From df626fd8e8fa64c48ea1cf88177e157264042e9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gio Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:18:36 -0600 Subject: Sorting --- album/act-7.yaml | 12 +- album/alternia.yaml | 196 +-- album/alterniabound.yaml | 490 +++--- album/ancestral.yaml | 830 +++++----- album/archive.yaml | 108 +- album/are-you-lost.yaml | 24 +- album/ava.yaml | 10 +- album/bashful-hearts-out.yaml | 14 +- album/beforus.yaml | 878 +++++----- album/beyond-canon.yaml | 190 +-- album/cherubim.yaml | 130 +- album/chilled-processor.yaml | 10 +- album/class-act-b-side.yaml | 10 +- album/class-act.yaml | 16 +- album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml | 276 ++-- album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml | 254 +-- album/comfortable-bugs.yaml | 12 +- album/contritum.yaml | 10 +- album/cosmic-caretakers.yaml | 468 +++--- album/deltarune-ch1-ost.yaml | 20 +- album/desynced-vol-1.yaml | 8 +- album/desynced-vol-2.yaml | 16 +- album/diverging-delicacies.yaml | 182 +-- album/election-season.yaml | 12 +- album/electric-daydreams.yaml | 18 +- album/entertaining-sound.yaml | 90 +- album/exceptis-excipiendis.yaml | 22 +- album/friendsymphony.yaml | 186 +-- album/genesis-frog.yaml | 278 ++-- album/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise.yaml | 32 +- album/gristmas-carols.yaml | 64 +- album/hiveswap-act-1-ost.yaml | 142 +- album/hiveswap-act-2-ost.yaml | 46 +- album/hiveswap-friendsim.yaml | 52 +- album/homestuck-for-the-holidays.yaml | 46 +- album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml | 170 +- album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml | 26 +- album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml | 458 +++--- album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml | 6 +- album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml | 10 +- album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml | 32 +- album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml | 528 +++--- album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml | 116 +- album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml | 194 +-- album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml | 352 ++-- album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml | 506 +++--- album/hush.yaml | 12 +- album/i-am-writing-myself-a-dream-in-a-letter.yaml | 38 +- album/inhospitable-delisted.yaml | 56 +- album/ithaca.yaml | 36 +- album/jailbreak-vol-1.yaml | 36 +- album/labyrinths-heart.yaml | 18 +- album/lofam.yaml | 616 +++---- album/lofam2.yaml | 950 +++++------ album/lofam3.yaml | 766 ++++----- album/lofam4.yaml | 1688 ++++++++++---------- album/lofam5.yaml | 1014 ++++++------ album/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair.yaml | 24 +- album/losing-heart.yaml | 10 +- album/medium.yaml | 26 +- album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml | 30 +- album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.yaml | 58 +- album/moons-of-theseus.yaml | 196 +-- album/namesake.yaml | 8 +- album/nuclears-explosion-1.yaml | 36 +- album/oceanfalls-vol-1.yaml | 20 +- album/oceanfalls-vol-2.yaml | 20 +- album/oceanfalls-vol-3.yaml | 26 +- album/old-world.yaml | 10 +- album/one-year-older.yaml | 204 +-- album/p-s.yaml | 44 +- album/perfectly-generic-album.yaml | 12 +- album/perfectly-generic-object.yaml | 8 +- album/prospit-and-derse.yaml | 104 +- album/psycholonials-ep-1.yaml | 24 +- album/psycholonials-ep-2.yaml | 36 +- album/psycholonials-ep-3.yaml | 28 +- album/psycholonials-ep-4.yaml | 28 +- album/psycholonials-ep-5.yaml | 24 +- album/psycholonials-ep-6.yaml | 24 +- album/psycholonials-ep-7.yaml | 20 +- album/psycholonials-ep-8.yaml | 24 +- album/psycholonials-ep-9.yaml | 24 +- album/psycholonials.yaml | 166 +- album/rust-apocalypse.yaml | 22 +- album/s-collide.yaml | 20 +- album/sburb-ost.yaml | 116 +- album/sburb.yaml | 32 +- album/shortcuts.yaml | 36 +- album/someday.yaml | 8 +- album/song-of-skaia.yaml | 16 +- album/squiddles.yaml | 32 +- album/strife-2.yaml | 14 +- album/strife.yaml | 22 +- album/symphony-impossible-to-play.yaml | 36 +- album/the-baby-is-june.yaml | 22 +- album/the-baby-is-you.yaml | 44 +- album/the-felt.yaml | 46 +- album/the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience.yaml | 28 +- album/the-genesis-project-vol-1.yaml | 10 +- album/the-grubbles.yaml | 8 +- album/the-wanderers.yaml | 174 +- album/theres-no-place-like-home.yaml | 10 +- album/tomb-of-the-ancestors.yaml | 102 +- album/triassic-slump.yaml | 18 +- album/undertale-soundtrack.yaml | 18 +- album/unreleased-tracks.yaml | 180 +-- album/vaporwave-2016.yaml | 40 +- album/we-are-all-satellites.yaml | 8 +- album/weird-puzzle-tunes.yaml | 18 +- album/what.yaml | 10 +- album/xenoplanetarium.yaml | 138 +- 112 files changed, 7621 insertions(+), 7621 deletions(-) (limited to 'album') diff --git a/album/act-7.yaml b/album/act-7.yaml index d1191cc6..c326a8ed 100644 --- a/album/act-7.yaml +++ b/album/act-7.yaml @@ -2,12 +2,6 @@ Album: Act 7 Artist: Clark Powell, Toby Fox Date: April 13, 2016 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: '#c7ff43' -Groups: -- Official -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope -- Green Sun URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9-10-with-s-collide-and-act-7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsMeamXcE8 @@ -15,6 +9,12 @@ Cover Artists: - Homestuck Default Track Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Color: '#c7ff43' +Groups: +- Official +Art Tags: +- Alternate Calliope +- Green Sun Wallpaper Artists: - Homestuck --- diff --git a/album/alternia.yaml b/album/alternia.yaml index 66625a95..ccec6d46 100644 --- a/album/alternia.yaml +++ b/album/alternia.yaml @@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ Album: Alternia Artist: Toby Fox Date: July 18, 2010 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alterniabound-with-alternia +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwQNcM_QhYI +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYhdhHfN2xDpqsbieSVEmK_OYNgAYgZEZ +Cover Artists: +- Cindy Dominguez +- Andrew Hussie Color: '#cc44ff' Groups: - Toby Fox @@ -9,10 +16,6 @@ Groups: Art Tags: - Karkat - Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alterniabound-with-alternia -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwQNcM_QhYI -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYhdhHfN2xDpqsbieSVEmK_OYNgAYgZEZ Commentary: |- Toby Fox: Hey, just a brief (LOL JK) message from the guy who made this album - Toby "Radiation" Fox, if for some reason you haven't seen that name anywhere yet. @@ -45,9 +48,6 @@ Commentary: |- -minibiography written by Linnet, and is presumed to be 100% accurate Quasar Nebula: as with [[album:homestuck-vol-5]], track art for [[album:alternia]] and [[album:alterniabound]] is from the Alternia/Bound track art anthology projects! original track arts, which were largely (though not entirely) just crops of panels from the webcomic, have been left in the commentary for each track. -Cover Artists: -- Cindy Dominguez -- Andrew Hussie Wallpaper Artists: - Cindy Dominguez - Andrew Hussie @@ -57,11 +57,13 @@ Group: Main album --- Track: Crustacean Duration: '1:31' -Art Tags: -- Karkat URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crustacean-2 - https://youtu.be/U5CGEwHZoss +Cover Artists: +- Kirvia +Art Tags: +- Karkat Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (CG Sprite Theme) @@ -73,16 +75,16 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Kirvia --- Track: Showdown Duration: '1:43' -Art Tags: -- Karkat URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showdown-2 - https://youtu.be/5mdkmTXDG2I +Cover Artists: +- sicklydoodles +Art Tags: +- Karkat Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (CG Battle Theme) @@ -99,17 +101,22 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- sicklydoodles --- Track: mIrAcLeS Duration: '2:31' -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- Gamzee's lusus URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/miracles-2 - https://youtu.be/ztovKMiiolU +Cover Artists: +- scatterpunk +Art Tags: +- Gamzee +- Gamzee's lusus +Lyrics: |- + Miracles
Miracles
Miracles + Miracles
Miracles + Miracles
Miracles
Miracles + Miracles Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (TC's Theme) @@ -118,22 +125,17 @@ Commentary: |- So now when people ask you "how does this piece even work, man," you know the answer. It's right up there. MIRACLES. PS - Andrew wanted to put a ton of honking on this track to the point that the actual music was undiscernable. He actually linked me to some free sound websites and told me to register. I guess in that way, this track is off-character for Gamzee. If he wants the honking he's going to have to do it himself and make it a bonus track; I think I'm more content with this track than any of the other oens and I don't think it needs to be ruined by anything except my own voice saying "MIRACLES..." -Lyrics: |- - Miracles
Miracles
Miracles - Miracles
Miracles - Miracles
Miracles
Miracles - Miracles -Cover Artists: -- scatterpunk --- Track: The Lemonsnout Turnabout Duration: '2:23' -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Scalemates URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lemonsnout-turnabout-2 - https://youtu.be/pvgyx0w8B1E +Cover Artists: +- rose-ebottles +Art Tags: +- Terezi +- Scalemates Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (GC's Courtroom Scene) @@ -151,17 +153,17 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- rose-ebottles --- Track: Phaze and Blood Duration: '1:38' -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/phaze-and-blood-2 - https://youtu.be/fNsqqoGNLpE +Cover Artists: +- floralmarsupial +Art Tags: +- Karkat +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (CG's Medium) @@ -172,16 +174,16 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- floralmarsupial --- Track: psych0ruins Duration: '2:15' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/psych0ruins-2 - https://youtu.be/ueccsD074a8 +Cover Artists: +- porrim-maryam +Art Tags: +- Aradia Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (AA Ruins Theme) @@ -193,17 +195,19 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- porrim-maryam --- Track: Walls Covered in Blood Duration: '2:00' -Art Tags: -- Nepeta -- Nepeta's lusus URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/walls-covered-in-blood-2 - https://youtu.be/REM1E8wC3Gs +Cover Artists: +- lime-time +Art Tags: +- Nepeta +- Nepeta's lusus +Sampled Tracks: +- Mario Paint Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (AC's Theme) @@ -214,18 +218,16 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- lime-time -Sampled Tracks: -- Mario Paint --- Track: dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, Duration: '1:37' -Art Tags: -- Tavros URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/desperado-rocket-chairs-2 - https://youtu.be/KPYJ9TuXZmQ +Cover Artists: +- deuxknives +Art Tags: +- Tavros Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (AT Desperado Rocket Chair Joust Theme) @@ -240,18 +242,20 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- deuxknives --- Track: Death of the Lusii Duration: '2:00' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/death-of-the-lusii-2 +- https://youtu.be/mrflmgFRrYo +Cover Artists: +- Aeritus Art Tags: - Gamzee - Gamzee's lusus - 'cw: animal death' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/death-of-the-lusii-2 -- https://youtu.be/mrflmgFRrYo +Referenced Tracks: +- track:crustacean Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (Lusus Death Theme) @@ -264,18 +268,16 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Aeritus -Referenced Tracks: -- track:crustacean --- Track: Virgin Orb Duration: '2:23' -Art Tags: -- Kanaya URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/virgin-orb-2 - https://youtu.be/mrflmgFRrYo +Cover Artists: +- allyssinian +Art Tags: +- Kanaya Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (GA's Theme) @@ -289,16 +291,19 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- allyssinian --- Track: The La2t Frontiier Duration: '1:50' -Art Tags: -- Sollux URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-la2t-frontiier-2 - https://youtu.be/aPd9mP7ZrlY +Cover Artists: +- Kirvia +Art Tags: +- Sollux +Referenced Tracks: +- Sunsetter +- Guile's Theme Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (TA and the Trolls vs. Sgrub) @@ -316,17 +321,14 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Kirvia -Referenced Tracks: -- Sunsetter -- Guile's Theme --- Track: Skaian Summoning Duration: '2:22' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-summoning-2 - https://youtu.be/gWBlVTuyp0s +Cover Artists: +- scatterpunk Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (The Day the World Died) @@ -335,17 +337,19 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- scatterpunk --- Group: Bonus tracks --- Track: The Thirteenth Hour -Cover Art Date: July 18, 2010 Duration: '2:10' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-thirteenth-hour-2 - https://youtu.be/SixKHx18sqk +Cover Artists: +- Homestuck +Cover Art Date: July 18, 2010 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (UU's Theme) @@ -360,16 +364,14 @@ Commentary: |- Monckat: (the track art anthology for Alternia didn't include a fanart for this track.) -Cover Artists: -- Homestuck -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Spider's Claw Duration: 0:37 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/spiders-claw - https://youtu.be/ZA9M-ZpdlC8 +Cover Artists: +- fenkko Art Tags: - Vriska Commentary: |- @@ -384,18 +386,18 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- fenkko --- Track: Staring Duration: '1:21' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/staring +- https://youtu.be/4TUOfRlT1ks +Cover Artists: +- pbnj-art Art Tags: - Equius - 'cw: asphyxiation (abstract)' - 'cw: body horror (abstract)' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/staring -- https://youtu.be/4TUOfRlT1ks Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (CT's Unrevealed Theme) @@ -407,17 +409,17 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- pbnj-art --- Track: Keepers Duration: '1:55' -Art Tags: -- Eridan -- Feferi URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/keepers - https://youtu.be/Sy3Au5UsykI +Cover Artists: +- frantastically +Art Tags: +- Eridan +- Feferi Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (CC and CA Theme) @@ -428,16 +430,16 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- frantastically --- Track: Theme Duration: '1:28' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/theme-2 - https://youtu.be/S2Pr-_j0qcc +Cover Artists: +- Sollay +Art Tags: +- Aradia Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (Alternia Theme) @@ -447,23 +449,21 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Sollay --- Track: Walls Covered in Blood DX Duration: '2:01' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/walls-covered-in-blood-dx-2 +- https://youtu.be/WPqca-NWV2k +Cover Artists: +- atissi Art Tags: - Nepeta - Nepeta's lusus - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/walls-covered-in-blood-dx-2 -- https://youtu.be/WPqca-NWV2k +Referenced Tracks: +- Walls Covered in Blood Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- atissi -Referenced Tracks: -- Walls Covered in Blood diff --git a/album/alterniabound.yaml b/album/alterniabound.yaml index d8057758..93da06b7 100644 --- a/album/alterniabound.yaml +++ b/album/alterniabound.yaml @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ Album: AlterniaBound -Banner Dimensions: 1100x166 Date: March 14, 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alterniabound-with-alternia +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZWO9QOZmD6A3TIK0wZ6xE2 +Cover Artists: +- Hanni Brosh Color: '#00a4a4' Groups: - Official Art Tags: - Karkat - Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alterniabound-with-alternia -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZWO9QOZmD6A3TIK0wZ6xE2 Commentary: |- Toby Fox: Bad news for everyone. @@ -25,12 +26,11 @@ Commentary: |- WILL THEY EVER? Quasar Nebula: as with [[album:homestuck-vol-5]], track art for [[album:alternia]] and [[album:alterniabound]] is from the Alternia/Bound track art anthology projects! original track arts, which were largely (though not entirely) just crops of panels from the webcomic, have been left in the commentary for each track. -Cover Artists: -- Hanni Brosh -Wallpaper Artists: +Banner Artists: - Hanni Brosh - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: +Banner Dimensions: 1100x166 +Wallpaper Artists: - Hanni Brosh - Niklink (edits for wiki) Default Track Cover Art Date: October 25, 2017 @@ -40,11 +40,22 @@ Group: Main album Track: Arisen Anew Artist: Tensei Duration: '2:55' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/arisen-anew-2 - https://youtu.be/C0BYVRNGoEo +Cover Artists: +- vorpos +Art Tags: +- Aradia +Referenced Tracks: +- psych0ruins +- My Little Pony Theme +Sampled Tracks: +- Dr. Who +Lyrics: |- + Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
(The princess of time stopped the dog) + People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually—from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint—it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly... timey-wimey... stuff. + Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa Commentary: |- Tensei: (Aradia's Homecoming) @@ -59,26 +70,19 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Lyrics: |- - Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
(The princess of time stopped the dog) - People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually—from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint—it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly... timey-wimey... stuff. - Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa
Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa -Cover Artists: -- vorpos -Referenced Tracks: -- psych0ruins -- My Little Pony Theme -Sampled Tracks: -- Dr. Who --- Track: Karkat's Theme Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:58' -Art Tags: -- Karkat URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/karkats-theme-2 - https://youtu.be/8M5FxI_p5wg +Cover Artists: +- gaylalondes +Art Tags: +- Karkat +Referenced Tracks: +- track:crustacean Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (Karkat Walkabout) @@ -92,23 +96,23 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- gaylalondes -Referenced Tracks: -- track:crustacean --- Track: Trollcops Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '2:45' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trollcops-2 +- https://youtu.be/agUl2xmrBuA +Cover Artists: +- Melissa Peebles Art Tags: - Sollux - Terezi - Scalemates - 'cw: cops' - 'cw: hanging' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trollcops-2 -- https://youtu.be/agUl2xmrBuA +Referenced Tracks: +- track:under-the-hat Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: (Alternate Universe Intermission) @@ -120,20 +124,22 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Melissa Peebles -Referenced Tracks: -- track:under-the-hat --- Track: 'BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!' Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '2:48' -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bl1nd-just1c3-1nv3st1g4t1on-2 - https://youtu.be/yg41u9AejSs +Cover Artists: +- fenkko +Art Tags: +- Terezi +- Vriska +Referenced Tracks: +- The Lemonsnout Turnabout +- Objection! 2001 +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: (Terezi Investigates) @@ -147,21 +153,20 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- fenkko -Referenced Tracks: -- The Lemonsnout Turnabout -- Objection! 2001 -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Terezi's Theme Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:16' -Art Tags: -- Terezi URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/terezis-theme-2 - https://youtu.be/IIw4NDK7j4w +Cover Artists: +- Kirvia +Art Tags: +- Terezi +Referenced Tracks: +- The Lemonsnout Turnabout +- Theme Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (Terezi Walkabout) @@ -171,20 +176,19 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Kirvia -Referenced Tracks: -- The Lemonsnout Turnabout -- Theme --- Track: Dreamers and The Dead Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '4:04' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dreamers-and-the-dead-2 - https://youtu.be/9PlP0RUzacQ +Cover Artists: +- sicklydoodles +Art Tags: +- Aradia +Referenced Tracks: +- Cuddlefish Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: (World of the Afterlife) @@ -195,19 +199,20 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- sicklydoodles -Referenced Tracks: -- Cuddlefish --- Track: Vriska's Theme Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:43' -Art Tags: -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vriskas-theme-2 - https://youtu.be/LkJHtDiNowk +Cover Artists: +- Chumi +Art Tags: +- Vriska +Referenced Tracks: +- Spider's Claw +- Theme Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (Vriska Walkabout) @@ -219,20 +224,22 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Chumi -Referenced Tracks: -- Spider's Claw -- Theme --- Track: She's a Sp8der Artist: Tensei Duration: '3:05' -Art Tags: -- Mindfang URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/shes-a-sp8der-2 - https://youtu.be/lqMGkbnWOQU +Cover Artists: +- gaylalondes +Art Tags: +- Mindfang +Referenced Tracks: +- Spider's Claw +- track:MeGaLoVania +- Eridan's Theme +- track:crustacean Commentary: |- Tensei: (Adventure on the High Seas) @@ -243,28 +250,32 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- gaylalondes -Referenced Tracks: -- Spider's Claw -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Eridan's Theme -- track:crustacean --- Track: FIDUSPAWN, GO! Artist: David Ko -Duration: '1:43' Contributors: - Toby Fox (arrangement) - The_Eighth_Bit (soundfont) +Duration: '1:43' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fiduspawn-go-2 +- https://youtu.be/fCBr-v4JswY +Cover Artists: +- Phil Gibson Art Tags: - Tavros - Tavros' lusus - Karkat - Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fiduspawn-go-2 -- https://youtu.be/fCBr-v4JswY +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-imp-strife-mix +- Pumpkin Cravings +- track:harlequin +- Sunslammer +- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, +- track:MeGaLoVania +- track:vagabounce +- track:beatdown-strider-style Commentary: |- David Ko: (Tavros' Battle Theme) @@ -277,26 +288,19 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Phil Gibson -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-imp-strife-mix -- Pumpkin Cravings -- track:harlequin -- Sunslammer -- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, -- track:MeGaLoVania -- track:vagabounce -- track:beatdown-strider-style --- Track: Darling Kanaya Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:07' -Art Tags: -- Kanaya URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/darling-kanaya-2 - https://youtu.be/54YThzEi4bk +Cover Artists: +- vorpos +Art Tags: +- Kanaya +Referenced Tracks: +- Virgin Orb Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (Kanaya Walkabout) @@ -306,20 +310,18 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- vorpos -Referenced Tracks: -- Virgin Orb --- Track: Requiem of Sunshine and Rainbows Artist: Paige Turner Duration: '2:44' -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/requiem-of-sunshine-and-rainbows-2 - https://youtu.be/erj2UQjMlhs +Cover Artists: +- rose-ebottles +Art Tags: +- Kanaya +- 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- Paige Turner: (Rainbow Drinker Kanaya) @@ -332,19 +334,21 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- rose-ebottles --- Track: Eridan's Theme Artist: Toby Fox Contributors: - The_Eighth_Bit (soundfont) Duration: '2:41' -Art Tags: -- Eridan URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/eridans-theme-2 - https://youtu.be/mFLsoipuscM +Cover Artists: +- chocolatula +Art Tags: +- Eridan +Referenced Tracks: +- Catchyegrabber (Skipper Plumbthroat's Song) Commentary: |- David Ko: (Eridan Walkabout) @@ -364,22 +368,20 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- chocolatula -Referenced Tracks: -- Catchyegrabber (Skipper Plumbthroat's Song) --- Track: Nautical Nightmare Artist: Toby Fox Contributors: - The_Eighth_Bit (soundfont) Duration: '1:50' -Art Tags: -- Sollux -- Eridan URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nautical-nightmare-2 - https://youtu.be/K5aZ0PdrT3U +Cover Artists: +- officialspec +Art Tags: +- Sollux +- Eridan Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (Eridan Boss Battle) @@ -389,12 +391,15 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- officialspec --- Track: Nepeta's Theme Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:32' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nepetas-theme-2 +- https://youtu.be/Q7ZUxyLyIao +Cover Artists: +- pbnj-art Art Tags: - Nepeta - Aradia @@ -403,9 +408,8 @@ Art Tags: - Gamzee - Nepeta's lusus - 'cw: blood (abstract)' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nepetas-theme-2 -- https://youtu.be/Q7ZUxyLyIao +Referenced Tracks: +- Walls Covered in Blood Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (Nepeta Walkabout) @@ -416,21 +420,22 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- pbnj-art -Referenced Tracks: -- Walls Covered in Blood --- Track: Horschestra STRONG Version +Directory: horschestra-STRONG-version Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '3:23' -Directory: horschestra-STRONG-version -Art Tags: -- Equius -- 'cw: asphyxiation (abstract)' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/horschestra-strong-version-2 - https://youtu.be/HHlaLTjv4So +Cover Artists: +- chocolatula +Art Tags: +- Equius +- 'cw: asphyxiation (abstract)' +Referenced Tracks: +- Horschestra +- Walls Covered in Blood Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: (Equius Walkabout) @@ -445,23 +450,25 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- chocolatula -Referenced Tracks: -- Horschestra -- Walls Covered in Blood --- Track: Blackest Heart (With Honks) Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:30' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/blackest-heart-with-honks-2 +- https://youtu.be/-lJrvGkxPMI +Cover Artists: +- officialspec Art Tags: - Equius - Gamzee - The Grand Highblood - 'cw: asphyxiation' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/blackest-heart-with-honks-2 -- https://youtu.be/-lJrvGkxPMI +Referenced Tracks: +- Blackest Heart +- La Cucaracha +- First Call +- Toreador Song Lyrics: |- Miracles Miracles @@ -478,23 +485,18 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- officialspec -Referenced Tracks: -- Blackest Heart -- La Cucaracha -- First Call -- Toreador Song --- Track: Midnight Calliope Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '1:50' -Art Tags: -- Equius -- Gamzee URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/midnight-calliope-2 - https://youtu.be/owRKKJN5PkE +Cover Artists: +- lime-time +Art Tags: +- Equius +- Gamzee Commentary: |- Mark Hadley: (Gamzee the Killer) @@ -505,18 +507,26 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- lime-time --- Track: Chaotic Strength Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '2:34' -Art Tags: -- Equius -- Underlings URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/chaotic-strength-2 - https://youtu.be/GUMeMEbJB0M +Cover Artists: +- Rebecca Peason +Art Tags: +- Equius +- Underlings +Referenced Tracks: +- Chaotic Frenzy +- The Number of the Beast +- The Riddle Wants To Be +Lyrics: |- + Yeah!
Go, go, go, go! + Go! + Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: HOW TO WRITE MUSIC
STEP 1: WRITE STRONG GUITAR
STEP 2: WRITE STRONG DRUMS
STEP 3: YELL INTO THE MICROPHONE
STEP 4: FLEX
STEP 5: Get a towel because GOD DAMN so much sweat. @@ -528,28 +538,20 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Lyrics: |- - Yeah!
Go, go, go, go! - Go! - Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! -Cover Artists: -- Rebecca Peason -Referenced Tracks: -- Chaotic Frenzy -- The Number of the Beast -- The Riddle Wants To Be --- Track: Trollian Standoff Artist: Tensei Duration: '1:14' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trollian-standoff-2 +- https://youtu.be/wbYnGg_QKt4 +Cover Artists: +- atissi Art Tags: - Vriska - Eridan - Gamzee - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trollian-standoff-2 -- https://youtu.be/wbYnGg_QKt4 Commentary: |- Tensei: (Triple Showdown Combo) @@ -561,12 +563,15 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- atissi --- Track: Rex Duodecim Angelus Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '6:39' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-angelus-2 +- https://youtu.be/hn6Yl371mIc +Cover Artists: +- floralmarsupial Art Tags: - BK - Karkat @@ -574,9 +579,17 @@ Art Tags: - Kanaya - Vriska - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-angelus-2 -- https://youtu.be/hn6Yl371mIc +Referenced Tracks: +- track:crustacean +- The Lemonsnout Turnabout +- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, +- Virgin Orb +- Horschestra +- Walls Covered in Blood +- Keepers +- The La2t Frontiier +- psych0ruins +- Spider's Claw Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: (Final Battle Against the Black King) @@ -602,28 +615,19 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- floralmarsupial -Referenced Tracks: -- track:crustacean -- The Lemonsnout Turnabout -- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, -- Virgin Orb -- Horschestra -- Walls Covered in Blood -- Keepers -- The La2t Frontiier -- psych0ruins -- Spider's Claw --- Track: Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '4:20' -Art Tags: -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/killed-by-br8k-spider-2 - https://youtu.be/KpnY41JNVbo +Cover Artists: +- hellobeau +Art Tags: +- Vriska +Referenced Tracks: +- Spider's Claw Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (God-Vriska's Finest Hour) @@ -631,10 +635,6 @@ Commentary: |- Lexxy: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- hellobeau -Referenced Tracks: -- Spider's Claw --- Track: Alternia Artist: Seth Peelle @@ -642,6 +642,10 @@ Duration: '3:57' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/alternia-2 - https://youtu.be/ouwick_Ii2c +Cover Artists: +- Xan Drake +Referenced Tracks: +- Theme Commentary: |- Seth Peelle: (Hivebent) @@ -654,25 +658,25 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Xan Drake -Referenced Tracks: -- Theme --- Group: Bonus tracks --- Track: Trollcops (Radio Play) Artist: Erik Scheele -Cover Art Date: March 14, 2011 Contributors: - Nick Smalley (words) Duration: '2:59' -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- 'cw: cops' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trollcops-radio-play-2 - https://youtu.be/fGQY8jLZa5w +Cover Artists: +- Homestuck +Cover Art Date: March 14, 2011 +Art Tags: +- Aradia +- 'cw: cops' +Referenced Tracks: +- Trollcops Lyrics: |- Alternia: One of the roughest beats in the universe. It's a tough job to keep it safe, and an even tougher job to find people who'll keep it that way. She's a gal with a knack for justice and has the force under her thumb. He's a guy who just joined the APD and finding his bearings is about as easy as feeding a Gyclops his cough syrup. And together, they are Trollcops. It isn't going to be easy teaching the rookie the ropes of the force, but she's the only one who can do it without getting him killed. So far the biggest problem they've hit is striking the right chord with each other. It seems like whenever they're partners, there isn't a moment when they're not both at each other's throats. It's gonna take a miracle to find a middle road with this pair, and keep their antics under the hat. @@ -683,19 +687,17 @@ Commentary: |- But you know what? I still love this version for all its campy glory, so here it is as a bonus track! ... ... AND TOGETHER THEY ARE... TROLL COCKS. -Cover Artists: -- Homestuck -Referenced Tracks: -- Trollcops --- Track: Catapult Capuchin Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:58' -Art Tags: -- Nepeta URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/catapult-capuchin-2 - https://youtu.be/zOLsLiqSAEo +Cover Artists: +- Chumi +Art Tags: +- Nepeta Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (I KILL ANIMALS!!!) @@ -706,17 +708,17 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Chumi --- Track: Science Seahorse Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '3:06' -Art Tags: -- Eridan URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/science-seahorse-2 - https://youtu.be/9FsGWsS91r8 +Cover Artists: +- Rebecca Peason +Art Tags: +- Eridan Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (PISCES PRINCESS) @@ -728,18 +730,18 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Rebecca Peason --- Track: A Fairy Battle Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:37' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Kanaya URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/a-fairy-battle-2 - https://youtu.be/LHr417f4Y8U +Cover Artists: +- kanayamaryamistrans +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Kanaya Commentary: |- Toby Fox: (Kanaya Battle Theme?) @@ -749,41 +751,21 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- kanayamaryamistrans --- Track: The Blind Prophet Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: '3:00' Contributors: - hank hill & cyclops (everything) -Art Tags: -- Sollux -- 'cw: blood' -- 'cw: eye horror' +Duration: '3:00' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-blind-prophet-2 - https://youtu.be/nClhUae7DMs -Commentary: |- - cyclops???: - my thoughts: - mmmm ok i made 2 megaman x tracks but i dont know if theyll fit with the album, ill make another one and combine it with real instruments for SOLLUX'S THEME so i can parallel last frontiier AND make a track in case YOU EVER GET TO PLAY AS SOLLUX IT WILL PLAY THIS SONG..... ok... hmm this section is too intense. hey i have an idea to make it BIPOLAR AND BIFURCATED ill make every section after the other soft and then REALLY LOUD AND CRAZY, SO LOUD AND CRAZY PLAYING AS SOLLUX WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THE SONG WILL BE TOO LOUD AND RIDICULOUS - wow this sounds stupid these instruments dont go together at all and the different section changes literally sound like i was bipolar when i made this, what can i do to make this better............. hmmmmmmm..... i know..... (breaks out copy of marvel vs capcom 4, scrolls down to hank hill, presses x) - let the games begin.......... - Toby Fox: - this song is the best song to air guitar and also sing along to and play shitty trumpet to - Hanni Brosh: - (original track art) - -Lyrics: |- - Propane - Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight!
Optic Blast!
Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight!
Optic Blast! - Do it! Come on! Optic Blast! (Fight, fight, fight, fight!)
Do it! Come and get me! C-c-c-come on! (Behold!)
Optic Sweep! (Fight, fight, fight, fight!) (Propane)
Do it! Come on! Optictictic-Optic Blast! (Come and get me!)
(RRGH!) (Fight, fight, fight, fight!) (Propane)
Do it! Come on! (RRGH!) C-c-c-come on! Optic Blast! (Fight, fight!) - D-d-d-d-do it! RRRRGH! - Dreams! Don't die! - bobby Cover Artists: - Melissa Peebles +Art Tags: +- Sollux +- 'cw: blood' +- 'cw: eye horror' Referenced Tracks: - The La2t Frontiier - Yahoos and Triangles @@ -794,57 +776,75 @@ Sampled Tracks: - King of the Hill - 'X-Men: Children of the Atom' - X-Men vs. Street Fighter +Lyrics: |- + Propane + Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight!
