Discography....

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Preview of newest stuff (below).  

Diamond Vault  - composed music for an an exotic commercial with beautiful jewelry (click this link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8sbZnVcBcQ )

Why For    Simultaneous playing of a treated electric guitar and treated classical guitar (from the recording

"Out: 17 Modern Guitarists Salute Derek Bailey)

Why For vs. Electric Glaceverb  the same piece above with Glaceverb plugin manipulation

 

For a list of instruments heard on Ian's recordings - click here!

2005 - Aug. - Aquatic III:  Sea Sure

Songs:  1. Telesonar Nereids (6:33)  2. Dewaruci (3:41)  3. Velká Voda (3:43)  4. Luinil (1:55)  5. dit'ood (5:04)  6.  Oceanic Dharma (4:24)  7.  Residual La Niña (4:45)  8.  Sotæpattimagga (4:38)  9.  Rarenga Wairu (6:42)  10.  Uulea (3:21) Featuring:  Ian Naismith- Treated Piano, Liquid mix, Electric Guitar, Thunder drum, Ebow, Ambient Bass, Hand Percussion, Dhrumba, Tranduceddrones, Kalimba, Loops...  Alina  - Piano, Vocals...  Anders -  Piano, Vocals...

2004 - Sept. - Spirit Amalgam
Songs:  1. Baha'i Lost (5:31)  2. Soul Retreat (4:53)  3. Ayurveda (4:56)  4. Vodou Papay (8:08)  5. Moc Duchovni (3:12)  6. River Spirits (2:34)  7.  Gandhara (6:54)  8.  We, Who Visit Ghosts From The Sun (4:26)  9.  Kwakwaka'wakw Totem (3:45)  10. Eidolon (4:44)  11. Nut'u (3:12)  12. Wali  (4:04) 13.  Reincarnation (1:06)   Featuring:  Ian Naismith- Electric Guitar, Ebow, Bass, Hand Percussion, Dhrumba, Tranduceddrones, Kalimba, Loops...  Alina  - Vocals (2,13)  Anders - processed bongo (13)... with sounds of:  Tamer Kelesoglu - Arabic Drums 1,7)...  Numina - Ambience (2)... Ma Ja Le - Ambience (3)... Steve Tibbetts - Ambience (3,8), Thunder Percussion (4)... Zero-G Ltd. - Indian field recordings (1,3), Ambience (5,6)... Peace Love Productions - DDU Percussion (3)... Marc Anderson - Thunder Drums (4,8)                               Joe Vitale - junk percussion (5)... Robert Rich - Pelong Gender, Mbira (8), Ocarina (10), Glass, Jung Hi (12)...                                 J. Arif Verner -  Acoustic guitar (6)... Rapoon - bells, drone (7,9)... Rich Mallet - Drum & Bass groove (5)... Todd Milne -                                Spike fiddle (5)...  Richard Michos - Indian Voice Sample Food (9)...
2003 - Nov. - Subterranean Flame
Songs:  1. Ark On Mt. Arafat (2:24)  2.  Rumours Of Movement (3:58)  3. Energy = G = g M h (1:33)   4. The Ridge Of The Sun (3:14)  5. Tremorflirting (2:29)  6. Eruptions Of Io (4:26)  7.  Mass=(Volume)(density)=(10^9 m^3)(2.7x10^3 kg/m^3)= 2.7x10^12 kg (1:52)  8. Reventador Above Clouds (3:25)  9. Lahar (1:33)  10. Yearning For Time (3:11)  11. Rejuvination (3:02)  12. Bubbles And Steam (1:18)  13. Lava Dance (Molten Return) (5:28)  14. Fires Of Szennyes (3:13)  15. Across The Scorched Earth (2:26)  16. Chichinautzin (1:55)   Featuring:  Ian Naismith- Electric Guitar, Ebow, Bass, Hand Percussion, Tongue Drum, Kalimba, Loops...  Alina & Anders -      Vocals & Whistle... with sounds of:  Tamer Kelesoglu - Arabic Drums (1)...  Ilona - Vocals (2)...  Marc Anderson -                              Tribal  drums (4, 13)...  Shockwave Audio - end theme (5)...   Ma Ja Le - Ambience (6)...  Todd Milne - Bells (10)...                                   David  Torn - drones (12)... Siggi Baldursson - Distorto Drums (13)...  Peace Love Audio - down tempo vibe (14)...
