Messing around with electronic doodads - tape loop, drum machine, looper pedal, other effects pedals, and then DAW plugins on the drums. Edited about 5 minutes of noise down to about 2:45.

Finally got around to connecting several electronic items on my side desk - Kawai R-50e drum machine from around 1995, Fostex X-18 4-track tape recorder from a couple of years earlier than that (I think), a Korg volca keys from 2021, and a handful…

Another last-minute MIDI confection using instruments from Spitfire Audio's LABS collection and drums from Superior Drummer 3. The overall chord sequences were recommended by YouTuber Venus Theory in a couple of recent YT Shorts.

Created in Reaper using the Fission A instrument set from Triple Spiral Audio.

Created in VCV Rack 2.

Created using MuseScore 4 and an instrument from the LABS collection. Bits and pieces reminded me of the old Tron video game, so the name of this one was almost "Arcade".

Used Hainbach's excellent Landfill Totems VST for these noisy ruminations. Also had some samples from an LP recorded by a local high school band nearly 40 years ago, but I re-rendered this version without those samples, just in case... Kevin…

This one combines a tape loop I made, hardware synths (the volcas again), the RPM-40 drum machine, my guitar effects processor, and a few more samples I found online. Kevin Craig - Synths, tape loop, mixing.

Was playing around in VCV Rack, trying to build a generative patch so the synth would make music on its own. (Can't remember if I used one of Omri Cohen's VCV patches as a starting point, or was just following along with one of his videos. Either…

Pushing buttons is how I made almost all of this album. It's also how a lot of us make a living. It's also how various forms of media keep us engaged and enraged. Used volca Keys, volca Sampler, and Korg Monotron to make most of the noises…