This is a playlist featuring my collaborations with the tremendous bass player Mirko Borach, aka Stringburner, https://soundcloud.com/stringburner. It is a diverse catalogue with a blend of styles ranging from Jazz to Rock to Flamenco to Funk... Let's say Fusion. It is great to find a player as good and versatile as Mirko here on SoundCloud and I am sure this playlist will grow through more collaborations to come.

We hope you enjoy our music here!

Dan

Stringburning Tunes with Mirko Borach on bass

These two tracks together form a sort of suite in two parts. The first an acoustic flamenco inspired version, the second a full blown progressive rock piece. Part I features extensive acoustic guitar work and Mirko Borach's fretless bass swirling around each other. Part II features Jason Rubenstein's large variety of keyboards, synths, moogs and piano as well as Mirko again on bass and myself, this time on electric guitars.

I am very pleased that with the recent release of part two I can now present to you this "Suite" of two: Veils in the Serpent Wind.

Dan van den Berg

Veils in the Serpent Wind,  Part I & II - Dan van den Berg with Jason Rubenstein & Mirko Borach

jazzy

Progressive music with Jason Rubenstein & Mirko Borach

Collected Lapidaries

This was something special! This track is a collaboration between Daniel van den Berg aka Danarchx on guitars and Jamie Rhind on Organ, strings synth and bass Synth. We aimed for a kind of Deep Durple meets Al Di Meola meets Yngwie kind of thing. It was cool and courageous of Jamie trying on a loud rock/metal piece but the result is... Well you judge! 
Music and instrumentalists: Jamie Rhind and Danarchx, 2014

Drag Racers on the Spanish Highway - Part 1 - Featuring Jamie Rhind

This fusion track is conceived as a series of wild flurries with melancholic and fast harmonic changes, it tries to charter different moods and feeling in a franticly romantic way. 
The title points to my heroes of Return to Forever, it's a tribute however in my own humble way and style, in which I might have picked up a thing or two from other musical influences... Without giving it away there is a quote somewhere in this track from the super guitar trio: Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia, who all come from the same group of marvelous 70-ties musicians.

I hope you can appreciate my musical excursions here.

Daniel

All guitars and music by Dan van den Berg, 2014
Artwork by Dan van den Berg, 2014




Frantic Romantic Warriors - Dan van den Berg

Way back when...

A new fresh Broken beat track full of tasty hornriffs and beats to dance to!

Hope you'll enjoy.
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Cheers,
SoulMetricSystem

Livin' it up! (Free Download!)

This one is a tribute to the great fusion group Tribal Tech, especially to  guitarist Scott Henderson and bassist Gary Willis. The great bassist aka Stringburner here on Soundcould asked me to collaborate on this lighting, or better rocket launching, fast fusion track which refers to Saturn 5, off the the tenth album called Rocket Science by the jazz fusion band Tribal Tech released in 2000. A mind boggling original that we could only humbly pay respect to. It uses a faster pace and condenses the themes, then aims in different directions with it, going from a free fusion style into rock and some Indian and Oriental modes.
We greatly enjoyed our little collaboration on this and hope you do too!

Bass guitar and drum programming by Stringburner,
Guitars by Dan van den Berg
recorded and mixed 2014, 2015

Please do check the awesome Stringburner here on Soundcloud! https://soundcloud.com/stringburner


Tribute to Tribal Tech - feat. Stringburner & DanArchX

Some of you that know me a bit longer might recognize this tune. The original name is "A Drone of A". When Mirko Borach, aka Stringburner, asked me if he could have a go at it with his fretless bass I didn't think twice! His take on it made me change some of the drum rhythms and remove the loud rhythm guitars almost completely cause the bass parts of Mirko are so expressive, they can carry the track. The feel is completely different and became more subtle and nuanced. In it's slowly modulating progressions it made me think now of sands continuously shifting the shapes of dunes by the wind, like I saw in Maspalomas earlier this year. The picture was taken there.
Anyways, I hope you like this revamped version!

Arrangements, music, mixing and guitars by Daniël van den Berg, 2014-2015
Bass arrangements and Fretless Bass by Mirko Borach, 2015
Drum samples from Amplitube

Check out Mirko's profile on Soundcloud! https://soundcloud.com/stringburner


The Ever Shifting Sands - feat. Stringburner & DanArchX

The title hints upon the dangerously seductive dance of Salome. Beauty and unease... The track's harmonies and melodic intents seem to flow from eerie to melancholy, tension and resolve. 
I have been working on this track for quite some time in the shape of a very loud rock tune, yet in that form still to be released. Recently I asked Mirko Borach, aka Stringburner, if he would add his bass ideas to this. His musical intention, virtuosity and his singing tone made me try an acoustic version with more room to shine for his playing. In the reworking I changed it into an exotic wild oriental or eastern dance with the, for me at least, obvious hints of Jazz Rock, Flamenco and Fusion. I hope you can enjoy it!

