From 7aa6c50874efebc47309de1e1d78480a84e40cd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gio Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:58:50 -0600 Subject: Stage 1 --- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 247 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 247 insertions(+) create mode 100644 album/xenoplanetarium.yaml (limited to 'album/xenoplanetarium.yaml') diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..456819a --- /dev/null +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,247 @@ +Album: Xenoplanetarium +Date: December 8, 2017 +Date Added: January 12, 2021 +Color: #d790ca +Cover Art: nights +Banner Art: nights +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 +Groups: +- Unofficial MSPA Fans +- Fandom +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/xenoplanetarium +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLWw6sipk5O3dpsYZryDtrNR +Art Tags: +- Aradia +- Tavros +- Sollux +- Karkat +- Nepeta +- Kanaya +- Terezi +- Vriska +- Equius +- Gamzee +- Eridan +- Feferi +- Angels +- Lil Cal +Commentary: + Circlejourney: +
XENOPLANETARIUM
+ Organization:
Lambda Bledsoe
Makin
SplitSuns
Veritas Unae + Booklet:
Circlejourney
Interrobang + Cover Illustration:
nights + Additional Thanks:
The Homestuck Music Team
Andrew Hussie and What Pumpkin + nights: + I've redrawn this piece 3 times, two were sketches and the third was completed, but I felt it didn't make for a good cover. (Shown on facing page below - It makes for a pretty bangin' wallpaper though!) I tried to stuff as much symbolism in this piece as possible. This is also full of new experiences for me, 'cause it was pretty much the first time I've drawn this many varied characters all in one canvas. It's also the first time I've drawn some of the trolls, too. All in all, it was an absolute delight to work on it and see everything come together, I'm raelly happy for the chance to help with this album. + + Quasar Nebula: + (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Calming Quartz +Artist: PoisonedElite +Track Art: Elanor Pam +Art Tags: Aradia, cw: body horror +Duration: 2:05 +References: Calming Quartz (Beta) +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/calming-quartz +- https://youtu.be/i_rH12hll8A +Commentary: + PoisonedElite: + So, uh, hi, I'm PoisonedElite, or Poize. + This is actually the second version of Calming Quartz. + The first version (which can be found here) I wasn't very happy with, so I ended up redoing the entire song, and now I like it! + I started the first version in June and then made the revision over the course of October in about 1-2 weeks. + The atmosphere of sounds echoing off of the quartz all over Aradia's land informed how I wrote the entire song. + I want to thank ndividedbyzero, Grace Medley, and everyone else for all of their help and advice on the song, as well as thanks to Nuclear for naming the song. + (p.s. special thanks to psithurist for being so cool.) + SplitSuns: + LOQAM has a very eerie atmosphere to it that is captured to amazing effect in this artwork. The jagged textures of quartz crystals provide a nice backdrop when paired with the howling, almost glowing sky. There's a ton of detail put into every area of this piece, and that's especially noticable in the Aradiabot occupying the left of the composition. Her damaged and decaying appearance helps to add to the unsettling nature of the piece. Aradia herself is also visible in the art as well. Isn't it a little weird that these two different versions of Aradia are in the same piece...? Then again, if there was ever to be a troll that showed up in two places at the same time, it's her. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Sandy Skyline +Artist: Aris Martinian +Track Art: Roxy Scarf +Duration: 2:53 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sandy-skyline +- https://youtu.be/vjMeokNP2E4 +Commentary: + WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: + Decisions must be made. Onward the world must turn. No one can truly understand how the wind blows its way into your heart. King you are not, young page. Even though she might try to be your queen, her manipulations will bring you only misery. Yes, you must attempt to carve your own path instead of having one make a path for you. + Of course, you cannot do this. Love, though you possess it not, will be your undoing. Likely it is that you shall be utterly destroyed by your "queen". Inopportune this fate is, but do not let yourself become dejected. Embrace the breeze, and you will become greater than even she could have expected, far in both the past and the future. + WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: + This piece by Roxy Scarf paints the scenery of Tavros's planet in very, very warm hues, capturing the desert-y atmosphere of the place quite well in this ghostwriter's opinion. You can also see one of the seven gates above Tavros's hive. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Deep Fried +Artist: Kanishka +Track Art: artisticallyCrafty +Duration: 4:00 +References: The La2t Frontiier +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/deep-fried +- https://youtu.be/VL-k3TDTxSA +Commentary: + Kanishka: + I'm not entirely sure whether it was a good idea to make something so intense and hectic, seeing as XP follows the same theme as [[album:medium]]. + I tried to draw inspiration from the Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble and Lorn at some point, but it didn't exactly work out, so I kinda just... gave up on maing an ambient track and went on to convey atmosphere of a hostile sweltering place that is Land of Brans and Fire through a more upbeat song? + Well, I guess Deep Fried still does its job somewhat decently, despite being a hot mess and having a horrid name I already regret coming up with. + P.S. Can't help but thank umspaf folk (especially Split) for all the feedback. + P.P.S. Track art by artisticallyCrafty kicks ass, and I found it really inspiring while working on the song. + artisticallyCrafty: + Deep Fried is my first time collaborating with the many amazing musicians and artists of LOFAM. I was ecstatic to be able to create something for a planet we only see twice and have very little knowledge about other than BRAINS and FIRE, so I went with essentially the first thing that popped into my head when I heard the preview of the song: a view of the vastness of the Medium from one of the tendrils of the many brains cooking near the flames. + This piece has kind of evolved as the music has been reworked so there is an emphasis on the planet of fire and the multitude of neurons firing to send thoughts, actions, and commands across the span of the brain field. + (look mom! i'm using my medical knowledge for something dear to my heart!) +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Red Pulse +Artist: ehlsea +Track Art: Elanor Pam +Art Tags: cw: blood (abstract) +Duration: 3:25 +References: Karkat's Theme +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-pulse +- https://youtu.be/uZrnoad2yUQ +Commentary: + ehlsea: + As I was writing this song, I wanted it to sound like a video game styled theme for the land. A pulsing beat drives the song with hazy pads and synths. + SplitSuns: + LOPAH is home to an oppressive and bloody landscape, quite literally so. I mean, the oceans are legitimately made of blood. If that isn't metal I don't know what is. Anyway, this artwork conveys the hostility of stepping foot in such an environment masterfully, with the moody skies, foreboding architecture, and blood-rivers that cut into the terrain and seem to take up the entire canvas. There's great care taken into even the most minor aspects of the lighting so that the piece as a whole feels truly complete. The end result: a pretty cool-looking place, all things considered. Just try not to lose your footing; no one should have to experience being submerged in blood. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Oolongcat +Artist: Ucklin +Track Art: TheChaoMaster +Duration: 2:43 +References: Nepeta's Theme, Horschestra, Rex Duodecim Angelus +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/oolongcat +- https://youtu.be/bQBkjUo9q10 +Commentary: + Ucklin: + This song was created in less than a week after another artist left the project and took their LOLCAT song with them. (I never heard that one!) I started composing it with the little kalimba riff and added from there. I was excited to create a song using instruments that I actually play, and most of the song is acoustic - but time constraints proved to stop me from getting good ocarina takes for the lead, so I scrambled at the last minute to find a replacement and ended up using touch control erhu on my iPad! I wasn't and still am not completely satisfied with the melody, but I felt better about it after I incorporated a version mostly in the pentatonic scale along with the original version, which was then used as a development. I think my main inspirations for this song were the tea and Asian-looking mountains of Nepeta's land, as well as the "snowy" landscape. + TheChaoMaster: + This is painted in acrylic, as I was inspired to paint more after finishing my high school major work which also focused on backgrounds and landscapes. I thought it would be good to try my hand at a fantasy setting. Lolcat is a very cute land and is very bright so I incorporated both of those aspects into my piece. The acrylic paints also match the acoustic song. + WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: + huzzah the nine kettle pots we
on sugar we rest on you see
friends of the cat
nothing wrong with that
now shut up and have some damn tea +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Light Like Raindrops +Artist: Grace Medley +Track Art: Circlejourney +Duration: 3:15 +References: Frog Forager, track:theotokos +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/light-like-raindrops +- https://youtu.be/7at_By7l078 +Commentary: + Grace Medley: + I made this really touching piano piece a fwe months ago, then I realised that it was just an unintentional cover of Magicant from Mother. So I started again (Sorry CJ!!). By that time CJ had more or less finished their cover art for this track though, so I decided to take inspiration from that, and wrote a piece supposed to sound like a string quintet playing by the ocean at night. I had an idea for a viola line, which I built as the main melody, and later realising how well [[track:frog-forager]] would work with it (especially, you know, because of all the frogs), I had the second violin play that melody while the first follows it as sort of a canon. Then I got writer's block. Then [[album:ancestral]] happened, and I instantly came to love Skip's track [[track:theotokos]], so I built a section around that, too. The title was suggested by Kal-la-kal-la around the same time I finished it. + Circlejourney: + The Land of Rays and Frogs is, to me, one of the most aesthetically pleasing lands in Homestuck, with everything submerged underwater and beams of light ascending like infinitely tall pillars from the sea. That, coupled with the incomplete version of the track that Grace had shared at the time, made this an easy pick for me. + I did my best to capture the grandeur (as I picture it) of the Land of Rays and Frogs in my illustration for this wonderfully serene piece of music, focusing on reflections of the light rays in the water, which this track brings to mind.* + *This is only accurate assuming Power doesn't completely rework it considering it's an unintentional Magicant arrangement. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Delta Divination +Artist: ndividedbyzero +Track Art: Chumi +Duration: 3:27 +References: Retconjuration, Terezi's Theme +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/delta-divination +- https://youtu.be/GcXi5JoU_94 +Commentary: + ndividedbyzero: + "Time is like a river that splits into creeks or pools into lakes or careens down waterfalls. I have the map, and I steer the ship." -Garnet, Steven Universe + The above quote is a pretty succinct summary of why I decided to name this track Delta Divination. River deltas are where the flow of water exits into a (generally) larger body of water, whether an ocean, sea, lake, or something else - just like the narrow path of the present branches and exits into endless streams of choices and possibilities. As the planet of the mind player, LOTAF facilitates thinking about each and every direction as its own river delta. Also, LOTAF has rivers too! There's a non-abstract justification for ya! + This track let me do a bunch of things I'm always happy to experiment with, like using 80s synths with radical pitch bends, smooth guitars and bitcrushed drums, so I'm glad I got the opportunity to work on it. I made certain parts of this track represent "clearing the mind", in a sense - note how the drums get far less bitcrushy after a certain point, for instance. Also, what kind of loser references their own song??? Pshh, I know, right. [[track:retconjuration]] gave me an opportunity to narratively represent the idea of "making your own luck" though, relevant to the apotheosis of Terezi's journey as a mind player, so that's what counts in the end. + Chumi: + It was super fun drawnig for Delta Divination, thank you to the music and management team for putting this together! + I love Terezi, as much as I never draw her... and I also love drawing landscapes! Two dragonmoms with one meteor! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Acquiesce +Artist: psithurist +Track Art: Jas +Art Tags: Denizens +Duration: 4:25 +References: Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!!, Spider's Claw +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/acquiesce +- https://youtu.be/TS5ibctqo5U +Lyrics: + what's in the water
