ASB Works online here - check it out!
Releases since "A Perfect Circle":
Iterations of a Scene (supposed to be out 2004, was actually out 2/5/2021).
Colorbox Compendium Volume I 12/4/2020.
Dispatches from the Days of Lockdown 11/26/2020.
After Sleeping May 1, 2020.
More to come!
[NEW!] "A Perfect Circle" by Ionosphere Casting Shadows and "Iterations of a Scene" by aliensporebomb out as of 12/15/2018.
See this link for more details and sound samples!
New Full Length CD "Tales from the Next Phase Outwards - 16 tracks! Click Here.
New Full Length CD "This Is Aliensporebomb" available online - 16 tracks!
Click here to go check out the samples and get your own copy.
[NEW!] aliensporebomb up on ReverbNation.com! Our new online presence.
[NEW!] 135 aliensporebomb tunes online, no waiting. Get your ears on.
Tunes: Stream them, download them, whatever. Enjoy.
This is the instrumental music of multi-instrumentalist Todd Madson and several of his conscripted cohorts.
Performing music you wouldn't hear on commercial radio.
That's a good sign, for some. If you like this stuff, there may be hope for you yet!
Below are the five "internet only freebie" aliensporebomb releases recorded between 1992 and 2005. In 2018 one of these was resurrected as an actual album you can purchase thanks to hard drive resurrection, modern DSP denoising technology and modern editing software.
Click on a CD cover for tunes, information and other trenchant stuff.
Click on a picture of the disc cover for information, availability and free samples.
Reviews, Critiques & Commentary and Kudos:
"Clever alien types! Rather than the clich� frontal assault with clumsy death rays, ASB delivers a payload of 17 ethereal rock songs that will keep you praying for an outer space invasion well into the wee hours of the night.
There are plenty of progressive chops to please the �guitar guys� but they're thankfully subordinated to the dictates of the chill, ambient aesthetics on display throughout. "
-Psychopompos Blog.
Gods of Music
said "With David Gilmore-esque classic rock guitar god style, asb's
soaring guitar riffs give a much more transcendent and impressive feel
to ... this recording."
chrish, a Gtroblq member and recording artist said:
Ken Rubenstein, independent recording artist (once on the cover of Guitar Player magazine in 10/91) said:
Ken also recently added regarding this track " very impressive, bud.....the comping at about 2:30 is quite dangerous. It's kind of like if Holdsworth played on
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.....great great. (blush! And I really love your new track
with Wendy Parker and and Charlie Zeleny on drums called "Smallest Words" - so cool!)
Dan Stearns,
amazing microtonal composer and guitarist has said: "Really cool super
enjoyable music... and hell it's even got heaping piles of fun, hopped
up guitar too. So if you haven't heard the bomb, what are you waiting
for!"
Sonik, of the site Superevil.tv, a visitor to my Zebox site said:
Infinite Ego and Bofatron Sofasaurus of The GtrOblq Mothership itself
"You've got serious and legit fusion chops on display. And I don't mean that in a
This is excellent mood-enhancing music that manages to keep you on the edge of your
(Yeah, IE, I also feel good about what you had to say. Big understatement. Thanks!)
He also said: "He is the BOMB baby! Great guitar playing!" (Thanks IE!)
David Renelt, of Munich, Germany said of the self-titled ASB track "Very great guitars!"
Aeolian from gearpage.net from the Bay Area of California said of my playing on a take of
Robben Ford's "Help the Poor" was "nice and inventive melodic lines and cool rock tone. And then at the
end he reveals prodigious (pro-digit-ous ?) chops and burns the last chorus."
Mike_V
Great tune. I listened at work earlier and it is stuck with me.
For those who have not heard this tune. DO SO! It is wonderful. Go, what are you waiting for?
Shoooo, go, go download and listen, now!" (Thanks Mike!)
Ed DeGenaro, a great fusion player and THD proponent said of
my recent take on "Psyched", a 15/8 collaboration with RedAnt in LA "Your clip was way more ethereal than I expected, totally took me by surprise. Dug the recklessness of it a lot."
And r0g3r Sullivan,
guitarist extraordinaire said of the same track: "Sweet... I like the
part where you really start going off.... You're a legato freak man!" (heh! thanks Roger!)
More reviews soon!
[NEW!] Musicians! Check out my "Demo to Final" page on how the tune "Life" came to be written and arranged.
All musical content copyright 2005 Todd Madson / aliensporebomb / all rights reserved.
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ASB Live 2008 at Connie's Space Lounge, ConvergenceCon 2008, Edina, MN.
pavilions of forestlife
iterations of a scene
asymmetricon-difficult music vol. I
open strings on reflection
a passage from the vault of hours
"You never fail to craft lush,engaging "sights" for the ears and mind,and your guitar playing is distinctly unreal."
"Todd, your s**t kills." (Thanks, Ken! Likewise!)
"pretty cool stuff man, loved that galaxy tune."
said of Eta Carinae a 16 minute long fusion
workout with the Jam Lab
(I played guitar and keyboards, Kurt Angel: Drums, Paco Craig: Bass:)
Gambale fusion way ... the phrasing is organic and on the edge rather than exercise-based....
seat due to the great guitar lines...BTW, that studio preamp sounds kick ass. Again,
totally pro chops and phrasing. You gotta feel good about this."
...I subconsciously have this song going through my head. I realize it's there and stop to think
what the hell it is. It is your DAYBREAK. I love the main melody. The Bass Line is great and what
is the keyboard instrument you use in the background? (It was a PPG Wave btw. -asb).