Naviar Haiku is a weekly challenge to create a piece of music based on a poem. See https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/. This week's haiku is by Yamaguchi Sodo (fl. 1675):

I’m seeing the blue sea
The sound of drum has very softened
And Spring is in the air

For this one (my 5th) I thought I'd try something different from my usual electroacoustic creations. It's an orchestral piece - in 7/8 time - to celebrate springtime. Is it also a bit jokey? You can decide...

To Calmer Seas (naviarhaiku388)

Concert of the project 'Where Have the Rivers Gone?', featuring pieces created by composers from the Department of Music of the University of Sheffield.

Siren - Ziyuan Guo (Electroacoustic)

Leave Now - Mario Cáceres (Electroacoustic)

April 2020 River Flowing Into Pond - Julia Schauerman (Acousmatic Story)

a response for NaviarHaiku 444 by James Walsh
In the late blossom
Of red sunlight
One last dance

Sunlight dances into the night.

Sunlight dances Into The Night(NaviarHaku444)

Streets and Memories (naviarhaiku457)

Rehearsal recorded in preparation for my gig at Cafe Oto, London, on 7 December. Swing by if you're in London: www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/naviar-haiku-fest/

Or join the Bandcamp stream: naviarrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/navia…om-cafe-oto

Zooming into some contemplative, expansive guitar explorations inspired by the following haiku:

from the mist
a boat for cutting reeds in the morning
has begun to emerge

In response to Naviar Haiku's 464th weekly assignment.

haiku by Mizuhara Shūōshi https://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/05/mizuhara-hana-no-ame.html

Mizuhara Shuoshi was a 20th century Japanese poet. Shuoshi rebelled against the principles of emotional detachment in haiku, which he thought limited his ability to emotionally express himself through poetry: he started a magazine called Staggerbush which focused on a more romantic, lyrical type of haiku.

mist/reeds/morning (naviarhaiku464)

naviarhaiku467 – beautiful chaos
beautiful chaos
the leaves’ quixotic dance
in autumn winds

Id 23 - Beautiful Chaos - Naviarhaiku467

:::
my contribution
to
Naviar Records
Haiku Challenge 470

my interpretation of a
haiku
by
Isabel del Rio
.
.
.

Music’s everywhere:
the sea, the wind, the rain, the
storm, the raging fire.

w(here) ::: naviar haiku 470

Meditations on a haiku by Santōka Taneda's:

Evening sky,
the silhouettes of farmers in their fields
deepen.


(translated by James Abrams)

A wandering poet and ascetic Zen priest, Santōka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui, one of the first poets to discard the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure in haiku.

Santōka’s poetry emphasizes the necessity of sabi (solitude) in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment and serenity.

More about Santōka Taneda https://www.chzc.org/Nonin.htm

What you're hearing is a live looping performance, spiced up with some granular musings & bottom end grounding.

What you're seeing is the evening sky at Limehouse, London E14

Evening Sky (naviarhaiku471)

A joyful energetic little song about squirrels, based on a 12 second AI-generated generated clip created using Riffusion where I'd typed in the lyrics: "Super mega fluffy friendly happy squirrels with their fuzzy wuzzy tails and their twitchy little noses".

You might expect AI to have made this easy - it just gave a good starting point and I've spent quite a lot of time adding to it.

Original Riffusion audio:
https://www.riffusion.com/riffs/702e6a75-be88-479f-b8ac-8f8b01dce28a

All vocal parts - Riffusion
Core drums, bass foundation and main chord sequence - Riffusion
Squirrel description wording - ChatGPT
"Tell people that squirrels are very smart" wording - character.ai
Track art - Riffusion (from a different riff)
Suggestions & quality control - Jenny Buckley

Created using Reason.

A Brief Introduction to Squirrels

I've been fascinated by electroacoustic/acousmatic music since discovering what could be done with reel-to-reel tape in the 1960s. Nowadays I enjoy exploring what can be created with modern hardware and software.

To Calmer Seas (naviarhaiku388)

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