This is a recycled improvisation that I did a while ago. It seems to suit my haiku for this week. It's played on a six-string fretless bass, with some effects added. Recorded and mixed in Reaper. Mastered with CloudBounce.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Looking, Not Seeing (naviarhaiku425)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
426 week haiku
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2022/03/02/naviarhaiku426-the-long-night/
dogs free sounds https://freesound.org/people/Mystikuum/sounds/400995/

2022-03-03

The Long Night  ( Naviarhaiku 426 )

Extract from (the middle of) "Inhibition Space #2" (2022) for bass clarinet and live-electronics, as performed by Dries Tack. The full composition (18') will be released this spring on Dries' solo album "Adjacent Spaces" on Orlando Records. 
Editing: Stefan Prins
Recording: Stijn Cools
Mastering: Gert Van Hoof
Realization live-electronics: Dries Tack

Inhibition Space #2 - EXTRACT (for bass clarinet and live-electronics, 2021)

More morse codes sent from Harar to Paris.

"Quand venait, l’œil brun, folle, en robes d’indiennes,
À Huit ans, – la fille des ouvriers d’à côté,
La petite brutale, et qu’elle avait sauté,
Dans un coin, sur son dos, en secouant ses tresses,
Et qu’il était sous elle, il lui mordait les fesses,
Car elle ne portait jamais de pantalons ;
– Et, par elle meurtri des poings et des talons,
Remportait les saveurs de sa peau dans sa chambre."

Thanks for inspiration CM von Hausswolff and Tremosphere.

Pic by Suelynee Ho, https://www.suelynee.com/ - with kind permission.

Les Poètes de Sept Ans

Made in Reason 12, with loops of taiko drumming and Korean gayageum.

TaikoGaya (2022)

Sur La Main

Secret Spring

Secret Spring_naviarhaiku439

08.2022. Once again. Analog Trauma. Sometimes my work in the field of grammar is an inspiration for the music. And music is a language. So most of the time it (seems to) follow the rules but very often it is inexplainable (strange, incomprehensible). Thats why I like languages and music. Until the very end. Thank you for listening!

grammar flow

𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕁𝔼ℝ𝕂𝕊

Chemistry

Drone#03 Wake Up

Title:
Strange Cookies

Dates:
12-Dec-2025 (inception), 13-Dec-2025 (finalised), 13-Dec-2025 (released)

Artists:
Music composed, performed, produced by Norman Freund
Artwork by Norman Freund
Video by Norman Freund

BandCamp Purchase:
https://normanfreund.bandcamp.com/track/strange-cookies

Description:
Strange Cookies is a demonstration of the capabilities of the Granie granular synthesiser using the new graphical sequencer of Granie. It is the same audio that appears in the Granie demonstration video:
https://youtu.be/MJiv-VFGuP8

The audio feeding Granie comes from the Soma Lyra 8, which was then feed to the Soma COSMOS, then off to Granie as the final destination. Since Strange Cookies was intended as a demonstration recording for a video, there will be some pauses in the music and perhaps some repetition that would normally not appear in a standalone composition.

The best source of information about this composition is the demonstration video which shows the Granie synthesiser settings evolve live as the piece was performed.

Granie can be purchased at:
https://normafreund.gumroad.com/l/granie