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diff --git a/album/the-nobles.yaml b/album/the-nobles.yaml index 5a44bde8..3177cbf7 100644 --- a/album/the-nobles.yaml +++ b/album/the-nobles.yaml @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Additional Files: Files: - The_Nobles_Commentary.pdf Commentary: |- - <i>The Paradox Music Team:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/album/the-nobles) + <i>The Paradox Music Team:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/album/the-nobles)) From the depths of the Medium to the edge of the Furthest Ring, The Nobles tackles it all in a 14 track album based on the setting of the Alpha Session! (Also includes Commentary PDF and one whole bonus track by Pascal van den Bos) @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Commentary: |- Next we have [[artist:animmania|Animmania]], the amazing artist who had to put my with my bullshit while I went through my ups and downs. Without their art I don't think this album would've been good, most of the songs were directly inspired by the track art and it's all perfect. (They also put together these commentary pages that you're seeing now) - Now I'd like to thank the members of [[group:the-paradox-music-team|the Paradox Music Team]] for all the support and feedback. In Particular [[Rainy]] and [[artist:beau-brian|Beau]] did great jobs on our collabs and also gave great feedback. [[artist:wumby|Wumby]] also helped me a lot when I was feeling low and finishing this album was something I promised her I'd do. Also shout out to [[artist:spad3s]] for mastering the whole album in such a short amount of time, I know I gave you help but thanks. Love you guys <\3 + Now I'd like to thank the members of [[group:the-paradox-music-team|the Paradox Music Team]] for all the support and feedback. In Particular [[artist:rainy]] and [[artist:beau-brian|Beau]] did great jobs on our collabs and also gave great feedback. [[artist:wumby|Wumby]] also helped me a lot when I was feeling low and finishing this album was something I promised her I'd do. Also shout out to [[artist:spad3s]] for mastering the whole album in such a short amount of time, I know I gave you help but thanks. Love you guys <\3 <i>The Paradox Music Team:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/album/the-nobles)) @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Commentary: |- Featuring collaborations with:<br> [[artist:pascal-van-den-bos]]<br> - [[artist|rainy|Andrew "Rainy" Obeng]]<br> + [[artist:rainy|Andrew "Rainy" Obeng]]<br> [[artist:beau-brian]] Art by:<br> @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Duration: '0:42' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/side-1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_JNFyZR-io +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - Jane - Roxy @@ -92,6 +94,8 @@ Duration: '3:07' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/miasmic-resurrection - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMPcbJ_VZ_c +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - LoTaK Referenced Tracks: @@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - So remember that shitty [[album:stable-time-loops-and-paradoxes-2|STLaP 2]] song called [[Miasmic Decay]]? Remember how I said that I'd like to revisit it one day? Well here we have what Decay was supposed to be. Resurrection was the first song I made back when The Nobles was still a concept and initially it was gonna be a simple Lo-Fi esque remix of Decay. So it was presumably finished until waaaaay later when most of the album was done and I said "hey I wanna make that better". I went back and drastically changed the b section to be more melodic so the song didn't feel lacking when compared to everything else. This was also when I was obsessed with that custom bass I made for [[track:those-who-tread-the-furthest-ring|Those Who Tread]] so it's in here lol. In the end I feel like I made a pretty decent LoTaK song even though it was my second shot at it. I hope this song represents my favorite character Dirk and his kick ass land more than my previous attempt. Enjoy! + So remember that shitty [[album:stlap2|STLaP 2]] song called [[Miasmic Decay]]? Remember how I said that I'd like to revisit it one day? Well here we have what Decay was supposed to be. Resurrection was the first song I made back when The Nobles was still a concept and initially it was gonna be a simple Lo-Fi esque remix of Decay. So it was presumably finished until waaaaay later when most of the album was done and I said "hey I wanna make that better". I went back and drastically changed the b section to be more melodic so the song didn't feel lacking when compared to everything else. This was also when I was obsessed with that custom bass I made for [[track:those-who-tread-the-furthest-ring|Those Who Tread]] so it's in here lol. In the end I feel like I made a pretty decent LoTaK song even though it was my second shot at it. I hope this song represents my favorite character Dirk and his kick ass land more than my previous attempt. Enjoy! --- Track: Dormant Wishes @@ -109,6 +113,8 @@ Duration: '2:34' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/dormant-wishes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_2PXVmW9BY +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - LoCaH Referenced Tracks: @@ -126,6 +132,8 @@ Duration: '2:59' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/perxenic-highlands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rX5CRTVXCE +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - LoMaX Referenced Tracks: @@ -137,12 +145,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Pascal van den Bos:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - Uh yeah so [[artist:rowyn-berlan|Rowyn]] texted me at 3am asking if I wanted to help them on a song that they got stuck on for their solo album, clearly i dont sleep so i replied with a cheerful "HELL YEA". - They sent me a pretty cool piano sketch that already had some of that