Sunlight tea wave (naviarhaiku604)

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 605

just inside the fence
to prohibited grounds
wild violets
 

Shida Yaba (1663-1740) was a haiku poet born in Fukui Prefecture. One of Bashō’s most famous Ten Disciples, he was also the editor of the poetry anthology Sumidawara (Charcoal sack, 1694).

Haiku by Shida Yaba

Picture by Flower Four

Submission deadline: 13th August 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Steps Forbidden (naviarhaiku605)

Prohibited violets (naviarhaiku605)

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 606

slightly faint
yet clear
the milky way

Toshio Kiyosaki (1922-1999) was a Japanese haiku poet and scholar of Japanese literature. He published a biography of Kyoshi Takahama in 1966 and co-authored Kyoshi Monogatari, another study on the renowned haiku poet, in 1979.

The Milky Way (amanogawa, or "Heavenly River" in Japanese) is a kigo for Autumn, mainly because that's when the galaxy is most visible in Japan.

Haiku by Toshio Kiyosaki

Picture by Yong Chuan Tan
 

Submission deadline: 20th August 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Gauzy Galaxy (naviarhaiku606)

Faint yet clear (naviarhaiku606)

Winter Waterfall (naviarhaiku607)

Young grasses (naviarhaiku608)

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 608

young grasses -
not yet bent
in any direction

Kaga no Chiyo-jo (1703–1775) was a haiku poet discovered by Kagami Shiko at a very young age. She became a Buddhist nun at 52 and wrote around 1,900 haiku in her lifetime. A highlight of her poetry career was presenting haiku to a Korean delegation in 1763, one of the first cultural exchanges of this kind.

Haiku by Kaga no Chiyo

Picture by Kateryna Viderska

 

Submission deadline: 3rd September 2025
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Nature's odd nature (naviarhaiku608)

Revealing the dark torch (naviarhaiku609)

Unusual glass (naviarhaiku610)

Jesús Lastra aka Voidborn Horde, is a Venezuelan ambient electronic music composer born in 1986. Since 2002, He starts this musical journey by exploring experimental sounds, influenced by ambient music and soundscapes that evoke vast and ethereal imaginary worlds. Under the alias Voidborn Horde, he has developed an unique style with electronic elements and ambient textures, finding a kind of "false enviroment sounds" to give the listener an immersive and dreamlike experience. His music is characterized by its ability to evoke neutral deep emotions and meditative states of patience, making him a reference in the ambient music scene.

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@zuheodosha
@jalastram
@kabomani
@solanmusic
@nobioyetmusic
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@0x4B

Software

- FL Studio
- Audacity
- Virtual Instruments
- Cubase LE AI Elements 6
- Adobe Photoshop CS2
- WaveEditor Record & Edit Audio (Sound-Base Audio, LLC)

Hardware

- Vieta Pro Way 4
- MSI GF63 Thin 11UC
- Interface Scarlett 2i2
- Condenser Microphone(CM25)
- Audio-Technica ATH-M50X
- Arturia MiniLab - USB/MIDI Controller
- Nikon D3200
- M-Audio Axiom 61
- M-Audio Oxygen 61
- M-Audio Hammer 88
- M-Audio BX5 D3 (Studio Monitors)
- JVC HA-RX330-E Headphone
- AKG Headphone
- SONY SRS-D25
- Samsung S10 Edge
- Xiaomi Redmi 9C
- Xiaomi Redmi 14C

https://freesound.org/people/jalastram/

Little musician from little island. OST for films, documentary & videogames.

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