Discography

WAX WORLD (2021) - Ninth Album

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Audio Polaroid
2. Nothing to Say
3. Strychnine
4. Stasis Loop
5. Autumn
6. Glass of Winter
7. Solitary
8. On an Island
9. Haze
10. Undertow

Wendy Griffiths: keyboards, vocals
Grace Pulliam: vocals, percussion, keyboards
Yuzuru Sadashige: bass, guitar, keyboards
Timur Yusef: drums, percussion, electronic percussion
Sawa Tamezane: baritone saxophone and Aerophone
John McFaul: bass and backing vocals
Jason Cummings: backing vocals

Songs arranged by Changing Modes

Recorded at the Cutting Room Studios, New York City
Drums recorded at the studio of Timur Yusef
Mixed at the Cutting Room Studios, New York City
January-July 2021
Recorded & mixed by Jason Cummings

Mastered by Fred Kevorkian

Album cover design & photographs by Yuzuru Sadashige
Band photograph by Moeka Nakamura
Watercolor painting by Wendy Griffiths

All Songs by Wendy Griffiths / Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP)
except Glass of Winter by Yuzuru Sadashige / Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP)
Stasis Loop, Autumn by Wendy Griffiths and Yuzuru Sadashige / Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP)
Strychnine by Wendy Griffiths, Grace Pulliam and Yuzuru Sadashige / Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP)
Haze by Wendy Griffiths and Rayna White / Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP)

Produced by Changing Modes with Jason Cummings

Special Thanks to:
Sylvia Griffiths, Jun Sadashige, Yoshiko Sadashige, Don Lawrence, Duane, Hsia-Jung, Jeffrey Jacobson, Ben, Don Fast, Yuko, Harumi, TJ, Willy, Louise Neko, Corey Booker, the Yusef family & friends, Yoko Tamezane, Kazuji Tamezane, Kikumi Tamezane, Masuhito Iwama, Fara Marz, Amanda McDonald, Mei Kei Hui

 


WHAT SEPTEMBER BRINGS (2019) - Eighth Album

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

01. Days
02. Pretty Poisonous
03. Tightrope
04. Corey Booker Blues
05. 2-1/2 Minutes to Midnight
06. 250 Smiles
07. January
08. Rocket
09. Alexander Springs
10. Fire
11. Glide
12. Potassium and Riboflavin
13. Night Loop

Wendy Griffiths: keyboards, vocals
Grace Pulliam: vocals, percussion, keyboards
Yuzuru Sadashige: bass, guitar, keyboards
Timur Yusef: drums, percussion, electronic percussion
Sawa Tamezane: baritone saxophone on track 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13

Guest Artists:
Amy Boyd: violin on track 9
Jason Cummings: additional backing vocals on track 3, 6, 10
Corey Booker: "meows" on track 4

Songs arranged by Changing Modes
String arrangement for Alexander Springs by Yuzuru Sadashige

Recorded at Virtue and Vice Studios, Brooklyn and
the Cutting Room Studios, New York City
Mixed at the Cutting Room Studios, New York City
February-June 2019
Recorded & mixed by Jason Cummings

Mastered by Fred Kevorkian

Album cover design & photographs by Yuzuru Sadashige
Band photograph by Moeka Nakamura

All Songs by Wendy Griffiths/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP)
except Corey Booker Blues, Night Loop and 2-1/2 Minutes to Midnight by
Yuzuru Sadashige/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP)

Produced by Changing Modes with Jason Cummings

Special Thanks to:
Sylvia Griffiths, Jun Sadashige, Yoshiko Sadashige, Don Lawrence, Duane, Hsia-Jung,
Jeffrey Jacobson, David, Ben, Don Fast, Yuko, Harumi, TJ, Willy, Louise Neko, Corey Booker, Yoko Tamezane, Kazuji Tamezane, Kikumi Tamezane, Masuhito Iwama, Fara Marz, Amanda McDonald, Mei Kei Hui

 


GOODBYE THEODORA (2017) - Seventh Album

Goodbye Theodora
 

1. MIND PALACE (Griffiths)
2. AMANDA’S HOUSE (Griffiths)
3. DOOR (Griffiths)
4. ARIZONA (Griffiths)
5. SHARKBIRD (Sadashige)
6. WASTED (Griffiths)
7. TOO FAR GONE (Griffiths/Hofmann)
8. GOODBYE THEODORA (Griffiths)
9. FIRESTORM (Griffiths)
10. CHINESE CHECKERS (Griffiths)
11. VIGILANTE (Griffiths)
12. DUST (Griffiths)


