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According to Max Tundra on Whosampled.com, the vocals heard on the track are constructed from several different ["five or six"] records, with quarter-second long samples stitched together on an AKAI-1000. The synth hook heard before the beat drop is taken from Geoff Bastow's 1980 song, Electro Montage I. "What I've done on this track (and similarly on a track from my third album called 'Orphaned') is a sort of Akufen-esque microsample thing. I
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# On MBGATE This track exemplifies a particular strain of microsample collage that rewards close listening. By stitching together fragments—some as brief as a quarter-second—from multiple records onto an AKAI sampler, Max Tundra constructs vocal textures that feel almost sculptural rather than merely assembled. The approach shares DNA with the glitch-influenced production of artists like Akufen, yet here it serves a different purpose: creating vocal presence through granular precision rather than abstraction. The inclusion of a 1980 synth hook grounds these microscopic interventions in recognizable melodic space, creating productive tension between painstaking craft and accessible form. It's music that asks