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- 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)”

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haiku #599: rain rituals - / if the gods are here now / to see the paddies

My good friend https://soundcloud.com/delirium-funk gave me his Bastl Kastle to play with ... and this rainy, ricey ritual little number slowly emerged from that crazy little box! Enjoy! 😁😜

rain rituals -
if the gods are here now
to see the paddies

Takarai Kikaku was one of the most accomplished disciples of Matsuo Bashō, famous also for writing a manuscript describing his master’s final days, and the immediate aftermath of his death.

Haiku by Takarai Kikaku: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takarai_Kikaku

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

more halF unusuaL

halF rituaL [naviarhaiku599]

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku599-rain-rituals/

rain rituals -
if the gods are here now
to see the paddies

Haiku by Takarai Kikaku

Picture by Ritz

KiKaKuKaKi [ naviarhaiku599 ]

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
599
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku599-rain-rituals/

2025-06-26

rain rituals - (Naviarhaiku 599)

26Jun25

My naviarhaiku599 track
https://naviarlab.tumblr.com/post/787337344941490177/naviarhaiku599-rain-rituals
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if the gods are here now [naviarhaiku599]

rain rituals -
if the gods are here now
to see the paddies
(Takarai Kikaku)
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku599-rain-rituals/
Komposition1076 FlöteViolineCelloTrio

rice and rain (naviarhaiku599)

Inspired by Naviar Haiku 599:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku599-rain-rituals/

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

Photo by zenbytes (Morvan, France, 2024)

gods are here - Naviarhaiku599

made for the haiku challenge #616 https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku616-whenever-we-meet/

green walnuts (naviarhaiku616)

made for the haiku challenge #617 https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku618-the-harp-player/

moving under cover (naviarhaiku618)

Musique Concrète - a mix of electronic and recorded sounds.

Undercover Harpist (naviarhaiku618)

https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku619-almost-black/

almost black
deepening purple
ripe grapes

by: Masaoka Shiki

Regarded as the father of contemporary haiku, Masaoka Shiki was a poet and literary critic during the Meiji period Japan.

He advocated realistic observation by “sketching” (shasei) poems and going out into nature with notebooks, thus abandoning the traditional subjects of haiku of the time. His advice for an aspiring poet was, “Use both imaginary pictures and real ones, but prefer the real ones.”

Haiku by Masaoka Shiki

Picture by Hassan Anayi

anthocyanin [ naviarhaiku619 ]

An electronic composition, basic sounds created using Pure Data.

Deepening Purple (naviarhaiku619)

made for the naviar haiku challenge n.619: https://www.naviarrecords.com/naviarhaiku619-almost-black/

(almost) black (naviarhaiku619)

Little song for Kinsha haiku:
"Some starlight
spared from being scooped up
four-handed net."

The title “Llum recollida amb les mans" in my island language is like "Light gathered in the hands” trying to evoke the image of the haiku where light is harvested with a single gesture, as if it were a living substance. The literal translation of haiku takes on another meaning, and the words must be changed so that they have the same poetic meaning.

Llum recollida amb les mans(naviarhaiku620)

Espèces d'espaces

An electronic composition, sounds created using Pure Data with various fx.

Catching Starlight (naviarhaiku620)

Horcrux 3 (Quel che mormora il vento)

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

gods are here - Naviarhaiku599

zenbytes

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