An alternate me (to them, I'm the alternate) has bartered with me to finalize a heap of 444+ tracks they composed. A gemfully eclectic lot. It's intriguing 'cuz there are a lot of choices I would've made, and some I wouldn't — makes me wonder what's "right" vs. just "different".

torley.bandcamp.com/track/etudia And here's a hammerfelt piano note (haha) to end this album on. I like what it sounds like inside the soundboard, the guts of pianistic gladness. Turn up volume for last note. :D

torley.bandcamp.com/track/glitch... Another in the long-running series, respects to Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto. Also proudly 'n' humanely hand-crafted with Spectrasonics Omnisphere 3.

A random auto-panner is one of the most useful tools in your audio arsenal — the gently moving drift adds liveliness + space, plus removes unnecessary micro-decisions about stereo field placement. Being able to instantly add 'em with Noir Labs Shortcut Buddy... MORE satisfying!

torley.bandcamp.com/track/wealth... I look for excuses 4 catchy names, and this one's no different — I begin with some chords and play more notes, and eventually we have a completed piece o' music.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/stella... Ray Lynch RIP. "Celestial Soda Pop" aura carries me strong. Ever feel funny when you learn someone you admired died months ago? Keeps happening to me.

We live in a world where there are not just one but TWO films that feature bountiful beavers doing beaver behaviors en masse: (1) Pixar’s Hoppers and (2) Hundreds of Beavers. There needs to be a c-c-c-combo. 🦫🦫 🪵 💞

torley.bandcamp.com/track/unstop... "Just one more round" could apply to a crippling addiction, or in my case the essential desire to manifest another piece from my mind's ears.

Recording room tone from the Backrooms is quite the surreal experience.

soundcloud.com/rms202601/fl... The creepier side, with a light percussion accompaniment. Like that Twilight Zone episode with the Gremlin. Gets a bit more upbeat later.

soundcloud.com/rms202601/fl... Botanica-influenced sparkly-chimey side — really gives the bells a thorough workout!

torley.bandcamp.com/track/new-ha... I'm too fond of new jack swing rhythms + glitch-hop, so I had to play this out with some 1990s funk. Like those cartoon animals warning kids to not do drugs (secret: they're already high!)

soundcloud.com/rms202601/fl... Harp-adjacent soaring pattern interlocks, contemporary take on 1980s-1990s sequencing.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/basic-... Does what it says on the tin. You can get far with the most trite chord progression if it's catchy harmonization and your sound design chops are like wuerqwuy-eqwhd—USYGLURPHHH!!!

torley.bandcamp.com/track/elektr... Rather folksy and guitar-led, a tribute to life after the apocalypse (turns out it was caused by humans not AI), rebuilding civilization and regenerating a power plant.

soundcloud.com/uvi-official... WHY IS THIS SO HAPPY-BOUNCY 🤣 More than a little respect to Erasure, Yazoo, Depeche Mode, ABBA for the sugar cravings

u-he.com/products/syn... U-HE ZEBRA 3 IS FORMALLY RELEASED 🎵 🦓 Sounds awesome! (Literally.) I contributed demos from mellow botanica to deranged distortion. Be sure to check out the Discover tab, amazing random patch loader with 50 at a time.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/i-feel... The overwhelming sensation of sensing changes ripple thru the multiverse, all the parallel universes converging and melting (mmm low bass) in soft spots. Cinematic to a fault.

soundcloud.com/uvi-official... Like hugging an elevator's soul ad infinitum. Schmoozy R&B love ballad with synth sax + organ glissing.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/acid-s... Mo' acid so gimme that 303. It's a stoic education wherein a tool made for one thing does another better. Bit o' flamenco and syncopated stabbies.

soundcloud.com/uvi-official... I adore the swingy grooves of New Jack Swing going up and down the block like Toejam & Earl KEEPING IT FUNKY FRESH so here's my love letter to the form using the Vintage CASIO Legacy. (Yes that is a hat-tip to Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer".)

torley.bandcamp.com/track/acid-l... Roland TB-303 "ACID BREAKS" homage gone maximimalissy. Proudly created with Omnisphere 3, this'd be like an F1 car bearing the Spectrasonics logo.

