Deadline: 15th May 2024

All submissions to Haiku 540:

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku540-face-of-the-winter-pond/

To participate:
- Make a song in response to the weekly assigned poem (a new poem is published every Wednesday)
- When choosing a title for your piece also include the assignment number, for example “Title of your track (naviarhaiku382)”
To submit your track:
- If you’re a Soundcloud user, upload it on Soundcloud and send me the URL via private message, or tag me in the track.
- If you upload your music on Youtube, Bandcamp or anywhere else, upload your submission and then send me the link by email at marco@naviarrecords.com or contact me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram
- If you don’t use any music platform, upload it to this Dropbox folder and I’ll include it in the weekly playlist. If you choose this option, make sure you include your name in the track’s title. www.dropbox.com/request/JvKyUfuCSzJ3gRNRocZz
Your track may be included in Naviar's weekly podcasts and free (pay-what-you-want)compilations. If you can, please set the track as downloadable on Soundcloud and allow others to remix/reuse it by using a Creative Commons License.

Naviar Haiku Challenge: www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
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Haiku #540: Face of the winter pond / doesn't reflect / even a leaf...

Part 1 of Glasswork - A series of improvisations for water, four hands, eight glasses and one table. Recorded with Zoom H2N in 4 channel stereo, cut and amplified, no effects, no further processing.
https://soundcloud.com/snow_omen/sets/glasswork

Glasswork Nr. 1

I used these samples from freesound.org, as raw as was possible:
50422 Church prayer, by ERH
188938 Call to prayer, by musesdelight
496748 Child vocal chops, by f-r-a-g-i-l-e
345386 KLINGON poetry, by fiatknox
In the intro (reversing beep) I used a binaural recording, so it gives a different result if you use headphones (although I mixed on speakers):
177190 Binaural machinery by denismcdonald
Picture by Celia

31032024 They All Speak in tongues

Buy: https://scapeone.bandcamp.com/track/artificial-fatherhood
Stream: https://share.amuse.io/SNjygbTIiXLw

Artificial Fatherhood

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 540

Face of the winter pond
doesn't reflect
even a leaf...

Nakamura Kusatao was born in Xiamen (China) in 1901 and moved to Japan in 1904.

He was influenced by contemporary Western philosophy, mostly Friedrich Nietzsche, and his poetry focused on themes of life and humanity. Together with Shuson Kato and Ishida Hakyo, Nakamura Kusatao was a member of the “Human Exploration School”, a group of poets who used haiku to explore and highlight "how human beings should live".

Nakamura Kusatao launched the magazine Banryoku in 1946, and his major collections include Chōshi, Hi no shima, Biden, and Toki.

haiku by Nakamura Kusatao

picture by Miguel Alcântara

Submission deadline: 15th May 2024

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

Reflect

Reflect (naviarhaiku540)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
540
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku540-face-of-the-winter-pond/

2024-05-09

Face Of The Winter Pond (Naviarhaiku 540 )

9May24

My naviarhaiku540 track;
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/749918439037075456/naviarhaiku540-face-of-the-winter-pond
:D

Face of the winter pond [naviarhaiku540]

Without Reflections (naviarhaiku540)

Face of the winter pond
doesn't reflect
even a leaf...

Nakamura Kusatao was born in Xiamen (China) in 1901 and moved to Japan in 1904.

He was influenced by contemporary Western philosophy, mostly Friedrich Nietzsche, and his poetry focused on themes of life and humanity. Together with Shuson Kato and Ishida Hakyo, Nakamura Kusatao was a member of the “Human Exploration School”, a group of poets who used haiku to explore and highlight "how human beings should live".

Nakamura Kusatao launched the magazine Banryoku in 1946, and his major collections include Chōshi, Hi no shima, Biden, and Toki.

doesn't reflect [naviarhaiku540]

Created on iPad, mixed and mastered with Cubase 13 and Ozone 10

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 540:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku540-face-of-the-winter-pond/

Photo by zenbytes

face of the winter pond - Naviarhaiku 540

Made for Naviar Haiku challenge 540:

Face of the winter pond
doesn't reflect
even a leaf...

