cafekaput.blogspot.com: "Every sound on this record, from the melodic sounds to the percussion, the atmospheric effects to the bass lines originates from the Braun AB-30 alarm clock. Using inexpensive contact microphones I recorded the alarm sound, the various ?ticks? of the second hand as it made it's way around the clock face, and usually-unheard noises such as the cogs whirring and the harmonics of the spring-loaded ?snooze? button. Short, cyclic waveform samples were edited from these recordings, which became the oscillators?(oscillators are the fundamental building blocks on which all electronic sounds are based).
The raw sounds were then treated and shaped using envelopes, filters, phasing, delay and reverberation.If you're interested in the creative process behind the sounds, have a listen to a short explanation:
