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diff --git a/album/lofam5.yaml b/album/lofam5.yaml index 575526b..3fd6532 100644 --- a/album/lofam5.yaml +++ b/album/lofam5.yaml @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ Additional Files: - bg.jpg --- Track: Skaian Spirograph -Artists: -- WarxTron +Originally Released As: track:skaian-spirograph +Directory: skaian-spirograph-lofam5 Duration: '2:56' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-spirograph @@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ Art Tags: - John - Rose - Skaia -Referenced Tracks: -- Skies of Skaia Commentary: |- - <i>Warxtron:</i> + <i>WarxTron:</i> A Skaia song originally made for Haeldral's Felt Mansion 2.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 [[Skies of Skaia]] leitmotif as always. <i>Circlejourney:</i> Skaia has such pretty colours, I wanted to capture that. @@ -209,7 +207,7 @@ Art Tags: - John - Cats Referenced Tracks: -- track:penumbra-phantasm +- Penumbra Phantasm - Doctor - Heir of Grief - Moshi Moshi? @@ -277,7 +275,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Firefly Cloud Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) 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. --- Track: Urban Jungle @@ -363,7 +361,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Sunsetter - Skaian Summoning -- track:penumbra-phantasm +- Penumbra Phantasm - track:MeGaLoVania - Ascend - track:conflict @@ -374,8 +372,8 @@ Commentary: |- 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. --- Track: Aggrieve (Knightcore Mix) -Artists: -- cookiefonster +Originally Released As: track:aggrieve-knightcore-mix +Directory: aggrieve-knightcore-mix-lofam5 Duration: '1:53' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-knightcore-mix @@ -386,8 +384,6 @@ Art Tags: - Rose - Doc Scratch - Kanaya -Referenced Tracks: -- Aggrieve Commentary: |- <i>cookiefonster:</i> Another song from the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]], this time for their final album: cool and new volume 3. I pretty much barfed [[Aggrieve]] onto Famitracker, changed some chords here and there, and that's that. I think it came out pretty good. @@ -416,8 +412,8 @@ Commentary: |- I originally had very different art in mind for this track, but every time I heard it, it made me think of someone falling through the center of Derse. The use of the [[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. --- Track: F∞ クライミング『CLIMBING』 -Artists: -- SplitSuns +Originally Released As: track:f-climbing +Directory: f-climbing-lofam4 Duration: '2:50' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/f-climbing @@ -426,11 +422,8 @@ Cover Artists: - SplitSuns Art Tags: - LoLaR -Referenced Tracks: -- track:climbing-to-infinity -- Endless Climb Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) This track originates from CANWAVE 3, a vaporwave album for the [[group:canmt|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 [[Endless Climb]] by [[artist:buzinkai]]. Rest in peace. --- Track: Pipe Dream @@ -505,7 +498,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Black Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) 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. --- Track: Dance of Entropy @@ -649,7 +642,7 @@ Art Tags: - Vriska - Felt Manor Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) I believe this time it's best to let the art speak for itself. --- Track: King Crab @@ -666,7 +659,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Crustacean Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) Damn did you know this track references "[[Crustacean]]" by [[group:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]??? --- Track: ALIVE @@ -731,8 +724,8 @@ Commentary: |- 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. --- Track: Madame Controversielle 2 -Artists: -- cookiefonster +Directory: madame-controversielle-2-lofam5 +Originally Released As: track:madame-controversielle-2 Duration: '2:43' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/madame-controversielle-2 @@ -743,8 +736,6 @@ Art Tags: - Vriska - Karkat - Terezi -Referenced Tracks: -- Madame Controversielle Commentary: |- <i>cookiefonster:</i> If you remember my song "[[track:the-gemoni-mustard-blood-lofam4|The Gemoni Mustard Blood]]" from [[album:lofam4|LOFAM4]], that was originally from an old [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team (CANMT)]] album I made back in 2016 called "[[album:of-troles-and-chiptumes|Of Troles and Chiptumes]]". While I had a lot of fun making that album, over the years I've come to regard its composition and instrumentation as somewhat amateurish; I was still rather new to Famitracker, the software I used to make all those songs. @@ -794,7 +785,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Go, go, go, go! Go, go, go, go! Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) 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. --- Track: Rex Duodecim Angelus (Remix) @@ -813,7 +804,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Rex Duodecim Angelus - Black Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) 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. @@ -834,7 +825,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) 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... --- Track: At the Threshold @@ -897,7 +888,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Beatdown (Strider Style) - Sunsetter - English -- track:penumbra-phantasm +- Penumbra Phantasm Sampled Tracks: - I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Acapella) Lyrics: Home with the milk in the mo-o-o-o-o-o- @@ -919,7 +910,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Flare Commentary: |- - <i>Schwan:</i> + <i>Shwan:</i> From the artist who made