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All submissions are here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku591-steady-spring-rains/

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- 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)”

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- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.
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haiku #591: steady spring rains... / both dream and reality / Mount Yoshino!

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My first attempt at mixing my own music in only a slightly more serious way.  I mixed a primary guitar track with a fairly subtle backing track that is mostly guitar drones.  I put that down over a third track I recorded from the north shore of Lake Superior in April of 2021.  I hear all the mistakes but I just did it in one take with no edits.  I figure it can only go up from here.

More Or Less

Ambient guitar track over sounds of the Northshore recorded in 2021

The Other You

Recorded in a single take with Fender Jazz Master, Strymon Big Sky reverb and Zoom H6. Field recording from Iona's Beach Lake Superior.

Found And Lost

Recorded on a Gretsch Baritone guitar through a Strymon Big Sky and Fender Mustang GT200.  The field recording was captured on a Zoom H6 at Moss Lake, BWCA in April of 2021.

A Warm Life

A song for Lilly. My beautiful dancing daughter.

Written by Stu King
Performed on a Fender Jazz Master with Strymon Big Sky reverb pedal.

Past Pirouette

"The falling of self"

Music by Stu King
Korg Monologue Synth
Digital Delay
Phase 
Reverb
Fender Jazz Master
eBow
Mixed in Cubase

Landfall

"For you..."

Music by Stu King
Acoustic Guitar
Digital Delay
Reverb
Phase
Hologram Microcosm
Mixed in Cubase

This track includes 25 seconds of silence…use it to take a deep breath. Peace

Offering

Offering (naviarhaiku519)

"Who you are, in what you remember"

Music by Stu King
Korg Monologue Synth
Conductive Labs NDLR
Mixed in Cubase

Memorial

"Animus Galactus"

Music by Stu King
Getsch Electromatic Baritone
Gizmotron
Tiesco Barclay
eBow
Digital Delay
Reverb
Hologram Microcosm
Conductive Labs NDLR
Korg Monologue
Mixed in Cubase

Supernal Slumber - The CosMix

Supernal Slumber (The CosMix)

"Something from nothing..."

Music by Stu King
Teisco Guitar (eBow)
Korg Monologue Synth
Korg Kaossilator
Hologram Microcosm
Digital Delay
Reverb
Mixed in Cubase

Trace

Trace (naviarhaiku523)

steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino! 

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/

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halF realitY [naviarhaiku591]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
591
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku591-steady-spring-rains/

2025-05-01

steady spring rains... (Naviarhaiku 591)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 29 Oct 2005 & 30 Apr 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Stockhausen Sound & Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, augmented piano, voice & effects.

This original version of "Let's Leave Steady Divided" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 591: Dreadful The Stream.

steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino!

by: Ōshima Ryōta

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.

Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 07 Aug 2016, Massapequa, NY, USA

©2025 Jim Lemanowicz

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Let's Leave Steady Divided (naviarhaiku591)

Seven ronroco tracks
Infra bass
Orchestral Samples

Composed and recorded by Daniel Diaz, 1st May 2025

for this haiku:

Steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino!


Haiku by Ōshima Ryōta
Photo by DD, Iceland  2024


@naviar-records

dream and reality (naviarhaiku591)

A hopefully peaceful track composed for the 591st Naviar Haiku challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku591-steady-spring-rains/

Haiku:
steady spring rains...
both dream and reality
Mount Yoshino!
— Ōshima Ryōta

Photo by: Soubhagya Ranjan (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-tree-with-green-leaves-YqFqYd_WQHU)

The rain field recording felt inevitable as a starting point—once in place, the chimes followed naturally. Two measures of gentle drones and a few understated piano notes later, and the piece settled into a safe haven. Nothing more felt necessary.

Steady spring rains (naviarhaiku591)

"Dream & Reality"

Music by Stu King (Live Session)
Arturia Synth
Conductive Labs NDLR
Wavetables & Drone - created with vital
Mixed in Cubase

Field Recordings by Stu King
ZoomH6 - Drips, bubbles, matches

Field Recording - "children at play"
Doma1979
https://freesound.org/people/Domar1979/

Intangible (naviarhaiku591)

Halcyon Hum is a Cinematic and Pop Ambient project by Minneapolis based musician, producer and recordist, Stuart King.

Compositions feature undulating rhythms, walls of sound, ambient melodies, lo-fi textures and field recordings.