THE ARCHIVE / LISTEN AND CHOOSE
Your sound
Eight short listens. In each one, two or three examples made on the spot — speed, bass, lead, mood, texture — and you pick whatever the body picks. At the end, the floor that is yours, with the right number and the source it came from. About four minutes; headphones recommended.
The examples are synthesised on your device as you listen — kick, bass, hats, a line over the top. There are no samples from anyone’s record, which is why they sound like skeletons: what is being tested is the shape, not the production.
THE SIGNAL
Keep the result on the Signal
The Signal is the archive’s only list. If you join from here, your sound is kept with your place — and when there is something for your floor, you hear first.
METHOD
Choices are counted without knowing who chose; the result is tied to an address only if you type one. The tempo ranges come from St John (2009) and Vitos (2009) in Dancecult, and from Beatport’s psy-techno launch (2026); the kick fundamental comes from a production guide and is marked as such. Goa trance has no number because the sources give none — and this archive does not invent numbers. Glossary → · Sources and method →
DROP 001 / OBJECTS FROM THE RECORD / SIGNAL FIRST
A piece of the record, in your hand.
A small, numbered edition of physical objects made from the archive, by hand, between Portugal and Aotearoa. The Signal hears first: one email, one transmission when it is ready, your number on the list.
- EDITION
- Numbered by hand
- MADE
- Portugal ↔ Aotearoa
- FUNDS
- The archive · history stays free
- ACCESS
- The Signal first
You do not need to give an email to use any of this: the archive is open, the machine plays without signing up, and the 24-pattern MIDI pack is public domain. Open the machine →