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Etna

By WahSp on July 25, 2026 3:45 pm

My summer holidays started. We started the holidays with a two-day visit to a theme park with the kids. Currently, we are travelling to family in Italy, stopping a few times on the way there. Right now we are at our fist stop at a small French town near Metz. There's a lot of green around, which is nice, but the place feels a bit abandoned. Anyway, it's just for one night.

Tomorrow we'll be in Switzerland for our second stop and I expect we'll be out most of the night, so I thought I'd better finish something for Weekly Beats today.

I knew I would have few opportunities this week to use any gear. I decided to make something in Sunvox, as it runs on my phone, which is always within reach. I just did some light mastering on my laptop after finishing the track on my phone today.

The track is also somewhat inspired by the work of Caterina Barbieri - I was listening to her music while packing. I like how she is able to use relatively simple patterns but always make something rich and interesting with them. The track is named Etna, as a reference to a video that I saw of Caterina Barbieri performing near Mount Etna.

I'm a sucker for these building tracks. They have a promise of untapped energy, like a volcano....and I typed that before I read your title and description. So yeah, you're right on the money there. This is good stuff.

I have Sunvox on my phone as well, but I never got used to operating the interface with my fingers. Suppose I prefer a mouse of that. But it's definitely good to have portable DAW that's always with you, yes.

Anyways, nice stuff!

really elegant. amazing that this can be made on a phone!
hope the trip is wonderful and inspiring, safe travels

The bass hit at 1:01 really opens up the landscape, favorite part.
Great sounds all around, you're telling me it's all coming from a phone? I can't believe you.
Nice job on the go, impressive stuff.

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