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diff --git a/album/lofam5a2.yaml b/album/lofam5a2.yaml index 76a71124..2c080114 100644 --- a/album/lofam5a2.yaml +++ b/album/lofam5a2.yaml @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Date: September 16, 2023 Date Added: September 16, 2023 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-5-act-2 +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkHKl1tLvgY_IAXBu82Qlx9nZI_cZ3fH2 Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans - Fandom @@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ Additional Files: - banner.png - bg.png Commentary: |- + <i>Unofficial MSPA Fans:</i> + (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_53bD1JeE">Album premiere stream w/ chat</a>) + <i>Grace Medley:</i> “This almost didn’t happen.” @@ -63,6 +67,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> I can ask for a better team, witness me: I want [[group:toby-fox|Toby Fox]] for LOFAM 6. I’m gonna make this happen, I swear it on [[track:penumbra-phantasm|PP’s]] name. + + <i>tempest2k:</i> + hi I'm tempest2k! I organized the metadata for this album download! if you are reading this it means you care enough about this music that I will take advantage of your interest by plugging my own stuff. mwahahaha! <a href="http://inhospitable.net">check out my comic</a> + + thank to everyone reading for caring so much about homestuck music. everyone who worked on this album should be incredibly proud to have been a part of something so magical. --- Section: Disc 1 --- @@ -72,6 +81,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '0:24' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/s-disc-1 +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxTJ0EZhcL8 Referenced Tracks: - track:intermission Commentary: |- @@ -84,6 +94,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:21' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-pulse-and-haze-2 +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=remsqvqdbhM Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: @@ -105,6 +116,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '1:31' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/moonlight-riders +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUUusyhF1rs Cover Artists: - Horizonseek Studios Art Tags: @@ -132,8 +144,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Horizonseek Studios:</i> thought itd b fun 2 reference knuckles chaotix like the track does + hence the RINGS tyin jake 2 MR STRIDERS WILD RIDE + the trackname + the chaotix cover made me wanna draw a night scene n with prospitian gold n dersite purple it landed me in a lovely CMYKish colourscheme + highly recommend listening 2 this track loopin for like a half hour + close ur eyes n imagine u suck at sonic levels. --- Track: Sunslambo @@ -142,6 +157,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:05' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunslambo +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxySMW0dTds Cover Artists: - nononimo Art Tags: @@ -161,6 +177,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:duet Duration: '2:38' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/duet +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n60BifD0Lc Cover Artists: - Kett Art Tags: @@ -184,6 +201,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:38' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grave-of-the-fireflies +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEXpSE32PDg Cover Artists: - Selan Pike Art Tags: @@ -205,11 +223,15 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:44' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dictator +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H05HNGKfACQ Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: - Dirk Commentary : |- + <i>Grace Medley:</i> + How’s about that Dirk guy, huh? Between this, [[album:homestuck-vol-9|Vol. 9’s]] [[track:sweet-dreams-timaeus|Sweet Dreams, Timaeus]], [[akbum:lofam4|LOFAM4’s]] [[track:tragic-heights|Tragic Heights]], and the never-released Hello, My Name Is Hal, Ferkol’s sculpted out a one-of-a-kind musical identity for this brooding dude. + <i>Monckat:</i> Ultimate Dirk broods moodily over some epic matter of doubtlessly transcendent existential importance. The text in the background was transcribed directly from my well-thumbed physical copy of the epilogues. I kinda forgot what the interior of the Theseus looked like so I defaulted to a bunch of Galfany-esque tech. --- @@ -219,6 +241,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:34' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/vriskafic8ion +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr5UUqGtjiw Cover Artists: - Fender_Jess Art Tags: @@ -229,7 +252,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor Commentary: |- <i>Fender_Jess:</i> - So Vriskafic8ion is a track Ash wrote inspired by the fanfiction "<a href="https://archiveofourown.org/series/1475819">godfeels</a>", wherein John becomes June with an assist from her own personal brain ghost Vriska. Basically, June is all of John's power and free spirit, combined with Vriska's determination, neverending drive and penchant for (over-re)action. She's a chaotic whirlwind of violence and action and willpower and volatility, all with Vriska there, in spirit, hand on her shoulder. Godfeels is one of my all-time favorite fanworks, and seeing this track appear on LOFAM was an absolute delight, so I wanted to give it a visual punch to go along with the energy of the music. + So Vriskafic8ion is a track Ash wrote inspired by the fanfiction "<a href="https://archiveofourown.org/series/1475819">godfeels</a>", wherein John becomes June with an assist from her own personal brain ghost Vriska. Basically, June is all of John's power and free spirit, combined with Vriska's determination, neverending drive and penchant for (over-re)action. She's a chaotic whirlwind of violence and action and willpower and volatility, all with Vriska there, in spirit, hand on her shoulder. Godfeels is one of my all-time favorite fanworks, and seeing this track appear on LOFAM was an absolute delight, so I wanted to give it a visual punch to go along with the energy of the music. The piece itself is just a few vignettes of important moments plus a Cool Action Shot of June to tie it all together. As simple as the concept is, I'm really happy with how it came out; this is definitely the most ambitious thing I've ever drawn, hahah --- Track: 'Flight of the Meteor: Year 1' Artists: @@ -237,6 +260,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:24' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/flight-of-the-meteor-year-1 +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeAbVxdwssg Cover Artists: - Adrian "gravitygauntlet" Wahrer Art Tags: @@ -252,35 +276,33 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Jebb:</i> Hoo boy, this one! - I had always had the idea of making some sort of "epic trailer music" kinda track, but every one of my attempts never passed the sketch phase. When I joined the LOFAM 5A2 team, I felt like it would be the perfect time to finally try and make that sort of thing, however when i actually tried to make it, nothing really stuck. + I had always had the idea of making some sort of "epic trailer music" kinda track, but every one of my attempts never passed the sketch phase. When I joined the LOFAM 5A2 team, I felt like it would be the perfect time to finally try and make that sort of thing, however when I actually tried to make it, nothing really stuck. Around that time, I went to see a live Hans Zimmer concert that was touring. I already like movie soundtracks, however, seeing them performed live was an entirely different feeling. It was so grand, so important, so majestic. In short, i adored it. And moreso, it was the final push that i needed. During an intermission, i came up with something and quickly recorded myself humming it, and that recording was the thing that finally gave me the inspiration to make this track. - Flight of the Meteor is supposed to be a series of tracks about the 3-year journey of the Meteor crew and the events that happened during it. The image that came up in my mind every time i brainstormed about "The Epic LOFAM Track™" was always the trolls' meteor, and frankly, i am not even too sure why. Possibly because at the time i thought that it was one of the only major events in Homestuck that didn't really have music associated with it (But then i remembered Gold Pilot and the Cascade flash so yeah lol). Still, i really liked the idea, and the concept stuck. + Flight of the Meteor is supposed to be a series of tracks about the 3-year journey of the Meteor crew and the events that happened during it. The image that came up in my mind every time I brainstormed about "The Epic LOFAM Track™" was always the trolls' meteor, and frankly, I am not even too sure why. Possibly because at the time i thought that it was one of the only major events in Homestuck that didn't really have music associated with it (But then I remembered [[track:gold-pilot|Gold Pilot]] and the [[flash:4109|Cascade]] flash so yeah lol). Still, I really liked the idea, and the concept stuck. Now, hold on, a *series* of tracks? What do you mean, Jebb? Well, if you are reading this commentary in the future, then you probably know. If you aren't, well, you probably already figured it out. But still, a bit of an explanation. - At first, this track was supposed to be one single very long track. As i was making it, i very quickly reached 4 minutes in length, which was already a lot for my standards. However, the parts that i had finished were only supposed to be the middle, so that would mean that i would be going into the 7-8 minute territory. I wasn't really bothered by that, but by that point i was already getting pretty tired and the deadlines were creeping up so i wasn't sure if i would be able to do it. - On top of that, i had another WIP of an alternate version of this track which i had started earlier and slowly chipped away at inbetween the other LOFAM tracks since both others and I believed that it had potential. - - At that point i determined that all of this was a bit too much for me and decided to make the latter part of Flight of the Meteor its own track and save both it and the WIP for a later LOFAM. + At first, this track was supposed to be one single very long track. As i was making it, i very quickly reached 4 minutes in length, which was already a lot for my standards. However, the parts that I had finished were only supposed to be the middle, so that would mean that I would be going into the 7-8 minute territory. I wasn't really bothered by that, but by that point i was already getting pretty tired and the deadlines were creeping up, so I wasn't sure if I would be able to do it. On top of that, I had another WIP of an alternate version of this track which I had started earlier and slowly chipped away at in between the other LOFAM tracks since both others and I believed that it had potential. At that point I determined that all of this was a bit too much for me and decided to make the latter part of Flight of the Meteor its own track and save both it and the WIP for a later LOFAM. It was at that moment that [[artist:makin|Makin]] said "thematically it needs to take three years to finish", which gave me a fantastic idea. Of course! I just make each track a different year of the journey! I mean, it was already like that, but i just somehow never thought to name them by their years. Now, enough backstory, time to talk about the track itself. - This track, Year 1, is focused on