Pandemic Compositions

All submissions to Haiku 195:

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2017/09/27/naviarhaiku195-leaving-the-hospital-room

To participate:

- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)

- Upload your song on Soundcloud and message me privately with the track's URL (if you don't have Soundcloud or can't message me, visit www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku for more options)

- Include the assignment number in the title of your track, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku145)”

Your track will be included in Naviar's weekly podcast and monthly compilation. Please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix it by using a Creative Commons License.

Haiku #195: leaving the hospital room / autumn mountains / breathing

Music by:
For This I Dock U 3 Star, Key Elektro, Boson Spin, B. Hasemeyer, 𝘢9𝘵𝘦𝘥, **FREM, Julia Holter, Mycelial Cords/Shabboo Harper, Boson Spin/Tony+Morris, Belial Pelegrim/Myrh, Uunslit, mindless m*z*k, NumbersintheDream, Eerie Sounds, Housemaid and the Fear, Tuonela, α Ori, Sky High Diamonds, Mickey, Moloch Conspiracy, PLATO & the Western Tradition

Soundclouds 57

Favorites

Opened doors

Enlightening

Atmoshperic Electronic

TuonelaPro Illimitato

Atmosperic Ambient 2.0

That is the only god I could imagine believing in, a god whose passion is not redemption, who saves nothing, fulfils no purpose--a god who simply is.” 
― Stanisław Lem, Solaris

Back in the early seventies, Edward Artemiev created a wonderful and prophetic soundtrack for Andrei Tarkovsky’s cinema adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s book Solaris, a study of the clash between faith and science presented as a sci-fi story of astronauts who encounter a mystical and superior intelligence which exists as an ocean on a distant planet. The soundtrack, as well as Artemiev’s own extended adaptations of it, and his music for Stalker and The Mirror have recently been re-released on vinyl by Russian collectors’ label MiruMir. These synthesised ambient works, far ahead of their time, should be heard anyone who loves or has any interest in ambient music.

For me, the outstanding feature of the Solaris soundtrack was the repeated and varied use of J.S. Bach’s sublime chorale prelude BWV 639, “Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” from the Little Organ Book. I became obsessed with it, collecting and compiling different versions, especially Isao Tomita’s wonderful adaptations, also inspired by the film.

As a tribute to all of the above creative masters, this is my offering to one of the great directors, one of the great authors and two of the great composers. If it is too long, that is because I am still obsessed with it.

Candles on his altar

9/20 line

lidded

Antless

Taken from the Day Before Us LP "Nihil Interit" by Rage In Eden,  Ltd edition. Copies are available @ daybeforeus1.bandcamp.com/
RAGE114, Released in December 2016.

Lyrics:
Per Aspera Ad Astra

Between two worlds
There is a way
To stars, through thorns
With flows, with seething flows
We run away
To rise again tomorrows

Between two worlds
Per aspera ad astra
To stars, through thorns
We run away
To rise again tomorrows

Per aspera ad astra
Per aspera ad astra
Surgere cras
Oriri cras
Per aspera ad astra

Per aspera ad astra
Per ardua ad astra
Surgere cras
Oriri cras
Per aspera ad astra
Через тернии к звёздам

©2016 by Natalya Romashina

Nihil Interit

Natalya Romashina ft. Day Before Us - Per Aspera Ad Astra

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/3b56bd'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

Free Download

Highschool Daydream

Weaveknee

Cable Card

David Byrne - Horses

Of Flesh & Machines - Deprivation

Mosesa played & recorded by Wilhelm Matthies
Piano recorded by Dominik Grenzler (AN MOKU)
Music & production by Virlyn

Old Shores

See midagi millest Sa aru ei saa

Sumitaku Kenshin (1961-1987), who died of acute myeloid leukemia just before turning 26, devoted the last 20 months of his life to haiku.

