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Noise

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Published: December 7, 2025 19:45

December has arrived, quietly. It often rains, at times windy. I put almost everything on hold, and the resulting calm is something to cherish. November has been silent, for the most part, with a lot of working from home due to health issues.…

Tape Machine

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Published: November 3, 2025 15:41

A hazy feeling has caught on me lately. It's almost as if a season has changed, within myself. Only coincidentally in parallel with Autumn replacing Summer, it left me troubled and a bit on edge. Can't be exactly sure, but it feels like it goes…

Trip to Somewhere

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Published: November 2, 2025 22:35

Twenty-one years ago, I received a phone call whilst sleeping. Someone close to me had passed away, two days after I last saw him in the hospital. I knew it would have been our last goodbye when I left the ward. Ignoring anyone else who could see me, I…

Call It Like It Is

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Published: October 19, 2025 10:35

I read with interest recent posts by Leon and Bix about — in essence — how to deal with taking a stance, by calling things out with their names. At the same time, I've exchanged very interesting private conversations about the very same topic, in…

Getting Ready for the Winter. Part 2, Writing Music

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Published: October 11, 2025 14:40

After resuming my bullet journal a couple weeks ago, I started planning my next creative music endeavours. This time, back to writing and producing my own messages. What's taking shape, out of my scribbled notes on paper, are two distinct concept…

Riding the Wave

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Published: September 28, 2025 10:44

Semi-random notes on my ongoing experience of living in the (tech) past. After taking the plunge, Mavericks keeps on giving. I created a brand new Set-up page featuring a probably incomplete list of everything I'm using. I'll be adding more info…

Bass: 'A Fools Paradise'

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Published: September 27, 2025 20:52

This song by Antiquity was released in December 2024, but I had forgotten to post it on my website. Notes Gerald quotes: Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their…

Bass: 'Rain From the Clouds'

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Published: September 27, 2025 20:50

This song by Antiquity was released in January 2025, but I had forgotten to post it on my website. Notes Gerald says: "If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be…

Production, mix, master: 'Alien Pop'

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Published: September 19, 2025 13:02

Today's the day Alien Pop is out. I co-produced, mixed and mastered Rythur's debut album. He's a friend of mine from the US, currently living in Colorado. I met him online on the fediverse some time ago, where we quickly bonded. His awesomely quirky (to…

Getting Ready for the Winter. Part 1, Switching Technology

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Published: September 18, 2025 21:45

First of a short series of posts, where I introduce my switch to an operating system released in 2013, running in a computer built the same year. I can't possibly explain all the fine details of how it works, it'd require a book, but I'll try to dig out…