the beginning of the journey, mainly the actual launch of the asteroid. The beginning shows us the Meteor, serenely flying through the open space. Starting from approximately the middle, we flashback to the events of [[flash:4109|Cascade]], and as the threats of a dying universe and Jack Noir loom, Sollux charges up (3:15) and, with the volume peaking, launches the Meteor with all of his power. The tension dies down and a melancholic yet triumphant piano plays to show that the danger has passed, and a new chapter of the trolls and kids' lives is beginning. + This track, Year 1, is focused on the beginning of the journey, mainly the actual launch of the asteroid. The beginning shows us the Meteor, serenely flying through the open space. Starting from approximately the middle, we flashback to the events of [[flash:4109|Cascade]], and as the threats of a dying universe and Jack Noir loom, Sollux charges up (3:15) and, with the volume peaking, launches the Meteor with all of his power. The tension dies down and a melancholic yet triumphant piano plays to show that the danger has passed, and a new chapter of the trolls and kids' lives is beginning. Essentially, this could very well be an alternate track for Cascade's meteor launch part. - Essentially, this could very well be an alternate track for Cascade's meteor launch part. - - The morse code you hear after the peak is supposed to be Serenity, however i didn't really have anything deep or impactful for her to say so i just had her beep out "hehe Homestuck" lmao + The morse code you hear after the peak is supposed to be Serenity, however i didn't really have anything deep or impactful for her to say so i just had her beep out ""hehe Homestuck"" On the more technical side of things, my computer absolutely HATED this track. - My pc was chugging HARD when i was working on this. (Funnily enough, i am pretty sure that the biggest issue was all the automation.) If not for Grace teaching me about the "switch smart disable for all plugins" option in FL i would have really struggled. + My pc was chugging HARD when i was working on this. (Funnily enough, I am pretty sure that the biggest issue was all the automation.) If not for [[artist:grace-medley|Grace]] teaching me about the ""switch smart disable for all plugins""" option in FL i would have really struggled. + + Speaking of struggle. God, I absolutely DESPISE BBC Studio Orchestra. Their instruments sound so good, but it just absolutely \*refuses* to function. Every single time I reopened the project file, almost every single instance of it broke and I had to spend like 4 straight minutes relaunching every single one until they all worked properly again. I tried to google fixes for it, redownloading it, and all for nothing. I swear, after this I am switching to Kontakt, this was absolutely unbearable. Would not recommend. - Speaking of struggle. God, i absolutely DESPISE BBC Studio Orchestra. Their instruments sound so good but it just absolutely *refuses* to function. Every single time i reopened the project file, almost every single instance of it broke and i had to spend like 4 straight minutes relaunching every single one until they all worked properly again. I tried to google fixes for it, redownloading it, and all for nothing. I swear, after this i am switching to Kontakt, this was absolutely unbearable. Would not recommend. - Overall, FoTM:Y1 is almost definitely the most ambitious track i have attempted to date. Personally, the mixing is a bit off in some parts and the middle part is kinda repetitive, however, it's all just nitpicks that i often like to give myself. I really am very proud of this track, and i hope that the future entries in this little trilogy can live up to the hype of this one. + (Update: I updated my FL copy to 21 and now it functions completely fine, so we're friends now! Still, the pain it wrought is scarred deeply into my heart.) + + Overall, FoTM:Y1 is almost definitely the most ambitious track I have attempted to date. Personally, the mixing is a bit off in some parts and the middle part is kinda repetitive, however, it's all just nitpicks that I often like to give myself. I really am very proud of this track, and I hope that the future entries in this little trilogy can live up to the hype of this one. See you in Year 2! --- @@ -290,13 +312,12 @@ Originally Released As: track:across-time Duration: '2:38' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/across-time +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1U7RjpY1mo Cover Artists: - Nodls Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> - This art was originally used to score the [S] Mika: Souviens-toi animation in the french fanventure <a href="https://discord.gg/hV3s6dXEuX">Heaven;Sent</a>. - - Why not <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH65pNyM2Pw">watch it</a> alongside the track? + This art was originally used to score the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH65pNyM2Pw">[S] Mika: Souviens-toi</a> animation in the french fanventure <a href="https://discord.gg/hV3s6dXEuX">Heaven;Sent</a>. --- Track: Slow Dancing in the Clockwork Hall Directory: slow-dancing-in-the-clockwork-hall-lofam5a2 @@ -304,6 +325,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:slow-dancing-in-the-clockwork-hall Duration: '2:23' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/slow-dancing-in-the-clockwork-hall +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4gvaw98w-I Cover Art File Extension: jpg Cover Artists: - swanfire @@ -327,6 +349,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:20' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fill-em-with-daylight-yd-club-mix +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-n-LXzoCns Cover Artists: - Selan Pike Art Tags: @@ -348,6 +371,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:ruined-singularity Duration: '3:14' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ruined-singularity +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctPV_croW-M Cover Artists: - Circlejourney Art Tags: @@ -359,7 +383,7 @@ Commentary: |- Hello John Muse, from Muse, if you're reading this I'm very sorry for stealing your awesome song for my Homestuck music. I hope you can forgive me someday. <i>Circlejourney:</i> - The art is an abstract rendering of an implosion smashing the fabric of the universe, which is how I felt listening to the track. + The art is an abstract rendering of an implosion shattering the mirror-face of the universe, which accurately represents how I felt listening to the track for the first time. --- Track: Virtua-Bounce Artists: @@ -367,6 +391,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '1:34' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/virtua-bounce +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pT-wa6iE8Y Cover Artists: - Torrent 64 - Adrian "gravitygauntlet" Wahrer @@ -387,6 +412,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:43' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-keygen-working-2009-no-virus +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=142KlGePkew Cover Artists: - Awkward Art Tags: @@ -409,6 +435,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:everyone-here-fine-and-happy-lets-eat-some-cake-an Duration: '3:34' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/everyone-here-fine-and-happy-lets-eat-some-cake-and-play-a-song +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOdDcJBpToI Cover Artists: - ricemilk Art Tags: @@ -429,7 +456,7 @@ Commentary: |- Playing everything on real instruments just feels a bit different to me, and I like that. It was very fun to iterate on the parts and do all different solos. <i>ricemilk:</i> - My inspiration for this was a track art for "[[track:unlabeled|unlabeled]]" off of "[[album:one-year-older|One Year Older]]". It's basically what came to mind when I saw that title and heard the song, although the vibes of the songs themselves are different. I didn't even look back at it through the course of working on my piece, but now when I do, it ended up being very similar. I was *also* informed that it looked like the painting "Freedom from Want" by Norman Rockwell, which was completely unintended but a very funny coincidence. The POV is our main character. If I was to redo it, I'd make it more playful to fit the song better, but I guess the feeling that I was stuck with was "safe" and "belonging". The feelings that perhaps many of us yearn for. + My inspiration for this was a track art for "[[track:unlabeled|unlabeled]]" off of "[[album:one-year-older|One Year Older]]". It's basically what came to mind when I saw that title and heard the song, although the vibes of the songs themselves are different. I didn't even look back at it through the course of working on my piece, but now when I do, it ended up being very similar. I was \*also* informed that it looked like the painting "Freedom from Want" by Norman Rockwell, which was completely unintended but a very funny coincidence. The POV is our main character. If I was to redo it, I'd make it more playful to fit the song better, but I guess the feeling that I was stuck with was "safe" and "belonging". The feelings that perhaps many of us yearn for. --- Track: The Final Spice is Cardamom for Apple Pie, Cloves for Pumpkins Artists: @@ -437,6 +464,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:53' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-final-spice-is-cardamom-for-apple-pie-cloves-for-pumpkins +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdEbSepJbrs Cover Artists: - METIANULL - halstridergaming @@ -473,6 +501,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:15' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ruination +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05jbQufJLG4 Cover Art File Extension: jpg Cover Artists: - Horizonseek Studios @@ -497,6 +526,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:23' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/braiin-faiiliiure +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX7i8pBCaJk Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: @@ -518,6 +548,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '1:44' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shire-strife +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Jn1x7ojqA Cover Artists: - electricwestern Referenced Tracks: @@ -536,6 +567,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '0:57' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fright-rush +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f43l7PCv8Y Cover Artists: - artist:jarleypeno Referenced Tracks: @@ -551,8 +583,9 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:06' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/make-them-pay +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn_f5sdtxCg Cover Artists: -- Secily Iopara +- tempest2k Art Tags: - Vriska - Sollux @@ -564,11 +597,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Grace Medley:</i> Of my tracks on this album, this is probably the one I’ve been meaning to do for the longest time. I actually started conceptualising this back while [[album:lofam4|LOFAM 4]] was still in development! I remember at the time that my friend Tempest had taken to submitting a wide variety of tracks for it, all of which eventually fell short of manager approval in one way or another. I don’t know if these tracks are still around anywhere, but there was one whose tune would never quite leave my head. This tune was, of course, the original Make Them Pay. - Fast forward to now, some time after I’d presumed myself to have lost all contact with Tempest. We