Made for http://www.naviarrecords.com/2017/09/27/5469/ 

The title is from another haiku by Sumitaku Kenshin:

furikaereba tsuki no aru waga kage (Turning around, I see my shadow in the moonlight)(Tr. Nakaoka Naomi & Kurose Hiroko)


This track uses the following sounds:

http://freesound.org/people/bassboybg/sounds/201637/
http://freesound.org/people/ERH/sounds/69192/
http://freesound.org/people/mariiao2/sounds/240676/
http://freesound.org/people/jmfenlon/sounds/351248/
http://freesound.org/people/bajko/sounds/385279/
http://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/63832/ 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUDJPWqFhgQ   audio
Excerpts from “Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane

I see my shadow in the moonlight [Naviarhaiku195]

Details on the latest Naviar Haiku project can be found here;

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2017/09/27/5469/

:D

Leaving the hospital room [Naviarhaiku195]

NO SYNTHESISERS USED.
I played the same note (La - A) or a basic power chord (A-E-A)on several instruments:
Upright piano
Acoustic guitar (nylon string)
Ukuleles (2)
Charangos (2)
Upright bass
Electric bass guitar (2)

Then I played some harmonic sparks on my bass guitar and some random hi pitch notes on the piano to create some still+-moving harmonic content. (Mostly around Am/Amaj)

The sustained drones are reverbs of many "long-infinite decay" types.
i added some field recordings (mountain forests, etc) 

This track was created on September28th 2017 in Paris France for this free-form haiku:

"Leaving the hospital room
autumn mountains
breathing"

Poem by Sumitaku Kenshin (1961-1987) 
Image by Blake Richard Verdoorn

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2017/09/27/5469/
@naviar-records

free download

Autumn Mountains Breathing (naviarhaiku195)

been a bit run down since the end of july - this poem sums it up (tho ive not been in hospital thankfully)

used a bach piece : https://musopen.org/music/3218/johann-sebastian-bach/blessed-is-the-man-bwv-57/

lots of fx + skewing

..
http://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/165792941533/naviarhaiku195-leaving-the-hospital-room

Haiku by Sumitaku Kenshin http://simplyhaiku.com/SHv2n6/features/Hiroaki_Sato_feature.html

Picture by Martin Kníže https://unsplash.com/@martz90

slow recovery  -Naviarhaiku195-

Ozymandias

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

~ Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822)


Ozymandias

PaidInTheStreets V2

Heliotrope

Kind of a homage to DJ Screw and the crazy slowed down sounds he managed to get on his album 3 'N the mornin'.

3indamorninTAPE

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Speedsound REC. is proud to present you a very special seven-track EP devoted to the most intensive and enchanting world of lovers' emotions. This is a unique production being the perfect example how synthesis of various sounds coming from Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Glitch Hop, Minimal or Downtempo genres with Electronica charm, Smooth Jazz feeling and Oldschool vibes creates not only experimental but also beautiful and incredibly convincing album built of rich melodies and brilliant lyrics. Moreover, every track is  strengthened by excellent arrangement. Shabboo Harper's vocals tell different stories hidden in the words of tempting sensuality, misty secrets or metaphors. This is an inspiring, wonderfully created artistic reflection dedicated to female & male's relationship. How rough, how powerful or erotic it happens to be.
Ladies and Gentlemen, enjoy "SEXthesis".

Music by: Mycelial Cords & Shabboo Harper 
Vocals & Lyrics by: Shabboo Harper
Mixed & Mastered by: Shabboo Harper

Label: Speedsound REC.


https://www.beatport.com/release/sexthesis/2126456
https://www.junodownload.com/products/mycelial-cords-shabboo-harper-sexthesis/3556334-02/
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/inside-of-me/1292539546?i=1292539561

Shabboo Harper:

www.beatport.com/search/releases?q=shabboo+harper
https://www.junodownload.com/artists/Shabboo+Harper/
www.traxsource.com/artist/275339/shabboo-harper

Mycelial Cords:

https://soundcloud.com/mycelialcords
https://www.facebook.com/mycelialcords/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZnqBInDPqRJCY6eCywFMw

