http://www.modicum.us Modicum of Silence is a regional netlabel that specializes in the experimental music of Northwest Ohio. You can download their releases for free. http://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M039This was fully recorded, mixed, and mastered at The Homestead between February 16 and March 5, 2010. All instrumentation, lyrics, and production are attributed to Nic Ross and released under a Creative Commons license. Tracklisting: 1. Inciting to Riot (0:35) 2. The Capitalist Caste System (0:57) 3. Drinking from the Lethe (1:01) 4. Missing Person Report (0:18) 5. Before the Heavenly Tribunal (0:57) 6. Dénouement (1:07) 7. Cygnus olor (Suicide Note) (4:26) 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M038This is a preview of the upcoming album The Heart Of It All, to be released tentatively on April 1, 2010. This was fully recorded, mixed, and mastered at The Homestead between October 22, 2009 and January 21, 2010. All songs are written and performed by Chad Foltz. Production and additional instrumentation are by Nic Ross. This recording is released under a Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 license. Tracklisting: 1. March 21, 1990 (4:57) 2. In the Morning (3:41) 3. Strangers on a Train (4:09) 4. I-75 (4:29) 5. Details of the War (8:42) 6. September (2:49)21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A034Self-released on January 12, 2010. Cover art by Crystal Wood. Tracklisting: 1. Every Time (3:07) 2. Don\'t Hold (2:09) 3. Jonah (3:45) 4. Lost Ones (4:39)13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A033listen to this album! i mean if you want. if you have time? i understand that you are busy. i am busy sometimes too. i\'m pretty sure some of my friends think i don\'t like them since i don\'t see them much. but i just get busy! you know how it goes. anyways, i won\'t take offense if you have other things to do. Tracklisting: 1. reassessment.bat (4:10) 2. staircase (4:28) 3. don\'t recall (4:37) 4. web (fierce) (6:44) 5. dread (4:38) 6. a space autopsy (3:35)11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M037Local listeners can purchase this release from Allied Record Exchange, Culture Clash Records, and Ramalama Records. Please purchase this release from our store: http://store.modicum.us What is identity, but a means by which punishment seeks? If government should be afraid of its people, an evangelist should conversely be afraid of his audience. Inexplicably afraid. This was fully recorded, mixed, and mastered at The Homestead between December 28, 2009 and January 5, 2010. All instrumentation and production are attributed to Nic Ross and released under a Creative Commons license. Tracklisting: 1. Underscore I (10:06) 2. Underscore II (7:14) 3. Underscore III (4:44) 4. Underscore IV (8:56)06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M036Sean Stengle\'s first solo effort \'Opus Opossum\' recalls both Boards of Canada and Animal Collective, in their use of textural soundscapes and layers to create a psychedelic wonderland of nostalgia and noise. The instrumentation includes xylophone, acoustic guitar, live electronics, effect pedals, and samples, all performed by Sean. John Jagos makes an appearance on the track \'Possums,\' playing rhodes and synth. Tracklist: 1. Cool In The Head, Fire In The Belly (1:40) 2. Embers (3:08) 3. Fur (5:12) 4. Gaia (8:40) 5. Galielo (3:26) 6. Meadowwood (3:28) 7. Possums (4:40)27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M035This recording encapsulates the hopes and dreams of four young men and their novice producer. It was first realized at The Homestead on November 15, 2009. Additional recordings were completed at Vaden Manor on both November 18 and November 22, 2009. This was mixed and mastered by Nic Ross at The Homestead and released under a Creative Commons license. Personnel includes Andrew O\'Desky (piano and synthesizer), Max Elrod (guitar and drums), Miles Lark (bass), Nic Ross (drums and percussion), and Nick Thanasiu (guitar). Additional violin was performed by Hanna Mignano. Cover image \"Jazz Man\" is copyright of Edgar Navarro, 2007. Tracklisting: 1. Intro (Break Some Off) (1:11) 2. Blue Bossa (5:08) 3. All the Things You Are (4:40) 4. Freddy Freeloader (3:57) 5. All of Me (3:44) 6. Autumn Leaves (3:38) 7. Chameleon (9:01) 8. Equinox (4:25) 9. The Man with the Master Plan (8:40)24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A032Received unlabeled CD-R, converted from mono, and mastered. Tracklisting: 1. Untitled 1 (12:38) 2. Untitled 2 (4:54) 3. Untitled 3 (5:41) 4. Untitled 4 (7:07) 5. Untitled 5 (5:12) 6. Untitled 6 (11:14)22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A031Tracklisting: 1. Banks and Bonds (4:29) 2. The Magnificent Cephalosaw (3:46) 3. The Mayor\'s Teeth (4:29)15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M034Tracklisting: 1. Abstression IV (Nova) (1:06) 2. Textbook Example (0:19) 3. Tabula Rasa (1:16) 4. III (0:03) 5. II (0:02) 6. I (0:01) 7. Ambrose Bierce (0:44)29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A030Tracklisting: 1. believing.exe (1:23) 2. uoi uoisky (5:33) 3. systematic uncompression (2:05) 4. web (5:38) 