My Submission to Navir Haiku challenge 528.

Created with a multi element virtual modular patch using VCV Rack mapped to physical controls allowing for "Live" interaction. Triggering waves and manipulating the generative elements and timbre of a main sequence and related diffused layer. 

There is also an entirely probabilistic element that runs once through the piece representing the lunar cycle. This was processed externally through Substrata Physical modelling software from Giorgio Sancristoforo to produce shell like sounds. 

Details of the Naviar music challenges here:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

A Month For The Sea - (NaviarHaiku-528)

Substrata is four-hour ambisonic sound installation coinciding with the exhibition "Into The Night Land" at Eyedrum Gallery in July '25. Composed of field-recordings, use of seismic instruments, and numbers stations, the work was played through 8 speakers placed around the ceiling of the room and 2 monitors at the rear of the gallery. 

Substrata for "Into The Night Land"

The haiku that inspired this:

dropped glass -
its ring
outlasts the fall

Naviar haiku challenge 610, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge 

Was a clear indication that every sound would be in some way derived from or be a simulation of glass. While the final piece is the result of a one off live mix performance there was a lot of assembling of elements and preparation including routing audio to numerous effects.

Not possessing any glasses that properly ring I experimented with other glass objects and found I got acceptable results from several lamp shades, these were recorded and split into single hie samples. I used a simple patch in VCV Rack to play these in a semi random sequence; the result of which is passed through Moon Echo, Audio Thing. It is also routed to GRFX from Imaginando and separately to a combination of SpaceBlender, Soundtoys and ShimmerVerb, Eventide. Together these are used to build the opening of the track.

The central drone section had to be prepared in advance because of audio driver limitations.  I recorded the output of two random but overlapping sequences again generated using VCV Rack, then used that audio to excite and resonate a simulated glass disc with holes in it using Substrata from Giorgio Sancristoforo.

The closing section features two again semi random sequences generated with Voltage Modular and passed as MIDI information to two separate instances of Clear Glass from QuietMusic. The faster sequence also has a small amount of Stardust 201 Tape Echo, Cherry Audio, added towards the end.

Dropped Glass - (naviarhaiku - 610)

I'm primarily a visual artist both 2D and 3D, for the last decade I've operated almost exclusively in the digital 3D realm.   since the late 80s I've made periodic forays into the sonic world, MIDI sequencing, minimalism, musique concrète, found sounds  and improvisation. I am seldom happy with anything and seldom consider a piece finished.

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