[{"content":"\nELP2 · Patchwork: Intermediate Spotify Apple Music YouTube Music ","permalink":"/en/posts/patchwork-intermediate-album/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Patchwork: Intermediate Art\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/img/patchwork-intermediate-cover.png\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/soundcloud%253Aplaylists%253A2277556970\u0026color=%23ff5500\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2\" title=\"ELP2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2\u003c/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2/sets/patchwork-intermediate\" title=\"Patchwork: Intermediate\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003ePatchwork: Intermediate\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cnav class=\"listen-links\" aria-label=\"Listen to the album\"\u003e\n    \n    \u003ca class=\"listen-links__link\" href=\"https://open.spotify.com/album/5hAvy0IMGTyS2mkkAPjP97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Listen on Spotify\"\u003e\n        \u003cspan class=\"listen-links__icon listen-links__spotify-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n        \u003cspan\u003eSpotify\u003c/span\u003e\n    \u003c/a\u003e\n    \n    \n    \u003ca class=\"listen-links__link\" href=\"https://music.apple.com/bg/album/patchwork-intermediate/6801726501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Listen on Apple Music\"\u003e\n        \u003cimg class=\"listen-links__icon\" src=\"/img/platforms/apple-music-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"\u003e\n        \u003cspan\u003eApple Music\u003c/span\u003e\n    \u003c/a\u003e\n    \n    \n    \u003ca class=\"listen-links__link\" href=\"https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m_x9fp3C3E7x3biD4y5R3Mc7eXLXc_zTk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Listen on YouTube Music\"\u003e\n        \u003cimg class=\"listen-links__icon\" src=\"/img/platforms/youtube-music-icon.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"\u003e\n        \u003cspan\u003eYouTube Music\u003c/span\u003e\n    \u003c/a\u003e\n    \n\u003c/nav\u003e","title":"Patchwork: Intermediate"},{"content":"In 2021, I discovered the world of modular synthesizers and started experimenting in VCV Rack. What struck me most was the almost limitless freedom: you could not only choose ready-made instruments and effects, but literally build your own musical systems out of individual modules and connections between them.\nI was learning, watching a lot of YouTube, recreating other people\u0026rsquo;s patches, experimenting, and gradually starting to understand what was happening inside these systems. About a year later, in 2022, I realized that I had accumulated more than fifty patches created along the way.\nThat was when the idea came to turn some of them into an album. Not just one album, but a series of three, each reflecting a separate stage of my journey with modular synthesis. I decided that the goal of making an album series would become extra motivation to keep experimenting and developing in this direction.\nThe name came quite naturally - Patchwork. Each album was meant to be a kind of mosaic made from individual patches, different in mood, structure, and idea. The word is also connected to patchwork sewing, which my wife was into at the time. That is where the idea for the covers of the series came from as well.\nThen another association appeared: why not name the three albums after the levels of English-language textbooks - Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced?\nThat is how my first album, Patchwork For Beginners, appeared in 2022.\nAfter that, my life changed quite a lot. The biggest change was emigrating to another country. Moving, a new life, and the need to put myself back together in some way pushed music into the background for a long time.\nEverything is Broken illustrates that time very well. In February 2022, I was working on this patch. During the following year and a half after the war started, I kept returning to it, but I could never finish it. It almost disappeared completely, but in the end, when choosing patches for this album, I decided to keep it as a snapshot of that time and a memory of the state I was in then. I simply loaded the patch and manually brought up several voices on the mixer, which made up that patch - that is the whole arrangement.\nIn 2024, I gradually returned to VCV Rack. I started putting patches together again, but now I had a slightly different attitude to the process itself. The pieces I liked most, I immediately recorded as audio and put into a separate folder, without trying to decide in advance whether they would ever become part of a release.\nSo this folder gradually grew.\nAnd then, in 2026, after recording another patch, I looked at the material I had accumulated and realized that it was probably time for the second part of the series.\nThat is how Patchwork: Intermediate appeared.\nFor me, the word Intermediate here does not simply mean “more complex music.” It is more like another stage in my relationship with modular synthesis. On the first album, I was mostly learning the language of VCV Rack itself and trying to understand what could be done with modular systems at all. On the second one, I was using them much more often as a complete musical instrument.