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As we rush towards the end of November, I had largely intended (or, at least, expected) the new album to be my last creative output for the year.

This weekend, however, has seen something new emerging from the post-completion lull.

When I won my copy of the Roland Cloud TB-303 plugin, I said that it gave me the option of messing about in the DAW and transferring patterns to hardware later. That's exactly what I've done.

Having focused on the LM Drum recently, I just started playing with a couple of instances of the 303 and Ableton's core 909 kit — getting back to the techno basics. Something quickly formed and I put a quick loop on Bluesky.

This evening saw the start of the transition to hardware. While it doesn't have the exact same sound, I'm really liking it and have added some extra elements.

It's still in the development phase but definitely heading in the right direction.

I don't know if this will see the light of day before the end of the year. Maybe I'll keep working on more tracks ready for a release in January.