The Whispers EP recombines parts 1 & 2, from the Omni Mode album, back into the original performance.

Recorded in 2001.

Whispers

Whispers (Parts 1&2)

Whispers (Parts 1 &2)

Studio Improve session, 2001.

My stack of synths and electronics with a friend and his cello through an effects rig. Good times.

Omni Mode

Between Spaces

I was 21, working third shift at a very small gas station on a highway offramp. My son was just over a year old and the local police department gave me a garage door remote looking device to press if I got robbed.

I sat there drawing, and writing songs. Sitting behind a cramped gas station counter with no glass or any kind of protection. Day dreaming (can you do that a night?) wondering when I'd see my family next and what lay ahead as I watched the world digitize itself.

Inclusions

Technological Love

Bounce Back marks a significant turning point in my life and in the sound of Trakzero.

After a long winter alone, high upon on a hilltop, I found new life in the death of my old self. A recent friendship had sparked a desire to make new tunes and I was even considering playing live. So I came up with a few more songs, the name Trakzero and performed my first ever live show in 1997.

Bounce Back

Playful and surprising. Sometimes it's nice to let the soul dance around and find its own tune.

I didn't have any objectives writing this song. I had recently started a new audio video engineering job at a public access television facility. After I wandered into the station looking to make some music videos I ended up volunteering, almost non-stop. I managed to make myself useful enough to get hired.

I spent nearly every waking hour at the TV station learning everything I could. My mind and soul were beaming with new ideas. I'd start writing a song like this in the evening and be finished by early morning. Then go for a bike ride through the city as the sun rose and everyone woke up and went to work.

Play Time

Giving Way originally appeared on the Detached album. The remix brings new dimension to this edgy track as it retains the opening song position on Inclusions.

I wrote Giving Way in my late teens as I was trying to manage personal loss and emerging health issues. I had no idea what was happening or how to heal. Lost and alone I spent many nights laying awake in pain clawing at my soul looking for answers. Trying to remember how to feel anything but hopeless. Trying to remember the love I had lost.

Giving Way (Inclusion Mix)

To all the best moments in life… Hold On!

Hold On

I wanted to include nature on this song, to contrast the bombastic drums and fat synthesizer melodies. I recorded ambient sound effects from areas I loved to play as a kid and still love to be in, now. With music and sound effects recreating intense sounds and feelings of urban living to the lake shores of Michigan, where I spent much of my time. Weaving in lofty night time tree-scapes of suburban and rural life, in-between.

After making the (Beginning to End) and (Morpheus) mixes, I decided to make a few tracks that were music, only. And I'm glad I did. Guitar work by, Dana Nyson, is the highlight of this single. The "Calliope" mix is fantastic! Possibly, one of my favorite songs.

Free Run

Free Run (Calliope)

I wanted to include nature on this song, to contrast the bombastic drums and fat synthesizer melodies. I recorded ambient sound effects from areas I loved to play as a kid and still love to be in, now. With music and sound effects recreating intense sounds and feelings of urban living to the lake shores of Michigan, where I spent much of my time. Weaving in lofty night time tree-scapes of suburban and rural life, in-between.

After making the (Beginning to End) and (Morpheus) mixes, I decided to make a few tracks that were music, only. And I'm glad I did. Guitar work by, Dana Nyson, is the highlight of this single. The "Calliope" mix is fantastic! Possibly, one of my favorite songs. 

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