Astral Prison, 1st album for 2019 (a little early)

I decided to release the 1st album for 2019 a little early ...

A late Xmas and early New Year's present ...

Dimaension X - Astral Prison

1.   Domain of the Wise
2.   Eight Depths of Dreams
3.   Fallen Citadels
4.   Forbidden Wildernesses
5.   Fourth Silent Island
6.   Green Hell
7.   Mighty Hunting Grounds
8.   Nine Heavens of the Damned
9.   Bonus Track - Astral Prison

Astral Prison by Dimaension X - the 1st album release for Dimaension X for 2019.  Focusing on simple melodies and repetition, dynamics, and ambient atmospheres.  This album is a bit more guitar oriented, with the synths taking a backseat. 


Music composed* and performed by Dimaension X
Recorded and produced by Dave Lanciani at Dimaex Studios

*Song #5 may bear a striking similarity to King's X's song "Pleiades".  Didn't even realize it when I was recording it.

Stream audio and download options available below:
https://archive.org/details/AstralPrison

Download the whole album with album art:
https://archive.org/download/AstralPrison/DX-AstralPrison.zip

Dimaex5005 - probably the last album of the season ...

So here's the latest Dimaension X album - Dimaex5005.  It's probably the last full album I'm going to complete this year, since I'm kind of running out of ideas, and want to try to come up with something new.  Maybe more metal, maybe something a bit more improvisational, maybe a pure ambient guitar album, whatever.

Anywhoo, here is the info below:

Dimaension X - Dimaex5005

1. The Fangs of Ridicybr 2. Guardians of Eustem 3. Artlei Pyiumna Olissta 4. The Fury of Il’unurrid 5. Arphys-icla ‘s Rings 6. The Fire Vault of Jochusur 7. Upon Exalted Lunoxyse 8. The Myriad Swarm of Visopoio Dedumuro Dimaex5005 by Dimaension X - the 4th album release by Dimaension X for 2018. The “5000” series continues with its usual percolating sequencers, heavy grooves, melodic guitars and synths. Notes Music composed and performed by Dimaension X Recorded and produced by Dave Lanciani at Dimaex Studios Drum Samples from: Anarchy Drums - It Might Get Loud Productions MegaMetal Drums - Burzukh Studios (Ali Suleiman) Stream audio and download options available below: https://archive.org/details/Dimaex5005 or click HERE Download the whole album with album art:  https://archive.org/download/Dimaex5005/DX-Dimaex5005.zip  or click HERE

 

Dimaex5004 - new album for August 2018!

Dimaex5004 by Dimaension X - the 3rd album release by Dimaension X for 2018.  
Yet another in the "5000" series, Dimaex5004 continues the percolating sequencers, heavy grooves, melodic guitars and synths. Yeah, more of the same. But more and more and more ... oh, I decided to change up the drums a bit, and use samples from an Alesis HR-16 instead of my usual EZ Drummer 2 setup.  Just to be different.

1.  Dracosirens
2.  Necroblade Solution
3.  Spectrum Templar
4.  Technosoul Seraphim
5.  The Ten Mistresses Of Assassination
6.  Shadowhand Arcade
7.  Radiant Demon
8.  Technodragon Witch
9.  The Ten Goddesses
10.  Silent Princess Incantation

Music composed and performed by Dimaension X
Recorded and produced by Dave Lanciani at Dimaex Studios

Stream audio and download options available CLICK HERE
https://archive.org/details/Dimaex5004

Download the whole album with album art CLICK HERE
https://archive.org/download/Dimaex5004/DX-Dimaex5004.zip

Streaming at YouTube:
https://youtu.be/m6cW_jjQqqE

Brown Jam

Here's a new piece I recorded using my new Mooer Micro Preamp 005 (the Brown Sound 3)

Here's the signal chain for you guitar nerds:

Agile 3010SE (stock) Digitech FreQout Joyo Vintage Drive Mooer 005 Brown Sound 3 Morley Mini Volume Pedal direct to Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

Recorded in Reaper (as always!)

Dimaex5003 by Dimaension X now here!

Dimaex5003 by Dimaension X - the 2nd album release by Dimaension X for 2018.  The latest in the "5000" series, Dimaex5003 continues the percolating sequencers, heavy grooves, melodic guitars and synths. Yeah, more of the same. But more ...

1. Sacrifice of Confusion
2. Four Avatars of the Vortex 
3. Evocation of the Goddess of Words
4. Dynaepithelium 
5. Rite of the Hidden Day
6. The Great Invocation
7. Living Angels' Ritual of the Foul Runes
8. Cenotaph of Shields
9. Summoning the Storm of Fear

Music composed and performed by Dimaension X
Recorded and produced by Dave Lanciani at Dimaex Studios

Stream audio and download options available HERE

Download the whole album with album art HERE

Streaming atYoutube:



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New Dimaension X music for 2018 soon!

