I started and abandoned this track consistently during 2024, never finished it, never been sure about it but there's something I do like. The modulations are fun and clever, I think,  smooth and yet surprising and effective. I recorded several guitar takes over the year (each time I had a guitar recording session I gave this a fresh tray). I wanted this to be a "guitar" showcase, but eventually made it a full keyboards+bass+guitar+drums track.
The final guitar is an edit from 3 takes I did on a 6 month period, the one with volume pedal is nice.
So the title and the melodic motif (nicked from "Summer of '42") have been on my "to do" list for a couple of years, the actual performance comes  from 2024.
I took that photo in Costa Rica on February 2020.



Drowned Crossing The Rubicon (disquiet0680)

Zoom-Zoom

Wilfried Hanrath - Zoom-Zoom(disquiet0680)

Part of the Naviar Haiku Challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku575-even-though-afar/

even though afar-naviarhaiku575

Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

Kagami Shikō was a Japanese poet, considered one of the ten outstanding disciples (Shōmon jittetsu 蕉門十哲) of Matsuo Bashō. He was in turn the master of the famous poetess Fukuda Chiyo-ni.

Originally from the present-day Gifu Prefecture, Kagami Shikō became a monk at Daichi-ji Temple, and in 1690 he became a pupil of Bashō, later accompanying him on some of his journeys and recording his last will in 1694.

After Basho's death, he kept travelling around Japan, writing several essays on haiku and collections of writings until his death in 1731.

Distant Pines(NaviarHaiku575)

another contribution to the haiku challenge of naviar records:

Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

             - Kagami Shikō -

cool breeze (naviarhaiku575)

Disquiet Junto Project 0680: Reverse Resolution
The Assignment: Finish something (musical) you started last year.

I remember when I started this one year ago I was sitting in a train and in love with Abletons "Operator" FM synth and a mutating sequence on loop. There was no bass at all, because I had bad simple earphones and in the train I was only able to hear the high bells.

Honestly, everytime I listened to it, I thought "This is enough, you don't need more, I like it how it is.", but at the same time I felt guilty, because it was very simple. That's why I never finished it.

To finish the track, I quickly added a bassdrumish sound with Puremagnetik Foomph and added some droney pads. Now I feel guilty again, really like a cheater, because it is still very simple, but now it's finished and I like it.

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More on the 680th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reverse Resolution — The Assignment: Finish something (musical) you started last year — at https://disquiet.com/0680/

Discussion:
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0680-reverse-resolution/70376

Cover: DALLE

Krakenkraft

God's Army [disquiet0680]

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 575:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku575-even-though-afar/

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

Photo by zenbytes (Colorado, USA , 2024)

even though afar - Naviarhaiku575

Text (C) Menelaos Fischer 2024. Used with permission. Music (c) Susanne Maurer 2025. 

CORE/VERZERRUNG [disquiet0680]

Created in response to:

Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

Naviar Haiku challenge 575, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

The inclusion of the lake and reflections in the image that goes with the poem definitely influenced the final result.  Everything was made with a single patch using Voltage Modular which was manipulated and recorded to multiple tracks in one "Live" take.  There were options for further subtle variation built into the patch but when I came to map physical controls I didn't have enough knobs and sliders to use them all. 

A Feeling Of Coolness - (Naviarhaiku - 575)

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku575-even-though-afar/

Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

by: Kagami Shikō

Kagami Shikō was a Japanese poet, considered one of the ten outstanding disciples (Shōmon jittetsu 蕉門十哲) of Matsuo Bashō. He was in turn the master of the famous poetess Fukuda Chiyo-ni.

Originally from the present-day Gifu Prefecture, Kagami Shikō became a monk at Daichi-ji Temple, and in 1690 he became a pupil of Bashō, later accompanying him on some of his journeys and recording his last will in 1694.

After Basho's death, he kept travelling around Japan, writing several essays on haiku and collections of writings until his death in 1731.

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Forest Magic [ naviarhaiku575 ]

CoLd $uMMeR h0T wINTER..

LOUNGE NOISE - SYPHILITIC EXOTICA - RAW AMBIENT - SADBIENT

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