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My name is Syl Kougaï. I live in Neo Paris, the megalopolis of the South of France. I was born on this giant atoll of the Mediterranean basin. Here, automation is extremely developed, in every aspect of life. As time has passed, this has resulted in the unemployment of nearly all of the human population. There's no point in looking for work, there is none. I don't know how the others deal with it, but personally I can't imagine my life without working. So I've decided to become a music composer. This music that I have loved always and so much. My life immediately made sense, the day I started my first creations. Since then, I have been devoting all my time to this, day and night, heart and soul. For the souls that my waves meet. Often, in the evening when I work in my studio, I can hear the hydras groaning. These are the mechanisms that articulate the atoll and make it flexible. The artificial island stretches, contorts itself to fit the sea. I stop for some minutes to look outside at the city through my window, I cannot see a movement. But, if I concentrate well, I can feel under my feet that there is some movement, that the world is moving. And in rhythm. This "machine" of a city jives at the pace of tides, tempests, and equinoxes.

We felt Machine gave us the perfect opportunity to explore the methods of working on a track long-distance, and wanted to celebrate an alternative form of sequencing. Whilst our machines were miles apart it was easy enough to be working on the same project. For the first half of the project the track stayed within the realm of sysex with the drum and percussion patterns: everything was sent entirely as sysex data to be loaded straight into the other's machine. From there it was tweaked and combined with bass and synth from the Monomachine. Machine-Man-Machine-Man for the win!

Digital Garden creates the bridge between nature and the digital world of synthesisers. It is composed to connect with birds, mixed in the garden. Play it outdoors!