the hit single flarezzzzzzz (from Cool And New Homestuck), bringing you..., another [[Flare|flare]] song. --- Track: The Dreamer and the Dream @@ -936,7 +927,7 @@ Art Tags: - Prospit - Skaia Commentary: |- - <i>Ka-la-kal-a:</i> + <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> I had a minute where I wanted to put shakuhachi in everything I did á la [[album:homestuck-vol-6|HS Volume 6]] --- Track: Sailing (In The Sea Of Stars) @@ -1022,9 +1013,8 @@ Commentary: |- 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 [[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. --- Track: Strain -Artists: -- TirantBacon -- WarxTron +Originally Released As: track:strain +Directory: strain-lofam5 Duration: '2:27' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strain @@ -1035,11 +1025,8 @@ Art Tags: - Dirk - LoTaK - SBaHJ -Referenced Tracks: -- Five-Four Stress -- Apexhalation Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) 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. @@ -1145,7 +1132,7 @@ Art Tags: - Horrorterrors - Sans Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) Originally known as "you have got to be SHITTONG me (temp title)". No further commentary. <i>Monckat:</i> I really wasn't sure what to draw for this one at first, and I'm not sure it's even possible to capture 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. @@ -1310,6 +1297,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - John - John's dad +- Victory Platform - Skaia Commentary: |- <i>Not Eno:</i> @@ -1332,7 +1320,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Sampled Tracks: - Schala's Theme Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) There's a Homestuck continuation fanventure named "[[album:act-8-volume-1|Act 8]]", and this amazing track scored part of it! You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS9p2gD_Ou4">check it out here</a>. --- Track: Sburban City @@ -1381,7 +1369,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>repeatedScales:</i> 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> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) 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. --- Track: Black ($C4RL3TT Remix) @@ -1543,7 +1531,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - All Alone Commentary: |- - <i>Andrew "Rainy" Obeng:</i> + <i>Rainy:</i> Redux of All Alone from PMT's "Beforusbound" album. <i>swanfire:</i> Damara is such a dense character with her story being told at the edges and words of everyone else with barely any exposition coming 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. @@ -1564,7 +1552,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Beatdown (Strider Style) - Sunsetter Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) I remember looping this track over and over back in 2011, and Kanishka helped me get back in touch with the musician. There's something about it that brings the Homestuck Act 4 feelings back, like how a Faygo smell can bring you back to your amazing and smelly experience at the 2009 "Clown Killaz" Insane Clown Posse concert. <i>Gryotharian:</i> Sorry he's not running. Just standing there. Give him a break, it's hard to run on a clock. @@ -1581,7 +1569,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Rose Commentary: |- - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) This track art actually depicts Rose in her Lord of Space outfit from [[group:canmt|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 --- Track: '[S] ==>' @@ -1677,8 +1665,8 @@ Commentary: |- You can just hear the love and effort that went into the track, it brings the nostalgia rushing back so I tried to create an art piece that would do that justice. --- Track: Abstract -Artists: -- Kusoro +Directory: abstract-lofam5 +Originally Released As: track:abstract Duration: '2:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/abstract @@ -1687,10 +1675,6 @@ Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: - The Theseus -Referenced Tracks: -- track:moonsetter -- Despot -- Upward Movement (Dave Owns) Commentary: |- <i>Monckat:</i> Features a sort of on-a-whim redesign of the Theseus 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. @@ -1737,8 +1721,8 @@ Commentary: |- So if anything was pushed off to the last moment, it was this haha. This was probably the first one I 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. --- Track: Crystallized Flowers DX -Artists: -- salex_r3kt +Directory: crystallized-flowers-dx-lofam5 +Originally Released As: track:crystallized-flowers-dx Duration: '4:25' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystallized-flowers-dx @@ -1748,12 +1732,6 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Jade - LoFaF -Referenced Tracks: -- Crystalanthemums -- Crystalanthology -- Crystamanthequins -- Sburban Jungle -- Crystalmethequins 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! @@ -1777,7 +1755,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck Anthem - track:old-secret - Embittered Shore -- track:penumbra-phantasm +- Penumbra Phantasm Commentary: |- <i>FrostyMac:</i> I loved the ending to Pesterquest and wanted to do a track on it. @@ -1850,5 +1828,5 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Gryotharian:</i> Decided if this was going to be the last LOFAM album, it needed a good closing track. Not a full huge song (that honor definitely goes to and belongs to [[track:ophiuchus-full-suite-lofam5|Ophiuchus]]), just like a short little thing, the last few notes for the fandom, to wrap everything up. I think I went for a more hopeful tone, that maybe this won't be the end for homestuck's 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. Maybe. - <i>Makin:</i> + <i>Makin:</i> (album management) [[album:lofam5a2|4 years is quitter talk.]] |