whose voice in the waves
they cry for their daughter
the siren of rays + on battered rocks
follow the compass + these high tides are heartless
and taller than gods
and when comes the darkness
you'll be lost to the flood + x marks the spot
right through the iris +Commentary: + psithurist: + Originally I was aiming for a sea shanty, with an accordian and a more upbeat vibe, but I really wanted to play up the feelings of desolation and loneliness that all the Homestuck lands present. I guess the pirate influence comes through in this too, though, as they're not without their fair share of ghostly myths and tales, which I tried to express with eerie lyrics and lots of reverb, like you're standing in a big spooky cave or something. Also, it's kind of funky for some reason? Thanks to the managers for being patient with me on this one and Courtney Valentine for naming it love you all mwah + Jas: + In the waves of LOMAT Cetus lurks awaiting the child of light. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Depths and Water +Artist: Blackhole +Track Art: Cosmic +Duration: 7:15 +References: Indigo Heir +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/depths-and-water +- https://youtu.be/Y6N6qPUberY +Commentary: + Blackhole: + Selecting LoCaS for my track presented me with a challenge of how to compose a track for a land that has silence as one of its elements. Thankfully, the theme of caves gave me something to work with, and I decided to lean into the soft, echoing quality of underground spaces. I decided that the best way to convey the "silence" would be to have a slowly building intro defined by subtle sounds and silent breaks, with the melody coming in as a subtle echo that slowly builds to crescendo. I tried to give the lead instruments a diffuse, echoing quality to carry on the theme. I'm hoping the builds and silent breaks give the desired effect without ultimately being too minimal and drawn-out. I felt that dripping water was another strong but subtle scene-setting sound element. It also gave me a sound concept that I used for the glass bells, which I tried to give the same feel while building to an arpeggio-style melody to give the track some velocity. Most of the time I spent on the track probably went into arranging the bells, as a lot of thought had to go into the note placement, and I ended up having to compose the part twice after I realized too late that the first version didn't sound correct alongside the main melody. In terms of influences, I think the piece takes some cues from one of the slower pieces from the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack, particularly for what became the cello section. Oh, and of course I couldn't write a Homestuck track without including at least a nod to the OST, so I snuck in a little bit of Indigo Heir at the end for Equius during the final contemplative fadeout. Overall I'm pretty proud of this track, and I hope you enjoy it! + Cosmic: + I had lots of fun working on this piece, and the input from others really helped me learn new ways to do things and helped the piece come together to what it is now. I feel that the hardest part was making all the pieces of the art meld together into one cohesive and nice to look at image. I hope everyone listening enjoys the song and the art, and I hope they like the album as a whole as it was put together with help from all sorts of talented musicians and artists whom I respect greatly. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Carnival of Nescience +Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES +Track Art: genericDragon +Duration: 2:05 +References: +- track:miracles-icp +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/carnival-of-nescience +- https://youtu.be/Bjwg6RjvTzI +Commentary: + WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: + Gosh, I started this song way back in March, when I was starting to get some dim idea of how the fuck music works. At the time, when I was tossing around ideas for what a theme for LOTAM might sound like, I happened to keep going back to the same thing. Magical stoner guitar, baby. Zilly as it must sound, I thought it would make for a neat song. Entreated by this concept, I started work. Enter me doing something a little more different from what I made at the time. + Issue: I needed to shoehorn in an ICP reference. + Solution: I would ask Cait for an ICP clip to shoehorn in, which she assisted by sending me clips of Miracles that were flanged beyond belief, thanks. + After adding on several horn samples over an actual clip, I automated the tempo, so I could have a lurching vibe to that section, and I could get started on the song proper. + Basically, I wanted to create something that had a slight uneasy vibe to it, but was otherwise an easy listen. As it happened, I thought guitars run through many, many flangers would be a nice way of achieving that. Doped up sounding instruments would sound fairly not-high-Gamzee-y, I thought. + Can't say I had much of a plan beyond that. Hate to plan out absolutely everything in advance to be quite honest. As I first added drums, I thought of using noise channels, but was too lazy to actually find good settings, so I bit-crushed normal sounding drums as a placeholder. Rather than change it later on however, I found that the drums already worked quite well as normal fucking drums, so I kept them as is. After that, I added a synth arpeggiation, which much much later at the suggestion of SplitSuns I put an automated pitchbend over, which might be a little hard to hear in the final mix, but eh. Can't particularly say anything that more interesting about the production. That about wraps it I'd say. Even though this song is fairly old by now, I'm still fairly happy with it. Rather works well for the subject matter, not to toot my own horn. + genericDragon: + This piece was a bit of a challenge for me, since landscapes aren't really my strong suit. This was also my first contribution to unofficialmspafans. To me, the song had a kind of dreamy, hazy feel to it, and I tried to reflect that the best I could in the artwork. LOTAM is an interesting land, and I had a lot of fun drawing this. I hope that you guys will all enjoy this song as much as I did! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: Round Perdition's Flames +Artist: Kal-la-kal-la +Track Art: Caitlin Beamer +Art Tags: Angels +Duration: 3:44 +References: Eridan's Theme +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/round-perditions-flames +- https://youtu.be/331ZPNLIdZo +Commentary: + Kal-la-kal-la: + "I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Malestrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up" + Wrath and angels. The title of Eridan's land makes no mention of the actual structure of it. There's a curious contrast between these vast, looming cathedrals, that I like to imagine full of immeasurable stillness and silence, and the destructive war behind the violet-blooded seadweller and the wrathful angels that dwell upon the planet. This piece is intended to represent something of that duality. Title arising from the movement for solidarity between mariners hunting great white perfectly harmless monsters. Big ups to SGM cello and whatever Serum present I used for the wobble bass. Obnoxious bro-step approximated roughly 4 lyfe. + Caitlin Beamer: + LOWAA is my favourite land, so I was very excited to get to draw this piece. My collabs have almost always been written ones, never involving music, so this was an interesting way for me to try that out - especially when Kal-la-kal-la surprised me with exactly the type of music I love! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Track: The Hyaline +Artist: Circlejourney +Track Art: allyssinian +Art Tags: Feferi +Duration: 4:13 +References: Fuchsia Moonrise, Love You (Feferi's Theme) +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-hyaline +- https://youtu.be/dDbC9VpsMtc +Commentary: + Circlejourney: + I started creating The Hyaline in March 2017. At the point when I was deliberating over which land to make a track for, I'd already composed music for both Meenah and the Condesce, and I thought it'd be cool to complete the fuchsia troll set. + For me, oceanic (or more generally watery) scenes bring to mind a classic piano + string ensemble setup, with the strings laying down a serene backdrop and the piano's broken chords calling to mind the refraction of light through waves. I had a flute play the melody becaus I relate flutes to glass (y'know, wine flutes...) and also because they're fantastic at carrying slow melodies over more hectic instrumentation. + This piece was a real pleasure to compose; it came very naturally and took me about three days in total. Back when Ver iwas still planning on doing a dream bubble medley to close the album, he asked that we give our tracks distinct melodies, and I promised that mine would be heartbreakingly beautiful; I'm not sure I delivered on that promise but I do think it sounds pretty sweet at least. + As for the title, "hyaline" has two meanings - "resembling glass" and "clear sky/sea" - in other worsd, the perfect fit for Feferi's aquarium-themed land. It's also a fairly simple but uncommon word that I figure would make it easy to remember. + allyssinian: + I wanted to show off the feel and personality that Feferi and her planet share, to go with the light music. In particular I wanted to reference 'Sing Sweet Nightingale' from Disney's Cinderlla, to reflect the watery, bubbly, dreamy feel of Feferi's planet. -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From 88044c9ead13a5478f8fcd72c8fec6a8a71ba0b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gio Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:02:33 -0600 Subject: Stage 2 --- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) (limited to 'album/xenoplanetarium.yaml') diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index 456819a..bb7c59e 100644 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Album: Xenoplanetarium Date: December 8, 2017 Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #d790ca +Color: '#d790ca' Cover Art: nights Banner Art: nights Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Art Tags: - Feferi - Angels - Lil Cal -Commentary: +Commentary: |- Circlejourney:
XENOPLANETARIUM
Organization:
Lambda Bledsoe
Makin
SplitSuns
