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diff --git a/album/lofam5.yaml b/album/lofam5.yaml index 4dc0b441..9c305ad2 100644 --- a/album/lofam5.yaml +++ b/album/lofam5.yaml @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ Album: Land of Fans and Music 5 Directory: lofam5 -Cover Art: Monckat -Wallpaper Art: Monckat Wallpaper File Extension: png Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.9;' -Banner Art: Monckat, Niklink (edits for wiki) +Banner Art: +- Monckat +- Niklink (edits for wiki) Banner File Extension: png Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Date: December 19, 2021 @@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Circlejourney:</i> (<i>alternate album art</i>) <img src="media/misc/LOFAM_sketch_paint.jpg" width="400" height="400"> +Cover Artists: +- Monckat +Wallpaper Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Skaian Spirograph Artist: WarxTron -Track Art: Circlejourney Duration: '2:56' -References: track:skies-of-skaia +References: +- track:skies-of-skaia Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -41,10 +45,11 @@ Commentary: |- A Skaia song originally made for Haeldral's Felt Mansion 2. One of the two final Homestuck songs I made. I wanted it to sound pretty but epic like Skaia itself but without using the same [[track:skies-of-skaia|Skies of Skaia]] leitmotif as always. <i>Circlejourney:</i> Skaia has such pretty colours, I wanted to capture that. +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney --- Track: Spacetime Starstriker Artist: Cryptanark -Track Art: avocado Duration: '2:19' References: - track:doctor @@ -77,10 +82,11 @@ Commentary: |- Spacetime Starstriker was also the second track of its original release platform. It was first published through a different music team (am I allowed to name CANMT here?). At the time, I think I was mainly excited about the track’s aggressive time signature changes. Over the years, I’ve assembled a laundry list of things I’d change in the piece if I were to start again from scratch. But I’m still proud of the original product, and grateful for the reception thus far. I feel content with this being my last major contribution to the HS fanmusic space. For the time being. Many of the motifs and quotes in this track are lifted from CANMT tracks. What a fun group! Those folks helped me get into music-making in the first place, and I most certainly would not be here without them. I encourage you to check out some of the more experimental albums we released. They’re more interesting to me than the Greatest Hits compilations, anyhow. +Cover Artists: +- avocado --- Track: Post-Ironic Radical Child Abuse Anthem Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '1:57' References: - track:beatdown-strider-style @@ -113,10 +119,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Gryotharian:</i> I held a poll among friends for the title of this song, but I couldn’t pick a favorite even after the results were in so i just tried to mash all of them into one title. It worked… alright. The original plan for the song was just going to be a straightforward beatdown remix, but I liked what I made too much to relegate it to that, and also really wanted to reference [[album:the-baby-is-you|The Baby Is You]], so thus was born this shitpost of a song. I hope the art reflects that energy too. I’ve been told I have a particular talent for ironically bad masterpieces. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: InterNep Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '5:17' References: - Olive Rogue @@ -142,11 +149,12 @@ Commentary: |- Originally named "Nepcafé", ideas for this song came from wondering how the cat sample from Mario Paint Composer would fare as a funny resonant acid 303 style sound, and puns with "Net" and "Nep". At some point I was reminded of rave and scene aesthetic Nepeta headcanons/AUs etc, loved that and thought it was the best track to riff off from that ! Even though I was inspired by Nepeta I think it could very much fit Meulin as well, it's a very Leijon track in my mind. <i>Gryotharian:</i> <img src="media/misc/internep-top-nep.png" width="117" height="134"> I'm sorry for my sins +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: 'Princess Berryboo and Her Orchestra Present "Friendship is Paramount" ft. Squishy Tentacle On Piano ' Artist: Aradiawithgeese -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '3:44' References: - Friendship is Paramount @@ -159,11 +167,13 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Aradiawithgeese:</i> This one I actually wrote a while ago. At this point I was just challenging myself to make as many homestuck covers in as many different styles as I could and I think this one is particularly special. Squiddles were already one of my favorite little lore spirals from homestuck so to be able to put a little bit more AU weirdness is something Im honored to be able to do. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: On an Island Far Away Artist: Circlejourney -Contributors: Funk McLovin (trumpet) -Track Art: paging_possum +Contributors: +- Funk McLovin (trumpet) Duration: '3:41' Art Tags: - Jade @@ -176,10 +186,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Circlejourney:</i>\nA track about Jade before SBURB, when she wa \ one of my favourite parts of Homestuck, and I wanted to pay her a little tribute.\ \ I included her theme instruments, the flute and bass, as well as howling SFX\ \ in reference to Bec. Many thanks to FunkMcLovin for playing trumpet on the track. " +Cover Artists: +- paging_possum --- Track: 24/7 lo fi anime beats to achieve your destiny to Artist: FrostyMac -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '3:02' References: - Penumbra Phantasm @@ -195,12 +206,13 @@ Commentary: |- I was messing around with this drumkit and it just kinda turned into this. <i>Gryotharian:</i> Yeah I don’t think I had another option I had to draw this. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Alpha Admission Directory: alpha-admission-lofam5 AKA: track:alpha-admission Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '3:47' References: - Temporal Guardian @@ -215,10 +227,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Monckat:</i> In a cross-multiversal display of brotherhood among shades-wearing anime swordsmen, Dirk and Kate’s dad (from [[group:desynced]]) chop up some goons. As a certified MSPFA addict I couldn’t pass up a chance to give an excellent fanventure a shoutout in the art for this track (which originated in its OST). +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Cut the Chain Artist: Sylvarn -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '4:07' References: - Prospit Dreamers @@ -233,10 +246,11 @@ Commentary: |- believe me, if I didn’t know what I was doing nearly 2 years ago when I made this, I sure don’t when I’m writing this commentary. I liked the melody so I made a song, duh <i>Monckat:</i> Jack Noir decides Prospit didn’t need its moon anyway. I tried my best to convey Noir’s speed, as well as the scale and chonk of those massive golden chains. And yes the chains really are that long in canon please don’t go check +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Firefly Storm Artist: Astro Kid -Track Art: nagunkgunk Duration: '6:46' References: - Firefly Cloud @@ -247,10 +261,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> As always, Astro Kid manages to turn any track into a rave-worthy bop, no matter how melancholic the original is. This used to be a lost track, and I might have never heard it if Rafe Saltman hadn’t reuploaded it on Youtube, so he deserves our thanks. This art piece was actually inspired by the track a few months after it was made, so I contacted the artist to finally make it official, half a decade later. +Cover Artists: +- nagunkgunk --- Track: Urban Jungle Artist: FrostyMac -Track Art: V-6 Duration: '3:01' References: - track:sburban-jungle @@ -264,10 +279,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>FrostyMac:</i> This song was made up on the spot note-by-note, but I think it turned out well. +Cover Artists: +- V-6 --- Track: Spritely Gardener Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama Duration: '3:19' References: - Jadesprite @@ -284,10 +300,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Andrew "Rainy" Obeng:</i> This song is is a redo of my very first piece of homestuck fanmusic I ever did. I wanted a remix of a lesser known homestuck song so I decided to do a remix of Toby Fox's [[Jadesprite]]. +Cover Artists: +- Chesswanderlust-sama --- Track: Special Delivery Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Circlejourney Duration: '3:20' References: - White @@ -301,10 +318,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: "<i>Kanishka:</i>\nLiberty. Reason. Justice. Civility. Edification. Perfection.\ \ <u>MAIL.</u>\n<i>Circlejourney:</i>\nI listened to the track and just needed\ \ to draw PM with the sentry worm. " +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney --- Track: Sunriser Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '3:16' References: - Sunsetter @@ -320,10 +338,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Monckat:</i> The crimson glow of the rising sun falls across the Strider apartment complex, and it looks like Dave’s pulled an all-nighter working on his jams. His neighbors must love him. I made this art pretty quickly but I’m proud of it all the same, managed to capture some vibes. +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Aggrieve (Knightcore Mix) Artist: cookiefonster -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '1:53' References: - track:aggrieve @@ -340,10 +359,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>cookiefonster:</i>\nAnother song from the Cool and New Music Tea \ suggestion, someone needed to make the art for this Rose pondering her orb.\ \ And that someone was me. I like to think she does this regularly. Has a special\ \ room in her house just for Orb Pondering. And Kanaya just has to deal with it. " +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Dreamers Artist: Scorpyus -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '5:29' References: - track:atomyk-ebonpyre @@ -361,10 +381,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Scorpyus:</i>\nI did my best to capture the dreamy feeling of th \ of Derse. The use of the [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre]] motif decided that that person\ \ would be Dave, and while it didn’t really end up being the center of the planet,\ \ I feel like I captured the vibe well enough. " +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: F∞ クライミング『CLIMBING』 Artist: SplitSuns -Track Art: SplitSuns Duration: '2:50' References: - Climbing to Infinity @@ -374,10 +395,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> This track originates from CANWAVE 3, a vaporwave album for the Cool and New Music Team. Yes, we cursed the world with three of them, but it was all worth it if only for this SplitSuns track. For the less leitmotif-aware, this is a take on [[track:endless-climb]] by [[artist:buzinkai]]. Rest in peace. +Cover Artists: +- SplitSuns --- Track: Pipe Dream Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Skyplayer Duration: '4:51' References: - Litrichean Rioghail @@ -387,10 +409,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Skyplayer:</i> You know that old Windows screensaver? No no, not the flying toasters. No, not the maze one! I mean that one that your teachers always used so you just stared at it all period instead of getting work done. Yes, with the pipes! This is that but LOWAS, and also taking 20 minutes to render a frame instead of whatever fps the old screensaver ran at. The cost of beauty. It's an honor to make art for a LOFAM album, I've been listening to the older ones since I was a teenager. You could say that with this art I fulfilled a Pipe Dream. +Cover Artists: +- Skyplayer --- Track: Stab - Stab - Stab Artist: Interrobang -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '3:56' References: - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) @@ -410,10 +433,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Interrobang:</i> I made this track for the Cool and New Music Team Felt/Midnight Crew album circa 2018 or so, and it was nominated for “the next LOFAM” long before any actual prep for this album had really started. I actually requested it be taken off of LOFAM5 because I felt it didn’t meet my standards anymore, but due to a miscommunication it stayed on. I found this out about 15 minutes before the release stream, which is happening as I type this - Album is sounding great, y’all! Anyway, hope it sounds better to you than it does to me. