anotheer track from my "music for headphones" project - this title is only a placeholder as I continue to explore what this project is about.   Thanks for listening and leaving feedback.

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Part of the Naviar Records Haiku Music-Challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku617-an-autumn-nightfall/


the skeleton of  a huge fish-naviar617

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the skeleton of a huge fish [naviarhaiku617]

Naviar Haïku 617

D'après un poème de Saito Sanki (1900-1962)

an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn by the sea

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Skeleton on the beach

pulled this from my brain.

The haiku prompt for this:

an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.

Naviar haiku challenge 617, details here:  https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

I have my field recording of the sea so I had a starting point; everything else was made with VCV Rack. I started with the sequences then added the synthetic waves, mixed with the real ones towards the end of the track. Wanting to keep the rest quite sparce and minimal I then made a simple chord sequence and a simple self generating melody.   

With a rough plan for the overall form I was going to follow I set up physical controls and multi track recording, hit record and mixed/modulated all the elements in one live take.

While the sea recording is my own it has been uploaded to freesound, find it here: Waves_on_a_Shingle_Beach by Mr_Lamppost -- https://freesound.org/s/800900/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 

Drawn Back By The Sea - (naviarhaiku - 617)

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

almost black
deepening purple
ripe grapes

Regarded as the father of contemporary haiku, Masaoka Shiki was a poet and literary critic during the Meiji period Japan.

He advocated realistic observation by “sketching” (shasei) poems and going out into nature with notebooks, thus abandoning the traditional subjects of haiku of the time. His advice for an aspiring poet was, “Use both imaginary pictures and real ones, but prefer the real ones.”

Haiku by Masaoka Shiki: https://mypoeticside.com/poets/masaoka-shiki-poems

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

incongruous spaces

Paul Beaudoin