I often create textures and atmospheres using overlaid loops on Ableton Live to have in the background during my day or to meditate to. They’re put together quickly, without a lot of thought or careful editing and aren’t something that I would release on an album and yet I’m really fond of them and use them often and I know other people use them too. They’re unpolished, but very functional. Sometimes you’ll find the same sounds used in different pieces,

or you may even hear them in a more worked form combined with other elements in tracks that end up on my albums.

 

Here's a playlist with a selection of those textures: