Really overthought mine. Had 3 reasons for picking up the long-form of my pseudonym (Unfolding Machines), but I've since forgotten the 3rd reason. Dropped the 'Machines' bit for brevity, plus the long-form sounds lame.
The two remaining reasons are:
- A dud theory for stopping the progress of
prions in relation to
diseases like Creutzfeldt–Jakob/Kuru & Alzheimers:
protein unfolding reactions/devices.
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The video for Autechre's Second Bad Vilbel. I read an interview with it's director, Chris Cunningham back in '05 (when I started learning how to make music) he was discussing why
he revised & re-edited the video. Can't find the interview, pity. He basically wanted to abstract the idea of a robot's components & disassociate it from human intervention. The way the video uses bokeh (the out of focus parts of an image), glitches & movement (the robot opening & apparently evolving) ripped my mind apart.
Come to think of it, the 3rd reason might've been a
Godflesh reference. They referred to their samplers, synths & drum machines as a 3rd member called Machines.