Self References by SWIM

I've never made anything like this before. I don't know if it's any good, but it was something I needed to get out of my head or my heart, or somewhere in between. I would call it an exercise in subtractive maximalism. Reaching definition through the reducing of context; achieving clarity through the articulation of negative space. There was so much that I stripped away in the process of putting this together, and I think it evokes a sense of something missing, yet not altogether unfamiliar. Maybe there's hisses and pops and crackles and other homebrewed flavor peppered in the mix, but I find myself here, now, if not completely satisfied with the endeavor, at least confident in letting this be a baseline for what may come after.

An image of setting down your keys only to immediately forget where you've left them. Stepping into a room and forgetting why you've come there. Crossing paths with your reflection and looking into the eyes of a stranger.

If this amounts to anything, it is because I stand on the shoulders of giants. A tremendous thanks is owed to Adrej Kobal and his work on seqMPEror. Likewise, I want to pay my thanks to the teams at fors, Manifest Audio, Klevgrand, and K-Devices, as well as ijo audio, Rainbow Circuit, and Tomek from Felt Instruments for the abundance of passion they have poured into their crafts, which have given me the space and tools necessary to see this project to fruition.

amateur attempts; distractions & diversions; in a state of becoming someone who isn't me