Penumbra
| Penumbra | ||||
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| Released | Fall 1996 | |||
| Recorded | August 1994 - August 1996 | |||
| Length | 1:11:00 | |||
| Label | scary!records | |||
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Penumbra was the first half of a double-album release in the Fall of 1996.
Track Listing
- The Poltergeist (2:01)
- My Life (3:52)
- 320 (2:54)
- My Paradox (8:07)
- Copyright? (2:49)
- Go Away! (6:02)
- Heute (4:23)
- Perspective (4:18)
- Avoiding All Comprehension (4:23)
- Metamorphosis (6:24)
- Sinple (5:43)
- Full Sun (5:28)
- All Must Fade (8:36)
- No Sleep (1:50)
- Worry (4:28)
Equipment
- Tascam Porta07 4-track Cassette Recorder
- Tascam 424 4-track Cassette Recorder
- Seagull 12-String Acoustic Guitar
- Gibson Epiphone 6-String Electric Guitar
- Fender American 6-String Standard Electric
- Fender M-80 Amplifier
- Boss Effect Pedals: Heavy Metal, Digital Chorus
- DOD Effect Pedals: Envelope Filter, Digital Delay, Stereo Flanger
- Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone
- Yamaha Drum Machine
- Boss DR-660 Drum Machine
Covers
Personal Thoughts
This collection is comprised of the "serious", original songs that I was working-on up to that point. The second album of the release (Umbra) contained the more "experimental" tracks and cover songs I'd recorded. During this period, I was especially serious and meticulous about what I was doing when it came to music, which is reflected in keeping the "serious" material separated from the "experimental" material. All things considered, I don't think I ever put as much effort into trying to get a clean, professional sound out of my recordings, and I really had nothing to work with. At the time, I had a friend's Boss DR-660 drum machine and used it extensively, trying to re-create a live drummer, but failing miserably. All the tracks were recording on either my Tascam Porta07 or a Tascam 424 which was loaned to me by a friend, using a single, dynamic microphone. Much of the material was recorded while working in Sag Harbor and staying at a friend's place in the Summer of 1996. This album (along with Umbra) was mastered down to DAT while I was there, and shipped-off to a person in Seattle to have CDs created at $20 a piece, which was a big deal at the time.