hadn’t talked for years, and we really only caught back up once I came back to [[group:unofficial-mspa-fans|UMSPAF]] in the time after [[album:lofam5|LOFAM 5]] dropped. When the ball got rolling on the next LOFAM (the one you’ve got right here!), I got to thinking that I should 1. finish up basically as much as I can from my extensive list of tracks I’ve wanted to make for various UMSPAF projects, and 2. collaborate with as many of the longtime friends I’ve made through this circle as is humanly possible (these are both common themes you’ll notice throughout my tracks on LOFAM 5 A 2). Well, I’d wanted to cover Make Them Pay for a long time, and I figured that talking to Tempest about what to do with it would be a great way to finally realise that idea. + Fast forward to now, some time after I’d presumed myself to have lost all contact with Tempest. We hadn’t talked for years, and we really only caught back up once I came back to [[group:unofficial-mspa-fans|UMSPAF]] in the time after [[album:lofam5|LOFAM 5]] dropped. When the ball got rolling on the next LOFAM (the one you’ve got right here!), I got to thinking that I should 1. finish up basically as much as I can from my extensive list of tracks I’ve wanted to make for various UMSPAF projects, and 2. collaborate with as many of the longtime friends I’ve made through this circle as is humanly possible (these are both common themes you’ll notice throughout my tracks on LOFAM5A2). Well, I’d wanted to cover Make Them Pay for a long time, and I figured that talking to Tempest about what to do with it would be a great way to finally realise that idea. I think the end result really worked out. A key inspiration for the sound of this track is the score to the PS4 game Driveclub, which actually sort of has me thinking... has anyone gotten around to making a really crappy racing Homestuck fangame? I would absolutely play the shit out of Sburbkart or whatever, if it existed. - <i>Secily Iopara:</i> + <i>tempest2k:</i> I think Grace's commentary covers some of the feelings I have about this. I think it's really cool to be able to say we worked on a thing (again) after all this time. Life is hard and honestly this piece was hard to work on, even if it's pretty simple. I'm happy with it, though. Grace had just about finished the track around the time I got to [S] Make Her Pay in my Homestuck reread, and the concept for this art came my mind almost instantly. I'm proud to have brought this whole thing around full circle, having made the song this is a remix of. I'm proud to be in this booklet. --- Track: PLEA AND JUDGEMENT @@ -577,6 +610,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:09' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/plea-and-judgement +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqovNAdFYzE Cover Artists: - Artatruc Art Tags: @@ -592,6 +626,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:57' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lunar-solace +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x6kE-AL3FA Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: @@ -607,9 +642,9 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Vacuum Spark Commentary: |- <i>Monckat:</i> - An elaboration of SolusLunes' track Endless Space, sprinkled with sections quoting his [[album:homestuck-vol-5|Vol. 5]] track Switchback and seasoned to taste with a few of the motifs from my fanventure, The Tapestry. + An elaboration of SolusLunes' track Endless Space, sprinkled with sections quoting his [[album:homestuck-vol-5|Vol. 5]] track Switchback and seasoned to taste with a few of the motifs from my fanventure, The Tapestry. You’ll never guess what the title is based on. - Endless Space isn’t technically a homestuck track, but my unconfirmed, absurd and totally speculative theory is that when Mr. Lunes was tossing wavs into his Vol. 5 submission folder he intended to submit Endless Space but mixed up the file names and put [[track:endless-heart|Endless Heart]] in instead. I have zero evidence for this. + Endless Space isn’t technically a homestuck track, but my absurd, speculative and totally unconfirmable theory is that when Mr. Lunes was tossing wavs into his Vol. 5 submission folder he intended to submit Endless Space but mixed up the file names and put [[track:endless-heart|Endless Heart]] in instead. I have zero evidence for this. <i>Makin:</i> <img src="media/misc/lofam5a2bullshit.jpg" width="150"><br> @@ -624,6 +659,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '1:23' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beckoning +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS6d8DjY8nw Cover Artists: - Doribun Art Tags: @@ -651,6 +687,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:01' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/yo-quiero-la-homestuck +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV0nl25a3PY Cover Artists: - Torrent 64 Art Tags: @@ -667,7 +704,7 @@ Commentary: |- The homestuck melodies you know and love, now with a tangy salsa flavor! I made this after being inspired to write some latin jazz, and then accidentally adding the melody from Descend to it. "Hey, this sounds really good," I thought, as I proceeded to brainlessly structure the entire song around homestuck motifs. Anyways, I hope you enjoy, and try to recognize all the melodies! <i>Torrent 64:</i> - I really loved the vibe of this track. Since I'm of Puerto Rican descent, I've always had a partiality towards Salsa music. The artwork is a parody of the album cover for Lo Mato by Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe, just with Tavros and John. + I really loved the vibe of this track. Since I'm of Puerto Rican descent, I've always had a partiality towards Salsa music, so I just knew I had to make the art for this track. The artwork is a parody of the album cover for Lo Mato by Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe, just with Tavros and John. --- Track: Fugalanthequins Artists: @@ -675,6 +712,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:12' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fugalanthequins +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkrgFMsdQGA Cover Artists: - lemonzestdoodle Art Tags: @@ -688,7 +726,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:megalovania-halloween Commentary: |- <i>Shwan:</i> - Terezi found a copy of “Die Kunst der Fuge” in a ruin and decided to take a shot + Terezi found a copy of “Die Kunst der Fuge” in one of the ruin and decided to take a shot <img src="media/misc/lofam5a2bach.jpg" width="150"> <i>lemonzestdoodle:</i> @@ -701,6 +739,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:cometfall Duration: '3:07' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cometfall +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEy3c8Qq204 Cover Artists: - Adrian "gravitygauntlet" Wahrer Art Tags: @@ -718,6 +757,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '7:36' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-deceased-friends-and-family +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDEdrFFZ66c Cover Artists: - halstridergaming Art Tags: @@ -748,6 +788,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:31' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/maybe-itll-turn-out-better-this-time +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT0EPU41qi0 Cover Artists: - yoyoYolo Art Tags: @@ -760,11 +801,38 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck Anthem - Frost and Clockwork +MIDI Project Files: +- Title: MIDI by Circlejourney (original composer) + Files: + - 'Maybe_itll_turn_out_better_this_time - Circlejourney.mid' Commentary: |- <i>Circlejourney:</i> This one's about starting the universe over when the old one doesn't work out. It's also about the worlds that Homestuck has inspired and spawned, both within its multiverse and beyond it. - Shoutout to <a href="https://utopianparadoxist.tumblr.com">UtopianParadoxist</a> who wrote the post that led to this track emerging in 2 days - I really thought I was done with Homestuck fan music for good, but even now it still hits me with inspiration without warning. + I'm dedicating this one to <a href="https://utopianparadoxist.tumblr.com">UtopianParadoxist</a>, who wrote the post that made this track appear in my mind in such blinding clarity I couldn't stop making until it was done. + + I also have some extended commentary about this one--it's more important to me than I give it credit for. + + When I finished reading Homestuck, I was...disappointed. That disappointment morphed gradually into disgust as I watched schisms violently open in the fandom following the Epilogues and Homestuck^2, and in the process I felt like I'd lost something. + + I kept thinking that maybe, if I just read the comic again, it would turn out different. Maybe it'd be the story I'd once loved and it would fill me with breathless wonder again. Maybe it'd be better. + + But earlier this year, a post by uP crossed my dash after he'd disappeared from my periphery for well over a year. He was outlining his plans surrounding <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/series/1433650">Pumpkin Path</a>, a story he's writing that runs adjacent to the Epilogues and (eventually though not yet?) gives these characters the futures they've earned. + + And I realised...that's not how it works, y'know? It's not the story that has changed: it's my heart, my relationship with it. And the best thing I could do was take what this once-beloved story gave me and make something new with it. And that's what many people have done in the wake of Homestuck's end: we've all gone off and made new stories, for which this long-beloved comic was an undeniable progenitor. + + It reminded me of a certain recurring motif in the comic itself. Every time the universe resulted in a corrupt or barren session, the players...well, they rebooted it. They left the old universe behind, and started a new one, billions of years all over again just to see where it would go this time. + + There was no use in searching for the story that used to be, because it was me that had changed. + + You may as well leave that old universe behind and start a new one from scratch. + + This is the idea that seeded the above track, and it caught me off guard, because it was the first Homestuck music I had made in more than two years--after I thought I'd sworn it off for good. And then, two days later, *Maybe it'll turn out better this time* was done. (Two days is, by the way, a *very* short time for a track to emerge.) It was a small, silly, wonderful little thing, a sapling in the ashes, that proved to me that things could change. + + But beyond my track, the entirety of LOFAM5A2 feels especially so. It's a startling breath of fresh air that emerged from so much genuine joy and excitement. I'm happy I got to contribute even just a little work to it and I really, really hope that the fandom sees it for all that went into it. An UMSPAF manager once said that my music always sounds hopeful, but it was never intentional until this one. Thank you to everyone who's made good art that has inspired others in turn, you create life with your own hands. + + <i>yoyoYolo:</i> + maybe it’ll turn out better this time is a title that immediately reminded me of the retcon. in the cover art, i decided to highlight how the joy of the post retcon timeline almost completely overshadows the suffering of characters that we actually followed for years. idk, replacing these guys with slightly different versions of them always felt weird to me. --- Track: Lilith Directory: lilith-lofam5a2 @@ -772,6 +840,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:lilith Duration: '3:27' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lilith +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOw2XCVsATA Cover Artists: - Torrent 64 Art Tags: @@ -790,6 +859,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '10:25' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/stuck +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WICSGFc_Fqo Cover Artists: - Artatruc Art Tags: @@ -862,11 +932,17 @@ Lyrics: |- (The craters are all rounded off. There's quite a few of them, some of them are newer. Many of them look like, especially the round ones, look like hits by meteorites or projectiles of some sort.) Commentary: |- <i>Grace Medley:</i> + It should more or less go without saying that this is the most complicated thing I’ve ever made, by a considerable margin. By the time of the final mix, you’re looking at well over 200 tracks of audio here. This thing has been eating gigabytes of storage space on my computer. Stuck is not the track of mine on here that I’ve felt a compulsion to make for the longest time (that title goes to [[track:make-them-pay-lofam5a2|Make Them Pay]]), but it is the one that’s been eating at me the most. I think it was during the making of [[track:home|Home]], sometime towards the end, that I pitched a sequel (not in absolute sincerity, I just thought it would be funny to propose a sequel called Stuck) because collaborating with the team was some of the most fun I’d ever had in working on music. + + Fast forward to 2022, when, behind the scenes, we’re sort of deliberating over the prospect of a new LOFAM (we had no idea at the time that we’d get more than thirty-odd tracks even optimistically, we couldn’t begin to dream of netting three times that). I say to Split, well, since we’ve both improved so much as producers, what’s the harm in taking a crack at Stuck for real this time? To my surprise, both WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES and Ucklin jumped on the opportunity in a heartbeat. Looking back, I’m more or less shocked everything fell together so perfectly like that. + + We cut ahead a few weeks more and I’m sitting at work, with Another Jungle stuck in my head. It gets me thinking: Home is largely inspired by [[track:forever|Forever]]/Dawn of Man, which in turn borrow largely from Sburban Jungle. Another Jungle doesn’t have a Forever/Dawn of Man equivalent, but what if Stuck behaved like it came from another universe where it did – using the same melody, but over poppier, more bittersweet chords? To my surprise, I had the chords in my head in minutes. You can hear them in the chorus, which actually largely remains unaltered from what I wrote down that afternoon and the following week. Actually, the melody to the vocals in the chorus mostly follows I had an idea to put over the top of that, too, although with some important adjustments from Ucklin who also wrote lyrics that blow the kind of stuff I was thinking up out of the water. + I think a big part of what I had going for me production-wise on this track is that I’ve not only become better at mixing (actually, you hear practically none of my mix work on Home – that’s almost entirely held together by Split’s fantastic work there), but I’ve also diversified my music tastes – I know whose styles I’m drawing inspiration from, and I know what benchmark to aim for in producing Stuck. Some I leave it as a challenge for any keen-eared listener to go looking for are George Duke, Fatboy Slim, Magdalena Bay, Bicep, Slowdive (who I sample in here – keep an ear out!), Röyksopp, Oneohtrix Point Never, Barker, and early Apparat. The ending is almost entirely pastiche of the musician Lawrence English – and I thank Split for the idea, who suggested Stuck’s ending should be something ambient to contrast with Home’s big, climactic rock-out, and I still wanted something larger-than-life, so English’s heavy drone style seemed like a perfect end to aim for. On the lyrical side of things, Ucklin drew a brilliant connection between what I was trying to evoke in terms of these two figures reunited at the end of Home finding they can’t explain to each other what they saw in their time apart, and trying to explain the serial and communal experience of Homestuck to an archival reader. When I saw how much steam LOFAM was picking back up, and I realised the community was far from a thing of the past, that’s when I proposed the prechorus: “If nothing beside remains (itself a quote from Percy B. Shelley’s poem Ozymandias) / Then why can’t we try again?” - If I could, I’d like to dedicate a quick aside to everyone who has helped motivate me to keep at working on new UMSPAF stuff, not least of all my wonderful partner, who stayed up countless late nights in online calls to keep me pushing through this song, even when I thought I couldn’t any further. It was well worth every second, I think. + If I could, I’d like to dedicate a quick aside to everyone who has helped motivate me to keep at working on new [[group:unofficial-mspa-fans|UMSPAF]] stuff, not least of all my wonderful partner, who stayed up countless late nights in online calls to keep me pushing through this song, even when I thought I couldn’t any further. It was well worth every second, I think. <i>SplitSuns:</i> I still find it so surreal that we already made Home four years ago. I second Grace when she says that working on the piece was some of the most fun I'd ever had in my music career. It was difficult and demanding, but undeniably rewarding and an experience that we all learned a lot from. It felt like such a complete work in and of itself that I couldn't ever conceive of how a sequel would turn out. Yet when Grace seriously pitched the idea of making Stuck in 2022, I wasn't skeptical in the slightest, because I knew if anyone could pull it off, it was us four. And so we did. @@ -888,6 +964,17 @@ Commentary: |- I'd like to think I've improved my technique since my part in Home, haha. Collaboration takes a different, but not altogether unpleasant different form of thinking than working on something on your own. I usually find simply go in without much thinking when either producing or composing, but there was a lot more discussion here in trying to find the exact thing we wanted to get out of this piece. I think it turned out pretty damn well. + + <i>Ucklin:</i> + This project reminded me of both the frustration and joy of collaborating! + + Early in the process, I had a meeting with Grace to plan out the subject of the song. I left that meeting feeling like I had a pretty good idea what she wanted it to be about, but a few weeks later when I tried to start writing, it felt like I just couldn't get it right. It felt like fitting a cube slightly larger than my head into my skull. It wasn't that I was coming up with things that weren't working; I just felt like I couldn't come up with anything at all because the concept was like a Klein bottle: Both open-ended and closed off. + + I felt avoidant, but we were running out of time, and eventually I did share some concepts with everyone in the group chat for the song-- Only to find there were issues with them. For example, in the second verse, I had written lyrics with the same structure as the first verse, even though the harmonic rhythm was different. Grace took the liberty of coming up with the duet version of the verse (as heard in the final song), changing my lyrics a little to fit. Agh!! I was surprised at how huge a feeling of defensiveness and frustration that created. But when I calmed down and Tay and I recorded our vocals, I knew Grace's vision for it was definitely right. + + That feeling was really important, because it reminded me that whenever we give people feedback on their music and art, we are asking them to push through for the sake of the album, recognizing sometimes feedback from others can make it better. And I don't take that for granted! + + Anyway, about the actual lyrics: Grace gave me the suggestion to make the feelings real, but the imagery unreal, and that really guided my choices in creating the song. In the verses, I wanted to evoke the feeling of journeying through something man-made, but infinite in its repetition and growing with a life of its own. Something that you are experiencing in isolation and in a crowd of countless others. And something you can't re-create, even just in trying to explain it to someone else. I was a little stumped because the concept of the song seemed self-contradictory: How was I supposed to write imagery if its defining feature was supposed to be that it was inexplicable? The chorus idea came about as a way to reconcile that idea, by saying that the issue is in the listener receiving the meaning or feeling behind the imagery, not that the imagery itself can't be spoken. I'm proud of the way it turned out, and I hope you enjoy it too! --- Track: Prologue Directory: prologue-lofam5a2 @@ -895,6 +982,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:prologue Duration: '2:53' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prologue +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljSeO6ZaE8 Cover Artists: - DDP Art Tags: @@ -918,12 +1006,12 @@ Artists: Duration: '0:20' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/s-disc-2 +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27NkGH8WcNs Cover Artists: - Horizonseek Studios - Ucklin (feat.) Art Tags: - LoFaM -- John Referenced Tracks: - track:spacetime-starstriker Commentary: |- @@ -940,6 +1028,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/symphony-of-skaia +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRgwQPAVhkM Cover Art File Extension: jpg Cover Artists: - Corventine @@ -962,12 +1051,17 @@ Originally Released As: track:when-the-curtains-part Duration: '3:53' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/when-the-curtains-part +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m3J51g8MN0 Cover Artists: - ricemilk Art Tags: - Jade - Calliope - Alternate Calliope +MIDI Project Files: +- Title: MIDI by Circlejourney (original composer) + Files: + - 'When_the_Curtains_Part - Circlejourney.mid' Lyrics: |- Don't be afraid For no more will you be lonely and friendless @@ -1039,6 +1133,9 @@ Commentary: |- *“This is my last Homestuck track. (Well, it's intended to be...)”