The Modular Beat · 7 July 2017

Tides

Tides explores recurrence, lunar influence and the rhythms that shape everyday life, joining new electronic sounds, experimental bass textures and voice with a more fully developed audiovisual concept.

01 / Listen

Listen to the album

02 / Album story

Cycles, movement and lunar influence

Tides is The Modular Beat's second concept album. It considers the tides as a model of rhythmic return and reflects on the moon's visible and invisible influence on life. Movement is understood not as a straight line but as a cycle of advance, retreat and renewal.

The music expands the project's sound through new electronic textures and experiments with a long bass string. Resonance, vibration and repetition become part of the concept itself, giving the album a physical sense of pull and release. The accompanying videos follow the same approach and extend the release into a more coherent audiovisual work.

Vocals complement the arrangements without taking over their atmospheric role. Short mantras and passages of invented language loosen words from fixed meanings, allowing tone, rhythm and repetition to communicate alongside the instruments.

The texts revolve around cycles, gravity, change and the relationship between inner experience and natural forces. Their open imagery suggests that human moods and memories are also shaped by recurring movements. Meaning emerges gradually through sound and association rather than through linear stories.

03 / Tracklist

Tracklist

  1. 01Before
  2. 02Tides
  3. 03Opium
  4. 04Codewinds
  5. 05Cocoon
  6. 06Vacuum
  7. 07Onetwooninetwo
  8. 08After All, Nothing

04 / Credits

Credits

Dennis Klein: bass, electric guitar. Michael Keuth: vocals, keyboards, drum programming. Lyrics by Michael Keuth. Composed by The Modular Beat. Produced, mixed and mastered by Michael Keuth. Artwork and photography by Michael Keuth and Dennis Klein. Released by Islandroad Records.