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Some VSTs I've never seen before. That SWAM one is interesting!
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 AM
That horoscope says:
Born on the Scorpio/"red deck from 1997" cusp.
January 21, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Mystic Quest! Great game, good music. Felt like SoM for GB. Underrated.
January 11, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Maybe they tell the same story, "yah in 2009 the elevator opened and Tim Exile was like, right there". It depends on if you were sufficiently terrifying to make that sort of impression I guess.
December 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It just occurred to me that might be sad for a mechanical keyboard builder to hear.

I still type for fun. I am typing now, even.
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I also enjoy writing code. I admittedly cannot type as fast as an LLM, so at minimum I am typing less these days.
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"All code written in a year, year an a half will be written by grinding machines overseen by engineers"

absolutely agree

"...who no longer look directly at the code"

Stupid take actually. Tells me he's not really using this stuff. Engineers will be reading more code. Writing less, reading more.
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
not just you, he's a legend; still in the zone after all these years too
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My first instinct when hearing it would have been a pattern gate, but there's a brief clip of the carefully stacked midi and the tight patch; which honestly grants way more control. Its a slick accompaniment and is delightful and percussive
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sounds great, did you make that patch in Pigments?
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Related but unrelated: I contributed to a compilation called "dorkqs" celebrating the 20 year anniversary of Drukqs, by Aphex Twin. Thanks for the reminder that in some circles it could actually be called "grunts".

braindancenews.bandcamp.com/album/dorkqs
Dorkqs, by Various Artists
31 track album
braindancenews.bandcamp.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Can we get a version of this with more high-flying vibes and less surprise dogp?
October 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We're all getting old. Living mummies. All of us. Decaying plumes of dust, cavorting about; our withered, pruned hands pressing play on our obsolete ipods one more time, to listen to the breakbeats of days long past
October 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
a geometric configuration of pizza morsels, for focusing ones spiritual attention in a sacred space
October 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Perhaps, but does it have a kollache stop?
October 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Everybody prawn de floor
October 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM