Shankara Andy Bole
Buzuk - Saz Guitar - Flutes - Monochord - Singing Bowls - Electronics - Ambience
I am now taking bookings for 2025
Performances, Workshops in Exotic Scales/Music, Meditation and Sound Sessions.
Shankara Andy Bole is a unique explorer of sound whose artistic journey blends diverse cultural influences, his intricate understanding of Arabic (scales) and Indian ragas allows him to create a unique soundscape that transcends geographical boundaries. With the blending of these influences, combined with the deep meditative qualities of his music he creates an immersive experience that connects with the listener's inner world.
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My albums and extras are available as downloads from BANDCAMP
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.
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.
Rainbow Crow - 7 Spontaneous compositions for Bouzouki, recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studio's.
OF BLUE SPLENDOUR
FEATURING GONG'S DAEVID ALLEN & IAN EAST, JAH BUDDHA, RICH OM AND ANOTHER GREAT MANDALA COVER BY
JO THILWIND.
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
New CD Inner Temple featuring Shankara Andy Bole with Brain Abbott on Glissando Guitar and Craig Shankster on Gongs. Bell and Singing Bowls
This album comprises 49 minutes of 7 drones - C, D, E, F, G, A, B.
7 drones for 7 minutes each. It can used for Meditation, Sound Healing or just Aural pleasure.
C - ROOT
D - SACRAL
E - SOLAR
F - HEART
G - THROAT
A - THIRD EYE
B - CROWN
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
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
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 .
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
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.
THE GLISSANDO GUITAR ORCHESTRA LIVE AT KOZFEST 2014.
ANDY BOLE
BRIAN ABBOTT
BOB HEDGER
KEV HEGAN
MARK HUXLEY
PAUL WOODWRIGHT
JERRY BEWLEY
GREGG McKELLA