The Songs of Foundation:

Bots On the Brain 5:25 is influenced by the merging of human and artificial intelligence (coincidentally employed in the composition of parts in some of the songs), with emphasis on the relentless march of human-robotic intelligence, for better or worse.

Bermuda At Night 3:53 evokes the cricket-like, singsong impression of the tree frogs that provide a lulling chorus during evenings on the island.

Early AM 3:04 is a low-fidelity, foggy mood piece squarely in the Chill genre, reflecting the dreamy late/early hours before a bad upcoming hangover.

Retrospective 4:27 is an homage to 1970s funk and classic synthesizer and other legacy sounds, while maintaining a faithfulness to the Chill genre.

Build 4:25 blends a syncopated rhythm section and synthesizer segments composed about 25 years ago with an overlay of gradually mounting electronic sensibilities and complimentary mood tracks. The 35-year old Korg M1 keyboard employed and recorded on the original composition is used in this recording. As with Forth, the title and content of this song is reflective of the three-album vision, Foundation, Rise and Capstone: We build, grow, look forward and backward, and accumulate as we go along. Not an original or earth-shattering impression, but definitely a universal one.

Whatever That Was 3:36 is a shamelessly adolescent, uptempo, trance/rave/EDM romp, with a brief drop climax. Also perfect for exercise videos, remixes and perhaps even monster movies. Featured on the JBL Bass Test playlist on Spotify.

August 1989 2:32 is the month that I met Madeline, my now wife of 30+ years.

Forth 3:38, originally titled “Fourth” to represent the fourth recorded song for the album, is influenced by how humans tenaciously plod and journey forward, encountering various things along the way. It employs an uncommonly straight rock beat/piano rhythm section and moderate tempo under a deep house umbrella, placing it outside easy sub-genre categorization. 

Where the Years 3:09 supports a key theme of the Foundation album, representing the impact of the passage of time; our interpretation of time segments in our lives; history, now, future impressions, and our broader reflections on time and place in general.