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ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:07 am
by ankh
As some of you already know,and have beared with it,i talk and post links of my music and videos here
http://www.vvforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2133

this is my channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mesolimbicnac


all the music is original,improvised and no keyb used.Just electric(in some cases,acoustic) guitar and effects.

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:51 pm
by metatron
The Multimedia Channel. Great stuff. :D

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:48 am
by poserboy71
Very calming and trance inducing. :D :D :D :D 8) 8) 8) 8)

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:58 am
by ankh
thanks guys,too kind :oops:

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:57 am
by PinkWiz
Awesome... almost kind of an Eno feel!

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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:58 am
by SimonSays
Its really great that you used only electric guitar on it:)

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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:06 am
by ankh
thanks guys :oops: .

I love to find new combinations of sound/effects..............

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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 5:11 am
by doublev2
First time I looked in this section. GREAT

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:57 am
by ankh
thank you,too kind! :oops:

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:30 am
by ankh
since i had to stay home to deal with some issues, i did turn on my effects processors and my looper and came up with those two new pieces:

the first one, "trapped under ice"
[youtube][/youtube]


all the music was created using an electric guitar.Images by your's truly.

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:36 am
by ankh
then this one, "LUminographies:Jellyfishes,scars and memories":
[youtube][/youtube]

again ,i've created both the images and the music,the music was improvised on the spot,using an electric guitar some effects and a warped mind.................

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 9:58 am
by mrblitz
it's cool what you're doing with the guitar; and the graphics are a bonus.

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 8:26 am
by ankh
thank you very much :oops:

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Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:01 am
by ankh
it did take quite some time to create and elaborate the images and the proper text, but i like it:
[youtube][/youtube]


AS always,an electric guitar,a looper and some effects.NO synths,music is improvised,all the ssound are generated by the guitar processed with some effects(mostly Line 6 filter and mod pro and the ensoniq dp/2)




And a warped mind,of course:P

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:33 am
by ankh
something different, more mainstream,a souvenir of my trip last summer..........
[youtube][/youtube]

the music was improvised on the spot,no looper, just playng, warts and all. :mrgreen:

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 10:42 am
by ankh
uploaded some new stuff.............

[youtube][/youtube]


this one is a sort of funny one,it is based also on the way someone :wink: would like to be spoken to
[youtube][/youtube]
i think we at the VVFF know who we're talking about.......... :mrgreen:
Again, good,clean fun,no mailce


all the music(?) was created on the spot using an electric guitar and some effects.

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 5:23 pm
by ankh
posted four more vids, using different techniques and instruments,plus my trusty multieffects processor:

The lespaul copy with p90's:

[youtube][/youtube]

a bass,and an e bow:
[youtube][/youtube]

an electric guitar, the roland vg8 and e bow:

[youtube][/youtube]

here i used an hankdrum:
[youtube][/youtube]

the instrument has been handmade by an excellent musician and beautiful instruments crafter:

[youtube][/youtube]

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 5:49 am
by Slayer
Great posts Ankh!

My favorite of course was Dark Fear :-)

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 6:37 am
by ankh
thanks so much!
it means a lot for me.

I had a great time making the music up, a bit less creating the vid and choosing the words for each one of them,it takes more effort,tryng to convey the images with words and music and keeping the right balance.I hope i did.

The pics of the last vid("sadhana") were taken from my balcony.................

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 7:28 am
by Slayer
ankh wrote:thanks so much!
it means a lot for me.

I had a great time making the music up, a bit less creating the vid and choosing the words for each one of them,it takes more effort,tryng to convey the images with words and music and keeping the right balance.I hope i did.

The pics of the last vid("sadhana") were taken from my balcony.................

Very cool and thank you so much for the share

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 6:54 am
by ankh
On the 29th of december i've performed briefly for a photographer whose pic was slowly appearing to the public( an old analogic process).Since the pic did show sands in the desert,he asked me to play something related to the theme.

I did play with an ebow and then with a guitar i've assembled.There were some technical glitches and also, i couldn't reproduce the same progress about the pic itself,so i've taken some shots i did and performed an improvisation similar to the one i did play then.

Here it is.The music it is improvised-a few mistakes here and there- using a fretless 12 string nylon guitar and a yamaha magicstomp and a looper and then straight to the disk.

I had fun .

The pics were taken by me from my place,as usual.

[youtube][/youtube]

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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:47 pm
by ankh
another one,sort of acustic mode :lol:

This time i've used a variax 500 in open tuning, a DOD milkbox,a behringer preamp , the ensoniq DP/2, into the looper.

Pics were taken by me.

[youtube][/youtube]

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:27 pm
by tukoztukoz
Cool, I like it. It makes me want to record stuff again...

Something happens with the pictures at 2.25, when the images stay almost the same, but little black spots appear suddenly at the bottom of the picture...

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:57 am
by ankh
thanks for youyr words:), glad if it makes you want to record again.

Those little black spots are fishing props,it is not easy to understand due to the size of the picture. :wink:

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 9:21 am
by ankh
new vid for today........subject a bit heavy,coming from real life experience, but here we go:

[youtube][/youtube]

i've used a CASIO MG 510 MIDI guitar,a Kurzweil Micro Piano, and a Roland super JV 1080 4 expansion expander, the RC 50,direct to disk.

