Created on iPad with AUM SynthScaper, Buttersynth, Hilda, Tera Pro, Fluss, Fugue Machine, Wires, Bleass Filter, Eos2, DLYM, Cascade, SpaceCraft, Wider, other desert cities, AltiSpace.
Mixed in Cubase 12, mastered with Ozone 10.

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 498:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/07/19/naviarhaiku498-long-days-and-warm-nights/

Photo by zenbytes (2013, Germany)

summer sings to us - Naviarhaiku 498

27Jul23

My naviarhaiku499 submission;
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/07/26/naviarhaiku499-afternoon-heat/
:D

afternoon heat - prelude to the storm [naviarhaiku499]

This week's haiku, by Hege A. J. Lepri, inspired this improvisation on a Doheny guitar, plus effects. 
Recorded and mixed in Reaper.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Cumulus (naviarhaiku499)

Created on iPad with AUM, SUBscription, Aparillo, Hilda, GlitchScaper, Borderlands, Megalit, Tardigrain, Tera Pro, SpaceFields, Things Bubbles, UA Tails, AltiSpace, BLEASS Shimmer, Kosmonaut, Eos 2, TTAP, Kajita, Cascade.
Mixed in Cubase 12, mastered with Ozone 10.

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 499:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/07/26/naviarhaiku499-afternoon-heat/

Photo by zenbytes (2017, Snowy Range, Wyoming, USA)

heavenly dance of cumulus clouds - Naviarhaiku 499

Visuals @ https://youtu.be/XhNKg4MQUC4

morning solace
the silence
of apple blossoms

Haiku by Andrea Cecon https://www.amazon.com/Andrea-Cecon/e/B00955O0CA

Picture by Esmee Batchelor https://unsplash.com/photos/4tpVXhBMTG0

For more information go to https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

visuals (YouTube)

halF solacE [naviarhaiku500]

4Aug23

Happy 500th Haiku!

This is my naviarhaiku500 submission;
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/08/02/naviarhaiku500-morning-solace/
:D

morning solace [naviarhaiku500]

Made for Naviar Records' 500th (!!) Haiku Challenge, using Maxx Black's track https://soundcloud.com/maxx-black/blue-paper-slippers with his kind permission (didn't quite go where I wanted it to, but...)

Details of this challenge at https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/08/02/naviarhaiku500-morning-solace/

Apple blossom morning [naviarhaiku500] with Maxx Black

Created on iPad with AUM, pianoteq 8, TTAP, Cascade, Granulizer, Kajita, Blackhole. Noise by Strega. Using Dawesome Love in Cubase 12, mastered with Ozone 10.

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 500:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/08/02/naviarhaiku500-morning-solace/

Photo by zenbytes (2018, Oberbessenbach, Germany)

morning solace - Naviarhaiku 500

Congratulations to Marco on reaching haiku 500! :)
Andrea Cecon's peaceful haiku led me to this improvisation (in D Dorian - yes, it's probably my favourite mode). Played on LABS (by Spitfire): Soft Piano VST. Recorded and mixed in Reaper, with added effects: Valhalla Shimmer and Valhalla FreqEcho. Mastered with CloudBounce.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Morning Solace (naviarhaiku500)

It is a pleasure and an honor to be here for the 500th anniversary of this event. Great music, great community, great musicians.
A huge thank you to Naviar Records who made this possible.

Created  with Reaktor ensembles.

RKT M5 (naviarhaiku500)

This week's haiku, by Enomoto Seifu (1732-1815), led me to this improvisation on Mai Tai VST synth. Recorded in Studio One and edited in Reaper, with Frostbite added.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Drifting Butterfly (naviarhaiku501)

Created in Cubase 12 with Native Instruments Una Corda, Piano Colors, Lores, mastered with Ozone 10.

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 501:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/08/09/naviarhaiku501-lull-in-the-rain/

Photo by zenbytes (2019, South Tyrol, Italy)

drifting butterfly - Naviarhaiku 501

16Aug23

My naviarhaiku501 submission;
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/08/09/naviarhaiku501-lull-in-the-rain/
:D

lull in the rain [naviarhaiku501]

27Aug23

My naviarhaiku503 track;
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/08/23/naviarhaiku503-caterpillar/
:D

Metamorphosis [naviarhaiku503]

Darren's lovely haiku inspired this fairly minimalist improvisation on a Les Paul guitar, plus effects: GuitarRig 6 and Frostbite 2. I've tried to reflect the ground-bound caterpillar trying out her new wings and then becoming airborne. 
Recorded and mixed in Reaper. Mastered with CloudBounce.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

Metamorphosis (naviarhaiku503)

Seramind - New Wings (naviarhaiku503) [Ambient, Drone, New Age]

naviarhaiku503 – Caterpillar

Caterpillar
Opens her new wings
Metamorphosis

According to expert Jane Reichhold, the hai of haiku means “joke, or fun, or unusual”, which is part of the inspiration behind the name halF unusuaL, the experimental electronic music project of Darren Bourne, who also writes haiku and has been published by the British Haiku Society. 

