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At the time, I stated:

'This could be the start of something...'

I've never followed up on that.

I've thought about it from time to time, wondering what other classic hip hop // electro beats I could give an acid twist to. So far, I've only come up with a few:

• One for the treble (Fresh) — Davy DMX
• Surgery — World Class Wreckin' Cru
• Al Naayfish (The Soul) — Hashim
• Let the music play — Shannon
• Reckless — Chris 'The Glove' Taylor & Ice T
• Just about anything by Egyptian Lover

Maybe this is a future project. 🤔

The "is, was, and always will be" EP is now also available on Bandcamp. Entirely coincidentally, it's #bandcampfriday.

You know what to do! 🫠

The listening party is scheduled for 8pm UK next Friday, 11th September. I hope you can join me.

For some reason, I just wasn't feeling it and got distracted.

I ended up diving down a sound design rabbit hole on the WASP.

Still, a few usable patches came from it so it wasn't a total waste. They're all stored in the 'patch library' that is the photos app. 😆

Not bad for something I released back in March.

I had to check, it didn't seem that long ago.

I need to start putting more stuff on the channel and think I might use it in a similar way to how I previously used SoundCloud.

The next couple of uploads will be pieces that were test runs, just me putting some sounds together and seeing if I thought it could become a full track. Neither of them did, but they sowed the seeds for other things.

While I wasn't happy enough to finish them, I don't see why they still can't be shared with the world.

Not everything I try needs to be released, and I'm okay with that, it's all part of learning and improving. There will always be things that don't quite work — it's how I move on from them that matters.

Still, it's nice to give a peek behind the curtain every now and then.

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.