01312021 - Ambient Jazz by Dimaension X

 01312021 - Ambient Jazz by Dimaension X

Osoz by Dimaension X. Minimal Drone Doom Metal.

 Osoz by Dimaension X.  Minimal Drone Doom Metal.

Play it loud.  Maximum volume for best results.

 

Audio MP3 downloads available soon.  Stay tuned ...

The 2021 Suite by Dimaension X

 A "Zappa-inspired" suite of music, i.e., it's progressive rock music with horns, marimba, extended improvised guitar solos, time changes, and other stuff, too. Just one long song, divided into several parts. I figured it's time to visit my roots and go back to some more "fun" sounding music, instead of trying to drag out more doom and drone music. And of course I started listening to Frank Zappa again, so voila. I also listened to the very first Devo album all the way through, and decided I needed some short snippets of Devo in my new music, too. So the segues between the 5 parts are short spurts of Devo songs. Performed by Dimaension X. Recorded & produced by Dave Lanciani. Music composed by Dave Lanciani/Dimaension X. Extra bits and pieces of music by Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale. There's also a not-so-hidden snippet of Aldo Nova's song "Fantasy". See if you can find it. Dedicated to Frank Zappa and Eddie Van Halen. BTW, all the images were created by me, using Photoshop.

UthrWurld Pt 5

Part 5 of the new UthrWurld series.

Performed by Dimaension X.
Recorded & produced by Dave Lanciani.

All pictures taken and edited by Dave Lanciani.

UthrWurld Pt 4

UthrWurld 4 by Dimaension X Part 4 of the new UthrWurld series. Performed by Dimaension X. Recorded & produced by Dave Lanciani. All pictures created by Dave Lanciani. Yep, I created all the star-scapes in Photoshop myself, along with the album cover.

  

 

And yes the intro text says "UthrWurld 3".  I know ...

UthrWurld 2

 UthrWurld 2 by Dimaension X Part 2 of the new UthrWurld series. Experimental minimal drone-doom. I played more "live" drums on this one, with my AKAI MPD218, to get a much more "real" feel in the percussion. Also using the SSD5 drum sampler (Steven Slate drums - it's a FREE download!), which sounds great. Performed by Dimaension X. Recorded & produced by Dave Lanciani.

UthrWurld

 Uthrwurld, ... a new minimal doom-metal drone from Dimaension X ... 

Composed using my old "Word-Phrase" method ... some new video editing techniques used to make the images follow the music a bit more ... 

A World Beyond Fear, Pt 6

 The latest in my ongoing series ... this one is actually TWO cover tunes slapped together, ... 

The first part is my version of parts of the song "Terrallende" by Andrey Klimkovsky, and the second part is my version of the song "Synth Freak" by Jampy Keys.  See the video description for more details on these folks. Please note that my versions are NOT "monetized" - I would never accept any money for performances of these two artists.  Please support the original artists!

A World Beyond Fear, Pts 3, 4, & 5

 Two new videos now available in my A World Beyond Fear series.

Pts 3, 4, & 5

More Space Jazz 083020

 More Spacey Jazz-Rock-Fusion ... not much more to say, but there's more drum solos and improvs, bass is the Ample Bass VSTi, and I used my Agile AL-3010 Les Paul copy this time.

Most of this piece is composed of a bunch of quickly improvised bass and/or drum riffs, and them I added the atmospheric synth pads, and finally recorded the guitars. Line 6 POD GO for the guitar tones, with some additional Earthquaker Pedals (Tranmisser and Avalanche Run).

An Ambient Jam (2 versions of the same thing)

I decided to try recording a strictly ambient guitar piece, and ended up creating something else entirely.



First I recorded a series of simple one-note volume swells ... funny fact about these notes - I used PI (π) as my tab - i.e., 3.141592653589793 - using the low E string, I played the notes at the 3rd fret (G), 1st fret (F), 4th fret (G#), 1st fret again, 5th fret (A), and so on.

I used a compressor to keep the note nice and sustained, and I used my Morley Mini volume pedal to swell the notes in.  My clean tone was my Tech21 FlyRig5 CALI, only using the Samsamp section for the first half, then I added the CALI drive section for the second half.

Then I added a boatload of effects after recording - some EQ, chorus, phasing, some pitch-shifting, and some delay and a LOT of reverb.  A LOT of reverb, to really sustain the notes for a long time.

This is how I created "Ambient Only".

But after completing the piece, I wanted to completely turn it into something else.  Luckily, I thought ahead a bit when I recorded the "swells", because I recorded them with a "click track" on.  So now I can add some additional instruments, including MIDI instruments since everything will sync to the tempo.

So I added some drums using EZ Drummer, then added the "solo" guitar (following the notes so I could figure out what key each section is in), then added live bass (my trusty old Squier Affinity P-Bass).  Voila - the piece called "An Ambient Jam."