Naviar Haiku

Granular textures and drones. Percussions. Rework of a set of shared samples by Marcus Fischer. Fuori compilation,

Disquiet0600 - MF Tron

a reworked version now appears on:

https://howthenightcame.bandcamp.com/album/hostile-architects

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first time layering two sampled drum beats

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[disquiet0613] test drive

Study for strings

New Album on Bandcamp. This is the closing track of Album
https://burythejar.bandcamp.com/album/the-naturalness-of-being-eternal

Something To Die For

Naviar Haiku 523

My eyes lift to see
A sky that is entirely
magnolia blooms

This is a haiku taken from Kusamakura (or The Three-Cornered World), a novel by Natsume Soseki.

A book that transcends the plot development of "standard" Western literature, this is a book about the nature of art and beauty, filled with lyrical beauty and internal monologues on what it means to be an artist.

To give you an idea, here's how the book starts:

“If you work by reason, you grow rough-edged; if you choose to dip your oar into sentiment’s stream, it will sweep you away. Demanding your own way only serves to constrain you. However you look at it, the human world is not an easy place to live. And when its difficulties intensify, you find yourself longing to leave that world and dwell in some easier one—and then, when you understand at last that difficulties will dog you wherever you may live, this is when poetry and art are born.”

One of the most influential modern Japanese writers, Natsume Soseki’s literary career started in 1903, with a series of haiku and renga published on various literary magazines.

Between 1900 and 1903 he studied at the UCL in London, but this proved to be quite a dramatic experience for the young Soseki. Despite this, when Soseki returned to Japan, he exploded into prolific writing activity.

Haiku by Natsume Soseki

Picture by Henry & Co

Momentary

Momentary (NaviarHaiku523)

Bhoga

Recorded for the Naviar Haiku challenge #536.

The intention is to illustrate the passing; peacefully, into darkness, into light.

Starting with a simple arpeggio on the Vintage Vibe, running through a Space Echo, followed by a slow and mellow bass on the Moog One and a bit of space glitter from the Waldorf Quantum. Finished off with an ambiguous melody on the Moog.

Recorded in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22.

into light [naviarhaiku536]

Recorded for the Naviar Haiku challenge #537.

Main players:
Vintage Vibe through a Space Echo
Hammond (Crumar Mojo Classic)
Waldorf Quantum

Recorded in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22.

autumn streams [naviarhaiku537]

Only the moon remains
floating in the memory upon
Kinokawa River
 
There's so little information about this amazing renga poet that I decided to share another poem written by him. This one is part of a longer sequence, written in 1463:

Only the moon remains
floating in the memory upon
Kinokawa River—
pale glistening waves,
the blank wake of drowned men.
 
About this poem, the author said: "Among the hundreds and thousands who have drowned and perished in this river
due to the disorders in this province were those whom I knew in former days. Often
I would walk along the river, gazing at the moon."

(Heart's Flower - The Life and Poetry of Shinkei)

Shinkei (1406-75) was a renowned renga poet and critic, best known for his two-part work "Sasamegoto" (Murmured Conversations). To find out more about this interesting and largely unknown poet-priest, I recommend reading Heart's Flower - The Life and Poetry of Shinkei by Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen

Haiku by Shinkei: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/3348384

more halF unusuaL

halF onlY [naviarhaiku538]

YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1ugV2ta4n8

floating in the memory upon-naviarhaiku538

Recorded for the Naviar Haiku challenge #538.

Contemplating impermanence. Contemplating our illusion of permanence. The river, the waves, the reflections of the moon - even the moon itself is impermanent.

Main players:
Vintage Vibe through a Space Echo
Moog One
Waldorf Quantum

Recorded in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22.

impermanence [naviarhaiku538]

Part of the Naviar Records Haiku Challenge:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku540-face-of-the-winter-pond/

face of the winter pond-naviarhaiku540

Selected Ambient Twerks 01

In these uncertain times, we find comfort in the mundane, in nature, in small signs of hope.

As usual, all recorded live in the studio, in one take. No overdub, no editing.

Main players:
Moog One
Waldorf Quantum
Buchla Easel
Eurorack modular
Two Space Echoes

Recorded in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22.

hope

hope [naviarhaiku330]

autumn mist [naviarhaiku338]

A live improvisation manipulating a single preset (acrylic) on the Moog One. No additional effects, sequencing, or editing.

Recorded in Logic Pro X with a Soundcraft MTK22.

rising

pines rising [naviarhaiku345]

Mats Unden is a Swedish sound artist based in Darwin, Australia. Creates minimal electronica, ambient, and makes noise, with a passion for analogue, modular and vintage synthesizers.

hope [naviarhaiku330]

unden

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