Dry Metronome

The double bass plays a repeating, plucked pizzicato rhythm in a syncopated 5/4 pattern, Bright, staccato piano chords hit on the off-beats, processed through a tape-saturation plugin to add grit, Add subtle, wooden "chatter" via percussion, The mix is bone-dry, with the piano and bass panned wide to leave a hollow, empty space in the center for narration