iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 17/09/2026

The beauty of a pre order arriving one day early 🤘🏻👀🤘🏻

the cover of De Staat's new self titled album, two intense staring eyes.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 15/09/2026

and with the album child notes visible

another note graph of nodes, this time with lots of little child twigs branching off representing individual albums.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 15/09/2026

Ended up cataloguing my saved streaming albums in Obsidian before the subscription expires, it's going to take some time to rebuild but does feel good that the money will (mostly) go the artists?

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 05/09/2026

Sometimes you just want to play a disk though, which is what the Fosi Merak is for.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 01/09/2026

rediscovering classics whilst watching progress bars, oh to be alive.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 01/09/2026

Bought an external CD drive like its 2004, life is good.

Asus cd drive, daft punk, everything everything, CD stack

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 14/08/2026

📣Audiophile PSA📣 If you have some nice lossless audio and pair of headphones you can crank the bitrate and frequency response waaay up in windows settings. I also found I was getting weird stereo imaging when changing volume recently, and I think turning off audio enhancements in here has fixed it.

windows system/sound/properties, format 24bit 96000 Hz.
audio enhancements off
spatial sound off

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 30/07/2026

Just discovered the graph heatmap plugin for obsidian. I've been searching for something that could do exactly this for a long time. Its beautiful. Want to make your thoughts look like a virus, a volcano, synapses flickering like the northern lights? community.obsidian.md/plugins/grap... #obsidian

a grubox themed custom palette for my note graph, weighted towards most connections

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 29/05/2026

Possibly the most adorable thing on the planet is when I sneeze loudly and then the cat comes over and squeaks a lot to reassure me.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 05/05/2026

Discovered that someone has created a website and #Obsidian vault for Christopher Alexander's A Pattern Language, and its incredible. the site patternlanguage.cc the markdown github.com/zenodotus280...

a note of a single pattern, a hub and spoke graph of its immediate connections, and zoomed out megagraph of hundreds of individial notes all connecting in a giant pattern web.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 18/04/2026

Such a relief to know that fashion marketing and military service are valid options if the games industry ever gets in trouble..

A screenshot of a LinkedIn email showing the fashion network and British army are searching for people like me (environment artists)

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 16/04/2026

Good as new, in fact, probably better.

Sennheiser HD650 headphones with sparkling new headband.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 09/04/2026

Caught my headphone cable whilst raising the desk one too many times. Going to have to find out how difficult the repair is.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 14/02/2026

Some music sampler generator progress in #substanceDesigner. Lots of things parameterised and grouped, lots of little bugs and quirks to iron out. Need more dial and button types, and ways to target specific sub module sizes to place them neatly. #gameArt

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 06/02/2026

This is a crazy day for new musical releases, wow. For IN VERSES I've been waiting 13 years.

a Tidal feed showing IN VERSES - Karnivool, Manifeste - Tigran Hamasyan, Normal Isn't - Puscifer

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 06/02/2026

Working on a #SubstanceDesigner graph for some cursed music hardware.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 30/01/2026

Trying the old Meshuggah "force it to loop after 4 bars" trick. #dawless #noiseCrimes

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 30/11/2025

Trying to get something interesting out of a glitch/freeze pedal. You have to leave a lot of space for it not to clutter things that I've probably already made too busy. #modelSamples #elektron #chaseBliss #onward #sampler #dawless

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 09/11/2025

Looking forward to this, I've heard good things.

A cellophane wrapped copy of ghost of yotei for PS5

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 07/11/2025

More groove. Experimented with splitting the saturated and distorted FX chains completely so that you can actually hear the cymbals, and not just noise. #sampler #modelsamples #elektron #fxpedals #dawless

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 01/10/2025

Pretty interesting attending the #BAFTA panel on climate storytelling last night (thanks to the person whose ticket I stole). A certain level of attendees showing off their green credentials, but also some thoughtful responses.

a packed seated venue, 6 chairs on a stage, green lighting and long curtains

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 23/09/2025

Something groovy to celebrate the fact there's new NIN in the world. Managed not to fuck up the mix too much this time, and dial in the bit crushing and distortion with slightly more finesse than previous attempts. #dawless #sampler #fxpedals #angrySynth

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 08/09/2025

Something a bit more organic this evening, using some lovely medieval instrument samples. #dawless #modelSamples #sampler #fxPedals

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 03/09/2025

Realised that my hundreds of tabs and tab stacks was only necessary due to a lack note keeping. Now that I'm rekindling my love affair with #Obsidian I have a nice clean browser, and all these lovely new notes.

