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diff --git a/album/lofam4.yaml b/album/lofam4.yaml index 1011091..6e3c30f 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>[[artist:keyboard-cait|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>ostrichlittledungeon<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 @@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ Commentary: |- I drew this immediately following [S] Collide. Kouta later asked to use it as the track cover for Merge on SoundCloud, and I was happy to oblige. I'm honoured that they saw it as a fitting image to accompany their (very impressive) track. --- Track: 'Jungle #3' -Artists: -- cookiefonster +Directory: jungle-3-lofam4 +Originally Released As: track:jungle-3 Duration: '4:05' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-3 @@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ Art Tags: - Dirk - Frog Temple - Earth -Referenced Tracks: -- Another Jungle -- Oppa Toby Style Commentary: |- <i>cookiefonster:</i> Similarly to several other songs on this album, this started as a rescore of [S] Jane: Enter for this collaborative project where people would come up with new music for all the flashes in Homestuck. The goal here was to make a song similar in style to Another Jungle (a very underappreciated song) without actually quoting it other than the way that song quotes Sburban Jungle. It was quite a challenge not borrowing anything else from other songs except for when I used a part of Oppa Toby Style towards the end, but this song was fun to make and I'm happy enough with the end result even if it's not as punchy as the original. @@ -223,8 +220,8 @@ Commentary: |- i went through like fucking 5 variations of this art before i just decided to fuck it and do vaguely johnroxy retcon sequence that was at the bottom of the subreddit for some time. all of the others involved davesprite but fuck blorange. also please dont notice how lazy i was and i used the color blending tool on the tree when everything else was with the pencil tool. --- Track: Midnight -Artists: -- TirantBacon +Directory: midnight-lofam4 +Originally Released As: track:midnight Duration: '2:47' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/midnight @@ -234,10 +231,6 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Jack Noir - LoTaK -Referenced Tracks: -- track:midnight-suffer -- Liquid Negrocity -- Amen, Brother Commentary: |- <i>TirantBacon:</i> As an acknowledgement, this song in many ways was mostly inspired by the tune "Black" By Radiation (or Toby Fox I guess). I made this song as a "remix" of sorts of the song called "Midnight Suffers", something I made for the mostly popular fanventure, [[group:canmt|cool and new web comic]]. If anything, I'd say it was directly copied from Black, and that I did a mostly poor effort to recreate the style... Nonetheless, I did focus on trying to incorporate some transition points in the song where it would actually deviate from the original arrangement, and I suppose it works quite well even when it's not on paper. @@ -258,7 +251,7 @@ Art Tags: - Carapacians - Derse Commentary: |- - <i>Aris Martinian:</i> + <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> I'm actually not a huge fan of this song. See, I more or less made the whole album Cyclica in a couple of days, and this short "here are a bunch of melodies over the Flare arpeggios" only took me an huor or two. I really think there are parts of Cyclica that are better (if you haven't listened to Cyclica yet, you should do that; you can find the full album <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME3r64_NsnM">on YouTube</a>). A bunch of people seemed to like Dersite, and it made it onto Cool and New Greatest Hits, so here it is I guess. The violin note holds are unrealistic, the synth is weird as fuck, the piano is bad. But everyone liked it. Except for Veri. Veri didn't like it. Bless you Veri. <i>plaidcushion:</i> I wonder what life was like for the carapacians, floating out in space away from everything going on on the battlefield as it got prototyped. Seems kind of lonely. @@ -646,8 +639,8 @@ Commentary: |- This took a really long time. --- Track: Aura of Colour -Artists: -- olegoleg123 +Directory: aura-of-colour-lofam4 +Originally Released As: track:aura-of-colour Duration: '3:43' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aura-of-colour @@ -665,7 +658,7 @@ Commentary: |- 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!) - <img src="media/misc/aura-of-colour-bonus.png" width="670" height="670"> + <img src="media/misc/aura-of-colour-bonus.png" width="300"> --- Track: Beyond the Death of the King Artists: @@ -760,6 +753,8 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Spider8reath - Spider's Claw +Sampled Tracks: +- 7 GRAND END Commentary: |- <i>Noisemaker:</i> An extension of a very, very short segment of a group collaboration (7 GRAND END from the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]]), it seemed unfitting to leave something like this in its short, unfinished state. @@ -780,7 +775,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew Commentary: |- - <i><b>Aris Martinian:</b></i> + <i><b>ostrichlittledungeon:</b></i> After the acapella and post-punk versions of I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew, you