5. fade (3:44) 6. give us the code (6:56) 7. don't remember (5:36) 8. air mix (6:24)29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A029We are the travelers of the aural unknown, riding the limitless wave of newborn soundscapes into the collective ear. These sounds look to travel into the mind spaces of those who hear its voice and in that exchange there is a hope to inspire and share in the artistic creativity that we all experience together. The vibrations of life are apparent all around us and these noises we hear are a pathway into this unlimited communication. All songs written, performed, and recorded by Tree No Leaves. Tracklisting: 1. Pimped Out Crack Smuggler (5:34) 2. Hallows (4:54) 3. Planet Blue (5:36) 4. Poor Schooling (7:20) 5. Summer Time Stress Monster (7:02)21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M033Featuring songs by Bob Dylan, Radiohead, John Prine, Tom Waits, and others. PDF of album art and liner notes included with release! 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M032This recording encompasses a lengthy, lonely autumn weekend. Most of its passages are ventures into the stream of consciousness without much prior thought. It was developed in response to the recent positive reactions towards my previous album, Infinite, as a gift for fans and followers. Thank you for your continued love and support. This was fully recorded, mixed, and mastered at The Homestead between October 9 and October 14, 2009. All instrumentation, production, and lyrics are attributed to Nic Ross and released under a Creative Commons license. Tracklisting: 1. Our (3:24) 2. Subatomic (7:21) 3. Earth (6:55)14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A02801.Combined - A combination of tracks 02 and 03. Track 02 is faded right. Track 03 is faded left. 02.Practice - Recorded live in a spare bedroom on 2009.09.11. 03.Performance - Recorded live at Grumpy Dave's Pub, Bowling Green, Ohio on the Black Swamp Arts Festival Electronic Stage on 2009.09.12. Surrent is Jake Hildreth. This recording is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Tracklisting: 1. BSAF (Combined) (20:54) 2. BSAF (Practice) (20:54) 3. BSAF (Performance) (20:47)23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M031The previous upload was corrupted. Our apologies for taking this long to fix. Re-uploaded on January 2, 2010. Tracklisting: 1. Abstression III (Enlightenment) (3:20) 2. What is God but a night light for us to see (1:27) 3. at midnight as we tiptoe down the steps (1:07) 4. into the darkness in search of the light. (2:53)03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A027Tracklisting: 1. A House of Many Ghosts (5:33) 2. Feel (4:54) 3. Best-Thing out of Some-Thing (5:47) 4. (In the) Sun (4:03) 5. Look Out Below (3:56)02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M030Tracklisting: 1. Abstression II (Philosophy) (3:48) 2. Sleight of Tree (4:39) 3. Antenna to Heaven (2:53) 4. Acirema.docx (11:37)30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A026Done For Dani is the solo project of Tate Walter. Tracklisting: 1. Last Sad Song (4:15) 2. A Minor (2:57) 3. Give Me A Chance (3:54)17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A025Recorded live at the Longhorn Saloon in Toledo, Ohio on July 18th, 2009. Surrent is Jake Hildreth. This recording is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Tracklisting: 1. Shaft (35:05)27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M029dearest listeners, while our heroes were very much left at a sophomore slump, it proved to be mere transitory emergence. what little momentum lost drizzled to doldrums, only to be reignited by a series of interactive web boxes and impromptu performances. THIS chapter encompasses said SPArK.,m- not unlike previous efforts, our heroes are again joined by friends - nearly family at this point in time - for their creation: a cacophony of memoirs. what once occurred had been, yet engraved formemory. by order of appearance, ones and zeros provided and manipulated by: kevin mccraney, chad foltz, nic ross, and caleb miller. (each track represents a celestial body of percussive interpretation.) sequenced at the homestead between march and april, mixed at kero records office, and mastered at the homestead; withstood the stressors of community. Sincerely, TELEMETRICS special thanks to margeaux (support) and niki (memoirs) Tracklisting: 1. Olbers' Paradox (7:02) 2. Faults on Ganymede (14:31) 3. Systema Saturnium (15:24)10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M028dearest listeners, six months prior, our heroes disappeared into ambiguity - at a crossroads so to speak. for 24 weeks, not a modicum of sound passed their lips in regards to their current state of affairs. likewise, unauthorized audiovisual memoirs had surfaced, yet none had ascended with proper narration. for this installment, we find our heroes stranded at a local coffee shoppe; an impression of experience fixated with binary digits. (hold for applause) by order of appearance, zeroes and ones provided and manipulated by nic ross, margeaux dennis, caleb miller, and kevin mccraney sequenced at blue creek coffee house by jim ross