Thanks so much @Joule and @muscat, I am very humbled by the positive feedback you have all offered! 
@muscat, happy to write more about patching and concepts, anytime. Is there anything in particular you’d like me to write about?
I guess in a general sense, I’ve been exploring for the last couple of years what I can get out of using delays as a type of looper being a central part to how I compose sequences. By running quite simple, polymetric melodies through a delay, different elements in different times create a “more than the sum of its parts” kind of psychoacoustic effect, where each repeated layer from a delay makes it sound like much more is going on than there really is; a few different looped notes quickly becomes a complex harmony and counter melody.
This ties in with who I am on a very personal, creative level, both conceptually and in practice. My musical journey started almost 20 years ago with playing guitar and becoming obsessed with loopers and delays as a way to create rhythms, harmonies, and do things that would otherwise be impossible with a guitar.
For the fun of it, here’s a piece of music that I wrote as an 18 year old that shows where this compositional approach began:
So in a way I feel like after many years of trying different approaches to writing music (in bands and in my bedroom recording instruments layer by layer) I’ve come full circle back to where I started, but in a much more advanced and mature way. This is an approach to music that I’ve ruminated on a lot over the years! And relates with philosophical thoughts that I have about cycles/vibrations, as mentioned in my statement about this album. My last album was called Echolalia, based on similar compositional ideas and themes, and it took me a long time to put together and release (the oldest track was a year and a half old by time of release!). This felt really frustrating and I was really over it by the time it was out. So I took lockdown as a challenge to do the opposite and see if I could put together a release that isn’t overthought and overcooked, which was also helped by having a label offer a deadline for me to work to (Cold Tear Records). So all pieces on this release where written quite quickly, and were based on improvisation.
On a more personal level, I deal with thought loops and obsessions, at times in negative ways, and my music really helps with dealing with that. Lockdown really felt like every day was a repeat of the last, and so my modular obsessions helped to break those cycles too, as well as give me something more positive to obsess over. The opening track Arrears was written during a period when it was looking like my partner was going to lose her job and I was really anxious about being able to pay rent.
I could go on, but wow I’ve already written a lot! Haha.
