Here's a song that uses the sound of a dishwasher as the main audio source. I'm capturing and manipulating the audio in Ableton with a chain of stock effects and 3rd party plug-ins.
00:00 Recording samples
00:18 Selecting sounds
00:30 Making a drum kit from samples
1:05 Making a synth from a sample
2:20 Adding percussion
3:07 Adding and manipulating vocals
3:40 Final Track

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