"How and When"

"How and When" [mp3 removed]

4/4 time; 155 bpm. Mostly made with the Reaktor Aerobic synth/sequencer. Two preset sequences are tweaked into multiple variations, beats added and dropped, modulation added, etc. This is the most straight-up use of this synth on this page to date.

"Riff Valley"

"Riff Valley" [mp3 removed]

3/4 time; 160 bpm. Mostly made with the Linplug Alpha and RMIV softsynths. There is an e-piano midsection that is fairly unapologetically MIDIish. Apropos of nothing, am haunted by a Wire review of Thomas Brinkmann that complimented him on building up clicks-and-cuts atmosphere but then said he ruined it with "major 7th Latinate foolishness."

"Waltz Alpha Tango"

"Waltz Alpha Tango" [mp3 removed]

Minimal techno piece (with 8-bit timbres in the percussion); 3/4 time; 140 bpm. Previously posted as "Sidbeats 3" but longer and with some spooky pad sounds added, made with the Linplug Alpha softsynth.