Veritas Unae @@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ Commentary: Quasar Nebula: (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: Calming Quartz Artist: PoisonedElite Track Art: Elanor Pam -Art Tags: Aradia, cw: body horror -Duration: 2:05 +Art Tags: 'Aradia, cw: body horror' +Duration: '2:05' References: Calming Quartz (Beta) URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/calming-quartz - https://youtu.be/i_rH12hll8A -Commentary: +Commentary: |- PoisonedElite: So, uh, hi, I'm PoisonedElite, or Poize. This is actually the second version of Calming Quartz. @@ -59,30 +59,30 @@ Commentary: (p.s. special thanks to psithurist for being so cool.) SplitSuns: LOQAM has a very eerie atmosphere to it that is captured to amazing effect in this artwork. The jagged textures of quartz crystals provide a nice backdrop when paired with the howling, almost glowing sky. There's a ton of detail put into every area of this piece, and that's especially noticable in the Aradiabot occupying the left of the composition. Her damaged and decaying appearance helps to add to the unsettling nature of the piece. Aradia herself is also visible in the art as well. Isn't it a little weird that these two different versions of Aradia are in the same piece...? Then again, if there was ever to be a troll that showed up in two places at the same time, it's her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: Sandy Skyline Artist: Aris Martinian Track Art: Roxy Scarf -Duration: 2:53 +Duration: '2:53' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sandy-skyline - https://youtu.be/vjMeokNP2E4 -Commentary: +Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: Decisions must be made. Onward the world must turn. No one can truly understand how the wind blows its way into your heart. King you are not, young page. Even though she might try to be your queen, her manipulations will bring you only misery. Yes, you must attempt to carve your own path instead of having one make a path for you. Of course, you cannot do this. Love, though you possess it not, will be your undoing. Likely it is that you shall be utterly destroyed by your "queen". Inopportune this fate is, but do not let yourself become dejected. Embrace the breeze, and you will become greater than even she could have expected, far in both the past and the future. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: This piece by Roxy Scarf paints the scenery of Tavros's planet in very, very warm hues, capturing the desert-y atmosphere of the place quite well in this ghostwriter's opinion. You can also see one of the seven gates above Tavros's hive. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: Deep Fried Artist: Kanishka Track Art: artisticallyCrafty -Duration: 4:00 +Duration: '4:00' References: The La2t Frontiier URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/deep-fried - https://youtu.be/VL-k3TDTxSA -Commentary: +Commentary: |- Kanishka: I'm not entirely sure whether it was a good idea to make something so intense and hectic, seeing as XP follows the same theme as [[album:medium]]. I tried to draw inspiration from the Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble and Lorn at some point, but it didn't exactly work out, so I kinda just... gave up on maing an ambient track and went on to convey atmosphere of a hostile sweltering place that is Land of Brans and Fire through a more upbeat song? @@ -93,63 +93,63 @@ Commentary: Deep Fried is my first time collaborating with the many amazing musicians and artists of LOFAM. I was ecstatic to be able to create something for a planet we only see twice and have very little knowledge about other than BRAINS and FIRE, so I went with essentially the first thing that popped into my head when I heard the preview of the song: a view of the vastness of the Medium from one of the tendrils of the many brains cooking near the flames. This piece has kind of evolved as the music has been reworked so there is an emphasis on the planet of fire and the multitude of neurons firing to send thoughts, actions, and commands across the span of the brain field. (look mom! i'm using my medical knowledge for something dear to my heart!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: Red Pulse Artist: ehlsea Track Art: Elanor Pam -Art Tags: cw: blood (abstract) -Duration: 3:25 +Art Tags: 'cw: blood (abstract)' +Duration: '3:25' References: Karkat's Theme URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-pulse - https://youtu.be/uZrnoad2yUQ -Commentary: +Commentary: |- ehlsea: As I was writing this song, I wanted it to sound like a video game styled theme for the land. A pulsing beat drives the song with hazy pads and synths. SplitSuns: LOPAH is home to an oppressive and bloody landscape, quite literally so. I mean, the oceans are legitimately made of blood. If that isn't metal I don't know what is. Anyway, this artwork conveys the hostility of stepping foot in such an environment masterfully, with the moody skies, foreboding architecture, and blood-rivers that cut into the terrain and seem to take up the entire canvas. There's great care taken into even the most minor aspects of the lighting so that the piece as a whole feels truly complete. The end result: a pretty cool-looking place, all things considered. Just try not to lose your footing; no one should have to experience being submerged in blood. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: Oolongcat Artist: Ucklin Track Art: TheChaoMaster -Duration: 2:43 +Duration: '2:43' References: Nepeta's Theme, Horschestra, Rex Duodecim Angelus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/oolongcat - https://youtu.be/bQBkjUo9q10 -Commentary: +Commentary: |- Ucklin: This song was created in less than a week after another artist left the project and took their LOLCAT song with them. (I never heard that one!) I started composing it with the little kalimba riff and added from there. I was excited to create a song using instruments that I actually play, and most of the song is acoustic - but time constraints proved to stop me from getting good ocarina takes for the lead, so I scrambled at the last minute to find a replacement and ended up using touch control erhu on my iPad! I wasn't and still am not completely satisfied with the melody, but I felt better about it after I incorporated a version mostly in the pentatonic scale along with the original version, which was then used as a development. I think my main inspirations for this song were the tea and Asian-looking mountains of Nepeta's land, as well as the "snowy" landscape. TheChaoMaster: This is painted in acrylic, as I was inspired to paint more after finishing my high school major work which also focused on backgrounds and landscapes. I thought it would be good to try my hand at a fantasy setting. Lolcat is a very cute land and is very bright so I incorporated both of those aspects into my piece. The acrylic paints also match the acoustic song. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: huzzah the nine kettle pots we
on sugar we rest on you see
friends of the cat
nothing wrong with that
now shut up and have some damn tea -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: Light Like Raindrops Artist: Grace Medley Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 3:15 +Duration: '3:15' References: Frog Forager, track:theotokos URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/light-like-raindrops - https://youtu.be/7at_By7l078 -Commentary: +Commentary: |- Grace Medley: I made this really touching piano piece a fwe months ago, then I realised that it was just an unintentional cover of Magicant from Mother. So I started again (Sorry CJ!!). By that time CJ had more or less finished their cover art for this track though, so I decided to take inspiration from that, and wrote a piece supposed to sound like a string quintet playing by the ocean at night. I had an idea for a viola line, which I built as the main melody, and later realising how well [[track:frog-forager]] would work with it (especially, you know, because of all the frogs), I had the second violin play that melody while the first follows it as sort of a canon. Then I got writer's block. Then [[album:ancestral]] happened, and I instantly came to love Skip's track [[track:theotokos]], so I built a section around that, too. The title was suggested by Kal-la-kal-la around the same time I finished it. Circlejourney: The Land of Rays and Frogs is, to me, one of the most aesthetically pleasing lands in Homestuck, with everything submerged underwater and beams of light ascending like infinitely tall pillars from the sea. That, coupled with the incomplete version of the track that Grace had shared at the time, made this an easy pick for me. I did my best to capture the grandeur (as I picture it) of the Land of Rays and Frogs in my illustration for this wonderfully serene piece of music, focusing on reflections of the light rays in the water, which this track brings to mind.* *This is only accurate assuming Power doesn't completely rework it considering it's an unintentional Magicant arrangement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: Delta Divination Artist: ndividedbyzero Track Art: Chumi -Duration: 3:27 +Duration: '3:27' References: Retconjuration, Terezi's Theme URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/delta-divination - https://youtu.be/GcXi5JoU_94 -Commentary: +Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: "Time is like a river that splits into creeks or pools into lakes or careens down waterfalls. I have the map, and I steer the ship." -Garnet, Steven Universe The above quote is a pretty succinct summary of why I decided to name this track Delta Divination. River deltas are where the flow of water exits into a (generally) larger body of water, whether an ocean, sea, lake, or something else - just like the narrow path of the present branches and exits into endless streams of choices and possibilities. As the planet of the mind player, LOTAF facilitates thinking about each and every direction as its own river delta. Also, LOTAF has rivers too! There's a non-abstract justification for ya! @@ -157,51 +157,51 @@ Commentary: Chumi: It was super fun drawnig for Delta Divination, thank you to the music and management team for putting this together! I love Terezi, as much as I never draw her... and I also love drawing landscapes! Two dragonmoms with one meteor! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: Acquiesce Artist: psithurist Track Art: Jas Art Tags: Denizens -Duration: 4:25 +Duration: '4:25' References: Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!!, Spider's Claw URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/acquiesce - https://youtu.be/TS5ibctqo5U -Lyrics: +Lyrics: |- what's in the water
whose voice in the waves
they cry for their daughter
the siren of rays on battered rocks
follow the compass these high tides are heartless
and taller than gods
and when comes the darkness
you'll be lost to the flood x marks the spot
right through the iris -Commentary: +Commentary: |- psithurist: Originally I was aiming for a sea shanty, with an accordian and a more upbeat vibe, but I really wanted to play up the feelings of desolation and loneliness that all the Homestuck lands present. I guess the pirate influence comes through in this too, though, as they're not without their fair share of ghostly myths and tales, which I tried to express with eerie lyrics and lots of reverb, like you're standing in a big spooky cave or something. Also, it's kind of funky for some reason? Thanks to the managers for being patient with me on this one and Courtney Valentine for naming it love you all mwah Jas: In the waves of LOMAT Cetus lurks awaiting the child of light. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: Depths and Water Artist: Blackhole Track Art: Cosmic -Duration: 7:15 +Duration: '7:15' References: Indigo Heir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/depths-and-water - https://youtu.be/Y6N6qPUberY -Commentary: +Commentary: |- Blackhole: Selecting LoCaS for my track presented me with a challenge of how to compose a track for a land that has silence as one of its elements. Thankfully, the theme of caves gave me something to work with, and I decided to lean into the soft, echoing quality of underground spaces. I decided that the best way to convey the "silence" would be to have a slowly building intro defined by subtle sounds and silent breaks, with the melody coming in as a subtle echo that slowly builds to crescendo. I tried to give the lead instruments a diffuse, echoing quality to carry on the theme. I'm hoping the builds and silent breaks give the desired effect without ultimately being too minimal and drawn-out. I felt that dripping water was another strong but subtle scene-setting sound element. It also gave me a sound concept that I used for the glass bells, which I tried to give the same feel while building to an arpeggio-style melody to give the track some velocity. Most of the time I spent on the track probably went into arranging the bells, as a lot of thought had to go into the note placement, and I ended up having to compose the part twice after I realized too late that the first version didn't sound correct alongside the main melody. In terms of influences, I think the piece takes some cues from one of the slower pieces from the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack, particularly for what became the cello section. Oh, and of course I couldn't write a Homestuck track without including at least a nod to the OST, so I snuck in a little bit of Indigo Heir at the end for Equius during the final contemplative fadeout. Overall I'm pretty proud of this track, and I hope you enjoy it! Cosmic: I had lots of fun working on this piece, and the input from others really helped me learn new ways to do things and helped the piece come together to what it is now. I feel that the hardest part was making all the pieces of the art meld together into one cohesive and nice to look at image. I hope everyone listening enjoys the song and the art, and I hope they like the album as a whole as it was put together with help from all sorts of talented musicians and artists whom I respect greatly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: Carnival of Nescience Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Track Art: genericDragon -Duration: 2:05 +Duration: '2:05' References: - track:miracles-icp URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/carnival-of-nescience - https://youtu.be/Bjwg6RjvTzI -Commentary: +Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: Gosh, I started this song way back in March, when I was starting to get some dim idea of how the fuck music works. At the time, when I was tossing around ideas for what a theme for LOTAM might sound like, I happened to keep going back to the same thing. Magical stoner guitar, baby. Zilly as it must sound, I thought it would make for a neat song. Entreated by this concept, I started work. Enter me doing something a little more different from what I made at the time. Issue: I needed to shoehorn in an ICP reference. @@ -211,33 +211,33 @@ Commentary: Can't say I had much of a plan beyond that. Hate to plan out absolutely everything in advance to be quite honest. As I first added drums, I thought of using noise channels, but was too lazy to actually find good settings, so I bit-crushed normal sounding drums as a placeholder. Rather than change it later on however, I found that the drums already worked quite well as normal fucking drums, so I kept them as is. After that, I added a synth arpeggiation, which much much later at the suggestion of SplitSuns I put an automated pitchbend over, which might be a little hard to hear in the final mix, but eh. Can't particularly say anything that more interesting about the production. That about wraps it I'd say. Even though this song is fairly old by now, I'm still fairly happy with it. Rather works well for the subject matter, not to toot my own horn. genericDragon: This piece was a bit of a challenge for me, since landscapes aren't really my strong suit. This was also my first contribution to unofficialmspafans. To me, the song had a kind of dreamy, hazy feel to it, and I tried to reflect that the best I could in the artwork. LOTAM is an interesting land, and I had a lot of fun drawing this. I hope that you guys will all enjoy this song as much as I did! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: Round Perdition's Flames Artist: Kal-la-kal-la Track Art: Caitlin Beamer Art Tags: Angels -Duration: 3:44 +Duration: '3:44' References: Eridan's Theme URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/round-perditions-flames - https://youtu.be/331ZPNLIdZo -Commentary: +Commentary: |- Kal-la-kal-la: "I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Malestrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up" Wrath and angels. The title of Eridan's land makes no mention of the actual structure of it. There's a curious contrast between these vast, looming cathedrals, that I like to imagine full of immeasurable stillness and silence, and the destructive war behind the violet-blooded seadweller and the wrathful angels that dwell upon the planet. This piece is intended to represent something of that duality. Title arising from the movement for solidarity between mariners hunting great white perfectly harmless monsters. Big ups to SGM cello and whatever Serum present I used for the wobble bass. Obnoxious bro-step approximated roughly 4 lyfe. Caitlin Beamer: LOWAA is my favourite land, so I was very excited to get to draw this piece. My collabs have almost always been written ones, never involving music, so this was an interesting way for me to try that out - especially when Kal-la-kal-la surprised me with exactly the type of music I love! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +--- Track: The Hyaline Artist: Circlejourney Track Art: allyssinian Art Tags: Feferi -Duration: 4:13 +Duration: '4:13' References: Fuchsia Moonrise, Love You (Feferi's Theme) URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-hyaline - https://youtu.be/dDbC9VpsMtc -Commentary: +Commentary: |- Circlejourney: I started creating The Hyaline in March 2017. At the point when I was deliberating over which land to make a track for, I'd already composed music for both Meenah and the Condesce, and I thought it'd be cool to complete the fuchsia troll set. For me, oceanic (or more generally watery) scenes bring to mind a classic piano + string ensemble setup, with the strings laying down a serene backdrop and the piano's broken chords calling to mind the refraction of light through waves. I had a flute play the melody becaus I relate flutes to glass (y'know, wine flutes...) and also because they're fantastic at carrying slow melodies over more hectic instrumentation. -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From 6643cb617aeb06292e1bd93981808b7322f4a6af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gio Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:48:54 -0600 Subject: Listify list fields --- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) (limited to 'album/xenoplanetarium.yaml') diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index bb7c59e..69fe83d 100644 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Album: Xenoplanetarium Date: December 8, 2017 Date Added: January 12, 2021 Color: '#d790ca' -Cover Art: nights -Banner Art: nights +Banner Art: +- nights Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans @@ -38,13 +38,17 @@ Commentary: |- Quasar Nebula: (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) +Cover Artists: +- nights --- Track: Calming Quartz Artist: PoisonedElite -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Art Tags: 'Aradia, cw: body horror' +Art Tags: +- Aradia +- 'cw: body horror' Duration: '2:05' -References: Calming Quartz (Beta) +References: +- Calming Quartz (Beta) URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/calming-quartz - https://youtu.be/i_rH12hll8A @@ -59,10 +63,11 @@ Commentary: |- (p.s. special thanks to psithurist for being so cool.) SplitSuns: LOQAM has a very eerie atmosphere to it that is captured to amazing effect in this artwork. The jagged textures of quartz crystals provide a nice backdrop when paired with the howling, almost glowing sky. There's a ton of detail put into every area of this piece, and that's especially noticable in the Aradiabot occupying the left of the composition. Her damaged and decaying appearance helps to add to the unsettling nature of the piece. Aradia herself is also visible in the art as well. Isn't it a little weird that these two different versions of Aradia are in the same piece...? Then again, if there was ever to be a troll that showed up in two places at the same time, it's her. +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam --- Track: Sandy Skyline Artist: Aris Martinian -Track Art: Roxy Scarf Duration: '2:53' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sandy-skyline @@ -73,12 +78,14 @@ Commentary: |- Of course, you cannot do this. Love, though you possess it not, will be your undoing. Likely it is that you shall be utterly destroyed by your "queen". Inopportune this fate is, but do not let yourself become dejected. Embrace the breeze, and you will become greater than even she could have expected, far in both the past and the future. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: This piece by Roxy Scarf paints the scenery of Tavros's planet in very, very warm hues, capturing the desert-y atmosphere of the place quite well in this ghostwriter's opinion. You can also see one of the seven gates above Tavros's hive. +Cover Artists: +- Roxy Scarf --- Track: Deep Fried Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: artisticallyCrafty Duration: '4:00' -References: The La2t Frontiier +References: +- The La2t Frontiier URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/deep-fried - https://youtu.be/VL-k3TDTxSA @@ -93,13 +100,16 @@ Commentary: |- Deep Fried is my first time collaborating with the many amazing musicians and artists of LOFAM. I was ecstatic to be able to create something for a planet we only see twice and have very little knowledge about other than BRAINS and FIRE, so I went with essentially the first thing that popped into my head when I heard the preview of the song: a view of the vastness of the Medium from one of the tendrils of the many brains cooking near the flames. This piece has kind of evolved as the music has been reworked so there is an emphasis on the planet of fire and the multitude of neurons firing to send thoughts, actions, and commands across the span of the brain field. (look mom! i'm using my medical knowledge for something dear to my heart!) +Cover Artists: +- artisticallyCrafty --- Track: Red Pulse Artist: ehlsea -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Art Tags: 'cw: blood (abstract)' +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' Duration: '3:25' -References: Karkat's Theme +References: +- Karkat's Theme URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-pulse - https://youtu.be/uZrnoad2yUQ @@ -108,12 +118,16 @@ Commentary: |- As I was writing this song, I wanted it to sound like a video game styled theme for the land. A pulsing beat drives the song with hazy pads and synths. SplitSuns: LOPAH is home to an oppressive and bloody landscape, quite literally so. I mean, the oceans are legitimately made of blood. If that isn't metal I don't know what is. Anyway, this artwork conveys the hostility of stepping foot in such an environment masterfully, with the moody skies, foreboding architecture, and blood-rivers that cut into the terrain and seem to take up the entire canvas. There's great care taken into even the most minor aspects of the lighting so that the piece as a whole feels truly complete. The end result: a pretty cool-looking place, all things considered. Just try not to lose your footing; no one should have to experience being submerged in blood. +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam --- Track: Oolongcat Artist: Ucklin -Track Art: TheChaoMaster Duration: '2:43' -References: Nepeta's Theme, Horschestra, Rex Duodecim Angelus +References: +- Nepeta's Theme +- Horschestra +- Rex Duodecim Angelus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/oolongcat - https://youtu.be/bQBkjUo9q10 @@ -124,12 +138,15 @@ Commentary: |- This is painted in acrylic, as I was inspired to paint more after finishing my high school major work which also focused on backgrounds and landscapes. I thought it would be good to try my hand at a fantasy setting. Lolcat is a very cute land and is very bright so I incorporated both of those aspects into my piece. The acrylic paints also match the acoustic song. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: huzzah the nine kettle pots we
on sugar we rest on you see
friends of the cat
nothing wrong with that