Wendy Griffiths: keyboards, vocals, bass
Grace Pulliam: vocals, percussion, keyboards
Yuzuru Sadashige: bass, guitar
Timur Yusef: drums, percussion, electronic percussion

Guest artist:
Denise Mei Yan Hofmann: guitar on track 7

Songs arranged by Changing Modes

Recorded & mixed at the Seaside Lounge, Brooklyn, New York,
July - September 2016
Recorded & mixed by Jon Altschuler

Mastered by Fred Kevorkian

Album cover design & photographs by Yuzuru Sadashige
Band photograph by Duane Harper Grant

All Songs by Wendy Griffiths/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP)
except Too Far Gone by
Wendy Griffiths & Denise Mei Yan Hofmann/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP),
Sharkbird by Yuzuru Sadashige/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP),

Produced by Changing Modes

Special Thanks to:
Sylvia Griffiths, The Sadashige family, Don Lawrence, Duane, Hsia-Jung, Jeffrey Jacobson,
Jan Kagarice, David, Ben, Don Fast, Denise, Yuko, Harumi, TJ, Willy, Louise Neko

in memory of Kazuo Sadashige

 


THE PARADOX OF TRAVELING LIGHT (2014) - Sixth Album

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01. DINOSAUR (Griffiths/Oromaner)
02. RED (Griffiths)
03. GIVE UP THE GHOST (Griffiths)
04. SYCAMORE LANDING (Griffiths)
05. IN JUNE (Griffiths)
06. BLACK AND GREY (Kikuchi)
07. JEANINE (Griffiths)
08. FLY (Griffiths)
09. RIDE (Griffiths)
10. LATELY (Griffiths)
11. TRIANGLE HEART (Sadashige)

Wendy Griffiths, keyboards, vocals, bass
Grace Pulliam, vocals, percussion, keyboards, kaossilator
Yuzuru Sadashige, bass, guitar, keyboard
Timur Yusef, drums, percussion, electronic drum

Guest artists:
Vincent Corrigan, vocals on tracks 2, 4 & 10
Duane Harper Grant, guitar on track 8

Songs arranged by Changing Modes

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 recorded & mixed at the Cutting Room Studios, New York City, June - October 2013
Recorded, mixed & co-produced by Jason Cummings

Tracks 4, 10 & 11 recorded & mixed at the Seaside Lounge, Brooklyn, New York, January 2014.
Recorded & mixed by Charles Burst

Mastered by Fred Kevorkian

Album cover design & photographs by Yuzuru Sadashige
Band photograph by Duane Harper Grant
Origami stars by Heather Ganfer
Origami dinosaurs by Yuzuru Sadashige

All Songs by Wendy Griffiths/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP)
except Dinosaur by Wendy Griffiths & David Oromaner/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP),
Triangle Heart by Yuzuru Sadashige/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP),
Black & Grey by Yoko Kikuchi/Dream Bitches

Produced by Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige

Special Thanks to:
Sylvia Griffiths, The Sadashige family, Don Lawrence, Duane, Hsia-Jung, Jeffrey Jacobson,
David, Ben, Don Fast, Vin, Harumi, Anthony, Willy, Yoko, Louise Neko

 


IN FLIGHT (2012) - Fifth Album

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01. PARTICLE COLLIDER (Griffiths)
02. LIFE DRAWING (Griffiths)
03. GHOST IN THE BACKSEAT (Griffiths)
04. NATURE OF THE BEAST (Rondeau)
05. REFLECTION (Pulliam)
06. DOWN TO YOU (Griffiths)
07. BLUE (Griffiths)
08. KNOCK ONCE (Rondeau)
09. THE POLITICS OF FEAR (Griffiths)
10. PROFESSIONAL GIRL (Griffiths)
11. FIREWALL (Griffiths)
12. THUNDERWING (Rondeau)
13. TO THE LEFT (Griffiths)
14. CHINATOWN (Griffiths)
15. HOUSES OF CARDS (Griffiths)
16. IN FLIGHT (Griffiths)

Wendy Griffiths, keyboards, vocals, bass
Grace Pulliam, vocals, percussion, kaossilator
Jen Rondeau, theremin, vocals, keyboard
Yuzuru Sadashige, guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals
David Oromaner, drums, percussion, vocals, trumpet

