in medias res

9 files changed, 371 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/album/duodenary.yaml b/album/duodenary.yaml
index 7f7b03aa..bd6d7efa 100644
--- a/album/duodenary.yaml
+++ b/album/duodenary.yaml
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ Track: Spatial Lights Above
 Duration: 5:58
 Cover Artists:
 - KingDundo
-Art Tags:
-- 'cw: eye horror (abstract)'
 URLs:
 - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/spatial-lights-above
 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AciEkU2fd4
diff --git a/album/in-medias-res.yaml b/album/in-medias-res.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85cc5c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/album/in-medias-res.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+Album: In Medias Res
+Date: November 23, 2024
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/album/in-medias-res
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfiB5F82NCc
+Cover Artists:
+- Tyson Northcutt
+- Sparaze
+Cover Art File Extension: png
+Track Art File Extension: png
+# Color: '#6e5d10'
+Color: '#6e840e'
+Groups:
+- Deconreconstruction
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Vast Error:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/album/in-medias-res), excerpt)
+
+    Every moment has a soundtrack - Listen closely, and you'll hear it.
+
+    A soundtrack for Act 3 Act 1 of Vast Error. Recommended for use between Pages 1645 - 2431.
+---
+Section: Main album
+---
+Track: Something Good
+Duration: 3:34
+Artists:
+- Cerulean
+Cover Artists:
+- Prab
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/something-good
+---
+Track: ハイパ energy drink
+Duration: 2:29
+Artists:
+- Cerulean
+Cover Artists:
+- GalaxyMoo
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/energy-drink
+---
+Track: Little Miss Fortune
+Duration: 2:19
+Artists:
+- Rainy
+Cover Artists:
+- SilentNeptune
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/little-miss-fortune
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVei_d8DYvs
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Rainy:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVei_d8DYvs), excerpt)
+
+    Another older song for Vol.6 but one that you might have heard elsewhere already. I wrote Little Miss Fortune as a sad song for Serpaz. I felt like a lot of Serpaz’s music leaned heavily on being silly and goofy, so to stand out I decided to write something distinctly sad sounding. I remember the unreleased Homestuck song “Aradia’s Theme” was the main point of inspiration for this song. I do find it somewhat amusing that the song wound up forecasting the direction Serpaz’s story would go. Returning to the point I made at the start, if the b-section melody sounds familiar it’s because I remixed it in [[The Fool Does Not Laugh]], which was in turn remixed by both Rab in [[track:fools-plea|Fool’s plea]]. The song has a pretty far reaching musical legacy despite only now getting released.
+---
+Track: Paradise Shatters
+Duration: 3:11
+Artists:
+- Witch's Cadence
+- Nahu Pyrope (featuring)
+Cover Artists:
+- ValantWynn
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/paradise-shatters
+---
+Track: Twice As Bright
+Duration: 6:16
+Artists:
+- Cristata
+Cover Artists:
+- Divo
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/twice-as-bright
+---
+Track: DYNAMISM
+Suffix Directory: true
+Duration: 3:04
+Artists:
+- METIANULL
+Cover Artists:
+- rurichoo
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/dynamism
+---
+Track: MELTDOWN
+Suffix Directory: true
+Duration: 3:07
+Artists:
+- Ucklin
+Cover Artists:
+- verprost
+Contributors:
+- Tycoon (production)
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/meltdown
+Lyrics: |-
+    I've got this whole exclusion zone all to myself
+    It's winter in my room cause I make my own clouds
+    You love me in an instant, I hurt you the next day
+    You should've kept your distance or listen to them say
+    That I could meltdown
+
+    You're reaching out your hand to mess with my cell
+    You'd have to be a fool to help me all the way out
+    I'm flat on my back at the bottom of the pool
+    I'd like to see you try to find a use for spent fuel
+    And I could meltdown
+    (Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me)
+    (Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me)
+
+    Maybe with the terror there's a power as well
+    Marrying the pure core with the stakes and the doubt
+    You're okay with the risk of occupational exposure
+    I've put the warnings up and (all of) you still seem so sure
+    But I could meltdown
+
+    (I could meltdown)
+    I'd like to see you try and find a use for spent fuel
+    (I could meltdown)
+    Maybe with the terror there's a power as well
+    I'd like to see you try and find a use for spent fuel
+    (Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me)
+    (Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me)
+    Maybe with the terror there's a power as well
+    (Don't leave me, don't leave me, dont leave me!)