Optic Blast!
Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight!
Optic Blast! + Do it! Come on! Optic Blast! (Fight, fight, fight, fight!)
Do it! Come and get me! C-c-c-come on! (Behold!)
Optic Sweep! (Fight, fight, fight, fight!) (Propane)
Do it! Come on! Optictictic-Optic Blast! (Come and get me!)
(RRGH!) (Fight, fight, fight, fight!) (Propane)
Do it! Come on! (RRGH!) C-c-c-come on! Optic Blast! (Fight, fight!) + D-d-d-d-do it! RRRRGH! + Dreams! Don't die! + bobby +Commentary: |- + cyclops???: + my thoughts: + mmmm ok i made 2 megaman x tracks but i dont know if theyll fit with the album, ill make another one and combine it with real instruments for SOLLUX'S THEME so i can parallel last frontiier AND make a track in case YOU EVER GET TO PLAY AS SOLLUX IT WILL PLAY THIS SONG..... ok... hmm this section is too intense. hey i have an idea to make it BIPOLAR AND BIFURCATED ill make every section after the other soft and then REALLY LOUD AND CRAZY, SO LOUD AND CRAZY PLAYING AS SOLLUX WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THE SONG WILL BE TOO LOUD AND RIDICULOUS + wow this sounds stupid these instruments dont go together at all and the different section changes literally sound like i was bipolar when i made this, what can i do to make this better............. hmmmmmmm..... i know..... (breaks out copy of marvel vs capcom 4, scrolls down to hank hill, presses x) + let the games begin.......... + Toby Fox: + this song is the best song to air guitar and also sing along to and play shitty trumpet to + Hanni Brosh: + (original track art) + --- Track: AlterniaBound Artist: Toby Fox -Cover Art Date: March 14, 2011 Duration: 0:20 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/alterniabound-2 - https://youtu.be/FD5tJvMtzDo -Commentary: |- - Toby Fox: - These aren't "true" pieces... just jingles based off of "Theme". But I hope that for all their insignificance, they really instill the idea of a game inside of you. - AlterniaBound is a VERY direct homage to the title screen of EarthBound. If you don't know what EarthBound is... you may be missing out on something. Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Cover Art Date: March 14, 2011 Referenced Tracks: - Theme +Commentary: |- + Toby Fox: + These aren't "true" pieces... just jingles based off of "Theme". But I hope that for all their insignificance, they really instill the idea of a game inside of you. + AlterniaBound is a VERY direct homage to the title screen of EarthBound. If you don't know what EarthBound is... you may be missing out on something. --- Track: You Won A Combat Artist: Toby Fox Duration: 0:08 -Art Tags: -- Karkat URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/you-won-a-combat-2 - https://youtu.be/heNdjTRVf5U +Cover Artists: +- allyssinian +Art Tags: +- Karkat +Referenced Tracks: +- Theme Commentary: |- Toby Fox: When you win a battle on Alternia, this song plays. No one knows who's singing. Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- allyssinian -Referenced Tracks: -- Theme --- Track: Rest A While Artist: Toby Fox Duration: 0:09 -Art Tags: -- Karkat URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rest-a-while-2 - https://youtu.be/Iq7clpsMTmA +Cover Artists: +- scatterpunk +Art Tags: +- Karkat +Referenced Tracks: +- Theme Commentary: |- Toby Fox: And with that.... good night. Homestuck: (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- scatterpunk -Referenced Tracks: -- Theme diff --git a/album/ancestral.yaml b/album/ancestral.yaml index c47812b9..64db07b9 100644 --- a/album/ancestral.yaml +++ b/album/ancestral.yaml @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ Album: Ancestral Directory: ancestral -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Date: August 27, 2017 Date Added: June 12, 2020 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/ancestral +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1fTYKSo2grBk7cJ3aIoYT2tc8eikCUKV +Cover Artists: +- Rangzhe Color: '#ff0300' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans @@ -20,9 +24,6 @@ Art Tags: - The Grand Highblood - Dualscar - The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/ancestral -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1fTYKSo2grBk7cJ3aIoYT2tc8eikCUKV Commentary: |- Circlejourney:
Josefin B and the Ancestral Music Team present;
ANCESTRAL
A collaborative Homestuck fan album in three discs.
@@ -35,20 +36,24 @@ Commentary: |- As it is the cover of the album, I wanted to make it dramatic as much as to my ability. I wanted to put them in order of the zodiac at first but I realized that it didn't look as great, so I put the Signless and his associates as one and the other highbloods on the other side, and to show the Handmaid vs Condesce I made them top and bottom, as polar opposites. I felt like this was the best way to put them to show their interactions in the stories. The background was inspired by the actaul Homestuck album "Alternia" and the pixel-y title font is also because of the ancestor's role to prepare the descendants for the game. Josefin B.: To some extent, I consider Ancestral to be a little sister album to [[album:beforus]]. We share many contributors and this project was largely inspired by Beforus. The reason we asked Rangzhe to make our cover was to tie it in. The very last track of Beforus, [[Motions of Infinity]], ending with the ancestors being created, was drawn by her. Isn't it fitting how she begins this story after having ended the last? That, and her art is hella. -Cover Artists: -- Rangzhe Banner Artists: - Rangzhe - Rebecca Peason - Circlejourney (asset organizing) - Niklink (edits for wiki) +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 --- Group: Disc 1 --- Track: Disc One +Directory: disc1-ancestral Artist: Corona Sanctus Duration: 0:29 -Directory: disc1-ancestral +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-one +- https://youtu.be/ZUckuE8Kzt8 +Cover Artists: +- Rebecca Peason Art Tags: - The Signless - The Handmaid @@ -62,25 +67,22 @@ Art Tags: - The Grand Highblood - Dualscar - The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-one -- https://youtu.be/ZUckuE8Kzt8 Commentary: |- Corona Sanctus: This track was written with fairytales and myths regarding the troll ancestors in mind. I tried to give it a fairytale-y feel. Rebecca Peason: I was thinking about how I could include all twelve trolls in a picture that sort of introduced them in a sense. The organ sounding bit in the song made me think "rose window" and, of course, the only direction given to the artist who made the Ancestor silhouettes for the showdown flashes: "Heavy handed religious imagery." -Cover Artists: -- Rebecca Peason --- Track: ♈Reality Theatre♈ Artist: Navochao Duration: '3:41' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reality-theatre - https://youtu.be/wfJJW5x1zo0 +Cover Artists: +- Prince +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid Commentary: |- Navochao: Continuing my trend of using a flute in every single song I've written, I bring you Reality Theatre! @@ -88,123 +90,127 @@ Commentary: |- I hope you enjoy this song that can only be described as a trip. Prince: The story of the Handmaid is one of long drawn out sorrow and pain. But she was also a powerful being responsible for dealing with some of Lord English's worst demands. I wanted to accurately portray her character in my track art: someone lonely and pained, but still had some sort of power and magic to her. She's a fearsome foe for what it's worth. In my art, I posed the handmaid to look distant from the viewer, but still her eyes are sharp and her stance is ready to attack. Who knows what she will do when she strikes. -Cover Artists: -- Prince --- Track: ♉W1th W1ngs♉ Artist: irl-porrim-maryam Duration: '4:28' -Art Tags: -- The Summoner URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/w1th-w1ngs - https://youtu.be/xmTBPsfjtY8 +Cover Artists: +- Molly +Art Tags: +- The Summoner Commentary: |- irl-porrim-maryam: I was absolutely ecstatic when I was given the track of the Summoner! Though there's not much canon information on him, towards the end I was able to include an excerpt from Page 3758, in which Midnfang journals about the Summoner. I also looked to [[Bronze Rebel]] from coloUrs and mayhem and [[♉ - Breathtak1ng]] from the Beforus Album to get a feel on what instruments I should be using. I gave the song a bit more of a minor key since the Summoner's life most likely wasn't the easiest or most fun life to lead. This track was definitely great fun to work on, and I'm definitely honoured to be a part of the Ancestral Album! Molly: I quite like how this piece came out! The track itself was lovely and soothing, and the vocals at the end added an interesting feeling to it, almost like a story book. I wanted to showcase the atmosphere rather than The Summoner directly, but still wanted it to be obvious that this is The Summoner's track, and a view point from behind where you can obviously see his defining caharacteristics but not directly see his face felt like the best way to accomplish that! That, and a purple and blue night sky above the rust-blooded Summoner, with a golden fire in front of him feels rather poetic ina way. This was definitely a learning experience, and a really fun piece to work on for the album. I'm excited to see what's next! -Cover Artists: -- Molly --- Track: ♊Propulsion♊ Artist: Sean William Calhoun Duration: '3:02' -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- 'cw: body horror' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/propulsion - https://youtu.be/QHlaCcFXXwY +Cover Artists: +- Dogslug +Art Tags: +- The Psiioniic +- 'cw: body horror' Commentary: |- Sean William Calhoun: When I was asked to fill in four the Psiioniic's track, I wanted to make a nod to First Turn Fold's [[Gold Pilot]], given my history with it. So, while I did not quote any full theme from Gold Pilot, several elements are a little bit like it. Dogslug: The Psiioniic is without ad oubt my favorite character in Homestuck, and this song is absolutely perfect for him. The whole song, but especially the glitchy sounding parts, make me think of him losing himself in the Helm, losing everything that he was and is and what's left of his past can be just as painful as his present. -Cover Artists: -- Dogslug --- Track: ♋️A Peace Worth Fighting For♋️ Artist: Nate Tronerud Duration: '5:12' -Art Tags: -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-peace-worth-fighting-for - https://youtu.be/sFhScGwOe00 +Cover Artists: +- Lilly Higgs +Art Tags: +- The Signless +Referenced Tracks: +- track:skies-of-skaia Commentary: |- Nate Tronerud: Cursed with visions of a better Alternia, one of love and peace, the Signless walks ever forward. Visions of such a world may bring to Him great pain, but also great hope: it is a ÷orld worth striving for, one He could possibly see in His own lifetime, and so He continues walking. He spreads the message of such a world knowing it will fall on mostly deaf ears, even met with hostility. But for the chance to bring love and happiness to even a single troll, it fills Him; His suffering is worth it, even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice in the name of peace... Lilly Higgs: I wanted to experiment a little with this one! And great apologies to Austin Wintory and the whole team who worked on Journey by That Game Company. This song seemed very lonely, very solitary, so I envisioned the Signless wandering through the dunes between city and township of people who won't listen, lit by the light of two moons, but only remembering one. -Cover Artists: -- Lilly Higgs -Referenced Tracks: -- track:skies-of-skaia --- Track: ♌On The Hunt For Something Unknown♌ Artist: The One Music Maniac Duration: '4:47' -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/on-the-hunt-for-something-unknown - https://youtu.be/rNxOZggKOIM +Cover Artists: +- Melissa Peebles +Art Tags: +- The Disciple +- The Signless Commentary: |- The One Music Maniac: "On The Hunt For Something Unknown" is not about the events that took place within the Disciple's lifetime, but rather how these events allowed her to define who she became: a Warrior, a Lover, and a Survivor. The overall title is a play on her cat-like survival skills, while the definition of "unknown" can be led to open interpretation-- a love beyond quadrants, equality in a society that's built upon an oppression of hierarchy, etc. Melissa Peebles: For this song I pictured people gathered around a fire late into the night listening to fables, the beat and thrill of a hunt, and the undefinable love between Disciple and Signless echoed in the heartbeat at the end. This track defines Disciple beautifully and I wanted to show who she had become through symbolism. -Cover Artists: -- Melissa Peebles --- Track: ♍Theotokos♍ Artist: SerialSymphony Duration: '4:34' -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/theotokos - https://youtu.be/4X00kfRnmcc +Cover Artists: +- shu +Art Tags: +- The Dolorosa +- The Signless +Referenced Tracks: +- track:crustacean Commentary: |- SerialSymphony: Theotokos is about how the Dolorosa saw the Signless growing up, his sermons and execution, and ends with a look forward to his descendant. Making this song was like making a premix brownie cake; I love brownie cakes. But you can't just make a brownie cake, you gotta eat it too. Thusly, this song is delicious. shu: I love how this track starts off so sweet, builds up steadily, then falls back again. There's so much happening; it was very difficult to pick a single snapshot// I just hope I was able to do this magnificently dynamic piece a little justice! -Cover Artists: -- shu -Referenced Tracks: -- track:crustacean --- Track: ♎H3R HONOR4BL3 V3NG34NC3♎ Artist: Seren Mist Duration: '2:49' -Art Tags: -- Redglare URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/h3r-honor4bl3-v3ng34nc3 - https://youtu.be/IusAe6XHzws +Cover Artists: +- Liz Fish +Art Tags: +- Redglare Commentary: |- Seren Mist: When I was assigned to write Redglare's main track for the album, my first thought was to make it a very orchestral track, with lots of strings. As it was forming, I decided that limiting myself to only orchestral instruments would hamper my exploration of her character, so I added in more synth sounds and heavier drums. The name of the track comes from a play on "His Honorable Tyrrany" and from a quote by Alexander Pope, "On wrongs swift vengeance waits." I think it's quite fitting for Redglare, who blindsides Mindfang but in the name of justice, of course. Liz Fish: This track inspired me to put a noir twist on my usual style. I could picture Redglare stalking down dirty back alleys and seedy underground establishments, hunting down the fleeing criminals that need to be brought to JUST1C3 in a gritty detective game with cyberpunk flavor. A great track and a great character; I hope I've done justice for them both. >:] -Cover Artists: -- Liz Fish --- Track: ♏Spider's Eclipse♏ Artist: Blackhole Contributors: - magnoliajades (vocals) Duration: '10:00' -Art Tags: -- Mindfang URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/spiders-eclipse - https://youtu.be/LtLE_T53p_A +Cover Artists: +- Josefin B. +Art Tags: +- Mindfang +Referenced Tracks: +- Spider8ite!!!!!!!! +- Cobalt Corsair +- Winterfall Lyrics: |- Walk the gangway, look right through me,
Take it my way, no one's duty.
Trust my dice cast, where the wind falls,
Fortune's eye glass, scattered light shoals. Fires burning 'cross the ocean,
Fate is turning, starboard motion.
Now an outcast, dreams of dying
Foretold at last, waking, flying. @@ -213,84 +219,83 @@ Commentary: |- This song took me a while to finish off, but it's finally here! At 10 minutes it is the longest singular piece I've ever composed. I tried to take inspiration from different Mindfang themes and parts of her story to get a rounded depiction of her character, while keeping an overarching theme for her throughout. Josefin B.: I've been working a lot with Blackhole lately and they've really helped me out a lot with this album, so I wanted to collab right from the start. There's not much to tell; it's Mindfang looking good and probably being nasty. It's fully made with aquarelle and I never want to ever see her hair again. -Cover Artists: -- Josefin B. -Referenced Tracks: -- Spider8ite!!!!!!!! -- Cobalt Corsair -- Winterfall --- Track: ♐Broken Strings♐ Artist: psithurist Duration: '3:17' -Art Tags: -- The Expatriate URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/broken-strings - https://youtu.be/oje4ziyMcy0 +Cover Artists: +- Phil Gibson +Art Tags: +- The Expatriate Commentary: |- psithurist: This track is about Darkleer and his fall from his position of E%ecutor. 'toe' were a big influence for me on this. They're a math rock band, so I wrote it in 15/8 because it sounds awkward, just like the Zahhaks. The title is a pun on bow and instrument strings. Phil Gibson: One of the absolte best character arcs in HS is Darkleer and Equius - both succumbing to their own desires to tragic ends, but for the greater good of the story. It's a heavy bittersweet taste, but one I love enough to make them my favorite characters. -Cover Artists: -- Phil Gibson --- Track: ♑His Demented Mural♑ Artist: Zan Beaver Duration: '3:51' -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/his-demented-mural - https://youtu.be/8oNF8p_6Q84 +Cover Artists: +- Amanda Bell +Art Tags: +- The Grand Highblood Commentary: |- Zan Beaver: The Grand Highblood,
He is the enforcer,
He is the ruler,
He is the one they fear.
But why do they fear?
His unmatched tyranny?
His capricious pardons?