with a lone sandisk sansa and processed at the homestead thank you for your love special thanks to kate (scheduling), matt (equipment), and niki (photography) Tracklisting: 1. live.062709 (31:52)01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A024Debut release from experimental musical artist A Useful Idiot. Tracklisting: 1. Mister Protector (2:48) 2. Death of a Stargazer (3:06) 3. Night Before My Birth (2:16) 4. What's A Boy To Do (4:32) 5. Propaganda Sam (3:32) 6. Dirty Mind (4:04) 7. Wide Eyed Storm Trooper (12:37)01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M027Local listeners can purchase this release from Allied Record Exchange, Culture Clash Records, and Ramalama Records. Please purchase this release from our store: http://store.modicum.us Following two EPs of variable quality, this album exists as the final culmination of musical ideas and nearly-perfected production techniques, thus completing the sentence (imperative or interrogative, no one knows). For this recording to be fully realized, consider purchasing Charles Darwin\'s Origin of the Species and constructing your own cyclic model of the universe. This was fully recorded, mixed, and mastered at The Homestead (one of the several Modicum of Silence studios) between May 6 and June 16, 2009. It was created entirely through open-source software on an IBM Thinkpad G40 running Ubuntu Studio. As always, all instrumentation, production, and lyrics are attributed to Nic Ross and released under a Creative Commons license. Tracklisting: 1. Lacus Temporis (5:30) 2. Mare Vitalis (5:52) 3. Oceanus Procellarum (7:35) 4. Mare Crisium (5:22) 5. Palus Somni (5:38) 6. Mare Serenitatis (2:23)17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M026Tracklisting: 1. Abstression I (Entanglement) (1:36) 2. end.txt (3:15) 3. Innominate as the Fall (2:21)03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M025Truth Through Acoustics is my first attempt at making in album. Made entirely with the use of Audacity and the huge amount of music I have on my computer. No MIDI, no fancy equipment, nothing but Audacity and samples of other music. This just goes to show you that anybody with the drive and heart to make an album, even with just a simple free program like Audacity, can make some really great music. Hope you enjoy this album. Tracklisting: 1. Why Do Deathcore Albums Have Such Shitty Intros (1:59) 2. Bus Windows (1:03) 3. My Human Experiment (5:32) 4. Urban Compartments (0:42) 5. I Can Feel My Shadow (7:25) 6. ...to believe (11:04) 7. Desaparecidos (7:11) 8. 1..2..You Know What To Do (No I Fucking Don't) (6:19) 9. MY MOTHER TOLD ME YOU LIKE PEACHES (2:48)27 May 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A023Thanks to: TyFi, Ashley Gregorio, Chelsea K, travis K, Special K, Doro!, Spike, Dad, KRE$, biggie [Recorded + mixed by Jibber Jabber recordings] ps. I am a ninja, Robinhood, a red crayon and Garfield the cat. Tracklisting: 1. A Well Lit Place To Walk Yourself Back To Bed (3:45) 2. Walking The Cow (Daniel Johnston cover) (3:03) 3. Old Days Eve (2:46) 4. For The Fans (3:24) 5. Speak (2:08) 6. Nine Steps (4:10) 7. New York to Columbus (2:23) 8. Audrey Hepburn (3:42) 9. Toy Shop (4:33) 10. I Am Not A Child (4:53) 11. The Sister City (pt2) (15:00)26 May 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A022Track 2 features Sarah Smith (Tree No Leaves) on piano. Tracklisting: 1. Spring Showers (6:22) 2. Orca's Oracle (8:19) 3. Factories With A Smile (8:28)06 May 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A021Tracklisting: 1. The Light (3:47) 2. Advice (5:06) 3. Washington, D.C. (2:23) 4. To Frankie (2:53) 5. Gov't Train (6:31)19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A020Limited-run album from the Fall 2008 Mini Tour. All music improvised by M. Kimaid, G. Beam, and C. Helb. Recorded at the Robinwood Concert House, Toledo, Ohio Recorded by Anton Jessberger, September, 2008. Tracklisting: 1. Battleground State (9:02) 2. Unbecoming (24:01) 3. Black Anemones (5:44) 4. Throwback (11:02) 5. Trichrotic (10:33)12 Apr 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M024Son Locus - Dreams of the Dying Circuit [M023] March 31, 2009 Tracklist: 1. Dreams of the Dying Circuit, Including: - 5:10 I. Chemical Garden - 2:44 II. Personality Cult - 9:41 III. Clicks and Whirrs - 3:39 IV. Ultimate Tailored Departure - 3:04 V. Selective Malfeasance - 3:56 VI. Death of Dynamic Logic - 2:31 2. Eats Weird Things, Including: - 3:12 I. Bolts - 5:54 II. Belts - 4:41 Total: 44:30 This recording is composed of two distinct elements. Part one is made up of simple, minimalist drones which diverge and coalesce at an almost glacial pace. Part two is a collection of field recordings (chains clanking, knives being sharpened, plosive vocalizations, and so on) heavily effected and distorted, serving as a sort of percussive framework for the piece. Both tracks were performed straight through using Ableton Live. No edits whatsoever. Modicum of Silence: http://modicum.undo.it31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M023“The title taken from a Pavement song of the same name, this is a snap shot at what 'The Heart Of It All' will end up