HELIXIRx Marks Five Years with Reimagined Release of Debut Album Authenticity
HELIXIRx revisits their debut album with something entirely new: authenticity // low_fidelity
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2025
Analogue Hardware and Software Emulations: Why Some Sounds Still Elude the Digital World
In the ongoing conversation about music production tools, few debates are as persistent as the one between analogue hardware and software emulations. Whether it’s a classic tape delay, a vintage compressor or a creamy Moog filter, many producers still swear by the original circuits, claiming that software never quite captures “the magic”. But why is … Read more
Empty Triangles: New Single and Album Announcement
Empty Triangles will release their brand-new single Friday Afternoon Entertainment via streaming services worldwide at midnight (listener’s local time) on 10 May 2025. Listen on Bandcamp or Patreon now! Friday Afternoon Entertainment delivers a fresh blast of pulsing retrowave energy with a modern twist, showcasing the band’s evolving sound and signature production style. Alongside the … Read more
An Update on the bigger projects – and Patreon Pondering
For the past five years, I’ve been deep in the trenches working on several major, ambitious projects. While the sheer scale of the second HELIXIRx album has been teased before, what’s often gone unspoken is the fact that I’ve also been juggling multiple other ventures—coordinating with performers, locking in recording and production sessions, and running … Read more
Clippy the Cortana Copilot
As a marketing nerd who likes to give unrequited and unwarranted opinions, I think Microsoft missed a massive opportunity with Cortana. Rather than quietly canning her — which essentially screamed “we failed” — they should have leaned into the narrative and spun it into a strategic evolution. They could have said Cortana was getting a … Read more