2003 - Apr. -  Aquatic II:  Webcloning
Songs:  1.  Polymutation Complete (  )    2.  Fault:: Cranitarium (  )   Featuring:  Ian Naismith - Electric Guitar, various free loops
2002 - Dec. -   Voyage Exotique
Songs:  1. Forca Elegante (2:17)  2. Cadeau de l'eau (6:04)  3. Bhagwan Dass (6:05) 4. Bird=Reptile=Fish (8:37) 5. Hambe Kahle (3:58) 6. Une Santé de Chercher de Voyage (3:42) 7. Poiché ci Sono Alcoolici (4:37) 8. Tarîkî (4:20)  9.  Sanmaarga (6:07)   Featuring:  Ian Naismith - Electric Guitar, Ebow, Bass, Kalimba, Hand Percussion, Treatments... Alina & Anders - Vocals (5, 7, 9)... Sean Alan - Bass (3)...  with sounds of:  David Torn - Texture Guitar (1, 7, 9)...   Marc Anderson - Percussion (1)...  Rapoon Textures (2)... Siggi Baldursson - Cutting Edge Traps (4, 5)...  Joe Vitale - Latin Percussion (6)...  Bill Laswell -                                Bass (8)...  Richard Michos - Ethnos (8)...
2002 - Mar. -    Galaxy Collisions
Songs:  1.  Primordial Helium Traces (8:04)  2.  Ancient Encounter (5:38)  3.  Coma Cluster (6:42)  4.  Nebula Particles (3:58)  5.  Revealing The Heart Of The Whirlpool (4:19)  6.  12 Billion Light Year Long Corridor (6:57)  7.  Doomed Star Eta Carinae (9:11)  8.  Andromeda Procession (5:44)  9.  Cannibalizing Stars (5:06) Featuring:  Ian Naismith - Electric Guitar, Bass, incidental Percussion, Drones, E-bow, Woody, Kalimba, Field Recordings...  with sounds of:  Robert Rich - Drones, Piano Ambience, Glurp, Various Percussion...  Rapoon - Drones...  Marc Anderson - Hand Percussion...  Richard Michos - Indian Sample Food...   Joe Benzola - Esoteric Percussion...  Siggi Baldursson - Alien Drums...
2001 - Dec. -    Aquatic I:  Requiem For A Spy
Songs:  1. Seen By Inhale's Light (4:54)  2.  Assignment (2:53)  3.  In Too Deep (1:53)  4. Foreign Land (3:01)  5.  Detected (1:41)  6.  Run! (2:39)  7.  Apprehended:: (3:05)  8.  Interrogation (2:16)  9.  Escape... (3:57)  10.  Overconfidence (4:26)  11.  We're Watching You (2:07)  12.  In Custody (1:19)  13.  Tortured (4:40)  14.  Blinking Buoys And Cement Shoes (6:17)  15.  New Spy - Same Assignment (1:53)   Featuring:  Ian Naismith - Electric Guitar, Ebow, Bass, Hand Percussion, Woody, Fractals, Loops...  Alina - Vocals... with sounds of:  Siggi Baldursson - Alien Drums (1, 8)...  Robert Rich - Suling (2) & Ambience (13)...  Vince Andrews Orchestra (2)...  James Johnson - Ambience (7)...  Loopasonic.com - Beats & Key Bass (7)...  Bill Laswell - Ambience (9)... Rapoon -                                Ambience (11)...
2001 - Nov. -    Forgotten & Imminent
Songs:  1.  Rain Spirit Shining (8:31)  2.  Bridge To The Elders (7:26)  3.  Hunting & Gathering (5:57)  4.  Ghost Invitations (4:29)  5.  Gunung Batur (3:04)  6.  Swimming Samsara (6:17)  7.  Globamorph (4:56)  8.  Blue Dot Red? (4:24)  9.  Blinding Nuclear Kinda Day (Sloppy Mix) (4:07)  10.  Aquamantra (2:58)  11.  The Earth Cries For Man - Then Dies (2:31)   Featuring:  Ian Naismith - Electric Guitar, Ebow, Bass, Loops, Hand Percussion, Treatments...  with sounds of:  Marc Anderson - Various Percussion (1, 2, 4, 7, 8)...  Richard Michos - Hand Percussion (1, 3, 4)...   Joe Vitale - Latin Percussion (3, 4)... The Fish Heads - Asian Sounds (5, 6)...  Sean Dvorak - Reggae Beats (9)... Bill Laswell - Bass, Wet Grooves (10)...
