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. I was learning, watching a lot of YouTube, recreating other people’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. ...

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: Now I want YOU to mutate it. ⚡⚡ PATCH MUTATION CHALLENGE ⚡⚡ Rules: Recreate the patch Keep some melodic identity recognizable Add your own modules, effects, sequencing, textures or modulation Upload your version to YouTube ...

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. Whenever 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. ...

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. ...

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. The 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. ...

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. Using 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. ...

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. ...

ELP2 · Dungeon Keeper The track “Dungeon Keeper” draws on the atmosphere of a dark dungeon located right beneath the “Sveti Sveti Kiril and Metodii” 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. ...

ELP2 · Boundless Reflection The track “Boundless Reflection” 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. ...