now shut up and have some damn tea +Cover Artists: +- TheChaoMaster --- Track: Light Like Raindrops Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: Circlejourney Duration: '3:15' -References: Frog Forager, track:theotokos +References: +- Frog Forager +- track:theotokos URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/light-like-raindrops - https://youtu.be/7at_By7l078 @@ -140,12 +157,15 @@ Commentary: |- The Land of Rays and Frogs is, to me, one of the most aesthetically pleasing lands in Homestuck, with everything submerged underwater and beams of light ascending like infinitely tall pillars from the sea. That, coupled with the incomplete version of the track that Grace had shared at the time, made this an easy pick for me. I did my best to capture the grandeur (as I picture it) of the Land of Rays and Frogs in my illustration for this wonderfully serene piece of music, focusing on reflections of the light rays in the water, which this track brings to mind.* *This is only accurate assuming Power doesn't completely rework it considering it's an unintentional Magicant arrangement. +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney --- Track: Delta Divination Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Chumi Duration: '3:27' -References: Retconjuration, Terezi's Theme +References: +- Retconjuration +- Terezi's Theme URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/delta-divination - https://youtu.be/GcXi5JoU_94 @@ -157,13 +177,17 @@ Commentary: |- Chumi: It was super fun drawnig for Delta Divination, thank you to the music and management team for putting this together! I love Terezi, as much as I never draw her... and I also love drawing landscapes! Two dragonmoms with one meteor! +Cover Artists: +- Chumi --- Track: Acquiesce Artist: psithurist -Track Art: Jas -Art Tags: Denizens +Art Tags: +- Denizens Duration: '4:25' -References: Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!!, Spider's Claw +References: +- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! +- Spider's Claw URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/acquiesce - https://youtu.be/TS5ibctqo5U @@ -177,12 +201,14 @@ Commentary: |- Originally I was aiming for a sea shanty, with an accordian and a more upbeat vibe, but I really wanted to play up the feelings of desolation and loneliness that all the Homestuck lands present. I guess the pirate influence comes through in this too, though, as they're not without their fair share of ghostly myths and tales, which I tried to express with eerie lyrics and lots of reverb, like you're standing in a big spooky cave or something. Also, it's kind of funky for some reason? Thanks to the managers for being patient with me on this one and Courtney Valentine for naming it love you all mwah Jas: In the waves of LOMAT Cetus lurks awaiting the child of light. +Cover Artists: +- Jas --- Track: Depths and Water Artist: Blackhole -Track Art: Cosmic Duration: '7:15' -References: Indigo Heir +References: +- Indigo Heir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/depths-and-water - https://youtu.be/Y6N6qPUberY @@ -191,10 +217,11 @@ Commentary: |- Selecting LoCaS for my track presented me with a challenge of how to compose a track for a land that has silence as one of its elements. Thankfully, the theme of caves gave me something to work with, and I decided to lean into the soft, echoing quality of underground spaces. I decided that the best way to convey the "silence" would be to have a slowly building intro defined by subtle sounds and silent breaks, with the melody coming in as a subtle echo that slowly builds to crescendo. I tried to give the lead instruments a diffuse, echoing quality to carry on the theme. I'm hoping the builds and silent breaks give the desired effect without ultimately being too minimal and drawn-out. I felt that dripping water was another strong but subtle scene-setting sound element. It also gave me a sound concept that I used for the glass bells, which I tried to give the same feel while building to an arpeggio-style melody to give the track some velocity. Most of the time I spent on the track probably went into arranging the bells, as a lot of thought had to go into the note placement, and I ended up having to compose the part twice after I realized too late that the first version didn't sound correct alongside the main melody. In terms of influences, I think the piece takes some cues from one of the slower pieces from the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack, particularly for what became the cello section. Oh, and of course I couldn't write a Homestuck track without including at least a nod to the OST, so I snuck in a little bit of Indigo Heir at the end for Equius during the final contemplative fadeout. Overall I'm pretty proud of this track, and I hope you enjoy it! Cosmic: I had lots of fun working on this piece, and the input from others really helped me learn new ways to do things and helped the piece come together to what it is now. I feel that the hardest part was making all the pieces of the art meld together into one cohesive and nice to look at image. I hope everyone listening enjoys the song and the art, and I hope they like the album as a whole as it was put together with help from all sorts of talented musicians and artists whom I respect greatly. +Cover Artists: +- Cosmic --- Track: Carnival of Nescience Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: genericDragon Duration: '2:05' References: - track:miracles-icp @@ -211,13 +238,16 @@ Commentary: |- Can't say I had much of a plan beyond that. Hate to plan out absolutely everything in advance to be quite honest. As I first added drums, I thought of using noise channels, but was too lazy to actually find good settings, so I bit-crushed normal sounding drums as a placeholder. Rather than change it later on however, I found that the drums already worked quite well as normal fucking drums, so I kept them as is. After that, I added a synth arpeggiation, which much much later at the suggestion of SplitSuns I put an automated pitchbend over, which might be a little hard to hear in the final mix, but eh. Can't particularly say anything that more interesting about the production. That about wraps it I'd say. Even though this song is fairly old by now, I'm still fairly happy with it. Rather works well for the subject matter, not to toot my own horn. genericDragon: This piece was a bit of a challenge for me, since landscapes aren't really my strong suit. This was also my first contribution to unofficialmspafans. To me, the song had a kind of dreamy, hazy feel to it, and I tried to reflect that the best I could in the artwork. LOTAM is an interesting land, and I had a lot of fun drawing this. I hope that you guys will all enjoy this song as much as I did! +Cover Artists: +- genericDragon --- Track: Round Perdition's Flames Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Track Art: Caitlin Beamer -Art Tags: Angels +Art Tags: +- Angels Duration: '3:44' -References: Eridan's Theme +References: +- Eridan's Theme URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/round-perditions-flames - https://youtu.be/331ZPNLIdZo @@ -227,13 +257,17 @@ Commentary: |- Wrath and angels. The title of Eridan's land makes no mention of the actual structure of it. There's a curious contrast between these vast, looming cathedrals, that I like to imagine full of immeasurable stillness and silence, and the destructive war behind the violet-blooded seadweller and the wrathful angels that dwell upon the planet. This piece is intended to represent something of that duality. Title arising from the movement for solidarity between mariners hunting great white perfectly harmless monsters. Big ups to SGM cello and whatever Serum present I used for the wobble bass. Obnoxious bro-step approximated roughly 4 lyfe. Caitlin Beamer: LOWAA is my favourite land, so I was very excited to get to draw this piece. My collabs have almost always been written ones, never involving music, so this was an interesting way for me to try that out - especially when Kal-la-kal-la surprised me with exactly the type of music I love! +Cover Artists: +- Caitlin Beamer --- Track: The Hyaline Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: allyssinian -Art Tags: Feferi +Art Tags: +- Feferi Duration: '4:13' -References: Fuchsia Moonrise, Love You (Feferi's Theme) +References: +- Fuchsia Moonrise +- Love You (Feferi's Theme) URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-hyaline - https://youtu.be/dDbC9VpsMtc @@ -245,3 +279,5 @@ Commentary: |- As for the title, "hyaline" has two meanings - "resembling glass" and "clear sky/sea" - in other worsd, the perfect fit for Feferi's aquarium-themed land. It's also a fairly simple but uncommon word that I figure would make it easy to remember. allyssinian: I wanted to show off the feel and personality that Feferi and her planet share, to go with the light music. In particular I wanted to reference 'Sing Sweet Nightingale' from Disney's Cinderlla, to reflect the watery, bubbly, dreamy feel of Feferi's planet. +Cover Artists: +- allyssinian -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From a14691171577b34e3609e1d5f2885ce4d4400930 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gio Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 21:46:01 -0600 Subject: Field renames --- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) (limited to 'album/xenoplanetarium.yaml') diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index 69fe83d..9b33b7d 100644 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ Album: Xenoplanetarium Date: December 8, 2017 Date Added: January 12, 2021 Color: '#d790ca' -Banner Art: -- nights Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans @@ -40,6 +38,8 @@ Commentary: |- (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) Cover Artists: - nights +Banner Artists: +- nights --- Track: Calming Quartz Artist: PoisonedElite @@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ Art Tags: - Aradia - 'cw: body horror' Duration: '2:05' -References: -- Calming Quartz (Beta) URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/calming-quartz - https://youtu.be/i_rH12hll8A @@ -65,6 +63,8 @@ Commentary: |- LOQAM has a very eerie atmosphere to it that is captured to amazing effect in this artwork. The jagged textures of quartz crystals provide a nice backdrop when paired with the howling, almost glowing sky. There's a ton of detail put into every area of this piece, and that's especially noticable in the Aradiabot occupying the left of the composition. Her damaged and decaying appearance helps to add to the unsettling nature of the piece. Aradia herself is also visible in the art as well. Isn't it a little weird that these two different versions of Aradia are in the same piece...? Then again, if there was ever to be a troll that showed up in two places at the same time, it's her. Cover Artists: - Elanor Pam +Referenced Tracks: +- Calming Quartz (Beta) --- Track: Sandy Skyline Artist: Aris Martinian @@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Deep Fried Artist: Kanishka Duration: '4:00' -References: -- The La2t Frontiier URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/deep-fried - https://youtu.be/VL-k3TDTxSA @@ -102,14 +100,14 @@ Commentary: |- (look mom! i'm using my medical knowledge for something dear to my heart!) Cover Artists: - artisticallyCrafty +Referenced Tracks: +- The La2t Frontiier --- Track: Red Pulse Artist: ehlsea Art Tags: - 'cw: blood (abstract)' Duration: '3:25' -References: -- Karkat's Theme URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-pulse - https://youtu.be/uZrnoad2yUQ @@ -120,14 +118,12 @@ Commentary: |- LOPAH is home to an oppressive and bloody landscape, quite literally so. I mean, the oceans are legitimately made of blood. If that isn't metal I don't know what is. Anyway, this artwork conveys the hostility of stepping foot in such an environment masterfully, with the moody skies, foreboding architecture, and blood-rivers that cut into the terrain and seem to take up the entire canvas. There's great care taken into even the most minor aspects of the lighting so that the piece as a whole feels truly complete. The end result: a pretty cool-looking place, all things considered. Just try not to lose your footing; no one should have to experience being submerged in blood. Cover Artists: - Elanor Pam +Referenced Tracks: +- Karkat's Theme --- Track: Oolongcat Artist: Ucklin Duration: '2:43' -References: -- Nepeta's Theme -- Horschestra -- Rex Duodecim Angelus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/oolongcat - https://youtu.be/bQBkjUo9q10 @@ -140,13 +136,14 @@ Commentary: |- huzzah the nine kettle pots we
on sugar we rest on you see
friends of the cat
nothing wrong with that
