This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.

For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.
https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/


SONG 103 - NaviarHaiku598

Music for / inspied by the first line of Crime and Punishment, which reads as; 
At the beginning of July, during a spell of exceptionally hot weather, towards evening, a certain young man came down on to the street from the little room he rented from some tenants who lived in Stolyarnyi Lane, stepped out onto the street, and slowly, almost hesitantly, set off towards the Kokushkin Bridge.

I picked that line, in part because its the beginning of July as I make this and also we've had a spell of hot weather. I read this book probably 25 years ago and read it again at the start of this year.  
For this track I jumped onto Freesound.org and got some street sounds from St. Petersburg and the horse drawn carriage sounds - this seemed to fit the 19th century feel. I new then the music and field recordings should merge together. I wanted tension and the sense of the character in the book being alone with the music I added - soft tension strings and ambient keys. 



Raskolnikov's Walk [disquiet0705]

Yugen

HAIKU MUSIC CHALLENGE

Naviarhaiku 602

scent of plum
in a flash of rising sun!
the mountain path

This week's challenge features a poem by the greatest master of haiku, Matsuo Bashō.

Haiku by Matsuo Bashō

Picture by Michel Stockman
 

Submission deadline: 23rd July 2025
 
To find out more and participate, visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/

Sweet Elderpath (naviarhaiku602)

airn

2025-07-26

the story of water

Made in response to:

In spring sunlight
the rows of tea bushes
ripple like waves

Naviar haiku challenge 604, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

A couple of relatively simple elements combined with an experimental layer using several stages of granular processing. All the basic components were made with Voltage Modular plus some additional granular processing using GRFX from Imaginando. Mixed and manipulated in a single "Live" improvised take.

Tea Bushes Ripple - (naviarhaiku - 604)

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 606:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku606-slightly-faint/

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

Photo by zenbytes (La Palma, Spain, 2015)


faint yet clear - Naviarhaiku606

22Aug25
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/792400312298323968/naviarhaiku607-winter-waterfall
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Winter waterfall [naviarhaiku607]

Part of: Dark Bouquet. Variations on a theme. soundcloud.com/velvetsomethingsuperdark/sets/dark-bouquet
All material - cut, altered, mixed at will - comes from a nocturnal solo improvisation with fretless acoustic bass guitar with piezo pickup, effect pedals (Carcosa - Dark Star - Obscura), non synchronized loops, three amps. Recorded in the room with Zoom H2n, edited in Audacity. All sounds made with the instrument. All sounds, mixing and production: Velvet Something Superdark.

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Dark Flower Overdose

This album emerges from the rediscovery of an accordion following the loss of a close relative an instrument that had been a constant companion throughout their life, weaving itself into the fabric of childhood memory. At its core lies the recognition that both human and
accordion share the same essential act: breathing.

The accordion becomes a meditation on mortality and memory, its bellows expanding and contracting like "lungs", its air valve releasing pure breath without melody—the raw pneumatic essence of life itself. Every sound originates from this single instrument, largely unprocessed, preserving the intimate relationship between human touch and mechanical response.

It’s an investigation of how an instrument can hold the memory of hands that no longer play it. The mechanical whispers, the subtle articulations of metal and leather and wood become a language of remembrance, breathed rather than spoken.

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Of a Distant Memory

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

faint yet clear - Naviarhaiku606

zenbytes

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