Brian collects a large quantity of his own found-sounds using his microphones and either a laptop/sound card combo or a Marantz PMD671. These range from recording sounds like unpeeling masking tape, birds chirping, strange reverbs, rocks shattering, hillsides collapsing, water, fire, stove sizzling, to traditional things such as instruments, singers, animals, and people.

In addition to recording his own sounds, Brian spends a large amount of time developing many of his own synth patches using Software and Modular Synthesizers. His primary method of arrangement is using Nuendo with a combination of recorded sound sources from the analog and digital domains.

Brian's approach in combining all of these interesting and unique sound textures is geared towards producing enjoyable compositions rather than technical demonstrations.

Hardware used on album:
1978 Emu Modular Synthesizer
Kawai K5000s Additive Synthesizer
Symbolic Sound's Kyma X (hardware/software combo) 
RME Multiface
Digidesign MBox
Eventide Harmonizer H3000S

Instruments:
Taylor 655 12 String Guitar
Taylor 514 6 String
Martin D-45, 1958 D-21 Brazillian Rosewood
Bowed Psaltery
Berimbow
Thumb Piano

Microphones:
Neumann TLM103 Pair (primary mics used)
Neumann KMR82I Long Shotgun microphone
Neumann KM184
Oktava MK012 Pair
Rode NT2A
Rode K2
Rode NT4
Earthworks SR71
Earthworks M30
Shure SM81

Primary Software used (too many plugins to list):
Cubase SX/Nuendo
Native Instruments Reaktor
Native Instruments Battery
Steinberg Halion
Cool Edit Pro 2.0
Waves Restoration & Gold Bundle
MAX/MSP
Antares plugins
Universal Audio UAD-1