\nMany tracks on Patchwork: Intermediate were recorded live. On Do You Hear Me?, I played a lead that was meant to break through a droning wall of sound; on Patch N45, I changed the sequencer structure on the fly, patching it live; and on Sora No Kujira, I turned off the quantizers altogether, allowing the lead voice to turn into something like whale voices.\nAs a result, the second album turned out to be not so much a continuation of the first along the lines of “now everything is more complex,” but the next layer of the same Patchwork - another set of musical fragments created at a different time and by a different version of me.\nIn the future, this story should have a third part too - Advanced Patchwork. The logical continuation seems to be recording it entirely on a hardware Eurorack synthesizer, but I am not sure I am ready for that yet. There are many wishes - too little time.\nBut the further I go, the less I see Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced as levels of mastering modular synths. They are more like chapter titles.\nBecause Patchwork itself, it seems, never ends.\nELP2 · Patchwork: Intermediate Spotify Apple Music ELP2 · Patchwork For Beginners Spotify Apple Music ","permalink":"/en/posts/the-patchwork-series/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2021, I discovered the world of modular synthesizers and started experimenting in VCV Rack. What struck me most was the almost limitless freedom: you could not only choose ready-made instruments and effects, but literally build your own musical systems out of individual modules and connections between them.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was learning, watching a lot of YouTube, recreating other people\u0026rsquo;s patches, experimenting, and gradually starting to understand what was happening inside these systems. About a year later, in 2022, I realized that I had accumulated more than fifty patches created along the way.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Patchwork Series"},{"content":"I came across this video by chance, where the author made a simple patch and suggests taking it and changing it to your own taste:\nNow I want YOU to mutate it.\n⚡⚡ PATCH MUTATION CHALLENGE ⚡⚡\nRules:\nRecreate the patch Keep some melodic identity recognizable Add your own modules, effects, sequencing, textures or modulation Upload your version to YouTube\nWhy not, I thought, and I took the original patch as a base. In a couple of hours, without thinking about it too much, I got this result.\nOnly the Mutable Instruments modules are left from the original patch: the original sequence is randomly sliced and sent into a delay with a long tail - this is how I got short phrases. Befaco Oneroi also randomly captures the sequence and turns it into a textural layer. By randomizing Moffenzeef Stargazer several times, I got a drone foundation. And the Turing Machine from Stellare Modular produces slightly changing polyrhythms that control a very simple drum rack. I think it turned out pretty cool.\n","permalink":"/en/posts/patch-mutation-challenge/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI came across this video by chance, where the author made a simple patch and suggests taking it and changing it to your own taste:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NI6rdHlZku8?si=m74oFpb9-gX5yK0v\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow I want YOU to mutate it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e⚡⚡ PATCH MUTATION CHALLENGE ⚡⚡\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRules:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecreate the patch\nKeep some melodic identity recognizable\nAdd your own modules, effects, sequencing, textures or modulation\nUpload your version to YouTube\u003c/p\u003e","title":"PATCH MUTATION CHALLENGE"},{"content":" ELP2 · DUB01 Live Record Until recently, I treated the Elektron Digitakt as an addition to Ableton. I liked it, but I could never really figure out how to use it in my track-writing workflow.\nWhenever I disconnected it from the laptop and sat down with it on its own, I could never get past a single loop. Something always felt missing. I kept thinking in terms of producing a finished track, which meant I immediately ran into arrangement problems. I felt uncomfortable, got lost in patterns, and eventually gave up. As a result, my Digitakt spent several years collecting dust.\nThe turning point came when I realized that it could simply be played as an instrument, with performance taking priority over production.\nOver the last few months, I started spending time with it regularly, without a computer and without any particular goal. I would just create patterns. Once a pattern was finished, I would play a short jam using pattern mutes.\nBefore long, I had accumulated sixteen patterns. Yesterday, I connected my laptop, hit record, and simply played through ten of them. Before I knew it, an hour had passed.\nOf course, I can hear rough transitions and mistakes here and there. But still - one hour.\nIt was a completely new experience, and it made me want to record another set and improve on what I learned from this one.\n","permalink":"/en/posts/digitakt-dub01-live-recording/","summary":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2334845483\u0026color=%23ff5500\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2\" title=\"ELP2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2\u003c/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2/dub01-live-record\" title=\"DUB01 Live Record\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eDUB01 Live Record\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil recently, I treated the Elektron Digitakt as an addition to Ableton. I liked it, but I could never really figure out how to use it in my track-writing workflow.