fave listenings of this month

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in the pic: Jozef van Wissem and Jim Jarmush

"musica assoluta" (giugno 2025)

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haiku #597: orchids by night – / within their fragrance looms / their blossoms’ white!

Another snippet from Califo Paean, this time featuring bass guitar fighting for its life amongst the reverb. 

Caligo Paean is a 1 hour long sound piece installed on river front property in the town of Franklin, Tasmania as part of the exhibition "When The Fog Clears". It formed part of the Ten Days on The Island Festival March 2025.
The work was installed in several locations across the property including a stack of subs under an old bus, in the main exhibition space and in an abandoned shed some 40 metres from the main area . The speakers were 'tuned' quite differently depending on their location and the sound was not delay corrected with the result of each mini-installation merging with each other in odd sonic ways - kind of calling the listener from one spot to another. The the work features field recordings, percussion, piano, bass guitar and Intonarumori as well as this special one off choir : )

Caligo is the Ancient goddess of Chaos. Born of the fog she controls the darkness, dwells in the void and is as old as the primordial matter that created the universe. This work is a tribute to the goddess as she continues to influence our lives and, in the case of this installation, the site and concept informing the show.

Official press release below for The Fog Clears

Every day, the mists of the Huon Valley perform a seductive dance, gently obscuring and revealing contours of the fertile land and waters. Situated in The Watershed Franklin, When The Fog Clears features six artists from lutruwita / Tasmania exploring the region’s iconic mists through a variety of mediums including installation, sculpture, illustration, sound, and video.

Developed exclusively for Franklin, this exhibit extends from the waterfront itself into the chambers, kilns, and rafters of the shed, inviting visitors to consider fog as an atmosphere that can cloak us in unexpected ways.


image credit: Rosie Hastie

Caligo Paean (Bass solo)

Under the twilight sky
light shimmering on the pond -
swallows in autumn
(Dakotsu Īda)
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku595-under-the-twilight-sky/
Komposition1071 Klavier

light shimmering on the pond (naviarhaiku595)

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orchids by night –
within their fragrance looms
their blossoms’ white!
 

One of the four great haiku masters, Yosa Buson studied both Japanese and Chinese poetry. He was also an accomplished painter, and most of his poems were accompanied by paintings, resulting in a more diverse and individual set of works than the one by his main historical influence, Basho.

Haiku by Yosa Buson: https://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/202207/202207_12_en.html
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

more halF unusuaL

halF orchiD [naviarhaiku597]

A standard jazz ballad chord progression treated as an abstract ambient soundscape with three tracks of electric bass and 3 tracks of synthesisers.

Created June 12th 2025 For this haiku:

orchids by night –
within their fragrance looms
their blossoms’ white!

One of the four great haiku masters, Yosa Buson studied both Japanese and Chinese poetry. He was also an accomplished painter, and most of his poems were accompanied by paintings, resulting in a more diverse and individual set of works than the one by his main historical influence, Basho.

Haiku by Yosa Buson
Picture by Nataliia Davydenko

Orchids by Night -  naviarhaiku597

orchids by night –
within their fragrance looms
their blossoms’ white!
(Yosa Buson)
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku597-orchids-by-night/
Komposition1073 Streichorchester leicht

Looming White (naviarhaiku597)

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data.

Night Fragrance (naviarhaiku597)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
597
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku597-orchids-by-night/

2025-06-14

orchids by night –(Naviarhaiku 597 )

Curly Compositions from a German Composer.

Looming White (naviarhaiku597)

Robert Knote