My submission (2nd one) was composed from a longform improvisational recording of about an hour of me playing my synthesisers in tandem. I have been doing these a lot, and I find them to be very constructive to understanding my equipment more and more, especially during the playback phase – when deep in the midst of the patch, ducking and weaving through patch cables like a jungle explorer slashing vines, it is difficult to get a full perspective on the tonal qualities of the work. On playback, there are plenty of moments where I go ‘whoah!’, and yet more where I think ‘more work needed on this part of the synth’. It also makes me confront my personality as a performer, which really comes through working with instruments of my own designing.