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: A Dream Of Broken Clocks Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '6:31' References: - English @@ -427,10 +451,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Gryotharian:</i> This is a really weird one for me. Originally, I started out with the intention to do a remastered and updated version of my track “[[The Puppetmaster]]” from our previous release [[album:friendsymphony|Friendsymphony]], but slowly, I came to realize that the remaster kind of sucked, and all traces of it were eventually wiped from this track. The intro (can you call it in intro if it’s more than half the song?) came to me about half a year after the main body of the song, it was the first thing I ever recorded vocals for, and may well be the last. Not much point in putting lyrics down though, cause all they are is “ooOOOOooo”. I was listening to a lot of Colin Stetson’s music during the time I made it so that probably played some influence in it. Then another half year after that I replaced the main body of the song too, because after listening to it with fresh ears, it was kind of a discordant mess. I kept the original idea behind [[The Puppetmaster]], a distorted mix of [[WORST END|Worst End]] and [[English]], but that’s about it. I might release that version eventually, but it won’t be on this album. This was some of the first non-pixel digital art I ever did, and for that, I think it turned out pretty well. However, I had a real knack for doing things the hardest possible way, and oh my god, I never want to draw another clock again. I did all of this, with a keyboard and trackpad, on a free trial for a photoshop knockoff. That wallpaper? I didn’t figure out how to use the copy-paste tool properly, and had to manually put in every detail on it. This was a nightmare to complete, (albeit a nightmare of my own making), so you all had better appreciate it. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Black (Electro Swing Remix) Artist: Spad3s -Track Art: J-Airshiper Duration: '2:55' References: - track:black @@ -442,10 +467,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> The art for this track is actually <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okTNlwSViX8">a video</a>, so I had to combine a few frames into one, but you can probably get the gist. Damn it Bandcamp, add APNG support already. +Cover Artists: +- J-Airshiper --- Track: Dance of Entropy Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '2:08' Art Tags: - Snowman @@ -455,10 +481,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Gryotharian:</i> I was surprised by how fast everyone loved this track. I think this is the only one that I didn’t have to make any edits to after submitting it, and it’s one of my oldest submissions too, I made this well over a year ago. Very briefly, it was going to be a Vriska and Eridan track, using all different instruments, but it wasn’t working well, and as soon as I switched it to the piano samples, the rest of the song just basically created itself, becoming a whole new vibe that was very The Felt, and not at all Vriska and Eridan. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Furthest Ringside Artist: Monckat -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '2:38' References: - Switchback @@ -481,10 +508,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Monckat:</i>\nA track vaguely themed around Dave, Rose, Derse, a \ horrorterrors looming above. (I’ve taken some artistic liberties with the horrorterrors,\ \ in being conjoined into a single mass they kinda resemble the horrorterrors\ \ in my fanventure The Tapestry more than canon Homestuck ones) " +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Wayward Artist: Shwan -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '3:06' References: - track:upward-movement-dave-owns @@ -500,10 +528,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Shwan:</i>\nI made this during a recent re-reading of Homestuck \ Headquarters. And it seems there’s an enticing, delicious green light inside.\ \ Will we ever see what he finds in there? (well none of this is officially canon,\ \ so probably not) " +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Upon Whom Sacrifice Calls Artist: Sylvarn -Track Art: Awkward Duration: '4:25' Art Tags: - The Psiioniic @@ -513,10 +542,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Sylvarn:</i> Okay so I was like what if I could get the same vibe as [[Gold Pilot]] but not be an exact remix, then I zoned out for 30 hours and this was on my computer. +Cover Artists: +- Awkward --- Track: Sun and Setter Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Circlejourney Duration: '1:29' References: - Sunsetter @@ -528,10 +558,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Circlejourney:</i> What a rad track! I'm not sure what the original [[Sunsetter]] is about, so I took a cue from the track art fan anthology piece for [[Sunsetter]], and also the backup art choice for this track. +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney --- Track: Hippocampus Sea Artist: Levc -Track Art: Circlejourney Duration: '3:20' References: - Science Seahorse @@ -546,10 +577,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Levc:</i>\nInspired by the short cover of [[Science Seahorse|sci \ this track relies on me combining stuff that sounds, at least to me, relaxing.