Name: Somnolente [naviarhaiku321] by Tuonela in haiku #321: Figures sculpted / on ancient temple walls / still look at us
Duration: 6 min 33 s
Description: Made for Naviar Records 321st Haiku Challenge. Details at https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/02/26/naviarhaiku321-figures-sculpted/

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haiku #321: Figures sculpted / on ancient temple walls / still look at us

Pink Skies
Valhjim

"In the sunset, when skies turn a darker blue,
Helios spreads his last mantle of light before night
summons the constellations.

It is then the heavens blush
as drizzle spreads in the atmosphere
and dust particles ride the wavelengths

of reds and oranges that soften into warm,
gentle pink." 

So said Mr. Floyd,
who kindly paused
to offer explanation.

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Valhjim: synthesizers, samplers, guitar.

© 2025 Valhjim. All rights reserved. Original music by Valhjim.

Pink Skies

A porta está representada na parede -18-8-2025

Improvised Techno #3

tuabitha

I look back on this track fondly, as it reflects itself in the mirror with new gifts.

“Eudaimonia refers to a fulfilling life through authentic self-realization, emphasizing living in accordance with one’s true values & purpose”

5 years ago I collaborated with dark electronic artist/vocalist INRGD.
@inrgd
She contributed her gorgeous ethereal vocals to music I had sent. Fellow producer Belial Pelegrim skillfully mixed her vocals perfectly to the material.
@belial-pelegrim

The result was the track “Eudiamonia”. This remains one of my favorite collaborations- the beauty and purity of INRGD’s vocals resonated deeply on this track, giving a near chilling emotive power.

https://soundcloud.com/r-salchaks-mood-exhibit/mood-exhibit-ingrid-eudaimonia-1

By allowing this track to expose itself in reverse, I’ve found another level of emotion derived. Even more ghostly, almost that of a different realm altogether - yet equally intended to touch the soul.

Mood Exhibit & INRGD - Eudaimonia (Reverse Mix)

Roots of Life (Remix)

Lots of subtle guitar layers on this.

Downloadable

A kaleidoscope sea,
waves folding into triangles and circles
as if the ocean had learned to play with blocks. 
Above, the sun unravels into bright shards, 
scattering like toys in the sky. 
It feels joyful, almost innocent. 
Yet every color carries a hush. 
Summer is only tidying up its games before slipping quietly away.

Polygon Equinox

Polygon Equinox ↧

CHAN TY

Kleines Gitarrentrio – für Kinder und Jugendliche, 2016

Uraufführung: Birkenwerder, Evangelische Kirche; gespielt von Lehrern der Musikschule Hohenneuendorf 2016

Kleines Gitarrentrio – für Kinder und Jugendliche

Silly little piece based around a lovely but goofy synth tone that I enjoy. Hope you enjoy as well! Written in Cabo Verde, summer 2024.

Verde

24 7 28

I started the response to this haiku, but putting an image of the text into Metasynth to create sequences of sound using various custom sample instruments. A very quick and happy process ,one 90minute train trip, hope its a worthwhile listen.

Temple Figures(NaviarHaiku321)

“Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” has been covered countless times in the more than 150 years it’s been around.  Its history carries it back to pre-civil war days with some scholars believing that the song is a portrayal of a child being separated from parent after a slave auction.  It has been a song of sorrow and triumph for many, being used in weddings, masses, and funerals.  This particular recording was borne in 2018 out of frustration with the border crisis.  It seemed wrong to sell such a thing, so today felt like a good opportunity to set it out.

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (naviarhaiku321)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
321 week haiku
naviarlab.tumblr.com/

2020-02-27

Figures sculpted ( Naviarhaiku 321 )

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
321 week Haiku.
https://naviarlab.tumbir.com/

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/02/26/naviarhaiku321-figures-sculpted/

OneAmbient4 - Figures Sculpted On Ancient Walls (Naviarhaiku 321)

Made for Naviar Records 321st Haiku Challenge. Details at https://www.naviarrecords.com/2020/02/26/naviarhaiku321-figures-sculpted/

Somnolente [naviarhaiku321]

Naviar is a music community and label. Through regular publications, open projects and events, we explore the connection between experimental music and traditional Japanese poetry.

To join the Haiku challenge, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

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...

Somnolente [naviarhaiku321]

Tuonela

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