They do not know,
And they fear to know,
Because anyone who knows,
Becomes a part of His Demented Mural. So yeah, The Grand Highblood. Pretty scary guy, right? Anyways, that short sort-of poem is the best way I can portray my thought process while making this. It starts off with an eerie organ and piano representing the dread anyone would feel from having to confront him. It speeds up to represent his violent nature, and the many repetitions embody his cruel insanity. The few sections of the piece that show glimmers of hope are soon shot down and brought back to vicious hopelessness. Amanda Bell: The title of the track I did work for was called "His Demented Mural". Besides the painting he keeps behind his throne, I also imagined his face paint to be a part of that. Changing everyday to match each addition to the wall behind him. -Cover Artists: -- Amanda Bell --- Track: ♒Tumescent♒ Artist: Seijen Duration: '3:51' -Art Tags: -- Dualscar URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tumescent - https://youtu.be/5VKSoP22sIg +Cover Artists: +- Sigourney Martin +Art Tags: +- Dualscar Commentary: |- Seijen: So this is a re-hash of one of my first tracks from about 2 and a half years ago. The original title of the track was "Robot Pirate Island" and had a shift into a ravecore EDM as opposed to the constant high energy baroque sound we have here. This current edit is from april of 2016. I would create another, had it not been for the project crashing upon loading. It sounds incredibly rough in comparison to my current skill and I'm losing a little sleep over it. A damn shame since the amount of tools and knowledge I have now could make this sound night and day in quality, but what you hear is what you get. Sigourney Martin: While working on this piece, the song wasn't difficult per-say? It was more challenging, because I had many different images on how I wanted this to look like. In the end, I chose what I drew and it was fun! I tried watercolours (though it might not be noticable) and I think it turned out alright! -Cover Artists: -- Sigourney Martin --- Track: ♓Greatest -Empress♓ Artist: Mathias Ramalho Duration: '5:52' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/greatest-empress - https://youtu.be/Y_pWa2CA2x0 +Cover Artists: +- Lou Chastain +Art Tags: +- The Condesce Commentary: |- Mathias Ramalho: She's the one, the one and only. The one I decided to make an outstanding track. From orchestra to electronic, it ended way too cool than I would ever expect. Lou Chastain: This track made me think of the Condesce plotting in secret, alone in a rather small surveillance room. Here she has some screens where she can go over her fleet, ongoing sieges, targets etc. -Cover Artists: -- Lou Chastain --- Group: Disc 2 --- Track: Disc Two +Directory: disc2-ancestral Artist: Corona Sanctus Duration: 0:32 -Directory: disc2-ancestral +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-two +- https://youtu.be/fad2nOKc-Js +Cover Artists: +- Rebecca Peason Art Tags: - The Signless - The Handmaid @@ -307,20 +312,20 @@ Art Tags: - 'cw: blood' - 'cw: body horror' - 'cw: corpse' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-two -- https://youtu.be/fad2nOKc-Js Commentary: |- Corona Sanctus: With disc 2 I wanted a more violent, powerful feel to assimilate the feeling of terror all the battles the ancestors fought Rebecca Peason: I wanted the Disc two piece to be related to the first in that it showed the wear and tear their actual lives had on them. Where they ended up, how they died, what happened, etc. Signless is completely smashed out of the window as if he never existed, a few of the panels are modified, but some have holes smashed through them, indicating their deaths in one way or another. Just as this disc is meant to be the story of the Ancestors, I wanted this track's art to reflect that in comparison to the first disc's. -Cover Artists: -- Rebecca Peason --- Track: Ancestral Anthem Artist: Rhyselinn Duration: '5:24' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ancestral-anthem +- https://youtu.be/t3GvIlY-Krw +Cover Artists: +- bootsie Art Tags: - The Signless - The Handmaid @@ -334,28 +339,6 @@ Art Tags: - The Grand Highblood - Dualscar - The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ancestral-anthem -- https://youtu.be/t3GvIlY-Krw -Commentary: |- - Ryhselinn: - Ancestral Anthem is a big huge medley of Homestuck tunes! It loosely tells the timeline of the ancestors and the shenanigans that they went through. - The motifs used, in order-- - - [[Alternia]] - - [[Darling Dolorosa]] + [[Iron Infidel]] - - [[Olive Scribe]] + [[Gold Pilot]] - - [[Jade Mother]] - - [[Indigo Heir]] - - [[Cobalt Corsair]] - - [[Violet Prince]] + [[Purple Bard]] - - [[Bronze Rebel]] + [[The Lost Child]] - - [[The Lost Child]] + [[Fuchsia Ruler]] - then each of the tunes of the album played in hemospectrum order, followed by a reprise of Alternia. - So all in all, it's a medley of 26 songs! It's one of the more ambitious projects I've taken in recent memory, and it took me a number of months to complete, but I had a blast doing it! I hope you guys enjoy it :smile: - bootsie: - I greatly enjoyed working on this piece. I'm so proud of all the work that's gone into this project and it's been an honor to participate. -Cover Artists: -- bootsie Referenced Tracks: - Theme - Darling Dolorosa @@ -382,192 +365,211 @@ Referenced Tracks: - ♑His Demented Mural♑ - ♒Tumescent♒ - ♓Greatest -Empress♓ +Commentary: |- + Ryhselinn: + Ancestral Anthem is a big huge medley of Homestuck tunes! It loosely tells the timeline of the ancestors and the shenanigans that they went through. + The motifs used, in order-- + - [[Alternia]] + - [[Darling Dolorosa]] + [[Iron Infidel]] + - [[Olive Scribe]] + [[Gold Pilot]] + - [[Jade Mother]] + - [[Indigo Heir]] + - [[Cobalt Corsair]] + - [[Violet Prince]] + [[Purple Bard]] + - [[Bronze Rebel]] + [[The Lost Child]] + - [[The Lost Child]] + [[Fuchsia Ruler]] + then each of the tunes of the album played in hemospectrum order, followed by a reprise of Alternia. + So all in all, it's a medley of 26 songs! It's one of the more ambitious projects I've taken in recent memory, and it took me a number of months to complete, but I had a blast doing it! I hope you guys enjoy it :smile: + bootsie: + I greatly enjoyed working on this piece. I'm so proud of all the work that's gone into this project and it's been an honor to participate. --- Track: BATTERWITC)( ASC-ENDANT Directory: batterwitch-ascendant Artist: Seren Mist Duration: '2:33' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/batterwitc-asc-endant - https://youtu.be/D8Fxv8MBdU4 +Cover Artists: +- Shellsea +Art Tags: +- The Condesce +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' Commentary: |- Seren Mist: This track gave me room to explore, as the only thing we know about this event is that it had to have happened. I decided to make it a very absolute battle theme, with a tension-building lead up and a main body with lots of leading synth. The end with the brass is meant to end on a note of bittersweet, because the Batterwitch has won this battle, but what will that mean for the rest of the universe? Shellsea: Capturing such a profound moment proved to be somewhat challenging, balancing struggle, triumph, and condescension all in one piece. The process of creating such a proud and arrogant face of victory washed over by the shadows of an unforeseeable future was very fun, eagerly claiming the crown for her own, for better of or for worse. -Cover Artists: -- Shellsea --- Track: Rampage Artist: Mathias Ramalho Duration: '1:21' -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rampage - https://youtu.be/z7y8pJdo5bk +Cover Artists: +- Kisbys +Art Tags: +- The Grand Highblood Commentary: |- Mathias Ramalho: This is a track made for the Grand Highblood, a short track reflecting his own traits and personality, just to tell you how good he is at his job. Kisbys: Since the track was for the Grand Highblood and centered around his job and traits, I decided to try and make something that would reflect that. I drew him in a situation where he is getting ready to take care of his usual business: culling some trolls. The song sounded powerful so I wanted to try and portray the GHB that way too by drawing him much larger than the trolls in the foreground. There are some silhouettes of other trolls in the background which are the other subjuggulators. I added some of my own headcanons for what I like to imagine he dresses like and kept it relatively simple, as well as trying to add as much color to the image as I could. He's also looking outwards and the viewpoint is that of someone in the crowd of trolls that are about to be culled, so it can be taken as a "you're next" type scenario. Truly I just tried to create a piece that represented what the music made me envision and feel, and I hope I could do the lovely song some justice! -Cover Artists: -- Kisbys --- Track: Orphaner's Ocean Artist: Acyl Duration: '4:14' -Art Tags: -- Dualscar URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/orphaners-ocean - https://youtu.be/vSluYX6xYl0 +Cover Artists: +- Cro +Art Tags: +- Dualscar +Referenced Tracks: +- Eridan's Theme Commentary: |- Acyl: A variation of Eridan's Theme from AlterniaBound, written more sombre for his ancestor. I was originally going to add lyrics and make a shanty, but the instrumental alone sounded perfect. Dualscar is always portrayed loud and angry so I quieted the mood. Cro: This piece was really intersting to try out. I was experimenting with a way of painting over everything rather than just staying within the comfort zone of line art. I think for the most part it worked out. Considering the song literally had wave sounds in it, I'd figure to put Dualscar near an ocean as well. The song parallels Eridan's theme too, so I thought I'd set a callback to when he took down a whale of his own. Dualscar's a messy shot thoug, which is why he's probably cleaning the spill off his gun. -Cover Artists: -- Cro -Referenced Tracks: -- Eridan's Theme --- Track: cerulean seas, misery machine Artist: smear Duration: '2:40' -Art Tags: -- Mindfang URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cerulean-seas-misery-machine - https://youtu.be/A2U3gFZr748 +Cover Artists: +- Silverwater +Art Tags: +- Mindfang Commentary: |- smear: this track started out as a rough ambient piece, with dissonant piano and beating drums. like each new page of mindfang's journal, more layers found their way in to complete the picture. much like her, this track is unsettling and restless. Silverwater: A music that you can imagine of Mindfang's destiny with the ancestor from start til the end, awesome! -Cover Artists: -- Silverwater --- Track: Nothing Will Ever Be The Same Artist: Nate Tronerud Duration: '3:59' -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/nothing-will-ever-be-the-same - https://youtu.be/eZV2dexbkC0 +Cover Artists: +- Anna Rodman +Art Tags: +- The Dolorosa +- The Signless Commentary: |- Nate Tronerud: The Dolorosa makes the fateful decision to abandon the mother grub and care for the mutant anomaly, the Signless, setting into motion events far beyond her understanding, ones that will have far reaching consequences, even beyond her own timeline. The music begins as the ramifications of her decision quickly begin to unfold, following not just her efforst to keep the Signless safe on the surface, but the broader implications that her choice set in motion. The gears begin to turn... -Cover Artists: -- Anna Rodman --- Track: Protector Artist: Sean William Calhoun Duration: '6:12' -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/protector - https://youtu.be/PdWbdxzO6ig +Cover Artists: +- Tunapuns +Art Tags: +- The Dolorosa +- The Signless Commentary: |- Sean William Calhoun: "Protector" is about the Dolorosa - her stability of a caretaker of the Mother Grub, her agility and gentleness to flee with and care for the Signless with fractured, unfamiliar lullabies, and her fortitude to endure through being enslaved. Tunapuns: in this track i wanted to draw something to fit the more intense parts of the music, so i drew the dolorsa maybe on the run and fleeing from danger while trying to protect a child signless with a bright fiery light source for contrast! -Cover Artists: -- Tunapuns --- Track: In The Forest Artist: WC Duration: '1:01' -Art Tags: -- The Disciple URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-forest - https://youtu.be/63IDW0iDdbQ +Cover Artists: +- Sigourney Martin +Art Tags: +- The Disciple Commentary: |- WC: This is a song about before the Disciple met the Signless. I'd imagine that she might have lived a life like Nepeta, far from society in the wild and carefree. Sigourney Martin: While listening to this song, I kind of thought of her looking out on a town or city, maybe feeling like an outcast of some sort. Maybe listening to the Signless's sermons from the distance but not really going to them herself. -Cover Artists: -- Sigourney Martin --- Track: PRII2M BREAK Artist: David Burkee Duration: '2:10' -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prii2m-break - https://youtu.be/1A3-rn4FTys +Cover Artists: +- Andi DiSpirito +Art Tags: +- The Psiioniic +Referenced Tracks: +- Battle! (Colress) Commentary: |- David Burkee: When I was composing PRII2M BREAK, what kept coming to mind were some songs I had been listening to a few months back while I was cramming for finals. It was pretty much elevator music on crack, so moderately calming at times but then some speed segments. That's what I tried to do here with the saws and NES drums for the energetic parts. I feel like I pulled off a very bipolar retelling of the Psiioniic's internal struggles. Andi DiSpirito: Upon escaping, the Psii must have struggled with respecting his leader's pacifism when given the chance to strike back for once in his life. I wanted to show the split second when adrenaline is at the helm and the Signless' words are the only thing keeping him from blasting you moonside. -Cover Artists: -- Andi DiSpirito -Referenced Tracks: -- Battle! (Colress) --- Track: The Disciple's New Beginning Artist: Neveah Drexler Duration: '2:54' -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-disciples-new-beginning - https://youtu.be/_GYKJe_l5vI +Cover Artists: +- Gilwing +Art Tags: +- The Disciple +- The Signless Commentary: |- Nevaeh Drexler: I wanted to have lots of flute, piano, and violin in this piece. Piano from [[Serenade]] from Vol. 8 and [[Requited]] from Vol. 9; both Leijon themed songs. Flute and violin from [[Olive Scribe]]; The Disciple's 'canon theme'. My main inspiration for the Disciple's New Beginning was Requited, since it's a song about the love between The Disciple and The Signless. Since The Disciple's New Extreme is about The Disciple meeting and falling in love with Signless, Requited was my go-to music fuel. Gilwing: Requited is a very special song to me, so I'm very thankful I got to do the art for this track. Everything about Disciple meeting Signless and falling in love is pretty up in the air in canon, so I came up with my own version of their first encounter, under the light of Alternia's moons. -Cover Artists: -- Gilwing --- Track: C9me T9gether Artist: TempiTunes Duration: '3:51' -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Disciple -- The Dolorosa -- The Psiioniic URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/c9me-t9gether - https://youtu.be/qsPG2Kwp-zw -Commentary: |- - TempiTunes: - Okay so this piece is about the Signless and co. I used inspiration from varying songs on the canon Homestuck soundtrack, mostly from coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A. You may recognize bits from [[Jade Mother]], [[Iron Infidel]], [[Gold Pilot]], [[Requited]] from Homestuck Vol. 8 and something like [[Nepeta's Theme]] from AlterniaBound. The narrative of the song follows the Dolorosa, Signless, Disciple, and Psiioniic as they get together and meet each other. - This is by far the most complicated track I've ever composed and I'm pretty proud of it. There are about seven instruments and over ten parts. I hope you enjoy! - Erin B.: - There's so much to this "family's" story and so much from the song that I really love. The trick comes to showing a alrge story in a single image. Luckily, the very tone of the song seemed to lead to the idea of stained glass windows. So I tried to create one to display the moments of this family coming together. Cover Artists: - Erin B. +Art Tags: +- The Signless +- The Disciple +- The Dolorosa +- The Psiioniic Referenced Tracks: - Jade Mother - Iron Infidel - Walls Covered in Blood - Serenade - Gold Pilot +Commentary: |- + TempiTunes: + Okay so this piece is about the Signless and co. I used inspiration from varying songs on the canon Homestuck soundtrack, mostly from coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A. You may recognize bits from [[Jade Mother]], [[Iron Infidel]], [[Gold Pilot]], [[Requited]] from Homestuck Vol. 8 and something like [[Nepeta's Theme]] from AlterniaBound. The narrative of the song follows the Dolorosa, Signless, Disciple, and Psiioniic as they get together and meet each other. + This is by far the most complicated track I've ever composed and I'm pretty proud of it. There are about seven instruments and over ten parts. I hope you enjoy! + Erin B.: + There's so much to this "family's" story and so much from the song that I really love. The trick comes to showing a alrge story in a single image. Luckily, the very tone of the song seemed to lead to the idea of stained glass windows. So I tried to create one to display the moments of this family coming together. --- Track: Sufferer's Suite Artist: Toris Crow Duration: '4:11' -Art Tags: -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sufferers-suite - https://youtu.be/elQOhIKHWVw +Cover Artists: +- Dogslug +Art Tags: +- The Signless Commentary: |- Toris Crow: I. Intro / Overture
This represents the struggles of the Signless in living as a pariah. @@ -575,17 +577,23 @@ Commentary: |- III. March of the Signless
This represents a final victory before his untimely demise. Dogslug: I was excited to get a Signless/Sufferer track for my assignment, and even more so when the song focused more on his life and deeds than his death. He may not have succeeded in his ultimate goals, but his actions and words gave amny trolls hope and irrevocably changed Alternia. -Cover Artists: -- Dogslug --- Track: Black Heart, Green Dress Artist: psithurist Duration: '4:44' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-heart-green-dress - https://youtu.be/0A9JljvOJEI +Cover Artists: +- Josefin B. (lines) +- Andi DiSpirito (coloring) +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid +Referenced Tracks: +- Amen, Brother +- Limelight +- Temporal Shenanigans +- English Lyrics: |- i'd like to introduce myself
although i'm sure you know me well
i am the shadow
of tomorrow
and it's time for my next spell with only seconds to spare you're dead
