As August revolves into view it's time to batten down the hatches and arm the CreativePact cannon. In this prologue I'll briefly explain my approach to this Pact.

CreativePact 2014 begins! And for day one I have produced this slice of noisy loopage, called Cagey, which is a good starting point.

Day 2 and my feel for the Maschine Studio is improving, and proof is in today's pudding – the urban-leaning Shortfall.

Getting into it on day 3, and really enjoying using the Maschine Studio. Today's idea is called Satellights, a jaunty little number set in an 11/8 time signature.

Today I turned my direction to something a bit more experimental, and came up with Turnrover. This came out of having a play with the slice function of the Maschine sampler, which slices the loaded audio at detected transients and assigns those slices to different pads. On top of that I layered some arpeggiatic synth.

Yesterday, I turned the Pact towards the direction I had originally envisaged for this project, and while I wasn't blown away by the results, a marker had been laid. Continuing with that course today I came up with a much better musical nugget, called Ultima.

Continuing along on the atmospheric electronic path brings Oberlong, a spooky number including some MIDI choir and guitar from the Maschine library.

Heading into trip-hop territory (which is not unusual for me), I present Tensor, a snippet which returns to having a beat of some kind after I spent the last few days in atmospheric-land.

I have returned from my break, and recommencing my CreativePact here for you is another trip-hoppy number called Bosnorth.

Today I ended up producing an atmospheric tidbit called Grahnel, but not without some creative direction struggles along the way.

And that's more like it! Following some minor struggles yesterday, I have bounced back with a fleshed out textural number called Jquake, which I'm really satisfied with.

The lesson of today's CreativePact session is to push on through – it took some coaxing but the result came with the punchy beatness of Duckie.

Today's CreativePact session produced Yotta, an energetic number that, on relistening, kind of reminds me of Discovery-era Daft Punk (not that I aimed for such a style).

Following a run of good CreativePact days it was inevitable that a troubled one would rear its head. Today was that day, with the result being named Thndrcr.

What a difference a day makes. Following a time-constrained Pact session yesterday, I've been able to apply myself more effectively this time around, coming up with Thndrcr 2 in the process.

Anyone following my CreativePact may have noticed the development of a number of atmospheric ideas throughout the first 15 days, and today they are joined by the spooky trip-hop creation Junip.

'Meh' was the feeling today after a long CreativePact session ended with poor musical results. Brusor is a mix of sample, beats and bass line that I just couldn't get working.

Following yesterday's woes I returned with a fresh head and the task to be more selective in sample choice. The result is the moody and rhythmic Erinn.

The Pact rolls on and I present Irides (pronounced 'ih-ree-dees'). Not much to say on it, other than that bass drum needs a bit more work.

Day 19 of CreativePact and here is Haver, which is a creepy-sounding tune in keeping with the trip-hop outputs of this project so far; it also has a great bass line.

Today's CreativePact tune is called Lexx, and was born from messing with the gating and side-chaining capabilities available in Maschine.

Continuing on with CreativePact I created Fondt, and heading into the final 10 days of the Pact I feel like I have in place the foundations for a solid album to complete after Pact's end.

A session of silliness occurred for this CreativePact, resulting in Zarge, a kind of halfway house between drum 'n' bass and dubstep (what style is that??) which is completely different to everything else I've done in the Pact.

I returned to struggles with this CreativePact session (well, two sessions) although the resulting track, called Ytasm doesn't betray such troubles in its sonic quality.

A rolling synthy number today called Retrorene, and this track in particular highlights some of the mixing limitations I have encountered with the stock Maschine set up.

CreativePact for today comes in the form of Trigone, a floaty synth number that I do quite like. And with the end of the Pact approaching I have some thoughts on the form the post-Pact release may take.

Day 26 of CreativePact, and here is Fenster, which, going on yesterday's categorisations, would certainly fit in the 'beaty' box.

A return to atmosphericism today, with Worldpulse, a nice wooshy number that will compliment the non-beaty tracks created during the CreativePact.

A track I really like today in Aegist, lush and calming, and almost certain to make it onto the atmospheric side of the ‑otron release.

Penultimate day of my CreativePact! And I present the jittery-rhythmed Mendel, which makes use of the square wave sample pitch modulation technique I have mentioned previously.

The final day of my 2014 CreativePact has arrived! And to celebrate I present the kind of funky Krentz (which took two sessions to shape into something acceptable).

It has been almost two months since the conclusion of Man and Maschine, and amongst moving house, decorating and other things I have managed to form the material created during the Pact into the outline of an album.

On March 20th 2015, ‑otron released Voltronic/Galaxer, a two-sided LP of electronic beats and atmospheres. And also the progeny of Man and Maschine.