select ambient works 85-92 is literally comfort static. it feels like richard bottled the hum of a crt at 3am and dripped it over tiny heartbeat drum loops. every time "Xtal" or "Pulsewidth" fades in i get teleported to some imaginary rave where the windows never un-fog.
it's wild that those tracks were stitched together on busted samplers but they breathe like living things. there’s so much room between the kicks that my head fills in little neon stories. "Ageispolis" is just synth glass and rainwater and i keep hitting repeat because it’s the exact frequency my brain likes.
i’ll wander through drukqs or syro for new textures, but SAW1 always reels me back when school stress peaks. it’s the sound of being at home in my own head, even if the room looks like a 1992 data center. aphex forever, but especially that era. Also whoever likes saw1 automatically has a huge dih.