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhenever I disconnected it from the laptop and sat down with it on its own, I could never get past a single loop. Something always felt missing. I kept thinking in terms of producing a finished track, which meant I immediately ran into arrangement problems. I felt uncomfortable, got lost in patterns, and eventually gave up. As a result, my Digitakt spent several years collecting dust.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Digitakt Live Recording"},{"content":" ELP2 · ELP2 - Passing Bansko Clouds A preset for Operator called “passing clouds” somehow appeared in my Ableton setup. A minor chord, followed by Valhalla Delay and Blackhole Reverb, turned into a nice dub-style pattern. What I liked most were the reverb tails - they felt less like reverb and more like delay echoes, sitting separately in the center of the stereo field. When I realized I was stuck listening to the loop for many minutes and really enjoying it, I decided to turn it into a track.\nTo build the arrangement, I made several variations of the original loop and launched them in the order that felt natural to me, with recording enabled. In the middle of the track, the monotonous granular pad fades out and is replaced by another one, which I actually played live on top of the basic chord progression.\nOne thing I can say for sure: writing an arrangement by placing clips on a timeline is much less enjoyable for me than imperfectly launching clips and playing an improvised melody.\nOh, and the noise texture is a recording of a mountain stream, captured almost a year ago during a short trip to the Bansko resort. The photo on the track cover shows the mountain peaks where this stream flows from.\nSo let the track “Passing Bansko Clouds” take its place in my collection of released works.\n","permalink":"/en/posts/passing-bansko-clouds/","summary":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2262452969\u0026color=%23ff5500\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\u0026visual=true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2\" title=\"ELP2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2\u003c/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2/elp2-passing-bansko-clouds\" title=\"ELP2 - Passing Bansko Clouds\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2 - Passing Bansko Clouds\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA preset for Operator called “passing clouds” somehow appeared in my Ableton setup. A minor chord, followed by Valhalla Delay and Blackhole Reverb, turned into a nice dub-style pattern. What I liked most were the reverb tails - they felt less like reverb and more like delay echoes, sitting separately in the center of the stereo field. When I realized I was stuck listening to the loop for many minutes and really enjoying it, I decided to turn it into a track.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Passing Bansko Clouds"},{"content":" ELP2 · A moment at 17-36 In this patch I used the Sine VCO from Surge XT and NoteSeq16 to create a generative chord progression.\nThe resulting pad sound is spread with the Galaxy reverb and the Chronoblob delay, and then processed once again with the Plateau reverb on a send track. Noise is mixed into the sound to add roughness and small imperfections to the timbre.\nThe same pad is also sent through Elastika to create an additional texture layer.\nA soft, pulsating sub bass sets a slow rhythm, which intertwines with moving noise textures, forming a hypnotic rhythmic pattern.\n","permalink":"/en/posts/a-moment-at-17-36/","summary":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2232873995\u0026color=%23ff5500\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\u0026visual=true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2\" title=\"ELP2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2\u003c/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2/a-moment-at-17-36\" title=\"A moment at 17-36\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eA moment at 17-36\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"A Moment at 17-36 VCV rack patch\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/img/a_moment_at_17-36_-_patch.jpg\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this patch I used the Sine VCO from Surge XT and NoteSeq16 to create a generative chord progression.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe resulting pad sound is spread with the Galaxy reverb and the Chronoblob delay, and then processed once again with the Plateau reverb on a send track. Noise is mixed into the sound to add roughness and small imperfections to the timbre.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"A Moment at 17-36"},{"content":" ELP2 · Personal Landscapes This mini-album is a very personal sound journey through my experiences and reflections on self-awareness, loss, and finding a new home.\nUsing everyday sounds recorded on a smartphone and generative music techniques, I tried to create an atmosphere where the past and the present intertwine in harmony, turning chaos into structured rhythms, melodies, and sound textures.