Name: Waves Of Darkness (naviarhaiku409) by ray_cobley in haiku #409: Darkness, / Wet with / The sound of the waves
Duration: 6 min 19 s
Description: A sequence of enhanced recorded & electronic sounds.

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haiku #409: Darkness, / Wet with / The sound of the waves

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
409 week haiku
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2021/11/03/naviarhaiku409-darkness/

2021-11-04

Darkness   ( Naviarhaiku 409 )

the serenity of darkness , the darkness of serenity- a response to this Haiku  by ascetic Zen priest, Santōka 
Darkness,
Wet with
The sound of the waves


thanks to Naviar Haiku  http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Serenity Darkness(naviarhaiku409)

naviarhaiku409 – darkness

Darkness,
Wet with
The sound of the waves

A wandering poet and ascetic Zen priest, Santōka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui, one of the first poets to discard the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure in haiku.

Santōka’s poetry emphasizes the necessity of sabi (solitude) in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment and serenity.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 10th November 2021

haiku by Santoka Taneda http://www.chzc.org/Nonin.htm

picture by Pawel Czerwinski https://unsplash.com/@pawel_czerwinski

Lavendel

Klang Wellt

Klang Wellt (naviarhaiku409)

Hello, this is a composition of some water recordings that I did earlier this year. They came in well for this haiku !
Submission for https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

The water recordings begin calmly, then become more intense, but then breathing becomes almost like the water, the same movement. Deeply, profoundly, the air gets surrounded by deep water. As if meditation transforms the lungs of thos of an ancient dragon.

Naviar haiku 409, by Duuster

A sequence of enhanced recorded & electronic sounds.

Waves Of Darkness (naviarhaiku409)

Electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

Falling (naviarhaiku410)

doesn't like me, either

Nerkstura

21 5 5

Substance P

I created this piece one night as I couldn't sleep! 156 is the time I started on it - 1:56am :)
Its pretty simple, a little noodle on the Rhodes style piano, layered up with various additional pads, strings and leads.

One Five Six

I tried to take it one day at a time
And not be so anxious
I've been letting you do your thing
Taking away the worries
I've tried letting you have control
But I have no patience
I've been letting you do your thing
I'm not so worried

You're everywhere I see
You're everywhere I see
You're everywhere I see

I've tried to take it one day at a time
And not be so anxious
I've been letting you do your thing
Taking away the worries
I've tried letting you have control
But I have no patience
I've been letting you do your thing
I'm not so worried

saving up the things

Everywhere

KORG sounds A037 Love On A Train synth (aka Tangerine Dream)

Love On A Train

Immersive collaborative album of Atmøsphäre and Dionisaf, steeped in cold textures, shadowy resonance, and layers of abrasive noise, conjures a bleak sonic tundra — where icy drones, distorted textures, and shadowy pulses stretch across vast, unforgiving landscapes.

Produced, mixed and mastered by Tom Lievens (Atmøsphäre) and Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Tom Lievens
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Northern Dreamscapes

Behind the Waterfall

In Geometrical Psychology 4, vibration becomes the primary language.
Microscopic tremors resonate through heavy bass fields, tracing invisible geometries of emotion and thought.
Here, sound is not heard — it is felt, pressing against the boundaries of perception.

Low frequencies drift like tectonic plates, slow and inevitable, while delicate oscillations shimmer at the edge of silence.
The composition unfolds as a study of resonance — between form and void, motion and stillness, body and code.
Each tone is both weight and wave, mapping the hidden architectures of the mind into sound.

Geometrical Psychology 4

1: White Socks - Monday, 06:05 (Granie, Soma Lyra 8, Soma COSMOS)
2: White Socks - Tuesday, 04:09 (Granie, Soma Lyra 8, Soma COSMOS)
3: White Socks - Wednesday, 04:36 (Granie, Soma Enner, Soma COSMOS)
4: White Socks - Thursday, 05:18 (Granie, Soma Pipe, Soma COSMOS)
5: White Socks - Friday, 03:39 (Granie, Soma Lyra 8, Soma COSMOS) 
Total 23:47

Dates:
15-Dec-2025 (inception), 17-Dec-2025 (finalised), 18-Dec-2025 (released)

Artists:
Music composed, performed, produced by Norman Freund
Artwork by Norman Freund

BandCamp Purchase:
https://normanfreund.bandcamp.com/album/white-socks

Description:
Whilst on a my daily walk around the neighbourhood, I looked down at my white socks and wondered what sounds would be heard if I slipped my iPhone into my socks and pressed record? My initial thoughts were granular synthesis using my Granie synthesiser. It was very much a case of expecting weird stuff not knowing what sounds it may pick up. Five passages in White Socks: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. All using the sounds from the white socks passed through the Granie granular synthesiser to provide inspiration for performances on Soma hardware synthesisers Lyra 8, Enner and The Pipe. The Soma COSMOS provided the echo chamber that talks to the musician, the musician responds. Both the Lyra 8 and Enner were driven by my human hands, turning dials or activating sensitive touch pads. The Soma Pipe was driven by my human voice. Final multi-track recording by my Granie and FindTheBeat digital software based synthesiser/recording systems. Keeping it human, no AI used here!

Track 1: White Socks - Monday
Sounds of foot steps as heard by socks,
Slow at first,
Every crackle and creak,
Other ambient sounds,
Pace builds up,
Sock sounds enter Granular synthesis,
Sounds re-imagined,
Lyra 8 interprets.

Track 2: White Socks - Tuesday
Echos of granulised sock sounds,
Shifting delays,
Tentative touches of Lyra 8,
Like shifting sands,
The Granular socks come and go,
Washing over Lyra 8.

Track 3: White Socks - Wednesday
Tides of granular socks,
Swaying rhythms of the Enner,
Walker journey continues,
Is it bird song,
Or is it Enner speaking?

Track 4: White Socks - Thursday
Tidal remnants of the grains float past,
Walker responds through the Pipe,
Grains answer back,
Ever present steps of the walker,
Stirring the grains.

Track 5: White Socks - Friday
Grains intertwine and reverberate,
Lyra 8 interrupts,
Pauses for a moment,
Walker contemplates,
Lyra beckons.


Granular synthesis in Granie release 6.2 using the new graphical sequencer. The Soma COSMOS played the roles of reverb and taking fragments of sounds from the Lyra 8, Pipe and Enner replaying them in creative ways as directed by the performer. Each of the five passages of a continuity of theme, using the rhythmic choices of the previous passage as a starting point, then changing them. 

Tuning of the granular synthesiser was a simple harmonic series of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 with the master reference frequency of 6 Hz. Because it was granular synthesis, this 6 Hz was the replay frequency of the grains, length of grains (in milliseconds) was varied. There were up to four voices with their root notes as follows: voice 1 tuned at 6 Hz, voice 2 tuned a perfect fourth a 4/3 ratio at 8 Hz, voice 3 tuned 4 octaves up a ratio of 16/1 at 96 Hz. Occasionally a fourth voice came into play at 0.346 Hz, again tuned in a harmonic series, with the root tuned 4949 cents below the master reference frequency of 6 Hz. The negative 4949 cents (4 octaves and 139 cent), seems like an odd ball tuning, it's root note was tuned by ear, I liked it, so kept it.

The Soma Pipe algorithms used were Orpheus (twin resonant reverberators), Filtera (resonant band pass filter) and Drum #1.

The Granie synthesiser can be purchased from my GumRoad site at:
https://normanfreund.gumroad.com/l/granie

White Socks - Friday

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.

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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.
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