Created in response to:

liquid flowers hum
each donning Dali’s moustache -
Narcissus shatters

Naviar Haiku challenge 568, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

In a departure from my usual method this track was very much assembled as opposed to being a single live take. Although it's been available for a few weeks now, I'd been distracted by new modules for Voltage Modular, so hadn't looked at it but this looked like the perfect place for Nakama, the multi looper with tape degradation effects from Giorgio Sancristoforo: https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net Using prepared audio files as input I created two progressive disintegration layers; one for the liquid and one for the shattering. The shattering was reversed so that the audio assembled itself. 

Over these I added a layer of semi random sounds using Creature From The Id also from Giorgio Sancristoforo. Then to tie it all together a added sequenced elements using Voltage Modular. Other than mastering  there are no external effects. 



Samples used, all from Freesound: https://freesound.org
 
Breaking Glass (1).mp3 by mrrap4food -- https://freesound.org/s/619039/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Breaking Glass 1 by Za-Games -- https://freesound.org/s/540450/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Breaking Glass Stereo by GN2013 -- https://freesound.org/s/199906/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

BreakingVase03.wav by kingsrow -- https://freesound.org/s/194683/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Breaking a Vase (remix) by zerolagtime -- https://freesound.org/s/214336/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Glass broken.mp3 by Zeinel -- https://freesound.org/s/483363/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Water Babbling2.m4a by dasoundguy -- https://freesound.org/s/478450/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Water Bubbles and Gurgles by Jamsponge -- https://freesound.org/s/411761/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Liquid Flowers Shatter - (naviarhaiku - 568)

Created in response to:

Year's end,
all corners
of this floating world, swept.

Naviar Haiku challenge 573, challenge details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

The haiku more or less said it all for this one, so yes a bit obvious but had to be done. I knew I was going to start and end with collages of samples so created sequenced elements and some semi-random pings in virtual modular using VCV Rack. As usual I set up multi-track recording and physical controls then recorded a live one take improvisation. 

I then added the sampled elements, initially the New Year midnight chimes, these are my own recording. The bell as recorded didn't fit the final mis so I pitched it down a couple of semitones.

All the other samples are from Freesound:

Sweeping by L.i.Z.e.L.l.E_+ -- https://freesound.org/s/707736/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
sweeping_tile_floor_with_broom.wav by daboy291 -- https://freesound.org/s/138067/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

spanish party noisemaker by beerre -- https://freesound.org/s/344965/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
telethon cheering2m57s060213.mp3 by John Sipos -- https://freesound.org/s/190597/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
fireworks big +slapback echo reflection4 Montreal, Canada.flac by kyles -- https://freesound.org/s/453100/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
fireworks1.wav by adrianmoore -- https://freesound.org/s/133670/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Year's End (Naviarhaiku - 573)

When I read the haiku that guided this:

half-asleep eyes
open to a dreamlike world
of blossoms

Naviar haiku challenge 611, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

I had a couple of ideas for a more literal interpretation but as I developed the track these were discarded. Everything was created using Voltage Modular, the individual elements were separated allowing for multi track recording. As an experiment I ran the Speldosa VST from Klevgrand inside VM, this is the basis of the Sparkly Bursts, doing it that way made it much simpler to control the output which was then processed externally through SpaceBlender from Soundtoys and a touch of Valhalla's Supermassive. All recorded in a one shot lave take, live mixing and manipulation of probabilities and subtle modulations. Other than mastering effects the only notable addition in post recording was adding Gong Amp (AudioThing), to the central "Melody".   

A Dreamlike World - (naviarhaiku - 611)

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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