22Aug25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/792400312298323968/naviarhaiku607-winter-waterfall
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Winter waterfall [naviarhaiku607]

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Revealing the dark torch (naviarhaiku609)

revealing in the dark
the sadness of things
a fisherman's torch
 

Tagami Kikusha (1753-1826) was a Japanese multi-disciplinary artist and Buddhist nun, mostly known as a poet, painter, calligrapher, and tea practitioner.

Haiku by Tagami Kikusha

Picture by Michael Shannon

fisherman's sadness_naviarhaiku609

As will as the haiku:

revealing in the dark
the sadness of things
a fisherman's torch

this also takes cues from the accompanying image, which together make up Naviar Haiku challenge 609, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

A bit of a change for this one, I didn't use anything modular and didn't do everything in a single take.   However with the waves field recording, chord sequence, (technically dyads), played using a custom patch for Dreamsynth from Cherry Audio:  https://cherryaudio.com/products/dreamsynth and the footsteps at the beginning in place. 

I then recoded volume automation for those elements allowing me to live mix them with my performance using the Creature From The ID stand alone synth by Giorgio Sancristoforo: https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net/softwares which was passed through delay and reverb effects, in place as I recorded so I could judge their effect. 

With those main elements done I added the extra footsteps and buoy bell. After listening to the Creature sounds and deciding that in places they more resembled short wave radio interference than whale song I added the Morse Code.

Sounds used.

Waves - My own recording but available from freesound: Waves_on_a_Shingle_Beach by Mr_Lamppost -- https://freesound.org/s/800900/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Footsteps: walking slow on stones by launemax -- https://freesound.org/s/249921/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Buoy bell:  S29-19 Bell buoy.wav by craigsmith -- https://freesound.org/s/675693/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Morse Code - generated online using Morse Code Translator: https://morsecode.world/international/translator.html

The Sadness Of Things - (naviarhaiku - 609)

My take on this was to use glitches or extraneous sounds that crop up in field recordings. These are usually edited out but here I extracted some from a couple of recordings and joined them to form a continuous sequence. After extending this sequence and adding a touch of reverb and delay I combined it with an evolving electronic drone.

More on the 715th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Err Apparent — The Assignment: Make a mistake on purpose. Build something from it — at https://disquiet.com/0715/.

Field Glitches (disquiet0715)

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 610:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku610-dropped-glass/

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

Photo by zenbytes (Bretagne, France, 2018)

dropped glass - Naviarhaiku610

Various authors with some real-time processing captured from Radio Aporee.
It is interesting to discover how inspiring the single nuances of concrete sounds can be, with rhythms, melodic/harmonic cells, textures and more.
This material certainly lends itself very well to further processing for the creation of something else.
Radio Aporee is an excellent source of inspiration.

work in progress

The hidden beauty of concrete sounds v.1

Fallen

Myst -1

New track inspired by the Devachen beach on the Montenegrin coast, where I spent hours during sunset this summer. Several photos here: (coming tomorrow morning…)

https://zuunzug.com/2025/11/11/montagne-noire

Nouveau morceau inspiré par la plage Devachen sur la côte monténégrine où j’ai passé des heures au coucher du soleil cet été. Suivre le lien pour des photos (à partir de demain matin).   

Music: Manu - Artwork: Malka

Devachen

Abstract Sound Structures, Musique Concrète & Live Electronics.
Experimental abstract animation videos.
It is my aim to create and/or edit my tracks & videos using free or open-source software only.
Influences include: J.S. Bach, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Giacinto Scelsi, Mauricio Kagel, Conlon Nancarrow, Christian Wolff, Harry Partch, Luc Ferrari, Morton Feldman, Cornelius Cardew, Bernard Parmegiani, Ana-Maria Avram, David Tudor, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Renaissance Polyphony.
All my work is published under a Creative Commons licence & can be freely downloaded (as wav) or remixed.

Field Glitches (disquiet0715)

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