may be wondering how there could possibly be a unique version of this song without stooping to What Pumpkin's level and making "I'm a Member of the Midnight Ska." theh0nestman manages to take this early 20th century classic somewhere entirely new. This version of the song has a country rock feel to it, with soft verses leading into harder, crunchier choruses, and the bridges between verses taking us into previously uncharted melodic territory. <i>dodostad:</i> I was asking around for iconic rock album covers to base the art on since it was rather classic rock take on the midnight crew. Someone said Nirvana's Nevermind and I laughed and laughed and went with it @@ -1324,7 +1319,7 @@ Commentary: |- --- Track: Horizontal Headshot Artists: -- Aris Martinian +- ostrichlittledungeon Duration: '2:51' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/horizontal-headshot @@ -1340,22 +1335,13 @@ Art Tags: - 'cw: decapitation (abstract)' - 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: -- Unite Synchronization -- Orange Hat -- track:metamorphic-choices -- Stay in Touch -- Moshi Moshi? -- track:explore -- track:sburban-jungle -- Even in Death -- Hate You -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:MeGaLoVania -- 'Jungle #3' -- Sburban Resolution -- track:showtime-original-mix +- dick coordinat +- dikr; bring togehter +Sampled Tracks: +- dick coordinat +- dikr; bring togehter Commentary: |- - <i>Aris Martinian:</i> + <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> Written for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team's]] Cool and New Homestuck 2, this is an attempt to remix Unite Synchronization in a way that fits better thematically with [S] Dirk: Synchronize and [S] Dirk: Unite. Some of the things I worked in were Orange Hat when Dirk wakes up, for example, Metamorphic Choices when the kernelsprite appears, Hate You for Meenah's cameo... Dirk's scateboard-riding I represented with Moshi Moshi?, a theme that's admittedly been a bit of a stickymotif for me (I've used it in way too many compositions). I like Moshi for an umber of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it goes so well with so many things. What can I say? I like mashing themes together. <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> An illustration of the events of both [S] Dirk: Synchronize and [S] Dirk: Unite. As can clearly be seen, the Red Miles tore up the spacetime continuum, resulting in all the events happening concurrently. This is exactly what happened both here and in the flashes, and definitely isn't just a clever tactic by dazed-squid to create a pretty neat track art that depicts a lot of the best parts of said flashes. @@ -1415,10 +1401,8 @@ Commentary: |- Look, I should never be allowed to draw Bionicles. --- Track: Ringleader -Artists: -- Discfortune -Contributors: -- TirantBacon (mastering) +Directory: ringleader-lofam4 +Originally Released As: track:ringleader Duration: '3:07' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ringleader @@ -1428,10 +1412,6 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - The Felt - Felt Manor -Referenced Tracks: -- English -- Liquid Negrocity -- Let's All Rock the Heist Commentary: |- <i>Discfortune:</i> AKA The One Time I Sold Out to LOFAM, Ringleader is a Crowbar song I had a lot of fun throwing together. I tried incorporating aspects of jazz and rock solbos, in addition to experimenting with a 7/8 time signature. I'm pleasantly surprised at how it turned out, considering how obtuse the concept felt to me when I was first planning out the track. Blah blah blah check out [[group:canmt|cool and new webcomic]] please @@ -1818,8 +1798,8 @@ Lyrics: |- [collective laughter]—) --- Track: hors -Artists: -- Hadron +Directory: hors-lofam4 +Originally Released As: track:hors Duration: '3:17' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hors @@ -1832,16 +1812,40 @@ Art Tags: - Arquiusprite - Maplehoof - Horses -Referenced Tracks: -- Horschestra STRONG Version -- track:sburban-jungle -- English -- Let the Squiddles Sleep (End Theme) Commentary: |- <i>Hadron:</i> I really like Arquissprite; he gets me at a fundamental level. He doesn't swear, he is super into technology, he loves horses, and is just all around a pure sprite; too bad Andrew BYBooted him into Lord English. why do that to a pure horse boy <i>Griver:</i> Jojo and Homestuck sure do have a lot of things in common, don't they? Themes of predestination, weird time shit, luck being used as a weapon, a guy without the use of his legs, horses everywhere in a certain part...it's all kind of weird and interesting. So that's why I did an EPIC JOJOKE for this trackart. If you don't understand what's going on here, read some more Jojo, I guess. Or don't. Look, Hors is a great, funny track, and this is the dank artistry it deserves as accompaniment. You're welcome. +Lyrics: |- + Holy fucking-- + I am so ludicrously ****** strong + Whoops, pardon my language + That there was some ****** straight up dog + and I'm chagrined as ****** + + Neigh + Neigh + Neigh Neigh + Neigh Neigh + Neigh Neigh + Neigh Neigh + + Neigh + + Neigh + Neigh + Neigh + Neigh + Neigh + + Touch my muscles touch my muscles touch my muscles touch my muscles + + Neigh + + Neigh + + Neigh --- Track: The Gemoni Mustard Blood Directory: the-gemoni-mustard-blood-lofam4 @@ -1974,8 +1978,8 @@ Commentary: |- I'm really glad I had the chance to draw track art for a cherub song since Caliborn is probably one of my favorite characters in Homestuck. I tried to fill this up with as many pieces of imagery of the cherub's journeys to god tier, all framed within a beautiful clock ready to be smashed with a crowbar. Side Note: Caliborn's gun was superbly hard to draw and now I can see why Hussie used a jpg image for it as often as he could. --- Track: Resend -Artists: -- Noisemaker +Directory: resend-lofam4 +Originally Released As: track:resend Duration: '4:48' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/resend @@ -1986,15 +1990,6 @@ Art Tags: - Caliborn - Gamzee - Rabbit -Referenced Tracks: -- Cascade (Beta) -- Crystalanthemums -- Showdown -- Death by Glamour -- RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme -- Sunsetter -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- track:endless-climb Commentary: |- <i>Noisemaker:</i> This track almost didn't see the light of day. I submitted it for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team's]] credits music contest, and ended up pulling an admirable 3rd place. At first, the track wasn't going to be used in the credits mix (partially due to recieving 3rd place, but also because it fell short of the 7 minute length requirement), but, after a miracle on-par with the birth of Christ took place, Resend was just barely able to squeeze in due to a mandatory meme credits addition. @@ -2079,8 +2074,8 @@ Commentary: |- (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?!?!?) --- Track: Thyme on My Fries -Artists: -- SplitSuns +Directory: thyme-on-my-fries-lofam4 +Originally Released As: track:thyme-on-my-fries Duration: '3:24' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thyme-on-my-fries @@ -2096,17 +2091,6 @@ Art Tags: - Derse - 'cw: blood' - 'cw: decapitation' -Referenced Tracks: -- track:axel-f-crazy-frog -- Time on My Side -- E.T. -- Smackdown -- track:moonsetter -- Waters of Nazareth -- track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew -- Vela-Nova -- Unite Synchronization -- track:MeGaLoVania Commentary: |- <i>SplitSuns:</i> This track was originally made for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team's]] "Cool and New Homestuck" project, remixing and parodying the various Homestuck Flashes. In case you can't tell, this song is a parody of Time on My Side. I mostly played it straight to the original song, changing the instrumentation and adding some twists of my own. Of course, there's some jokes thrown into the mix as well, such as the Crazy Frog theme song, Waters of Nazareth, and other subtle additions. All in all, I hope you like this song! It's good enough for Tensei to say "this is pretty good," so make of that what you will. @@ -2201,7 +2185,7 @@ Commentary: |- --- Track: -Omega- Timeline Artists: -- Aris Martinian +- ostrichlittledungeon Duration: '3:07' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/omega-timeline @@ -2221,7 +2205,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:formation - track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- - <i>Aris Martinian:</i> + <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</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>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. @@ -2590,7 +2574,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Circlejourney:</i> This track was assigned to me after the original artist dropped out. I decided to further extend the image formed of [[Crystalendofgames]]' and [[Ultimate Alchemy]]'s track illustrations after several people expressed assent when I aired the idea on the LoFaM server. - <img src="media/misc/circlejourney-lofam4-bonus.png" width="2800" height="4200"> + <img src="media/misc/circlejourney-lofam4-bonus.png" width="500"> While brainstorming illustration concepts, I immediately ot attached to the idea of an image of the victory platform gang silhouetted in the light of the Sburb logo, and went with it. It's a shame that this scene is physically impossible due to the clouds being higher than the victory platform, but the picture looks far too plain without them. <i><b>Kal-la-kal-la:</b></i> The final boss is beaten. The game is won. The lights fade and the world begins to disappear. A gaping maw drags all into it, even the very fabric of reality. In the distance, a door opens. @@ -2705,8 +2689,7 @@ Commentary: |- The concept of vampires has existed for millennia. There seems to be a split amongst modern depictions between vampires as grotesque being and vampires as alluring and beautiful. Exsanguinated, with its vocal samples describing disgust, expresses this, and the track art displays the dichotomy well, depicting a very beautiful Kanaya Maryam with blood in all the colours of the rainbow dripping from her mouth. Were it that Homestuck neurofunk should have a particular aesthetic sensibility, it would be bloodied rainbow-drinkers. --- Track: Premortem -Artists: -- Noisemaker +Originally Released As: track:le-canrival Duration: '2:12' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/premortem @@ -2718,9 +2701,6 @@ Art Tags: - Gamzee - Kurloz - LoTaM -Referenced Tracks: -- Purple Tyrant -- track:crustacean Commentary: |- <i>Noisemaker:</i> If some of you thought this was le canrival from Cool and New Webcomic's V8LUME, then you'd be right! I initially made le canrival as a [[group:canmt|Cool and New Webcomic]] track, but the folks over on the Land of Fans and Music team took some interest in it. So, we arranged to have it put on the next LOFAM, under a new, more classy name. @@ -2797,8 +2777,7 @@ Commentary: |- - [[Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station]] - 3:18-3:29 --- Track: Lightfall -Artists: -- nights +Originally Released As: track:rozepiano Duration: '1:47' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lightfall @@ -2836,8 +2815,8 @@ Commentary: |- It's been long enough since I made this image that I don't have much that I can remember to say about this, beyond feeling like I really nailed Boxcars' face. --- Track: Collision Course (Davepeta's Movement) -Artists: -- SplitSuns +Originally Released As: track:collision-course-davepetas-movement +Directory: collision-course-davepetas-movement-lofam4 Duration: '4:05' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/collision-course-davepetas-movement @@ -2848,25 +2827,16 @@ Art Tags: - Davepeta - Lil Cal - Earth -Referenced Tracks: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Sunsetter -- CORE -- English -- Olive Rogue -- Hardchorale Commentary: |- <i>SplitSuns:</i> This song was originally made for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]], but I went with a much more Homestuck slant than a cool and new one for this track. I wanted to take Upward Movement and change it into something more EDM and techno, so I chopped and screwed traditional strings and mixed them into the powerful drum tracks and synths you hear in the song. I wanted to include motifs from both Dave and Nepeta as they're two halves of Davepeta's whole. I also incorporated caws and meows for the same effect. Finally, I put the Undertale track CORE in the song because of that one scene in EOA6 (you know the one.) There's an additional reference at that point if you're listening carefully! Although this song was challenging to make, I think it turned out very well in the end. <i>Shadok:</i> this used to be a normal edit of the Upward Movement cover but greatest hits 2 happened on the cool and new music team so i decided to redo it. i experimented a lot with the shading but in the end, i kept something simple - <img src="media/misc/collision-course-bonus.png" width="1400" height="1400"> + <img src="media/misc/collision-course-bonus.png" width="300"> --- Track: Revisit/Rewind -Directory: revisit-rewind -Artists: -- Aris Martinian +Originally Released As: track:revisit-rewind +Directory: revisit-rewind-lofam4 Duration: '6:13' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/revisit-rewind @@ -2877,41 +2847,13 @@ Art Tags: - John - Aradia - Skaia -Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor -- Cascade (Beta) -- track:sburban-jungle -- Tick -- Lord Spanish -- Fruity Pebbles Jingle -- Potato Knishes -- The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny -- Rex Mille Geromius -- track:penumbra-phantasm -- Even in Death -- Space Jam -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- At The Price of Oblivion -- Contra -- Ascend -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Moshi Moshi? -- track:unintentional-touhou -- CONTACT -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:formation -- 'Jungle #3' -- Muse of Nanchos -- Meet the Flintstones -- Intro -- RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme Commentary: |- - <i>Aris Martiniain:</i> + <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> God, this was so much work. Oh yeah, and I lost the first half of the project file towards the end so I couldn't go back and edit it. Ugh. But all in all, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The original plan was to go through the CANMT discography and pick the most iconic songs over time. If you're unfamiliar with its discography, I highly recommend you at least [[group:canmt|go give it a glance]]. I roughly settled on using Cascante, Tick/Tock, Fruity Pebbles Redux, Gunshow, Rex Mille Geromius, Doctor and Penumbra Phantasm (cool and new vol V), Contra (from Cool and New Homestuck), Moshi Moshi, Final Confrontation, Unintentional Touhou, In the Beginning/Contact, Formation, Jungle #3, Muse of Nanchos, Flintstones, Gunshow 2, and of course, the RCT theme and Bowman's credit score. Shoutouts to difarem for making the "it's between my buttocks" vocaloid for me. Revisit/Rewind, which is based heavily on Ascend, was released as the Cool and New Homestuck song for [S] Credits. - <i><b>wheals:</b></i> + <i><b>Wheals:</b></i> This art was made in like five hours on Christmas 2016 when i yelled at nights to make some John/Aradia art for Revisit/Rewind (it being based off Ascend, with its iconic John/Aradia art). That's basically the plot of The Christmas Carol and by writing this seven months later I'm now the Ghost of Christmas Future. I'll let Past Nights (the Ghost of Christmas Past) fill you in on the rest: <i>nights:</i> - <img src="media/misc/nights-revisit-rewind.png" width="435" height="226"> + <img src="media/misc/nights-revisit-rewind.png" width="435"> <hr> <b>References:</b> - [[track:doctor|Doctor]] - 0:07-0:29, 1:30-2:18, 2:26-2:48 |