Tempus - Java (1996)

Tempus is:
Greg DuCharme - guitar (left side audio)
Kent Herman - guitar (right side audio)
Dave Burkowitz - bass
Jef Jaeger - drums
Tempus was a Christian progressive rock / metal band formed in May of 1995 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band composed quite a bit of original material, but eventually disbanded in April of 1997. Unfortunately, we never got out of the basement (actually, three different basements) due to a number of setbacks (including members leaving…sometimes returning) as the band worked to forge its sound, get into a recording studio, and play some live shows.
Over our two years together, lineups consisted of variations of the four listed members, and also originally included Lance Dickinson (vocals / keyboards). Greg DuCharme was also a vocalist, but there are no vocals present on many of these rehearsal / demo recordings.
The song featured here is called ‘Java’ (as in coffee). It was a working title, but the song was never finished. There are a few parts here not totally developed, and no guitar solos. This is the only existing recording of the song. Captured on April 28, 1996, it was one of seven songs recorded live that day. A handful of microphones running through a small mixing board - roughly premixed into a stereo DAT deck in our rehearsal space.
I have been working on ‘restorative audio mastering’ for many of these recordings, but there are limits as to what can be done to improve them without being able to clean up and re-mix individual tracks.
The logo and photos have also been ‘cleaned up’ a bit.The logo shown in this video was a prototype designed by my brother Barry Jaeger. The band never officially adopted the logo, but it is the only logo ever designed for the band. There were very few photos taken of Tempus, and no video recordings at all - making it a challenge to create an interesting video presentation of these songs. Until now, very few people have ever heard these recordings.
Jef Jaeger - 5/4/2024

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