A compilation to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the Naviar Haiku challenge, which every week invites artists to make music in response to an assigned haiku poem.
65 artists, 110 tracks, 9 hours of music selected from the submissions Naviar received in 2020.
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The compilation is free to download. Please follow and support the artists involved:
Agnostura Elwar
soundcloud.com/agnosturaelwar
Ahornberg
soundcloud.com/ahornberg
AJMiller
soundcloud.com/anthonyjmiller
Andrei G
soundcloud.com/user-143992662-463660494
Artur Muras
soundcloud.com/art-m-985755369
Audio Obscura
soundcloud.com/audio-obscura-music
Bassling
bassling.blogspot.com
Belaqua Shua
soundcloud.com/belaqua-shua
Benn DeMole
soundcloud.com/benn-demole
Boson Spin
soundcloud.com/boson_spin
Carlos R
soundcloud.com/carlos-r
ChalkWalk Naviar
soundcloud.com/chalkwalk-naviar
cha0sb0y
soundcloud.com/cha0sb0y
Corine Bicadeideias
soundcloud.com/corinebicadeideias
D33per
soundcloud.com/33per
Daniel Diaz
soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz
Daniel Green
soundcloud.com/iamdanielgreen
drlids
soundcloud.com/user1489053
DesuExPerimental
soundcloud.com/user-761630784
Douglas James's DarkWaterBlue
soundcloud.com/user295849933
earthborn visions
soundcloud.com/user-673972896-54104631
Echo Chamber
soundcloud.com/user-688194088
Ed Mundio
soundcloud.com/edmundio1
El Wud
soundcloud.com/el-wud-1
encym
soundcloud.com/encym
EnigmaCurry
soundcloud.com/enigmacurry
FlownBlue
soundcloud.com/flownblue
GLSmyth
soundcloud.com/glsmyth
halF unusual
soundcloud.com/half-unusual
HardWired
soundcloud.com/hardwired2001
how the night came
soundcloud.com/howthenightcame
Ikjoyce
soundcloud.com/ikjoyce
John's e Unnecessary Haiku Enterprises
soundcloud.com/johnjohn_era
Joyneski
soundcloud.com/user-859240368
Kyosuke Osaku
soundcloud.com/kyosuke-osaku
Lara Petersson Music
soundcloud.com/larapeterssonmusic
Merle Bardenoir
soundcloud.com/merlebardenoir
Morose -
soundcloud.com/morose-italy
Marco Lucchi
soundcloud.com/musichevirtuali
Night Note
soundcloud.com/mmastalka
Noodle Twister
soundcloud.com/user-130801280
OneAmbient4
soundcloud.com/oneambient4
Oxebe
soundcloud.com/oxebe
project dirigent
soundcloud.com/project-dirigent
¶radio hummingbird
soundcloud.com/radiohummingbird
REBXRN
soundcloud.com/rebxrn
Robert Knote
soundcloud.com/robertknote
Roofhare
soundcloud.com/roofhare
Rumblin_Cynth_Rampo
soundcloud.com/rumblin_cynth_rampo
Ryan Scott Mattingly
soundcloud.com/ryanscottmattingly
Scott Lawlor
scottlawlor.bandcamp.com
s e v e n i s m
soundcloud.com/sevenism
Simona Zamboli<<
soundcloud.com/simonazambolimusic
stefan.strasser
soundcloud.com/stefan_strasser
Stray wool
soundcloud.com/everythingdies
Stull
soundcloud.com/stull
surrealdonut
soundcloud.com/user-594509542
Thoribass
soundcloud.com/thoribass
Torsten Goerke
soundcloud.com/torstengoerke
Tunnelwater
soundcloud.com/tunnelwater
Tuonela
soundcloud.com/tuonela-1
unden
soundcloud.com/unden
Wilfried Hanrath
soundcloud.com/flyingtonefish
windspace
soundcloud.com/windspace
Zendo
soundcloud.com/zendomusicreleases
poems:
haiku #313: a new year begins– / before sunrise / a pine-decorated boat
haiku #314: Buoyantly we go / Like the wind, / Tasting water.
haiku #315: ambushed by bush fire, / had we only been dragons – / a lizard’s last words.
haiku #316: a dark corridor / rolls into infinity – / floating particles.
haiku #317: not heard my breath / in years. / breathe
haiku #318: in the beach breeze / my travels forgotten... / evening cool
haiku #319: Memories of spring / Always present / Inside
haiku #320: the last kite / carries the setting sun / in its wings
haiku #321: Figures sculpted / on ancient temple walls / still look at us
haiku #322: the sun set behind / a traveling monk / tall in the withered field
haiku #323: The rain begins to fall, / sounding like my heartbeat / of the night
haiku #324: sleeping, waking / the emptiness / of my mosquito net
haiku #325: true tranquillity / hiding underneath creased sheets – / unknowable blue
haiku #326: rumbling in the mist / a whale soars towards the light - / stories from below
haiku #327: meandering through the city / cars around / infinite game
haiku #328: flowering fields / expanding the boundaries / of my heart
Haiku #329: Creativity, / for which springtime light is lit / like fire in my mind
haiku #330: A bird flew past / very close / a white feather fell
Haiku #331: Peaks of cloud: / The ship has crossed / A windless sea.
haiku #332: from evening mist / the bell / of life passing
haiku #333: A wild sea- / In the distance over Sado / The Milky Way.
Haiku #334: Bright the full moon shines: / on the matting of the floor, / shadows of the pines.
haiku #335: spring breeze - / over the riverbank / the voices of cows
haiku #336: Thought I,the fallen flowers/Are returning to their branch;/But lo!they were butterflies
haiku #337: A lightning bolt / splits in two and strikes / the mountaintop.
haiku #338: Harvest moon, / And mist creeping / Over the water.
haiku #339: See the heavy leaf / on the silent windless day / falls of its own will.
haiku #340: All across the sky / A star has burned itself out / Above the cold sea
haiku #341: A fragrant breeze / Is blowing from China / Over these seven strings
haiku #342: Hot summer days / suffer not to surrender / wintry cold water
haiku #343: Persistently I stare / At the moon / Still I cannot hear
haiku #344: night club / the thin red line / of a false smile
haiku #345: a cathedral of pines / rising into light / echoes of birdsong
haiku #346: pause pause pause / a crescendo of silence / wild applause
haiku #347: two voices that sound alike / make their way… / clouds of blossoms
haiku #348: whenever gazing- / blossoms a pain / in the neck too
haiku #349: Inspiration flows / in the least resistant path / nature makes a choice
haiku #350: Flutteringly, / Floating in the breeze, / A single butterfly.
haiku #351: urban chorus / harmonious tones / uncomposed
haiku #352: the surface of the water / like ornate silk / spring rain
haiku #353: coffee break / a crumb / for the sparrow
haiku #354: duskfall… / the moon bumps / into a paperboat
haiku #355: wind tunnel . . . / a hummingbird fans / the morning glory
haiku #356: Devi temple . . . / along with the ants / I enter barefoot
haiku #357: waiting and waiting / for sunset… / the willow tree
haiku #358: I close my eyes / and in the void / a black horse prances
haiku #359: Dry sound of footsteps / Continue regularly / Close to this lamp.
haiku #360: Magnolia in full bloom… / But waking I find / a chill November morning
haiku #361: abandoned farmhouse / off the snow-piled roof / gusts of ghosts
haiku #362: slanting rain, / gentle breeze, / no need to return home
haiku #363: only a chirping insect / told me it was night / so bright was the moon
haiku #364: Deep in the water, / softly moving his fins, / a carp, dreaming
released January 30, 2021