ipe() Journal https://ipe.rest/journal/ Notes from ipe(): music, design and how a small studio works. Written in English and Korean. en Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:08:00 +0900 Follow the journal, quietly https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-27-follow-the-journal-quietly/ https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-27-follow-the-journal-quietly/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:08:00 +0900 studio The ipe() journal now has an RSS feed: follow new entries in the reader of your choice, with no account and no sign-up. We speak in code comments https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-26-we-speak-in-code-comments/ https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-26-we-speak-in-code-comments/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0900 studio Why ipe() writes its quietest lines as code comments: they do not run, they are not headlines, and they stay after everything else has finished. Made with AI, and we say so https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-25-made-with-ai-and-we-say-so/ https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-25-made-with-ai-and-we-say-so/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0900 studio How ipe() makes its music: with AI (Suno), openly. Lyrics start as an AI draft that a person revises and reviews; the concept and the final decisions are ours. late_night.lofi — the ride home https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-23-late-night-lofi-the-ride-home/ https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-23-late-night-lofi-the-ride-home/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:55:00 +0900 studio A series for the ride home after a late night — and its first single, “still compiling.” Slow lo-fi for the hour when the work is over and you are not home yet. dear(you); vol.1 — ten letters https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-22-dear-you-vol1-ten-letters/ https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-22-dear-you-vol1-ten-letters/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:16:00 +0900 studio Ten ambient lo-fi tracks, ten letters, one feeling each — from empathy to peace. How dear(you); vol.1 is arranged, and why track 5 sits in the middle. Why ipe() is named after an idle process https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-20-why-ipe-is-named-after-an-idle-process/ https://ipe.rest/journal/en/2026-10-20-why-ipe-is-named-after-an-idle-process/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:40:00 +0900 studio ipe() is short for “idle process” — the state a computer enters when it has no work left and simply rests. The story behind the name, the music, and the whispered “ipe. be still.”