signature "Timeless Sauce" on it, so I started having ideas for it pretty quickly. Prior to making this i had been - listening to a lot of 16-bit fast paced stuff, specifically a lot of the Gadobadorrer soundtrack so i - used a lot of SC-55 (labeled as the Gadobadorrer soundfont) in this. I also - incorporated an old piano sketch called "Driven Factor" which was a [[track:penumbra-phantasm]] ish remix - of [[track:fate-of-the-heir|"Fate of the Heir"]] at the start of the song but in a more [[track:savior-of-the-waking-world|SotWW]] kinda style with the layered flutes, wind sound effect, strings, piano tuned to C6 etc (there will never be enough Fate of the Heir remixes, they will never stop). Then things start heating up with SC-55 drums, bass and an organ and Rowyn's signature usage of the ChronoTrigger soundfont. I also really wanted to add a bitcrush transition into chiptune breakdown since i had only recently gotten the magical8bitplug and dBlue Crusher (i really love dBlue Crusher holy shit) and i really love how they were used in [[Umbral Ultimatum]]. The tempo changes were inspired by me trying to recreate [[track:eridans-theme|Eridan's theme]] lol, i just thought they were really cool so i wanted to incorporate that myself, and a kid from my class complimented me on it so CHECKMATE CRITICS B). Then some brass in the final section because Rowyn wanted some epic "Jake brass" in there followed up by a final chiptune solo thing with 3 magical8bitplugs playing at once and then to a slow section with the detuned EP and strings again, also a samplepack called "Angstrom Glockenspiel" cause i had also just gotten that and it just sounds perfect for the song imo (really good glockenspiel pack, would use again). In the end this is probably one of my favorite songs that i ever made and it was a lot of fun to work on with Rowyn, overall experience:\ 69 unannounced secret of mana drum soundfont swaps out of 10. Epic job on the album Rowyn B) + Uh yeah so [[artist:rowyn-berlan|Rowyn]] texted me at 3am asking if I wanted to help them on a song that they got stuck on for their solo album, clearly i dont sleep so i replied with a cheerful "HELL YEA". They sent me a pretty cool piano sketch that already had some of that signature "Timeless Sauce" on it, so I started having ideas for it pretty quickly. Prior to making this i had been listening to a lot of 16-bit fast paced stuff, specifically a lot of the Gadobadorrer soundtrack so i used a lot of SC-55 (labeled as the Gadobadorrer soundfont) in this. I also incorporated an old piano sketch called "Driven Factor" which was a [[track:penumbra-phantasm]] ish remix of [[track:fate-of-the-heir|"Fate of the Heir"]] at the start of the song but in a more [[track:savior-of-the-waking-world|SotWW]] kinda style with the layered flutes, wind sound effect, strings, piano tuned to C6 etc (there will never be enough Fate of the Heir remixes, they will never stop). Then things start heating up with SC-55 drums, bass and an organ and Rowyn's signature usage of the ChronoTrigger soundfont. I also really wanted to add a bitcrush transition into chiptune breakdown since i had only recently gotten the magical8bitplug and dBlue Crusher (i really love dBlue Crusher holy shit) and i really love how they were used in [[Umbral Ultimatum]]. The tempo changes were inspired by me trying to recreate [[track:eridans-theme|Eridan's theme]] lol, i just thought they were really cool so i wanted to incorporate that myself, and a kid from my class complimented me on it so CHECKMATE CRITICS B). Then some brass in the final section because Rowyn wanted some epic "Jake brass" in there followed up by a final chiptune solo thing with 3 magical8bitplugs playing at once and then to a slow section with the detuned EP and strings again, also a samplepack called "Angstrom Glockenspiel" cause i had also just gotten that and it just sounds perfect for the song imo (really good glockenspiel pack, would use again). In the end this is probably one of my favorite songs that i ever made and it was a lot of fun to work on with Rowyn, overall experience:\ 69 unannounced secret of mana drum soundfont swaps out of 10. Epic job on the album Rowyn B) P.S. - To anyone reading this, don't open multiple instances of Edirol Orchestral at once in your DAW, i did do that and I also forced Rowyn to do it not knowing it would stab FL 3 times in the neck resulting in this project file crashing at least 12 times in total. Appreciate midi routing kids. @@ -156,12 +159,14 @@ Duration: '3:04' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/radiant-dunes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zSlc9FGqnM +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - LoPaN Commentary: |- <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - So this was by far the hardest of the land themes to write in my opinion but I did it... I think? Radiant Dunes was quite the task to write mainly because I had gone through so many shitty drafts and was really cutting it so close on time but one night inspiration struck. I had listened to [[Cleopatra's Cocktail Party]] and [[track:dominion-lofam3]] from [[album:lofam4|LoFaMs 4]] and [[album:lofam3|3]] respectively and had started transcribing the latter song which I think is pretty apparent. So the following morning I knocked out Radiant Dunes in one sitting, making one of my personal favorite songs. Now I started out the song by writing some chords as you do and built everything off of them at first. Then with the lead I really wanted to focus on harmony which I ended up doing later in the song with the double squares. I'm also a big fan of the appreggiation at the end that I added at the last minute. I think I did LoPaN and the Rox herself justice with the song and well if you want more Roxy tunes then stick around for [[Rainy]]'s [solo!](https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-rox) + So this was by far the hardest of the land themes to write in my opinion but I did it... I think? Radiant Dunes was quite