Umbra
| Umbra | ||||
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| Released | August 1996 | |||
| Recorded | July 1994 - June 1996 | |||
| Length | 1:13:00 | |||
| Label | scary!records | |||
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Umbra was the second of a double-album release in the Fall of 1996.
Track Listing
- Pumpkin Song (1:48)
- Folk Song '95 (2:24)
- Human Beatnik (1:07)
- I'm No Hydrophobe (2:26)
- Red Book Song (5:19)
- Ivory (1:13)
- For A Leech (1:52)
- Outside (1:11)
- Inside (2:15)
- Natural Born Idiots (2:08)
- Tenderloin (2:14)
- Artanis (1:24)
- Stairway To Hell (1:51)
- Mushy Face (1:02)
- Terror! (3:22)
- When I Feel Good (2:34)
- Perspective (Original) (2:12)
- My Life (Acoustic) (4:14)
- Pigs On The Wing, Part 1 (1:34)
- With Or Without You (4:17)
- Is There Anybody Out There? (1:39)
- Just Like Heaven (3:32)
- Astronomy Domine (5:24)
- Wish You Were Here (4:19)
- I Can't Help Falling In Love With You (3:21)
- Into The Night (8:36)
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 more "experimental" tracks and cover songs I'd recorded up to that point. The first collection of the release (Penumbra) contained the "serious", original songs that I had recorded. While I can barely stand to listen to most of the material from Penumbra, I think a lot of these tracks are still interesting and fun to listen to. Sometimes I forget how much fun recording music used to be, and then I think about these songs. What would happen if I... flipped the cassette tape over and recorded the guitar? Or, if I ran my vocals through a the digital delay pedal and played with the knobs? Or, played the piano through a distortion pedal? Or, played around with the pitch control knob on the multi-track? It's all so elementary and basic, but truly amazing when you didn't know what would happen. "Wish You Were Here" was the first multi-tracked song that I ever recorded. This is the first appearance of the track "Into The Night", which has appeared over and over and over throughout the years. This original recording was only meant to be a demo, but the rambling style and instrumentation foreshadowed what would essentially become the foundation of what I did.
