Young grasses (naviarhaiku608)

young grasses -
not yet bent
in any direction

Kaga no Chiyo-jo (1703–1775) was a haiku poet discovered by Kagami Shiko at a very young age. She became a Buddhist nun at 52 and wrote around 1,900 haiku in her lifetime. A highlight of her poetry career was presenting haiku to a Korean delegation in 1763, one of the first cultural exchanges of this kind.

Haiku by Kaga no Chiyo

Picture by Kateryna Viderska

as soggy neutrons - naviarhaiku608

Made for the haiku challenge 609 of Naviar records.

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

by: Tagami Kikusha

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

More informations about haiku challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Thank you Marco!

A fisherman's 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 nn line using Morse Code Translator: https://morsecode.world/international/translator.html

The Sadness Of Things - (naviarhaiku - 609)

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Kaga no Chiyo’s poem “young grasses - / not yet bent / in any direction”.

Tracklist:

Debroc · Anarchic https://soundcloud.com/user-99036881/anarchic_naviarhaiku608
Boundary Objects · SONG 118 https://soundcloud.com/boundaryobjects/song-118-naviarhaiku608-young
Gianantonio Patella - as soggy neutrons https://soundcloud.com/gianantonio-patella/as-soggy-neutrons
mike shockley · not yet bent https://soundcloud.com/user-209675219/not-yet-bent_naviar-haiku-608
Stan Magendanz · not yet bent in any direction https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/not-yet-bent-in-any-direction-naviarhaiku608
zenbytes · young grasses https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/young-grasses-naviarhaiku608

Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house”by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Micah Hallahan

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on Resonance Extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.
To have your music featured on the show, you'll have to participate in the Haiku music challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
support the show: https://www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/


Naviar Broadcast #378 – Young grasses – Wednesday 10th September 2025

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
610
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku610-dropped-glass/

2025-09-11

dropped glass (Naviarhaiku 610)

Skylar The Mighty

Trying to get better at songwriting.  Trying to do a song a day.  Wish me luck!

Skylar The Mighty

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