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

Multi element patch created in virtual modular using VCV Rack. I wanted a bleak frosty feel so there are no clean/pure tones, each of the elements are generated using random functions; even the "Melody" which is pre defined but accessed in randomly governed 1, 3 and 5 note blocks. 

I mapped the probability settings and output levels to physical controls so I could tweak and mix live, reacting to the randomly generated elements.

Face of the Winter - (Naviarhaiku - 540)

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
541
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku541-heat-in-waves/

2024-05-16

Heat In Waves ( Naviarhaiku 541 )

An electronic composition created in Pure Data, some additional fx.

Angry (naviarhaiku541)

mind is empty, heart is full

Made on May 25th for Drone Day 2024. This track is part of Disquiet Junto Project #0647: Day Drone. See more at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0647-day-drone/67356/21.

Axiom of Joys

maybe i dont deserve love
i sit like an abandoned dog waiting for its owner
impatient, restless, forever waiting.
you did exactly what you knew i was scared of
i made so many versions of me just to prove that im good enough
i was a child
i dont blame you for using me, im not very good at saying no
i just want to be loved the way i love.
i am homesick for arms that dont even want to hold me
im scared this is all i ever be
i was never supposed to make it this far
"you changed" yeah i gave up.
im drowning
dont you miss me?
why are you happy without me?
you promised that you will never leave me again
i feel like im rotting
i wanna rip my insides out to make the pain go away 


what my mind sounds like

Perceptual Geometries by Ambientes Kollektiv - Album

An exploration of the invisible architectures shaping perception, Perceptual Geometries maps the shifting relationship between sound, space, and the listener.

Across its movements, evolving atmospheres and pulsing undercurrents intersect with hypnotic tonal structures — forming patterns that seem to dissolve as soon as they’re recognised.

This is not music to simply hear, but to inhabit — a framework for altered states, where geometry becomes sensation and perception becomes form.

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Perceptual Geometries unfolds as a continuous study of sound, space, and perception — a journey where each track acts as a chamber within a larger structure.

It begins in stillness with Resonant Axis and Inverted Symmetry, opening a meditative space where form and emotion hold in perfect balance. Gradually, shadows and tension emerge in Fractured Horizon and the dense, uncharted descent of Vector of Silence.

Midway, Ecliptic Drift marks an awakening — colour and movement flooding the architecture — before Vanishing Meridian offers transcendence and emotional release. Spectral Coordinates follows as a slow navigation toward uncharted worlds, leading to the quiet self-reflection of Topology of Memory.

The closing piece, Phase Architecture, expands outward into open air, suggesting that the geometry continues beyond the final tone — an unfinished map still resonating in the listener’s mind.

Perceptual Geometries is not background music; it is a framework for deep listening, where sonic form becomes sensation, and perception shapes its own architecture.

This sequence starts in stillness, dips into mystery and intensity, blooms into awakening, and ends in spacious release — a clear arc for both emotional and spatial listening.

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Perceptual Geometries is a nine-part exploration of sound, space, and perception by Ambientes Kollektiv — moving from meditative stillness into shadowed intensity, radiant awakening, and peaceful release. Each track is a chamber within a larger structure, where form dissolves into sensation and listening becomes architecture.


A sonic framework in nine movements, Perceptual Geometries examines the shifting architectures of perception through evolving atmospheres, spatial tension, and emotional precision.

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Recorded live on 06 August 2025 during Natural N.17 at Astral Junction Kreativ- und Kulturhaus in Berlin.

Mastered by Gasquk at Astral Junction Blautraum Studio

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For more info about Ambientes Kollektiv, please visit:
www.instagram.com/ambienteskollektiv

For more info about Astral Junction, please visit:
www.instagram.com/astraljunction



02. AMBIENTES KOLLEKTIV - Inverted Symmetry

Velvet-troll

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

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

face of the winter pond - Naviarhaiku 540

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