now shut up and have some damn tea Cover Artists: - TheChaoMaster +Referenced Tracks: +- Nepeta's Theme +- Horschestra +- Rex Duodecim Angelus --- Track: Light Like Raindrops Artist: Grace Medley Duration: '3:15' -References: -- Frog Forager -- track:theotokos URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/light-like-raindrops - https://youtu.be/7at_By7l078 @@ -159,13 +156,13 @@ Commentary: |- *This is only accurate assuming Power doesn't completely rework it considering it's an unintentional Magicant arrangement. Cover Artists: - Circlejourney +Referenced Tracks: +- Frog Forager +- track:theotokos --- Track: Delta Divination Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '3:27' -References: -- Retconjuration -- Terezi's Theme URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/delta-divination - https://youtu.be/GcXi5JoU_94 @@ -179,15 +176,15 @@ Commentary: |- I love Terezi, as much as I never draw her... and I also love drawing landscapes! Two dragonmoms with one meteor! Cover Artists: - Chumi +Referenced Tracks: +- Retconjuration +- Terezi's Theme --- Track: Acquiesce Artist: psithurist Art Tags: - Denizens Duration: '4:25' -References: -- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! -- Spider's Claw URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/acquiesce - https://youtu.be/TS5ibctqo5U @@ -203,12 +200,13 @@ Commentary: |- In the waves of LOMAT Cetus lurks awaiting the child of light. Cover Artists: - Jas +Referenced Tracks: +- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! +- Spider's Claw --- Track: Depths and Water Artist: Blackhole Duration: '7:15' -References: -- Indigo Heir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/depths-and-water - https://youtu.be/Y6N6qPUberY @@ -219,12 +217,12 @@ Commentary: |- I had lots of fun working on this piece, and the input from others really helped me learn new ways to do things and helped the piece come together to what it is now. I feel that the hardest part was making all the pieces of the art meld together into one cohesive and nice to look at image. I hope everyone listening enjoys the song and the art, and I hope they like the album as a whole as it was put together with help from all sorts of talented musicians and artists whom I respect greatly. Cover Artists: - Cosmic +Referenced Tracks: +- Indigo Heir --- Track: Carnival of Nescience Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Duration: '2:05' -References: -- track:miracles-icp URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/carnival-of-nescience - https://youtu.be/Bjwg6RjvTzI @@ -240,14 +238,14 @@ Commentary: |- This piece was a bit of a challenge for me, since landscapes aren't really my strong suit. This was also my first contribution to unofficialmspafans. To me, the song had a kind of dreamy, hazy feel to it, and I tried to reflect that the best I could in the artwork. LOTAM is an interesting land, and I had a lot of fun drawing this. I hope that you guys will all enjoy this song as much as I did! Cover Artists: - genericDragon +Referenced Tracks: +- track:miracles-icp --- Track: Round Perdition's Flames Artist: Kal-la-kal-la Art Tags: - Angels Duration: '3:44' -References: -- Eridan's Theme URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/round-perditions-flames - https://youtu.be/331ZPNLIdZo @@ -259,15 +257,14 @@ Commentary: |- LOWAA is my favourite land, so I was very excited to get to draw this piece. My collabs have almost always been written ones, never involving music, so this was an interesting way for me to try that out - especially when Kal-la-kal-la surprised me with exactly the type of music I love! Cover Artists: - Caitlin Beamer +Referenced Tracks: +- Eridan's Theme --- Track: The Hyaline Artist: Circlejourney Art Tags: - Feferi Duration: '4:13' -References: -- Fuchsia Moonrise -- Love You (Feferi's Theme) URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-hyaline - https://youtu.be/dDbC9VpsMtc @@ -281,3 +278,6 @@ Commentary: |- I wanted to show off the feel and personality that Feferi and her planet share, to go with the light music. In particular I wanted to reference 'Sing Sweet Nightingale' from Disney's Cinderlla, to reflect the watery, bubbly, dreamy feel of Feferi's planet. Cover Artists: - allyssinian +Referenced Tracks: +- Fuchsia Moonrise +- Love You (Feferi's Theme) -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From df626fd8e8fa64c48ea1cf88177e157264042e9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gio Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:18:36 -0600 Subject: Sorting --- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 138 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-) (limited to 'album/xenoplanetarium.yaml') diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index 9b33b7d..09348dd 100644 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ Album: Xenoplanetarium Date: December 8, 2017 Date Added: January 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/xenoplanetarium +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLWw6sipk5O3dpsYZryDtrNR +Cover Artists: +- nights Color: '#d790ca' -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans - Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/xenoplanetarium -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLWw6sipk5O3dpsYZryDtrNR Art Tags: - Aradia - Tavros @@ -36,20 +37,23 @@ Commentary: |- Quasar Nebula: (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) -Cover Artists: -- nights Banner Artists: - nights +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 --- Track: Calming Quartz Artist: PoisonedElite -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- 'cw: body horror' Duration: '2:05' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/calming-quartz - https://youtu.be/i_rH12hll8A +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- Aradia +- 'cw: body horror' +Referenced Tracks: +- Calming Quartz (Beta) Commentary: |- PoisonedElite: So, uh, hi, I'm PoisonedElite, or Poize. @@ -61,10 +65,6 @@ Commentary: |- (p.s. special thanks to psithurist for being so cool.) SplitSuns: LOQAM has a very eerie atmosphere to it that is captured to amazing effect in this artwork. The jagged textures of quartz crystals provide a nice backdrop when paired with the howling, almost glowing sky. There's a ton of detail put into every area of this piece, and that's especially noticable in the Aradiabot occupying the left of the composition. Her damaged and decaying appearance helps to add to the unsettling nature of the piece. Aradia herself is also visible in the art as well. Isn't it a little weird that these two different versions of Aradia are in the same piece...? Then again, if there was ever to be a troll that showed up in two places at the same time, it's her. -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam -Referenced Tracks: -- Calming Quartz (Beta) --- Track: Sandy Skyline Artist: Aris Martinian @@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ Duration: '2:53' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sandy-skyline - https://youtu.be/vjMeokNP2E4 +Cover Artists: +- Roxy Scarf Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: Decisions must be made. Onward the world must turn. No one can truly understand how the wind blows its way into your heart. King you are not, young page. Even though she might try to be your queen, her manipulations will bring you only misery. Yes, you must attempt to carve your own path instead of having one make a path for you. Of course, you cannot do this. Love, though you possess it not, will be your undoing. Likely it is that you shall be utterly destroyed by your "queen". Inopportune this fate is, but do not let yourself become dejected. Embrace the breeze, and you will become greater than even she could have expected, far in both the past and the future. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: This piece by Roxy Scarf paints the scenery of Tavros's planet in very, very warm hues, capturing the desert-y atmosphere of the place quite well in this ghostwriter's opinion. You can also see one of the seven gates above Tavros's hive. -Cover Artists: -- Roxy Scarf --- Track: Deep Fried Artist: Kanishka @@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ Duration: '4:00' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/deep-fried - https://youtu.be/VL-k3TDTxSA +Cover Artists: +- artisticallyCrafty +Referenced Tracks: +- The La2t Frontiier Commentary: |- Kanishka: I'm not entirely sure whether it was a good idea to make something so intense and hectic, seeing as XP follows the same theme as [[album:medium]]. @@ -98,28 +102,24 @@ Commentary: |- Deep Fried is my first time collaborating with the many amazing musicians and artists of LOFAM. I was ecstatic to be able to create something for a planet we only see twice and have very little knowledge about other than BRAINS and FIRE, so I went with essentially the first thing that popped into my head when I heard the preview of the song: a view of the vastness of the Medium from one of the tendrils of the many brains cooking near the flames. This piece has kind of evolved as the music has been reworked so there is an emphasis on the planet of fire and the multitude of neurons firing to send thoughts, actions, and commands across the span of the brain field. (look mom! i'm using my medical knowledge for something dear to my heart!) -Cover Artists: -- artisticallyCrafty -Referenced Tracks: -- The La2t Frontiier --- Track: Red Pulse Artist: ehlsea -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' Duration: '3:25' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-pulse - https://youtu.be/uZrnoad2yUQ +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' +Referenced Tracks: +- Karkat's Theme Commentary: |- ehlsea: As I was writing this song, I wanted it to sound like a video game styled theme for the land. A pulsing beat drives the song with hazy pads and synths. SplitSuns: LOPAH is home to an oppressive and bloody landscape, quite literally so. I mean, the oceans are legitimately made of blood. If that isn't metal I don't know what is. Anyway, this artwork conveys the hostility of stepping foot in such an environment masterfully, with the moody skies, foreboding architecture, and blood-rivers that cut into the terrain and seem to take up the entire canvas. There's great care taken into even the most minor aspects of the lighting so that the piece as a whole feels truly complete. The end result: a pretty cool-looking place, all things considered. Just try not to lose your footing; no one should have to experience being submerged in blood. -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam -Referenced Tracks: -- Karkat's Theme --- Track: Oolongcat Artist: Ucklin @@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ Duration: '2:43' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/oolongcat - https://youtu.be/bQBkjUo9q10 +Cover Artists: +- TheChaoMaster +Referenced Tracks: +- Nepeta's Theme +- Horschestra +- Rex Duodecim Angelus Commentary: |- Ucklin: This song was created in less than a week after another artist left the project and took their LOLCAT song with them. (I never heard that one!) I started composing it with the little kalimba riff and added from there. I was excited to create a song using instruments that I actually play, and most of the song is acoustic - but time constraints proved to stop me from getting good ocarina takes for the lead, so I scrambled at the last minute to find a replacement and ended up using touch control erhu on my iPad! I wasn't and still am not completely satisfied with the melody, but I felt better about it after I incorporated a version mostly in the pentatonic scale along with the original version, which was then used as a development. I think my main inspirations for this song were the tea and Asian-looking mountains of Nepeta's land, as well as the "snowy" landscape. @@ -134,12 +140,6 @@ Commentary: |- This is painted in acrylic, as I was inspired to paint more after finishing my high school major work which also focused on backgrounds and landscapes. I thought it would be good to try my hand at a fantasy setting. Lolcat is a very cute land and is very bright so I incorporated both of those aspects into my piece. The acrylic paints also match the acoustic song. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: huzzah the nine kettle pots we
on sugar we rest on you see
friends of the cat
nothing wrong with that
