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haiku #558: cascade sounds / along a mountain path - / the blistering heat

The two tracks are the mixing result of multiple recordings that took place at Grotte di Zungri (Calabria) in August 2024.

Violin, vocals Ida di Vita
Vocals Fabio Nicora
Field recording, vocals, poetry, mixing Ilaria Boffa

La Calcara

Scava, scava la pietra bianca la cava
le granaglie, calcare
e il mare lontano
scava quel foro, la fornace sfiata lo sfiato del fumo
lo senti il mare lontano che scava la rada?
e qui sul monte, il Poro la Calcara resta sospesa, appesa
e chiama ‘veni veni’.

Spectres

Dig, dig the rock
the white cave dig
the wheat in the lime-kiln
and the distant sea
dig that hole, the furnace discharge smoke
do you hear the distant sea
that digs the shore?
and here in the mountain, il Poro la Calcara rests
hangs suspended
and calls ‘veni veni’.

Spectres

cascade sounds
along a mountain path -
the blistering heat

A supporter of Kobayashi Issa, Kubota Shunko was the husband of the more famous Kubota Seifu. He was responsible for preserving one of his master's works: Last Days of Issa's Father (父の終焉日記, Chichi no Shūen Nikki), a poignant account of his father's final days. The text was passed down by generations of Shunko's descendants.

Haiku by Kubota Shunko

To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

more halF unusuaL

halF cascadE [naviarhaiku558]

cascade sounds
along a mountain path -
the blistering heat

Kubota Shunko
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku558-cascade-sounds/

Cascade sounds: The Plava Voda (Blue Water) in Travnik, Bosnia, recorded in July 2024.

Free download

Naviar Haiku 558

Plava Voda [NaviarHaiku558]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
558
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku558-cascade-sounds/

2024-09-12

Cascade Sounds (Naviarhaiku 558)

Recorded, mixed & mastered 12 Sep 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

©2024 Jim Lemanowicz

Tools used - Bitwig & PolyGrid, Arturia Augmented Strings, Ableton Live & Live native devices. 

This original version of "There Is No Down" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 558, Cascade Sounds

cascade sounds
along a mountain path -
the blistering heat

by: Kubota Shunko

A supporter of Kobayashi Issa, Kubota Shunko was the husband of the more famous Kubota Seifu. He was responsible for preserving one of his master's works: Last Days of Issa's Father (父の終焉日記, Chichi no Shūen Nikki), a poignant account of his father's final days. The text was passed down by generations of Shunko's descendants.

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

There Is No Down  (naviarhaiku558)

An electronic composition, original sounds created in Pure Data.

Mountain Heat (naviarhaiku558)

Composition pour le Naviar Haïku Music challenge 558.
Sur un haïku de Kubota Shunko:
cascade sounds
along a mountain path -
the blistering heat

Haïku #558 - step and flow

The Signal [Eight Billion Years]

Theatric Arteries

Beginning Of

Space Colony

BOOM! PUNK!

Never quite see, never quite know_02

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Greebles & grommets_01

Greebles & grommets_02

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.

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Haïku #558 - step and flow

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