\ \ Just let the ambience kick in while your seahorse lusus just, vibes at your\ \ side…\nAlso this tracks makes me want to eat ice cream for some reason. " +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney --- Track: She's a D8ddy L8ng L8gs Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: Scarodactyl Duration: '5:31' References: - She's a Sp8der @@ -565,10 +597,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> I believe this time it’s best to let the art speak for itself. +Cover Artists: +- Scarodactyl --- Track: King Crab Artist: $C4RL3TT -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '2:12' References: - track:crustacean @@ -579,10 +612,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> Damn did you know this track references “[[track:crustacean]]” by [[group:toby-fox|Toby “Radiation” Fox]]??? +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: ALIVE Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: Circlejourney Duration: '3:31' References: - Temporal Shenanigans @@ -605,10 +639,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>heir-of-puns:</i>\n[[Temporal Shenanigans]] was the first homest \ time. (I also just really really love Aradia)\n<i>Circlejourney:</i>\nThinking\ \ on the inspirations of the track, I wanted the artwork to show Aradia before\ \ and after coming back to life, and the change in her disposition. " +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney --- Track: Blood Rite Artist: Scorpyus -Track Art: swanfire Duration: '6:13' References: - English @@ -634,10 +669,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Scorpyus:</i>\nStarted when I decided the [[track:discthree|Disc Decided to focus on the handmaid and the condesce because of the female laughs\ \ in the track and also because they basically shaped the blood based society\ \ of alternia as it is. With a little nod to doc scratch through the handmaid. " +Cover Artists: +- swanfire --- Track: Madame Controversielle 2 Artist: cookiefonster -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '2:43' References: - Madame Controversielle @@ -653,10 +689,11 @@ Commentary: |- While I had at one point wanted to remake the entire album using the chiptune skills I know today, the only song I ever ended up remaking was "[[Madame Controversielle]]", the album's song for Vriska. The remake was put on the CANMT album "troleplanet", and the reasoning behind its title was simply to take the original one and slap a 2 on it! So yes, there is indeed a Madame Controversielle 1, but I really don't get why you would want to listen to it over this version. <i>Gryotharian:</i> I’m not sure about how this one turned out. All the chiptune and vriska definitely made me think of like, a retro game player select screen, so I went back to my old pixel art style, and tried to fill it with the most vriska that vriska could vriska. But it had been a while since I was working with plain pixel art again, and that probably shows. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Anamnesis Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: ricemilk Duration: '3:58' References: - Vriska's Theme @@ -671,10 +708,11 @@ Art Tags: - Aradia URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/anamnesis +Cover Artists: +- ricemilk --- Track: Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse (Cement City Remix) Artist: Cement City -Track Art: dodostad Duration: '4:22' References: - Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse @@ -692,10 +730,11 @@ Lyrics: |- Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> When I first heard the original version of the song, I didn’t immediately think dubstep would be a good fit, but I think [[artist:cement-city]] has proved us all wrong. +Cover Artists: +- dodostad --- Track: Rex Duodecim Angelus (Remix) Artist: Artisticpolo -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '3:20' References: - Rex Duodecim Angelus @@ -709,11 +748,12 @@ Commentary: |- Artisticpolo is a legendary remixer, hailing from the very beginnings of the Homestuck fanmusic scene. Tracking him down proved to be one of the best decisions we could have made. Stay tuned for [[track:time-running-by|another track]] of his in this album! <i>Gryotharian:</i> It’s hard to make a design like the unprototyped black king seem threatening. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Pondsquatter (Demaster/Demix) Directory: pondsquatter-demaster-demix Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: Radical Dude 42 Duration: '3:52' References: - Pondsquatter @@ -724,11 +764,13 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> This is actually the full version of an asset used for the fanventure “Karkat Goes to a Convention”, which I wholeheartedly recommend. This amazing art by Radical Dude 42, an expert in the original MSPA style, suggests the fanventure’s title might be selling it short… +Cover Artists: +- Radical Dude 42 --- Track: At the Threshold Artist: heir-of-puns -Contributors: Tee-vee (guitar) -Track Art: Gryotharian +Contributors: +- Tee-vee (guitar) Duration: '3:16' Art Tags: - Alternate Calliope @@ -741,10 +783,11 @@ Commentary: |- A song inspired by the way [[album:beyond-canon]] made me feel, even though it ended up nothing like any of the songs on the album. I tried to capture the idea of standing at the threshold of an infinitely expanding universe, both literally and figuratively. <i>Gryotharian:</i> Opted for a simple panel redraw on this one, since it was going to be the backup art, and the musicians liked the panel choice. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Scratching Consequences Artist: TirantBacon -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '1:44' References: - A Very "O" Christmas @@ -757,10 +800,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Gryotharian:</i> Some sort of interpretation of Doc Scratch’s manipulations, causing the heroes to create the green sun. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: One Hour Later Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '6:54' References: - The Thirteenth Hour @@ -783,10 +827,11 @@ Lyrics: Home with the milk in the mo-o-o-o-o-o- Commentary: |- <i>Gryotharian:</i> The mixture of Jack Noir and Lord English/cherub themes, alongside the [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] reference, brought my mind straight to this scene from [S] Collide. The camera follows Jack English/Union Jack’s head upwards as it begins to blackholesplode, tilting at the mother of all dutch angles in the process. +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Viridescent Flare Artist: Shwan -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '2:13' References: - Flare @@ -797,10 +842,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Schwan:</i> From the artist who made the hit single flarezzzzzzz (from Cool And New Homestuck), bringing you…, another [[Flare|flare]] song. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: The Dreamer and the Dream Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Track Art: bakustrider Duration: '4:54' Art Tags: - Jade @@ -809,10 +855,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Ka-la-kal-a:</i> I had a minute where I wanted to put shakuhachi in everything I did á la [[album:homestuck-vol-6|HS Volume 6]] +Cover Artists: +- bakustrider --- Track: Sailing (In The Sea Of Stars) Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: Awkward Duration: '4:22' References: - The Doom of the Planets @@ -825,11 +872,13 @@ Commentary: "<i>Circlejourney:</i>\nA theme for the post-Epilogue crew(s) sailin \ frustration as stress relief because I hated absolutely everything I drew that\ \ day, I think that was honestly a good exercise though because it let me work\ \ with less constraints and it turned out neat :>" +Cover Artists: +- Awkward --- Track: She's Out There (In The Sea Of Stars) Artist: Circlejourney -Contributors: Ucklin (additional vocals) -Track Art: ricemilk +Contributors: +- Ucklin (additional vocals) Duration: '3:22' References: - Sailing (In The Sea Of Stars) @@ -856,10 +905,11 @@ Lyrics: |- Commentary: |- <i>Circlejourney:</i> "She’s Out There, Somewhere In The Sea Of Stars." Kanaya remembers Rose. Many thanks to Ucklin for the additional vocals! +Cover Artists: +- ricemilk --- Track: Revelations of Self Importance Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: tamajikis Duration: '3:41' References: - Austin, Atlantis @@ -876,12 +926,13 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Gryotharian:</i> I made this song shortly after reading Detective Pony, when Dirk Strider was fresh on my mind and skyrocketing to the top of my all-time favorite characters. I wanted to do something specifically for the offscreen period between the end of homestuck and the epilogues, his journey to becoming what he is now, his acceptance of becoming the villain, etc. Mainly, just really love Dirk. Also, it’s an excuse to give some love to some of his more underrated songs. (Basically anything that isn’t [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]].) I had never even heard [[Austin, Atlantis|Austin Atlantis]] before I started on this song, and man was I missing out, so it quickly became the basis for the whole thing. In retrospect I wish I could’ve put [[Orange Hat]] in there somewhere, mainly just cause that’s also an awesome underrated song, but by the time I remembered, this was mostly done and it wouldn’t have really fit anywhere. This might be the song I’m happiest with on this album. +Cover Artists: +- tamajikis --- Track: Strain Artist: - TirantBacon - WarxTron -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '2:27' References: - Five-Four Stress @@ -895,10 +946,11 @@ Commentary: |- Do you know the track “[[Stress]]” from [[album:homestuck-vol-9|Homestuck Volume 9]]? It was based on an [[Five-Four Stress|ancient unreleased track]] by the legendary [[artist:buzinkai]], and TirantBacon and WarxTron put their music making hands together to the task of remixing the original once more. <i>Monckat:</i> Dirk finds himself in a mildly spooky, straining situation deep in the depths of the Land of Tombs and Krypton. +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Death Minute in Duodecimal ~ Regicide Demonica Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '5:27' References: - Rex Duodecim Angelus @@ -925,10 +977,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Tee-vee:</i>\nI was listening to Demetori as I usually do and on \ maybe. But I ultimately found it was more striking to restrict myself to only\ \ two colors. I like the idea that this is simultaneously my simplest track art\ \ in terms of color range and my most complex in terms of detail. " +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Black Hole's Dozen Artist: Monckat -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '3:25' References: - The Lyrist @@ -944,10 +997,11 @@ Commentary: |- So the idea with this track was to attempt in my own flawed way to extend those first 45 seconds into a full track, and for the most part the way I chose to do that was to work in pieces of [[The Thirteenth Hour]] (along with adding in some original stuff). Hope you guys like it! The title is in reference to a baker’s dozen (13), which alludes to the use of [[The Thirteenth Hour]]. The teal and purple orbs are intended to be the orb things Alt Calliope uses to create the black hole in Act 7. My little headcanon for those orbs is that they're genesis frog frogspawn, basically embryonic universes. The idea being that since it took two universes to create the Green Sun, perhaps it takes three to destroy it. +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: PAST FUNK IS WORSE THAN FUTURE FUNK Artist: Koba -Track Art: cloudie Duration: '2:19' References: - saoidfisd @@ -981,10 +1035,11 @@ Commentary: |- sleep peacefully, my beloved witch, karkatrice <i>cloudie:</i> what’s a homestuck +Cover Artists: +- cloudie --- Track: Infinite Zest Artist: Noisemaker -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '6:00' References: - RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme @@ -1016,10 +1071,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Makin:</i>\nOriginally known as “you have got to be SHITTONG m \ everything going on here in a single image. But hey, I think any piece of art\ \ that contains a watermark of Sans WV superimposed over a pumpkin-guzzling black\ \ hole can’t be too bad." +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: TEETH AND BLOOD Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '4:29' References: - English @@ -1038,10 +1094,11 @@ Lyrics: >- Commentary: |- <i>Gryotharian:</i> There was a lot going on in the production of this, and none of it had to do with the final track. A long, long time ago, before any of my other submissions, I was going to do a Caliborn track, with the intent of being presented as a track that Caliborn himself produced. But at that time, there weren’t many other submissions for this album yet, and a disturbingly high percentage of them were cherub related, so I dropped it. A year later, I was working on a remix of the afterword theme from Pesterquest, but it wasn’t really clicking right. The heavy bass synths and bitcrushed drums weren’t working for the style of the track. Around the same time, I finally got my hands on the incredibly elusive midi of [[Carne Vale]], which has been my favorite homestuck song since the first time I heard it, and has yet to be dethroned. So I had the crazy notion, that the instruments I was using for my Pesterquest remix would work fantastically if I decided to go back to a Caliborn track, now that I could properly reference [[Carne Vale]]. (I had been trying to figure out that bassline by ear for, oh lord, something like 3 years.) And, I ended up with what might be one of my favorite compositions of mine to date. Had it stuck in my head for months. Cleaned up the mixing over the next little while, and the rest is history. I had two names for it for a while, Teeth and Blood, and Space Crusader. Originally I was going to go with both, have one of those little ~ things in between, but I decided that Space Crusader, while it fit the vibe of the song, didn’t really fit the vibe of Caliborn, so I dropped it. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Predomination Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '4:13' References: - Voidlight @@ -1061,10 +1118,11 @@ URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/predomination Commentary: "<i>Monckat:</i>\nCalliope alone, haunted by visions of her other half’s\ \ future. " +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: The Power of RETCON Artist: Levc -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '2:49' Art Tags: - John @@ -1076,10 +1134,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Levc:</i>\nTIME, SPACE, MAGIC, HANDS, UHHHH NARRATIVE?\nRETCON\n \ the mental image I had of some of them and just, express those feelings of adventure\ \ and wonder. something grand and fun.\nPersonally, the melody in this is one\ \ of my favorite pieces I have ever wrote. Modulations are fun. " +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Heir of Grief (Sax Cover) Artist: subversiveasset -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '4:00' References: - Heir of Grief @@ -1090,10 +1149,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Monckat:</i> You guys all remember that iconic moment in [S] Collide where PM finally steals the sax that Jack’s been using to play Black all this time and uses it to perform a haunting sax rendition of [[Heir of Grief]], right? Yeah me too, thought it was a perfect fit. +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Collapse Reprise Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '5:44' References: - Distortion Navigator @@ -1116,10 +1176,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Pascal van den Bos:</i>\nI originally wrote this song in 2019 fo \ bad about that because IMO i ended up ruining the song LOL. So anyway this is\ \ the 3rd and proper final version of Collapse AKA \"The Descend of the PMT\"\ \ because it references so many songs. " +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Shattered Spacetime Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Cratmang Duration: '5:01' References: - English @@ -1146,10 +1207,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Gryotharian:</i>\nThis was another one that I made surprisingly \ can understand is rage and hatred. I almost feel bad for him. Almost. Where\ \ was I going with this? Oh yeah. Presenting, \"Lord English throws a tantrum\ \ in a glass room.\" " +Cover Artists: +- Cratmang --- Track: Consonant Conquest Artist: Interrobang -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '4:22' References: - Constant Conquest @@ -1162,10 +1224,11 @@ Commentary: |- I wanted to make what’s probably the last Homestuck song I’ll ever release publically something special, and I think the final product here fits that bill. This track began as an experiment with the layering of different-length loops on each other in a way that would never exactly repeat itself, which you can hear in pretty clearly the first section - it’s something one encounters often in minimalist and ambient music, and I’d like to do more with the technique in the future. Hope you enjoy! <i>Monckat:</i> I like to think Caliborn worked really hard on this one, maybe it’s hanging over a mantelpiece in Lord English’s manor somewhere. He’s added some tasteful JPEG artifacts and plastic wrap filters to his style, I’m so proud of him! +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Reunion Artist: Aradiawithgeese -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '3:14' Art Tags: - John @@ -1176,10 +1239,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Aradiawithgeese:</i> A father and son reunite. With this song I played with one of my favorite lofi ambient tricks that being recording the song to a weird audio format. In this case the song was recorded directly to a wire recorder. (the small skips and hitches you hear is the thin steel wire that will snag on the play head every now and again) As for the Content recorded to the wire Its a semi improvisational piece that was made to reflect John’s mindstate when he reunites with his dad after the long road that was most of the comic. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Crystalschalasthemequins Artist: Momora -Track Art: swanfire Duration: '5:06' References: - Crystalmethequins @@ -1191,10 +1255,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> There’s a Homestuck continuation fanventure named “Act 8”, and this amazing track scored part of it! You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hQSOfOIkJw">check it out here</a>. +Cover Artists: +- swanfire --- Track: Sburban City Artist: $C4RL3TT -Track Art: Monckat Duration: 0:54 References: - track:sburban-jungle @@ -1208,10 +1273,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Monckat:</i> Based on the box art for SimCity 4. The instruments used here made my mind jump to the idea of a Maxis-made SimCity style sandbox version of Sburb, so I spoke it into existence. I have no idea how such a game would actually play but I need it now. Man, drawing this has made me sad there’s no Spore 2 again. Dammit. +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Gold Mage [Playtime is Over Mix] Artist: repeatedScales -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '4:07' References: - Gold Mage @@ -1225,11 +1291,12 @@ Commentary: |- Oh boy. I feel the best way to justify this mix of the song's entire existence is with the following; the original [[Gold Mage]] had a very barren and empty arrangement, designed to facilitate a vocal track that never actually got made, and though the lack of vocals probably helped it make [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|coloUrs & mayhem Vol. 1]] in the long run, a lot of people picked up on how empty the song felt. This mix was kind of my way of making up for that, but in the process I created the opposite problem of having TOO MUCH going on, especially in that first 'verse' section. Oh dear god, that first 'verse' section; I am baffled as to how I could possibly have thought that sounded good at the time. Technically speaking the cutting and looping on that guitar sample is very well done, but it doesn't work with the vibe of the beat, and it REALLY doesn't work with the bassline. The second 'verse' isn't much better, in that itself it's a nice chilled out rework of elements from the original, but it jars with the rest of the "GET PUMPED" vibe the tracks got going on. Also, man oh man, [[group:toby-fox|Toby Fox]] felt the solo from the end of the original song was boring; the solo on this song is utterly lifeless. It can barely be called a solo. Ok, ok, some positives; though the chorus is somewhat cluttered, I do like how punchy the chords sound using a more typical "rave stab" type sound (hell, in general the synth stabs on the cut are often the better elements), the stock sawtooth bass synth actually works quite nice with the bassline, and though it gets buried in a lot of the mix, the main drum machine beat over the 'verses' and the solo is actually quite punchy, and has a real late 90s game soundtrack vibe to it that I like. The original is definitely the better version of the song in the long run, though. <i>Makin:</i> This amazing redux version of the [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|Colours and Mayhem: Universe A]] track was hidden away in the musician’s <a href="https://103records.bandcamp.com/">bandcamp</a>, known to few. It’s time it saw the light of the mainstream and knocked your socks off. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Black ($C4RL3TT Remix) Directory: black-sc4rl3tt-remix Artist: $C4RL3TT -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '2:36' References: - track:black @@ -1238,21 +1305,24 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Monckat:</i> Some minimalist 3D art, vaguely inspired by the sort of 90s cgi stuff you see on youtube compilations of jungle/d&b music. +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Harley-Claire Retro Time! Artist: FlareDragon -Track Art: crabaqqle Duration: '2:59' -References: Half-Harley Manor +References: +- Half-Harley Manor Art Tags: - Joey - Jude URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/harley-claire-retro-time +Cover Artists: +- crabaqqle --- Track: Snake Case Closin' '18 Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: Cratmang Duration: '3:35' References: - That's How I Beat Snake @@ -1268,10 +1338,11 @@ Commentary: |- "can homestuck truly be an anime if it doesn't have a beach episode" —Tee-vee <i>Cratmang:</i> Fun Fact: I had the cursed idea of making this image as a 3D scene in Blender. But only got partway through modelling Xefros when I realized that I didn't have enough time or patience for it. +Cover Artists: +- Cratmang --- Track: Minor Manor Artist: L4Vo5 -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '1:48' References: - Half-Harley Manor @@ -1282,10 +1353,11 @@ URLs: Commentary: "<i>Gryotharian:</i>\nWanted to go for a sort of Luigi’s mansion type\ \ thing at first, but then style-wise switched up to like mid-90s low budget MS\ \ paint edutainment game, and ended up with this. " +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: 'Joey: Play Haunting Melody' Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '2:47' Art Tags: - Joey @@ -1295,10 +1367,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Erik Scheele:</i> Or maybe it should’ve been called Play Dramatic Melody? I dunno, either way. Because why not have a piano refrain? People stop paying attention to meteors falling from the sky to dick around on their instruments all the time, don’t know why monsters attacking should make a difference. +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Keep Your Head Down, Rustblood! Artist: subversiveasset -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '3:41' References: - Keep Your Head Down @@ -1307,10 +1380,11 @@ Art Tags: - Xefros URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/keep-your-head-down-rustblood +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Final Spice (Remix) Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Mmueoul Duration: '2:07' References: - Final Spice @@ -1318,10 +1392,11 @@ Art Tags: - Joey URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/final-spice-remix +Cover Artists: +- Mmueoul --- Track: Sburban Fall Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '2:38' References: - track:sburban-jungle @@ -1333,10 +1408,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> This track was made for Homestuck’s 10 year anniversary back in 2019, in the span of about an hour. [[track:sburban-jungle]] always felt to me like the “core” of Homestuck’s extremely varied soundtrack, so I always wanted to do a take on it in some form. This didn’t end up very similar to the original