* — my past self, who didn’t know any better. Jade talks to Calliope on the floating stage before great events are set into motion. + + <i>ricemilk:</i> + I was floored hearing this song. I very much love the epic part of the shitpost epic that Homestuck is. I also love songs including vocals in this fandom. (that means I can sing it and I very much did while drawing) I wish I could make something resembling chinese artwork to honor the song's concept. I tried but ultimately failed to. I took a pretty literal route with the track art instead, drawing from the lyrics. --- Track: Grimnarc Voodoo Directory: grimnarc-voodoo-lofam5a2 @@ -1046,6 +1143,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:grimnarc-voodoo Duration: '5:00' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grimnarc-voodoo +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLCt6n5Czww Cover Artists: - piskomil Art Tags: @@ -1064,6 +1162,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:47' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/karkat-loses-his-mind-and-learns-holy-c +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXgBVRgdxKg Cover Artists: - yoyoYolo Art Tags: @@ -1074,6 +1173,10 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Gryotharian:</i> Title is pretty self explanatory. Karkat. TempleOS. I guess? Don't ask from where or why I came up with the concept for this track, I couldn't tell you. I thought briefly about downloading templeOS and using the hymn generator myself for parts of this song but that was far too much effort and loses the recognizability of Risen. I'm a nerd for weird internet history and like referencing weird internet history shit. So does homestuck, so why not? Why \*shouldn't* Karkat lose his mind and learn Holy C? can you answer me that, god? Can you answer me that? (Stay tuned next time for Karkat kills an educated adult and accepts the 4 corner simultaneous 24 hour days that occur within a single rotation of Alternia) + + <i>yoyoYolo:</i> + karkat loses his mind and learns holy c. i tried a different style for this one, since it’s for a song referencing templeos. editing the logos and all was a really funny experience. + <img src="media/misc/lofam5a2hoofbeast.png" width="200"> --- Track: Acid Hive Artists: @@ -1081,6 +1184,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:25' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/acid-hive +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXv_7nvRX1I Cover Artists: - Goopifer Art Tags: @@ -1115,6 +1219,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:15' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/mnsttr +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7yMpfW8zxM Cover Artists: - DAV Art Tags: @@ -1138,6 +1243,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:55' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/puppeteer-2 +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCpyARuu3i4 Cover Artists: - fatuousScribbles Art Tags: @@ -1154,6 +1260,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:32' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grubheap +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbL-xmLxdP4 Cover Artists: - Ender Art Tags: @@ -1176,6 +1283,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:59' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/eternal-pulse +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aQrj2fQpNs Cover Artists: - Gryotharian Art Tags: @@ -1200,6 +1308,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:14' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/re-tcon-act-2-re-dux +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kna7WqAeMA Cover Art File Extension: jpg Cover Artists: - ifer @@ -1258,6 +1367,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:21' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shred-them-to-pieces +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq9rE7mFkR0 Cover Artists: - lemonzestdoodle Art Tags: @@ -1276,6 +1386,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '5:18' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalanachronysms +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpheWWtzWOY Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: @@ -1300,6 +1411,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:the-oligarch Duration: '3:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-oligarch +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAuXvgNm4-s Cover Artists: - piskomil Art Tags: @@ -1314,6 +1426,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:36' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/requiem-for-a-daybreaker +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usP54Ob4idk Cover Artists: - DDP Art Tags: @@ -1323,9 +1436,10 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Requiem of Sunshine and Rainbows Commentary: |- <i>Koba:</i> - Before making this track, I never made an original song for a LoFaM album (my [[track:past-funk-is-worse-than-future-funk|previous one]] was taken from a [[album:9|CaNMT album]]), so my idea for this song was to remix a Homestuck song that didn't get much attention in the scene. One of my favorite songs from [[album:alterniabound|Alternabound]] was 'Requiem of Sunshine and Rainbows'. so my plan for this track was to create a remix more slow-paced but also felt more intense compared to the original song. There's multiple melodies from Sunshine and Rainbows heard in this track, though it might be hard to hear them at first listen since some notes are changed slighly and the melodies are slowed, but i swear they're in there somewhere pls trust me + before making this track, I never made an original song for a LoFaM album (my [[track:past-funk-is-worse-than-future-funk|previous one]] was taken from a [[album:9|CaNMT album]]), so my idea for this song was to remix a Homestuck song that didn't get much attention in the scene. one of my favorite songs from [[album:alterniabound|Alternabound]] was 'Requiem of Sunshine and Rainbows'. so my plan for this track was to create a remix more slow-paced but also felt more consistently intense compared to the original song. there's multiple melodies from the original song heard in this track, though it might be hard to hear them at first listen since some notes are changed slighly and the melodies are slowed, but i swear they're in there somewhere pls trust me - Also I found out after composing the track is that this song was the first time anyone has referenced Requiem of Sunshine and Rainbows apparently?? i want that to change so this song is going to be a message to everyone to also remix the original song because it is great and i love it thank you very much + Also I found out after composing the track is that this song was the first time anyone has referenced Requiem of Sunshine and Rainbows apparently?? i want that to change so this song is going to be a message to everyone to also remix the original song because it is great and i love it<br> + thank you very much <i>DDP:</i> An underrated track, i hope i could represent the feelings it conveys well. It reminds me of Kanaya's statuesque poise and her active fierceness, with a deep sense of repressed anger, finally let loose, and the following exhaustion from over-extersion. She is crowned in the dotted line of her impromputations and surrounded by a ring of rainbow blood. I know technically she shouldn't have both the lipstick, the chainsaw and an unperforated stomach at the same time, but i did it anyway for the sake of iconography. The lack of a symbol of her shirt is deliberate and a callback to her ancestor. @@ -1336,6 +1450,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:slick-tricks Duration: '2:49' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/slick-tricks +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlFXNQAJB10 Cover Artists: - Selan Pike Art Tags: @@ -1354,6 +1469,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:42' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/stepping-stones +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTwgZGBBoio Cover Artists: - Kett Commentary: |- @@ -1371,6 +1487,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:26' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/waltz-in-a-minor-homestuck-op-9 +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLd75QpRhOA Cover Artists: - Kett Art Tags: @@ -1391,6 +1508,7 @@ Commentary: |- The image that came to mind immediately upon hearing this song was a dark ballroom and the silhouette of John, Jane and Karkat doing the Waltz together. Part way through this piece I had a moment where I could only picture Karkat using grey for his silhouette, which didn’t work so I changed it to Prospit instead. Unfortunately during this time I completely forgot how windows worked. Like seriously, I spent hours looking up refs of windows and how to put a frame around the SBURB/SGRUB logos because brain.exe broke. + With Prospit I put Skaia in the background, but eventually switched it back to the original dark version with feedback from the team, but still keeping Skaia. Karkat’s silhouette changed to red to stand out, and I added the additional windows either end; Beforus SGRUB on the left, Caliborn’s singular on the right. --- Track: Terminal Loop @@ -1399,6 +1517,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:22' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/terminal-loop +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zsu9QvMBjw Cover Artists: - Torrent 64 Art Tags: @@ -1421,6 +1540,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:23' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/switched-on-showtime +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No5P4PYencY Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: @@ -1442,6 +1562,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:chroma Duration: '3:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/chroma +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrnX2PoJT5s Cover Art File Extension: jpg Cover Artists: - ifer @@ -1459,6 +1580,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:37' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rage-against-existence +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9YqaHvfiNM Cover Artists: - Torrent 64 Referenced Tracks: @@ -1473,6 +1595,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:45' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/caffeinated-jittering +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaZnpRCztjo Cover Artists: - lemonzestdoodle Art Tags: @@ -1487,7 +1610,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Years in the Future Commentary: |- <i>Kanishka:</i> - This WV-themed track went through no less than five different iterations before finally solidifying into its current form mere days before the ultimate music deadline. To say that I had only the vaguest inkling of what I wanted it to be is to say nothing, yet somehow all of my aimless wandering led to an end result that, as half-baked and ill-thought-out as it may be, is pretty good overall if I do say so myself. + Caffeinated Jittering went through no less than five different iterations and easily as many names before finally solidifying into its current form. As tempting as it would be to pretend that this track's fittingly hectic nature is meant to be some sort of clever commentary on many trials and tribulations it faced during the production process, I will do no such thing. <i>lemonzestdoodle:</i> This tune brings to mind a single moment: how WV might have felt the first time they drank TaB. There were so many ideas as to how to visualise that idea. Maybe they'd be dashing around like a five year old who's had their first soda and can't handle that sweet sugary goodness? Or maybe they'd mentally be like the guy touching fingers with God in that one painting? It was hard to narrow it down! Ultimately, it led to this. The past lingers (like TaB), the future is hopeful (unlike TaB being discontinued in 2020 which I literally just found out) and right now in front of you is an experience that will cement itself within history. What does TaB taste like, anyways? Is it just girlbossed Diet Coke? If so then that's kind of a letdown. @@ -1498,6 +1621,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '1:39' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lost-in-the-dream-bubbles +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-iHJh8yvY4 Cover Artists: - Torrent 64 Art Tags: @@ -1507,6 +1631,7 @@ Art Tags: - Nepeta - Rose - Dream Bubbles +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' Commentary: |- <i>Torrent 64:</i> The track’s vibe immediately made me think of Jade, not sure why though. The image of her floating in space, looking down at a bunch of different dream bubbles, unsure of which she should go to or not, was immediately beamed into my head. Pretty simple, but it’s nice. Oh, also, this artwork features the only Nepeta in the