sounding like...Hopefully. Most if not all of these songs will end up on the album which is the next scheduled release. Again recorded in Nic's basement, but this time we took the time to do separate tracks for each instrument. Like the bands name is plays off the theme of AM Radio music jumping from hardcore Stooges style punk to Country balladry. Essentially anything that caught my ear and sounded like it would make a good song. As diverse as my musical tastes, as diverse as radio has been over the years. It's a mess of rock music over the years played through the funnel of myself.” -Chad Foltz, 2009 Tracklisting: 1. A Random Thought (6:00) 2. Patti Smith (2:23) 3. Strangers on a Train (4:12) 4. Walk Through My Window (2:51) 5. I-75 (4:36) 6. Details of the War (6:03)15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M022"Following a tragic, last-minute hard drive collapse, the source files for the majority of this EP were lost forever. Fortunately, several of my close friends had demos of my songs still sitting on their computers, allowing me to piece it back together into this distorted state. For those who can get past the noise, thank you for listening. This has been a rollercoaster." -Nic Ross, 2009 Tracklisting: 1. Universal Perspective (3:33) 2. Gnosis (9:42) 3. The Gloaming (6:13) 4. The Amicability of Nature (2:23)14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A01912 Feb 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M021KRM005 - RADIODOOM- "RADIODOOM II" EP 1. Nude 2. Reckoner Total: 6:40 RADIODOOM II is an experiment in reversing what happened with the original release. Instead of using MF Doom rhymes, I used his beats and Radiohead vocal tracks. All vocals by Radiohead. All backing tracks by MF Doom. 07 Feb 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A016"Tragic: One sequencer feeding several synths through bandpass filters. I modify the sequence in real time to progress from drone into something with a beat back into a drone. Evil and mean sounding throughout. Piano: A sequencer playing into a piano into a delay. The sequence is a Cm11 chord played via a Sierpinski triangle shape. Very pretty at points. Work.1: A sequencer playing piano and organ through bandpass filters into delays. As the various delays play, they create beat frequencies and other combination tones that slowly resolve. Very drifty. Work.2: A sequencer playing a few different synths through bandpass filters into delays. The delay times are set very close to each other which creates flam/roll sounds that cascade across the stereo field. Clangy." -Jake Hildreth, 2009 Tracklisting: 1. Tragic (5:33) 2. Piano (14:32) 3. Work.1 (8:21) 4. Work.2 (4:32)10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A017Tracklisting: Alive Inside Time Machine (7:12) Cover Your Vitals (1:10) Dead Race Car Driver (6:18) Patience Please (2:38) Rodeo Clown For Hire (3:46) Shoe (5:36) The Trilogy (13:47)10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M020"While still suffering from the same recording and production shortcomings as my other projects, I essentially consider this to be my musical magnum opus, combining everything from hardcore to noise, post-rock, and drone. I had been working on and refining this EP since Christmas, essentially using it as a gateway to learn better recording and mixing techniques. The album itself is, for the most part, one long, conceptual suite divided into four movements representing Schopenhauer's take on the concept of beauty and the sublime. My philosophy professor would be proud." -Nic Ross, 2009 Tracklisting: 1.(beauty) (1:48) 2. Constellation Man (6:59) 3. Is (7:59) 4. (sublime) (2:46)07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A015"I've become really interested in generative music systems recently. I'm especially interested in setting up loops that feedback on themselves - especially multiple loops that depend on and control each other. When setup properly, these feedback systems seem almost alive at times. It is my intention to someday program a fully computerized improv partner based on feedback loops that will listen to sound input and create accompaniments without any additional human interaction. This preoccupation has infected my brain... I woke up early Saturday morning with my head full of programming and recording ideas. Things like "Sierpinski Loops" and "Tracker Loop with Instability" and "Neighbor Harmonization" had come to me in that time between slumber and consciousness. They make sense to me, I swear. In those early, semi-lucid morning hours, I took the opportunity to quickly prototype a few of these ideas and began recording. Some setups were too stable and boring. A few created noisy and very unstable processes. Like Golidlocks: too hot, too cold. But this one was just right... It is a MIDI sequencer playing an A3(or A2 or A4... I can't recall) every 8 seconds. The sequencer feeds 4 different synths, a DX-10 sim, a JX-10 sim, an electric piano sim, and an acoustic piano sim. These synths are mixed together to produce a single tone. This tone is then fed into 4 spectral equalizers which pass only certain portions of the signal. Each of the 4 equalizers is