My new production kink is diagramming out songs I love, then using them as a blueprint for creating my own songs. Once I climb to where I need to be, I kick away the ladder.
Music tools used: Prophet Rev 2, Fender Rhodes, Hohner Pianet, Novation Bass Station 2, Behringer RD-9, modular synth (Intellijel Plonk, Mutable Instruments Plaits, Intellijel Springray, and many more).
Video tools used: Erogenous Tones Structure, Sleepy Circuits Hypno, Syntonie Video Delay, Chroma Cauldron Wave Comber.
A song inspired by Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Work #20, with a reel of video synthesizer visuals.