Songs arranged by Changing Modes

Jackie Coleman, trumpet solo on Professional Girl

Recorded & mixed at the Seaside Lounge, Brooklyn, New York, 
July 2010-October 2011.
Recorded & mixed by Josh Clark & Charles Burst
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian

Front cover photograph © Xixun | Dreamstime.com
Band photograph by Duane Harper Grant
Inside cover photographs by TJ Regno, Grace Pulliam & Wendy Griffiths
Album Cover Design by Yuzuru Sadashige

Produced by Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige

Associate Producers: David Oromaner, Jen Rondeau & Grace Pulliam

© (P) 2012 Changing Modes, All songs by Wendy Griffiths/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP) tracks 4, 8 & 12 by Jen Rondeau (ASCAP), track 5 by Grace Pulliam (ASCAP).

Special Thanks to: Sylvia, The Sadashige family, Don, Duane, Hsia-Jung, Ben, Carolyn, Jack, Paul Rondeau, Harumi, Anthony, Abby,  Marc Oromaner, Sarah Lutz, Jeffrey Jacobson, Chad, Sinem, Willy, Louise Neko, Tobias Corduroy.

In Memory of Barbara Oromaner and Raymond Griffiths

 


 

HERE (2010) - Fourth Album

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01. Here (Griffiths)
02. Moles (Griffiths)
03. Louise (Griffiths)
04. Cell to Cell (Griffiths)
05. Embers Sweet (Rondeau)
06. One (Griffiths)
07. White Lightning (Griffiths)
08. Diving Bell (Griffiths)
09. Strange Invasion (Griffiths)
10. The White Room (Griffiths)
11. The Great Beyond (Griffiths/Sadashige)
12. Meow Situation (Rondeau)

Wendy Griffiths, keyboards, vocals, bass
Jen Rondeau, theremin, keyboards, vocals
Grace Pulliam, vocals, percussion

Yuzuru Sadashige, bass, guitar, keyboard

David Oromaner, drums, percussion, trumpet

Songs arranged by Changing Modes

Orchestration & programming for The Great Beyond by Yuzuru Sadashige

Recorded & mixed at the Seaside Lounge, Brooklyn, New York, 
July - November 2009.

Recorded by Charles Burst & Josh Clark 
Mixed by Charles Burst

Midi Engineer: Phil Palazzolo

Mastered by Joe LaPorta at The Lodge

Photographs by www.devorevision.com

Album Cover Design by Yuzuru Sadashige

All Songs by Wendy Griffiths/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP) 
except The Great Beyond by 
Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP), 
Embers Sweet & Meow Situation by Jen Rondeau

Produced by Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige

Associate Producers: David Oromaner, Jen Rondeau & Grace Pulliam
 © 2010 Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige  (P) 2010 Changing Modes, All songs by Wendy Griffiths/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP) except tracks 5 & 12 by Jen Rondeau, track 11 by Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP).

 


 

Down and Out in Shangri-la (2008) - Third Album

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01. OFF THE RADAR (Griffiths)
02. SHANGRI-LA (Griffiths)

03. NO FLY ZONE (Griffiths)
04. RACE THE WAVE (Griffiths)
05. SHIP (Griffiths)
06. BLUE TOMORROW (Griffiths)
07. BLUE LIGHT (Griffiths)
08. GATE/HE WALKS IN DARKNESS (Griffiths)

09. VITAL SIGNS (Griffiths)
10. SOMEONE ANYONE (Griffiths)

Wendy Griffiths, keyboards, vocals

Yuzuru Sadashige, bass, guitar, keyboards, programming
David Oromaner, drums, percussion, vocals, trumpet

Camille Atkinson, vocals

Additional Musicians:
Eli Maurer, trumpet on track 9 & 10

Strings/Winds/Brass arrangements by
 Yuzuru Sadashige & Wendy Griffiths
Brass arrangement (track 9) by
Wendy Griffiths & David Oromaner

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ted Spencer
Recorded at Kampo Studios, NYC, and
 at Ted Spencer Recording, NYC

Mixed and mastered at Ted Spencer Recording
Assistant Engineer at Kampo Studios: Alan Ford
October 2006-October 2007

Produced by Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige
Associate producers: David Oromaner & Camille Atkinson

©(p)2008 Wendy Griffiths/Plague of Twins Productions (ASCAP)

 


 

Aeroplane (2005) - Second Album


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01. ANOTHER COUNTRY (Griffiths)
02. TRACES OF YOU (Griffiths)
03. DAILY LIFE(Griffiths/Sadashige)