connected to a long delay set to different lengths related to the 8 second loop. As the piece plays, I gradually adjust the instrument mix, equalizer settings, and delay settings to create several different sounds. While this system is not completely independent of human interaction, there are long stretches in this recording where I am not tweaking anything that still sound quite dynamic and alive. I'm certain with a little more programming to add some intelligence, this could be a very basic improvisational partner." -Jake Hildreth, 2009 Tracklisting: 1. Harmonic A (20:55)05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M019“Recorded in Nic Ross' basement after he offered at Disaster Before Christmas to do some recording for me. I couldn't pass up the offer and I went into this hoping to make complete and ready tracks but instead came out with a set of demos. All recorded in one sitting I believe and on single takes playing all the instruments you hear live. What we got was an itchy and scratchy start at what ultimately would/will become 'The Heart Of It All'. I took the cover art from a picture a friend took of her boyfriend walking towards 'The Columbian House'. A building I later found out was apparently haunted.” -Chad Foltz, 2009 Tracklisting: 1.Details of the War (6:19) 2. Love Isn't Love If You're Never Loved Back (3:27) 3. Random Thoughts (4:24) 4. Strangers on a Train (4:07)03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M018"This demo is potentially one of my worst recording setbacks, not only because it was my first attempt at using new equipment, but also because the performance wasn't our greatest. Unlike Telemetrics, I wanted to have a direct-to-tape approach to anything I recorded with this band; that was a major mistake for this release. The result was rather bland--a mixing massacre--and looking back I wish I would have added vast quantities of post-processing effects to mirror some of our latest shows and cover up some of the fuck-ups. Better luck next time when we re-record this, I suppose." -Nic Ross, 2009 Tracklisting: 1. Electric Goat (10:25)02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A0131. Just an Idea (1:02) 2. The Beautiful War (5:30) 3. School Buses Riding on Mushroom Clouds (2:44) 4. The Moon Landing (3:52) 5. Wave of Confusion (2:28) 6. Cowboys and Indians (2:52) 7. Safe Landing on a Short Runway (2:46) 8. Moderation (2:16) 9. Rescue Me (5:02) 10. Sad Little Love Child (2:14) 11. The End of Something (2:26) 12. Rapture Round The Bend (3:23) 13. Proving Yourself To Yourself (1:37)02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A0141. Peace (3:46) 2. The Catalyst (4:27) 3. Reconciliation (4:36) 4. Devadatta (4:59) 5. Ghost Town (3:28)02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A012"Next up is a manipulation/remix of JB Smith's "The Danger Line." The original track is a 45 second piece of speech that I stretched to almost a half hour creating lots of weird swells with glitchy artifacts. I then fed it through some spectral delays and used the frequency and amplitude of the track to control the feedback and delay time of a tape delay plugin. Basically, whenever the volume of the track gets louder, the delays become thicker and longer. I also fed the signal through a pitch tracking EQ that would boost the most prominent frequency in the signal. I recorded two versions of the track and faded them to opposite sides of the stereo spectrum. Since each version is very slightly different from the other due to the dynamic nature of the plugins and effects, you hear some strange stereo effects as the track progresses." -Jake Hildreth, 2008 Tracklisting: 1. The Stranger Line (27:52)31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A011This was recorded live at Ramalama Records on December 18, 2008. Tracklisting: 1. 20081218 (27:52)30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M017Recorded in Nic’s basement directly to tape without overdubs on 19 December 2008. While technically it is not a live performance in the presence of an actual audience, it was completely impromptu and showcases the live style of the band. Tracklisting: 1. live.121908 (35:50)19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M01617 Feb 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A009Tracklisting: 1. Steamin' Pile (2:11) 2. Ammo (4:37) 3. I'm Blind (3:27) 4. Glory (5:53) 5. Buying Houses (4:29) 6. Hands Off (3:00) 7. Bassballs (Breaking Up) (6:20) 8. Eat Me Alive (4:03) 9. Keep It Civil (4:46) 10. Ten Dollars At A Time (5:16) 11. Antique Circuits (7:33) 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A010Collection of improvised tracks featuring A Useful Idiot, Sarah Smith, and e.react. These songs would later spawn the band "Tree No Leaves" Tracklisting: 1. Beat Down (5:10) 2. High As A Kite (5:41) 3. Reverse In Mind (3:30) 4. Damn That's Sexy (8:25) 5. Meeting Under A Tree (3:19) 6. Videohead (6:28) 7. Daily Car Crash (6:56) 8. Planet Blue (6:54) 9. Kinda Makes Me Think of Them (4:18)15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A008Tracklisting: 1. One Minute Closer (1:06) 2. Where it Ends (0:53) 3. Wasted Time (1:31) 4. A Work In Progress (2:18) 5. The Cost (1:20) 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M015This is my second foray into creating mash-ups and remixes. However, this release includes some experiments with more poppy-sounding loop based musique concrète. Some of these tracks have been sitting on my hard drive for a year, while some are extremely fresh. Track 1 samples 'Area Codes' by Ludacris and 'Lady' by Fela Kuti. Track 2 samples several outtakes from the Magical Mystery Tour Beatles sessions. Track 3 samples 'Saga Begins' by Rakim the Sonic Youth remix of the song 'Spoon,' originally by CAN. Track 4 samples the 'Amen Break' by the Winstons and various parts of the 'Fistful of Dollars Original Soundtrack' by Ennio Morricone.' Track 5 samples 'Elohim' by Saul Williams, a Gaslamp Killer mix, 'Raga Maand-Bhairav' by Ustad Vilayat Khan, and segments of the 'El Topo' soundtrack. Track 6 samples 'Sipping on the Sweet Nectar' by Jens Lekman and several outtakes from the Magical Mystery Tour Beatles sessions. Track 7 samples 'C.R.E.A.M.' by the Wu-Tang clan and 'I,' 'Imitosis,' 'Darkmatter,' and 'The Trees Were Mistaken' by Andrew Bird. Track 8 samples 'Mr. Nichols (featuring Saul Williams)' by Coldcut and 'Archangel' by Burial. Track 9 samples 'Jimmy' by M.I.A. and 'Track 1' and 'Track 6' by Flying Lotus. Track 10 samples the film 'A Joyful Noise' featuring Sun Ra, and elements from 'Afro-Cuban Influence' by Shorty Rogers. Track 11 samples 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A. and 'Play Dead' by Björk. Track 12 samples 'Bump' by Spank Rock and 'One Minute To Midnight' by Justice. Track 13 samples 'Say it Right' by Nelly Furtado and 'Peek 824545201' by Aphex Twin and 'Supermassive Black Hole' by Muse. Tracklisting: 1. Area Codes (3:49) 2. The Magic is Beginning to Work! (2:24) 3. Saga Begins (3:14) 4. Amen, Brother Morricone (2:29) 5. Elohim (3:01) 6. Musique Constant (2:00) 7. CREAMitosis (2:42) 8. Mr. Nichols, Archangel (3:54) 9. Jimmy (4:02) 10. Brazil (1:38) 11. Paper Planes Playin' Dead (4:01) 12. One Bump To Midnight (3:46) 13. Say It Right Melodramatic Pop Song Re-Edit (8:30)25 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A006Tracklisting: 1. Blood on the Marquee (1:39) 2. Requiem (4:12) 3. For the Masses (3:28) 4. Jarvik Heart (4:14) 5. Ad Astra (2:48) 6. When All Else is Destroyed (4:03) 7. The Death of Amara Lee (2:34) 8. Fate (3:14) 9. City of Glass (2:11) 10. Dig In (4:28) 11. Goodnight, Amara, Goodnight (3:16) Purchase: http://cdbaby.com/cd/resonantsoul2 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A007Tracklisting: 1. Stillwater Receeds (3:30) 2. Burn out July (4:56) 3. The Other Half (1:32) 4. What Have You Got Now? (3:31) 5. Change (4:07) 6. Machine (3:43) 7. Shoebox Lover (3:54) 8. Straight & Blue (3:09) 9. I Don't Mind (4:14) 10. Stay Awake (5:51) Purchase: http://cdbaby.com/cd/resonantsoul23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M014The RADIODOOM project officially came to fruition over the summer of 2007. It was a synthesis of a summer with nothing to do, good music to listen to, and a foray into a genre that I had never listened to extensively; hip-hop. All vocals by MF Doom. All backing tracks by Radiohead. Track 1 samples 'There There' from the album 'Hail to the Thief' Tracks 2 and 7 sample 'Talk Show Host' from the single 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' Tracks 3 and 8 sample '15 Step' and 'House of Cards' from the album 'In Rainbows' and 'Optimistic' from the album 'Kid A' Tracks 4 and 9 sample 'I Might Be Wrong' from the album 'Amnesiac' Track 5 and 10 sample 'Nude' and 'Reckoner' from the album 'In Rainbows' and 'My Iron Lung' from the album 'The Bends' Track 6 and 11 sample 'No Surprises' from 'OK Computer,' 'Paperbag Writer' from the EP 'Com Lag' and 'Idioteque' from the album 'Kid A' Track 12 samples 'Optimistic' from the album 'Kid A' Tracklisting: 1. Intro (Featuring Fred from Fitter Happier) (0:21) 2. My Favorite Ladies (2:34) 3. Vomit (2:10) 4. Impending Doom (2:03) 5. Air (2:04) 6. Change The Beat (3:13) 7. My Favorite Ladies (Instrumental) (2:34) 8. Vomit (Instrumental) (2:10) 9. Impending Doom (Instrumental) (2:03) 10. Air (Instrumental) (2:04) 11. Change The Beat (Instrumental) (3:13) 12. Vomit (Original Mix) (2:10)16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M013\"Though we have always played music together and dreamed of having a band since preschool, we have never performed under a name or considered recording an album until that faithful day school was canceled. I was absolutely confused as to what I was doing because I was using Eric\'s equipment to record, and my limited knowledge of recording was from Kevin\'s attempts to record our Telemetrics albums. The songs were essentially made up on the spot, and recording problems caused the final product to be in mono. Nonetheless, despite those potentially threatening issues, the album was released the same day.