I recently acquired a Software Version of a keyboard I lusted after in the 1980s, but could never afford - the CASIO CZ 100.

I was playing around with it this evening and still couldn't figure out how to get Ableton to recognise it. So no DAWS were harmed in this recording.

I thought it might be fun to try the F & Am only challenge so I started using a complex evolving sound alternating between F and Am. I then added a synth strings sound to underpin that. Of course with no DAW to edit the notes, the sync wasn't always that great., but listening back that seemed to add a more "outer space" feel to the track.

Taking a break I looked to see what the Skirmish Prompt was. When I saw it I knew instantly what I needed to do.

So I came up with these lyrics, which are spoken by an alien archaeologist visiting the Earth some centuries from now. The Babel Fish kindly translated his bleeps and blurps (the original is the synth sound) into a proximity of 21st Century English - though it sounds more Victorian to me - but who's arguing?

Instrument: Arturia CZ-1 Soft Synth

NOTE: As we join the Archaeologist he is examining the skeleton of a long dead human

It's a most important trait Look closely there's a bipedal gait The opposable thumb is also a clue It's distinctly human I believe that is true

This species went extinct an era ago Not much intelligence did they show They exhausted their resources in their greed Putting before any logic their wants and their needs

A planet's resources are limited, didn't they know? They used up everything that nature bestowed The consequences were catastrophic, I would state The climate changed and they couldn't cultivate

Without their food starvation wiped them out That is what must have happened, I've no doubt They took many species with them when they died Ah, yet another race that committed planeticide!