The theme of drugs was somewhat fortuitous, as for several years I have had a sample from the ST:TNG episode "Symbiosis" sitting on my hard drive.  One day in university, I was bored and watching TV on my computer when I recognised the beginning of that episode.  "Oooooh, there's an awesome conversation about drugs in this episode, I'm going to record this!" said I, and that was that.  I really only used some snippets of Tasha Yar(r?) from that discussion, but it fit the bill quite well.

I chose the title "Junkie Style" because I used several Junkie XL samples from a CD that he (Tom Holkenborg) gave me when I won a remix competition about 5-6 years ago.  I could have done without them, but being on a bit of a deadline, I didn't want to put in too much time trying to create new sounds.

Things I liked about my track:

• layered instrumentation
• mellow groove
• samples from ST:TNG

Things I dislike about it:

• intro and outtro are too long
• same goes for the break in the middle
• needs more of a build-up at the end of the break
• drums need to be louder in the mix

Compared to some of my previous songs, I think I handled layering the instrumentation better, without making it too busy in there.  Tracks listed in order of appearance in the song: 

intro pad:  Waldorf Microwave II
low drone bass:  JXL sample
main drums:  Boss DR-202
swell: JXL sample
backing drums:  JXL sample
bassline:  Redsound Darkstar, through Line6 CrunchTone
trance pad:  ESI-2000
backing synth pad:  Juno 6
PWM synth:  MIDIbox SID, using patch "Intro"