Hopeful Machines

Hopeful Machines is a solo electronic music project of Ego Likeness member Steven Archer. He states that he uses this project as a sandbox for playing with sound and ideas, that it's about exploring "very complex sounds, and how much of that I can put in a piece of music before it becomes too much."^[1] Many of his releases are available free for download in various forms.

2003:

• "Process and Product"

2005:

• "One Step Into Cygnus"
• "Doom"

2006:

• "I am Still in this Forrest"
• "The Hole Between Here and Home"
• "Isthmus"
• "Alwaystoday"

2007:

• "I am an Island (And She Is My Ocean)"
• "Amphetamedian"
• "Theskydrinksonlyfrommymouth"
• "::Skinless::"

2008:

• "RedKingBlackRook"

2011:

• "On the Mending of Pack"

2013:

• "MinusZero" (March)
• "The Spring of the Drowned Girl"

2015:

• "A Shadow the Size of Everything"

2017:

• "Eplis Remains Inside"
• "Accidents and Other Incidents"
• "A Collection of Questionable Dance Songs"
• "Oubliette"
• "Plus V0ID"

2018:

• "Seres Anteriormente Existentes"
• "Soundtracks for Invisible Films"

Archer's motto for the project is "Electronica for Sociopaths",^[2] which has been echoed in several reviews.^[3][4][5]