04. BLIND (Griffiths)
05. CHAIN LIGHTNING (Griffiths)
06. TWO STEPS DOWN (Griffiths)

07. GET UP (Griffiths)

08. ARNOLD (Griffiths)

09. TRUE LOVE (Griffiths)
10. RUSSIAN ROULETTE (Griffiths)
11. AEROPLANE (Griffiths)

12. REPRIEVE (Griffiths)
13. TOMORROW NEVER COMES (Griffiths)

14. PANIC BUTTON (Griffiths)
15. CAR (Griffiths/Sadashige)


Wendy Griffiths, keyboards, piano, hammond organ, vocals, backing vocals

Yuzuru Sadashige, bass, guitar, hammond organ, prepared piano, percussion

David Oromaner, Drums, Percussion, backing vocals
Heather Lake, vocals (track 5, 7, 11, 12)

Additional Musicians:
Evija Ozolins-Kiger, Violin on track 8 & 15

Peter Sachon, Cello on track 8 & 15


String Arrangements by
 Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Timothy Moes 
at Astoria Soundworks - Astoria, New York,
Sept. 2004-March 2005

Second Engineer: Sam Amato

Cover design by Yuzuru Sadashige

Produced by Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige

©(p)2005 Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige (ASCAP)
 


A Perfect Day (2003) - First Album

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01. EAR (Griffiths/Woltmann)

02. SIDESHOW FRIENDS AND MOVIE STARS (Griffiths/Sadashige)

03. PRETTY VACANT (Griffiths)

04. UNDERTOW (Griffiths)

05. A PERFECT DAY (Griffiths)
06. RING OF FIRE (Griffiths)

07. MY LITTLE FRIEND (Griffiths)

08. GOLDEN TEMPLE (Griffiths)
09. THIN BLUE LINE (Griffiths)
10. FLYING (Griffiths)
11. GREAT (Griffiths)

12. INFINITELY BLUE (Sadashige)

13. GOLDEN (Griffiths)


Wendy Griffiths, keyboards, voice
Heather Laurel Feldman, voice

Yuzuru Sadashige, bass, guitar
Jonathan Mele, drums, percussion

additional musicians:
Evija Ozolins-Kiger, violin on "Flying" & "Ring of Fire"

Peter Sachon, cello on "Flying" & "Ring of Fire"


String Arrangements by
Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige

Recorded at Astoria SoundWorks, Astoria, NY, 
and Ted Spencer Recording, New York, NY

Recorded by Savvas Karamalis
 and Ted Spencer
Mixed and Mastered by Ted Spencer

Timothy Moes, second engineer

February-May, 2003

cover concept by Yuzuru Sadashige & Wendy Griffiths
cover design by Yuzuru Sadashige

Produced by Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige

©(p)2003 Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige (ASCAP)

 


 

Changing Modes - EP 2 (2001)

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01. SUBURBIA (Griffiths)

02. ANGEL WHITE (Griffiths)

03. GATE~HE WALKS IN DARKNESS (Griffiths)
04. ON AN ISLAND (Griffiths)
05. EAR (Griffiths/Woltmann)

06. BIG HOUSE (Griffiths)

Wendy Griffiths, keyboard, voice

Yuzuru Sadashige, bass

Chris Woltmann, guitar, voice
Jonathan Mele, drums, percussion

Recorded at Tunnel Street Studios, 
Floral Park, NY

Recorded and Mixed by David Merrill

August-September, 2001

cover photograph by Yuzuru Sadashige

cover design by Yuzuru Sadashige

Produced by Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige

©(p)2001 Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige (ASCAP)

 


 

Changing Modes EP 1 (2000)

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01. BLUE LIGHT (Griffiths)
02. ANGEL WHITE (Griffiths)
03. ELECTRIC SKIN (Sadashige)
04. GREEN LIGHTS (Griffiths)
05. SHE'S COME UNDONE (Griffiths/Sadashige)


Wendy Griffiths, keyboard, vocals
Yuzuru Sadashige, bass, backing vocals
Chris Woltmann, guitar, vocals
Jay Mack, drums, backing vocals

Recorded at Context Studios, New York, NY
Recorded and Mixed by David Merrill
July-September, 2000
cover photograph by Yuzuru Sadashige
cover design by Yuzuru Sadashige

Produced by Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige
©(p)2001 Wendy Griffiths & Yuzuru Sadashige (ASCAP)