I think the starting point for ARPOET was the following:
– Use mostly arpeggiator synths
– Big, exotic chords
– Twist some knobs
Aaand the explanation for our three pointers there would be:
– When you press chords on keyboard, arpeggiator makes arpeggios of it, aka play the chord’s tones one at the time in a certain order
– Meaning chords with many, many individual tones in them
– Twist knobs, you know like DJ’s do – not like wrestlers do – hence altering the timbre
That’s it. The music itself is something like electronic art music to accompany time-skip videos, with Frank Zappa making special appearance in the role of the corner sun. Also, not scary, unlike…
