Novation Circuit Tracks - Ostinato of the Year

video upload by Synthesaurus Rex

"I was going to call this 'arpeggio of the year' but then I thought that this technically might not be an arpeggio, but an ostinato. An arpeggio is a broken chord where individual notes are played sequentially to outline a specific harmony. In contrast, an ostinato is a stubborn, repeating musical or rhythmic pattern that serves as a continuous foundation throughout a piece. A mainstream music consumer would call it 'boring', and might be wondering why anyone would record such a boring thing. Well, I do it for "idea preservation": I liked this little loop of notes well enough to do a recording with it, so I won't forget it, to use it in a real song some day, when it fits. I called it "of the year" because I will most likely not find a catchier loop than this in 2026."