Yep - almost ready for release!

Dimaex5003 is almost complete - just need to do some final mixing, mastering, and get the vids ready to go.  Most likely I'll be completing it next weekend.

Then I'm not sure what's next for music projects.  Maybe some more guitar oriented stuff with less synthesizers?  Some fusion? Some metal? Maybe more ambient, guitar-only improvisation?

Any ideas?

An untitled spacey improvisation ...

Compiled from a series of 3 improvisations I did late last year and never released.

Mostly guitars, heavily effected with various delays, reverbs, etc. The signal chain varies, but somewhere in the mix I'm using several Earthquaker Devices pedals (Acapulco Gold Distortion, Transmisser Modulated Reverb, and Avalanche Run Delay and Reverb). I'm also using a Joyo Vintage Drive, Ultimate Drive, and US Dream. Volume Pedal is a Morley Mini Volume Pedal.

Dimaex5002

Dimaex5002 is being uploaded as I type.


The latest in the "5000" series, Dimaension X pumps out more heavy grooves with ripping bass, percolating synthezisers and melodic guitars.  Spacey, atmospheric electronic rock.

1.  Celestial Bloodthirst
2.  The Emperor's Exhalted Curse
3.  Executioner Raid
4.  The Mentor and the Miner
5.  Prototype Providence
6.  The Traitor's Stature
7.  Devil Doomed With Happiness
8.  Flaming Blade
9.  The Godess' Dishonour
10. Unknown Arctic Codex

Streaming and Download options available HERE!

Download a full zip folder of the MP3's and art files HERE!

Streaming at YouTube:

The GWEN Towers now on YouTube!

The GWEN Towers now on YouTube!

This music is a created from the leftover letters/notes that I did NOT use in my Improvisario and Industrialisimo albums(see the album cover). May as well, use ‘em, right? Plus 90%of the other stuff I just made up on the spot. And some free improvisational playing. Yep - just a smorgasbord of stuff. I wanted a very free-form, experimental feel for the music here. Just sit down, and record whatever comes out, whether it's all just guitar, synths, drums, etc. I mostly used my Agile AL-3010SE (all stock) and a Yamaha THR10 amp. My other guitars did make a few selected appearances when the Agile just didn’t quite work. And mostly real bass guitar (my old Squier Affinity P-Bass).

1. The GWEN Towers
2. Synthro
3. Don’t You Hear the Drums?
4. Tower of Blue
5. TGT-13
6. Shortly, Simply
7. A Sense of When, Pt 1
8. A Sense of When, Pt 2
9. A Sense of When, Pt 3
10. A Sense of When, Pt 4
11. A Sense of When, Pt 5

Composed and performed by Dimaension X - 2014
Recorded and produced by Dave Lanciani at Dimaex Productions

Stream audio and download options available below:
https://archive.org/details/DX-theGWENTowers

Download the whole album with album art:
https://archive.org/download/DX-theGWENTowers/TheGwenTowers.zip

Improvisario at the Youtube!

I finally posted the full version of my 2014 album, called "Improvisario" at YouTube.

It's in my Discography, but here are the details anyway.

 1. Thorn in One’s Side
2. Anamneses
3. Flamingo Reservoir
4. Snap Modulation
5. Jobortunity
6. Never Fowl
7. Cemetary
8. A Fancy Wardrobe
 9. Horrid Child
10. Commie-Rat Hippie 
11. Psalm
12. Shortwave Quatre

Improvisario by Dimaension X - the first original project by Dimaension X in quite a long time.  This one is a bit interesting - I took a 12-tone Row Matrix, further scrambled those notes (by starting in the middle and going out in a spiral pattern), then limited myself to improvising a short piece of music (between 20-30 seconds) in the key of that note (major or minor), and then would splice them together into longer songs afterwards. And nearly every note was played on my new Agile AL-3010.

Notes
Music composed and performed by Dimaension X*
Recorded and produced by Dave Lanciani at Dimaex Studios

*Song #6 contains material composed originally by Simmons/Stanley/Frehley/Criss

Stream audio and download options available below:
https://archive.org/details/dx_improvisario

Download the whole album with album art:
https://archive.org/download/dx_improvisario/DX-Improvisario.zip

Djent, Mandark! Djent!

(updated as of 01/16/2018)

A tribute to one of the greatest cartoon villains, Mandark, of Dexter's Laboratory, one of my favorite cartoons.

This song was performed exclusively on VST instruments.
Toontrack EZDrummer 2 MusicLab RealEight Guitar/Bass Ignite Amps Emmisary Amp Sim Ignite Amps Anvil Amp Sim Ignite Amps SHB-1 Bass Amp Sim Ignite Amps Tyrant Screamer Overdrive
Composed and performed by Dimaension X. Recorded and produced by Dave Lanciani at Dimaex Studio.