When: 23rd November 2024, starting from 2PM (haiku workshop)
Where: Galeria Złącze, Al. Niepodległości 30, 61-714 Poznań, Poland
Fee: Free entry
Naviar Records is excited to host its first event in Continental Europe. This new edition of the Haiku Fest will take place at Galeria Złącze, in the heart of Poznan (Poland).
As always, we'll start the event with an introductory workshop to haiku poetry, followed by performances of members and friends of Naviar.
The event will be streamed live via Naviar's Bandcamp page (more info soon).
LIVE SHOWS (Starting at 5PM)
Audio Obscura
Neil Stringfellow has been creating music as Audio Obscura for around 10 years, creating a mix of ambient, electronic landscapes and soundscapes. Using extensive field recordings the music is often a reflection on the environment and what it means to be alive at the time on environmental collapse.
For the Poznan concert Audio Obscura will be performing an exclusive film and audio set, taking in themes of nature, environmental loss and decay.
Friends of Alan
Friends Of Alan is the project of Fernando Bravo and Torsten Goerke.
Fernando Bravo is a researcher in music technology and computational neuroscience living and working in Dresden (Germany). A couple of years ago, he decided to put half of his work time into social endeavours. Fernando initiated the OpenGuitar project for children and teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds. The OpenGuitar is an experimental frameless nylon-string guitar that can be assembled in small workshops.
Torsten Goerke is an independent researcher and artist based in Dresden, Germany. Fascinated by MOD trackers at the age of 10 he started making computer-based music and later learned to play the guitar. His music now combines live coding, tinkering with electronics, lunetta-style CMOS-based noise machines and cirquit bending experiments with modular sound synthesis and electro-acoustic sounds.
vheissu77
German producer vheissu77 has been an avid musician since 1992, playing the keyboards in various bands for decades. In 2019, he shifted his focus to creating electronic music, diving deeper into the craft. The pandemic led him to rediscover his passion for ambient music, and he released his first solo album, Musik Vom Berg, in 2020. He's been highly prolific ever since, also drawing inspiration from the Naviar Haiku challenges, which he started joining in 2022. 2024 marks a new chapter as he began to perform his own music live.
Wanja Olten
Wanja's music explores the subconscious, the unspeakable, and the poetic.
Born in Northern Hessia in 1973, Wanja Olten has been immersed in music since childhood, starting with piano and drums. After studying design at HfG Offenbach in 1996, he stayed active in music, working with indie-bands and creating music for children from 2002 to 2010.
In 2016, Wanja began a solo journey, building an analogue studio and later blending digital elements into his sound. By 2024, he embraced a more productive phase, combining these two sonic worlds.