+---
+Track: White Vitriol
+Duration: 4:13
+Artists:
+- Tycoon
+Cover Artists:
+- TK
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/white-vitriol
+Sampled Tracks:
+- Spatial Lights Above
+---
+Track: Flyfish
+Duration: 2:54
+Artists:
+- METIANULL
+Cover Artists:
+- Diz
+Art Tags:
+- 'cw: alcohol'
+- 'cw: blood'
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/flyfish
+---
+Track: IN IT TO WIN IT
+Duration: 4:09
+Artists:
+- Cristata
+Cover Artists:
+- captkirkland
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/in-it-to-win-it
+---
+Track: The Respect You Rightfully Deserve
+Duration: 7:17
+Artists:
+- autumnalEquinox
+Cover Artists:
+- bart skrampson
+Art Tags:
+- 'cw: drowning (abstract)'
+Referenced Tracks:
+- track:the-respect-you-rightfully-deserve-soundcloud
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/the-respect-you-rightfully-deserve
+---
+Track: Spiritstriker
+Duration: 3:30
+Artists:
+- Witch's Cadence
+Cover Artists:
+- verprost
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/spiritstriker
+---
+Track: The Stars Speak Back
+Duration: 3:20
+Artists:
+- autumnalEquinox
+Cover Artists:
+- Awkward
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/the-stars-speak-back
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKhf2AxK0fM
+---
+Track: Accel / Exceed
+Additional Names:
+- Name: >-
+    Accel/Exceed
+  Annotation: >-
+    [Composer's YouTube title](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuHe2Vblu0)
+Duration: 2:31
+Artists:
+- Rainy
+Cover Artists:
+- bisectro
+Art Tags:
+- 'cw: blood (abstract)'
+- 'cw: decapitation (abstract)'
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Like Tears in Rain
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/accel-exceed
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuHe2Vblu0
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Rainy:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuHe2Vblu0), excerpt)
+
+    Accel/Exceed was the first track of the new batch of songs I wrote for Vol.6 and is easily one of my favorites of the bunch. I initially wrote the main synth/piano motif when I was doing a bit of riff writing practice. I wanted to get a piano motif that sounded like the main riff from [“Lust Sin”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRMEZNW5Ais) by Daisuke Ishiwatari. I wasn’t even going to use it for Vast Error, but I felt like it was too good to not use for something. I remember reading the post-incursion part of the comic and having Hamifi fresh on the mind, so I decided to make a song for her using the motif I had written previously. When I started the song, I decided to take the song from the initial riff in a more action-y breakbeat direction in the vein of [“Fairfrozen”](https://ristaccia.bandcamp.com/track/fairfrozen-selicys-theme) by STEEL_PLUS. I’ve always associated Hamifi with “elegant” instrumentation like strings and piano in addition to corporate’s more electronic soundscape, so those made up the instrumental pallet I was working with. Writing this was different from the usual approach to song writing. Rather than focus on developing a melodic idea over the span of an entire track, I built the song with the main motif as the main backbone of the song. I think it allowed me to do a lot of different stuff structurally, such as meter changes and solos, as motif tied the whole song together. I did sneak a cheeky call back to [[track:like-tears-in-rain|“Like Tears in Rain”]] given the context of the song. I feel like its inclusion highlights how much Cecily’s memory weighs on Hamifi during her confrontation with Edolon. I’m not sure if it’s too self-indulgent to use my own track as a leitmotif like this but I like how it gives the songs layers.
