naviarhaiku485

The rain is over:
South Mountain puffs out
Spring clouds.

(Tr. Sōiku Shigematsu)

One of the most influencial 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:

“The two years I spent in London were the most unpleasant years in my life. Among English gentlemen I lived in misery, like a poor dog that had strayed among a pack of wolves.“

Despite this, when Soseki returned to Japan he exploded into prolific writing activity.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit [https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku](https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku?fbclid=IwAR13scfvxClSzTfbNs1PyRDX65m4R99UML_QBEtUPDsPMit3Jyu6uT0xpvk)

Deadline: 26th April 2023

haiku by Natsume Sōseki
picture by Daniel J. Schwarz

Tension (naviarhaiku485)

The Crumar Bit ONE and Bit 99 synths surprised everyone when they came out in the mid -80's. They had, like all the best synths, a warm, 'organic' character. I have UVI's great sampled version of the 'BITs', but to get my hands on Full Bucket's amazingly authentic, FREE!!! emulation last night ignited this piece of jazz-pop funkery. It sounds rather like the intros to all the 70's American soap/detective series, I used to watch as a kid, rolled into one, lol! Creating this piece also deepened my love for Tegeler's gorgeous Raummaschine reverb plugin, and Lindell Audio's 69 'Helios' channel strip. I just think they sound fabulous together, especially on beats (Inphonik's RX1200)! ...  and I do like a BIG ending (Ooh! Matron!), haha! I had a blast making this and really hope you enjoy it! :) It was beautifully mastered by Joseph at Empire mastering: https://empiremastering.com
N.B. For best quality click on the Bandcamp link here: https://markhorrocks.bandcamp.com/track/solaris

Solaris

self-made

joelove 707 freestyle

It is a pleasure and an honor to be here for the 500th anniversary of this event. Great music, great community, great musicians.
A huge thank you to Naviar Records who made this possible.

Created  with Reaktor ensembles.

RKT M5 (naviarhaiku500)

money coming steady flow

The Digger

Witcut

Abra

SHOW OFF.

been singing and raping it in my blood line

self-made

Joelove Simms