The final Christmas present of last year rolls in, in the form of the Buddha Machine, which is made by a Chinese ambient/electronic duo called FM3. It's basically a small box with a tiny, tinny speaker which plays one of 9 short ambient loops, continuously, until the batteries run out or you turn it off. It's marvellously pleasing in it's pointlessness, allowing you to create an instant Boards of Canada/Brian Eno aura wherever you go. It's also less than £15 from Amazon, which seems like something of a bargain even for something as utterly utterly utterly pointless as this.
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