SEXthesis

INside OF Me

2. Mycelial Cords & Shabboo Harper - INside OF Me (cut) [Speedsound REC.]

Flam

The formal codes

Station Of Liberty

Chernobyl

Chernobyl**FREM

Boson Spin - Ambient Bite 288

The Fade Beta & Dr. Crow – Go Crowd Surfing (teaser)

4Sep18

The image is my re-work of the Dr. Mrs. The Monarch image found here;
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/260364422180851722/?lp=true

:D

Boson Spin - Soundscape Experiment #53

Piano - https://soundcloud.com/mirandashvangiradze

Ambiences & Production - Tuonela

This tune is now stuck in my head forever: https://soundcloud.com/mirandashvangiradze/in-paris  Not a bad thing at all! This is an ambient remix. The piano is from Mira's own track, all the ambient sounds are derived from that track, nothing else has been added.

I've done a couple of old tricks and a new one, outsmarted myself and had to adjust track lengths to two decimal places and... it sort of works... Oh, and I slowed it a little to emphasise the wonderful swing of the tune. It would be a lot easier if I could play accordion! :)

Image: A 60s model stands in a bubble on the Seine in Paris;  photo taken by fashion photographer Melvin Sokolsky

Mira in Paris (featuring Miranda Shvangiradze)

The Fade Beta ©2018
From the new album "Yesterday's Eden"
https://thefadebeta.bandcamp.com/album/yesterdays-eden

They Thought It Was Heaven (demo version)

Yesterday's Eden

The Silences

A Very Funny Red (demo version)

temple byte

Pic by Matthieu Arnauld
https://www.instagram.com/analogue__dreamer/

Dream Gate

Embryonic Journey Cover

Second collab with The Fade Beta, you can find their awesome music here:
https://soundcloud.com/thefadebeta
their track "Secret Window":
https://soundcloud.com/thefadebeta/secret-window
and their latest album:
https://thefadebeta.bandcamp.com/album/yesterdays-eden
always thank you my friends!

secret window

The Fade Beta - Secret Window (Dr. Crow, i presume? remix)

The Dream Garden

Augustus awoke with a glassy tinkling in his ears. It was so cold that there was a sparkle of fine frost over the dormitory. On his bed lay a long, elegant crystal, shimmering from within. It was his last dream, frozen solid.

Wrapping his ragged blanket around him, Augustus cradled the frigid fantasy and sneaked out. He felt sick with fear as he descended the steep, narrow staircase. His bare feet were numb and he clenched his jaw to stop his teeth chattering

He knelt by the grey stone wall at the end of the garden, rocking the glistening gem in his arms until the first beam of the rising sun fell upon it. The crystal gradually lost its luster, fading and shriveling until Augustus was left holding the body of a large lizard with glowing skin. Its diamond eyes faded in the dawn light.

Fighting back tears, he scraped a hole in the vegetable patch with his bare hands, burying the body with the others. As he crept back to bed, he prayed he would dream no more dreams, at least until it was warmer and they could find their own way to the garden.

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The Dream Garden

The final track of surrealm which you can stream on spotify here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0nJVoghfmHXak0eVhiLuy5?si=238paIz_TS-ewf8ndSsrNw

Messages For The Future

A colourful selection of ambient tracks I've made over the past year using my Eurorack and VCV Rack. I hope you enjoy it.
Subscribe to my Youtube channel for more: https://www.youtube.com/user/Synthikat

2 Strumming Trees

Something a bit more jazzy and optimistic. Hopefully everything will get easier.

