Back in 2012 I figured I would take a year off from the RPM Challenge but it ended up being 14 years… Oops. We’ll, we’re back! If you’re keeping track I did it in 2008, 2009, 2011, and now in 2026. Oh, the RPM Challenge is to record and album in one month. February, to be exact.
Here’s my 2026 entry, titled Space Farts. The title comes from about 10 years ago when I was driving somewhere listening to WMSE and hearing music I could only describe as, well… Space Farts! So I used that for the title.
Wanna listen? You can hear the whole thing on Bandcamp, Bandwagon.fm, or under music.
I’ve been in pain for months now but sometimes the product of pain is art. I’ve also watched a lot of Star Trek lately, so song titles like “Eject the Warp Core”, “Shields Holding”, and “The Prime Directive” were obvious choices.
I recorded the entire album over the course of two days, with another day for cleaning up and converting files and getting it all uploaded.I used a Korg Monotron Duo going through a Korg Monotron Delay going through a Korg NTS-1. That’s it. Three tiny and cheap Korg synths chained together. Limitations are meant to push creativity, right?
I haven’t been not making music since 2011. I took a little break but in 2021/2022 I was doing DAWless Jams and Pocket Operator stuff. And it was fun. I mostly stopped because I got too busy with paying work and took over my music space with client projects.
I have no delusions this is amazing music. I mostly make it for fun and occasionally some other weirdo or insane person tells me they like it. Cool. I’ll probably keep going. See you next year!