+---
+Track: Club Can't Handle Me
+Duration: 2:14
+Artists:
+- Tycoon
+Cover Artists:
+- Y33H0Ws
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/club-cant-handle-me
+---
+Track: Bloodletting
+Suffix Directory: true
+Duration: 2:37
+Artists:
+- Witch's Cadence
+Cover Artists:
+- SilentNeptune
+Art Tags:
+- 'cw: blood'
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/bloodletting
+---
+Track: Made With Love
+Duration: 1:22
+Artists:
+- Cerulean
+Cover Artists:
+- PrincePeachu
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/made-with-love
+---
+Section: Bonus tracks
+---
+Track: Like Tears In Rain
+Additional Names:
+- Name: >-
+    BONUS: Like Tears In Rain
+  Annotation: >-
+    [Bandcamp](https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-like-tears-in-rain)
+- Name: >-
+    BONUS: Like Tears in Rain
+  Annotation: >-
+    [composer's YouTube title & description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzQuczkE2V4),
+    [composer's track references](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuHe2Vblu0)
+Duration: 3:08
+Artists:
+- Rainy
+Cover Artists:
+- Neviathan
+Art Tags:
+- 'cw: blood'
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-like-tears-in-rain
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzQuczkE2V4
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Rainy:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzQuczkE2V4), excerpt)
+
+    Like Tears in Rain is probably one of the oldest songs for Vol.6 being written in like October of 2022. I wrote this song for Cecily because at the time, she had no official music outside of her themes in Snowbound Blood. It’s funny I wrote this song early into reading of SBB, so it was largely written based on her design, inference on plot details, and some of her music from the game. I knew pretty much immediately that I wanted this song to be evocative of media like Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell, so I leaned heavily into retro synth sounds. I vaguely recall that Grace Medley’s and SplitSuns’ more ambient cuts inspired the composition and production. While I don’t remember as much from the process, I do think having finished SBB recently that it works well as a song for Cecily. It feels evocative of her forlorn disposition and the begrudging role she plays as a corporate enforcer, which I think its pretty cool imo.
+---
+Track: Rattling Rave
+Additional Names:
+- Name: >-
+    BONUS: Rattling Rave
+  Annotation: >-
+    [Bandcamp](https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-rattling-rave)
+Duration: 3:24
+Artists:
+- Tycoon
+Cover Artists:
+- Laurence-Does-Art
+URLs:
+- https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-rattling-rave
diff --git a/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml b/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml
index 54a39916..20c1cbfc 100644
--- a/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml
+++ b/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml
@@ -1705,13 +1705,6 @@ Commentary: |-
     🎛️ DAW: Reaper<br>
     🎞️ Video Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
 ---
-Track: Little Miss Fortune
-Artists:
-- Rainy
-Commentary: |-
-    <i>artist:kobacat:</i> (wiki editor)
-    This track is unreleased at the time of writing (January 2024).
----
 Track: A Love Letter From Hyperion
 Artists:
 - Kal-la-kal-la
@@ -2096,6 +2089,32 @@ Duration: '3:14'
 URLs:
 - https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/archive/The%20Paradox%20Paradigm.mp3
 ---
+Track: The Respect You Rightfully Deserve
+Directory: the-respect-you-rightfully-deserve-soundcloud
+Always Reference By Directory: true
+Date First Released: 2023-07-08
+Duration: 6:46
+Artists:
+- autumnalEquinox
+Cover Artists:
+- Psychymify
+Sampled Tracks:
+- The Truth About Calder - Vast Error Dubbed
+URLs:
+- https://soundcloud.com/andromedamvsic/the-respect-you-rightfully-deserve
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>autumnalEquinox:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/andromedamvsic/the-respect-you-rightfully-deserve), excerpt)
+
+    Based on the conversation that starts on this page: [www.deconreconstruction.com/vasterror/2222](https://www.deconreconstruction.com/vasterror/2222)
+
+    Special Thanks to:
+
+    [[artist:psychymify]] - Cover Art
+
+    [[artist:rom-m]] - Isolating the lines from this video: [youtu.be/792eOVKfSFQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=792eOVKfSFQ&feature=youtu.be) + providing sheet music
+
+    You know who you are - Providing feedback on the song
+---
 Track: The Well
 Artists:
 - Mathias Ramalho
diff --git a/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml b/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml
index 68c1e504..92bed8af 100644
--- a/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml
+++ b/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml
@@ -47011,6 +47011,14 @@ Artists:
 URLs:
 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pay-Off_(1930_film)
 ---
+Track: The Truth About Calder - Vast Error Dubbed
+Duration: '8:14'
+Artists:
+- Marcie Hobbs
+- Rom M
+URLs:
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=792eOVKfSFQ
+---
 Track: Through fire, justice is served!
 Artists:
 - Mischief Makers
diff --git a/album/vast-error-vol-5-side-2.yaml b/album/vast-error-vol-5-side-2.yaml
index 41289f58..d1e9e6bd 100644
--- a/album/vast-error-vol-5-side-2.yaml
+++ b/album/vast-error-vol-5-side-2.yaml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Duration: '2:33'
 Artists:
 - Rabooski
 Cover Artists:
-- Oculusillusion
+- Divo
 URLs:
 - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/nightlife
 ---
diff --git a/artists.yaml b/artists.yaml
index 1a3d02b7..ef848d41 100644
--- a/artists.yaml
+++ b/artists.yaml
@@ -1134,6 +1134,8 @@ Artist: Barry Harman
 Artist: Bart Howard
 ---
 Artist: bart skrampson
+Aliases:
+- bart skrampsin
 URLs:
 - https://twitter.com/bartskrampson
 ---
@@ -1809,6 +1811,8 @@ URLs:
 - https://www.tumblr.com/captainquestionart
 ---
 Artist: captkirkland
+Aliases:
+- captinkirkland
 URLs:
 - https://twitter.com/captkirkland_
 - https://www.tumblr.com/finncent
@@ -3126,6 +3130,14 @@ Dead URLs:
 ---
 Artist: Disturbed
 ---
+Artist: Divo
+Aliases:
+- Oculusillusion
+URLs:
+- https://bsky.app/profile/oculusillusion.bsky.social
+- https://twitter.com/Oculusillusion
+- https://oculusillusion.carrd.co/
+---
 Artist: Dizzee Rascal
 ---
 Artist: dizzims.
@@ -4125,6 +4137,16 @@ Artist: Galaxy Goats
 URLs:
 - https://www.youtube.com/@GalaxyGoats
 ---
+Artist: GalaxyMoo
+Aliases:
+- GalaxyMooing
+- Galaxy Moo
+URLs:
+- https://bsky.app/profile/galaxymoo.bsky.social
+- https://galaxymooart.tumblr.com
+- https://toyhou.se/GalaxyMoo
+- https://galaxymoo.carrd.co
+---
 Artist: Gangsta Rap
 ---
 Artist: GaMZ
@@ -6383,6 +6405,10 @@ URLs:
 - https://twitter.com/supershigi
 - https://www.laurashigihara.com/
 ---
+Artist: Laurence-Does-Art
+URLs:
+- https://www.tumblr.com/laurence-does-art
+---
 Artist: Lauren Bennett
 ---
 Artist: Lauren Collis
@@ -7845,6 +7871,14 @@ URLs:
 Dead URLs:
 - https://twitter.com/xLuDrawsx
 ---
+Artist: Nahu Pyrope
+URLs:
+- https://open.spotify.com/artist/3d0FQbV8rkvogZFkUkWWBu
+- https://x.com/NahuPyrope
+- https://bsky.app/profile/nahupyrope.bsky.social
+- https://www.youtube.com/@nahupyrope
+- https://linktr.ee/nahupyrope
+---
 Artist: Napster
 ---
 Artist: Natsumi Kameoka
@@ -8382,11 +8416,6 @@ URLs:
 Dead URLs:
 - http://octosmagiccastle.tumblr.com/
 ---
-Artist: Oculusillusion
-URLs:
-- https://twitter.com/Oculusillusion
-- https://oculusillusion.carrd.co/
----
 Artist: Oakley Haldeman
 ---
 Artist: Oasis
@@ -8956,6 +8985,11 @@ Artist: Pseudonym
 ---
 Artist: PSY
 ---
+Artist: Psychymify
+# aka Julie
+URLs:
+- https://www.tumblr.com/psychymify
+---
 Artist: PUNPEE
 ---
 Artist: PurpleCalamity
@@ -11597,6 +11631,8 @@ Context Notes: |-
     Early alias of [[artist:animeseinfeld]].