Obsidian's graph view of all my notes and their connections. It looks like a circle made of tiny linked dots, grouped by colours.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 30/08/2025

Jess! ❤️ Our two Maine Coons also turned 2 this year.

Grey cat flopped on the floor between my feet

A caramel badger of a cat, perched regally

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 28/08/2025

Had the horrific realisation that some of my recordings were in mono, so to make amends here's an uncomfortably wide stereo mix of a new genre I'm calling Ecological Djent Music. Time to put the breakdown in climate breakdown. 🤘🏻🌍🔥🤖 #dawless #sampler #fxPedals

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 16/08/2025

Doing something a bit more ambient (or as close as I can get whilst still using my distortion pedals🤡). Was initially inspired by a sample of an old HDD booting up, so crunchy, so whirry. 💾 #dawless #sampler #modelSamples #pedals

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 08/08/2025

Put this together in a couple of hours last night, really satisfying dialling in the specific frequencies and levels that trigger the sweetspots of each distortion pedal. Backed up the bass with a kick drum this time, to see what that was like. #dawless #modelSamples

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 04/08/2025

First attempt at pickling, as I attempt to deal with this year's allotment cucumber surplus.

A nice kilner jar in a wooden counter top filled with slices of cucumber, onion, garlic cloves, herbs, and vinegar.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 27/07/2025

Prog Metal really hitting it's stride.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 27/07/2025

Was really struggling to get this idea to work, still kind of rough, but has some moments. Using the clean output more to compress down the effects (there's probably a more correct way of saying that). Also having to find smarter ways to fit all these outputs into my simple mixer. #dawless #sampler

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 13/07/2025

Here's a slower, swingier version of the same beat.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 13/07/2025

Pressed my old marshall amp into action again. Lots of filtering, bit crushing, and compression going on across 3 FX chains. Also enjoying the way the notes on the arpeggio drop in and out randomly, feels kind of groovy, might even sound good with some swing? #dawless #soundDesign #modelSamples

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 29/06/2025

Using some more landscape noon samples to make a simple bass line, and then playing with the levels + bringing elements in and out. #dawless #sampling #soundDesign

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 20/06/2025

Normal indoor temperatures, with helpful flame emoji.

A temperature and humidity sensor with a display showing 28 degrees C and a fire symbol

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 29/05/2025

This one uses a set of samples recorded by Venus Theory on a bizarre synth called a Landscape Noon (look it up, it's insane). All run through my strongest pedal arrangement yet, having isolated what makes too much background noise (only foreground noise please). #dawless #argentMetal #synth

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 14/05/2025

A rare solar top up. Usually it makes more sense to charge at night (7p) and export during the day (15p) but I need the *juice*.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 10/05/2025

Getting much closer now. I think I'd forgotten how important the sound being run through pedals was, more effective to make drastic changes there, and let the pedals react. #synth #ardjent #dawless

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 09/05/2025

Gradually leaving the unlistenable zone, slowly weaning myself off pure screaming feedback.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 02/05/2025

It grows stronger. Only 2 compression pedals unaccounted for.

Groove box, 2 chains of guitar pedals, and an 8 channel mixer on a shelf.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 30/04/2025

They piiiiling up. But still no power supply..

3 fx pedals on a bookshelf, with some patch cables in the background. Two small, one larger with white knobs on, they are various shiny shades of blue and black.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 29/04/2025

The Hotone Krush has arrived, it is the only bitcrusher I could find for less than £50. It is adorable.

A pink mini guitar pedal with knobs that look like 8bit eyes and the words crush on the front.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 28/04/2025

Messing with some sine waves plus white noise running through my old marshall amp, whilst I wait for FX pedal deliveries. Amazing the amount of variation you can get by tweaking the amount of noise in the sample x pitch x velocity x distortion x different cutoffs. Such a delight to play with.

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Olly Skillman-Wilson @thepixelcrush.com · 20/02/2025

Even this incidental description of scrap sorting creates such a rich image. Absolute gold. #citizenSleeper2

As you inspect the scrap, the ghost of their original place in a bigger structure becomes apparent. Each piece suggests a whole; a drive casing, a loading bay, a life support unit. You burn away corrosion with a torch, crack open rusted casings to release the components inside like seeds. You find new life in the broken and discarded pieces.

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