A compelling, dark piece that kept me engaged as a listener throughout. On a side note, I listened on a phone and watched the very detailed track art scroll left to right which gave the song an added cinematic, dystopian feel. Well done!

Deadline: 22nd November 2023

All submissions to Haiku 515:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/15/naviarhaiku515-last-bloom-before-autumn/

To participate:
- 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)”
To submit your track:
- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.
- If you upload your music on Youtube, Bandcamp or anywhere else, upload your submission and then send me the link by email at marco@naviarrecords.com or contact me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram
- If you don’t use any music platform, upload it to this Dropbox folder and I’ll include it in the weekly playlist. If you choose this option, make sure you include your name in the track’s title. www.dropbox.com/request/JvKyUfuCSzJ3gRNRocZz
Your track may be included in Naviar's weekly podcasts and free (pay-what-you-want)compilations. If you can, please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

Naviar Haiku Challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
Naviar Records store: www.naviarrecords.bandcamp.com
Subscribe/support the project: www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/

haiku #515: Last bloom before autumn / Stares back at me with a smile / My younger brother

This track was inspired by the Disquiet Junto Project 0604 (details see below): 
My track https://soundcloud.com/rabmusiclab/parsimony was remixed by implementing gates on the different instruments. For each instrument a line was drawn on the cover-photo, and the opening and closing of the gates was determined by the colours of the clouds along the line. 

Since the original track was called parsimony (as a result of Ockham's razor), the title of this track was quickly determined.

More on this 604th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Heaven’s Gate (The Assignment: Use a picture of the clouds as a plan for adjusting your sound), at: https://disquiet.com/0604/

About the Disquiet Junto: Disquiet Junto F.A.Q. – Disquiet

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/ 1

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0604-heavens-gate/

Ockham's Cloud Gates (Disquiet0604)

More on this 619th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Beat Accrual (The Assignment: Rebuild a complicated rhythm from scratch), at: https://disquiet.com/0619/

About the Disquiet Junto: Disquiet Junto F.A.Q. – Disquiet

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0619-beat-accrual/

Disquiet0619 - Beat A Cruel

Last bloom before autumn
Stares back at me with a smile
My younger brother

Haiku by: John Wright  https://soundcloud.com/thgirwnhoj

About this interpretation: 

My 'younger brother' here is my (much) younger self in the early 1980s, pictured here, when I proudly owned an Octave Cat monosynth and a 4-track portastudio to make music with. What you hear is pre-planned; each part played by hand, multitracked, and bounced down to extend beyond the 4 cassette tracks available. So, for example, drums were recorded part by part, as was each note of each chord, each sound created from scratch - with no presets ... So, please be kind to my 'younger brother' before judging TOO harshly! ;-)

This is an original mixdown to stereo cassette, no editing or remixing - including the terrible 'drum break'! - so it couldn't be more authentic! Enjoy! 😜

More information about the Naviar Records Weekly Haiku: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

more halF unusuaL

halF brotheR [naviarhaiku515]

In respons to this weeks Haiku Challenge, 515.

Last bloom before autumn
Stares back at me with a smile
My younger brother

Haiku by: John Wright  https://soundcloud.com/thgirwnhoj

Picture by: Katerina Kerdi https://unsplash.com/photos/silhouette-photograph-of-forest–YiJvbfNDqk

Autumn Stares at Me

Autumn Stares At Me (NaviarHaiku515)

NLS 2023-11-17
This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
515

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/15/naviarhaiku515-last-bloom-before-autumn/

2023-11-17

Last Bloom Before Autumn  (Naviarhaiku 515)

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

A Last Bloom (naviarhaiku515)

Seramind - Brüderliches Lächeln (naviarhaiku515) [Ambient, Dub, Electronic, Glitch]

naviarhaiku515 – Last bloom before autumn

Last bloom before autumn
Stares back at me with a smile
My younger brother

John Wright is a drummer, producer, and regular participant in our music challenge. A few weeks ago, John participated in our latest haiku workshop on Discord, and here’s one of the poems he wrote recently.

Haiku by: John Wright  https://soundcloud.com/thgirwnhoj

Picture by: Katerina Kerdi https://unsplash.com/photos/silhouette-photograph-of-forest–YiJvbfNDqk

Visit my other pages:

Official: http://www.seramind.de
Artcore: https://artcore.com/seramind
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/22xH66OU00shKM5kcwbAeKa
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/seramind
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/4709745-Seramind
Bandcamp: https://seramind.bandcamp.com
MixCloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/seramind
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSVk1v75Cpzc7Bf-KVsrUUg

Brüderliches Lächeln (naviarhaiku515)

"A Neverlasting Beauty"

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

Last Bloom

Last Bloom (naviarhaiku515)

19Nov23

My naviarhaiku515 submission;
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/15/naviarhaiku515-last-bloom-before-autumn/
:D

Last bloom before autumn [naviarhaiku515]

Last bloom before autumn
Stares back at me with a smile
My younger brother

John Wright is a drummer, producer, and regular participant in our music challenge. A few weeks ago, John participated in our latest haiku workshop on Discord, and here’s one of the poems he wrote recently.

autumn [naviarhaiku515]

Created with AUM on iPad and Cubase 12 on PC

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 515:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/11/15/naviarhaiku515-last-bloom-before-autumn/

Sample from:
https://freetousesounds.bandcamp.com/album/rural-american-ambience-sound-library-usa

Photo by zenbytes (2018, Germany)

with a smile - Naviarhaiku 515

recorded a basic dub techno inspired patch and slowed it down to half speed, then recorded some glitchy percussiony things over it

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More on the 645th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Speed Trap — The Assignment: Record something, slow it down, and then record over it — at https://disquiet.com/0645/

disquiet0645 - radial velocity

May facilitate a Serene calming experience. Sending Love!!

Serenity - McFiddles

Dawn
Release Date: 07-16-2018
© 2018 Keith Richie

Dawn
An Original ‘N’otion Picture Soundtrack by Keith Richie
Inspired by the novel Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Dawn is a sweeping cinematic score based on the first book of the Lilith’s Brood trilogy by the legendary Octavia E. Butler. This album serves as my musical interpretation of her profound and haunting tale—one of loss, survival, and evolution.

The story follows Lilith Iyapo, who once lived peacefully with her family in the Andes Mountains—until a devastating nuclear war obliterated humanity. Centuries later, Lilith awakens aboard a mysterious alien vessel, under the watch of the Oankali—an advanced species driven by an instinct to heal and evolve through genetic merging. As the last remnants of humanity are studied and prepared for a second chance at life, not all agree with the terms of this new beginning.

With themes of love, sadness, hope, and conflict, the music in Dawn is meant to transport the listener—whether or not they’re familiar with the book. You’ll feel the quiet sorrow of a ruined Earth… the awe and unease of first contact… the strange, electric connection between Lilith and the Oankali being Nikanj… and the tension of a species on the brink of transformation.

This album is a journey through emotional and otherworldly landscapes, where humanity’s survival depends not on strength, but on change.

Dawn is a tribute to one of science fiction’s most powerful stories, and I’m honored to present it in musical form.

🎧 Listen on your favorite platform:
🔗 owtt.lnk.to/dawnBC  

Nikanj

Falling Leaves

Naviar is a music community and label. Through regular publications, open projects and events, we explore the connection between experimental music and traditional Japanese poetry.

To join the Haiku challenge, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

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.

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