Exploring the relationship between poetry and experimental electronic music, breaking the barrier between audience and artists, encouraging collaboration online and offline.
This was the first solo event organized by Naviar. In the morning we hosted an introductory workshop to haiku, a traditional short form of Japanese poetry. The poems created were then used as creative prompt by Naviar’s international online community of musicians: the resulting compositions were performed as sound installation in the evening. The event ended with live music performances by members and friends of Naviar.
haiku workshop
In the morning learned more about the history of haiku, the rules for writing one and its structure, how to add a kigo (seasonal reference) and Kireji (cutting word). We read and analyzed some of the most famous haiku and haibun. By the end of the workshop, participants had time to write their own haiku.
Incumbent night
Solitary shadow
Seeks the sun
Incumbent night!
Running away at day’s break
Another life begins
An ancient stillness
High stone arches standing firm
The old clock marks time
By the shanty church
Tombstones hum their winter lullabies
Of the long sleep
Falling leaves
On the crumbling church
A silence of old
Names on cold stones
Do this in remembrance of us
Accordion music around
DJ set/sound installation
The online community of Naviar Records made music inspired by the haiku written during the morning workshop. The songs were played in the evening as a DJ set.
Composers:
Ed Mundio (Australia) https://soundcloud.com/edmundio1
Paul works in experimental music, short film/animation and media projects and performances.This experience has included groups such as “essendon airport” “flaming stars” “rock and roll cavemen” “undue noise collectives” and solo work as Ambient Owlbert and Ed Mundio.
Paul as “Digital Compost” maintains and grows many online collections of sound and animation works. Paul is a Lecturer in Animation at the school of Film and Television,VCA &MCM University of Melbourne.
Jesús Lastra (Spain) https://soundcloud.com/jalastram
Jesús Lastra aka Jalastram/Flat Stone is a Madrid-based self-taught artist from Maracaibo, Venezuela. He began to experiment with audio editing software in 2007. Then, he started composing ambient music, or more specifically, soundscape, drone and experimental music within the electronic genre. Lastra has been part of Naviar Records Label since 2014.
Daniel Diaz (France) https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz
Daniel DIAZ is an Argentinean multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and composer, based in Paris, France. He developed a 20+ year career as a performing and session musician, arranger, producer and musical director in diverse projects, in styles ranging from jazz and rock, to experimental electronic music, and tango + other styles of Latin American music.
Detritus Tabu (USA) https://soundcloud.com/detritus-tabu3
Detritus Tabu is a sound artist working towards soul and peace but finds it to be a noisy endeavor most of the time. He wonders the mountains of Western North Carolina in search of beauty. He considers his two children his finest accomplishment but in reality the children are wonderful in spite of his poor parenting skills. He takes part weekly in the disquiet junto, the Naviar Haiku and the Stones Throw Beat Battle. He is very prolific most due to his poor social skills leaving him with lots of free time.
Night Note (Czech Republic) https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka
Milan Mastalka – alias Night Note
Hometown – Prague – Czech Republic
Born in 1958 (everyone is as old as he feels, and moreover, my fellow percussionists are at least half my age – so I really do not care aboutthe age 🙂
occupation – designer (musical amateur and self-taught)
Yum Haruki (Japan) https://soundcloud.com/yum-haruki
Born in Japan, raised in several local cities, currently living in Tokyo. Begin music production with computer from 2006. No music education in academically. participating in naviar haiku since naviarhaiku004.
Live Performances
Sozuproject
Sōzuproject is an electronic/ambient music project created in 2012 by the italian based sound artist Paolo Mascolini. His music combines evocative and haunting soudscapes with wonderful moments of luminous sparks, aesthetic qualities and hopes. His album Breath Slowly was published by Naviar in September 2017.
https://soundcloud.com/sozu_proj
ikjoyce
ikjoyce makes electronic ambient and drone music using modular synthesis to explore themes of nature, space, isolation, man/machine interaction, and the borders of the sleep/wake cycle.
https://soundcloud.com/ikjoyce
Audio Obscura
Audio Obscura performs Lap-top based electronics for the ears, haunting the wide spectrum’s of electro-acoustic music with a firm footing in the ambient realm. The sound also strays towards the experimental; musique concrète, idm with post-classical minimal leanings occasionally push through.
Neil has summed up the Audio Obscura sound as thus;
“Light is, to the camera obscura, as sound is to Audio Obscura”