\" -Nic Ross, 2009 Tracklisting: 1. Introductory Statement (1:37) 2. Fancy Linens (5:30) 3. Concluding Remarks (2:26)13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M012The eponymous track is essentially a composite piece, utilizing the framework of Burroughs cut-ups and Holger Czukay's tape splicing experiments with CAN. It features vocal samples quelled from the last tape recording made at Jonestown. Babies crying, Jim Jones speaking of a revolutionary suicide, and various other creepy things. Track two is an early edit of the first track, without vocal samples Track three is the second part of a late night, 45-minute long jam session in Kevin McCraney's basement with people coming and going at various intervals. The core band was Dan Powers on guitar, Caleb Miller on drums, and Kevin McCraney on bass. Garrett Barboza was on keyboards and recording level monitoring. Track four is a solo four-track recording of Kevin McCraney experimenting with echo, reverb, and solo bass work. It was later mixed with the second track and became part of the first. This is quite possibly the earliest solo recording of Kevin. Tracklisting: 1. Radio Edit (5:06) 2. Radio Edit (Extended Edit) (6:14) 3. Radio Edit (Full Band Version) (14:01) 4. Ambience (5:06)12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A0011. 1 (8:24) 2. 2 (12:30) 3. 3 (1:49) 4. 4 (1:41) 5. 5 (9:42)09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A0021. gadgug. (15:34)09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A003"I recorded this in one 6 hour recording session on 20071021. Tracks 1,4,6,7 and the first half of 8 are all pre-meditated works that I perform live, while 2,3,5, and the second half of 8 were improvised during that session." -Jake Hildreth, 2007 Tracklisting: 1. Quirone (6:24) 2. Cranberry Kingdom (6:05) 3. Little Internets (6:56) 4. Column of Smoke and Fire (7:12) 5. A Minor Indiscretion (4:08) 6. Subluxation (7:01) 7. Progression III (5:14) 8. Empty Cloudy Day/Blank Blank Blanket (14:56)09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=A004"On the brighter side, I'm very happy to say that my last session, my solo session, was definitely my favorite thing I recorded in the past week and probably my favorite thing I've recorded ever. I combined an acoustic guitar tuned CGCGC (Yes, I'm missing a string) played with a violin bow and my electric, which I played with both pick and bow. I recorded two takes, the first of which was recorded in its entirety. I forgot to set up GarageBand properly for the second take, so I only captured the first 6 minutes of it. Poop. I don't really mind, it got kind of horrible in the middle anyway. :) I've done no editing on these tracks other than adjusting levels and removing a few clicks. Also, if you listen carefully, you can hear my cat, Eh! Steve, making his recording debut! Note: this is the low quality version of the album. I might actually try to do a real release with this, so I need to retain something of value!" -Jake Hildreth, 2008 Tracklisting: 1. Long (46:38) 2. Short (6:45)09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M011"This is the very last recording I released under the gotikplage moniker. It was the first and only electronic release of mine to feature actual guitar and bass parts recorded with a simple karaoke microphone. The release itself is extremely different from my past efforts because it was created with a number of different programs, contains the longest track I have ever written (which I, in fact, did not write, but generated using fractals), and ends with an extremely atypical drum and bass track. My epitaph." -Nic Ross, 2009 Tracklisting: 1. Sarcophagus (4:42) 2. Feeling neither Pleasure nor Pain; An Endless Sleep (22:36) 3. Religion is Fearmongering Bullshit (3:08)06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M010Tracklisting: 1. The Peace in Apocalypse (5:40) 2. Abduction in Cactus Lagoon (2:06) 3. Let (4:20) 4. Eternal (9:29) 5. Floating and Falling Asleep (2:02) 6. Lifted (1:38) 7. Missing Pedals (3:50) 8. At the Bottom of a Top Hat (3:11) 9. Childhood Dream (5:42) 10. Radiation Circus (2:14) 11. Stoltenhoff Islands Uncharted (5:44)05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M009dearest listeners, thank you once again for tuning in this release is similar in scope and sequence to the last, but as any sophomore release it will make or break our careers (often referred to as the "sophomore slump"). zeroes and ones provided and manipulated by kevin mccraney and nic ross sequenced at kero records and patrick's playhouse and the ross abode most samples lifted from television or radio with little regard to the content sincerely yours, TELEMETRICS Tracklisting: 1. The Descent; A Hero, in Some Revolution (16:51) I. Poster Child of Avolition II. Flat Affect, Replica Works III. Ernest Waves of Neologisms IV. September 21 2. The Nightingale and the Lark (20:31) I. Sweet is the Night, but Bitter are Our Crimes II. ...so Ignorant to the Wisdom of the Gods III. The Ballad of Star-Crossed Lovers IV. Epitaph 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M008dearest listeners, this recording immortalizes a week in the lives of our heroes - an aural fixation as it were - for the better part of a week. five days; hot august afternoons and tepid lonely bedrooms vibrating with the sound of death, dying, and timeless counting. (hold for applause) zeroes and ones provided and manipulated by: nic ross and kevin mccraney art captured by kevin mccraney sequenced at kero record office for all to enjoy a band recorded in a garage with garageband kevin was inspired by tony conrad, boris, and sonic youth WHILE nic is a fan of boris and godspeed you! black emperor thank you for your patronage if necessary, refunds are available at your nearest box office Tracklisting: Callsign 65.41 (25:47) I. "...forgotten story of common childhood..." II. Phone Conversation, 08/14/08 III. 419-567-STOP IV. Twelve Chimes, Plane Crash V. "...smothered from the eternal now." VI. "Innominate as the fall." 