soundcloud.com/uvi-official... This is my CASIO cover-adjacent take on the classic Robert Stack "Unsolved Mysteries" theme, feat. sly references to DOOM, The X-Files, Nightmare on Elm Street in a darksynthwave melting pot... and lessee what else ya spot. 🔎 👽

torley.bandcamp.com/track/errati... Be careful what you spoonerism for. Almost a Cowboy Bebop energy running thru free-jazz (electric piano + bass) improv and a partial debt paid to great masters.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/gehenn... The phonemes clicked and I must did something! Bitcrushed 4-on-the-floor with pizzicato twists and big-ass timpani-disco flourishes.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/gelissy Short for "Vangelis", long for lullabys. Definitely have a way wit' soaring. Like to start soft then dramatically build it up, that's the formula.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/explod... Messy portmanteau meets hot sax. Detectives who uncover a crazy conspiracy and the building blows up!

torley.bandcamp.com/track/rompns... Slight tip o' hat to early Orbital circa "Sad But True" and The Matrix vibes but with my kindred bundling of prog rock x RnB in da club driver's seat.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/the-la... What happens when I take some retro breakbeats and "modernize" the works with bubbly tropical-Arabic percolations. Not gonna say no to that saw lead.

How does Sweden learn math? ABBACUS.

Aquaman is a fish out of water by being in water.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/tomito... Vaguely inspired by some Squarepusher track, guess which. Didn't use bass, but resorted to sine-derivative keys. Those broken chords fix me up real good mmmm!

I'd welcome a dance-architecture collaboration between the Māori Haka and Chinese Hakka.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/torley... Aural equivalent of a vanity license plate. I freestyle the singy lines and do big beats like a marchy parade celebrating the RPG hero's next journey.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/data-d... Began as Generic Synthwave 101, then y'know, I don't consciously go out to "twist" the knot but diaspora bits like crispy IDM perc all bouncyballlike merges in.

Every time I click that "New Live Set" it's putting a fresh sheet of paper in my sonic typewriter, my sound processor. ⌨️ 🎵 🎹

soundcloud.com/rmsradio1/ca... A paean to the so-called Golden Age of early synthesizers with its shimmering warmth and gilded melodies — there's something about that unquantized, hand-played timing. 🎹 🤌 Made with Rocky Mountain Sounds' Cassette for Omnisphere 3.

BLACK GARFIELD

"Working" on a new track that’s like John Zorn sax + Timbaland beats + DJ crossfadin' — I discovered I can Transmutate to surf between parallel universes LIVE, so it dips in and out of adjacent timelines, effectively tuning a cosmic radio dial.

torley.bandcamp.com/track/invent... A tale of islandic scientific labs and the reign of crystalline skyships, compleat with a loaded accoutrement of universe-porting tech.

TIMELINE TRAVELER'S DILEMMA: You could go anywhere... but you just want to go home.

torley.substack.com/p/the-uplift... The uplifting life and dastardly death of Monogram Creative Console An remarkable product that fulfilled wishes... then ghosted its fanbase 👻

MAH BABIEZZZZ MAH BEAUTIFUL BABIEZZZZ 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛

NOURISH UR MOUTHS MAH BABIEZZZZ 🐈‍⬛ 🐈‍⬛

torley.bandcamp.com/track/200-id... Starts bold, finishes bolder. When I'm in the midst of musicmaking, I generate momentum and have urges to stack layers like poker chips — the journey is always worth the bet!

music.torley.com/album/shibbo... Friendly greetings! 🍉🎹 Happy 303 Day, I’ve got music you haven’t heard before, suitably including a couple Acid bangers and so much more. May this get your groove on whilst you reflect on existence.

torley.substack.com/p/human-kind Human kind On how precedented unknowns expose our true selves, "AI slop" is everything, and how I've been using Suno

We're living in a reality where most of the people, most of the time, can't tell if something is AI-generated or human-handcrafted. It readily informs you about human frailty and an expanded forgiveness for those who are unable to distinguish (nor are curious to clarify).

soundcloud.com/rmsradio1/ca... Beat-driven embarkation lead by crisp plucks and a funk-adjacent bassline — all fantastic sounds from Rocky Mountain Sounds' Cassette for Omnisphere 3!

The record button ⏺️ should be easy access at all times, so when you've got an idea, it can live on! Dedicated hardware RECORD BUTTONS are overlooked and uncommon. Skip the screen — make it an red arcade pushbutton you can thwack in a microsecond! Great for overdubs too.