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Ben Spees was mainly inspired by [[Brendan Byrnes|Brendan Byrnes's]] ''[[Micropangea]]'', [[Wendy Carlos|Wendy Carlos's]] ''[[Beauty in The Beast]]'' and [[Sevish|Sevish's]] music early in his discovery of xenharmony. The band debated at the time whether or not become fully microtonal, to which head member of Cheer-Accident Thymme Jones recommended that they did<ref name=":1" />.
Ben Spees was mainly inspired by [[Brendan Byrnes|Brendan Byrnes's]] ''[[Micropangea]]'', [[Wendy Carlos|Wendy Carlos's]] ''[[Beauty in The Beast]]'' and [[Sevish|Sevish's]] music early in his discovery of xenharmony. The band debated at the time whether or not become fully microtonal, to which head member of Cheer-Accident Thymme Jones recommended that they did<ref name=":1" />.


On their 2018 collaborative EP, there were two tunings used: [[23edo]] and [[17edo]].
On their 2018 collaboration with [[Cryptic Ruse]], ''Cryptic Tree EP'' , there were two tunings used: [[23edo]] and [[17edo]].


With ''Spidermilk''<nowiki/>'s debut in 2019, the songs were all in 17. Some songs like "Ark of An Ilk" have a psychedelic aspect to them, while others like "Superposition of Silhouettes" were adapted from 12 into 17 and modified to be more microtonal. Other songs leaned heavily into microtonality, such as "I Am a Husk", "Vestments", "Disremembered" and "Tides of the Spine".
With ''[[Spidermilk]]''<nowiki/>'s debut in 2019, the songs were all in 17. Some songs like "Ark of An Ilk" have a psychedelic aspect to them, while others like "Superposition of Silhouettes" were adapted from 12 into 17 and modified to be more microtonal. Other songs leaned heavily into microtonality, such as "I Am a Husk", "Vestments", "Disremembered" and "Tides of the Spine".


The ''Self Similar'' LP from 2023 uses [[34edo]] and [[68edo]] alongside [[17edo]].
The ''[[Self Similar]]'' LP from 2023 uses [[34edo]] and [[68edo]] alongside [[17edo]].


==Discography==
==Discography==