between the modes/, by volksmusik

between the modes/

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1.	a1 celestial breeze 00:49	info	buy track
2.	a2 pulse 01:54	info	buy track
3.	a3 synthwave 02:45	info	buy track
4.	a4 good morning 05:00	info	buy track
5.	a5 departure 02:25	info	buy track
6.	a6 light 01:37	info	buy track
7.	b1 shadows from the dream (2009) 02:56	info	buy track
8.	b2 ambient improv w/ Ben Westfall (3/13/20) 14:03	info	buy track
9.	c1 bass space (demo) 03:51	info	buy track
10.	c2 blessing (demo) 01:15		buy track
11.	c3 electroloop (ft. Tyler Jones - guitar & Ian Uponen - bass on intro) 02:40	info	buy track
12.	c4 improv w/ Greg Tilden-Cline and Jonathan Cárdenas (4/28/19) 01:44	info	buy track
13.	c5 arrival (demo) 02:39	info	buy track
14.	c6 frenzy (demo) 02:46	info	buy track
15.	d1 improv w/ Sammy Chi and Jonathan Cárdenas (2/29/20) 08:01	info	buy track
16.	d2 improv w/ Clinton Wilkins, Justin Spivey and Jonathan Cárdenas (10/25/18) 01:55	info	buy track
17.	d3 goodnight, starlight (acid plus [part b]) 04:36	info	buy track

about

Total time: 1:00:56

Recorded about 50% in spring 2020, 50% in spring to fall 2019
(with an archive track from 2009 (track 7).

credits

released April 20, 2020

David Volker:
electronic instruments:
synths, bass (electric and standup), choir, organ, electric pianos, wurlitzer, mellotron, vibes, drums/percussion, saxophone, piano, flute, acoustic guitar, cello, strings, glockenspiel, xylophone, guzheng, bassoon, celesta

acoustic instruments:
drum kit, finger piano, guitar, bongos, egg shaker, gong, finger cymbals, whistling, water bottle, bag rustling, mouth sounds, desk-leg-floor percussion

field recordings:
rain, river, crickets, airplane, tea kettle, metal resonance, plant scraping, clattering beads, wind chimes, thunder, car

Tape effects, production:
recording, splicing, layering, looping, reversing, phasing, delay, mixing, eq

Ben Westfall (electric guitar and effects, acoustic guitar and recorder; 8), Jonathan Cárdenas (bass; 12,15,16), Sammy Chi (guitar; 15), Greg Tilden (korg, trumpet; 12), Justin Spivey (guitar; 16) and Clinton Wilkins (guitar; 16) play on select tracks as indicated in the titles

Ian Uponen and Tyler Jones play bass and guitar, respectively, on the first 30 seconds of "electroloop." Jonathan Cárdenas plays bass on the first 25 seconds of "goodnight, starlight."

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volksmusik Berkeley, California

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discography

Gamma

Jan 2021
between the modes/

Apr 2020
Good morning

May 2019
2018 mixtape

Aug 2018

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