Even though afar
a feeling of coolness comes
from those mountain pines

by: Kagami Shikō

For more about this Naviar Haiku prompt see https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku575-even-though-afar/

atmospheric perspective [naviarhaiku575]

https://soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/sets/cold-city-soundtrack
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Snow*Omen/Velvet Something Superdark collaboration.
Music: Snow*Omen @snow_omen (Recording of an improvised live performance. Electric guitars: VSS & Y.A., voice: Y.A.) & Velvet Something Superdark (electric guitar). Field recordings (subway trains passing through tunnel, seagulls), added noise, mixing and production: VSS. All sounds Snow*Omen and VSS. Image: Möckernbrücke Subway Station, Berlin, at night (videostill: VSS).

Cold City: Specular

violet ex machina | feature-reel here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGy6GSnAQ3a/

here and there 
upon scorched field
s wild violets
 
– Arii Shokyu-Ni – 

Arii Shokyu-Ni was a haiku poetess during the Edo period who began a wandering life after running away from her husband at 29 with the haiku poet Kohaku. Just like Matsuo Basho, "the Nun Shokyu" traveled to the Deep North of Japan.

Contribution for naviarrecords’ Haiku 582.

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku582-here-and-there/

violet ex machina

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 583:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku583-out-of-the-blue/
Thanks to Marco Alessi from Naviar Records for the weekly challenge!
Photo by zenbytes (Colorado, USA, 2024)

early morning light - Naviarhaiku583

Prompted by and in response to:

out of the blue
of early morning light:
a paulownia leaf

Naviar haiku challenge 583, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Not as I envisaged at the outset owing to a lucky experiment and a willingness to got with the flow. All the base sounds are generated in virtual modular using VCV Rack with split outputs allowing multitrack recording. I had planned on using the Deelay plugin from Sixth Sample and while I was tweaking the settings put it into chaos mode as an experiment, not what I wanted but more suitable for this track, saved some VCV patching.  With the other elements in place I set up physical controls and did a test run to get an idea of what to patch next. After what would have been the opening ran to over six minutes I decided that with a couple of tweaks I had enough for a take, more minimal and slower evolving than my original idea but probably suits the haiku better. I used a touch of Frostbite 2 from Audio Thing to add some texture to the opening.

Early Morning Light - (naviarhaiku - 583)

Amber - Variations on a Dream

My contribution to the Naviar Records Haiku Challenge 584.

Apart From Snow

Apart From Snow (Naviar Haiku 584)

Created for Naviar Haiku challenge 586: 

fog dissolves to rain
- cool breezes clear the vista,
showing cloud-topped hills

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

Interpreting the haiku more literally than sensible. I stated with some binaural rain from this sound pack sold in aid of WWF Denmark: www.luftrum.com/free-field-recordings Then fired up VCV Rack to patch together the other elements, split for multitrack recording and additional effects:

Opening of the rain sample (Valhalla Supermassive),
Synth raindrops (PSP Pianoverb),
Re-emergence of "Fog" drone (Audio thing's frostbite 2.

This was not my original plan, but after several failed improvised takes I did things in a different order and got it under ten minutes, drums came in later than expected so used some creative EQ to emphasise their synth origin. 


atmospheric perspective [naviarhaiku575]

Terry Mullett