Hope you’re having a good 2026 so far. It’s too early to say what these first few hours of the new year mean for the rest of the year, but much of what the future holds for us individually is in our hands. More time spent on creative work this year will be in mine. I’ll be glad to share more later.

Uploaded a sneak peek tonight of a remix project I'm working on.

Humans can and will listen to it. Machines can and do listen to it. Anybody can find inspiration to build new ideas upon it or reshape it for themselves in the form of remixing. All I ever ask is be honest and forthcoming if you have used it or parts of it in your own projects. AI never does that.

I am not interested in paying somebody else to steal that songwriting process from me. I am not interested in anybody ghost writing music for me, ever. I am not interested in having those stories written for me. It is not a product.

AI will never write a Sanxion7 song, as by definition a major ingredient of such songs is my own sweat and time. These songs are each hand crafted through tens of hours of effort. If you ask me about any of them, I can tell you a long story. While I am still here, there will be more.

Bandcamp will get a special reissue, don't worry~

Just submitted "Electrum Malleus" for distribution. This will include instrumentals. The Bandcamp release didn't have them because that made it exceed the 74 minute limit. But I don't press CDs so it doesn't matter anymore. Folks who still burn 'em will still see that the main tracks still fit.

Prepping for live performance. It will be a while before I am prepared for messing about in realtime, but it's something I've wanted to do with my music for many years.

I'm cooking up a couple more tracks, hoping to release them as singles as well later this year. I don't know that I'm going to continue the album format anymore, as it's just going to cause me to hold on to tracks forever.

A StepmaniaX machine showing the result screen for Zenith by Sanxion7 on easy mode.

Of course I had to play a @sanxion7.com song to celebrate.

I could only play StepmaniaX at conventions, so I don't have much practice :3c

It is #bandcampfriday today - Bandcamp's revenue share (15%) is given back to the artist.

Today's the day to check back on your wishlist and also share your favorite albums!

Eumorpha, by Sanxion7 5 track album

"Eumorpha" is released just in time for Bandcamp Friday! As always, pay what you want. sanxion7.bandcamp.com/album/eumorpha

Grotesque (Gargoyle II), by Sanxion7 5 track album

Grotesque (Gargoyle II) is released with two different mixes: "rhythm game mix" and "extended mix". Instrumentals and vocals are Bandcamp-only goodies if you get it there. Available free at the Bandcamp site.

sanxion7.bandcamp.com/album/grotes...

The Bandcamp release of "Grotesque" will have some extra goodies, and will be available sooner than other platforms. I'm aiming for tonight or tomorrow for release! I'll post links when it's live.

Writing within constraints (like an older piece of MIDI hardware) is a lot of fun, I think I'll do these more often.

It's not "official" music, just sometimes I get that DTM module itch.

[FL Studio] Sanxion7 - Eyes Forward (WIP) YouTube video by Sanxion7

Another WIP that's pretty much dormant (but almost there), "Eyes Forward'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2smb...

here's the comm sheet:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

You don't call on Ogun very often but when there's an Ogun-shaped hole in your mix, it's right there

[FL Studio] "118bpm droneish" scrap YouTube video by Sanxion7

Bsky was having trouble with this upload (so it's on YouTube) but I wanted to share another thing I've been workshopping the last couple weeks:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqSD...

A lot going on behind the scenes for this game idea. Much of this may find the cutting room floor.

This might lead to saving other projects, we shall see...

I had an idea to make the first repetition of a phrase just one semitone shifted from an earlier occurrence. Cooked a bit yesterday, and this is what I came up with.

I was already kinda done with SoundCloud; I have vented frustrations with the site on my personal account before. Starting today my music will not be available from that site. I am working on an alternative method of sharing music scraps and other works in progress.

You can expect this to get some use in projects on the horizon. Really neat piece of gear.

It's not album release news, but not every moment needs to be about the next project. :)

(up too late already but you don't always get to schedule inspiration for the afternoon)

A screenshot during playback within FL Studio of a scrap project.

Work machine operational again. We are cooking on an M4 Max based Apple Studio now. These are incredible machines for low latency music construction.

Otoge Remix Rescue Vol.02, by iwate EVOLVED 7 track album

bandcamp Friday begins.
We released this charity album!

All proceeds will be donated to Game Center Betty-san, an independent Japanese arcade which is heavily damaged by the earthquake in 2024.

iwate-evolved.bandcamp.com/album/otoge-...

Been working out a script for a video essay that goes through the process of writing a track. There are many of these out there, but given that we all do it quite differently I think it is worth making, still.