Easier & Easier

music : 
@le-pop-1 Le Petit Organ Prostitute
original instrumental here: 
https://soundcloud.com/le-pop-1/le-pow-mystery-marker-dub
vocals were layered using:
@ladyofire Lady of Fire Poetry's "God is a DJ" Open collaboration
https://soundcloud.com/ladyofire/god-is-a-dj-open-collaboration
@tony-morris-308328247 Tony+Morris's free download piece "Szchamacham"
https://soundcloud.com/tony-morris-308328247/szchamacham-1
artwork, vox and vocal layering : Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

the First Draft of this song came about for the @tea-snuggery takeover I did in April 2020 ::::))))) This original instrumental from Le Petit Organ Prostitute is from 6 years ago (!) I added some of my voice and Lady of Fire Poetry's vocals for the First Draft to start off the mix with something from the past but also something from the present. 
https://soundcloud.com/tea-snuggery/tea-snuggery-show-14-threads-landau-08-apr-20_w-tarka-aka-myrh-2020?in=myrhyum/sets/on-every-street-corner-2

Tea Snuggery

Like A Possession - Le Petit Organ Prostitute f. Lady Of Fire Poetry, Myrh & Tony+Morris

L I J E L - voice  soundcloud.com/lijel
Thomas Sander - guitar, electronics
April 2020
a nice collaboration

∑ASC - L I J E L / Thomas Sander

You might like to watch a video clip for this track at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_07erk0_mDs

During the first days of this newly started pandemic era, I couldn't help but rereading Sophocles' tragedy "Oedipus the king" and meditate on how it was meant to be interpreted at the time of its first mise-en-scène. Despite being normally considered today as a quintessential hero (and victim) of rational (self-) knowledge, following the subsequent Aristotelian interpretation of this character, my impression is that Oedipus, holder of the political power, is somehow pressured to investigate his own roots (and infamy) by the public of his subjects asking him for a solution to the plague infesting their town, more than by his own, allegedly inquiring will. Oedipus' behaviour, consisting in minimizing the extent of the plague and claiming to be doing every effort in order to fight it at first, then panicking as more as his responsibility (and his sin...) becomes clear to everyone, somehow reminded me of our current, global situation; so I've tried to portray it by recording this experimental track. The recited ancient Greek text is drawn from the initial verse of Sophocles' work, and this is its English translation:

"My children, latest generation born from Cadmus,
why are you sitting here
with wreathed sticks in supplication to me,
while the city fills with incense,
chants, and cries of pain?"

ὦ τέκνα, Κάδμου τοῦ πάλαι νέα τροφή,
τίνας ποθ᾽ ἕδρας τάσδε μοι θοάζετε
ἱκτηρίοις κλάδοισιν ἐξεστεμμένοι;
πόλις δ᾽ ὁμοῦ μὲν θυμιαμάτων γέμει,
ὁμοῦ δὲ παιάνων τε καὶ στεναγμάτων

This track is dedicated to my friend Thomas @ansound-655183295

Teth Sin : electric guitars, bağlama, vocals, Cretan lyra, bass guitar, samplers (percussions, raw data, electric piano), synthesizers, field recordings, sound design

Original composition, arrangement, mix, mastering & cover artwork design by Teth Sin

Pandemic Aberration

UK creatives should listen to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK4wBWiozyM

You must hear this: https://vimeo.com/52766051

*****

Ed Brunsden was kind and patient enough to interview me for  his blog Desert... Mountain... Dust...  - you can read it at https://desertmountaindust.blogspot.com.au/2017/02/tuonela-primitive-progressive.html

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~ Aldous Huxley

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. ~ Jean Cocteau

All music is beautiful. ~ Billy Strayhorn
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I've become addicted to drone. Again. I was the kid with his head on the piano, listening to the overtones die away, or pressing his ear to the steel hull of the ferry, enthralled by the sounds it created. I was the kid who formed wordless songs to accompany the sound of train wheels on a long journey, or hummed along with the fan on a hot day.

In the 60s I used to play my 45s on 16, or backwards, or by hand using razor blades as stylii.

I made cut-up tapes on a cheap cassette recorder in the 70s and experimented with reel-to-reel in the 80s. 

Thank you Subotnick, Lygeti, Coltrane, Jimi, Mimaroglu, Eno, Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Throbbing Gristle...

I am not a musician. I am a scavenger of sounds. I use the most basic software to process those sounds, stretching and filtering until something emerges that makes a joyful noise. Or not...