And! Do visit Mirko's splendid work on his SoundCloud profile:
https://soundcloud.com/stringburner

Music, arrangements and guitars by Daniel van den Berg.
Fretless bass and bass arrangements by Mirko Borach.
Drum samples from Amplitube.
February 2015

Guitars:
Paulino Bernabe, Taller de Guitarras, modelo-50, 2001
Ibanez JS100




Veils in the Serpent Wind, Part I - by Dan van den Berg, featuring Mirko Borach

From the album "Time For Tea" https://woodenhatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/time-for-tea

Sugar And Cream [Edit] by 11 Acorn Lane

This one is quite a crazy funky fusion track! A great bass player Mirko Borach aka Stringburner(https://soundcloud.com/stringburner )came up with the idea to cover this track by Los Lobotomys, a fusion group that was formed by Steve Lukather in 1989 with some of his friends and talented players, like David Garfield.
Mirko asked Jamie Rhind (https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind) and me to join on this one to complete the blend. Jamie brought his Miles' oriented synths, I brought my loud and funk rhythm guitars. We reworked the original, added different sounds and flavours to it, turning it into "Entanglement".  All of us have one solo spot around the main theme. Quite interesting is the turn of events with a more quiet interlude after the guitar solo, something we just had to keep in from the original.

Anyways! We hope to entertain you with this cover of a great fusion track and band. Do check them out if you don't know them already! Los Lobotomys...

Bass and bass arrangements, initial drum programming by Mirko Borach https://soundcloud.com/stringburner

Keyboards, synths and synth arrangements by Jamie Rhind https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind

Guitars and guitar arrangements, drum programming, mixing and mastering by Dan van den Berg

Drum samples from Amplitube
April 2015




Entanglement (cover) - feat. Mirko Borach | Jamie Rhind | Dan van den Berg

This one came about from a request by Mirko Borach, soundcloud.com/stringburner , a great virtuoso and extremely versatile bass player I have come to know here on SoundCloud. We have already done quite a few tracks together. I was honored when Mirko suggested to do the bass parts on a tune of mine I wrote quite a while back: Anticipating Intermediacy. https://soundcloud.com/danarchx/anticipating-intermediacy

In essence this track came from an idea I had of a repeating unchanging melody line that would change in feel an character by a modulating chord progression that is constantly changing. As describing a person's state going through changes and accepting that the only constant is change.
Anyways!

Mirko's work made me change the track into a more smooth and clearer version with more of a prog rock or jazz rock feel to it, compared to the original which is louder and very dense in texture.

We hope you like our collaboration on this one as well as the new version!

All guitars, music, arrangements and production by Dan van den Berg, DanArchX
All bass parts and arrangements by Mirko Borach, Stringburner, soundcloud.com/stringburner

Guitar: Ibanez JS100
Recorded with Amplitube
Drum programming by using drum samples from Amplitube
Additional synths by using Sampletank

22 April 2015

A.I. - New Version | Dan van den Berg with Mirko Borach on bass

Backing Track

Funk the Blues

The great bass player Mirko Borach, aka Stringburner https://soundcloud.com/stringburner, sent his wonderful original piece called "Mysterious" to Julien Apelian https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1 and me to see if we could add our touch and instruments to his warm singing bass sounds. It is a track that is reminiscent of several typical seventies and early eighties bands and sounds, ranging from, for example, a Black Sabbath type oriental riff, to more Return to Forever-like sounds, to even a hint of the Doors in some of Julien's playing. We had great fun working together again, arranging parts and adding solos and the wonderful mixing and post production by Julien tops this collaboration off!

We hope you'll enjoy this fusion of styles and our playing on Mirko's original called ...Mysterious...

Music, drum programming & fretless bass by Mirko Borach https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Keyboards, synths, Rhodes, arrangements, mixing and mastering by Julien Apelian https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1
Guitars and arrangements by Dan van den Berg
July 15th, 2015

Mysterious | by Mirko Borach, with Julien Apelian on keys & Dan van den Berg on guitar

Now here's an electric part II of Veils in the Serpent Wind, featuring the extra-ordinaire, brilliant keyboards player and composer Jason Rubenstein soundcloud.com/jasonrubenstein AND Mirko Borach again. 
Jason worked throughout the track on several instruments, ranging from Moogs, Synths and piano, did the co-production, and mixing and mastering. 
Mirko added his warm singing fretless bass tone again and some super virtuoso bass playing.
And! Very special guest here is a great drummer I have gotten to know though Jason's invite here: Tom Hipskind. Do check out his great drumming and versatility.

Eleven months ago I released this track called "Veils in the Serpent Wind", which features the great bass player Mirko Borach, aka Stringburner soundcloud.com/stringburner, who joined on an experimental fusion track hinting on Salome's seductive Dance. An acoustic version: https://soundcloud.com/danarchx/veils-in-the-serpent-wind. Now this has turned into a pair and a little "suite". In musical appreciation and upbringing I am a seventies guy. I love epic music and thinking up these long tracks in different modes, movements and parts. 

It is indeed my great joy and pleasure to release this exiting, wild and unusual piece of music, that brings a whole new light to the material of "Veils in the Serpent Wind". This is part II.

