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101 from 7 Apr 2017 to 20 Oct 2026
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monthly (12 in the last year)
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personal blog

2026 9

  1. How Beach House Created Space Song
  2. How Mac DeMarco Created One More Love Song
  3. How Beach House Created She’s So Lovely
  4. How Daft Punk Created End of Line from Tron: Legacy
  5. How Daft Punk Made Aerodynamic
  6. How Daft Punk Created Short Circuit
  7. How Frank Ocean Created In My Room
  8. How HOME Created We’re Finally Landing
  9. How Beach House Created Black Car

2025 8

  1. How Wham! Created Last Christmas
  2. How Daft Punk Created Something About Us
  3. How Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Created Painted Sun in Abstract
  4. How Daft Punk Created Voyager
  5. How Q Lazzarus Created Goodbye Horses
  6. Recreating SZA’s Ctrl Synth Sounds
  7. How Tears for Fears Created Everybody Wants to Rule the World
  8. Drive Synth Sounds

2024 3

  1. How Paul McCartney Created Wonderful Christmastime
  2. How Kavinsky Created Nightcall
  3. Boards of Canada Chord Theory, Part Two

2023 6

  1. Boards of Canada Chord Theory, Part One
  2. MGMT Kids Synth Sounds
  3. Robyn Dancing On My Own Synths
  4. Homeshake Synth Sounds
  5. Rival Consoles Synth Sounds
  6. Kaytranada 99.9% Synth Sounds

2022 15

  1. How Aphex Twin Created Selected Ambient Works 85-92
  2. Tame Impala’s Love/Paranoia Synth Sounds
  3. How Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Made In Motion
  4. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross’ The Social Network Synth Sounds (2022)
  5. How Kaytranada Produced Glowed Up
  6. How Frank Ocean Created Lost
  7. Frank Ocean’s channel ORANGE Synth Sounds
  8. Vangelis’ Blade Runner Synth Sounds (2022)
  9. How Vangelis Created Tears in Rain from Blade Runner
  10. Tame Impala’s Gossip Synth
  11. How New Order Created Elegia
  12. Tame Impala’s Eventually Synth Sounds (2022)
  13. Tame Impala’s Eventually Synth Sounds
  14. Mac DeMarco Chord Theory
  15. Daft Punk’s Homework Synth Sounds

2021 6

  1. Thundercat Chord Theory
  2. Men I Trust Synth Sounds
  3. Depeche Mode Chord Theory
  4. MGMT’s Little Dark Age Synth Sounds
  5. Daft Punk’s Discovery Synth Sounds
  6. Beach House’s 7 Synth Sounds

2020 12

  1. SZA Synth Sounds (2020)
  2. Beach House Synth Sounds
  3. Radiohead Chord Theory
  4. Tears for Fears’ Everybody Wants to Rule the World Synths (2020)
  5. Frank Ocean’s Pyramids Breakdown
  6. Grimes Synth Sounds
  7. Lo-fi Retrowave Synths with Forhill
  8. Mac DeMarco Synth Sounds
  9. Chromatics Synth Sounds
  10. Tame Impala Synth Sounds
  11. Frank Ocean Synth Sounds, Part Two
  12. Drive Synth Sounds (2020)

2019 16

  1. Christmas Synth Sounds (2019)
  2. Tears for Fears’ Shout Synths
  3. How Brian Eno Created Thursday Afternoon
  4. Neon Indian Synth Sounds
  5. How Brian Eno Created Discreet Music
  6. Tyler, the Creator’s IGOR’S THEME Synth Breakdown
  7. Thom Yorke’s Anima Synth Sounds
  8. Com Truise Persuasion System Synth Sounds
  9. How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports
  10. Tyler, the Creator’s I THINK Synth Breakdown
  11. Porches Synth Sounds
  12. Solange Synth Sounds
  13. Homeshake’s Helium Synth Sounds
  14. Unknown Mortal Orchestra Synth Sounds
  15. Blood Orange Synth Sounds
  16. Tyler, the Creator Synth Sounds

2018 17

  1. Exploring the Yamaha CS-80
  2. Trent Reznor Chord Theory
  3. Com Truise Synth Sounds
  4. Future Islands Synth Sounds
  5. LCD Soundsystem Synth Sounds
  6. Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill Synth Sounds
  7. Exploring the Yamaha DX7, Part Two: Songs
  8. Exploring the Yamaha DX7, Part One
  9. Tame Impala Production Tricks
  10. Tame Impala’s ‘Cause I’m A Man Synth Sounds
  11. How Kanye West Created Good Life
  12. Exploring the Roland D-50
  13. Deconstructing Kanye West’s Good Morning Beat
  14. BadBadNotGood Synth Sounds
  15. James Blake Synth Sounds
  16. Mild High Club Synth Sounds
  17. Timecop1983 Synth Sounds

2017 9

  1. Deerhunter Guitar Sounds
  2. Kanye West’s Saint Pablo Synths
  3. Homeshake Synth Sounds (2017)
  4. Stranger Things Synths: Eight Fifteen
  5. Tame Impala Synth Sounds, Part Three
  6. Tycho’s Awake Synth Sounds
  7. Pond Synth Sounds
  8. How Jon Brion Composed the Eternal Sunshine Soundtrack
  9. Tame Impala Synth Sounds, Part Two