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diff --git a/album/lofam4.yaml b/album/lofam4.yaml index 5fd8553f..2f3553f1 100644 --- a/album/lofam4.yaml +++ b/album/lofam4.yaml @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Groups: Commentary: |- <i>The Unofficialmspafans present:</i> <center>LAND OF FANS AND MUSIC 4</center> - <b>The Team:</b><br>Lambda Bledsoe<br>Veritas Unae<br>Liza McCall<br>ndividedbyzero<br>Lathan Jury<br>Emily<br>Aris "ostrichlittledungeon" Martinian<br>Makin + <b>The Team:</b><br>Lambda Bledsoe<br>Veritas Unae<br>Liza McCall<br>[[artist:keyboard-cait|ndividedbyzero]]<br>Lathan Jury<br>Emily<br>Aris "ostrichlittledungeon" Martinian<br>Makin <b>Booklet:</b><br>Circlejourney <b>Additional Help:</b><br>Mark Ciocca (Dagoth Xil)<br>Yishan "Catboss." Mai<br>Seijen<br>SerialSymphony<br>nights<br>Grace Medley<br>Bambosh<br>wheals<br>Kal-la-kal-la<br>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES<br>SplitSuns <b>Special Thanks:</b><br>Elaine "OJ" Wang<br>M. Alex "melodiousDiscord" Moser<br>Brad "Avinoch" Griffin<br>Robert J! Lake<br>Christina "Lune" Lillard<br>The Cool and New Music Team<br>Andrew Hussie & What Pumpkin Studios<br>The Homestuck Music Team @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Track: ~~DISC 1~~ Directory: disc1-lofam4 Artists: - Lambda Bledsoe -- ndividedbyzero +- keyboard cait Duration: 0:32 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1-2 @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Adamantist:</i> the Blind Pilot is leading what is left of his people through unknown lengths to a new home, albeit despite his own will. lonely encaged flighting spirit with a glimmer of hope. digital whispers of draining life. that is what I felt the Blind Pilot is. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> Right after Pax Condesca, the theme of a fuchsia empress' intergalactic conquest, Blind Pilot shifts the focus to the hidden lowblood driving her flagship. Where Condesca was a light tune with unsettling undertones, Blind Pilot goes in full force with its cinematic and emotive atmosphere, a mix of dramatic orchestra, electronic sounds and ambience. It's all in a breathtaking and impressive final result, especially considering just how silly and tongue in cheek the original The Blind Prophet was. Kudos to Kurt for recontextualizing it so well! Additional note: this is the first of four Gold Pilot arranges to appear on the album, and boy does it start off the trend well. I hope you enjoy all their unique spins on the original! --- @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ Commentary: |- --- Track: Retconjuration Artists: -- ndividedbyzero +- keyboard cait Duration: '2:33' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/retconjuration @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Windchime Foley - Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> + <i>keyboard cait:</i> As one of the oddball Retcon Lovers out there, the scene where John becomes unstuck in canon is one of my favorite moments in the entire comic. Thinking about it inspired me to make a song about the retcon; specifically, the introduction of John's powers, followed by the way they're used to save the entire timeline from its catastrophic doom. This time around, the game gets completed... but maybe the ending isn't so happy, as we're reminded there's still four kids trapped in the retcon juju, waiting endlessly for freedom in paradox space. Some trivia: this song was named after an update discussion thread on the old MSPA forums. Apparently, that thread was in turn named after a TVTropes page. Also, alongside a Homestuck Anthem quote at the end, the music box refrain featured throughout the song quotes the foley on Homestuck's title page. That's both because it's where the retcon arms first appear, and because I always wanted to reference those windchimes. Now you know! <i>William Leonard:</i> @@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>psithurist:</i> Limelight was made for the unfinished Act 8 fan continuation of Homestuck, and was used in the flash <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS9p2gD_Ou4">[S] Resolve</a>. It's a theme for alt-Calliope, as she merges her soul with Davepeta's and the other half of Gamzee's, hence the meows and the high-pitched Secret Honks in the middle section. The working title was Miss America, because it's like, the opposite of Lord English? Shoutout to whoever came up with that one on the Act 8 team. This one was suepr fun to make since I got to use a lot of wacky sampling techniques and also I just love Calliope a whole god damn lot okay. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> Like the song, this fantastic art was originally used for [[album:act-8-volume-1|Act 8 Volume 1]]. It's a pretty stark contrast to the carefree art for Glide immediately before it; Alternate Calliope has now taken off her hood, with a look that indicates that she means business. --- Track: Bonehead Destiny (LoFaM Cut) @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Elanor Pam:</i> This was very much a test-bed for photoshop brushes and adjustment layers I had yet to touch on, all while putting the speed in speedpaint. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> At one point I described this as something along the lines of "electric Scottish war music", and that still stands. The melody in this song is absolutely iconic, if you ask me, and it gets INCREDIBLY ampled. Maybe enough to see what lies under that voltaic fault. (Spoiler: It's just a lot of xenon.) Also, the lyrics to this song are "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE". That is all. --- Track: Ghosts @@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>olegoleg123:</i> Aura of Colour is one of my older tracks, originally completely unrelated to Homestuck and only then adapted as a theme for Rose and submitted as such. It is the piece that marked my transition form straightup EDM to more VGM-styled music. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> This art by insecureIllustrator was actually one of two made for this track! iI sent us both this version and a different one of Rose with just as much incredible detail, and allowed us to choose which one suited the track better. This version won out primarily due to fitting the bright tone of the song more, and the general feeling of an "aura of colour". <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (the other drawing by iI is below!) @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ Track: ~~DISC 2~~ Directory: disc2-lofam4 Artists: - Lambda Bledsoe -- ndividedbyzero +- keyboard cait Duration: 0:16 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2-2 @@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Lambda Bledsoe:</i> For a lot of people LoFaM2 is the best (released) LoFaM, which is... sort of weird, as someone that did it. Personally, I sort of think of 2 and 3 as parts of one whole because they were so close in proudction and a number of songs were moved from the former to the latter. Also for a lot of people, the most represenative songs of LoFaM2 would be things like [[Alphamatic Replacement]], [[CR1M1N4L, CR1M1N4L]], [[Fighting Spirit]], [[Dance-Stab-Dance]], stuff like that. As the, uh, co-head of Loaf 2 though, I sorta always felt that Jackpot was the "most LoFaM2" song? Not sure exactly what it was. Perhaps that it had like three remixes (two of which never made it to a LoFaM), perhaps that it was my personal #1 "why wasn't this on coloUrs and mayhem" song. But, anyway, yeah, we did Jackpot. It's a neat song. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> In my opinion, this track art perfectly fits the "calm before the storm" vibe of a middle before an end, like Disc 2 is before the endgame-themed Disc 3. I'll also note it looks incredibly fitting for the cover of a vinyl record, and with those bright colors and jazzy writing I'd check that hypothetical cover out the moment I saw it. --- Track: Hiatus @@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ Commentary: |- --- Track: HOMOSUCK. DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION. Artists: -- ndividedbyzero +- keyboard cait Duration: '6:40' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/homosuck-directors-cut-of-the-year-edition @@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:aggrieve - Oh Hi There, Lil Cal Commentary: |- - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> + <i>keyboard cait:</i> Initially, I was going to compose this as one of those classic "ironically bad" songs, which I love dearly. At some point, it became clear I was going to drive it in a bit of a different direction, and then a few more directions, until I'd pretty much done a sick 360 degree spin across the musical canvas that is FL Studio. Wow that was kind of a weird metapohr? All in all, what you hear is what you get, and that's pretty much all I have to say on the matter. I don't want to take up too much of the commentary space, so I'll leave the rest of it ot Nick and... uh, well, yeah. <i>Nick Tucker:</i> I sketched out two versions of this art, the clean one and the "meme" one, which was more popular. And that's pretty much entirely understandable. Also, the title bar is based off the spine of a PS1 game. @@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Elanor Pam:</i> For this piece my only goal was to express the same soft dreaminess of the song itself. And to draw Joey, of course. Where's she going in this dream? - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> I was a bit unsure of what to associate this track with at first. Jade is a dead ringer for a daydreamer, but so was Dave before his Derse awakening, implied in the song throuhg Derse Dreamers and Atomyk, but Hiveswap's [[track:old-secret|Old Secret]] is referenced in the song's first few seconds... I'm personally glad Elanor took the Hiveswap route for this song's track art, because I feel it fits the song so well even beyond Old Secret. The song invokes a calm theme for Joey, and speculation on all of the possible misadventuers she'll have that we'll soon get to see. As of this writing, Hiveswap's definitive release date of September 14th was revealed three days ago, and I hold hope it won't be delayed any longer. In the meantime, Daydream is a theme that embodies thoughts of that wait and that hope, and of course, thoughts of the game itself. --- @@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ Commentary: |- --- Track: Quest Crypt Artists: -- ndividedbyzero +- keyboard cait Duration: '1:19' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/quest-crypt @@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> + <i>keyboard cait:</i> This is by far my oldest song on the album, having been created only a couple of months after LOFAM 2's release. The image of the Alpha Kids talking out their problems on cold stone slabs, in the middle