As young as eight, Brian has shown a passion & natural-born talent in music for performance and composition. His preteen years, his talents grew to include production and engineering/sound design. At a time of limited technology and financial resources, Mr. Yegge would invent his methods to obtain the desired sounds, then record and mix them in ways that would sound like an entire ensemble. A concept that was only achievable in professional studios at the time.

 His talent would lead him to attend Berklee College of Music in 1996, where he majored in production/engineering with a minor in Music Business.

 As a performing musician, Brian's principal instrument is the Bass. He's been the bassist for many bands, including Primary & Deadbolt Zen. He refers to the instrument as the one that feels most natural playing in a live environment. As a studio musician, Brian performs and develops sounds for all instruments desired in his productions. However, he is known for using Bass primarily in innovative ways as a tool to achieve sounds simply due to the dark character of the instrument's tone color and tonal range.  

Founded by Brian Yegge in September of 2008, Angershade is a dark music project and exploration in sound design diverse from the conventional ways of modern musical composition and production" It wouldn't be until 2014 that the first release "Glock" would be available under the Angershade moniker but was done so quietly to secure the name. In 2019 Mr. Yegge would release the 5 track instrumental EP "Arete," which would be followed by two companion releases, "The Hex Sessions" & "The Envy Sessions," in May of 2021. "The Isolation Sessions," slated for a June 2021 release, was held back several times for personal reasons but eventually released on July 27th, 2022.

LIVE

Fender Blacktop Precision 4-string
ESP TA-604 FRX 4 string Bass
Gallien-Krueger 1001RB-II 700/50W Biamp Bass Head (https://www.gallien-krueger.com/1001-rb-specs)


GK NEO-412 Cab

https://www.gallien-krueger.com/neo-412-specs

GK MB 115 Combo
https://www.gallien-krueger.com/mb-115-specs

DarkGlass Omega Photon
Pedal/Interface
https://www.darkglass.com/creations/alpha-omega-photon/

iPad Pro

Studio

Instruments

Native Instruments Keyboard A49 with the sustain pedal
Native Instruments Mikro MK3
Fender Blacktop Precision Bass 4-string
ESP TA-604 FRX Bass 4-string
Fender Precision Bass Standard 4-string
Gibson SG3 201
Epiphone Less Paul\Yamaha Acoustic Guitar
Yamaha Classical Guitar
Washburn XB-500 Bass 5-string

Hardware


MacMini M2 Pro
MacBook Pro 16inch
iMac
iPad Pro 4th gen
iPhone
Darkglass Omega Photon Interface
Motu M4 Audio interface
iRig I/O Pro audio interface
iRig HD Audio interface
AKG C-3000 condenser microphone
Sure SM57 Dynamic Microphone
Sure SM58 Dynamic Microphone
Dual LG 34 inch Ultrawide 4K monitor AKG A660 Dynamic microphone
IKMultimedia Uno Synth analog synth
Three Audio Technica Over the Ear Headphones
2 Sandisk 500GB SSD external drives
1 WD 1TB HDD Backup drive

Amps

Gallien-Krueger 1001RB-II 700/50W Biamp Bass Head
GK NEO-412 Cab
GK MB 115 ComboOrange ThunderVerb
Orange
Mesa Dual Rectifier
Ampeg SVT Classic Head
Ampeg SVT4 Pro Head

Software

Logic Audio X DAW
Audacity
Adobe Audition
Isotope mastering suite
T-Racks
Amplitude 5 & 4
NI Komplete Kontrol
NI Maschine 2
NI Battery
NI Kontakt
NI Massive X
Audulous 3

Cloud Storage & Webhosting

Google Drive Workspace Unlimited
iCloud 2TB Storage
Adobe CC 1TB

Apple Music

Spotify

Youtube

Tidal

Amazon Music

Deezer

SoundCloud

Bandcamp

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ADEPT

Adept is 5 minutes and 54 seconds long. It's in the key of C-sharp major and the time signature is 4 beats per measure. Loudness is -14.47 db and the tempo is around 132.96 bpm.

Hex

Hex is 3 minutes and 49 seconds long. It's in the key of F-sharp major and the time signature is 4 beats per measure. Loudness is -12.54 db and the tempo is around 149.90 bpm.