now shut up and have some damn tea -Cover Artists: -- TheChaoMaster -Referenced Tracks: -- Nepeta's Theme -- Horschestra -- Rex Duodecim Angelus --- Track: Light Like Raindrops Artist: Grace Medley @@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ Duration: '3:15' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/light-like-raindrops - https://youtu.be/7at_By7l078 +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Referenced Tracks: +- Frog Forager +- track:theotokos Commentary: |- Grace Medley: I made this really touching piano piece a fwe months ago, then I realised that it was just an unintentional cover of Magicant from Mother. So I started again (Sorry CJ!!). By that time CJ had more or less finished their cover art for this track though, so I decided to take inspiration from that, and wrote a piece supposed to sound like a string quintet playing by the ocean at night. I had an idea for a viola line, which I built as the main melody, and later realising how well [[track:frog-forager]] would work with it (especially, you know, because of all the frogs), I had the second violin play that melody while the first follows it as sort of a canon. Then I got writer's block. Then [[album:ancestral]] happened, and I instantly came to love Skip's track [[track:theotokos]], so I built a section around that, too. The title was suggested by Kal-la-kal-la around the same time I finished it. @@ -154,11 +159,6 @@ Commentary: |- The Land of Rays and Frogs is, to me, one of the most aesthetically pleasing lands in Homestuck, with everything submerged underwater and beams of light ascending like infinitely tall pillars from the sea. That, coupled with the incomplete version of the track that Grace had shared at the time, made this an easy pick for me. I did my best to capture the grandeur (as I picture it) of the Land of Rays and Frogs in my illustration for this wonderfully serene piece of music, focusing on reflections of the light rays in the water, which this track brings to mind.* *This is only accurate assuming Power doesn't completely rework it considering it's an unintentional Magicant arrangement. -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Referenced Tracks: -- Frog Forager -- track:theotokos --- Track: Delta Divination Artist: ndividedbyzero @@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ Duration: '3:27' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/delta-divination - https://youtu.be/GcXi5JoU_94 +Cover Artists: +- Chumi +Referenced Tracks: +- Retconjuration +- Terezi's Theme Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: "Time is like a river that splits into creeks or pools into lakes or careens down waterfalls. I have the map, and I steer the ship." -Garnet, Steven Universe @@ -174,20 +179,20 @@ Commentary: |- Chumi: It was super fun drawnig for Delta Divination, thank you to the music and management team for putting this together! I love Terezi, as much as I never draw her... and I also love drawing landscapes! Two dragonmoms with one meteor! -Cover Artists: -- Chumi -Referenced Tracks: -- Retconjuration -- Terezi's Theme --- Track: Acquiesce Artist: psithurist -Art Tags: -- Denizens Duration: '4:25' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/acquiesce - https://youtu.be/TS5ibctqo5U +Cover Artists: +- Jas +Art Tags: +- Denizens +Referenced Tracks: +- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! +- Spider's Claw Lyrics: |- what's in the water
whose voice in the waves
they cry for their daughter
the siren of rays on battered rocks
follow the compass @@ -198,11 +203,6 @@ Commentary: |- Originally I was aiming for a sea shanty, with an accordian and a more upbeat vibe, but I really wanted to play up the feelings of desolation and loneliness that all the Homestuck lands present. I guess the pirate influence comes through in this too, though, as they're not without their fair share of ghostly myths and tales, which I tried to express with eerie lyrics and lots of reverb, like you're standing in a big spooky cave or something. Also, it's kind of funky for some reason? Thanks to the managers for being patient with me on this one and Courtney Valentine for naming it love you all mwah Jas: In the waves of LOMAT Cetus lurks awaiting the child of light. -Cover Artists: -- Jas -Referenced Tracks: -- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! -- Spider's Claw --- Track: Depths and Water Artist: Blackhole @@ -210,15 +210,15 @@ Duration: '7:15' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/depths-and-water - https://youtu.be/Y6N6qPUberY +Cover Artists: +- Cosmic +Referenced Tracks: +- Indigo Heir Commentary: |- Blackhole: Selecting LoCaS for my track presented me with a challenge of how to compose a track for a land that has silence as one of its elements. Thankfully, the theme of caves gave me something to work with, and I decided to lean into the soft, echoing quality of underground spaces. I decided that the best way to convey the "silence" would be to have a slowly building intro defined by subtle sounds and silent breaks, with the melody coming in as a subtle echo that slowly builds to crescendo. I tried to give the lead instruments a diffuse, echoing quality to carry on the theme. I'm hoping the builds and silent breaks give the desired effect without ultimately being too minimal and drawn-out. I felt that dripping water was another strong but subtle scene-setting sound element. It also gave me a sound concept that I used for the glass bells, which I tried to give the same feel while building to an arpeggio-style melody to give the track some velocity. Most of the time I spent on the track probably went into arranging the bells, as a lot of thought had to go into the note placement, and I ended up having to compose the part twice after I realized too late that the first version didn't sound correct alongside the main melody. In terms of influences, I think the piece takes some cues from one of the slower pieces from the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack, particularly for what became the cello section. Oh, and of course I couldn't write a Homestuck track without including at least a nod to the OST, so I snuck in a little bit of Indigo Heir at the end for Equius during the final contemplative fadeout. Overall I'm pretty proud of this track, and I hope you enjoy it! Cosmic: I had lots of fun working on this piece, and the input from others really helped me learn new ways to do things and helped the piece come together to what it is now. I feel that the hardest part was making all the pieces of the art meld together into one cohesive and nice to look at image. I hope everyone listening enjoys the song and the art, and I hope they like the album as a whole as it was put together with help from all sorts of talented musicians and artists whom I respect greatly. -Cover Artists: -- Cosmic -Referenced Tracks: -- Indigo Heir --- Track: Carnival of Nescience Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES @@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ Duration: '2:05' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/carnival-of-nescience - https://youtu.be/Bjwg6RjvTzI +Cover Artists: +- genericDragon +Referenced Tracks: +- track:miracles-icp Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: Gosh, I started this song way back in March, when I was starting to get some dim idea of how the fuck music works. At the time, when I was tossing around ideas for what a theme for LOTAM might sound like, I happened to keep going back to the same thing. Magical stoner guitar, baby. Zilly as it must sound, I thought it would make for a neat song. Entreated by this concept, I started work. Enter me doing something a little more different from what I made at the time. @@ -236,38 +240,39 @@ Commentary: |- Can't say I had much of a plan beyond that. Hate to plan out absolutely everything in advance to be quite honest. As I first added drums, I thought of using noise channels, but was too lazy to actually find good settings, so I bit-crushed normal sounding drums as a placeholder. Rather than change it later on however, I found that the drums already worked quite well as normal fucking drums, so I kept them as is. After that, I added a synth arpeggiation, which much much later at the suggestion of SplitSuns I put an automated pitchbend over, which might be a little hard to hear in the final mix, but eh. Can't particularly say anything that more interesting about the production. That about wraps it I'd say. Even though this song is fairly old by now, I'm still fairly happy with it. Rather works well for the subject matter, not to toot my own horn. genericDragon: This piece was a bit of a challenge for me, since landscapes aren't really my strong suit. This was also my first contribution to unofficialmspafans. To me, the song had a kind of dreamy, hazy feel to it, and I tried to reflect that the best I could in the artwork. LOTAM is an interesting land, and I had a lot of fun drawing this. I hope that you guys will all enjoy this song as much as I did! -Cover Artists: -- genericDragon -Referenced Tracks: -- track:miracles-icp --- Track: Round Perdition's Flames Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Art Tags: -- Angels Duration: '3:44' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/round-perditions-flames - https://youtu.be/331ZPNLIdZo +Cover Artists: +- Caitlin Beamer +Art Tags: +- Angels +Referenced Tracks: +- Eridan's Theme Commentary: |- Kal-la-kal-la: "I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Malestrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up" Wrath and angels. The title of Eridan's land makes no mention of the actual structure of it. There's a curious contrast between these vast, looming cathedrals, that I like to imagine full of immeasurable stillness and silence, and the destructive war behind the violet-blooded seadweller and the wrathful angels that dwell upon the planet. This piece is intended to represent something of that duality. Title arising from the movement for solidarity between mariners hunting great white perfectly harmless monsters. Big ups to SGM cello and whatever Serum present I used for the wobble bass. Obnoxious bro-step approximated roughly 4 lyfe. Caitlin Beamer: LOWAA is my favourite land, so I was very excited to get to draw this piece. My collabs have almost always been written ones, never involving music, so this was an interesting way for me to try that out - especially when Kal-la-kal-la surprised me with exactly the type of music I love! -Cover Artists: -- Caitlin Beamer -Referenced Tracks: -- Eridan's Theme --- Track: The Hyaline Artist: Circlejourney -Art Tags: -- Feferi Duration: '4:13' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-hyaline - https://youtu.be/dDbC9VpsMtc +Cover Artists: +- allyssinian +Art Tags: +- Feferi +Referenced Tracks: +- Fuchsia Moonrise +- Love You (Feferi's Theme) Commentary: |- Circlejourney: I started creating The Hyaline in March 2017. At the point when I was deliberating over which land to make a track for, I'd already composed music for both Meenah and the Condesce, and I thought it'd be cool to complete the fuchsia troll set. @@ -276,8 +281,3 @@ Commentary: |- As for the title, "hyaline" has two meanings - "resembling glass" and "clear sky/sea" - in other worsd, the perfect fit for Feferi's aquarium-themed land. It's also a fairly simple but uncommon word that I figure would make it easy to remember. allyssinian: I wanted to show off the feel and personality that Feferi and her planet share, to go with the light music. In particular I wanted to reference 'Sing Sweet Nightingale' from Disney's Cinderlla, to reflect the watery, bubbly, dreamy feel of Feferi's planet. -Cover Artists: -- allyssinian -Referenced Tracks: -- Fuchsia Moonrise -- Love You (Feferi's Theme) -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From 9e389a0dc36cafdd3b02624ffa711b498d99b1ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gio Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:35:57 -0600 Subject: Pluralize non-artist.txt artists. --- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'album/xenoplanetarium.yaml') diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index 09348dd..5c044b2 100644 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ Banner Artists: Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 --- Track: Calming Quartz -Artist: PoisonedElite +Artists: +- PoisonedElite Duration: '2:05' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/calming-quartz @@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ Commentary: |- LOQAM has a very eerie atmosphere to it that is captured to amazing effect in this artwork. The jagged textures of quartz crystals provide a nice backdrop when paired with the howling, almost glowing sky. There's a ton of detail put into every area of this piece, and that's