whole album. Go ahead. Check. @@ -1517,6 +1642,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:flushing-pale Duration: '3:08' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/flushing-pale +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvm-v5_W2FM Cover Artists: - mmmmalo Art Tags: @@ -1538,6 +1664,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:55' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/under-a-starry-night-sky +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATtTy6diqbU Cover Artists: - lemonzestdoodle Art Tags: @@ -1561,6 +1688,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:light-in-the-darkness Duration: '7:52' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/light-in-the-darkness +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYW1JPJ59BQ Cover Artists: - Ender Art Tags: @@ -1570,13 +1698,13 @@ Commentary: |- <i>SplitSuns:</i> It's been five years since I made my last song for the [[group:canmt|CaNMT]], yet somehow songs of mine from then keep making their way onto new LoFaM albums. Not that I'm complaining, of course. I think this song holds up as some of my best work from those CaNMT days. I always found the [[album:canwave|CANWAVE]] side albums the most enjoyable projects to work on, as they gave me convenient excuses to write music in one of my favorite genres: vaporwave. This song in particular was made for CANWAVE 3, the last entry in the series. - At first, the song wasn't quite there. I made an entirely different demo back in August 2017, around when I was getting into the work of t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者, a vaporwave artist known for his phaser-laden sound. My idea was to create a telepath-ified version of a fictional smooth jazz cover of Voidlight. I'd write the instrumental myself, loop pieces of it, and drown it in effects. I finished this take of the song, but ultimately I was unhappy with it: it was too repetitive with too little reward, and the production sounded much too amateur. To date, this version has not seen the light of day. + At first, the song wasn't quite there. I made an entirely different demo back in August 2017, around when I was getting into the work of t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 , a vaporwave artist known for his phaser-laden sound. My idea was to create a telepath-ified version of a fictional smooth jazz cover of Voidlight. I'd write the instrumental myself, loop pieces of it, and drown it in effects. I finished this take of the song, but ultimately I was unhappy with it: it was too repetitive with too little reward, and the production sounded much too amateur. To date, this version has not seen the light of day. By March 2018, CANWAVE 3 was (finally) almost done with development, and I decided to totally rework the song. I wanted to write an original song in the style of 2814, a duo that telepath was a part of. Instead of traditional sampling, they produced sample-free ambient, downtempo, and techno music along vaporwave's aesthetic lines. It took a surprising amount of time to make a song in this sound. The production was incredibly layered by my standards at the time, and its length, while still shy of 2814's own music, was impressive enough. In the end, I stayed up until 6 AM the night before release to finish this song, and the result is a piece I'm still proud of five years later. There are some great bits of production here: the booming percussion that sounds like far-away thunder, the multi-layered synth melodies, the rolling snares and their dubby echoes, the detuned choirs and pianos, and the dramatic climax that finally incorporates Voidlight into the melody. I think about revisiting this style on occasion, now that I have five more years of experience under my belt. I won't rule out the possibility! - <i>Grace Medley:</i> + <i>Ender:</i> This track immediately stood out to me, not just as a vaporwave track, but as a reimagining of one of my favorite tracks from the whole Homestuck OST. Voidlight (by Thomas Ferkol) has a special place in my heart, so I wanted to do this track justice. My main goals were to reference the ideas of both tracks, "Voidlight" and "Light in the Darkness", and to also make a piece that was REAL vaporwave. The same friend who helped me with the "Grubheap" lighting is also a huge aesthetic nerd. I like to send things to her just to ask if it's "real y2k" or not. When I asked what represents vaporwave, she said "the 90s". I wanted to challenge myself to find the core of vaporwave, and not reuse the same sunset image everyone associates with vaporwave (which is actually Outrun and not vaporwave but people think that they're the sa-). My main inspirations were Windows 95, the UI of which I painstakingly recreated by hand, the original Voidlight track art by the incredible [[artist:zilleniose|Zilleniose]], and the original Voidlight track commentary from Thomas Ferkol, that explains, "Calliope's void light spiral was a breather from the craziness happening elsewhere in the comic, but there was always the threat of English showing up". --- Track: Derse Dreamers II @@ -1586,6 +1714,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:04' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/derse-dreamers-ii +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIwIgeWH_aU Cover Artists: - DAV Art Tags: @@ -1698,6 +1827,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '5:52' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shattered-twilight +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awYhjH3I_0c Cover Artists: - Horizonseek Studios Art Tags: @@ -1726,6 +1856,7 @@ Contributors: Duration: '2:33' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dreams-of-a-better-future +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxaA6zZhshc Cover Art File Extension: jpg Cover Artists: - Goblin @@ -1743,7 +1874,7 @@ Lyrics: |- (Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.) Commentary: |- <i>Rainy:</i> - This track was bit of a last minute addition to the soundtrack for signless's route. Without getting into the details, the track that was originally going to be used for the route had to be removed. I was more than happy to fill in and it gave me excuse to write a rock track. I took a lot of influence from the track "Burn" by Deep Purple, especially in the organ solo parts. I hope you enjoy the music and take time to enjoy <a href="https://distantpast.itch.io/distantquest">the game</a> as well. + This track was bit of a last minute addition to [DistantQuest's] soundtrack for signless's route. Without getting into the details, the track that was originally going to be used for the route had to be removed. I was more than happy to fill in and it gave me excuse to write a rock track. I took a lot of influence from the track "Burn" by Deep Purple, especially in the organ solo parts. I hope you enjoy the music and take time to enjoy <a href="https://distantpast.itch.io/distantquest">the game</a> as well. Biggest shout out to Tee-vee, who performed all the guitars for this --- @@ -1754,6 +1885,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:42' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/deadkidsgodhood +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmn4Cxh9oEI Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: @@ -1780,6 +1912,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '9:46' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/galactic-incoherence-cosmic-nan-propagation +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTyqhhdEAl4 Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: @@ -1811,9 +1944,12 @@ Commentary: |- Track: Yellow Yard Artists: - Soapstone +Contributors: +- Jordan Sunlight Duration: '2:56' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/yellow-yard +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzJtS0jAl4w Cover Artists: - dunkaroonus Art Tags: @@ -1891,6 +2027,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '0:31' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/s-disc-3 +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1BM_PQL5NE Cover Artists: - Horizonseek Studios Art Tags: @@ -1916,6 +2053,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:13' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ace-celerando +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h8FFAxDUkY Cover Artists: - lemonzestdoodle Art Tags: @@ -1941,6 +2079,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:42' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/delta-version +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkXXj3lUU98 Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: @@ -1984,6 +2123,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:15' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunbumper +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEIjQQpcrgg Cover Artists: - yoyoYolo Art Tags: @@ -2004,6 +2144,9 @@ Commentary: |- <i>yuuDii:</i> Jade Harley banging out the tunes, 13 April 2009. <img src="media/misc/lofam5a2neil.gif" width="50"><br> + + <i>yoyoYolo:</i> + a very upbeat and energetic jade track. there’s two cool things about this image: one thing is a rather obvious nod to the neverending story, while the other thing is hidden in plain sight. it’s a reference to outer wilds, i’ll say this much. --- Track: The Imminently Deceased Artists: @@ -2011,10 +2154,12 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:42' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-imminently-deceased +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvpsk1he6rE Cover Artists: - lemonzestdoodle Art Tags: - Karkat +- LoPaH - 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - Phaze and Blood @@ -2027,7 +2172,7 @@ Commentary: |- <img src="media/misc/lofam5a2sickle.png" width="150"> - and thought "hold on what if Karkat's sickle was overlayed with a moon?" It was a good call. Also I'd like to thank the Google Image results for communism for giving me a pretty decent reference of how to hold a scythe. + and thought "hold on what if Karkat's sickle was overlayed with a moon?" It was a good call. Also I'd like to thank the Google Image results for communism for giving me a pretty decent reference of how to hold a scythe. --- Track: Dusksetter Artists: @@ -2035,6 +2180,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:43' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dusksetter +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amkd4Ax__6E Cover Artists: - Palette of Order Art Tags: @@ -2065,6 +2211,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '5:19' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-juxtaposition +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YVTaIX7xAs Cover Artists: - yoyoYolo Art Tags: @@ -2145,6 +2292,9 @@ Commentary: |- thank you. you showed me the path to my future and gave me a hell of a lot of hope and heartbreak with it. i wouldn't have it any other way. special thanks to Ymi, who created the skaianet ARG that inspired me to make something for the anniversary. where would we even be without <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV3sis_x25E">ollywood showdown</a>? + + <i>yoyoYolo:</i> + probably my favorite cover art for what might be my favorite song: sburban juxtaposition. the track is so good i basically drew the whole cover while listening to it on loop. coloring the meteors was a lot of fun too. rose’s pose is actually inspired by miles’ leap of faith from spider-man: into the spiderverse (the spiderverse movies have consumed me ever since i saw atsv in theatres, it can’t be helped). --- Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Special