Naviar Haiku Challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

To participate in the Haiku Music challenge::

- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)
- When choosing a title for your piece also include the assignment number, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku382)”

To submit your track:

- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.
- If you upload your music on Youtube, Bandcamp or anywhere else, upload your submission and then send me the link by email at marco@naviarrecords.com or contact me on X, Facebook or Instagram
- If you don’t use any music platform, upload it to this Dropbox folder and I’ll include it in the weekly playlist. If you choose this option, make sure you include your name in the track’s title. www.dropbox.com/request/JvKyUfuCSzJ3gRNRocZz

Your track may be included in Naviar's weekly podcasts and free (pay-what-you-want) compilations. If you can, please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

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Naviar Records Membership (access to full discography, creative meetups, workshops, and more): https://www.naviarrecords.com/membership-and-services/#membership

all submissions

haiku #583: out of the blue / of early morning light: / a paulownia leaf

out of the blue
of early morning light:
a paulownia leaf

Ōshima Ryōta was a Japanese poet of the Edo period. Some sources say he was a disciple of Yosa Buson, while others say his master was Hattori Ransetsu. He's mostly remembered for his essay “Bashō ku kai” 芭蕉句解 ('Study of Bashō's haiku') published in 1759, a magnum opus of his studies and literary theories on Matsuo Bashō's work.

Haiku by Ōshima Ryōta: https://thepoetryhour.com/poets/oshima-ryota/

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

more halF unusuaL

halF leaF [naviarhaiku583]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
583
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku583-out-of-the-blue/

2025-03-05

out of the blue (Naviarhaiku 583)

Submission for # 583 Naviar's Haiku @ https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/#haiku-posts
One take recording using Twin3 Synth and FabFilter, Minimal Audio, Output fxs. Harmony Bloom sequencer. 

Inevitable Life (NaviarHaiku583)

6Mar25
My naviarhaiku583 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/777192557469990912/naviarhaiku583-out-of-the-blue
:D

out of the blue [naviarhaiku583]

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku-Challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku583-out-of-the-blue/

YT Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/yp34hDcUE5k?feature=share

paulownia leaf-naviarhaiku583

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

Blue Morning (naviarhaiku583)

This turned out a bit more Hallowe'en than I was expecting, but given the date, maybe that's OK 😁💀🎃

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

Saitō Sanki (1900 – 1962) was a dentist who discovered his passion for haiku poetry in his mid-thirties, when his colleagues at the hospital in Soto Kanda convinced him to write a haiku for a collection. Later, he became one of the most important exponents of wartime haiku: he was imprisoned in 1940 during the government’s World War II persecution of controversial artists, and was officially forbidden to write until the end of the war.

haiku by Saitō Sanki: https://www.littermagazine.com/2023/07/review-sanki-saito-selected-haiku.html

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

halF skeletoN [naviarhaiku617]

Abstract ambient instrumental with a gentle pulse — playfully shifting between major and minor moods.
Layered synthesizers (10 tracks across 6 synths), all performed in real time — no sequencing, just hands-on, old-school playing.

Inspired by this haiku:

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

— Saitō Sanki (1900–1962)

Photo by DD (Iceland, 2024)

@naviar-records

skeleton by the sea - naviarhaiku617

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

   -- Saitō Sanki --

autumn beach (naviarhaiku617)

the harp player
moves under cover
market day

kjmunro cultivates poetry on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation & the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. She founded & facilitates ‘solstice haiku', a monthly haiku discussion group in Whitehorse, & manages a weekly blog feature for The Haiku Foundation called Haiku Dialogue. She is the recipient of the 2023 Borealis Prize – The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution, her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, & her debut poetry collection is contractions (Red Moon Press, 2019).

haiku by kjmunro

Picture by Indira Tjokorda

The Naviar haiku music challenge invites artists to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre. To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

SONG 125 - NaviarHaiku618 - The Harp Player

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
618
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku618-the-harp-player/

2025-11-06

the harp player (Naviarhaiku 618)

in the warmth of home
pict free wallpaper

NLS-2025-11-06

2025-11-07

repetition

Musique Concrète - a mix of electronic and recorded sounds.

Undercover Harpist (naviarhaiku618)

2025-11-08

under the light of the full moon

An electronic composition combining eight sequences created in real time using Pure Data.

More on the 724th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Work It — The Assignment: The year’s almost over. Do that thing you’ve been meaning to do — at https://disquiet.com/0724/.

Ad Hoc (disquiet0724)

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.

To join the Haiku challenge, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

LOUNGE NOISE - SYPHILITIC EXOTICA - RAW AMBIENT - SADBIENT

 ### Makes the show "Nya Ljud" on Camp Radio: http://arkivfeber.se/nyaljud.html

https://linktr.ee/rikardfvs

Twitter and Bluesky: @rikardfvs

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sadbient

TikTok: @rikard157

Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/rikardfvs/

Bandcamp: https://rikardfvs.bandcamp.com

Spotify: https://spotify.link/EyeMydE7Oyb

Earlier project / Colloboration:
https://hetdonkseoog.bandcamp.com/album/dp016-hamnskiftet
https://soundcloud.com/great-learning-orchestra
https://soundcloud.com/twooegg
https://myspace.com/rikardd/

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