We hope you will enjoy our journey into a new territory for this track and as always appreciate your comments, likes and shares.

Dan van den Berg, January 14th, 2016

Initial music, guitars, drum programming, co-production by Dan van den Berg
All keyboards, arrangements, production, mixing and mastering by Jason Rubenstein soundcloud.com/jasonrubenstein
Fretless Bass and bass arrangements by Mirko Borach soundcloud.com/stringburner
released January 14th, 2016


Veils in the Serpent Wind, Part II - Quartet with Jason Rubenstein, Tom Hipskind & Mirko Borach

We are proud to present a new progressive rock track we have been working on. On request by Mirko Borach https://soundcloud.com/stringburner, a great and talented bass player, who made the initial composition by way of a bass arangement and beautiful drum section by Danny Handler both Jason Rubenstein and I joined in. Jason Rubenstein is a multi-facetted, brilliant keyboardist and established name in the genre. I picked up my Fender guitar to complete this quartet effort. 
Mirko set up many different sections to this track that grooves, sings and screams. Danny's drum parts add richness in texture and fine details everywhere. Jason juxtaposed some extra tension in the harmonic chord arrangements, which served as great and rich material for the guitar parts, as well as quite a surprise in the piano solo. 
We had a blast writing, arranging and recording and hope you will enjoy the musical explorations in this track called "The Organic Machine".
Orginal composition, bass arrangements, bass guitar by Mirko Borach, aka Stringburner @stringburner
Drum sections and arrangements by Danny Handler @dannyhandler
Piano arrangements and piano by Jason Rubenstein @jasonrubenstein
Guitar arrangements, electric guitars, mix and master by Daniël van den Berg
Cover image by Dan van den Berg

The Organic Machine

The Organic Machine | Quartet with Mirko Borach, Danny Handler, Jason Rubenstein & Dan van den Berg

Now or Never

This is the full version of a suite from my band, Psycles.  I hope you listen and enjoy.

Onsra - I Fall in Love (Full Version)

This is a cool, old Little Richard cover.  Great solos from Howard Levy and B.J. Cord.  I think the guitar solo has some great moments, though I wish I would've chilled out a bit at the end.  That's me singing.  Fun listen.  From the album: Chris Siebold & Psycles Live At Martyrs' CSM 2011 Available on CD, vinyl, and all digital formats.

Directly From My Heart To You

THE NEW ALBUM OF MY BAND THE HYPERSONIC FACTOR  CALLED BELEVOLENT BEASTS IS OUT NOW!  AVAILABLE ON ALL STREAMING SERVICES!
featuring:
Jason Rubenstein - Keyboards, Piano, compositions, arrangements and producer
Mirko Borach - Bass and compositions
Tom Hipskind - Drums
Dan van den Berg - Electric and Acoustic guitars, compositions, arrangements, synthesizers
https://thehypersonicfactor.bandcamp.com/album/benevolent-beasts



Check my SOLO Album here! https://danielvandenberg.bandcamp.com/album/short-tales-for-three-guitars

This site is for my musical avatar or alter ego. Architect/partner/company owner by day, I find myself playing guitar and writing these tracks in afterhours, at nights, evenings, when in need of a dose of guitar sounds. You will find a wide range of guitar oriented music, ranging from Jazz to Blues, Flamenco to Classical, Rock to Fusion. And many collaborations with some great musicians.

I have been playing guitar since I was 11 years old, largely self-taught and have tried different styles and instruments: Renaissance lute, flamenco guitar, classical guitar, steel string guitar and electric guitar with which I have been playing in styles ranging from rock and metal in my early years to classical music, some American Folk music, jazz rock, prog rock, flamenco nuevo and fusion.

It’s been a splendid time here so far, in collaborating with a lot of brilliant musicians on SoundCloud and sharing ideas and the passion for music. 
My collaborations are with musicians that I have a deep respect for and have a mutual appreciation for real instruments, and musical styles that focus on letting the instruments “shine”. 

Here is some technical data:
Currently I am using Amplitube and Auria on an iPad as DAW with Final Touch for mastering. For acoustic recording I use an Apogee microphone.

Guitars are:
Fender AMERICAN ELITE STRATOCASTER® HSS SHAWBUCKER, 2016
Fender Stratocaster Squire (first edition: JV-series)
Ibanez JS100, Joe Satriani model
Evh Frankie Striped MN Relic R/W/B

EVH 5150 Series Standard Stealth Black EB guitar
Fender American Professional II Stratocaster HSS Olympic White RW
Charvel Pro-Mod DK24 HSH 2PT CM Mahogany Natural
Paulino Bernabe, Taller de Guitarras, Model-50, 2001, classical concert guitar
Marín, Modelo Estudio /9 Calidad, 1997, Malaga, Spain, flamenco guitar
Joan Cashimira, modelo 145, spruce top w/ cocobolo sides and back, Gata de Gorgos (Alicante), 2015

I hope you will enjoy my music.

Daniël van den Berg
DanArchX