of a hollow moon's core, really stuck with me. I set out to make a theme that would convey the melancholy, expansive atmosphere of that scene. The long pauses give off a sense of unsureness, while the echoing background noises bring us back to the chaos currently happening on the planet surface. Also, this cryptic crypt song was partially based on Sburban Jungle and cryptically took inspiration from Sburb OST's [[track:outer-reaches]] cryptomnesially. The song does not have anything to do with crytpids. That's Quest Crypt. <i>sweetjegus:</i> @@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Cro:</i> This was quite an interesting piece to work on; I was trying to do something with perspective though you know, practice will eventually take someone far! Anyway, here's Jade. The green sun is in the corner because outside of paying mind to the spacey environment, it somewhat references her whoel god tiering ordeal, which essentially meant the first guardian bonus pack. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> i think this song speaks for itself so here are some lyrics. OH LET'S BREAK IT DOWN NOOT NOOTVAPE NAYSH YALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL @@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Beatup Commentary: |- - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> This song gives me vibes of a "prelude" version of the original Beatdown, like one that plays as a character's theme before a boss fight where the boss music is just a more complete and amped up rendition. Or maybe it's like an encore of Beatup where the DJ gives the backing track a little more flair. Either way, the fact that this song uses only the opening arpeggios of Beatdown throught its run works hella well as a lead-in to the next track, [[Airtime Assault]], which dives straight into the main melody. This art reminds me of what could have been. Oh, Bro. You could have had it all. A sweet hipster ninja buddy just like you who had your back at all times, who enjoyed being with you and never fought against the blade. You could have trained him with such bullshit free discipline mixed with such terror free compassion that his genuine confidence would never let him lose again. Not even to you, the teacher, brother and father. Then you two could stand back to back while this badass music of fraternal teamwork played in the distance, complete with a backdrop of blazing sun and raging meteors. But then you just had to throw the kid off a building and make his daily life hell. Thanks for nothing, man. --- @@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ Track: ~~DISC 3~~ Directory: disc3-lofam4 Artists: - Lambda Bledsoe -- ndividedbyzero +- keyboard cait Duration: 0:26 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3-2 @@ -2103,7 +2103,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>tti:</i> dont do drugs - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> From the co-creator of smash hits Crystalmethequins and Beatup, and the composer of classics like Skaian Starstorm and Starblaze, comes an all-new drug fueled adventure! (Note: Don't do drugs, kids. Note 2: Don't even THINK of doing meth, trust on this one, please. Note 3: This isn't actually all-new, it's been around since 2013, but BOY is it still a doozy. Note 4: This is a remix of a remix of a remix. Are you a bad enough dude (or any casual moniker of your choice) to continue the chain? Note 5: I've run out of ntoes, so I guess... enjoy the song?!?!?) --- @@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Aris Martinian:</i> This is the song on LOFAM 4 that I'm most proud of, and was the most fun to make. Yes, it's Gold Pilot. Yes there are like seven other songs on LOFAM 4 that use Gold Pilot. But I do think I did a lot with it, and this piece showcases a bunch of different things. It starts with pretty standard Gold Pilot, and then slowly grows into the subversion that is the Gunshow 2 Theme, followed by a drop. Then there's a section inspired by Of Gods and Witches, then whatever the fuck happens at 1:42. Bring back the Gold Pilot with a new beat, and then end with Formation. Dumb weird fadeout that I definitely could've improved somehow but I was lazy. I wrote -Omega- Timeline with the Game Over timeline in mind—the dark feel and the choirs peppered throughout reflect the devastation to the A2 session, the Of Gods and Witches section is somewhat of a tribute to... dead kids? And the next section is a tribute to... uh, the happiness that's gone? I don't know, come up with some meaning there yourself. Most of this piece was me going for a specific feel rather than a specific meaning. Also, the dashes in the name are more for my own amusement than anything. -ω- - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> Omega Timeline is a song about the Game Over timeline, which Terezi heavily assists in healing with a plan she formed herself. Naturally, then, it works for the art to show Terezi in the middle of her final journey in this timeline, inches away from finding her true potential. It fits the adventurous and determined nature of the song pretty well! The fact that the letter Omega is associated with Libra helps too, of course. --- Track: Emerald Cinders @@ -2292,7 +2292,7 @@ Art Tags: - Cats - LoLCaT Commentary: |- - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> There's no music or art commentary on this track (which by the way is incredibly catchy and cute), so instead I'll pose a relevant question. How many songs with Mario Paint cat meows do you think are on this album? 