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 10:52 pm
by birnie
"This video is private" ?

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Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 11:00 pm
by ankh
there was a mistake made by youtube, now the video is available:

[youtube][/youtube]

sorry for the incovenience :oops:

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Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 9:22 am
by ankh
another two videos,similar images, different music:

[youtube][/youtube]

Red Moon rising next to the Vesuvius.Music improvised on the spot.I've used a CASIO MG510 MIDI guitar, to play the msuci in the background(using a Roland JV 1080 4 x Expansion) and a Variax 300 nylon string classical, with just a touch of delay and reverb.Because of the amount of images, two pieces were patched togehter.

Another one:

[youtube][/youtube]

Moonlight over Naples.This time i had to work around the limitations of the Casio MG 510 guitar(especially in the low and high register),tryng to create a credible piano part.A two note unison chord( the one in the upper register) was obtained playng harmonic over the neck pickup,quite a challenge gettin right.Both background and piano parts were played on the Casio and the Roland JV 1080 4 x Expansion expander.Again many images,the pieces were patched together,but each one was improvised.

All the pics were taken from my balcony.

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 4:33 pm
by ankh
just uploaded two new ones.

In the first one, i used just an eletric guitar and an Ensoniq dp/2 patch i just created

[youtube][/youtube]

in this one, the electric guitar goes into a danelectro wasabi, a DOD milkbox compressor, into another ensoniq dp/2 patch:

[youtube][/youtube]

Playng was a lot of fun, creating the images and fiding the right sequence for them was much more demanding......

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 10:28 pm
by tukoztukoz
That's cool! I have to tell you I had to stop "floating in the dark" after 3 minutes, because the music scared my son too muck.... :wink:

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:47 am
by ankh
LOL, next time he tries to misbehave you know how to punish him :). :P :mrgreen:

Go figure, the song was originally called "creepy thumps" :lol:

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:52 am
by Slayer
That was fun Ankh!

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:34 pm
by ankh
back from the Dead :mrgreen: ,four new vids,music improvised on the spot:



Used an ebow and an ensoniqDP2 for the static "noise".

2) the music of tha tone was created using a digitech timebender and the ensoniq dp/2:



3) that one requested a slide, a korg ampworks and the ensoniq:




4) that one was created using the digitech timebender and the ensoniq for the background and then the red vantage guitar with the GFS neck pickup, the roland GP8, the lexicon alex and the ensoniq for the "lead" part, basically a third rate rookie attempt at a gilmouresque ripoff




All the images and videos were shot by your's truly during different times..............

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:22 pm
by ankh
still alive... a little thing i did experimenting with sounds.Images and vid taken while scubadiving...


Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:24 pm
by ankh
another piece i've done while improvising with the guitar and the Ensoniq.
Images taken at Costance lake in Germany:


Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 2:25 am
by ankh


music created on the spot using a variax,an ebow and a digitech Timebender

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 2:27 am
by ankh

this time pix aren't mine, those are provided by a friend.

again, music created on the spot using an electric guitar,an ebow and an Eventide gtr 4000

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:57 pm
by shramiac
The last one I can see guys getting ready on top of a cliff to go base jumping!

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 5:39 pm
by ankh
thanks so much for your words!

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 5:25 pm
by ankh


Improvvisation with a fretless 12 string nylon guitar(Dino...it's brown ;)).Direct to disk.

A friend of mine made a performance with oriental music and the pics were a bit blurry, so i've altered them and made this slideshow, with imrpovised music to go with it.She was very happy about it :)

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:55 am
by Slayer
Well done Ankh

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:07 am
by ankh
thnaks so much!!!

Some more different ones on the way....

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:54 am
by ankh
Done a while ago, inspired by a visit to an Assyrian expo in a famous Museum.
Music is improvised, direct to disk,no amps whatosever...


Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:48 pm
by tukoztukoz
Nice pics, relaxing music! Something mystic/spiritual in this, cool!

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:06 pm
by ankh
tukoztukoz,thnaks so much for your kind words.Sound was obtained with an Ebow, a Dream 180 neck pickup ona Vantage neckthrough,an eq and some reverb,direct to disk

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 5:37 pm
by ankh
hi folks, some new vids of improvisational music...as Always using just the guitar...

Here's part I:

the music is improvised on the spot,manipulating dynamics and pitch on the spot while i was playng...

The images are created using a freeware program


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Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 5:40 pm
by ankh
Part II.

music improvised on the spot, using just the guitar and the effects, images and words created by me.


Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 5:42 pm
by ankh
part III.

Once again, guitar and effects ,no synths.Images and words of my own doing..


Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:30 pm
by ankh


and...




sounds created using a casio mg 501 MIDI guitar and an expander.

Images taken by my balcony with my camera.

Re: ANKH,MUSIC & VISIONS

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 5:13 am
by ankh
some new experiments...

once again, sounds come out of an electric guitar inot a couple of digitech fx's
first one,
Spinning sparkles,moving particles of Light dancing in the bleak grey dark