 ---
 Artist: TK
+Aliases:
+- freshsessiion
 URLs:
 - https://twitter.com/freshsessiion
 ---
diff --git a/groups.yaml b/groups.yaml
index 3141d121..8cae3f88 100644
--- a/groups.yaml
+++ b/groups.yaml
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ Series:
   - Corporate Holiday Hits
   - 'Perils Of Probability: The Technicolor Terror From Beyond The Hyperthetical!'
   - Magnum Opus
+  - In Medias Res
 - Name: Solo albums
   Show Album Artists: true
   Albums:
diff --git a/static-page/changelog.yaml b/static-page/changelog.yaml
index 07974865..524341e1 100644
--- a/static-page/changelog.yaml
+++ b/static-page/changelog.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ Content: |-
     - added [[album:extermination-shock]] by [[group:what-is-lost-in-the-mines]]! (thanks, Jebb!)
     - added [[album:dead-maams-chest]] by [[artist:houshou-marine]]! (thanks, ruby!)
     <!-- team releases, subsections -->
+    - added albums from [[group:deconrecon]]! (thanks, Tangle, Lan!)
+        - added [[album:duodenary]] by [[group:cristata]]!
+        - added [[album:in-medias-res]]!
     - added albums from [[group:the-paradox-music-team]]! (thanks, ruby, Tangle, Whisper, Pascal!)
         - added [[album:gba-pokemon-unbound-super-music-collection]]!
         - added [[album:unbound-day-selection-original-soundtrack]]!
@@ -328,6 +331,7 @@ Content: |-
     - divided "Main album" section of [[album:genesis-frog]] into "Genesis", "Consorts", "Frogs", and "Big Frog" (thanks, Lilith, Whisper, Makin!)
     - moved [[track:gasters-theme-pga]] ([[album:perfectly-generic-album]]) from main track list to new "Removed in 2022 release" section (thanks, Tangle!)
     - moved [[track:thunderhead-loftlocked]] from [[album:more-homestuck-fandom]] to [[album:loftlocked-vol-1]] (thanks, Lilith!)
+    - moved [[track:little-miss-fortune]] from [[album:more-homestuck-fandom]] to [[album:in-medias-res]] (thanks, Jackie!)
     - moved [[track:an-apple-disaster]] from [[album:references-beyond-homestuck]] to [[album:improvised-touhou-music-with-annoying-commentary]] (thanks, Lilith!)
     <!-- other moved misc -->
     - moved "The Straggler" additional file from [[album:lofam]] additional files to [[track:sburban-rush]]
diff --git a/tags.yaml b/tags.yaml
index 29cfbd8c..916cd9d2 100644
--- a/tags.yaml
+++ b/tags.yaml
@@ -1569,10 +1569,13 @@ Is CW: true
 Tag: decapitation (abstract)
 Is CW: true
 ---
-Tag: eye horror
+Tag: drowning
+Is CW: true
+---
+Tag: drowning (abstract)
 Is CW: true
 ---
-Tag: eye horror (abstract)
+Tag: eye horror
 Is CW: true
 ---
 Tag: eye strain