the task to write mainly because I had gone through so many shitty drafts and was really cutting it so close on time but one night inspiration struck. I had listened to [[Cleopatra's Cocktail Party]] and [[track:dominion-lofam3]] from [[album:lofam4|LoFaMs 4]] and [[album:lofam3|3]] respectively and had started transcribing the latter song which I think is pretty apparent. So the following morning I knocked out Radiant Dunes in one sitting, making one of my personal favorite songs. Now I started out the song by writing some chords as you do and built everything off of them at first. Then with the lead I really wanted to focus on harmony which I ended up doing later in the song with the double squares. I'm also a big fan of the appreggiation at the end that I added at the last minute. I think I did LoPaN and the Rox herself justice with the song and well if you want more Roxy tunes then stick around for [[artist:rainy]]'s [solo!](https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-rox) --- Track: The Nobles @@ -169,6 +174,8 @@ Duration: '2:34' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/the-nobles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu1YSuTFFkc +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - Jane - Roxy @@ -198,6 +205,8 @@ Duration: '0:36' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/side-2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7w_0plrbsc +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - Jane - Roxy @@ -214,6 +223,8 @@ Duration: '4:28' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/voids-edge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SfwniXWhhg +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - Roxy - Dirk @@ -229,8 +240,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - When I was initially coming up ideas for the Derse track I imagined it incorporating a bunch of derse related motif such as [[Derse Dreamers]] and [[Lust]] off of [[album:stable-time-loops-and-paradoxes-2|STLaP 2]]. I made at least 2 other versions of this song before that fated day basing them both on the two motifs I previously mentioned. - Then one day I sat down and wrote another shitty draft lol... but this one caught the eye of [[Rainy]] so he asked for a midi of it and eventually the FLP itself. In that moment I asked him if he wanted to collab and the rest is history. Now when writing the latest draft I like the idea of used motifs but the ones I had initially planned to use weren't working for me so I took to transcribing parts of [[track:checkmate]], [[track:lets-all-rock-the-heist]], and [[track:time-on-my-side]] which Rainy then worked off of. So now we had like 3 or 4 motifs and the original melody and chords from the draft I wrote in the song. Rainy gave me the project to work on again after he started work on the ending but for whatever reason my computer couldn't handle it and FL repeatedly crashed so I left it up to him giving suggestions here and there. In the end I'm more then pleased with the direction Rainy helped me take this dumb idea I had and I hope you enjoy! + When I was initially coming up ideas for the Derse track I imagined it incorporating a bunch of derse related motif such as [[Derse Dreamers]] and [[Lust]] off of [[album:stlap2|STLaP 2]]. I made at least 2 other versions of this song before that fated day basing them both on the two motifs I previously mentioned. + Then one day I sat down and wrote another shitty draft lol... but this one caught the eye of [[artist:rainy]] so he asked for a midi of it and eventually the FLP itself. In that moment I asked him if he wanted to collab and the rest is history. Now when writing the latest draft I like the idea of used motifs but the ones I had initially planned to use weren't working for me so I took to transcribing parts of [[track:checkmate]], [[track:lets-all-rock-the-heist]], and [[track:time-on-my-side]] which Rainy then worked off of. So now we had like 3 or 4 motifs and the original melody and chords from the draft I wrote in the song. Rainy gave me the project to work on again after he started work on the ending but for whatever reason my computer couldn't handle it and FL repeatedly crashed so I left it up to him giving suggestions here and there. In the end I'm more then pleased with the direction Rainy helped me take this dumb idea I had and I hope you enjoy! <i>Rainy:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) @@ -243,6 +254,8 @@ Duration: '1:50' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/broken-dreams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_TA9HnLhrI +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - Jane - Jake @@ -269,6 +282,8 @@ Duration: '3:23' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/those-who-tread-the-furthest-ring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZNiqmHED8I +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - Dirk - Horrorterrors @@ -288,6 +303,8 @@ Duration: '3:00' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/terminus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDp5lVhO12Y +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - Jane - Jake @@ -303,6 +320,8 @@ Duration: '2:46' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/stardust-glitches - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srwnfzWuupE +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - John - Jade @@ -326,6 +345,8 @@ Duration: '2:39' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/alls-well - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fb6-Sm6mOI +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - John - Dave @@ -349,6 +370,8 @@ Duration: '2:19' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/the-nobles-reprise - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8BMbdanV_8 +Cover Artists: +- animmania Art Tags: - John - Lil Cal @@ -368,7 +391,7 @@ Additional Names: - Name: >- A Noble Goodbye (Bonus) Annotation: >- - (album download) + album download Artists: - Pascal van den Bos Duration: '2:01' |