SquashLab.

“In the early 2000s, I bailed on my long-time band, Atomic Toy, to pursue the entirely unnecessary world of musical self-sufficiency. This was SquashLab: a learning lab where I became my own musician, producer, and biggest critic, auto-everything.

The initial challenge was crafting instrumental music (which I despise). The rule: no 20-minute prog epics; the goal was simply to make tracks I wouldn't immediately hate. This antisocial phase was rudely interrupted by a brief, glamorous detour as a "rock 'n' roll star" with a band called Ammoníac. (Spoiler: I came back.)

Returning to the lab, I culminated the project with an album, pivoting to what I theoretically do best: pop dressed as alternative rock. This led to the ultimate, regrettable dare: singing. In English. With an accent that sounds like a lost village nestled between volcanoes (and no, it’s not Iceland).

After surviving the sheer public embarrassment of my vocals, SquashLab ended. Years later, while working on the Decorabbit project, I finally gave SquashLab a proper, belated send-off. The final compilation of rarities and reinterpretations, ironically, managed to make the original songs sound much less terrible than they ever had before. A successful failure, decades in the making."