Deadline: 5th July 2023

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https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/06/28/naviarhaiku495-bird-polyphony/

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haiku #495: bird polyphony – / treble, alto, tenor, bass, / Spring meadow concert

28Jun23

My naviarhaiku495 submission.
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/06/28/naviarhaiku495-bird-polyphony/
:D

Spring meadow concert [naviarhaiku495]

see accompanying visuals @ https://youtu.be/4bQZ3Gwerio

bird polyphony
– treble, alto, tenor, bass,
Spring meadow concert

Haiku by Raymond Cobley https://soundcloud.com/ray_cobley

Picture by EVGENIY KONEV https://unsplash.com/photos/YEcvdJ97Oig

For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

visuals (YouTube)

halF polyphonY [naviarhaiku495]

Toy Piano
Slide guitars (Epiphone Sheraton)
Electric bass guitar
Synthesizer

For this haiku
bird polyphony
– treble, alto, tenor, bass,
Spring meadow concert


Music composed and performed by Daniel Diaz

Haiku by Raymond Cobley
Photo by Suzanne D. Williams

@naviar-records
@ray_cobley

different version of the same tune here:
https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/early-morning-star

Spring Meadow - naviarhaiku495

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
495
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/06/28/naviarhaiku495-bird-polyphony/

2023-06-29

Bird Polyphony  (Naviarhaiku 495)

This track is based quite literally on the text from the haiku... I used a dawn chorus recording I made earlier this year during springtime and gave it 4 stems in the partition. The top is the normal recording, then after a little time the 2nd stem comes in, with the same birds song pitched down. Then follow stems 3 and 4 later on, each more pitched down to complete treble, alto, tenor and bass. 
What originally sounded like a crisp dawn chorus here in the woods, slowly sounds like a deep Jurassic jungle...

Duuster - Dawn chorus scales (Haiku-495)

Created on iPad with AUM and several AUv3 synths and effects.
Mixed in Cubase 12, mastered with Ozone 10.

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 495:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/06/28/naviarhaiku495-bird-polyphony/

Photo by zenbytes (2017, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA)

bird polyphony - Naviarhaiku 495

Disquiet Junto Project 0703: That’s How You Got Killed Before

This one’s been sitting on my hard drive for 16 months. It came from a session with my friend and collaborator Bobby Rangell — we had recorded some flutes for a job, then took advantage of being in the studio to jam a bit: bass and flute, sometimes with a drum machine click.
It was a super productive day. I later revisited and shared many of those flute-based tracks… but this one?
Like the others, it was just two tracks: mono flute and stereo bass, with a 2-bar drum machine loop. But I made a patching mistake that day — the bass came out super thin and low, and mixed weirdly with Bobby’s long reverb. So I just… deleted my bass track. Why? No idea.
Months later, I went back to it — and found only Bobby’s flute and a 3-note Roland 707 kick pattern. No idea what I originally played. Worse: Bobby’s blowing was super abstract. I couldn’t even figure out the key. Still can’t.
Then I got Marc’s email this morning and thought, why not try something different?
Instead of trying to remember what we did, I improvised on top of Bobby and the 707 kick playing electric bass, just following my own ideas and added some drum loops that weren’t there when we played, then I played a Fender Rhodes and some synth textures following my new bass, trying to structure what was probably and abstract free impro.
instead of trying to figure out what key were we playing in (I recall in all our impros we just kept one steady key) I introduced chord changes, played around with modulations, and laid down harmonies that don’t necessarily match what Bobby was playing. So now you hear his flute moving freely over harmonies that were never there in the original — sometimes clashing, sometimes strangely aligning. I liked the tension it created.
I spent a full day in the studio doing this. Honestly, I don’t think it’s done, but I’m leaving it here for now.
Side note: if anyone asks “what’s the point of the Junto challenges?” — this is it.
Sure, I could have called Bobby back and spent the same 8 hours creating something much more polished and coherent from scratch. But we never would have ended up with something like this. And without this challenge, I never would’ve bothered digging into a broken, abandoned track like this.


Performed by Daniel DIaz (June 2025) and Bobby Rangell (March 2024)
Photo by DD, Carilo, Argentina. 2025

That’s How You Got Killed Before (disquiet0703)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
600
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku600-thinking-of-us/

2025-07-03

thinking of us ( Naviarhaiku 600 )

A track produced for the 600th Naviar Records Haiku Challenge; 7 days in which to write and record a piece in response to the haiku posted. The haiku, 'thinking of us, the sound of wind, among the pines' made me think of the 'us' as several voices carried in the wind through the forest, so I used solely voice samples for the track.

Us the Wind Among the Pines (naviarhaiku600)

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when it's hot at night

#4227 (93.19% 309 left): Jul. 11, 2025: And in the trembling blue-green of the sky  (again, William Butler Yeats from May 22, 2025) 

*** NEW SELECTION ALBUM 30th JUST RELEASESD ***

Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : )

Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536:
This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece.

######## Latest Album: 30th SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ########

"wind of mysteriousness" - the 30th selection album of piano ten thousand leaves

youtube: FULL VIDEO with 20 full songs in very high quality sounds
https://youtu.be/tkqms1ZjAEg?si=RlWgQZBbe9z523f_

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/7CiAmnJmm5Wnm3CVfmC234?si=tImTyWj5TT6dUBRhMRXVYg

apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/wind-of-mysteriousness/1817351475

amazon music:
https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=chair+house+%E4%B8%8D%E6%80%9D%E8%AD%B0%E3%81%AE%E9%A2%A8&i=digital-music&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

all music streaming services:
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and in the trembling blue-green of the sky - #4227 (93R19 pc 309 left) by chair house 250711

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Plum Mountain ( NaviarHaiku 602)

My sound practice investigates the spiritual dimensions of listening through sustained tones, silence, and subtle transformation, inviting inward attention and expanded awareness.

sound practice (disquiet0707)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
603
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku603-insect-tremolo/

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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

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