Trying the double bass - first steps

It was a long time without news, yeah...
Though, I didn't waste my time and played a lot, both cello and the double bass. Now I try to achieve the state when I can express my feelings, my ideas freely, just directly express them in sound, without thinking about fingers and bow. This is not too easy yet, I'm not that skilled at playing with bow. But I make first steps toward this ease.
Here're some raw records - playing double bass, recorded at home, without any sound engineering at all. But I like the feeling the "huge violin" makes. I really enjoy the depth of bass sound and I gonna practice more to get it "mine".

All records are in ogg format.

Record 1 1.9 Mb
Record 2 4.16 Mb
Record 3 865.72 Kb
Record 4 2.63 Mb
Record 5 836.31 Kb

17th, November, 2008. Cello and violin. Experimental improvisation.

Here's the record we made yesterday. Violin, cello, mad vocal. I added a bit of reverb and converted it to ogg.

Sample 20081117_01 (15.24 Mb, ogg format)

Videos. Psychodelic on classic instruments: cello and violin

We have recorded something outstandingly psychodelic. That's a kind of sound that may screw your head!!! Especially the Sample III. That's crazy, I think it really is! The Sample II was not that great, but I let it be anyway.

This chaos harmony was recorded on november, 10th, 2008.

2008.11.10 - Sample I (54.96 Mb, avi format) - cello, violin, vocal
2008.11.10 - Sample II (7.21 Mb, avi format) - cello, violin
2008.11.10 - Sample III (18.77 Mb, avi format) - cello, violin
2008.11.10 - Sample VI (24.53 Mb, avi format) - cello, violin, vocal

The last track was not recorded fully - again the lack of space on camera's memory card...

Videos from november, 7th, 2008: experiments with cello, trumpet and violin.

Here's some videos we recorded at studio on 7th of November. Experimental music with classic instruments: I play cello and Vampire plays trumpet and violin.




2008.11.07 - Sample I (25.92 Mb, avi format) - trumpet, cello and crazy vocal
2008.11.07 - Sample II (18.64 Mb, avi format) - trumpet, cello and crazy vocal
2008.11.07 - Sample III (49.77 Mb, avi format) - violin, cello and crazy vocal
2008.11.07 - Sample IV (13.42 Mb, avi format) - violin, cello and crazy vocal

I myself like the Sample III the most.
The last sample was not recorded till the end - the camera we used has a card for only about 20 minutes total.

Old Theagony records

I discovered archive records of old Theagony project, recorded over 7 years ago. Have uploaded them online:

The Experimentalist (part) (0.5 Mb, mp3)
Temple of Emptiness (instrumental) (1.8 Mb, mp3)


some really OLD records (almost 10 years ago):

Main part for the Pyramids thing (0.8 Mb, mp3)
Some unnamed stuff ( 1.2 Mb, mp3)
One more unnamed stuff ( 1.38 Mb, mp3)
Summer night dream (brutal riffing joke) ( 0.5 Mb, mp3)
Very very old intro in celtic style ( 1.1 Mb, mp3)

this is our history :)

Some more videos: Vampire and me playing experimental music

Here's some more records, made on 27th, october, 2008 at studio.
Vampire plays his custom made invention - a violin with springs and I play electric bass and do vocals.
Records were made with common camera and the sound turned out not that great, especially considering Vampire's "violin". But anyway.

WARNING: WILD MUSIC!!!

Part I (38.6Mb, avi format)

Part II (31.7 Mb, avi format)

Part III (40.0 Mb, avi format)

Videos. Vampire and me playing our crazy music at studio.

I have recorded a couple of video files of Vampire and me playing absolutely crazy things. That is our usual improvisation style, it varies every time we play. These are quite peaceful and quiet samples of our mad music.
The video files were taken by Canon G9 camera and then compressed for smaller size, appropriate for the internet usage. I personally like the "Part II" the most.

WARNING: WILD MUSIC!!!
Don't get scared too much :)))





So, Iron Bug and Vampire playing live at studio. 20th, october, 2008 :

Part I (21.3Mb, avi format) - cut trumpet, acoustic bass, mad vocal
Part II (34.8Mb, avi format) - modified violin, acoustic bass, mad vocal
Part III (28.6Mb, avi format) - modified violin, acoustic bass, mad vocal
Part IV (38.7Mb, avi format) - modified violin, acoustic bass, mad vocal