on august 26, 2015, funk posted on his facebook page that he was '...suddenly in very serious financial trouble,' and announced that he has launched his own bandcamp page, re-releasing a majority of his releases, especially those previously out-of-print. funk topped the whole bandcamp best-selling list within the next 24 hours. as thanks to his fans, funk self-released "thank you for your consideration" on his bandcamp page for a pay-what-you-want price. funk later announced a new album coming february 19, 2016, called "traditional synthesizer music", with a preview single available to listen to now. this album was the product of funk's experimentations with modular synthesizers, and was created exclusively on modular synthesizer hardware.