2? 3? 4? Just this one? All 105? I'll tell you: there are 6. Six Mario Paint meow songs on the album, including this one. Approximately 5.71% of all Land of Fans and Music 4 tracks have Mario Paint cat meows in them. Now, that might not seem impressive, but let's put this in perspective: that's triple the number of tracks about Vriska. Whether that's good or bad, I'll leave to you. "the more mario paint meows i can cram on this album the better" -lambda 2017 <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> @@ -2484,7 +2484,7 @@ Commentary: |- --- Track: Juju Breaker Artists: -- ndividedbyzero +- keyboard cait Duration: '4:10' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/juju-breaker @@ -2500,7 +2500,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - English - Eternity Served Cold Commentary: |- - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> + <i>keyboard cait:</i> I always figured "Juju Breaker" would be a cool name for a song, so I kept that name in mind and centered the feel of this song aorund it. It's a track about Crowbar, but more specifically Crowbar's crowbar. Its long chronology goes nearly entirely under the radar, as does the smooth green mobster named after it. Think of this track as a means towards rectifying that. The song was made with a particular narrative in mind, with each section of the song signifying another step in the juju's journey. Crowbar leads the Felt on Alternia, crowbar in hand. Slick steals the crowbar and opens the Felt vault, distorting spacetime. Kurloz finds the crowbar in a memory and hands it to Gamzee. The meteor reaches B2, and the crowbar is given to B2 Jack Noir. He destroys his prison, then fights some kinds and himself on top of a building. He and the crowbar are sucked into a black hole. The juju is thus brought to a dead Earth. Gamzee again hands the crowbar to his lord, Caliborn. With the crowbar in his possession, Caliborn trudges through his Sburb session, planet by planet. He builds an ensemble of loyal leprechaun people, including Crowbar himself. Finally, the crowbar is given back to Crowbar, who will later lead the Felt on Alternia. With so many diverging timelines in the intermission alone, we are left to guess whether the cycle will repeat again, or be cut off. <i>Griever:</i> @@ -2587,7 +2587,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>dodostad:</i> I was just trying to capture Aradia to the sweet tunes of the song! - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> Chrono Trigger is a great game. Corridors of Time is a great song. Crystalanthemums is also a great song. Any questions? --- Track: Black Hole / White Door @@ -2769,7 +2769,7 @@ Commentary: |- --- Track: Fruitjam Artists: -- ndividedbyzero +- keyboard cait Duration: '3:34' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fruitjam @@ -2804,7 +2804,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Theme of Eastern Story - Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station Commentary: |- - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> + <i>keyboard cait:</i> This song was formed out of a spontaneous idea by the LOFAM team to create a song about the happy fruits Jade carries along with her in Act 3, as well as Toby FOx's "fan character" Apple Girlington, who was based on the ever-popular Touhou Project series. These intersecting characters united for one song, and the result is a mega-medley featuring references to songs from Homestuck, Touhou, Toby Fox's Touhou improvisations and... Undertale? Yeah! As progress of the song went along, I envisioned it perhaps being made by the Beta Kids in-universe. All their corresponding instruments are here, after all. Remember when they'd collaborate on songs and post it to each other on FreshJamz? Good times. Fun fact: each of the happy fruits correspond to a beta kid. Really! You've got the red apple for Dave, which is fitting because it's his text color and because he loves apple juice. Then the green lime for Jade, also because of text color. The orainge is Rose, because, uh, Roxy says she's similar to Dirk who types in orange I guess? Then the last fruit is the yellow lemon which has to be for John, because... uh actually you know what, forget it. Ok, here's another fun fact then. The title of the song is a play on the FreshJamz player which has the fruits on its interface, the Homestuck song [[Hauntjam]], actual fruit jam, and the fact that it is a song (i.e. "jam") about fruits. Neat! @@ -3064,6 +3064,6 @@ Lyrics: >- Commentary: |- <i>Sam Garcia:</i> This song is about the beta kids so i drew them like if they were in a cd/disc. I did it like that because the transitions between different moments of the song reminded me of a movie or song playing. So basically i drew this how i thought a cd for hoemstuck would kind of look like. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> + <i><b>keyboard cait:</b></i> There were a few possible choices for the last track on this truly HUGE album, but none quite felt so conclusive or right as Astartus' contribution. After mood highs and mood lows, thrills and relaxations, we get to cap it all off with a spectacular victory sequence for our original kids and the game they played. And we are all so, so, so proud of them. Bless you, Beta Kids. We'll see you on the flipside. P.S. If you don't know what spectograms are... now would be a useful time to learn. |