"Basic Survival Mode extends throughout all aspects of our lives. Our creations are our therapy, our way of overcoming the monotony of everyday life. We aim to expand the medium through which our message is heard. As its voice, the five of us continue to infuse our thoughts and emotions in a manner that people can enjoy and relate to in some way. In order to survive our lives, we must continue to live our dreams."

Al


Far Beyond the shadows of Time and Money
You will find yourself awaiting you.
In a world of perfect Noise,
where the future has passed
and the past is subjective,
You now comfortably reside
within the realm of Basic Survival Mode.

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DC




Music is the outlet for everything I have ever loved and everything I have ever hated in my life. It is a collection of sounds arranged to form one harmonic voice...the soundtrack of our lives.

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Jeremy



Rhythm.
The natural universe and all that it contains dances to one rhythm.
Beyond mathematics, beyond science, beyond religion,
I aim to expand and further open my
connection to that rhythm.
Basic Survival Mode is the vessel on this trip
and behind my drumset I sit at the helm.

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Lance




We live in a time of war, hatred, and corruption. I cannot help but feel overwhelmed by sorrow and disgust for what mankind has become. In spite of all this, I continue to believe that the human race is not beyond redemption. Though our voices may fall upon deaf ears, we still feel compelled to speak. We MUST speak or else we will become completely assimilated into the system we despise. This music is our voice as we continue our endless quest to find its purest form.

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Pat



Embracing the void of silence and consuming
it with violent lashes of rage and gentle whispers,
lulling one into a consciousness where self-truth
and self-realization are allowed to flourish
by stripping emotional barriers erected as
a result of insecurities, music gives us
an anthem to live for and a requiem to die to.

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