Dopamine Machines1_DopamineMachines*DopamineMachinesSmallFully Onchain AudioDopamine Machines depicts the battle between human willpower and our many daily distractions. I liken it to the classic depiction of the angel and devil on our shoulder. On one side we could choose focused intention, and on the other side is chaotic input. The musical equivalent of the angel, or focused attention, is the string quartet. It begins emphatically with a heavy, insistent rhythm. Wedged into its small pauses, the synthesizer interjects a sustained counterpoint. It’s the pull of distraction which becomes increasingly bold throughout the piece. Dopamine Machines plays with the idea of reclaiming our attention in a system that promotes its fragmentation.