This week’s podcast features music made by Naviar’s community inspired by 
Clive Bennett’s poem “distant hills … / beyond the gate / winter stillness”


https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/03/01/naviarhaiku478-distant-hills/


Tracklist:


John Wright - Between Us
Night Note - Distant Hills
Douglas James's DarkWaterBlue - Distant Hills Winter Stillness
Ingvar Tautra - Beyond The Gate
Seramind - Ferne Hügel
Leon Clowes - Beyond The Gate


Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house” by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Micah Hallahan
voice reciting the poem: Marco Sebastiano Alessi

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
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Naviar Broadcast #259 – distant hills – Wednesday 15th March 2023

in dream world
was I laughing at a turtle?
winter seclusion

Among the four great masters of Japanese haiku, Kobayashi Issa was the most prolific: during his lifetime he wrote over 20,000 haiku, hundreds of tanka, and several haibun. If you want to find out more about this prolific author I suggest you check out this database of his haiku.

From the Haiku Guy website:

“Perhaps Issa’s dream is symbolic. Like a turtle, he is hunkered inside his shell (hut), waiting out the harsh winter weather. Or, William Nicholas offers a different interpretation, noting that the turtle is linked with good luck and longevity in Japan. In 1812 Issa was still a bachelor; he married two years later. At this point in his life he longed for the good luck of marriage and family life, hence the dream turtle’s teasing laughter?”

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 17th May 2023

haiku by Kobayashi Issa https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kobayashi-issa

picture by Todd Trapani https://unsplash.com/photos/ymEcUhbjCrI

Winter Seclusion (NaviarHaiku488)

naviarhaiku488 – in dream world
in dream world
was I laughing at a turtle?
winter seclusion

Bischen(naviarhaiku488)

Seramind - Chinkapin Shii (naviarhaiku489) [Ambient, Chillout, New Age]

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/05/17/naviarhaiku489-dividing-the-autumn-sky/

naviarhaiku489 – Dividing the autumn sky

Dividing the autumn sky
Into two
A huge chinquapin tree

Takahama Kyoshi was a Japanese poet active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was the editor of the haiku magazine Hototogisu (previously edited by Shiki), where he promoted a more traditional style of haiku, as opposed to other popular schools which did not follow the pattern of seventeen syllables at that time.

Kyoshi also highlighted the symbolic function of the kigo (the seasonal reference), even though the more modern trends were already tending towards seasonless haiku.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 24th May 2023

Haiku by Kyoshi Takahama https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/literatures-and-poems/haiku/takahama-kyoshis-haiku-poems

Picture by Will https://unsplash.com/photos/x1JObX8KM8w

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Chinkapin Shii (naviarhaiku489)

"That which divides us..."

Gretsch Streamliner
eBow
Korg Monologue synth
Microcosm

Mixed with Cubase

The Dividing Tree

The Dividing Tree (naviarhaiku489)

The cold forest flaunts
A newly webbed blanket of
Wood anemones

Pritee Rel is a teacher living in Alberta, Canada, with her husband, two children, a dog, and a cat. Besides reading and writing, Pritee likes going on long walks/hikes with her dog.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 31st May 2023

Haiku by Pritee Rel https://twitter.com/PriteeRel

Picture by Annie Spratt https://unsplash.com/photos/pfBwKO8rzjY

Wood Anemones (NaviarHaiku490)

Check out the visuals @ https://youtu.be/ghhN0k93CrA

Desolate street at dawn
Last night’s turmoil 
Whispers in the wind

Haiku by Marco Sebastiano Alessi https://www.naviarrecords.com

Picture by K8 https://unsplash.com/photos/vEESxiQXASk

For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

visuals (YouTube)

halF desolatE [naviarhaiku493]

Desolate street at dawn
Last night’s turmoil
Whispers in the wind

Second haiku written by me that makes it to the Haiku challenge. I hope you’ll find it inspiring.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 21st June 2023

Haiku by Marco Sebastiano Alessi https://www.naviarrecords.com

Picture by K8 https://unsplash.com/photos/vEESxiQXASk

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 (naviarhaiku493)”
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.

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.
 
For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Whispers In The Wind (naviarhaiku493)

nausicaä

seek again is a ambient hiphop type beat available to use for profit please give credit in the title (prod. revengejasiah) if you use this beat on youtube or soundcloud for streaming platforms a license must be purchased on beatstars @revengejasiah TERMS OF USE • This beat can be used "free for profit" on platforms that allow crediting the producer in the title on Soundcloud and Youtube • To upload to streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music, a lease needs to be purchased.

(free for profit) ambient type beat "seek again"

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Blood and Sacrifice

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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