Music inspired by Ensō (circle) a sacred symbol in the Zen school of Buddhism, you may hear it called the Circle of Enlightenment, the Enso Circle, the Infinity Circle. If you actually took the meanings of the two Kanji symbols that make up the word, ensō would translate as Mutual Circle or Circle of Togetherness.

Shankara Andy Bole with Gong's Didier Malherbe and Dave Sturt  Cary Grace, Georgina Brett, Clive Bell, Brian Abbott, Rick Wilson, Craig Shankster.

OF BLUE SPLENDOUR

FEATURING GONG'S DAEVID ALLEN & IAN EAST, JAH BUDDHA, RICH OM AND ANOTHER GREAT MANDALA COVER BY

JO THILWIND.

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In Nature is a collection of recordings I made in 2020 during the pandemic lockdown.

I spent a lot of time walking in woods and forests, the Japanese have a phrase for this - Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) it is an accepted part of Japanese preventative health care because of the mental, physical and spiritual health benefits it delivers. It definitely helped my state mind. On my trips into the forest I often took an instrument with me and would sometimes find a nice spot to sit and spend some time improvising, this CD is a result of some of those times. All the pieces were recorded using a Zoom H2N portable recorder, there are no overdubs just an instrument and the local wildlife, it wasn't until listening back I heard a cuckoo on one recording and there is a very loud crow that took exception to the music on one of the pieces.

​All tracks were recorded live at Glorious events including, Glastonbury, Kozfest, Gong Uncon.

TRACKS

Echolands

Mother Earth

Pheromones and Incense

Solanum

The cry of the Swan

The Glorious Event

COVER MANDALA BY

JO THILWIND

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Rainbow Crow - 7 Spontaneous compositions for Bouzouki, recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studio's.

EPICYCLES IS A 50 MINUTE INTERGALACTIC TONE POEM, THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF COLLABORATIONS WITH SYNTH PLAYERS I HAVE ADMIRED OVER THE YEARS.

​EPICYCLES 1 IS WITH HIROSHI HIGASHI FROM THE BAND ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE.

A 3 hours 46 minute Soundscape recorded in Lockdown 2020-2021

ANDY BOLE - GUITARS, BOUZOUKI, GLISSANDO GUITAR, EBOW, AMBIENCE
SALLY MINCHIN - VIOLIN, VIOLA, VOCALS
DAEVID ALLEN - GLISSANDO GUITAR
JO THILWIND - ART

A Live Enso Guitar Improvisation Recorded at EM1 Nottingham, 6th Sept 2019

Andy Bole, Bob Hedger, Mark Huxley, Nick Raybould Live at Blind Cat Festival...Motorik crazy.

A live recording from Sonic Rock Solstice Festival 2012.

Andy Bole - Bouzouki, Guitars, Loops.

John Large - Percussion.

Tamixi performed by Shankara Andy Bole on Bouzouki and Katie Stevens on Clarinet.

UKKO - IS A 50 MINUTE JOURNEY THROUGH THE EYE OF A STORM PERFORMED BY ANDY BOLE AND BOB HEDGER .

This is a recording of a live performance by Andy Bole and John Large to the film Nosferatu live at Off The Tracks Festival.

credits

released April 3, 2016

Shankara Andy Bole - Guitar
John Large - Percussion

C.D on the AdHoc label from Denver.

TRACKS

Carogeen

Spring Snow1

Finikous

Snows Past

Pier Head

Ambush

Spring Snow2

Blackwater/Silver Sea

Ramshackle Pier

That Way

Snows Past2

Resophonics1

Resophonics2

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A unique performance by Daevid Allen and the Glissando Guitar Orchestra recorded at Daevid's last Gliss Orchestra gig in Birmingham on the 18th May 2013. Includes Daevid's  introduction to Gliss Guitar.

released May 31, 2019

Daevid Allen, Brain Abbott, Shankara Andy Bole, Kev Hegan, Will Greenwood, Steve Pond, Dani Speakman, Steve Bemand.