ENVY

Envy is 2 minutes and 34 seconds long. It's in the key of G major and the time signature is 4 beats per measure. Loudness is -16.37 db and the tempo is around 112.03 bpm.

ISOLATION

Isolation is 4 minutes and 14 seconds long. It's in the key of G major and the time signature is 4 beats per measure. Loudness is -14.89 db and the tempo is around 92.23 bpm.

ENVY (REINTERPRETED)

Envy (Reinterpreted) is 2 minutes and 34 seconds long. It's in the key of G major and the time signature is 4 beats per measure. Loudness is -17.83 db and the tempo is around 112.10 bpm.

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The Hex sessions is a collection of different variations of the piece along with the original piece itself remastered. Demos, Variations, and Different all together perspective mixes of the song with changing dynamics. Sound quality may vary as some are demos, but this is the first attempt at showing the evolution of a piece of music and how I go through and exhaust every possible option I can, before deciding on the final product.

1. Hex Remastered - (3:49)

2. Hex The Dark Version Radio Edit - (3:38)

3. Hex The Diviner Mix - (4:11)

4. Hex Slammed Mix Brian Yegge Remix - (4:10)

5. Hex Prognosticator mix Remastered - (4:26)

6. Hex The Obstinate Mix - (4:32)

7. Hex Just the Witches Stripped - (2:11)

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The Envy sessions is a collection of different variations of the piece along with the original piece itself remastered. Demos, Variations, Different all together perspective mixes of the song with changing dynamics. Sound quality may vary as some are in fact demos, but this is the first attempt at showing the evolution of a piece of music and how I go through and exhaust every possible option I can, before deciding on the final product. Adept "The Glitter Fairies Edition" is a little extra added treat to break up the repetitiveness a little.

1. Envy Reinterpreted Remastered - (2:34)

2. Envy Remastered - (2:34)

3. Envy Full Suicided Version VIP Mix - (2:42)

4. Envy Tight Mix - Remix - (2:34)

5. Envy Meditative Mix - (2:38)

6. ADEPT Glitter Fairies Edition - (4:30)

7. Envy No Strings Attached - (2:32)

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"THE ISOLATION SESSIONS" IS THE LAST OF THE ARETE SERIES.

A MEDITATIVE RELEASE FOR THE SHADOW-SELF

All of the session releases up to this point have been comprised of revisited material and remasters of the reviewed material, so all writing, recording, and overall production had been done during the session recording of "Arete." Unfortunately, that wasn't the case with Isolation. "Isolation" unexpectedly became the most beloved track of the collection. It took 35 working hours to write, mix, master and produce, while the others took many months. It's one of the few pieces I did not explore different interpretations, so there were no Isolation Sessions. The "Live Demo" performed in January 2019 is the track's conception. In that track, you hear the song created in real-time; work on the interpretations began starting May of 2021) due to unfortunate events of the past year, this was NOT a joy to write, engineer, or overall produce... the stabbing strings in a sloppy rhythm while scratching violas and violins are more my anger at having to complete this than me writing music. I hope you all find your way to enjoy these pieces a lot more than I did in producing them.

"THE MALEFIC POSSESSION" ISOLATION: THE MALEFIC POSSESSION I & II - I produced these tracks initially to be one complete track. Even though it flows smoothly, each half is significantly very different from one another. To no longer have long intros & "get to the intensity quicker" in my music; I didn't want to make someone have to sit through the pure sadness and sorrow of PT. 1 to get to the madness and intense chaos of PT. 2. So, I split them right at the key change. Engineering this one produced 77 individual instrument tracks of sounds designed & (Tesha’s voice samples), then rendered in chunks & spliced together all in 24bit resolution at a 96Khz sample rate. See below the Track Analysis on how they're different musically.

"Remaster '22"This version of "Isolation" is the original track opened up and remastered. This version is how I meant it to be perceived when I mixed and mastered it in the studio in 2019, only to have the process of distribution and compression fuck it up. In this version, the bass surrounds you; instead of being lost and crushed down to an audible one, you can feel it in this version. The overdriven sound is allowed to breathe, and depth is in-between with a clear midrange. You can detect the space compared to the original. I've gotten messages on how this piece has served as a meditative tool for some of you. This version will be even more immersive on almost any system you play it on.