W32 :: Conlanging again
Working on my conlang. It will likely keep me busy for a few months. Playing Paper Mario: The Origami King and greatly enjoying it. Enjoying doing nothing.
lectronice :: now
Things I'm doing, things I've done.
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W31 :: Still conlanging
Working on my conlang. No name yet, but it's quite exciting. Visiting old friends and making music with them. Chilling in the heat.
W29 :: Thinking
Pondering the nature of time and the impossibility to truly know the present.
W29 :: Conlanging
Still playing the Sims 4, but hopefully growing bored of it. Starting to read The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow. It's a mind-blowing book and I absolutely recommend it. Unexpectedly starting to work on my own conlang . More on this later. Finally updating pimeja with fully embedded SVG glyphs for offline use.
W28 :: Slacking off
Doing pretty much nothing but playing the Sims 4.
W27 :: Cutting grass on acid
Learning how to use a sickle and a scythe in my garden. Finally getting a real acid box, the TD-3-MO . Trying to setup the whole MIDI thing with my existing gear.
W26 :: Playing too much CRPGs
Actually thinking about making an actual (small) CRPG. Enjoying the power and simplicity of Feather Wiki .
W25 :: Still making music.
Slowly refining long ambient tracks. Starting to play Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. Getting globally annoyed with CRPGs.
W24 :: Composing long-form ambient
Having fun with the uxn version of Orca . Experimenting with algorithmic composition, time-stretching and hour-long tracks.
W23 :: Still making music?
Dusting off my Raspberry Pi, installed the terminal version of Orca , controlled the Rytm with it. Feeling lazy, making a new track out of nowhere using only FL Studio. Still playing Divinity Original Sin 2. Excellent game, though sometimes quite annoying.
W22 :: Releasing a new album
Writing a few details about neurodiverging , my new album. Releasing it on Bandcamp.
W21 :: Mixing
Surprisingly managing to actually make an album. Having a hard time defining the genre, but that was the point. Making a cover art I'm happy with. Starting to play Divinity Original Sin 2 , which I kickstarted years ago.
W20 :: Recording
Playing to Spiritfarer , a charming game about death. Trying to record a decent entry for Fedivision 2022. Collecting 4-minutes-long ambient tracks I'm not happy with. Deciding to give up and make a whole album with my own rules instead.
W19 :: Droning
Experimenting with my Cosmos. It's simple, fun, and deeply immersive. Reading Redefining Conscience in an Era of Rapid Change by Vlad Kreimer, Soma's founder. Recording loads of RAV Vast sessions but feeling unsatisfied with the results.
W18 :: Sweating
Started to cut after many months of bulking. Completed my second Disco Elysium playthrough. I can't recommend it enough. Decided to get a Cosmos for some ambient sessions.
W17 :: Disco dancing
Still on a RAV Vast and acid techno streak, and learning a lot. Replaying the masterpiece that is Disco Elysium after nearly three years. Looking into way of expanding my music production setup for more ambient and drone.
W15 :: On vacations
Getting some rest. Playing the RAV Vast every day, several times a day. Reading Avant nous le déluge ! by Jean-Loïc Le Quellec, an interesting book about the origin of myths. Slowly building an acid techno track my A4 + AR setup.
W14 :: In an acid mood
Feeling globally better and more inspired, I guess spring is here. Listening to acid again, especially Pye Corner Audio's EPs. Making acid techno with my A4 + AR setup.
W13 :: Recording stuff
Unexpectedly messing with live RAV Vast recordings and making dub techo tracks . Thinking about what to do with these tracks regarding my ale project. Starting to mess with cute and colorful voxels once again.
W12 :: Enjoying spring
Having silly game concepts ideas I may start working on at some point. Still making slow progress on the ale project, but progress nonetheless. Watching Adam Curtis's Can't Get You Out of My Head
W11 :: Hallucinating
Greatly enjoying playing the RAV Vast regularly again. Having a lot of fun reading the Jesus and Mo webcomic. Headbanging on this classic Hallucinogen album I had forgotten about.
W10 :: Dreaming of metal
Resuming RAV Vast courses and taking notes. Doing once again some research on handpans , possibly to get one in the future. Reading about the Pre-Columbian era.
W9 :: Slapping metal
Finally managing to schedule my RAV Vast practice properly. Getting an actual notebook made with actual paper to write down steel tongue drum exercises and related stuff.
W8 :: Losing faith in humankind. Again.
Still working on ale . Slowly. Feeling slighlty more distraught than usual by the state of the world. Simultaneously loving and hating Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
W7 :: Drawing music maps
Starting that Kiasmos cover project . Learning a lot and having fun. Developping a very simple music notation system to analyze tracks. Identifying notes and chords by looking at a spectrum visualization. Unexpectedly enjoying this sound dissection work.
W6 :: Watching plants grow
Thinking about recreating Kiasmos' debut album . I can't get tired of this masterpiece. Being tricked into slavery by a shady raccoon in Animal Crossing. Cooking Brussel sprouts .
W5 :: Forgetting to udpate this
Not doing much, and not feeling like doing anything creative.