song, and I wasn’t intending it to sound so melancholy, but neither is a bad thing. <span style="color:#288857">matthiuss1988:</span> these music will make you shit hard!!! +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: All Alone (Redux) Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: swanfire Duration: '2:32' References: - All Alone @@ -1350,10 +1426,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Andrew \"Rainy\" Obeng:</i>\nRedux of All Alone from PMT's \"Bef \ directly for her, the music is inspiringly striking in capturing that, the one\ \ time the spot light is shined on her is when she is under the influence of LE\ \ and thus i shined the spotlight on her in the focus of the art. " +Cover Artists: +- swanfire --- Track: Time Running By Artist: Artisticpolo -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '2:39' References: - track:upward-movement-dave-owns @@ -1369,11 +1446,12 @@ Commentary: "<i>Makin:</i>\nI remember looping this track over and over back in \ can bring you back to your amazing and smelly experience at the 2009 “Clown\ \ Killaz” Insane Clown Posse concert.\n<i>Gryotharian:</i>\nSorry he’s not running.\ \ Just standing there. Give him a break, it’s hard to run on a clock. " +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Event Horizon/Barium Starlight Directory: event-horizon-barium-starlight Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: Sozzay Duration: '3:48' References: - Black Rose / Green Sun @@ -1388,6 +1466,8 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> This track art actually depicts Rose in her Lord of Space outfit from Cool and New Web Comic, since this track originates there. I cropped it a bit to not blow people’s minds too much. Wait, what is that drop OH MY GOD +Cover Artists: +- Sozzay --- Track: '[S] ==>' Directory: s-next-arrow @@ -1396,7 +1476,6 @@ Artist: - Ucklin (vocals, final mastering) Contributors: - Circlejourney (harmonies) -Track Art: Circlejourney Duration: '5:21' References: - '[S]ynchronize' @@ -1440,10 +1519,11 @@ Lyrics: "[[[S]ynchronize]]\n\nI’m still wondering\nWhere to go now\nWe have se \ me and we’ll [[Ascend]]\nSolving puzzles universal\nIn our [[Sburban Reversal]]\n\ All these [[track:ruins]] we [[track:explore]]\nCould it be there’s something\ \ more?\nPester me, I’m not alone\nI’m just stuck inside my home" +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney --- Track: Abstract Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Monckat Duration: '2:02' References: - Moonsetter @@ -1455,10 +1535,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Monckat:</i>\nFeatures a sort of on-a-whim redesign of the These \ to be closer to the sorts of spaceship designs I usually draw. Admittedly though,\ \ most of the spaceship designs I draw aren’t smashing through gigantic versions\ \ of Dirk’s shades so I maybe don’t have a leg to stand on there. " +Cover Artists: +- Monckat --- Track: Saccharine Slumber, Strider Artist: Shwan -Track Art: Gryotharian Duration: '3:05' Art Tags: - Dirk @@ -1480,10 +1561,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>Shwan:</i>\nInspired by [[Sweet Dreams, Timaeus]]. I like the ch \ in one incredibly long day. There’s an alternate version without the highlight\ \ sketching, which I was unsure about, but Shwan said they liked this version\ \ better, so this is the version on the album. " +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian --- Track: Somnambulist Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: Awkward Duration: '3:35' References: - Even in Death @@ -1499,10 +1581,11 @@ Commentary: "<i>heir-of-puns:</i>\nThis is like the third entirely redone versio \ started and the one I reworked the most when it came to the concept. In the\ \ end I basically scrapped it completely because I liked this idea better, even\ \ if it was less complex. " +Cover Artists: +- Awkward --- Track: Crystallized Flowers DX Artist: salex_r3kt -Track Art: Awkward Duration: '4:25' References: - Crystalanthemums @@ -1518,10 +1601,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Monckat:</i> I love drawing gnarled, twisted trees so much. Almost as much as I love drawing things half-buried in snow. Today must be my lucky day! Please do not eat the bright red crystal flowers, no matter how tasty they look. They are deadly poison. Thousands have died already this year. +Cover Artists: +- Awkward --- Track: I Am Bigger Than This Story Artist: FrostyMac -Track Art: crabaqqle Duration: '4:15' References: - Flare @@ -1537,10 +1621,11 @@ URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-bigger-than-this-story Commentary: "<i>FrostyMac:</i>\nI loved the ending to Pesterquest and wanted to do\ \ a track on it. " +Cover Artists: +- crabaqqle --- Track: A Story That Consumes Itself Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: piskomil Duration: '3:02' Art Tags: - Horrorterrors @@ -1563,6 +1648,8 @@ Commentary: |- An ending after all endings and before all beginnings. Alternate titles that I considered: "Apocalyptic Waltz" and "Ouroboros". <i>piskomil:</i> Inspired by the alternative title Ouroboros. +Cover Artists: +- piskomil --- Track: Ophiuchus (Full Suite) Artist: @@ -1571,7 +1658,6 @@ Artist: - Fabricio Podestá (Takeover / Havoc guitar solo) Contributors: - salex_r3kt (shreddage samples) -Track Art: dromswell Duration: '28:27' Art Tags: - Caliborn @@ -1591,11 +1677,12 @@ Commentary: |- <i>dromswell:</i> calliope and caliborn's skulls sitting in the heroic/just grandfather clock forgot to mention this in the artist commentary, but the coloring & linework is based on The Magician's Birthday +Cover Artists: +- dromswell --- Track: Swan Song/Until Next Time Directory: swan-song-until-next-time Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama Duration: '2:11' Art Tags: - John @@ -1609,3 +1696,5 @@ Commentary: "<i>Gryotharian:</i>\nDecided if this was going to be the last LOFAM \ era on the internet. Maybe in another 4 years there’ll be another album. Personally,\ \ I doubt it, I think the song I made is more hopeful than I am. But who knows.\n\ Maybe. \n<i>Makin:</i>\n4 years is quitter talk." +Cover Artists: +- Chesswanderlust-sama |