wiped out with nothing to be said
for your existence
before resistance
can find a thread @@ -600,40 +608,34 @@ Commentary: |- From the Handmaid's perspective as she wreaks havoc on Altertnia. This was made a few months after my other track, [[Leftovers]], so I'm a little more confident with my voice here. There's a brief sample from [[Temporal Shenanigans]] by Rachel Rose Mitchell. Josefin B.: I wanted to do a Handmaid piece since the album started, but never really got the chance. Then psi swooped in with this track, and I jumped on it. I had actually another design in mind but ultimately the song was too aggressive for that. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time for colour so when the lineart was done, I outsourced it to Andi, who did an absolutely stsellar job. The majykks crackle is all theirs. -Cover Artists: -- Josefin B. (lines) -- Andi DiSpirito (coloring) -Referenced Tracks: -- Amen, Brother -- Limelight -- Temporal Shenanigans -- English --- Track: Expatri8's March Artist: Nymelord Duration: '3:53' -Art Tags: -- The Expatriate -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/expatri8s-march - https://youtu.be/Kj8v_FnFOl4 +Cover Artists: +- Donomon +Art Tags: +- The Expatriate +- 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- Nymelord: When I was tasked with creating a song about Darkleer becoming the expatriate, I thought to myself; "What if the opening of this song sounded kind of eerie because it would be Darkleer walking to execute the Sufferer?" And after that I just let the plot take me to Signless dying, and the whole "Executioner-to-Expatriate" thing. Donomon: When I first listened to the March I was overcome with this sense of burden of duty and formality. It has this really deliberate vibe, but it's so forlorn in its conclusion. After reading the composer's commentary I really wanted to capture that feeling of Darkleer both walking to and away from his duty, so I thought the marching boots would be a nice visual metaphor for that. The void is depicted as rising up to envelop him and his weapons from the stain of blood at his feet. I hope I did this track justice! -Cover Artists: -- Donomon --- Track: Release Me Artist: not-the-kind-you-save Duration: '3:53' -Art Tags: -- The Disciple URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/release-me - https://youtu.be/O6VS7yWl1C4 +Cover Artists: +- Oskarna +Art Tags: +- The Disciple Lyrics: |- I'm not a god--I never said so
I'm not a fool--I never lied
I am not a king--I don't decide
No
I'm not wrong, I'm not wrong I'm not a shame--I shouldn't hide
We are not weak--we live inside
We are your hands
Without the low you would not survive
You would not survive @@ -650,37 +652,37 @@ Commentary: |- A song about the death of troll jegus requires a certain amount of drama, which is nothing big orchestral chords can't fix. The lyrics are a combination of things the Signless is thinking to himself and "saying" to the people around him, in particular Darkleer. I wanted to create a sense of urgency, and the feeling that while the Signless is saying over and over that he doesn't care if he dies, he may be lying. Musically, I wanted to portray a since of racing thoughts, which means there isn't really a conventional song structure. The vocals are echoey for ~aesthetic~. Enjoy! Oskarna: This song marks the end of the Signless' life, encapsulating what would have been his last thoughts and words. I wanted to portray the sort of emptiness that happens after he has gotten his wish, and show the mark he leaves even in death. -Cover Artists: -- Oskarna --- Track: E%ile Directory: exile Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '1:46' -Art Tags: -- The Expatriate URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/e-ile - https://youtu.be/r_wqTbLDEAE +Cover Artists: +- Xagave +Art Tags: +- The Expatriate +Referenced Tracks: +- track:ruins Commentary: |- ndvidiedbyzero: Like a few other tracks on this album, this was a last-minute emergency song made for a track that was dropped. The very title of this track is also lifted from the original submission. Though it was in a roundabout way, I'm glad I got to contribute to the album with a brand new piece! This particular song features a lot of piano, owing to its predecessor's status as a solo piano composition. However, I thought some mournful strings would also represent the idea of Darkleer's exile well, and their slow, dark nature under the main piano melody expresses the shame and confusion he must have felt the entire time. It's hard being a highblood and expressing a sudden act of kindness that gets you ostracized from every upper caste, wrecks your social standing and upends your entire way of life. It's hard and nobody understands. Xagave: This made me think of Darkleer's life in general so here he is, standing proud and doing his job, and then his slouched form bemoaning his existence after being banished. -Cover Artists: -- Xagave -Referenced Tracks: -- track:ruins --- Track: Legacy Artist: aeolianChemist Duration: '3:56' -Art Tags: -- The Disciple URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/legacy - https://youtu.be/e-A2mSbNl9o +Cover Artists: +- Rangzhe +Art Tags: +- The Disciple Lyrics: |- I wrote once in a book, ancient record I kept
Of a Hero whose story they wish you'd furget
A legacy I fought to purrtect
Of a signless seer burdened by Blood and dreams of an impawsible past And so it is known, in a world enslaved by Rage,
He alone defied her throne, he had faith in a better way @@ -697,56 +699,56 @@ Commentary: |- In the end, I hope the story you hear is the one she wanted to tell. Rangzhe: I wanted to express the bittersweet ending of Disciple and Signless' relationship, and how even though she's still trying to move on she looks back, reminiscing the moments. -Cover Artists: -- Rangzhe --- Track: Terminal Aeon Artist: WC Duration: '2:02' -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- 'cw: body horror' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/terminal-aeon - https://youtu.be/7ceSHgCuJHk +Cover Artists: +- gelasticat +Art Tags: +- The Psiioniic +- 'cw: body horror' +Referenced Tracks: +- Gold Pilot Commentary: |- WC: The idea I wanted to convey with this piece is the subtle melancholy in the Psiioniic who becomes a living battery, but not overly sad or regretful. This was achieved through use of chimes and snare drums which are usually associated with mituna or the Psiioniic. It's a bit more full of energy at the beginning, but loses said energy over time. I'd imagine that gaining unwanted immortality from the Condesce would eventually cause his job to lose the dramatics and emotions over a period of decades or maybe even centuries. gelasticat: I based the composition of the picture on the adjacent notes on the opposite ears with the two most prominent figures in the Psiioniic's life. I also used what the musician said about him losing his emotions over time to decide on the colours, bright and lively and warm for the main figure then darker an dcolder in the background. -Cover Artists: -- gelasticat -Referenced Tracks: -- Gold Pilot --- Track: Vwigor8us Artist: Llyona Fang Duration: '3:42' -Art Tags: -- Mindfang -- Dualscar URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/vwigor8us - https://youtu.be/6S7k6zZcjls -Commentary: |- - Llyona Fang: - A deep and lively dancing tune in 6/8 and 5/4 time, containing excerpts of [[Wind-up Storm]] by Llyona Fang (me) and [[track:doctor|Doctor]] by Buzinkai. - Donomon: - Here's my finished art, I went pretty literal, and tried to capture more of a 'falling in love/good times' feel that the upbeat music inspired. There's some hints of their conflict, Mindfang's hair is engulfing and overwhelming, Duelscar's possessive embrace is being held at a distance. Cover Artists: - Donomon +Art Tags: +- Mindfang +- Dualscar Referenced Tracks: - Wind-up Storm - track:doctor +Commentary: |- + Llyona Fang: + A deep and lively dancing tune in 6/8 and 5/4 time, containing excerpts of [[Wind-up Storm]] by Llyona Fang (me) and [[track:doctor|Doctor]] by Buzinkai. + Donomon: + Here's my finished art, I went pretty literal, and tried to capture more of a 'falling in love/good times' feel that the upbeat music inspired. There's some hints of their conflict, Mindfang's hair is engulfing and overwhelming, Duelscar's possessive embrace is being held at a distance. --- Track: Lady of Sorrows Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks Duration: '4:58' -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lady-of-sorrows - https://youtu.be/UeUGGehexC0 +Cover Artists: +- Oskarna +Art Tags: +- The Dolorosa Commentary: |- Dallas Ross Hicks: Of all the Homestuck pieces I've done, this was one of the most challenging! Not because of the technical difficulty but because of the subject matter: Dolorosa is a tragic figure and her sad fate was entirely undeserved. @@ -754,17 +756,17 @@ Commentary: |- Like many of my songs, it is in 6/8 time: Maryams being the sixth troll on the hemospectrum, Serkets the eighth while the snare drum at the end makes eleven hits to represent Ampora. It's a "dark mirror" to [[Dear Heart]] but follows the sad canon story told by Mindfang's journal. I hope you found I did this unfortunate chapter of the Ancestors' story justice. Oskarna: The death of the Signless marks the beginning of a very different chapter of the Dolorosa's story, and this song does a wonderful job setting the tone for it. I wanted to focus on her initial emptiness - the instigator of this chapter of the Ancestral tale. -Cover Artists: -- Oskarna --- Track: Dualscar's Lament Artist: not-the-kind-you-save Duration: '2:46' -Art Tags: -- Dualscar URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dualscars-lament - https://youtu.be/YmOr_qLr_hQ +Cover Artists: +- Lou Chastain +Art Tags: +- Dualscar Lyrics: |- First things first she says your name
You gotta hear it to believe it and it gets in your grain
You think "uh oh, she's the one"
There's hate in her eye and it's turning you on You haven't really met her, you don't know her
She's a black box
One controlling mind, when she talks it's
Hopeless, helpless, hate cascades
Before you even know it you've been taken up in spades @@ -781,110 +783,112 @@ Commentary: |- I wanted to write something that was basically the antithesis of what we know about Dualscar's personality, at least musically speaking. It ended up being something approaching a rap (I can't rap so I sang it instead). It's Dualscar's justification to hisemlf that he's in the right when it comes to his relationship with Mindfang, and it goes all the way through his clown-ridden demise. Enjoy! Lou Chastain: Tried replacing Mindfang with a little more Highblood instead. I wanted to kind of focus on that last part while the ships in the background is for Dualscar and Mindfang. It's a bit vague since the different hues of purple mix. -Cover Artists: -- Lou Chastain --- Track: Court of Miracles Artist: irl-porrim-maryam Duration: '2:23' -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/court-of-miracles - https://youtu.be/tx5xxC2y4xk -Commentary: |- - irl-porrim-maryam: - Court of Miracles was such an amazing track to be able to work on! Admittedly, it was more piecing bits and portions of songs together that I thought would fit GHB's character. I used excerpts from The Court of Miracles from the Hunchback of Notre Dame as well as [[Purple Tyrant]] from coloUrs and mayhem; Hall of the Mountain King was also referenced. I do hope to have captured the mood correctly, and it was great fun to work on! - bootsie: - Grand Highblood is a tricky fellow, isn't he? Right when you think he's shown his hand, his true intentions are still lurking in the shadows... Cover Artists: - bootsie +Art Tags: +- The Grand Highblood Referenced Tracks: - In the Hall of the Mountain King - Purple Tyrant - The Court of Miracles +Commentary: |- + irl-porrim-maryam: + Court of Miracles was such an amazing track to be able to work on! Admittedly, it was more piecing bits and portions of songs together that I thought would fit GHB's character. I used excerpts from The Court of Miracles from the Hunchback of Notre Dame as well as [[Purple Tyrant]] from coloUrs and mayhem; Hall of the Mountain King was also referenced. I do hope to have captured the mood correctly, and it was great fun to work on! + bootsie: + Grand Highblood is a tricky fellow, isn't he? Right when you think he's shown his hand, his true intentions are still lurking in the shadows... --- Track: Violet Means to a Violent End Artist: Acyl Duration: '4:09' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/violet-means-to-a-violent-end +- https://youtu.be/OgQ2ywrV5c4 +Cover Artists: +- Liz Fish Art Tags: - Dualscar - The Grand Highblood - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/violet-means-to-a-violent-end -- https://youtu.be/OgQ2ywrV5c4 +Referenced Tracks: +- Purple Tyrant Commentary: |- Acyl: I was originally going to make the song more dynamic and pompous but I realized that the furious, almost frantic section in the strings better represented Dualscar in his last moments. True, he may not have shown that on the outside, but his inner turmoil and betral by Mindfang is more important. I quoted part of [[Purple Tyrant]] from "coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A" to represent His Honorable Tyranny, and the echoing church organs to show when he takes back control of the situation. Liz Fish: Dualscar's exact end is left am ystery, only hinted at by Mindfang's memoirs. I have a feeling no one saw his death coming until the last moment, the Orphaner least of all. The track's frenetic build gave me a sense of the kind desperation he was feeling at that point, and how his short sighted mistake cost him everything. -Cover Artists: -- Liz Fish -Referenced Tracks: -- Purple Tyrant --- Track: Paint The Walls Artist: The One Music Maniac Duration: '2:36' -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/paint-the-walls - https://youtu.be/8AH5dxKeTvk +Cover Artists: +- Melissa Peebles +Art Tags: +- The Grand Highblood +- 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- The One Music Maniac: "Paint The Walls" is a composition that reflects on the faith-driven andviolent nature of The Grand Highblood. Its instrumentation and distortion is meant to represent the iconic image of The Grand highblood in his throne where the walls surrounding him are painted in troll blood (hence the title of the piece). The ambient break is meant to portray the idealisms that the Makara family holds-- that there is a Mirthful Messiah, guiding them to cause their violent tendencies. Melissa Peebles: I too wanted to allude to the GHB in the throne room. The music break in the distortion and hard riffs has an almost spiritual feeling and I wanted to illustrate the faith driven side of the GHB; so here he is seen covered in blood and almost reverent. -Cover Artists: -- Melissa Peebles --- Track: The Pursuit of Justice Artist: SerialSymphony Duration: '4:09' -Art Tags: -- Redglare URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-pursuit-of-justice - https://youtu.be/45EtHqNfhBQ +Cover Artists: +- Thiefofstars +Art Tags: +- Redglare Commentary: |- SerialSymphony: Erryday I'm Justicing
-Skip Thiefofstars: The track definitely gives a strong sense of Redglare's determination and sense of justice, so I went for a composition that put her front and centre. I kept the background fairly dark with this ominous silhouette of the gallows, but made Redglare's red + teal colours really bright to make her stand out. -Cover Artists: -- Thiefofstars --- Track: The Confront8ion Artist: Circlejourney Duration: '3:08' -Art Tags: -- Redglare -- Mindfang URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-confront8ion - https://youtu.be/r6VjBsFuqzA +Cover Artists: +- Lilly Higgs +Art Tags: +- Redglare +- Mindfang Commentary: |- Circlejourney: This track is a musical depiction of the showdown between Marquise Spinneret Mindfang and Neophyte Redglare. The piece begins with a driving electric guitar riff representing Mindfang as she sets out on the oceans to meet her foe. Mindfang's motif is interrupted by Redglare's harpsichord as she approaches. As the two clash, both instruments and motifs do battle, fighting to gain the upper hand in the arrangement. Lilly Higgs: This track is so full of energy!! I wanted to convey that with a dynamic, confrontational (haha) composition set at an angle. Given Mindfang and Redglare's uh, charged relationship and energy, I wanted them to be close, with hot, palpable tension that doesn't ever really get fulfilled. Redglare's about to wallop Mindfang a good one at the same time as she's about to reach her glowing dice, all wrapped in the burning embers of her fleet. If you look closely, you can see the Sufferer's sign swinging around Redglare's neck like a noose. -Cover Artists: -- Lilly Higgs --- Track: JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 Artist: SerialSymphony, Circlejourney Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Redglare -- Pyralspite URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/just1c3-r41ns-from-4bov3 - https://youtu.be/jMkLXQf-Vvo +Cover Artists: +- Lou Chastain +Art Tags: +- Redglare +- Pyralspite +Referenced Tracks: +- The Confront8ion Commentary: |- Circlejourney: This track is about Redglare and her lusus Pyralspite, apprehending the enemies of justice, preserving order in the empress' name. We wanted the track to evoke an image of the pair flying over a battlefield, laying waste to foes. We decided an epic orchestral sound would be most fitting. @@ -892,40 +896,38 @@ Commentary: |- I think that this song is a vital addition to the dragon genre of music that I feel is severely underrepresented in the Homestuck fan albums. Also, the real reason we used a koto is because neither of us wanted harpsichords. Lou Chastain: It was difficult making the art as epic as the music while keeping it simple. Still, I did my best to make them both look mighty in a way. Could've focused more on Pyralspite. -Cover Artists: -- Lou Chastain -Referenced Tracks: -- The Confront8ion --- Track: The Demise of Neophyte Redglare at the Hands of the Unruly Mob Artist: SerialSymphony Duration: '2:30' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-demise-of-neophyte-redglare-at-the-hands-of-the-unruly-mob +- https://youtu.be/6R1O1zfaKfU +Cover Artists: +- Daisy S. Art Tags: - Redglare - 'cw: hanging' - 'cw: body horror' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-demise-of-neophyte-redglare-at-the-hands-of-the-unruly-mob -- https://youtu.be/6R1O1zfaKfU +Referenced Tracks: +- Terezi's Theme Commentary: |- SerialSymphony: The demise follows a slowed down piano arrangement of [[Terezi's Theme]], it cresecendos hard, and then almost peters out, which is the style I wanted to show the abrupt end of the Neophyte. I chose the name to mimic a sort of Victorian headline, I'm not sure why, but it fits so well.
