech
Sheep need to belong
Get along
Wolves and sheep

Wolves herding sheep
Unspoken hostilities shining through, 
from behind the masquerade
Some cannot keep up

Wolves feed off the weak
Submitting to such masters was not the best idea
There will be slaughter of sheep

Wolves and sheep

Counting the sheep
They howl with the wolves to fit in
Lost their intuition somehow

Expelled or asleep
Or they feel exalted for not being the slaughtered one
Most need to belong
Get along
Wolves and sheep

Wolves and sheep

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Instruments
• Guitar: Les Paul
• Bass synth: eurorack Minimod > A102 > A136 > A101
• Granular sitar: eurorack MI clouds + ribbon controller
• String synth: Prophet 6 > A105
• Lead synth: Microbrute
• Drums: AD2
• Electronic conga: T.rex 606
• Guiro: Musyngkite
• Wolves sample: Quick sounds

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Originally recorded in 2016
The lyrics, drums and remaster are from 2022

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Disclaimer
Dorian Urac is the artist name of a real human being with a pulse. Dorian sings, composes, mixes, writes his own lyrics, creates his own artwork and he plays several acoustic, electric and digital instruments.

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