At the end of summer 2024, while recovering from an accident that almost took me out, I threw myself into making my own sounds with my one piece of hardware: the Model:Cycles, an FM synthesizer sequencer groovebox. I started from zero in terms of production chops, spending hours alone during some rough stretches. Anything to sit alongside the tinnitus and the existential dread. During those months, I occasionally posted a few pieces. I didn’t care about perfection. Any seasoned artist might cringe at how basic and simple the work was, and at the fact that I thought it was worth sharing. Thankfully, I don’t give a fuck. I just wanted to put out these “sonic sketches” as a snapshot of what I was feeling during this time and as a marker for what my square one looked like. Some of these sketches (jams really) are muddy and may clip at times. Part of the process I guess?

Eventually, I hit a point where I wanted to explore other moods and more complex forms of production. That felt like the end of an era. I made my own sound without copying anyone or taking any shortcuts. Just me jamming on a sequencer. With that in mind, and knowing full well that Spotify has become the fast food of music, I deleted all my early releases from the app and everywhere else. I’ve compiled my favorite sketches from the past 14 months into this EP. The end of a chapter, but something small and meaningful to me.

Es Fuerte

Interstice F12

Hazeus

Poppies

Interstice F08

muddy sketch

Delft

Barcelona

Silent Seas

Cross-manipulation
'Scuse my participation

Do you think that they're safe
What's the process like
Leaning in together
Leading each other
Playing each other
Gasping
Passionate
Headlights

Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn

Cross-manipulation
Cross-manipulation
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Cross-manipulation
Participation
Mediation
And you know I can't mediate
And you know I can't mediate
Ooh
Drive-by exploration
Come home to discovery

Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn

Cross-manipulation
Cross-manipulation
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Cross-manipulation

What's it like
Meeting each other
What's it like
Playing each other
What's it like
Meeting each other
What's it like
Meeting each other
What's it like
Playing each other
What's it like
Leaning on each other
Do you think that's safe?

Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn
Next will be your turn

Cross-manipulation
Cross-manipulation
Cross-manipulation
Cross-manipulation

Cross-Manipulation

The entire sound is in my hands. I write cyber poetry, produce, and compose every track ready for Immersive 3D. Every beat is crafted for spatial and next-gen headphones.
Intimate lyrics, total immersion, every track.

For 30 years I kept unfinished demos to myself, never letting them out. Now I finish what I start and release it the moment it’s alive.

I use every tool available, human or machine, as an instrument.
Technology doesn’t replace creativity. It expands it.

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