\n“Personal Landscapes” feels like a time capsule. It will be interesting for me to listen to it again after some time. It is an important part of my life right now. It also gives me a calm sense of wholeness, closure, and meaning.\nEhoes Of The Past Infinite Thought Loop Boundless Reflection Dungeon Keeper Heavenly Guardian ","permalink":"/en/posts/personal-landscapes-ep/","summary":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/soundcloud%253Aplaylists%253A1826205228\u0026color=%23ff5500\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2\" title=\"ELP2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2\u003c/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2/sets/personal-landscapes\" title=\"Personal Landscapes\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003ePersonal Landscapes\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis mini-album is a very personal sound journey through my experiences and reflections on self-awareness, loss, and finding a new home.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing everyday sounds recorded on a smartphone and generative music techniques, I tried to create an atmosphere where the past and the present intertwine in harmony, turning chaos into structured rhythms, melodies, and sound textures.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Personal Landscapes"},{"content":" ELP2 · Heavenly Guardian The track Dungeon Keeper ends with the sounds of the street and a street musician playing the piano, accidentally captured in the recording. Symbolizing the transition from work to the tranquility of the evening, I decided to record the notes played by the musician into my modular looper. The looped piano melody creates a sense of calm. By processing it through a chain of audio effects, I achieved an ambient conclusion to the evening.\nThis track is a kind of journey from the hustle and bustle of the day to evening tranquility, where random street sounds and music play a central role. Each note, looped and processed, creates an atmosphere of peace and closure for the day. Through audio effects, the sounds gain a new dimension, allowing one to immerse themselves in the world of evening calm and relaxation.\nPersonal Landscapes\n","permalink":"/en/posts/personal-landscapes-ep-05-heavenly-guardian/","summary":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A1826801757\u0026color=%23ff5500\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2\" title=\"ELP2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2\u003c/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2/05-heavenly-guardian\" title=\"Heavenly Guardian\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eHeavenly Guardian\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe track \u003ca href=\"/en/posts/personal-landscapes-ep-04-dungeon-keeper/\"\u003eDungeon Keeper\u003c/a\u003e ends with the sounds of the street and a street musician playing the piano, accidentally captured in the recording. Symbolizing the transition from work to the tranquility of the evening, I decided to record the notes played by the musician into my modular looper. The looped piano melody creates a sense of calm. By processing it through a chain of audio effects, I achieved an ambient conclusion to the evening.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Heavenly Guardian'"},{"content":" ELP2 · Dungeon Keeper The track \u0026ldquo;Dungeon Keeper\u0026rdquo; draws on the atmosphere of a dark dungeon located right beneath the \u0026ldquo;Sveti Sveti Kiril and Metodii\u0026rdquo; church in the center of Burgas. Every workday for me begins with a visit to this underground parking lot, and I often observe how lively it gets in the morning. The noise from the car wash and the constant movement of cars inspired me to create this track. But in the evening, the parking lot becomes semi-empty, and its complex configuration with numerous walls, pillars, and corridors starts to resemble a grim level of a computer game.\nReturning from work, I realized that the idea for my track was right under my feet. The track begins with noises recorded at the car wash in the parking lot, and the rhythmic sound of a steady kick drum, complemented by dark chords. For additional effects, I used recordings of my car doors slamming, and the reverb was set using the impulse response of the parking lot, which I recorded by clapping my hands. This track is a metaphor for the transition from daytime noise to evening calm and tranquility. \u0026ldquo;Dungeon Keeper\u0026rdquo; conveys the atmosphere of the underground parking lot as a reflection of the workday, turning it into a musical piece.\nPersonal Landscapes\n","permalink":"/en/posts/personal-landscapes-ep-04-dungeon-keeper/","summary":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A1826801760\u0026color=%23ff5500\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2\" title=\"ELP2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2\u003c/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2/04-dungeon-keeper\" title=\"Dungeon Keeper\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eDungeon Keeper\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe track \u0026ldquo;Dungeon Keeper\u0026rdquo; draws on the atmosphere of a dark dungeon located right beneath the \u0026ldquo;Sveti Sveti Kiril and Metodii\u0026rdquo; church in the center of Burgas. Every workday for me begins with a visit to this underground parking lot, and I often observe how lively it gets in the morning. The noise from the car wash and the constant movement of cars inspired me to create this track. But in the evening, the parking lot becomes semi-empty, and its complex configuration with numerous walls, pillars, and corridors starts to resemble a grim level of a computer game.