liquid flowers hum
each donning Dali’s moustache -
Narcissus shatters
 
Enjoy the accompanying visuals at https://youtu.be/CSlIkpO5Vmw

This is an audio-visual meditation on Salvador Dali's Metamorphosis of Narcissus; one of my absolute favourite paintings. Find out more about the painting at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphosis_of_Narcissus ... The haiku grew out of my playful collaboration with AI art and video tools. Watch the painting spring to life in various ways!!

Haiku by Darren Bourne

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

visuals (YouTube)

halF surreaL [naviarhaiku568]

More on the 673rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Switch Back — The Assignment: Make the quiet part loud, and vice-versa — at https://disquiet.com/0673/

As well as the more obvious switches, this track also features the wonderful Sumu plugin from Madrona Labs ... https://soundcloud.com/madronalabs ... Hot out of the workshop, having just been released as version 1.0, after an extended beta testing phase ... As you can hear, it doesn't disappoint! https://madronalabs.com/products/sumu?locale=us

You'll be hearing more unusuaL Sumu sooooon 😁❤️

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halF switcH [disquiet0673]

Check out the accompanying visuals at https://youtu.be/2AUEC9qD69U - to celebrate 200 subscribers on the halF unusuaL YouTube channel! 🎉

This track unscrews the lid and has another play with Sumu - an amazing new plugin from https://soundcloud.com/madronalabs ... If you haven't had a go yet, it's great fun, and it's REALLY cleverly designed to offer endless ground-breaking sonic possibilities! I'm really taken with it and you'll be hearing more unusuaL Sumu in due course! ❤️

ALL the sounds you hear are from Sumu, including the reverb and spatialisation. There are 5 instances of Sumu in use to create this final version.

Here, I'm messing with the companion software Vutu and using my own samples in the Sumu system ... foregrounding a squeaky gate! 😜

You can check out Sumu for yourself at https://madronalabs.com/products/sumu

halF gatE

Still exploring the wonders of my favourite new instrument ... All the sounds you hear in this haiku realisation are from Sumu ... Somewhere along the line there's a wooden gate and a marimba inside that extraordinary plugin to create this soundscape ...!

Resplendent
the kite soaring up above
the shanty town

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.

Haiku by Kobayashi Issa: http://haikuguy.com/issa/

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

halF resplendenT [naviarhaiku569]

More on the 674th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Cerberus Sample — The Assignment: Make a song not just with but from just one sample — at https://disquiet.com/0674/

The sample used opens the track. All sounds in the track were derived from this single sample, as per the brief. The sample itself was created in Sumu ...

halF cerberuS [disquiet0674]

This piece is an attempt to work to two briefs simultaneously, so halF colourlesS is both a haiku interpretation and an arc of drone ... Enjoy! ☺️ I think there could/should be a longer version to really get into the dronosity ... As for a few recent tracks, this makes heavy use of the wonderful Sumu synth from Madrona Labs ... 

washing up the mountain
a colourless rain of autumn
waters unseen

Ueda Akinari was a Japanese author of the Edo period. His interest in folklore and the supernatural resulted in two masterpieces of Japanese literature, the ghost story collections Ugetsu Monogatari ("Tales of Rain and the Moon") and Harusame Monogatari ("Tales of Spring Rain").

Haiku by Ueda Akinari: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7303145.Ueda_Akinari

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

More on the 675th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Arc of the Drone — The Assignment: Record a drone that goes from simple to complex to simple — at https://disquiet.com/0675/

halF colourlesS [naviarhaiku570][disquiet0675]

stillness:
the sound of petals
sifting down together.

Miura Chora (1729-1780) was a Japanese poet from Toba (present-day Mie Prefecture). Early in his career, he came into contact with the Teimon School, and bonded with the great Yosa Buson. An admirer of Matsuo Bashō, he strived for a return to the simple tones and spirit of the latter's poetics, criticizing the vulgarization of haiku of his era and advocating the so-called "return" to a Bashō's style.

Haiku by Miura Chora: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7303145.Ueda_Akinari

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

halF siftinG [naviarhaiku571]

More on the 676th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Sub Melody — The Assignment: Bury a slow melody deep inside a drone — at https://disquiet.com/0676/

halF suB [disquiet0676]

cool breeze–
cloud shadows
on the green paddies

Morikawa Kyoroku (1656-1715) studied with the great Basho for ten months, who was the one who chose his nickname Kyoroku because he excelled in all six (roku) art forms: calligraphy, painting, spear, sword, horse riding and haiku.

Haiku by Morikawa Kyoroku: https://www.lucacenisi.net/2023/02/21/three-haiku-by-morikawa-kyoroku/#more-2277

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

halF shadowS [naviarhaiku572]

The sounds used in this track are borrowed from an upcoming video from YouTube.com/@paintbrushasmr ...

More on the 677th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Jeux d’enfants — The Assignment: Make music inspired by a children’s toy or game — at https://disquiet.com/0677/

halF plaY [disquiet0677]

Welcome to halF unusuaL, an evolving project inspired by the playful spirit of ‘hai’ (meaning “fun” or “unusual” in the word haiku). Here, improvisation meets the unexpected, exploring the boundary between music and non-music to shape soundscapes that feel familiar yet foreign. Listen freely, explore deeply, and if you’d like to see these sounds come to life, stop by the YouTube channel. Thank you for joining the journey! Your support helps keep this soundworld spinning. 🥰

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