Hear / Sound impressions inspired by Haikus

With a mix of live made concrete sounds, archival online sounds, instruments and voice, we trail the haikus through different moods.

What I miss most during this strange period is making music with others, travelling for it and sharing it. My focus is pretty limited these days, and haikus are like little candies. Full of images (and thus sounds), short, but savory.

Travelling to long ago times, real or imagined places, in dreams or short stories. Making sense and non sense, only to create a poetic sound environment that tickles the imagination.

Noise, words, ears.

Join in my escape of our current times and tune in together.

CREDITS:

Concept, music, foley, voice: Pak Yan Lau
Harp, foley, whispering: Vera Cavallin
Foley, voice, Italian haikus: Lucia Palladino
Foley, Voice narrator: Henry Andersen
Presenting: Caroline Profanter
Sound: Ludo Engels

Haikus used in PART I and II, taken from:

– Basho The Complete Haiku / Matsuo Basho / translated by Jane Reichhold / Publisher: Kodansha International
– http://www.graceguts.com/haiku-and-senryu/music-and-sound-haiku
– https://tenthousandhaiku.com/ by Calvin Olsen
- Archival soundsource from BBC Archive: dragonfly, all kind of ringtones phones, Arabic crowd, Hong Kong street market, Rainforest night

Haikus used in Part III written by Lucia Palladino

 
With the support of Flemish Community Activation Fund.

Pak Yan Lau ::: Add wings to a pepper to make a dragonfly

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