Vetrnætr

Silent Fjords

The Clearing

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 576:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku577-curve-of-time/

Thanks to Marco Alessi from Naviar Records for the weekly challenge!

Photo by zenbytes (Colorado, USA, 2024)


curve of time - Naviarhaiku577

sadly, i cannot play piano. so, to create tracks like this, i play single notes to a click track at half speed and then double their bpm. this enables me to slowly create and layer sounds that i'm not able to play live...

this track is an amalgamation of three reworked melodies from the silent hill series: "the terminal show", "innocent moon", and "lost innocence". there are three pianos, an upright bass, a temple lyre, two female choirs, some live guitar, and a very quiet sample from SH2 ("help me"). i reduced the bpm from 136 to 124 in the middle section to make time gently suggest it's own terminus.

[naviarhaiku580] touching not

Lucky Seven

Created for Naviar Haiku challenge 586: 

fog dissolves to rain
- cool breezes clear the vista,
showing cloud-topped hills

details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Interpreting the haiku more literally than sensible. I stated with some binaural rain from this sound pack sold in aid of WWF Denmark: www.luftrum.com/free-field-recordings Then fired up VCV Rack to patch together the other elements, split for multitrack recording and additional effects:

Opening of the rain sample (Valhalla Supermassive),
Synth raindrops (PSP Pianoverb),
Re-emergence of "Fog" drone (Audio thing's frostbite 2.

This was not my original plan, but after several failed improvised takes I did things in a different order and got it under ten minutes, drums came in later than expected so used some creative EQ to emphasise their synth origin. 


Cloud Topped Hills - (naviarhaiku - 586)

[disquiet0696] cake

Participation mystique refers to the innate human connection to symbolic and imaginative experiences. This symbolic realm exists before or alongside our ability to think analytically or rationally. The idea is strongly linked to projection, as these symbolic or mythic elements naturally extend themselves into the world around us—into people, places, and things, just like how we unconsciously assign color to what we see.

Participation mystique is not just a psychological concept, but an aesthetic principle – a lens through which we perceive art as more than just something we observe; it becomes something inhabited.

In artistic terms, participation mystique can be thought of as a dissolving boundary between the self and the image. In this perspective, any manifestation of art can be perceived not just as an external object, but as an extension of the viewer’s unconscious. Colors, shapes, and atmosphere resonate with inner archetypes – mythical, primordial, emotional – before the mind can name them. This is why abstract compositions can seem hauntingly familiar, or why certain symbols – like a spiral, a doorway, or a shady forest – draw out something ancient, deep, and unconscious from us.

Produced and mixed by Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Mastered by Dionis Afonichev
Cover picture and design by Dionis Afonichev

Participation Mystique

Participation Mystique (Philippe Deschamps Remix)

A collection of tracks I made in the last couple of years that resonated with me, showcasing a more ambient and lyrical side of my project

It can be envisioned as the soundtrack of an imaginary video game, movie, or a meaningful experience about growth

Some of them had early incarnations in the exclusive mixtape I did a while ago for Ex Magazine: soundcloud.com/ex-magazine/ex002-zero-crossing-point-1

cover made using Midjourney and a bunch of product and fashion pictures as references

On your own (initiative)

ChordJam playing Decent Sampler Felt & Fog.
Piano Motifs playing DS Flute + Violin, Poseidon’s Pull (*2) and Korg Prototype 8 (*2).
Effects TB Reverb and FAC Alteza.

#333 All at sea

An electronic composition, original sounds created using Pure Data and Audacity.

Autumn Starscape (naviarhaiku606)

Traveller in sound and space.  Enjoying and creating ambient, drone and experimental music.