W4 :: Watching plants grow
Resuming weight lifting after a two-week pause. I missed it badly! Discovering the magic of owning a small terrarium . Slowly building a minimal techno track. Very slowly.
W3 :: On the road again
Listening to the Belarusian synth-pop band Molchat Doma Disliking bodyweight workouts compared to weight lifting. Enhancing my sleep hygiene. Playing a lot of Conquest of Elysium 5. Learning how to build full songs on the A4 + AR setup.
W2 :: Healing
Switching to from weight lifting to a light bodyweight routine. Looking into yoga for rest days. Still trying to sort the mess out of my various projects. Studying some Plastikman tracks. Possibly finding some kind of musical direction.
W1 :: Wandering
Crying while twisting knobs. Looking into Skyrim modding. Hurting my back while weight lifting.
2021W52 :: Still on vacations
Trying to plan my projects for next year. Likely lacking any sense of purpose or direction.
W51 :: On vacations
Struggling with the Analog Four , but learning a lot. Playing Night in the Woods 5 years after everyone. It's great. Binge reading William Gibson: Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrvie and Virtual light.
W50 :: Slacking
Not doing much except playing Skyrim 10 years after everyone. Having a hard time defining the musical aesthetics I want, but working on it. Thinking about how much music and sex have in common.
W49 :: Pretending to write
Finally updating this website a bit, with a few new entries in Notes and Works . Rewriting the plot of Phalanstery, my upcoming cyberpunk adventure game. Learning how to use the Analog Four . Looking into substractive synthesis tutorials.
W48 :: Spending money
Feeling overwhelmed by the incredible depth of the Analog Four . Thinking about the best way to let music and game development feed each other. Being late to update this journal. Feeling relieved but also missing the pace of #Novembeat .
W47 :: Bathing in techno vibes
Still making beats every day and really enjoying the process. Looking into completing my setup with an Analog Four . Winning at Mastodon with a cardboard laptop I built for my kid. Thinking I have quite a few pages to create or update on my website.
W46 :: Feeling sore
Enjoying the pain of building my arms and shoulders. Playing Eliza , a visual novel about a mental health counseling AI. It hits too close to home. Spending quite a bit of time every day on the Analog Rytm .
W45 :: Still making music
Still having a blast twisting knobs every day for #Novembeat . Learning quite a few things along the way. Taking a music theory course on Udemy and enjoying it so far. Getting prepared to start a new arms-focused weight lifting program. Taking worldbuilding notes for Phalanstery.
W44 :: Making music
Twisting knobs every day for #Novembeat . Lacking time to write down more details at the moment, but having a lot of fun.
W43 :: Road tripping
Visiting some family. Playing the RAV Vast in the morning. Playing the Analog Rytm in the evening. Certifying that Kiasmos' self-titled album is the best album ever to listen while driving.
W42 :: Sculpting sounds
Exploring dual VCO synthesis on the Analog Rytm . Thinking about making a daily loop in November. Listening to loads of techno. Getting a week off next week, so expect some delay. Greatly enjoying the pun above.
W41 :: Exploring
Starting to play Book of Travels . It's beautiful. And in early access. Finally releasing my Toki Pona emoji set for Mastodon. Shivering and diving into the daunting depths of the Analog Rytm .
W40 :: Drawing
Using my StoryDicetober experiment as a game design and world building tool. Diving into acid techno to define aesthetics worth pursuing for future musical projects. Deciding to invest in an Analog Rytm . Let's hope it's worth it.
W39 :: Networking
Meeting old and new acquaintances at a professional event. Starting to play Death Trash . Brutal and beautiful, with a great atmosphere. Lusting for some awfully expensive Elektron gear. Doing Inktober with a twist of my own. Thinking about how to re-organize the development of Phalanstery . Still struggling to finish the update of Pimeja . Diving into the depths of Scrivener after years of…
W38 :: Weighting options
Switching back to David Charrier's RAV Vast method for a while. Considering to get a Digitone , as it seems to be a deep sequencing + synthesis device. Greatly enjoying Yvla's Digitone sets, LYV 1 and LYV 2 . Learning that Lee Scratch Perry died 3 weeks ago, and listening to this great mix . Loving that very educational FM synthesis breakdown from Andrew Huang.
W37 :: Teambuilding
Spending the week with colleagues to better know each other. Playing the RAV Vast in public for the first time. Fantastic experience. Also playing the OP-Z , having a blast composing a minimal techno track for the week. Globally having a really great time socializing and meeting people IRL. Thinking I should create a Phalanstery project page. Remembering I still have some Toki Pona material to…
W36 :: Introspecting
Getting calluses on my thumbs from intense RAV Vast playing. Refining my small collection of OP-Z tricks . Finally beating Pathfinder: Kingmaker. It would have been less of a chore without combat. Still cutting , and very happy with the results.
W35 :: Headbanging
Feeling quite inspired to make a mini techno album on the the OP-Z . Writing down some useful tips for the OP-Z. Struggling to finally beat Pathfinder: Kingmaker. What a chore!
W34 :: Grooving
Experimenting with marching cubes and lighting for Phalanstery . Remixing that Maurizio's M5 on the OP-Z . Slowly getting closer to the end of Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Maybe. Spending increasingly more time practicing the RAV Vast .