Author Topic: Solo Piece w/ Alembic Bass (Read 513 times)

hb3 · « **on:** February 26, 2012, 03:21:19 PM »

Finally, I did a solo piece w/ my Alembic...strung as a tenor. It's just nuts:

http://soundcloud.com/hb3/mysterious-stranger

Cosmic...intergalactic...not exactly bar band material...sort of a theatrical piece, actually.

David Houck · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2012, 03:47:50 PM »

Very nice!

hb3 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2012, 03:54:07 PM »

It's a great sound, but tenor tuning has some good and bad aspects...I don't know if I'll use it this way all the time, but the good thing is that I didn't really need to make any adjustments. That was really cool. So this is pretty much the first thing I played when I had it strung up and turned the delay on.

I also found a bunch of new sounds w/ the piccolo. After I finished the 'Poseidon' album I was going to put it down for awhile, but then, bam...these were total accidental discoveries that sounded amazing.

Like, check this out:

http://soundcloud.com/hb3/a-fish-in-a-bowl-of-gold

Achieved by accident....

David Houck · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2012, 04:36:23 PM »

That was beautiful!

hb3 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2012, 05:34:31 PM »

Interesting, right? Almost like a hammered string sound....

David Houck · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2012, 06:12:02 PM »

I just listened to it again. I like the sound a lot, and I like what you do with it.

The first seventeen seconds would make a really nice repeating pattern. As I was thinking about that, it brought to mind the beginning of The Pilgrim by Wishbone Ash on the Pilgrimage album.

hb3 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 26, 2012, 06:13:41 PM »

Yeah, that part you're referring to is actually a recurring motif. It's all part of a big thing.

David Houck · « **Reply #7 on:** February 26, 2012, 06:19:35 PM »

If you're interested, here's a nice recent version of The Pilgrim.

hb3 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2012, 06:30:31 PM »

This is cool. I like that the guy is playing a flying V.

David Houck · « **Reply #9 on:** February 26, 2012, 06:37:20 PM »

The album was released in 1971.

hb3 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 26, 2012, 06:41:39 PM »

That was pretty hot.

rustyg61 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 28, 2012, 02:17:57 AM »

Amazing sound Hugh! What kind of effects are you using?

terryc · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2012, 05:40:01 AM »

At 2.17 it reminds of Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

sonicus · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2012, 07:06:52 AM »

You guys are both AWESOME ! It would be fun to hear you playing an ALEMBIC duet at an Alembic gathering ________IN the moment ; just create it on the spot for the occasion.

jzstephan · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2012, 07:17:12 AM »

Great sound on the Pilgrim video. Are those Tweed Bandmasters the guy with the Les Paul is playing through?