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Dungeon Keeper"},{"content":" ELP2 · Boundless Reflection The track \u0026ldquo;Boundless Reflection\u0026rdquo; is a calm and steady variation on the theme of Infinite Thought Loop embodying my reflections on the past and memories. In this track, I aimed to convey the feeling of an inner world where memories play a key role, creating smooth soundscapes.\nUsing various samples that symbolize fragments of memories, I created a soundscape that flows and changes gently, reflecting more stable and peaceful thoughts. Each sound in this track is an echo of the past, giving the music depth through layers of sound.\n\u0026ldquo;Boundless Reflection\u0026rdquo; is a sonic journey into memory and self-awareness, captured in music as much as possible.\nPersonal Landscapes\n","permalink":"/en/posts/personal-landscapes-ep-03-boundless-reflection/","summary":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A1829365485\u0026color=%23ff5500\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2\" title=\"ELP2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2\u003c/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2/03-boundless-reflection\" title=\"Boundless Reflection\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eBoundless Reflection\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe track \u0026ldquo;Boundless Reflection\u0026rdquo; is a calm and steady variation on the theme of \u003ca href=\"/en/posts/personal-landscapes-ep-02-infinite-thought-loop/\"\u003eInfinite Thought Loop\u003c/a\u003e embodying my reflections on the past and memories. In this track, I aimed to convey the feeling of an inner world where memories play a key role, creating smooth soundscapes.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Boundless Reflection"},{"content":" ELP2 · Infinite Thought Loop The track \u0026ldquo;Infinite Thought Loop\u0026rdquo; is a sonic embodiment of my reflections on self-awareness and the inner world. For me, the question \u0026ldquo;Who am I?\u0026rdquo; has always been philosophical, personal, and complex. The simplest way to describe myself is to imagine myself as a sphere of thoughts in my head. Thoughts are always with me: bright and clear, blurred and dim, obsessive and fleeting. Some are focused on my body, others on the outside world. Snippets of sounds, memories, abstractions.\nI think, therefore I am.\nThis soundscape reflects the flow of my thoughts, where each instrument or sound symbolizes a separate thought, appearing and disappearing, pulsating and bursting into space. I am my thoughts.\nTo create this track, I turned to generative AI models, which helped me create a graphical score. The empty lines on the score reflect pauses, and the wavy line represents a bass drone, symbolizing the unconscious. Piano and synthesizer sounds, passed through a sampler that stretches and speeds up time, symbolize the stream of obsessive thoughts – these are the circles on the score. All of this is supported by a rhythm that is both structured and constantly changing, and a sample of a wristwatch, symbolizing the passage of time.\nThis track is a sonic embodiment of my thoughts and reflections on myself, captured in musical form as much as possible.\nPersonal Landscapes\n","permalink":"/en/posts/personal-landscapes-ep-02-infinite-thought-loop/","summary":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A1826801772\u0026color=%23ff5500\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2\" title=\"ELP2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2\u003c/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2/02-infinite-thought-loop\" title=\"Infinite Thought Loop\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eInfinite Thought Loop\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe track \u0026ldquo;Infinite Thought Loop\u0026rdquo; is a sonic embodiment of my reflections on self-awareness and the inner world. For me, the question \u0026ldquo;Who am I?\u0026rdquo; has always been philosophical, personal, and complex. The simplest way to describe myself is to imagine myself as a sphere of thoughts in my head. Thoughts are always with me: bright and clear, blurred and dim, obsessive and fleeting. Some are focused on my body, others on the outside world. Snippets of sounds, memories, abstractions.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Infinite Thought Loop"},{"content":" ELP2 · Echoes Of The Past The track \u0026ldquo;Echoes Of The Past\u0026rdquo; is dedicated to my personal experiences here and now, as I am currently setting up my new home in a foreign country. Life did not prepare me for such a turn, and I never imagined that one day I would be seeking answers to the question, \u0026ldquo;what is home?\u0026rdquo;. Now, I find myself between two spaces – the old home, which has already become unfamiliar, and the new one, which is not yet accepted as my own.