It was a heroic tale of derring-do, and we are admittedly well into October by now. Nevertheless, it is my pleasure to offer you September's Minute (well, 2:16, but who's counting?).

Download: [ogg] [mp3]

Notes:

• Yes, I'm calling this September's OMOM. I'm hoping to have more time in the second half of the month to do an October Minute.

• Yes, this is more bleepy electronic stuff (sorry, no chucka guitars). Unlike some of the previous Minutes, however, I actually kind of like this one. I think it holds together reasonably well.
• The whole thing got started because of the beautiful sound that makes up the sixteenth-note sequences. The sound was hiding inside a complex arpeggiated Combinator in the Reason Factory Sound Bank, but I'm using it without the arp.
• Unlike several other Months, I didn't draw inspiration from Zero 7 this time. The most obvious antecedent for this song is the beautiful Aphex Twin song "Chesh", which is on an ambient compilation that Doug gave me years ago. I think the high theremin-like sound towards the end is reminiscent of a song by Aphex Twin and μ-Ziq on the "Expert Knob Twiddlers" album. So thank you, Mr. James. I also stole one miniscule idea from Tom Third.

Thanks for listening, and remember to ask your local radio DJ to play more Minutes of Music.