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Submodern

About Me



our new album slowburn, based on the ambient music we played at the burning man festival in 2005, is now available for purchase at itunes , cdbaby and amazon

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submodern create electronic space pop filled with synthetic bloops, bleeps and beats. we just finished up our new album slowburn, a sixty minute continuous mix of psychedelic ambient groove. several of the songs are up here for you to preview.

we also have hours of recordings from live sets, including some we played at burning man, up on our website .

if you like what you hear and you want to hear more, you can buy our debut album or our latest ep , both out on cryptic funk records.

here's some music we've been listening to lately...

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Music:

Member Since: 30/11/2004
Band Website: http://www.submodern.com/
Influences: Orbital, Plaid, Ulrich Schnauss, Autechre, Fila Brazillia, Irresistible Force, The Orb, Aphex Twin, Global Communications, Higher Intelligence Agency, David Morley, Luke Vibert, mu-ziq, Mouse on Mars, Tortoise, Radiohead, Wilco, Ween, Dr. Dre, Beastie Boys, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, The Beatles, Pink Floyd
Sounds Like: A little Orbital with some Plaid and Ulrich Schnauss stirred in, plus other assorted flavors...
Record Label: Cryptic Funk

My Blog

Our new album "slowburn" is finished up and finally almost ready to be released!

We finished mixing our new album "slowburn" late last year, it has now been mastered, and we are currently putting the final touches on the album artwork. We should be pressing CDs very soon. For now,...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:29:00 GMT

Live at the Transistor Festival in Denver, Saturday June 14th

Hey there,Long time no update, sorry about that! We are still finishing up the slowburn album... we just have the final mixes to do, so it will be done very very soon. Really! Honest! We hope! An...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT

SF Chronicle article, new songs posted, live at Ambi-Sonic!

Lots of stuff going on as we finish up mixing our new album (updates on that can be found at the slowburn blog)...First some exciting news... we’re going to be covered in the SF Chronicle’...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:35:00 GMT

"bubblepop", another rough mix from the slowburn project

Here's a second rough mix from the recording of our "slowburn" album. This one has some (very rough) drums and is sort of a slow, funky, ambient pop song, if that combination is possible...You can re...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:08:00 GMT

Check out a rough mix of "upbeat" from the new ambient album

We just put up a rough mix of one of the songs from the ambient album we are recording. This will be the album's closer and has a nice, happy, melodic, bouncy feel to it. We are still hiding ourselv...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:40:00 GMT

Our remix of Rachel Margaret's "Buena Vista Park" is finished!

We finally finished up our remix of "Buena Vista Park", a great pop/rock/folk song by Rachel Margaret. This is the first time we've worked with vocals and guitars, so it sounds a lot different from a...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:51:00 GMT

Submodern is locked away in their studio recording a new ambient album.

Our New Year's resolution was to finally get around to recording the ambient music we played at Burning Man 2005. We have locked ourselves in the studio with our synths, some drum machines, and a bun...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:16:00 GMT

New live recordings from the Backlit Lounge

We just put up a couple new recordings of our new live set, you can stream or download "lurp" and "rollover" from the magic myspace music player.These were played live at the Backlit Lounge on Wednesd...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:51:00 GMT

Dallas @ Backlit Wed 10/4, Submodern @ Decompression Sun 10/8

Two upcoming shows...Dallas will be appearing at the Backlit Lounge on Wednesday, October 4 at 9:30pm, doing a completely new set of glitchy tech house beats and sounds. Submodern will also be at Dec...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:41:00 GMT

Qool at 111 Minna, March 29, 5pm

The "No Residents Allowed" version of Qoöl has officially arrived, and it's packed with some major talent. Ambient aficionados Dallas (of Submodern) and the Future BC put the "ch" in chill. Ricky Ryan...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:07:00 GMT