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

Guitar: Matt Salata
Drums: Patrick Robinson
Bass: hieronymous

Spontaneous Composition by Bridge/Robinson/Salata

Engine Room

Drums: Greg DeGuglielmo
Bass & Taurus 3 Bass Pedals: hieronymous

This track was spontaneously composed during rehearsals for an upcoming recording session. Greg played his classic Gretsch kit, hieronymous played an Ibanez SR506 6-string bass through the 3Leaf Audio GR2 envelope filter and Fodera x_Caliper compressor.

Inaugural Jelly

Drums: Greg DeGuglielmo
Bass & Bass Pedals: hieronymous

Another track from the August "Henronymous" rehearsal sessions. Spontaneously composed by Bridge/DeGuglielmo.

esbe olosei

Re-awaken the sleeping power within Kha-Tess...

hieronymous: Bass, Moog Taurus 3 bass pedals, Micromoog synth
Greg DeGuglielmo: Percussion

Spontaneously composed by Bridge
Recorded at Robot Envy Studios, Berkeley, California by Sammy Fielding 8/22/11


Kha-Tess part 1

now available on Bandcamp! https://hieronymous7.bandcamp.com/track/rock-crystal

video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzpHtZsN4Uc&t=48s

go mining in the caves for the subterranean crystals – only to be obtained by pick & wah – with help from Budda of course!

Credits:

hieronymous: bass, synth 
Greg DeGuglielmo: drums 

Spontaneously Composed by Bridge/DeGuglielmo 

Produced and Mixed by hieronymous 
Engineered and Recorded by Damon Burke 

Core Recording at Oxbow Studios, August 23, 2015 
Additional Recording at Round House Studio

Rock Crystal

Jaguar Bottom Master 6-string bass guitar, Moog Rogue synth: hieronymous
Drums: Greg DeGuglielmo
Spontaneously composed by Bridge/DeGuglielmo
Recorded at the original Oxbow Studios in Wayland, MA by Damon Burke in 2005

Afternoon Stroll

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

This track is so early, it's pre-hieronymous! Originally recorded in Bedford, Massachusetts in 2002 on minidisc (remember that format?) with a stereo mic, it has since been eq'd & remastered. It's twenty minutes long, so strap yourself in for a musical journey!

Gary Backstrom: guitar
Greg DeGuglielmo: drums
hieronymous: bass

jam of when

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!

Mystical transmission from the ElectroBorealis-2 - listen carefully next time you are looking towards the north side of the sky...

bass, synth drone: hieronymous (bass: 1968 Gibson EB-2 & Crowther Prunes & Custard; drone: Moog Rogue, CP-251 Moogerfooger splitting MF-103 LFO to simultaneously control frequency of MF-101 low pass filter & Frostwave Resonator)
drums: Greg DeGuglielmo

Spontaneously composed by Bridge/DeGuglielmo
Recorded at the original Oxbow Studios by Damon Burke

minus prolegomenon

Improvisation from the first official hieronymous session in 2002 - although the ball was started rolling in the earlier "Jam of When," this is the first time one of these jams was recorded in a studio (the original Oxbow Studios in this case).

Featuring:
Gary Backstrom - guitar
Greg DeGuglielmo - drums
hieronymous - bass

Spontaneously composed by Backstrom/Bridge/DeGuglielmo
Recorded by Damon Burke in August 2002

is free take one

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

hieronymous: Rickenbacker 4001 bass, Moog Taurus 3 bass pedals, Rhodes electric piano
Greg DeGuglielmo: drums
Spontaneously composed by Bridge/DeGuglielmo
Recorded at Robot Envy Studios, Berkeley, CA
Additional recording at Round House Studio
Copyright 2010

nova aldo

Out in the valley, the end of the road...
hieronymous: 1968 Gibson Melody Maker Bass, moogerfoogers (MF-101, CP-251), bass pedal synth (Moog Little Phatty, Roland PK-5)
Greg DeGuglielmo: drums
Spontaneously composed by Bridge/DeGuglielmo
Recorded 2007 at TJROX Audio in Lodi, CA

terminous

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.


Spontaneous Composition

hieronymous seven