Produced by David Breskin

Recorded by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, NY
Edited by Modney and Ryan Streber
Mixed by Ben Greenberg at Circular Ruin, Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk, Peekskill, NY

All compositions by Modney, Septimal Triad Publishing (ASCAP)

Album design and layout by Spottswood Erving and July Creek for Janky Defense

Pyroclastic has purchased carbon offsets to neutralize the carbon emissions associated with the production and distribution of this album.

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Postcard collages by Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015), © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, images courtesy Ellsworth Kelly Studio. Unless otherwise specified, all postcards are from the Collection of Ellsworth Kelly Studio and Jack Shear.

Wallet –

Cover: Horizontal “A”, 1957. Art Institute of Chicago, In honor of the Ellsworth Kelly Centennial, Gift of Jack Shear, 2023

Back: Sta. Maria del Mar I, 1985

Fold-in panel: Detail of Rietveld (Chair Zig-Zag), 1977

Inside left: White and Black, Surf, St. Martin, 1977, Kramarsky Collection

Inside center: St. Maarten, 1974

Inside right: Long Bay Beach, 1977

Booklet, in order of appearance –

Four Greens, Upper Manhattan Bay, 1957

Sand Dunes, 1984

Blue Red Black, 1994

Columbus Circle, 1957. Art Institute of Chicago, In honor of the Ellsworth Kelly Centennial, Gift of Jack Shear, 2023

St. Barthelemy-Baie de Lorient, 2005

Brooklyn Bridge I, 1985

Cincinnati Riverfront Stadium, 1980

Hand/Antilles, 2005. Private Collection

Four Blacks and Whites, Upper Manhattan Bay, 1957. Art Institute of Chicago, In honor of the Ellsworth Kelly Centennial, Gift of Jack Shear, 2023

Ascending Primes was made possible thanks to the generous support of The Shifting Foundation.

Thank you to all the musicians for their committed, beautiful performances and for their brilliant creative contributions as improvisers. Thank you to Ryan Streber, Ben Greenberg, and Scott Hull for bringing such artistry and technical prowess to this project. Thank you to Chelsea Hadley of The Shifting Foundation. Thank you to Isabel Breskin. Thank you to Kris Davis and David Leon of Pyroclastic Records for supporting this release. Thank you to Millay Arts for supporting the development of Everything Around It Moves and the editing of Fragmentation And The Single Form through an artist residency in September 2022.

Thank you to Jacqueline Tran of Matthew Marks Gallery and to Jack Shear, Mary Anne Lee and Allison Wucher of the Ellsworth Kelly Studio for their generosity of spirit in allowing our use of the fabulous Ellsworth Kelly postcard collages.

Special thanks to: David, my extraordinary producer, galvanizer, and mentor. Andrea and Jim, my unwaveringly supportive parents. Allyson, my magical person.