Zygote Productions
Why Why
pedal tone goth meets middle-eastern dirge with multi-tracked vocal harmonies. lance: voice, guitars, penny whistle, percussion, programming. Ed Drury: didgeridoo, E-bow, frame drum.
Apparabia Apparabia
Banjitar with doumbek. Bluegrass/newgrass banjitar/6-string banjo meets African kora with Middle Eastern percussion. THAT'S World Fusion!
3 Part 12 String Quasi Madrigal.mp3 3 Part 12 String Quasi Madrigal.mp3
improv acoustic 12-string guitar instrumental with 3 parts.
Voxen Strings Meditative Figures Voxen Strings Meditative Figures
soothing, overlapping voice & treated guitar figures
Conjuring Kokopelli Conjuring Kokopelli
An ambient instrumental inspired by Native American flute player R.Carlos Nakai. Multi-layered elements of treated flute, voice, & field recordings.
Residential Plane Residential Plane
kinetic prog rock/jazz fusion fuzzy guitar riffs.
Remember to Breathe Remember to Breathe
a smooth jazz lullaby of sorts? John Bates on bass. Lance on acoustic & electric guitar
Wood: Wails: Steel: Skin Wood: Wails: Steel: Skin
Vision Questing World Fusion Groove. Lance Cyrlin: marimba, acoustic 12-string, bass, talking drum, vocal chants
MiddleGround MiddleGround
John Bates layers bass over bass loop. Lance on treated electric guitar. a mellow jazzy funk wah ditty
Cleanin' Smoov Cleanin' Smoov
weaving bubbly electric guitar lines over acoustic rhythm & canned quasi-brazillian beat
Existential Bane Existential Bane
layers of mellow fuzz & treated guitar instrumental over mid-tempo beat
Africeltic Andean Alembic Africeltic Andean Alembic
World Fusion groove of marimba, recorder, chant vocals, & hand percussion pulse. Fuses folk elements from African, Celtic, and Andean music
Deoyay Deoyay
Improvised delayed layers of Medieval / Tribal Chanting over an Arabic percussion Doumbek Groove
Ambient Rain Delay.mp3 Ambient Rain Delay.mp3
treated electric guitar improv. laid back ambient film score vibe
Chant And Dance of Prosperity Chant And Dance of Prosperity
African vibe multi-tracked improv voice & drum meditation groove
Quid est Nobiscum (modern gregorian chant) Quid est Nobiscum (modern gregorian chant)
Multi-layered Modern Interpretation: a cappella Medieval/Renaissance/motet/cantus firmus/gregorian chant type piece with a secular Latin text
Smooth Rolling Smooth Rolling
laid back improv. John: bass, Lance: banjitar, Skins McFadden: djembe, Vincent G: doumbek
Spinning Spinning
a harmonic loop created by and improvised over by John 'Bassman' Bates. Lance plays a simple trap kit groove with hot rod sticks