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I’ve been keeping an eye on all things Hunz in the last year or so. I’ve been listening to his music since the old tracker days in the 90s and I no doubt learned a thing or two about making music by looking at his modules. Last year he released a fabulous come-back album called “When Victims Fight” which caused me to buy a copy and confirm my fanboy status. Do go have a look.

He’s recently taken it upon himself to have a crack at the RPM Challenge, which is roughly attempting the impossibility of writing 10 songs or 38mins of music within the 28 days of February. Apart from thinking it is utter madness and a complete stress-out I actually got excited at the thought of Hunz attempting to do this. Some great music has got to come out of it, at least, right? What’s even more interesting is that Hunz is documenting the entire process on his blog making the drama really transparent. He’s sharing his works in progress and it’s fascinating to see how the ideas mutate and germinate into fully formed songs. He intends to release not only a CD from the project, but also to make free the XRNS source files for free playback in Renoise.

I made an offer via the comments section to give him a hand with the mixing of the songs if he was struggling against the deadline. Amazingly, he accepted the offer and I’ve been on mix duties since. And because of the deadline I’ve had to work fast and hard at adding polish and sparkle to his already beautiful tunes. I’ve already worked through three songs, with more to go. I’ve also done ‘mix notes’ to keep up with the transparent theme of the project – all of which you can find at his website.

I’ll post back when the project is complete. Will he make it in time? Let’s see…