progonymous

Spontaneous Composition

Guitar - Henry Hopkins
Drums - Gregarius
Bass, Taurus 3 Bass Pedals & Micromoog Synth - hieronymous

Spontaneously composed by Bridge/DeGuglielmo/Hopkins
Recorded live in the studio 8/22/11 at Robot Envy, Berkeley, CA
Engineered by Sammy Fielding
Additional recording & mixing by hieronymous at Round House Studio

Hieronymous Gregarius Hopkins

hieronymous: earth bass & air bass

Gibson Melody Maker bass, Z Vex Woolly Mammoth fuzz, Moog/Big Briar MF-101 low pass filter & MF-104 analog delay

composed by Bridge

Pure Motorized Instinct (Prehistoric Mix)

Recorded at a recent jam session - the full-band mix was being tweaked as I recorded it into my portable recorder - also there are some drop-outs/noise, etc. - so a lot of the audio is from a separate recording I did of just my bass, sometimes being manipulated with an Alembic SF-2 Superfilter.

Equipment used: 1976 Rickenbacker 4001 bass, 3Leaf GR2 signed by Bootsy Collins, Fulltone Bass Drive, CAJ Tube Compressor and Adamas graphite pick; Moog Taurus 3 bass pedals near the end

Valley of the Filter Beast

stanley lighthead - spontaneously composed by Bridge/Robinson/Wright

Available on Stanley Lighthead's album #getlightheaded on band camp:

https://stanleylighthead.bandcamp.com/track/hisashiburi-jam

rehearsal 9-2-17

trio improv

hieronymous used to be based in Massachusetts - it snows there - enjoy this frosty improv!!!

bass: hieronymous
guitar: Bob Greco
drums: Greg DeGuglielmo

spontaneously composed by Bridge/DeGuglielmo/Greco
recorded at Oxbow Studios - recorded by Damon Burke - 2003

Yes Frost!

bass: hieronymous
drums: gregarius
turntables: dj taka

Black Walrus (over the edge mix)

More of the Kha-Tess Tetralogy is slowly oozing out of the vault...
hieronymous: Les Paul Triumph Bass, Taurus 3 Bass Pedals, Micromoog Synthesizer 
Greg DeGuglielmo: Drums 
Spontaneously composed by Bridge/DeGuglielmo 
Recorded at Robot Envy Studios, Berkeley, CA 8/22/11
Engineered by Sammy Fielding 
Additional recording and mixing at Round House Studio

Kha-Tess part 3.8-part 4

"Cool as f**k, kinda mad, but in a reserved sort of a way, like being on mushrooms in a jazz bar owned by David Lynch." - Rowan Burn, Midas Fall

B-Side to STANAGRAM, the new single from Stanley Lighthead

Available now at https://stanleylighthead.bandcamp.com/album/stanagram

DV Wright: guitar, loops
Patrick Robinson: drums
Harry Bridge: fretless bass guitar, bass pedal synth

STANAGRAM

Spree Upon Vale

STANAGRAM - Improvised Electronic Communication via Instrumental Word Game Tone Poem

Available now at https://stanleylighthead.bandcamp.com/album/stanagram

DV Wright - guitar, effects
Patrick Robinson - drums
Harry Bridge - bass guitar, Micromoog

jam 19-7-11

middle-period hieronymous

gregarius: drums
hieronymous: bass, synth

recorded march 30, 2007 at tj rox audio in lodi, ca

Kappa Highway

Here's a REALLY "old" one! This must be from around 2003 or so - the second recording session at Oxbow Studios - came in with a sketch, a week or two later in Berkeley with a Moog and there's a song! I played my Gibson EB-2 bass with fuzz and Greg DeGuglielmo is playing drums, Micromoog overdubs by hieronymous.

Composed by Bridge.
Original recording by Damon Burke at the original Oxbow Studios in Wayland, MA. 
Synth overdubs done at the Institute of Buddhist Studies dormitory in Berkeley, CA.

Philtre 927

hieronymous is an ongoing instrumental music project, centered on the bass guitar and drums - the music is mainly improvisational, following the "instant composition" style pioneered by Can, Miles Davis, the Grateful Dead, etc.


Hieronymous Gregarius Hopkins

hieronymous seven