This is superb. Great textures, love the sonic collisions and juxtapositions!

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haiku #614: The coming of autumn / determined by / a red dragonfly

When time becomes a loop 4

The background to this is a 1,000 year-old church near Hereford, which has a wooden statue of George and the Dragon ... You can get a flavour of the place and enjoy the visualisation of this track at https://youtu.be/ogYz27JAOuE

You can also see the church in real life at https://maps.app.goo.gl/f9DGotayt1daEMcg8 ... it's worth a visit! 😎

The coming of autumn
determined
by a red dragonfly

Kaya Shirao was born in 1738 in Fukagawa, Edo, now part of Tokyo.

He ran a school in Edo during Spring and Autumn, but in Summer and Winter, he would move to the countryside to teach thousands of aspiring poets from throughout the Shinano province (now Nagano Prefecture). He's considered one of the first established haikai writers to help spread cultural forms from national to regional urban centers.

Haiku by Kaya Shirao

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

visuals (YouTube)

halF reD [naviarhaiku614]

Little song for Kaya Shirao haiku: 
"The coming of autumn
determined
by a red dragonfly."



The coming of the red dragonfly (naviarhaiku614)

The coming of autumn
determined
by a red dragonfly

by: Kaya Shirao

614
Kaya Shirao was born in 1738 in Fukagawa, Edo, now part of Tokyo.

He ran a school in Edo during Spring and Autumn, but in Summer and Winter, he would move to the countryside to teach thousands of aspiring poets from throughout the Shinano province (now Nagano Prefecture). He's considered one of the first established haikai writers to help spread cultural forms from national to regional urban centers.

Picture by Aaron Burden

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 121 - NaviarHaiku614 - The Coming of Autumn

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
614
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku614-the-coming-of-autumn/

2025-10-09

The coming of autumn (Naviarhaiku 614)

A four-minute ambient journey built from four evolving one-minute drones — each exploring a distinct emotional landscape.
Major to minor, light to dark, tension to abstraction:

00:00 – 01:00 → Luminous, joyful
01:00 – 02:00 → Dark, melancholic
02:00 – 03:00 → Anxious, tense
03:00 – 04:00 → Abstract, strange

Synthesizers and acoustic instruments blend seamlessly to create a warm, organic soundscape — bowed upright bass, harmonica, harmonium, and Tibetan bowls intertwine in a meditative yet cinematic flow.
Perfect for moments of reflection, atmosphere, and deep listening.

naviarhaiku614: The coming of autumn

for this haiku 

he coming of autumn
determined
by a red dragonfly

by Kaya Shirao
Photo by  Adam Bixby 

The coming of autumn - naviarhaiku614

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku-Challenge:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku614-the-coming-of-autumn/

by a red dragonfly-naviarhaiku614

11Oct25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/796847388320055296/naviarhaiku614-the-coming-of-autumn
😀

a red dragonfly [naviarhaiku614]

2025-10-13

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future days

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Marco Lucchi : piano and electric tanpura

aeolian meditation

2025-10-28

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OBLITERATION

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Almost all tracks are free to download and covered by a Creative Commons license. Collaborations / Remixes are welcome so feel free to experiment - no need to get my permission first. Just send me a link to your track when you're done :)

I love listening to & creating ambient, dark ambient, avant-garde & experimental electronica (and the occasional beatscape). I have no professional aspirations  - I just really like creating music / manipulating sounds. It's my way of relaxing after a hard day at the office. All my tracks are produced using monitoring headphones (Audix A140) so I recommend that you listen to my music through headphones. My DAW of choice is FL Studio. I also use Reason every now & then. 


To the artists I follow; I do my best to try to listen to as many of your tracks as possible each night (I listen to each track all the way through - you went through the effort to create a track so you deserve to have it heard in full). If I miss a recent upload of yours, please forgive me...

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a red dragonfly [naviarhaiku614]

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