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M007"This single is a remake of my song 'said the nightingale to the fusebox' on the album 'leave your shell', which relies more heavily on hardcore vocals. It borrows additional lyrics from '02' on '2012'." -Nic Ross, 2008 Tracklisting: 1. Whispered the Lark (4:31)20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M006"With each projects' songs seemingly getting longer and longer, I decided to change pace and essentially write an album full of short bursts. Before composing the album, I also determined that I was going to write concise philosophical blurbs that would become the rhythmic basis to each track. The album has several other underlying concepts as well, such as an embedded circle of fifths and an ambient track that is played in its entirety throughout the album." -Nic Ross, 2009 Tracklisting: 1. marathon to nowhere (0:52) 2. carbon based offenders (1:00) 3. when worlds vanish (0:38) 4. we embrace as war's prey (1:31) 5. karl the kleptomaniac (1:08) 6. celestial warheads (0:58) 7. apeirophobia (1:49) 8. nobody saves (2:40)04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M005This album was conceptualized, written, and recorded while housesitting for the Michalski family. As such, the album was performed and recorded in their living room, my basement, and my bedroom over a period of two weeks. Most of the material contained herein is first takes. The album was officially finished on July 30, 2008. Musicians: Kevin McCraney - Arrangement, Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Piano, Keyboard, Violin, Melodica, Recorder, Trombone, Effect Pedals, Production Caleb Miller - Snare Drum on Time Dilation, Drum Kit on Krautrocksong Tracklist: 01. Time Dilation/Pizzicato 02. Instrumental #1 03. Woods 04. Instrumental #2 05. Instrumental #3 06. Krautrocksong/Clicks On The Phone 07. Instrumental #4 08. Retribution30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M004This album was an experiment in drone-based music. I would take a sample track, and play it back into a room in order to make apparent the resonant frequencies of the room, and then time stretch it into a piece. After that, I would superimpose some sort of field recording, or even the original sample. This project was completed in three days, from July 4 to July 7, 2008. Tracklist: 1. Piano Man 2. Simplicity 3. Glockenspiel 4. 18.98hz 5. Infrasonic 6. Monodrone 7. Entombment Total: 25:2207 Jul 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M003"Having always been interested in the atrocities committed during the Holocaust, I decided to create a short concept album revolving around a fictional genocide. The result was an interesting learning experience for me, not only as a composer, but also as a creative writer. I remember when I first posted this on a forum, the first response was somebody telling me that it's already the title of a Rush album. Fail." -Nic Ross, 2009 Tracklisting: 1. 01 (6:48) 2. 02 (2:34) 3. 03 (4:39) 4. 04 (4:00) 5. 05 (3:23)01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M002"Following my first EP, I was much more enthusiastic about experimental music in general, attempting to combine even more styles into a single product. Among these styles are minute hints of hip-hop, jazz, and latin, which elevated this release's concept past the stratosphere. While in most respects I am proud of this, I still find the vocal samples to be embarrassing at best." -Nic Ross, 2009 Tracklisting: 1. metamorphosis in queue (5:33) 2. fate is sorry for this disturbance (5:20) 3. an irrational fear of dying alone (5:56) 4. thirty-one unwanted mood stabilizers (4:27) 5. eradication contemplation (8:22) 6. protein character meltdown (3:19) 7. the clock stops yet times change (7:30) 8. said the nightingale to the fusebox (4:27) 9. metamorphosis complete (4:51)09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.modicum.us/index.php?album=M001"I am more proud of this than I used to be. It was nearly two years ago when I first started working on this, and it all came together rather quickly. After several attempts at creating albums, I finally ended up with something slightly different from where I started. Absent was the frustration and immaturity of 8-bit metal songs, instead being replaced by atmospheric sounds I was completely unfamiliar with. I remember the first review I read of this: 'wtf this isnt music!' What a low blow, indeed." -Nic Ross, 2009 Tracklisting: 1. ragUS (2:49) 2. 031807 (8:10) 3. .fires. (2:52)10 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST