This video, for song "Substitute Music" is a track lifted from his forthcoming LP—recorded in Buenos Aires Argentina (how glam!). It's made up entirely of Raphael messing around with an Arp Odyssey synthesizer, an old 808 drum machine, and some overly distorted guitar. Oh, and his voice.

In order to help us explain what we're hearing and seeing, we probed Raphael for answers: “This is a song I've been developing for many many years. I can honestly say that I have recorded 20 different versions—and now I'm ready to release this particular one.

"There were two concepts I had in my mind when I invented this particular piece. The first was to try to create a song that would be very difficult (if not impossible) to talk over by audience members or listeners while it was being played. I tried to accomplish this by having one loud abrasive note playing on repeat through the whole song from beginning to end! I named it 'Substitute Music' because I wanted it to be something that was played when normal music was not appropriate.”