Soapstone Version) Artists: @@ -2152,6 +2302,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:18' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-special-soapstone-version +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A661Y4OaKyI Cover Artists: - dunkaroonus Art Tags: @@ -2215,6 +2366,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:29' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/liquid-noir +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ1FhN8g2-Y Cover Artists: - yuuDii Art Tags: @@ -2263,6 +2415,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:57' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/four-boys-blues +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6tFZFfhOGs Cover Artists: - piskomil Art Tags: @@ -2337,15 +2490,20 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:58' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/celestial-company +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Il-X2_DU8 Cover Artists: - yoyoYolo Art Tags: +- Skaia - Gate Referenced Tracks: - Savior of the Dreaming Dead Commentary: |- <i>corvidc0rvus:</i> After listening to Savior of the Dreaming Dead by Malcolm Brown I had noticed that a lot of Sburb focused songs have a lot to do with those kind of ambient chorus-esque sounds. I really wanted to explore that with Skaia. Somewhat like how you can "Hear" the sun, I wondered about if you could hear Skaia what would it sound like, thus the name "Celestial Company." Framing Skaia as such an object that could perform an act like 'Company'. + + <i>yoyoYolo:</i> + the track is very relaxing, i figured it would make sense to replicate that feeling in the art itself through adding pleasant shades of blue to skaia and john’s hood. i also added a yellow spirograph for contrast. i think it worked out pretty well! --- Track: Moonslayer Artists: @@ -2353,6 +2511,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '5:04' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/moonslayer +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CYTdD4SVQY Cover Artists: - Churro Lord Art Tags: @@ -2370,6 +2529,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:52' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/frost-and-frogs +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEi3Z2QQeKE Cover Artists: - Kara Roas Art Tags: @@ -2392,6 +2552,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:21' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dog +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alBCs7PAn1Q Cover Artists: - Adrian "gravitygauntlet" Wahrer Art Tags: @@ -2413,6 +2574,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:41' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/arf +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkUNff5D-4g Cover Art File Extension: jpg Cover Artists: - Artatruc @@ -2424,7 +2586,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Courser Commentary: |- <i>Makin:</i> - I designed this album’s track order. Mostly I based it on secret subliminal messages I received from the lyrics of “I’m a Member of the Midnight Crew” (long story). For this span of four tracks, though, there’s actually some ludoaudionarratively harmonic environmental storytelling going on. “Frost and Frogs” -> <span style="font-family: comic sans ms, courier, courier new">“dog”</span> -> “Arf!” -> ... + I designed this album’s track order. Mostly I based it on secret subliminal messages I received from the lyrics of “[[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew|I’m a Member of the Midnight Crew]]” (long story). For this span of four tracks, though, there’s actually some ludoaudionarratively harmonic environmental storytelling going on. “Frost and Frogs” -> <span style="font-family: comic sans ms, courier, courier new">“dog”</span> -> “Arf!” -> ... --- Track: Frog Eater Directory: frog-eater-lofam5a2 @@ -2432,6 +2594,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:frog-eater Duration: '4:00' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/frog-eater +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxGQClPJrNs Cover Art File Extension: jpg Cover Artists: - swanfire @@ -2450,6 +2613,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:46' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/movement +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHnv4Bar9I0 Cover Artists: - Kett Referenced Tracks: @@ -2475,6 +2639,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '1:36' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-last-hour +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0SvwNTSq_g Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: @@ -2489,6 +2654,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:38' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/all-work-and-no-play +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA9Fek-wTJI Cover Artists: - Artatruc Art Tags: @@ -2510,6 +2676,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:22' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/s-emerge +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSUABMHfP_g Cover Artists: - Goopifer Art Tags: @@ -2534,6 +2701,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:04' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/adventurous-ascent +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpfvFe5HasU Cover Artists: - Circlejourney Art Tags: @@ -2557,7 +2725,7 @@ Commentary: |- On reading that the track is about progression through a SBURB session, I pictured all 4 beta kids in a sort of staircase composition, each representing a phase in their session's timeline. <i>Makin:</i> - You’re welcome for that <span style="color: magenta; font-family: comic sans ms, courier, courier new">UNREAL AIR......</span> + <small>You’re welcome for that <span style="color: magenta; font-family: comic sans ms, courier, courier new">UNREAL AIR......</span></small> --- Track: Ultramagnetoparakineticrystalphotogrammetry Directory: ultramagnetoparakineticrystalphotogrammetry-lofam5a2 @@ -2565,6 +2733,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:ultramagnetoparakineticrystalphotogrammetry Duration: '4:08' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ultramagnetoparakineticrystalphotogrammetry +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqCiyGsEc-c Cover Artists: - Artatruc Art Tags: @@ -2583,7 +2752,7 @@ Commentary: |- Crystalanthemums (and its various derivatives) are songs that are very near and dear to my heart. In all honesty, though, the reason I wanted to make a remix of this track was so I could come up with an extremely funny name. <i>Grace Medley:</i> - We first hear Crystalanthemums in the FreshJamz flash, which showcases all the music the kids have collaborated on. Fittingly, Artatruc’s track art reflects the constant collaboration among the kids in the early acts. Also it’s just a really sweet image and I love it. + We first hear Crystalanthemums in the [[flash:830|FreshJamz flash]], which showcases all the music the kids have collaborated on. Fittingly, Artatruc’s track art reflects the constant collaboration among the kids in the early acts. Also it’s just a really sweet image and I love it. --- Track: Serendipitous Strife Artists: @@ -2591,13 +2760,14 @@ Artists: Duration: '2:23' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/serendipitous-strife +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-PzzMT3fjU Cover Artists: - Artatruc Art Tags: - Davesprite Commentary: |- <i>Cecily Renns:</i> - There's an unfortunate story to this song. Originally I was working on an entirely different song, it was called "Sungazer". It had lyrics and vocals, and was a cover of [[track:sunsetter-ska|Sunsetter (Ska)]] which is an unreleased Toby Fox song from the sound test where he put lyrics to Sunsetter. That is one of my favourite songs ever and I got this incredible vocalist to sing an emo-pop cover of it. Unfortunately, I am not on speaking terms with this artist anymore, and so I had to give up working on that song, as I could not find a replacement singer on such a short notice. Instead, I decided to whip up this instrumental track at the last minute, because I really did want to contribute to this album. I've been in this fandom for 7 years and I wanna be on a LOFAM album damnit!!! I really wanted to make a cool vocal track and wow everyone with my emo songwriting skills but oh well. I hope people still like this cool song I made in 2 hours!!! + There's an unfortunate story to this song. Originally I was working on an entirely different song, it was called "Sungazer". It had lyrics and vocals, and was a cover of [[track:sunsetter-ska|Sunsetter (Ska)]] which is an unreleased Toby Fox song from the sound test where he put lyrics to [[track:sunsetter|Sunsetter]]. That is one of my favourite songs ever and I got this incredible vocalist to sing an emo-pop cover of it. Unfortunately, I am not on speaking terms with this artist anymore, and so I had to give up working on that song, as I could not find a replacement singer on such a short notice. Instead, I decided to whip up this instrumental track at the last minute, because I really did want to contribute to this album. I've been in this fandom for 7 years and I wanna be on a LOFAM album damnit!!! I really wanted to make a cool vocal track and wow everyone with my emo songwriting skills but oh well. I hope people still like this cool song I made in 2 hours!!! <i>Cecily Renns:</i> Someone please contact Cecily and offer to sing that cover pls @@ -2608,6 +2778,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:24' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strident-sburban-serenata +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saWkoP-WM_Q Cover Artists: - Adrian "gravitygauntlet" Wahrer - d0gtier @@ -2634,6 +2805,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:41' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/versus-oblivion +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPbYcF-p5CY Cover Artists: - Torrent 64 Art Tags: @@ -2659,7 +2831,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>yuuDii:</i> This piece brought to you by getting hit by a car on 4/12. (Not a joke, that really happened and is the reason an earlier version of this song and its sister piece were not released in April.) - Track very loosely follows Dave's plot through [[flash:4109|Cascade]]. It starts with raw soundfonts and drum samples as if Dave was making this in his room, then expands into a main chorus with "Atomyk Ebonpyre". I use it as his primary motif in the same way I feel Doctor, Endless Climb, and Sunsetter represent the other kids. It then moves into a slower section revolving around "Candles and Clockwork" and "Beatdown", representing LOHAC and the constant reminders of strife in it. The section comes to a quiet close in half time following the doomed timeline Dave, then jumps back into Atomyk Ebonpyre as he merges into the alpha timeline and prototypes himself. + Track very loosely follows Dave's plot through [[flash:4109|Cascade]]. It starts with raw soundfonts and drum samples as if Dave was making this in his room, then expands into a main chorus with "Atomyk Ebonpyre". I use it as his primary motif in the same way I feel Doctor, Endless Climb, and [[track:sunsetter|Sunsetter]] represent the other kids. It then moves into a slower section revolving around "Candles and Clockwork" and "Beatdown", representing LOHAC and the constant reminders of strife in it. The section comes to a quiet close in half time following the doomed timeline Dave, then jumps back into Atomyk Ebonpyre as he merges into