You can find Darren’s music on Soundcloud and Youtube, and check out his website to find out more about his publications and merchandise: https://www.halfunusual.com.

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

Deadline: 30th August 2023

Haiku by Darren Bourne https://ffm.bio/halfunusual

Picture by Ray Hennessy https://unsplash.com/photos/qZzJoiKHqmo

Visit my other pages:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/22xH66OU00shKM5kcwbAeK
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/seramind
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/4709745-Seramind
Bandcamp: https://seramind.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seramind
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@seramind

New Wings (naviarhaiku503)

Created on iPad during my travels, no mastering this time…

moonray shadows - Naviarhaiku 504

This lovely haiku, by Ryōkan Taigu (1758-1831), inspired my solo guitar improvisation. Played on an Epiphone Casino guitar. Recorded in Reaper. 
UPDATE: I decided I didn't like my original version. This is a remix using Blue Cat's Axiom V2 instead of Guitar Rig 6.
Naviar haiku challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

About A Leaf AXIOM REMIX (naviarhaiku506)

Seramind - Blattfall (naviarhaiku506) [Ambient, Chill Out, Drone]

naviarhaiku506 – now it reveals its hidden side

now it reveals its hidden side
and now the other – thus it falls,
an autumn leaf

Ryōkan Taigu was a Japanese poet and calligrapher who lived during the Edo period. A Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit, Taigu spent most of his time writing poetry, calligraphy, and communing with nature. His poetry is often very simple and inspired by nature.

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

Deadline: 20th September 2023

Haiku by Ryōkan Taigu https://allpoetry.com/Taigu-Ryokan

Picture by Ormid Armin https://unsplash.com/photos/QMlMWL4H9so

Visit my other pages:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/22xH66OU00shKM5kcwbAeK
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/seramind
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/4709745-Seramind
Bandcamp: https://seramind.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seramind
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@seramind

Blattfall (naviarhaiku506)

Traveller in sound and space. Electronic music fan since the late 70s. 

Enjoying ambient, drone and experimental stuff (offthesky, Lomov, Scott Lawlor, Altus, Hélène Vogelsinger, Hainbach...).

Still learning a lot about creating own soundscapes.

Thanks for stopping by - please enjoy what you hear! 🤗 Any time you want to look as well as listen, head over to the YouTube channel ...

Apparently, the ‘hai’ in ‘haiku’ translates to ‘joke’, ‘fun’, or ‘unusual’, which is part of the inspiration for the odd name of this venture; an evolving project nurtured by Darren Bourne, in collaboration with countless others, past and present. The ongoing obsessions of halF unusuaL are improvisation, chance and the music / non-music boundary, with the aim of (impossibly) creating sound worlds never heard before ... Thank you so much for your support 🥰

I am Elias Epp, musician and software engineer from Ulm (Germany). Seramind is my music project. Born 1989 in a sovkhoz in Kazakhstan and raised in southern parts of Germany.

Curator of the Audioscenarion and Testexperiment podcasts.

Most of my stuff is ambient, techno or dub related music. Working mostly with FL Studio and Audacity. Lots of obfuscation via stretching, cuts and effects.

Official website: http://www.seramind.de

Always working on something new.

Mail: seramind@googlemail.com

My music is freely improvised, usually on VST synthesizers, sometimes fretless bass, guitar, occasionally electric viola or cello, with a variety of effects pedals. Solo music is performed live and recorded as 'FlownBlue'.  I am also in four improvising duos: 'Windfall Light' (with Jim Tetlow), 'Abstract Blue' (with Kevin Buckland), 'Light Fragments' (with Steve Escott), and Szukanie (with Michał Wojciechowski). I'm a member of the Quadelectronic improv group based in Leicester, UK. Duo music is all on Bandcamp - links below.

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 & 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 (Sennheiser HD 280 Pro) 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...

Thank you for taking the time to visit my little corner of the soundcloud. 

Always remember; To create original output, consume unusual input.

I will be away for September and most of October. See & hear you when I get back.


You must hear this: https://vimeo.com/52766051

*****

Ed Brunsden was kind and patient enough to interview me for  his blog Desert... Mountain... Dust...  - you can read it at https://desertmountaindust.blogspot.com.au/2017/02/tuonela-primitive-progressive.html

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~ Aldous Huxley

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. ~ Jean Cocteau

All music is beautiful. ~ Billy Strayhorn
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I've become addicted to drone. Again. I was the kid with his head on the piano, listening to the overtones die away, or pressing his ear to the steel hull of the ferry, enthralled by the sounds it created. I was the kid who formed wordless songs to accompany the sound of train wheels on a long journey, or hummed along with the fan on a hot day.

In the 60s I used to play my 45s on 16, or backwards, or by hand using razor blades as stylii.

I made cut-up tapes on a cheap cassette recorder in the 70s and experimented with reel-to-reel in the 80s. 

Thank you Subotnick, Lygeti, Coltrane, Jimi, Mimaroglu, Eno, Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Throbbing Gristle...

I am not a musician. I am a scavenger of sounds. I use the most basic software to process those sounds, stretching and filtering until something emerges that makes a joyful noise. Or not...

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