2001 - June -    Earthwaves
Songs:  1.  Medicating The Shaman (3:56)  2.  Borders' Melting (2:32)  3.  Charting Momentary Islands (7:20)  4.  Taming The Fire Within (5:25)  5.  Shelter From The Weeping Moon (7:53)  6.  Aliendance (2:27)  7.  Electroethnoclassico (2:16)  8.  Time-Space Confusionuum (5:06)  9.  To The Desert (6:20)  10.  The March Of The Zombies (2:13)  11.  Mercury Immersion (2:31)  12.  Cities Of A Million Heartbeats (3:22)   Featuring:  Ian Naismith-  Electric Guitar, Ebow, Bass, Treatments, Hand Percussion, Loops...  with sounds of:  Robert Rich - Suling, Flutes, & Glurp (1)...  David Torn - Power Guitar (2), Call & Response Guitar (12)... Bill Laswell - Ambient Drums (3)...  Richard Michos - Ethnic Vocal & Drone Samplefood (3)...  Marc Anderson - Percussion (4, 5)... Siggi Baldursson -                                Alien Drums (4, 9)...     GUEST APPEARANCES
2006 - "Out:  17 Modern Guitarists Salute Derek Bailey"
http://www.myspace.com/out17salutederekbailey "Out: 17 Modern Guitarists Salute Derek Bailey" is a compilation of original guitar improvisations by several guitarists who wanted to show respects for Derek Bailey. Bailey was an idiosyncratic genius of a guitarist, mostly unknown but to those interested in avant garde music and experimental guitar. He died Christmas Day 2005. He championed free playing in jazz and beyond. Rather than try to prove a doctorate on the techniques used by Bailey, the participants agreed to record improvisationally and to let their own techniques and technology bring their own signature tip-of-the-hat, though some evoked his sound. Musicians include Bruce Stevens, Chris Shaffer, Christopher Allen, DLed, Dan Stearns, David Beardsley, Ed DeGenaro, Gary Corcoran, Ian Naismith, Jason Fink, Jim Hearn, Jonathan Buchanan, Michael Vick, Newbie Brad, Rigsby Smith, Steve Milberger, and Todd Madson. This project has been parented by Kronosonic.com and produced by 3 Pups Music. Sincere thanks to Unfretted.com and Myspace itself. Also to America, England, Russia, Germany and Norway (for these guitarists!)
2004 - June - "Sixteen Days In The Gulf Of Silence"
Featuring the phenomenal guitar playing of:  Jason Fink (who invited Ian to join on guitar and mix his song "Kalta"),  Ken Rubenstein, Infinite Ego, Chris Shaffer, Dan Stearns, Ben McAllister, David Zahorsky, Brian Gregory, Newbie Brad, Dmitry Ledentstov, Tammo Truper, Aliensporebomb, delphine austere, Fridge, Mercury Poisoning, and Bofatron Sofasaurus (rumored to be guitarist Buckethead).  The project was organized, and is sold through the avant guitar forum known as Kronosonic.
2002 Dec. - "The PRC Sampler"
Featuring the bands:  Ian Naismith - "Bhagwan Dass" from the CD "Voyage Exotique"  also... great tunes from:  Easter Island, Exploding Monsters, French TV, Man In Space, Rockenfield & Speer, Lennart Stahle, Systems Theory, Trap, Velvet Chain, Visual Cliff, Matthew Walker, & Ken Watson.   The PRC Sampler was organized and produced by Chris "CJ" Jones & Mike Hargis.