\nWhile working on this track, I aimed to convey my thoughts and emotions through sounds recorded from the magnets on the refrigerator. Using my smartphone, I recorded the clicking and clacking sounds they make when attached to the surface of the door. Highlighting the most arrhythmic and chaotic snippet of the recording, I processed it through a delay effect, which created a self-sustaining marching techno rhythm. Thus, from chaos emerged a structured rhythm that became the foundation of the composition. The simple and somber melody symbolizes the loss of the former home, while the emergence of order and rhythm from chaos represents establishing a life in the new place. It is especially important to me that the magnets from the old home play a central role in this new home, linking the past with the present.\nPersonal Landscapes\n","permalink":"/en/posts/personal-landscapes-ep-01-echoes-of-the-past/","summary":"\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A1826801775\u0026color=%23ff5500\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2\" title=\"ELP2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2\u003c/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2/01-echoes-of-the-past\" title=\"Echoes Of The Past\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eEchoes Of The Past\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe track \u0026ldquo;Echoes Of The Past\u0026rdquo; is dedicated to my personal experiences here and now, as I am currently setting up my new home in a foreign country. Life did not prepare me for such a turn, and I never imagined that one day I would be seeking answers to the question, \u0026ldquo;what is home?\u0026rdquo;. Now, I find myself between two spaces – the old home, which has already become unfamiliar, and the new one, which is not yet accepted as my own.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Echoes Of The Past"},{"content":"\nELP2 · Patchwork For Beginners Spotify Apple Music ","permalink":"/en/posts/patchwork-for-beginners-album/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Patchwork For Beginners Art\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/img/patchwork-for-beginners-cover.png\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/soundcloud%253Aplaylists%253A1412016793\u0026color=%23ff5500\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\"\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2\" title=\"ELP2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eELP2\u003c/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/elp2/sets/patchwork-for-beginners\" title=\"Patchwork For Beginners\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003ePatchwork For Beginners\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cnav class=\"listen-links\" aria-label=\"Listen to the album\"\u003e\n    \n    \u003ca class=\"listen-links__link\" href=\"https://open.spotify.com/album/7i6jyQsLACqJbAe0zDIqkw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Listen on Spotify\"\u003e\n        \u003cspan class=\"listen-links__icon listen-links__spotify-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n        \u003cspan\u003eSpotify\u003c/span\u003e\n    \u003c/a\u003e\n    \n    \n    \u003ca class=\"listen-links__link\" href=\"https://music.apple.com/us/album/patchwork-for-beginners/1611205400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Listen on Apple Music\"\u003e\n        \u003cimg class=\"listen-links__icon\" src=\"/img/platforms/apple-music-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"\u003e\n        \u003cspan\u003eApple Music\u003c/span\u003e\n    \u003c/a\u003e\n    \n    \n\u003c/nav\u003e","title":"Patchwork For Beginners"},{"content":"About me I am Fyodor.\nFor many years I have been learning how to work with electronic sound: modular synthesis, generative patches, sequences, textures, noise. Most of the time it is slow, atmospheric music, somewhere between ambient, dub, and experimental electronic sound. What matters to me is not so much building a track, but creating a sound environment you can stay inside.\nThe ELP2 project is a place where I collect these works. Some of them are born in modular patches, others appear as live performances or fragments that slowly grow into more complete forms. I am not chasing “perfect production” - I care more about liveliness, mood, and the feeling of an honest process.\nThis site is an archive and a diary of my musical journey: patches, tracks, ideas, states of mind.\nIf slow electronic music, attention to detail, and sound as space resonate with you, then we are on the same wavelength.\n","permalink":"/en/about/","summary":"\u003ch1 id=\"about-me\"\u003eAbout me\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am Fyodor.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor many years I have been learning how to work with electronic sound: modular synthesis, generative patches, sequences, textures, noise. Most of the time it is slow, atmospheric music, somewhere between ambient, dub, and experimental electronic sound. What matters to me is not so much building a track, but creating a sound environment you can stay inside.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ELP2 project is a place where I collect these works. Some of them are born in modular patches, others appear as live performances or fragments that slowly grow into more complete forms. I am not chasing “perfect production” - I care more about liveliness, mood, and the feeling of an honest process.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"About"}]