Here's one that kind of fought me.  Beginning without a real direction, I put a number of drum beats together, thinking I'd go fast (180+ bpm) and abstract (bit-crushing down to 3 bits), and it seemed promising, but I got tired of listening to the harsh high frequencies, even with them rolled off somewhat above 2K. I tried slowing things down (20 bpm and multiples) and it got a bit more interesting, but still didn't really go anywhere. 

Several more passes added voices--several drum machines (brushes kit--bit-reduced to 8--a line of 808, K3M, 606, hand claps, miscellaneous percussion) a grinding Operator line (removed), some electric pianos (promising), an organ (Operator), and finally a couple bass lines at 140 bpm...which didn't invite any other parts or structure until I brought the tempo down to 96.  Then a few more passes on bass--two basslines again, keeping a few of the 140s, just time-stretched and tweaked--and Res-O-Glas guitar (Reuss Repeater + Vox Wah) brought it into focus. 

Even so, a run-through of 7 or 8 minutes wasn't compelling until I really cut away at the structure.  What we have here is the product of severe editing.  Sends: Drum Room reverb, simple delay, filter delay (emphasizing the highs, like an old tape with filter), Beat Repeat (an edited version of the Fill In The Blanks preset), and Buffer Shuffler (kind of feels like time to take a break from it).

The title is from an early name for (of course) Area 51, a place which doesn't tend to give up its secrets, much like this piece. 

Photo: "Groom Lake and Papoose Lake" by Doc Searls from Santa Barbara, USA - 2010_08_06_rno-phx-bos_071 Uploaded by PDTillman. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groom_Lake_and_Papoose_Lake.jpg#/media/File:Groom_Lake_and_Papoose_Lake.jpg

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