the alpha timeline and prototypes himself. It then skips forward into Jade's entrance during the fight between Bro, Davesprite, and Jack Noir. I used "Unite Synchronization", originally a song for Dave and then used for Dirk, as a stand in for Bro, and "Black" for Jack Noir. It then stops abruptly as Jack is prototyped with Bec and slaughters Bro. There is a pause before it skips again to the confrontation between Rose and Dave before she pilots the tumor into the sun, "Endless Climb" briefly emerging to represent Rose. If I had access to a voice actor, or a microphone, I would have had someone quote Dave saying "But I don't want you to die". Then it ramps up again, leading into "Savior of the Dreaming Dead", "Cascade", a duet between "Endless Climb" and "Atomyk Ebonpyre", and "Upward Movement". It then returns back to "Versus", and ends. @@ -2672,6 +2844,7 @@ Originally Released As: track:til-death-we-grieve Duration: '6:48' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/til-death-we-grieve +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPrSdsitoF4 Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: @@ -2697,6 +2870,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '7:20' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lost-memories +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFF_K0EQOQo Cover Artists: - Torrent 64 - Adrian "gravitygauntlet" Wahrer @@ -2710,11 +2884,13 @@ Art Tags: - Vriska - Jack Noir - Aradia +- Karkat - Dream Bubbles - Alternia - LoMaT - 'cw: blood' -- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' +- 'cw: body horror' +- 'cw: eye horror' Referenced Tracks: - Terezi's Theme - 'BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!' @@ -2729,11 +2905,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>ascendantDreamweaver:</i> This piece is a tone poem on Game-Over-timeline Vrisrezi, roughly divided into two halves, one depicting their relation up to [[flash:3760|[S] Flip]], and the other being [[flash:7959|[S] Terezi: Remem8er.]] - The first presents Terezi and Vriska in D minor and E-flat minor, respectively - adjacent in the 12-tone chromatic scale, but tonally distant yet covering all 12 tones, and transforms them through a series of tonalities, ending in a dissonant outburst. + The first presents Terezi and Vriska in D minor and E-flat minor, respectively - adjacent in the 12-tone chromatic scale, but tonally distant yet covering all 12 tones, and transforms them through a series of textures - in the last of which Terezi is transposed up a minor third but Vriska is transposed down a minor third, stating their interleaved themes in an illusion of a common tonality, before they are transposed back, distancing them by a tritone in a dissonant outburst. - The second half rearranges Do You Remem8er Me through the lens of a reharmonization of Terezi's theme. Although the virtuosic ending is the Ruins quote that plays on their reunion, the emotional climax lies immediately prior, as Terezi dashes through a final intertwining of all previous themes into a dense 8-voice counterpoint. + The second half rearranges Do You Remem8er Me through a reharmonization of Terezi's theme. Although the virtuosic ending is the Ruins quote that plays on their reunion, the emotional climax lies immediately prior, as Terezi dashes through a final intertwining of all previous themes into a dense 8-voice counterpoint. - There are several other programmatic inspirations, most notably Grace’s A Hive 8n’t A Home for the first half, manifesting in both the harmonic and rhythmic conflict of Vriska’s motives, and harukatenoh’s does not heal for the depiction of memories in the second half. + There are several other programmatic inspirations, most notably Grace’s <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/21008963">A Hive 8n’t A Home<</a> for the first half, manifesting in both the harmonic and rhythmic conflict of Vriska’s motives, and harukatenoh’s <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/48691303">does not heal</a> for the depiction of memories in the second half. Special thanks to [[artist:grace-medley|Grace]] and [[artist:ucklin|Ucklin]] for motivating me to turn a simple arrangement into a full poem! @@ -2765,6 +2941,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '5:48' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/clockstopper-new-game-all-clocks +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA2vOCXlknM Cover Artists: - Awkward Art Tags: @@ -2788,6 +2965,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:12' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-ballad-of-moro-and-san +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqeKUaqVhgY Cover Artists: - Monckat Art Tags: @@ -2806,7 +2984,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Grace Medley:</i> I reread Homestuck earlier this year. I was all hells of out of practice music-wise at the time, so I figured each reading session should be accompanied by a thirty-second musical warmup. For the [[flash:2927|Jade: Enter]] session, I decided that should be a drum and bass theme for Jade and Bec's entry. Honestly the whole thing sounded pretty haphazard, but I still wanted to turn it into a full track. - Enter Kal, who's been a close friend of mine for seven years, and we've basically spent that whole time trying to find a good excuse to collaborate. Back in the Weird Puzzle Tunes days, I was working on a track of hers called Prospitian Barn Dance which never saw the light of day but I think honestly sounded pretty cool. It had a real lo-fi bedroom-produced electronica sound to it, which I honestly adore. We've tried to collab by my count at least three more times on totally different projects since then, but it's never happened. + Enter Kal, who's been a close friend of mine for seven years, and we've basically spent that whole time trying to find a good excuse to collaborate. Back in the [[album:weird-puzzle-tunes|Weird Puzzle Tunes]] days, I was working on a track of hers called Prospitian Barn Dance which never saw the light of day but I think honestly sounded pretty cool. It had a real lo-fi bedroom-produced electronica sound to it, which I honestly adore. We've tried to collab by my count at least three more times on totally different projects since then, but it's never happened. UNTIL TODAY. @@ -2821,6 +2999,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '3:33' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/penumbral-awakening +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umSWLAfjUmc Cover Artists: - Awkward Art Tags: @@ -2843,6 +3022,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '4:34' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-storms +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QySY3FmWHss Cover Art File Extension: jpg Cover Artists: - Kett @@ -2851,6 +3031,11 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Dance of Thorns Commentary: |- + <i>Tensei:</i> + For H. + + A wheel spins round and round yet doesn't move an inch. + <i>Kett:</i> This song goes hard and I really wanted something that reflected that. @@ -2866,6 +3051,7 @@ Contributors: Duration: '4:30' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/caliborns-lament +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDLkIhkXWvk Cover Artists: - yoyoYolo Art Tags: @@ -2944,6 +3130,9 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Veritas Unae:</i> I make-a the Caliborn voice! I don’t play-a the saxes! Mamma mia! + <i>yoyoYolo:</i> + look. i couldn’t not jump at the opportunity to draw art for a song that adapts act 6 act 6 act 4. i just love caliborn, and that’s all there really is to say on the matter. his comically sad face is probably the best thing i drew for this project. + <i>Grace Medley:</i> Caliborn’s Lament is a track that’s been burning a hole in my bucket list for some time now. @@ -2951,9 +3140,9 @@ Commentary: |- I was ready for it, too; I wanted to make a musical theatre villain song type of track for Caliborn. To this day I’m pretty much shocked it’s a niche nobody’s filled before me. I had this one melody which wouldn’t leave my head, with lyrics from one particular quote from A6A6A4 (turn to page 6933 if you haven’t figured out what it is yet). In retrospect, though, I see the album’s nonexistence as a blessing in disguise – 2017!Grace didn’t have a fraction of the skill I have now, couldn’t have made something that sounds remotely like this. - Which actually got me to thinking once LOFAM 5 A 2 rolled around: why don’t I take all the best ideas I’ve had for UMSPAF projects, but just never made, and then make them? Well, it goes without saying that Caliborn’s Lament topped the list. The trouble was, beyond that initial lyric and melody, I didn’t have any idea where to go from there. It was only much later, during a totally different project, that I had the idea to turn the opening of HOMOSUCK DIRECTOR’S CUT OF THE YEAR EDITION into a waltz for the chorus. And then I figured, well, if I’m tipping my hat to HSDCOTYE, why don’t I go full-tilt into the territory of theme vomit, and recap a bunch of Caliborn and Caliborn-adjacent pieces of music (and Maibasojen, for some reason)? + Which actually got me to thinking once LOFAM5A2 rolled around: why don’t I take all the best ideas I’ve had for UMSPAF projects, but just never made, and then make them? Well, it goes without saying that Caliborn’s Lament topped the list. The trouble was, beyond that initial lyric and melody, I didn’t have any idea where to go from there. It was only much later, during a totally different project, that I had the idea to turn the opening of HOMOSUCK DIRECTOR’S CUT OF THE YEAR EDITION into a waltz for the chorus. And then I figured, well, if I’m tipping my hat to HSDCOTYE, why don’t I go full-tilt into the territory of theme vomit, and recap a bunch of Caliborn and Caliborn-adjacent pieces of music (and Maibasojen, for some reason)? - Next I needed to learn how to sing. Or so I thought, at any rate. I happened to be noodling around on this track in a Discord voice call one evening, and who should pop in and ask to do the vocals but UMSPAF emeritus VeritasUnae? I leapt on the opportunity, naturally. What would I be doing referencing so much of Homestuck fanmusic’s past if I didn’t say yes to Veri doing the vocals? And what vocals they are. + Next I needed to learn how to sing. Or so I thought, at any rate. I happened to be noodling around on this track in a Discord voice call one evening, and who should pop in and ask to do the vocals but [[group:unofficial-mspa-fans|UMSPAF]] emeritus VeritasUnae? I leapt on the opportunity, naturally. What would I be doing referencing so much of Homestuck fanmusic’s past if I didn’t say yes to Veri doing the vocals? And what vocals they are. W- wait. Why are you leaving so much blank space below the commentary block. Who is that for. @@ -2992,6 +3181,7 @@ Artists: Duration: '9:45' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/stargazing-with-gods +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg1nK2fev_M Cover Artists: - Torrent 64 Art Tags: @@ -3007,6 +3197,7 @@ Sheet Music Files: - Title: Sheet music by Joshua Gray (original composer) Files: - 'Stargazing with Gods - Full Score.pdf' + - 'Stargazing with Gods-All_Parts.pdf' - 'Stargazing with Gods-Bass_Clarinet_1.pdf' - 'Stargazing with Gods-Bass_Clarinet_2.pdf' - 'Stargazing with Gods-Clarinet_in_Bb_1.pdf' @@ -3032,7 +3223,7 @@ Artists: - Ucklin Duration: '20:09' URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/home-stuck +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khh1d83wOig Referenced Tracks: - track:home - Stuck |