especially noticable in the Aradiabot occupying the left of the composition. Her damaged and decaying appearance helps to add to the unsettling nature of the piece. Aradia herself is also visible in the art as well. Isn't it a little weird that these two different versions of Aradia are in the same piece...? Then again, if there was ever to be a troll that showed up in two places at the same time, it's her. --- Track: Sandy Skyline -Artist: Aris Martinian +Artists: +- Aris Martinian Duration: '2:53' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sandy-skyline @@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ Commentary: |- This piece by Roxy Scarf paints the scenery of Tavros's planet in very, very warm hues, capturing the desert-y atmosphere of the place quite well in this ghostwriter's opinion. You can also see one of the seven gates above Tavros's hive. --- Track: Deep Fried -Artist: Kanishka +Artists: +- Kanishka Duration: '4:00' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/deep-fried @@ -104,7 +107,8 @@ Commentary: |- (look mom! i'm using my medical knowledge for something dear to my heart!) --- Track: Red Pulse -Artist: ehlsea +Artists: +- ehlsea Duration: '3:25' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-pulse @@ -122,7 +126,8 @@ Commentary: |- LOPAH is home to an oppressive and bloody landscape, quite literally so. I mean, the oceans are legitimately made of blood. If that isn't metal I don't know what is. Anyway, this artwork conveys the hostility of stepping foot in such an environment masterfully, with the moody skies, foreboding architecture, and blood-rivers that cut into the terrain and seem to take up the entire canvas. There's great care taken into even the most minor aspects of the lighting so that the piece as a whole feels truly complete. The end result: a pretty cool-looking place, all things considered. Just try not to lose your footing; no one should have to experience being submerged in blood. --- Track: Oolongcat -Artist: Ucklin +Artists: +- Ucklin Duration: '2:43' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/oolongcat @@ -142,7 +147,8 @@ Commentary: |- huzzah the nine kettle pots we
on sugar we rest on you see
friends of the cat
nothing wrong with that
now shut up and have some damn tea --- Track: Light Like Raindrops -Artist: Grace Medley +Artists: +- Grace Medley Duration: '3:15' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/light-like-raindrops @@ -161,7 +167,8 @@ Commentary: |- *This is only accurate assuming Power doesn't completely rework it considering it's an unintentional Magicant arrangement. --- Track: Delta Divination -Artist: ndividedbyzero +Artists: +- ndividedbyzero Duration: '3:27' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/delta-divination @@ -181,7 +188,8 @@ Commentary: |- I love Terezi, as much as I never draw her... and I also love drawing landscapes! Two dragonmoms with one meteor! --- Track: Acquiesce -Artist: psithurist +Artists: +- psithurist Duration: '4:25' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/acquiesce @@ -205,7 +213,8 @@ Commentary: |- In the waves of LOMAT Cetus lurks awaiting the child of light. --- Track: Depths and Water -Artist: Blackhole +Artists: +- Blackhole Duration: '7:15' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/depths-and-water @@ -221,7 +230,8 @@ Commentary: |- I had lots of fun working on this piece, and the input from others really helped me learn new ways to do things and helped the piece come together to what it is now. I feel that the hardest part was making all the pieces of the art meld together into one cohesive and nice to look at image. I hope everyone listening enjoys the song and the art, and I hope they like the album as a whole as it was put together with help from all sorts of talented musicians and artists whom I respect greatly. --- Track: Carnival of Nescience -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES +Artists: +- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Duration: '2:05' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/carnival-of-nescience @@ -242,7 +252,8 @@ Commentary: |- This piece was a bit of a challenge for me, since landscapes aren't really my strong suit. This was also my first contribution to unofficialmspafans. To me, the song had a kind of dreamy, hazy feel to it, and I tried to reflect that the best I could in the artwork. LOTAM is an interesting land, and I had a lot of fun drawing this. I hope that you guys will all enjoy this song as much as I did! --- Track: Round Perdition's Flames -Artist: Kal-la-kal-la +Artists: +- Kal-la-kal-la Duration: '3:44' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/round-perditions-flames @@ -261,7 +272,8 @@ Commentary: |- LOWAA is my favourite land, so I was very excited to get to draw this piece. My collabs have almost always been written ones, never involving music, so this was an interesting way for me to try that out - especially when Kal-la-kal-la surprised me with exactly the type of music I love! --- Track: The Hyaline -Artist: Circlejourney +Artists: +- Circlejourney Duration: '4:13' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-hyaline -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From 904c6eadb43857db17fcf01ba9de050080f09ee0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(quasar) nebula" Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2022 22:51:37 -0400 Subject: fix broken jungle-3 refs in commentary --- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'album/xenoplanetarium.yaml') diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index 5c044b2..133c0c3 100644 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Commentary: |- I've redrawn this piece 3 times, two were sketches and the third was completed, but I felt it didn't make for a good cover. (Shown on facing page below - It makes for a pretty bangin' wallpaper though!) I tried to stuff as much symbolism in this piece as possible. This is also full of new experiences for me, 'cause it was pretty much the first time I've drawn this many varied characters all in one canvas. It's also the first time I've drawn some of the trolls, too. All in all, it was an absolute delight to work on it and see everything come together, I'm raelly happy for the chance to help with this album. Quasar Nebula: - (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) + (per [[track:jungle|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) Banner Artists: - nights Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From 450e3e1edae396cf5da183f4793b1019a9e6719e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(quasar) nebula" Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 23:38:38 -0300 Subject: rest of the big tag review --- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) (limited to 'album/xenoplanetarium.yaml') diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index 133c0c3..aa59bac 100644 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ Art Tags: - Feferi - Angels - Lil Cal +- LoQaM +- LoSaZ +- LoBaF +- LoPaH +- LoLCaT +- LoRaF +- LoTaF +- LoMaT +- LoCaS +- LoTaM +- LoWaA +- LoDaG Commentary: |- Circlejourney:
XENOPLANETARIUM
@@ -51,6 +63,7 @@ URLs: Cover Artists: - Elanor Pam Art Tags: +- LoQaM - Aradia - 'cw: body horror' Referenced Tracks: @@ -76,6 +89,9 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/vjMeokNP2E4 Cover Artists: - Roxy Scarf +Art Tags: +- LoSaZ +- Gate Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: Decisions must be made. Onward the world must turn. No one can truly understand how the wind blows its way into your heart. King you are not, young page. Even though she might try to be your queen, her manipulations will bring you only misery. Yes, you must attempt to carve your own path instead of having one make a path for you. @@ -92,6 +108,8 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/VL-k3TDTxSA Cover Artists: - artisticallyCrafty +Art Tags: +- LoBaF Referenced Tracks: - The La2t Frontiier Commentary: |- @@ -116,6 +134,7 @@ URLs: Cover Artists: - Elanor Pam Art Tags: +- LoPaH - 'cw: blood (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - Karkat's Theme @@ -134,6 +153,9 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/bQBkjUo9q10 Cover Artists: - TheChaoMaster +Art Tags: +- LoLCaT +- Cats Referenced Tracks: - Nepeta's Theme - Horschestra @@ -155,6 +177,8 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/7at_By7l078 Cover Artists: - Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- LoRaF Referenced Tracks: - Frog Forager - track:theotokos @@ -175,6 +199,8 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/GcXi5JoU_94 Cover Artists: - Chumi +Art Tags: +- LoTaF Referenced Tracks: - Retconjuration - Terezi's Theme @@ -197,6 +223,7 @@ URLs: Cover Artists: - Jas Art Tags: +- LoMaT - Denizens Referenced Tracks: - Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! @@ -221,6 +248,8 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/Y6N6qPUberY Cover Artists: - Cosmic +Art Tags: +- LoCaS Referenced Tracks: - Indigo Heir Commentary: |- @@ -238,6 +267,8 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/Bjwg6RjvTzI Cover Artists: - genericDragon +Art Tags: +- LoTaM Referenced Tracks: - track:miracles-icp Commentary: |- @@ -261,6 +292,7 @@ URLs: Cover Artists: - Caitlin Beamer Art Tags: +- LoWaA - Angels Referenced Tracks: - Eridan's Theme @@ -281,6 +313,7 @@ URLs: Cover Artists: - allyssinian Art Tags: +- LoDaG - Feferi Referenced Tracks: - Fuchsia Moonrise -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From 6466a4deed0c3285f4c82a99a427c8d52ecd659e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niklink Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2022 20:43:40 -0400 Subject: png-ify banners and wallpapers where applicable also bg opacity pass and add archive banner --- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'album/xenoplanetarium.yaml') diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index aa59bac..c1507e4 100644 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ Commentary: |- Banner Artists: - nights Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 +Banner File Extension: png +Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.65;' --- Track: Calming Quartz Artists: -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From 5f5eba430fa70b287475e5f66210a4e2fc79241f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niklink <25875275+Niklink@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 01:39:43 -0400 Subject: additional file-ify original banners/wallpapers also jailbreak commentary & banner edit attribution --- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'album/xenoplanetarium.yaml') diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index c1507e4..12a71eb 100644 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Art Tags: - LoTaM - LoWaA - LoDaG +Additional Files: +- Title: Bandcamp Banner + Files: + - banner.png Commentary: |- Circlejourney:
XENOPLANETARIUM
-- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5 From 959d744369ab8c5ce731fc92c43f232953069a47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niklink <25875275+Niklink@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2022 20:09:24 -0400 Subject: bowman music videos & misc fixes paige turner unification, jungle #3, d8 night yt link, purgatory art --- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'album/xenoplanetarium.yaml') diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index 12a71eb..647d993 100644 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml +++ b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Commentary: |- I've redrawn this piece 3 times, two were sketches and the third was completed, but I felt it didn't make for a good cover. (Shown on facing page below - It makes for a pretty bangin' wallpaper though!) I tried to stuff as much symbolism in this piece as possible. This is also full of new experiences for me, 'cause it was pretty much the first time I've drawn this many varied characters all in one canvas. It's also the first time I've drawn some of the trolls, too. All in all, it was an absolute delight to work on it and see everything come together, I'm raelly happy for the chance to help with this album. Quasar Nebula: - (per [[track:jungle|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) + (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) Banner Artists: - nights Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5