-Skip Daisy S.: The art was inspired by religious art due to the dramatic crescendo and haunting tones depicting the abrupt death of Neophyte Redglare. The music combined with the Neophyte's hanging reminded me of some sort of ascension which I wanted to show with the halo and her outstretched hands. -Cover Artists: -- Daisy S. -Referenced Tracks: -- Terezi's Theme --- Track: The Mechanism Artist: not-the-kind-you-save Duration: '3:23' -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -- The Expatriate URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-mechanism - https://youtu.be/7eX_Q4cmAow +Cover Artists: +- Amanda Bell +Art Tags: +- The Disciple +- The Expatriate Lyrics: |- Leave me be
This is what I deserve
Broken hallways
And empty words I had a purpose
I had a design
When your puppet doesn't work right
You set it aside @@ -943,282 +945,285 @@ Commentary: |- The lyrics show Darkleer agonizing over his decision and narrating his emotions, but I wanted to make sure that the tone of the music itself was never really comical--his pain is Serious Business. Unlike many Homestuck songs, this one isn't particularly electronic-sounding, and I think it feels almost like a woe-is-me song from a musical. Hope you enjoy! Amanda Bell: For this piece I wanted to amplify the melancholy and regret that Darkleer feels after he lets the Disciple go after the Sufferer's execution. The comic only touches base with this moment briefly, so I was happy to work alongside such a great piece that extends on that particular time. -Cover Artists: -- Amanda Bell --- Track: Summon the Cavalreapers Artist: The One Music Maniac Duration: '2:19' -Art Tags: -- The Summoner URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/summon-the-cavalreapers - https://youtu.be/b9wOdfuPo_8 +Cover Artists: +- Andi DiSpirito +Art Tags: +- The Summoner Commentary: |- The One Music Maniac: "Summon the Cavalreapers" captures and invokes not only the strength of the Cavalreapers as an army, but also of the loyalty that regined between them and their leader, The Summoner. Because of their devout loyalty and trust, not only did they come together to become the most powerful army, but they became the most powerful rebellious movement that ever lived up to the Signless' name. Andi DiSpirito: The part of the Summoner's story that I regret not having the chance to see was the moment he first revealed his wings to the crowd. After all, it must take a truly impressive sight to inspire an entire army to follow one into a revolution. -Cover Artists: -- Andi DiSpirito --- Track: Last Lovers Artist: Mathias Ramalho Duration: '3:30' -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -- Mindfang URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/last-lovers - https://youtu.be/YTY-YLx8SH8 +Cover Artists: +- Melissa Peebles +Art Tags: +- The Summoner +- Mindfang Commentary: |- Mathias Ramalho: This is a track I made for the Summoner and Mindfang, about their loved and tragic relationship. Some sad feelings along with fast movements to give more emotion. Melissa Peebles: I wanted to capture the beautiful sad tone of the music while showing that Mindfang and Summoner were happy, despite their tragic end. -Cover Artists: -- Melissa Peebles --- Track: pyrrhic rust Artist: smear Duration: '4:33' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pyrrhic-rust - https://youtu.be/J_WjzbKvcAE +Cover Artists: +- Xagave +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid Commentary: |- smear: This track started out as an attempt at another theme, but it slowly grew into something on its own. Ultimately, the track decided it wanted to be for the Demoness. With low synths, pulsing bass, and ambient samples, hopefully you'll feel her precess upon you. Then, death. :D Xagave: The track made me feel like she was doing her time travel thing and wreckin crud, so here she is in some important part of history screwing everything up, getting ready to cull you if necessary 8] -Cover Artists: -- Xagave --- Track: Mutiny Directory: mutiny-ancestral Artist: Zan Beaver Duration: '5:30' -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -- Pyralspite URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/mutiny - https://youtu.be/N5cgR8KXbZA +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- The Summoner +- Pyralspite Commentary: |- Zan Beaver: A worldwide mutiny is a notable feat, even if it is destroyed completely, so I wanted to orchestrate a piece that represents the strength, the suffering, and the endurance, even if it were in vain, of a rebellion as life-changing as this one. Elanor Pam: What manner of havoc did the summoner wreak, for the Condesce to take such unreasonable measures against a new insurrection? YOu'd think he put the Empress in more of a precarious position than the Sufferer himself ever did... -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam --- Track: Black Flag Stained 8lue Artist: Navochao Duration: '2:12' -Art Tags: -- Mindfang -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-flag-stained-8lue - https://youtu.be/Fe7rCwyB04E +Cover Artists: +- Thiefofstars +Art Tags: +- Mindfang +- 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- Navochao: Mindfang wouldn't want a funeral march, she'd want something much more epic. The song title is taken from the name of Assasin's Creed Four. The game is titled Black Flag, but after these events it's going to be a bit more blue. Thiefofstars: I loved the title of this track and the strong visual image it evoked, so I went with quite a literal interpretation for the track art. The music is very strong and bold, and I wanted the art to reflect that same majestic vibe; it's sort of this idea that Mindfang isn't afraid of death, and that she is going out with her head held high. To help give it that feeling I used a fairly dark colour scheme, and (of course) a lot of blue tones. -Cover Artists: -- Thiefofstars --- Track: A Rebel's Requiem Artist: Seren Mist Duration: '2:45' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-rebels-requiem +- https://youtu.be/cgwBrV0AzSQ +Cover Artists: +- Kisbys Art Tags: - The Summoner - 'cw: blood' - 'cw: corpse' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-rebels-requiem -- https://youtu.be/cgwBrV0AzSQ Commentary: |- Seren Mist: Since the Summoner's death isn't described in canon, I had a lot of free reign in this piece. I took the veiw that after the Summoner's rebellion was crushed, he was captured and executed by the Condesce. This piece chronciles his last speech (given bravely on his execution platform), his death, and the Condesce's attempt to suppress the rebellion. The low harp at the end is meant to signify how the story of the Summoner and his army survived in hushed stories. Kisbys: I wanted to try to merge a few elements into this to capture ore of the song. I attempted to show the destruction of the rebellion through the flag by showing it as getting more worn down and ruined as it tapers off. To the left of the image I wanted to show the Summoner giving his speech while in chains, signifying his capture, and to the right I drew one of his camps being attacked and burned to the ground. I wanted it to be like the Condesce sending out armies to crush the camps and thus putting a stop to his rebellion. -Cover Artists: -- Kisbys --- Track: In Condescent Darkness Artist: Nate Tronerud Duration: '3:11' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-condescent-darkness - https://youtu.be/S8Xi-oe3R0A +Cover Artists: +- Dogslug +Art Tags: +- The Condesce Commentary: |- Nate Tronerud: Condi's had a bad day and decides to just banish these traitorous mofos once and for all... At least until she gets bored. Glub.
-Nate Dogslug: It's no secret to anyone that Her Imperious Condescension is one bad motherglubber, but it takes a special sort of ruthlessness to exile the entire adult population of your own species just to ensure complete obedience. I think that moev is a perfect example of her desperation and callousness, her willingness to do absolutely anything to stay on her throne. -Cover Artists: -- Dogslug --- Track: Die For Me Artist: Ducky Senpai Duration: '2:30' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/die-for-me +- https://youtu.be/hPkPJx7Jnno +Cover Artists: +- shu Art Tags: - The Psiioniic - 'cw: body horror' - 'cw: eye horror' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/die-for-me -- https://youtu.be/hPkPJx7Jnno Commentary: |- Ducky Senpai: This song is meant to depict the Helmsman's demise as he pushes himself to death powering the Condesce's ship. Of course, lots of electronic sounds for a thematic Helmsman track. Sorta tried to vaguely emulate old console noise percussion like on the Commodore 64. SOmehow old tech sound always gives a more "techy" vibe when applied to this kind of music in my opinion. shu: This track is busy and fast-paced so I tried to capture that with this piece and, in keeping with the "techy" vibe, threw on some static texture. Hopefully the effects distract from the lack of shading because I was worried that it'd be too cluttered! -Cover Artists: -- shu --- Track: The Doom of the Planets Artist: Circlejourney Duration: '3:31' -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- The Condesce -- 'cw: body horror' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-doom-of-the-planets - https://youtu.be/SkLVln1KnRc -Commentary: |- - Circlejourney: - The Doom of the Planets is about Her Imperious Condescension's relationship with the Helmsman throughout her interplanetary conquest. Grandiose orchestral snippets are interspersed with intimate, sometimes dissonant contrapuntal segments featuring motifs from [[Gold Pilot]] and [[Fuchsia Ruler]]. Eventually the various disparate moods of the piece unite at the climax of the piece, signifying the ship's final leap through the cosmos, which ends in theHelmsman's death, the music fading way as his life does. - Tunapuns: - oh gosh i really like this song, especially the more orchestral parts. i tried to depict the condesce walking away from the helmsman as he bleeds out to death on the ship and looking all sinister and dark, as the doom of planets should be, and yet making it colorful to match the very prominent fuchsia ruler tune. i have no idea how to describe music so pardon me if i got anything wrong! Cover Artists: - Tunapuns +Art Tags: +- The Psiioniic +- The Condesce +- 'cw: body horror' Referenced Tracks: - Fuchsia Ruler - Gold Pilot - Heir of Grief +Commentary: |- + Circlejourney: + The Doom of the Planets is about Her Imperious Condescension's relationship with the Helmsman throughout her interplanetary conquest. Grandiose orchestral snippets are interspersed with intimate, sometimes dissonant contrapuntal segments featuring motifs from [[Gold Pilot]] and [[Fuchsia Ruler]]. Eventually the various disparate moods of the piece unite at the climax of the piece, signifying the ship's final leap through the cosmos, which ends in theHelmsman's death, the music fading way as his life does. + Tunapuns: + oh gosh i really like this song, especially the more orchestral parts. i tried to depict the condesce walking away from the helmsman as he bleeds out to death on the ship and looking all sinister and dark, as the doom of planets should be, and yet making it colorful to match the very prominent fuchsia ruler tune. i have no idea how to describe music so pardon me if i got anything wrong! --- Track: Rusted Wench Artist: miraculouslollipop Duration: '1:25' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -- Doc Scratch URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rusted-wench - https://youtu.be/uXJjB9JkQ1Y +Cover Artists: +- shu +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid +- Doc Scratch Commentary: |- shu: I thought that the flat tones of this track really brought out the hopelessness of the young Handmaid's struggle in the bleak situation that she was in. In correlation, I guess I tried to paly into the "already there" presence of Lord English with this piece. -Cover Artists: -- shu --- Track: Handmaiden's F(l)ight Directory: handmaidens-flight Artist: SerialSymphony Duration: '6:01' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/handmaidens-f-l-ight - https://youtu.be/dYSvDkTSrRk +Cover Artists: +- Silverwater +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- SerialSymphony: Handmaiden's F(l)ight is really two songs, or maybe a song inside a song? What I'm saying is that there's a very deep meaning behind whatever it is I did and you should be impressed. Also, I entirely made this track so people would stop complaining about there being no Sburban Jungle remixes. Silverwater: the scene of Handmaid running from Dr. Scratch in Lord English's sight. -Cover Artists: -- Silverwater -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Of Rust and Royalty Artist: Grace Medley Duration: '3:20' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -- The Condesce URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/of-rust-and-royalty - https://youtu.be/wZMCe6jy7xs -Commentary: |- - Grace Medley: - Shortly before finishing the album, this project's coordinator approached us managers at unofficialmspafans about it, and at some point mentioned that a few pieces of track art weren't attached to any song any more, and that it was too late to have the songs replaced. Which is a shame, because the piece of track art I saw (this one, in fact) was very good! So, I spent the next week or so making a song in the style of a certain French nu disco duo (no prizes for guessing who) out of elements from [[Rust Servant]] and [[Fuchsia Ruler]], a subtle nod to [[Eternity Served Cold]], and an even subtler nod to WMM's unofficial remake of Rust Servant, [[Rust Apocalypse]]. For how quickly I made this track, I think it turned out rather well! - Elanor Pam: - The battle between the Condesce and the Handmaid is still one of the most mysterious parts of the story, and I feel its impact and consequences have yet to be fully explored. There's no question that it was an insidious trap for the Condesce, but what is the true nature of the curse spoken by Doc Scratch...? Cover Artists: - Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid +- The Condesce Referenced Tracks: - Rust Apocalypse - Fuchsia Ruler - Eternity Served Cold +Commentary: |- + Grace Medley: + Shortly before finishing the album, this project's coordinator approached us managers at unofficialmspafans about it, and at some point mentioned that a few pieces of track art weren't attached to any song any more, and that it was too late to have the songs replaced. Which is a shame, because the piece of track art I saw (this one, in fact) was very good! So, I spent the next week or so making a song in the style of a certain French nu disco duo (no prizes for guessing who) out of elements from [[Rust Servant]] and [[Fuchsia Ruler]], a subtle nod to [[Eternity Served Cold]], and an even subtler nod to WMM's unofficial remake of Rust Servant, [[Rust Apocalypse]]. For how quickly I made this track, I think it turned out rather well! + Elanor Pam: + The battle between the Condesce and the Handmaid is still one of the most mysterious parts of the story, and I feel its impact and consequences have yet to be fully explored. There's no question that it was an insidious trap for the Condesce, but what is the true nature of the curse spoken by Doc Scratch...? --- Track: The Handmaid's Lament Artist: Sara Stebbins Duration: '3:03' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-handmaids-lament - https://youtu.be/9-6r_T_3poQ +Cover Artists: +- Sigourney Martin +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid Commentary: |- Sara Stebbins: This piece is written about the Handmaid's struggle against the Condesce, her ultimate defeat, and a sort of butter-tinged relief she feels from it. I wrote parts of this piece in twelve-tone, alluding to the twelve zodiac signs and the twelve numbers on a clock. I tried to keep this piece as simple as I could because I feel that the Handmaid has this silent, brooding austerity with a sense of anger within, which I tried to bring out in occasional dissonance. Sigourney Martin: So right away this song made me feel /really/ sad. For Handmaid I mean. She needs hugs. But yeah, this song really makes me hear and or see her pain and I suppose relief from just being away from Lord English's grasp. The jerk. -Cover Artists: -- Sigourney Martin --- Track: (Her Imperial) Ascension Artist: SerialSymphony Duration: '5:33' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -- Lord English URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/her-imperial-ascension - https://youtu.be/rRLr17RZmYg +Cover Artists: +- Xagave +Art Tags: +- The Condesce +- Lord English Commentary: |- SerialSymphony: Every bad bitch needs a badass song, and Condy is the biggest, baddest bitch of 'em all. Warning: listening may induce urge to conquer, lay waste, and generally subjugate all. Xagave: We all know Condy can frick a binch up but at ths point I'm pretty sure she could trap someone in her hair and strangle them to get the job done. -Cover Artists: -- Xagave --- Track: Crockercorpse Artist: Sean William Calhoun Contributors: - Josefin B. (vocals) Duration: '4:13' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crockercorpse +- https://youtu.be/VU-vPcs2HY0 +Cover Artists: +- Donomon Art Tags: - The Condesce - 'cw: blood' - 'cw: corpse' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crockercorpse -- https://youtu.be/VU-vPcs2HY0 Commentary: |- Sean William Calhoun: The final boss from )(er Imperious Condescension's perspective - a boss fight cut off abruptly by a katana to the bladder-based aquatic vascular system. Donomon: Whew, what a song! Crockercorpse rocks, and I tried to do it justice with a kinda neaon, acidy, Ben Templesmith inspired look. I have her that sort of falling forward, not really quite believing one of these kids actually got the best of her. -Cover Artists: -- Donomon --- Group: Disc 3 --- Track: Disc Three +Directory: disc3-ancestral Artist: Corona Sanctus Duration: 0:30 -Directory: disc3-ancestral +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-three +- https://youtu.be/hiu2h-gCLkA +Cover Artists: +- Rebecca Peason Art Tags: - The Signless - The Handmaid @@ -1235,43 +1240,40 @@ Art Tags: - Doc Scratch - Pyralspite - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-three -- https://youtu.be/hiu2h-gCLkA Commentary: |- Corona Sanctus: My general thoughts regarding this track is "In between the large, sad and violent times the ancestors faced, they must've had some fun, joy and laughter." So I thought about that. Rebecca Peason: I didn't even realize how little we know about these characters outside of the tragedy in their stories. Putting together an image that had to do with the good times was interesting. I tried to keep the window pane motif as the last two discs, but I thught it departed enough from the first two discs which dealt with what happened in canon and their known stories. I wanted to make it feel like something more readable than the rose windows, like it's own little story. -Cover Artists: -- Rebecca Peason --- Track: the mother, a child Artist: smear Duration: '5:02' -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-mother-a-child - https://youtu.be/NNlqFwRmMRo +Cover Artists: +- Kaz +Art Tags: +- The Dolorosa +- The Signless Commentary: |- smear: this track is composed of many layers, with bells and chimes. though a low bass warns us of later tragedies, the gentle feel of this tune reminds us that even the dolorosa was once a carefree soul. a mother, and a child. Kaz: The mature and nurturing Dolorsa was once an explorative child, sometimes irresponsibly venturing into the treacherous caverns near her hive. While the dark was scary, she had no idea of the real tragedies and responsibilities that she would soon bear. -Cover Artists: -- Kaz --- Track: Space Serenade (A Lullaby for a Restless Sleeper) Artist: Navochao Duration: '2:59' -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/space-serenade-a-lullaby-for-a-restless-sleeper - https://youtu.be/WzbUdnxSZvk +Cover Artists: +- Phil Gibson +Art Tags: +- The Dolorosa +- The Signless Commentary: |- Navochao: Named for my art blog, Space Serenade (A Lullaby For A Restless Sleeper) is meant to be a lullaby sung by Dolorsa to Signless. It's also a really darn long lullaby but who cares. @@ -1280,73 +1282,73 @@ Commentary: |- ([[track:the-demise-of-neophyte-redglare-at-the-hands-of-the-unruly-mob|It is not. ::::)]]) Phil Gibson: The Dolorosa is probably one of my favorite ancestors; an icon of the tenacity of love and compassion that can endure even with the harsh, unforgiving troll society. -Cover Artists: -- Phil Gibson --- Track: Sweet Baby Tr9ll Jegus Artist: potato-sollux Duration: '2:31' -Art Tags: -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-baby-tr9ll-jegus - https://youtu.be/NlX7MkeuJUE +Cover Artists: +- gelasticat +Art Tags: +- The Signless Commentary: |- potato-sollux: dammit i can picture him running around in a cloak thats wayyyyyyy too big for him and im dying gelasticat: The track sounded very happy and bouncy to me so I kinda wibbled the Alternian sunlight problem because I thought a lighter, more airy palette would be more suitable for the overall feeling of the piece. I chose green accents on most of his clothes instead of red because I thought it was cute that he'd want to match is mumlusus. -Cover Artists: -- gelasticat --- Track: Tomorrow There'll Be More Of Us Artist: Navochao Duration: '2:06' -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Disciple URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tomorrow-therell-be-more-of-us - https://youtu.be/sCRu0qZOiMA -Commentary: |- - Navochao: - Random spurs of inspiration can get you places, and most of the time it's angsty places. - Liz Fish: - I sort of wonder sometimes if collecting strays ran in the family. Dolorosa had no idea what she'd start, picking up the little red grub. Cover Artists: - Liz Fish +Art Tags: +- The Signless +- The Disciple Referenced Tracks: - track:tomorrow-therell-be-more-of-us-hamilton - Burn +Commentary: |- + Navochao: + Random spurs of inspiration can get you places, and most of the time it's angsty places. + Liz Fish: + I sort of wonder sometimes if collecting strays ran in the family. Dolorosa had no idea what she'd start, picking up the little red grub. --- Track: Signless Protection Squad Artist: Navochao Duration: '2:27' -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- The Disciple URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/signless-protection-squad - https://youtu.be/JRvsco-mVB8 +Cover Artists: +- bootsie +Art Tags: +- The Psiioniic +- The Disciple +Referenced Tracks: +- Icirrus City Commentary: |- Navochao: To make this quick: once upon a time I had a roleplay with a Psiioniic and they called themselves the Signless Protection Squad so now everything I make for these two is named that because I have nothing better to call it. Also I'm sorry Nintendo. bootsie: Every time I imagine the Psiioniic and the Disciple interacting, I imagine him using his sparks like a cat laser to distract her. I didn't want to be so silly, but I hope I captured the same energy as the song! -Cover Artists: -- bootsie -Referenced Tracks: -- Icirrus City --- Track: Purple And Purple Artist: WC Duration: '1:47' -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/purple-and-purple - https://youtu.be/GPjMY-lZgP0 +Cover Artists: +- Cro +Art Tags: +- The Grand Highblood Commentary: |- WC: I made this once and then realized it sort of sounded like a song for clowns, and then I didn't sleep well the next few nights because at the time I was scared of clowns and thought they were influencing me subliminally. @@ -1354,37 +1356,37 @@ Commentary: |- Cro: This song is called Purple and Purple. Might as well have a focus of purple in the piece, and purple with a meaning at that! Chucklevoodoos always feels like some kind of signature sign with the Makara line. Not only that, but it leaves a sense of unease. Overall, the song gave an ominous feel to me where surrounding the Grand High Blood in an atmosphere was not only complimenting, but fitting! Also, bood on the walls for that extra touch. It's safe to say that the picture pays homage to his appearance in the comic, with the stylizing and unique attributes of course! Getting that glow was my prime focus, and to also light up and put some focus at that wicked paint of his! They have to be some of the physical characteristics that stand out the most to me, and certainly focal points that I attempted to pull attention towards. -Cover Artists: -- Cro --- Track: Sandswept Schismatic Artist: Acyl Duration: '3:54' -Art Tags: -- The Summoner URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sandswept-schismatic - https://youtu.be/BOf4YnCcm9k +Cover Artists: +- Amanda Bell +Art Tags: +- The Summoner Commentary: |- Acyl: So I was working on music for an askblog, and it came out particularly Summoner-y! I'm pretty sure the guitar that comes in around 2:05 was something from a Legend of Zelda song I heard once but it seemed to fit a young Mr. Nitram. Amanda Bell: As the song being inspired by Nitram + Zelda, this color palette and imagery came to fruition. Heavily inspired by Skyward Sword. -Cover Artists: -- Amanda Bell --- Track: lazutrix Artist: smear Duration: '2:28' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lazutrix +- https://youtu.be/tIxmOUQnz08 +Cover Artists: +- Andi DiSpirito Art Tags: - The Disciple - Mindfang - The Expatriate - The Condesce - 'cw: asphyxiation' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lazutrix -- https://youtu.be/tIxmOUQnz08 Lyrics: |- Blue, blue, blue
Im seein blue, blue blue
A couple hundred years, waiting to run into you
Seldom thoughts can hurt me
I cant even find my self
In the void i wish to linger,
Not that i have a choice Something here seems to be
Always eating at my health
Something i cant quite figure
Not that i have a voice @@ -1397,17 +1399,21 @@ Commentary: |- Title: lazutrix, women who shape the blue
Lazu: from lazulinus, the color ultramarine
-trix: denoting femininity in adjectives and nouns Andi DiSpirito: I decided to focus on Darkleer struggling to reconcile his weakness towards two known criminals and how their influence forces him to question his loyalty to the Empress, as well as his role in enforcing her hemocaste system. -Cover Artists: -- Andi DiSpirito --- Track: Leftovers Artist: psithurist Duration: '4:08' -Art Tags: -- The Disciple URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/leftovers - https://youtu.be/fQsujVTQ3e8 +Cover Artists: +- senpai-satan +Art Tags: +- The Disciple +Referenced Tracks: +- Walls Covered in Blood +- Olive Scribe +- Flare Lyrics: |- Every word you say,
Every piece you give.
Every night and day,
Every life you save.
For them,
For us. Every shot they take,
Every drop they spill.
Every heart they break,
Every one they kill.
For what?
For her? @@ -1417,81 +1423,75 @@ Commentary: |- This is actually the first song I've ever put out with my voice (so go easy, haha). It's a song from the Disciple's perspective about her friends, her oppressors, and herself, and also about her role as a scribe, recording the trials of the ancestors. senpai-satan: At first i had alot of ideas about what i wanted to draw for image but i finally settled with a view of the disciple writing on the screen while inside a cave, giving a nod towards Nepeta and for example her shipping wall. -Cover Artists: -- senpai-satan -Referenced Tracks: -- Walls Covered in Blood -- Olive Scribe -- Flare --- Track: Cardinal Fyre Artist: Zan Beaver Duration: '2:19' -Art Tags: -- Redglare -- Pyralspite URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cardinal-fyre - https://youtu.be/yZHBHz5n88A +Cover Artists: +- Gilwing +Art Tags: +- Redglare +- Pyralspite Commentary: |- Zan Beaver: The minute I saw that I was to make a track for Redglare and Pyralspite, it screamed for harpsichord in a weird key (I honestly don't know the key I wrote this song in). After getting the main instrument to work the song around, I had to imagine their relationship. I described it as trusting, solid, slightly playful yet harsh. So I created a melody to fit this description, and it blossomed from there. Gilwing: The only time Pyralspite and Redglare are shown together in-comic they're busy raining hellfire on Mindfang's fleet, so I wanted to create a more intimate moment to showcase their relationship. A monstrous and powerful, but loving, dragon mother surrounds and protects her cocky, talented daughter with a dangerous passion for justice. I wanted it to look a bit like an aged photograph, like an old, warm memory, which is something the harpsichord made me think of. As we know, Pyralspite outlived Redglare by quite a lot. -Cover Artists: -- Gilwing --- Track: Preach Artist: Seijen Duration: '3:19' -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -- Pyralspite URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/preach - https://youtu.be/78VVxNx51Xg +Cover Artists: +- Erin B. +Art Tags: +- The Summoner +- Pyralspite Commentary: |- Seijen: Them: "we need a dubstep track for our project"
Me: "I gotchu fam" Thus this master piece was born. If you don't like this song, then you can contact me through the credit links, so I can explain to you why your opinion is objectively wrong. Erin B.: I wanted to depict Summoner in some context while also capturing the power that the song was radiating. I tried to show a moment of the revolution at the starting clash of a battle. The song also had some calmer moments, which I felt were very appropriate for the moment right before battle. That, and I really wanted to draw Summoner and Pyralspite looking cool. -Cover Artists: -- Erin B. --- Track: Swan Song Artist: Navochao Duration: '2:38' -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/swan-song - https://youtu.be/MGOoXJMvZNU +Cover Artists: +- gelasticat +Art Tags: +- The Grand Highblood +Referenced Tracks: +- The Cave You Fear +- track:swan-song-set-it-off Commentary: |- Navochao: "You cut to the bone, pick up the phone, to hear my swan song" The phrase [Swan Song] refers to an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song in the moment just before death, having been silent during most of their lifetime. gelasticat: I wanted something dramatic because that just seemed right for a swan song but somewhat subdued at the same time since that's how the track came across. I went with a stained glass aesthetic because they've always encompassed that kind of feeling for me. -Cover Artists: -- gelasticat -Referenced Tracks: -- The Cave You Fear -- track:swan-song-set-it-off --- Track: The Doom of the Planets (Reprise) Artist: Circlejourney Duration: '3:32' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-doom-of-the-planets-reprise - https://youtu.be/WG81465YQf4 -Commentary: |- - Circlejourney: - This is a piano arrangement on [[The Doom of the Planets]], an earlier track on the album. Instead of building to a grand orchestral climax, this version dwells more on a sense of foreboding and finality that surrounds the latter part of the Condesce's journey, with the Vast Glub and the extinction of the troll race soon to come. - The Condesce looks on at a new star system as her ship approaches, mirroring the contemplative mood of the track. Cover Artists: - Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- The Condesce Referenced Tracks: - The Doom of the Planets +Commentary: |- + Circlejourney: + This is a piano arrangement on [[The Doom of the Planets]], an earlier track on the album. Instead of building to a grand orchestral climax, this version dwells more on a sense of foreboding and finality that surrounds the latter part of the Condesce's journey, with the Vast Glub and the extinction of the troll race soon to come. + The Condesce looks on at a new star system as her ship approaches, mirroring the contemplative mood of the track. diff --git a/album/archive.yaml b/album/archive.yaml index f0a559de..73b8fea6 100644 --- a/album/archive.yaml +++ b/album/archive.yaml @@ -1,36 +1,33 @@ Album: Archive Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Wallpaper Style: 'background-position: top center;' -Has Track Art: false Date: July 19, 2016 Date Added: February 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/archive +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwrc2bi-Eb7q9mvtmLZxyV7nUEYnW5l6o +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Hadron Color: '#89aebe' Groups: - Michael Guy Bowman - Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/archive -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwrc2bi-Eb7q9mvtmLZxyV7nUEYnW5l6o Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Commissions, novelty tracks, experiments in electronica from 2012-2016. Download features 10 bonus tracks. -Cover Artists: -- Hadron Wallpaper Artists: - Hadron +Wallpaper Style: 'background-position: top center;' --- Group: Main album --- Track: Awake (2012 Version) -Duration: '3:32' Contributors: - Clark Powell (cello) +Duration: '3:32' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2012-version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RhvFHAbB0 -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Kickstarter reward for Kaolin Maia Cash, 2012 Lyrics: |- Awake again Here in my bed @@ -59,6 +56,9 @@ Lyrics: |- And time restarts and life resumes I rise to meet the coming day But someone's laughing far away +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Kickstarter reward for Kaolin Maia Cash, 2012 --- Track: Got It? Duration: '2:52' @@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ Duration: '3:02' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/airwaves - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbyW60mQzWk -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Soundcloud, 2013 Lyrics: |- Keep your eyes on the airwaves Don't look down if you don't want to fall @@ -107,15 +104,15 @@ Lyrics: |- Blow away everybody you pass Just a bunch of peculiar people Looking for a party to crash +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Soundcloud, 2013 --- Track: Mad Science Duration: '3:14' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/mad-science - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2u8XytSCQ -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Kickstarter reward for Nich Maragos, 2012 Lyrics: |- "Yes! This thunderstorm is just what I need to bring my creation life! LIFE!" @@ -191,6 +188,9 @@ Lyrics: |- Consequence means nothing when you learn to break the rules "Okay, back to work." +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Kickstarter reward for Nich Maragos, 2012 --- Track: Millennium Bug Duration: '3:33' @@ -207,9 +207,6 @@ Duration: 0:53 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/far-away - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAiKtjk1Q9g -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Kickstarter reward for Jon Drobny, 2012 Lyrics: |- So far away Way out beyond @@ -223,6 +220,9 @@ Lyrics: |- Faster than the Earth can pull Body of the aether's night Takes you on your maiden flight! +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Kickstarter reward for Jon Drobny, 2012 --- Track: Gondwanaland Duration: '2:36' @@ -238,9 +238,6 @@ Duration: '1:56' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/diamonds-and-diamonds-and-diamonds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDQVevEiNKM -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Kickstarter reward for Michael Orr, 2012 Lyrics: |- Hidden from the naked eye Beyond the view of telescopes @@ -261,15 +258,15 @@ Lyrics: |- Nothing standing in the way Perhaps these things cannot be learned Nothing there but diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Kickstarter reward for Michael Orr, 2012 --- Track: Bandages Duration: 0:56 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/bandages - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsOz_7QFr68 -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Kickstarter reward for Colin "Bandages" Burns, 2012 Lyrics: |- Colin Burns But he does not char @@ -284,6 +281,9 @@ Lyrics: |- Who knows what can lie within The Bandages The Bandages +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Kickstarter reward for Colin "Bandages" Burns, 2012 --- Track: Electroverture Duration: '2:38' @@ -308,9 +308,6 @@ Duration: '1:58' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/know-that-youre-mine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag4cJj6lakM -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Kickstarter reward for Kalen Boley, 2012 Lyrics: |- I’ll pack a blanket, a handwoven basket Of red roses and wine @@ -331,6 +328,9 @@ Lyrics: |- And we’ll write out our names in the stars Though it’s dark here on land, when we’re both holding hands All the lights up above will be ours +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Kickstarter reward for Kalen Boley, 2012 --- Track: Just Destroy It Duration: '1:30' @@ -346,9 +346,6 @@ Duration: '1:00' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-marching-band - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzEfXNE2Rpw -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Kickstarter reward for Mason Herschberg, 2012 Lyrics: |- Some bands only play in small bars Show up in their own cars @@ -375,28 +372,28 @@ Lyrics: |- Loading the equipment van Testing our attention span Oh why'd we join the marching band? +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Kickstarter reward for Mason Herschberg, 2012 --- Track: Make It Bounce Duration: '1:47' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/make-it-bounce - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Z9FMR4R_E -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Kickstarter reward for McKinley Freeman, 2012 Lyrics: |- Make it bounce Make it bounce Make it bounce +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Kickstarter reward for McKinley Freeman, 2012 --- Track: Explosion Force (They Do It Right) Duration: '1:57' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/explosion-force-they-do-it-right - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gtR6iQAPGQ -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Kickstarter reward for Jeremy Geist, 2012 Lyrics: |- When the moon is high and the night has fell They ride like demons out of hell @@ -439,6 +436,9 @@ Lyrics: |- Who will live and who will die? When the war is over, then you'll see why Explosion Force, they do it right! +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Kickstarter reward for Jeremy Geist, 2012 --- Track: The New Window Duration: '2:26' @@ -472,9 +472,6 @@ Duration: '3:20' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/this-sunset - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzAs-WDXdNU -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Kickstarter reward for Leigh-Ann Peach, 2012 Lyrics: |- As I watch this sunset The enchantment of the long night descends around me @@ -495,26 +492,28 @@ Lyrics: |- I can feel only the grace of the world around me This calm, this light, this air, this body This sunset +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Kickstarter reward for Leigh-Ann Peach, 2012 --- Track: Jungle Boogie Duration: '4:00' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df9m1mux-BU +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Outtake from [[album:homestuck-vol-10]], 2016 -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Awake (2013 Version) Duration: '3:28' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2013-version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmKaslOTrXs -Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: - Soundcloud, 2013 +Referenced Tracks: +- Awake (2012 Version) Lyrics: |- Awake again Here in my bed @@ -543,8 +542,9 @@ Lyrics: |- And time restarts and life resumes I rise to meet the coming day But someone's laughing far away -Referenced Tracks: -- Awake (2012 Version) +Commentary: |- + Michael Guy Bowman: + Soundcloud, 2013 --- Group: Bonus tracks --- @@ -552,6 +552,8 @@ Track: Aba Daba Honeymoon Directory: aba-daba-honeymoon-archive Duration: '1:27' Has URLs: false +Referenced Tracks: +- track:aba-daba-honeymoon Lyrics: |- Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab Said the chimpie to the monk @@ -590,8 +592,6 @@ Lyrics: |- Then the big baboon one night in June He married them and very soon They went upon their aba daba honeymoon -Referenced Tracks: -- track:aba-daba-honeymoon --- Track: Valentine To Sarah From Julian Duration: '2:12' @@ -736,6 +736,8 @@ Track: Old Buggy Now (Solatrus remix) Artist: Solatrus Duration: '4:04' Has URLs: false +Referenced Tracks: +- Old Buggy Now Lyrics: |- Riding through the night like a jaded vagabond No one else in sight I could be the only one @@ -776,13 +778,13 @@ Lyrics: |- In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now -Referenced Tracks: -- Old Buggy Now --- Track: Ithaca (hrmnzr remix) Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley Duration: '4:14' Has URLs: false +Referenced Tracks: +- Ithaca Lyrics: |- (The journey made by all) @@ -834,5 +836,3 @@ Lyrics: |- Although I sing along That moment now has gone My heart still a restless sea where Ithaca is calling -Referenced Tracks: -- Ithaca diff --git a/album/are-you-lost.yaml b/album/are-you-lost.yaml index 028736a5..d84710cf 100644 --- a/album/are-you-lost.yaml +++ b/album/are-you-lost.yaml @@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ Directory: are-you-lost Artist: hywell Date: November 22, 2020 Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Banner Dimensions: 975x180 +URLs: +- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/album/--2 Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Astroblur Color: '#45cef2' Groups: - Cristata - Beyond -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/album/--2 Commentary: |- hywell: ROYAL LABS ENTRY: ██
DATE: 20XX @@ -21,12 +22,11 @@ Commentary: |- ENTRY END
(there are many notes scribbled in the blank areas surrounding the text, but they are impossible to read. is that bad handwriting, or is that a different language...?) -Cover Artists: +Banner Artists: - Astroblur +Banner Dimensions: 975x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Astroblur -Banner Artists: -- Astroblur --- Track: SIGNAL START Duration: '3:25' @@ -57,25 +57,25 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Moonsetter --- Track: TRUE AUTUMN -Artists: -- hywell -- Cristata Duration: '5:21' URLs: - https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/true-autumn-ft-cristata Referenced Tracks: - Quiet Autumn ---- -Track: MEDIUM -Directory: medium-are-you-lost Artists: - hywell - Cristata +--- +Track: MEDIUM +Directory: medium-are-you-lost Duration: '6:22' URLs: - https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/medium-ft-cristata Referenced Tracks: - CORE +Artists: +- hywell +- Cristata --- Track: JUDGEMENT Duration: '3:31' diff --git a/album/ava.yaml b/album/ava.yaml index d439b367..7aec13f5 100644 --- a/album/ava.yaml +++ b/album/ava.yaml @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ Album: Ava - Original Soundtrack Directory: ava Artist: nuclear333 -Has Track Art: false Date: December 31, 2017 Date Added: April 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/ava-original-soundtrack +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- nuclear333 Color: '#4eea1c' Groups: - nuclear333 - Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/ava-original-soundtrack Commentary: |- nuclear333: You are the space explorer Ava, and you have just landed on a new planet full of wonder! Just when you get your bearings, the evil SNOMAR appears and starts taking over the planet! You need to stop him from adding it to his empire, and fast! Go Ava, go!
This album is the result of a challenge I gave myself to make some songs over the winter break to be productive. They're all pretty short and most of them were made in about a half hour. It was fun to make. Snowdrive Park was made before the challenge, but I don't really have any plans for it so I figured I'd throw it on as a bonus. Thanks for supporting me! -Cover Artists: -- nuclear333 --- Track: Title Crawl Duration: 0:19 diff --git a/album/bashful-hearts-out.yaml b/album/bashful-hearts-out.yaml index e1f6f960..bfdc7aa5 100644 --- a/album/bashful-hearts-out.yaml +++ b/album/bashful-hearts-out.yaml @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ Album: Bashful Hearts Out Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Banner Dimensions: 975x105 -Has Track Art: false Date: September 30, 2020 Date Added: April 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://what.bandcamp.com/album/bashful-hearts-out +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Color: '#f69f3c' Groups: - what is lost in the mines? - Beyond -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/album/bashful-hearts-out -Cover Artists: +Banner Artists: - WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES +Banner Dimensions: 975x105 Wallpaper Artists: - WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Banner Artists: -- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES --- Track: Spontaneous Combustion Duration: '3:33' diff --git a/album/beforus.yaml b/album/beforus.yaml index adaeb8ac..22838b5e 100644 --- a/album/beforus.yaml +++ b/album/beforus.yaml @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ Album: Beforus Directory: beforus -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Date: April 12, 2016 Date Added: May 25, 2020 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/beforus +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLVjjUEd7bl6B8ExTnf5nuLm +Cover Artists: +- Gilwing Color: '#ff00c5' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans @@ -20,9 +24,6 @@ Art Tags: - Kurloz - Cronus - Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/beforus -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLVjjUEd7bl6B8ExTnf5nuLm Commentary: |- Blackhole: Blackhole (Not-Terezi-Pyrope) and the Beforus Album Team proudly present; @@ -34,17 +35,21 @@ Commentary: |-
Gilwing: I'm so grateful for the privilege of illustrating the album cover! I don't think I've ever put so many characters in one illustration before, so it was an experience trying to fit them all in together. It's based off of where the trolls lived before starting their game, with Meenah having run away to the pink moon while everyone else is on Beforus, as well as my track art for [[Cosmic Malfunction]] by Ducky Senpai, which also has to do with people chilling on space orbs. It was really hard to find a balance with all these guys, while at the same time knowing it has to represent the entire album and all of the people working on it. It was a unique challenge but I had a blast, I hope I did it justice! -Cover Artists: -- Gilwing Banner Artists: - Gilwing +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 --- Group: Disc 1 --- Track: ♪ Disc 1 ♪ +Directory: disc1-beforus Artist: Blackhole Duration: 0:30 -Directory: disc1-beforus +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1 +- https://youtu.be/e7tvurpW8h0 +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam Art Tags: - Kankri - Damara @@ -58,27 +63,24 @@ Art Tags: - Kurloz - Cronus - Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1 -- https://youtu.be/e7tvurpW8h0 Commentary: |- Blackhole: The music here is one of three short bookend pieces I wrote for the start of each Disc, each a section of a longer piece, "Preludes to Beforus". They are not particularly exciting in and of themselves, so instead I'll speak a little about Disc 1 itself. Disc 1 is the part of the album initially designed to contain the twelve "principal tracks", invisaged as the main theme for each of the twelve Beforan trolls. At the start of the project, musicians could actually reserve these spots, but a lot of shuffling happened towards the end. Eventually, each troll ended up having multiple themes on the album, but Disc 1 still contains what can probably be considered their "main" theme, due to its location at the start of the album. With only twelve tracks and the short bookend piece, Disc 1 is far smaller than the longer Disc 2 section. Elanor Pam: This is the third artwork I completed for the project, and once again it ended up being a broup shot-- this time at the mod's request. Since it was the introductory artwork for Disc 1, it felt appropriate to me to depect them on the place where it all started, where Meenah claimed to have found the game after running away from her duties: the Pink Moon. And where the game is, so there must be a Frog Temple. Right? -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam --- Track: ♈ - Fatalism Artist: Neon Zenith Duration: '4:28' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fatalism-2 +- https://youtu.be/tliId-rVINE +Cover Artists: +- Amelia G. Art Tags: - Damara - The Handmaid - 'cw: eye horror' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fatalism-2 -- https://youtu.be/tliId-rVINE Lyrics: |- Your life was so miserable oh such a waste! It’s all cause your friends had just spat in your face.
You used to be fearful that you’d make mistakes, but
your meekness and sweetness have faded away.
And under it all now your blood starts to boil;
You’ll make them all pay for your trouble and toil!
Your boyfriend was cheating and left you distraught.
But Meenah was meaner oh who would’ve thought
that her actions intended to help you along;
and you must know somehow that she wasn’t wrong.
The future is coming; they’ll just have to wait,
but you are determined they’ll all meet their fate. @@ -92,26 +94,17 @@ Commentary: |- The name of the song refers to the concept of rpedetermination and fate. Damara's wiki page notes that she holds "much fatalism and frustration" within herself; considering that I had named the set of Souls-themed lyrics "Frustration," it felt somewhat fitting that "Fatalism" be its counterpart. Note that although the lyrics are mostly directed towards Damara, the second and third stanzas of the second verse refer to the Handmaiden and her service to Lord English. (Many thanks to my friend Chris for helping me better understand the plot details.) Amelia G.: Drawing this piece and listening to Neon Zenith's song really made me look at Damara differently. I wanted to highlight the inner turmoil that people tend to look over, adding the Handmaiden to show those feelings that she hides. Damara is an incredibly interesting character, and I was just telling someone that I don't draw enough Megidos. -Cover Artists: -- Amelia G. --- Track: ♉ - Breathtak1ng Artist: Rhyselinn Duration: '5:30' -Art Tags: -- Rufioh URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/breathtak1ng - https://youtu.be/3uDVyljVSC4 -Commentary: |- - Rhyselinn: - Hi! I'm Rhyselinn, the composer for Rufioh Nitram's track "Breathtak1ng." - I admit, I had difficulty trying to categorize the Nitrams' music while doing research for this track. By my best estimation, Breathtak1ng is an upbeat flamenco/salsa hybrid. It includes excerpts from (in approximate order): [[Do The Windy Thing]], [[dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS,]] [[Bronze Rebel]], [[iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE]], and [[Savior of the Waking World]]. (And the ending is reminiscent of [[Infinity Mechanism]], for whatever that's worth.) - The middle section also includes excerpts from [[The Lost Child]], a Damara Megido song, and some machinery noises in homage to Horuss Zahhak. Rufioh's character arc in Openbound focuses heavily on his romantic entanglements with these two characters, so I wanted Breathtak1ng to emphasize Rufioh's nature as a freedom-oriented Breath player, and portray him breaking free of these toxic attachments. As a result, the two interludes feel darker and less energetic to contrast the moment iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE kicks in. That's when Rufioh metaphorically spreads his wings, breaks free of those binding attachments, and is finally able to fly and succeed in the most amazing, breathtaking way. - doodlebonez: - The idea for this art was to have Rufioh flying away from the ones who have made his life hard. The papers flying about are meant to be seen as him finally pursuing what he loves. Ideally I would have loved to have him fly into the sun, but as I imagined him as being alive rather than dead, this was not ideal. Cover Artists: - doodlebonez +Art Tags: +- Rufioh Referenced Tracks: - Do The Windy Thing - dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, @@ -120,67 +113,76 @@ Referenced Tracks: - iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE - Penumbra Phantasm - track:doctor +Commentary: |- + Rhyselinn: + Hi! I'm Rhyselinn, the composer for Rufioh Nitram's track "Breathtak1ng." + I admit, I had difficulty trying to categorize the Nitrams' music while doing research for this track. By my best estimation, Breathtak1ng is an upbeat flamenco/salsa hybrid. It includes excerpts from (in approximate order): [[Do The Windy Thing]], [[dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS,]] [[Bronze Rebel]], [[iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE]], and [[Savior of the Waking World]]. (And the ending is reminiscent of [[Infinity Mechanism]], for whatever that's worth.) + The middle section also includes excerpts from [[The Lost Child]], a Damara Megido song, and some machinery noises in homage to Horuss Zahhak. Rufioh's character arc in Openbound focuses heavily on his romantic entanglements with these two characters, so I wanted Breathtak1ng to emphasize Rufioh's nature as a freedom-oriented Breath player, and portray him breaking free of these toxic attachments. As a result, the two interludes feel darker and less energetic to contrast the moment iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE kicks in. That's when Rufioh metaphorically spreads his wings, breaks free of those binding attachments, and is finally able to fly and succeed in the most amazing, breathtaking way. + doodlebonez: + The idea for this art was to have Rufioh flying away from the ones who have made his life hard. The papers flying about are meant to be seen as him finally pursuing what he loves. Ideally I would have loved to have him fly into the sun, but as I imagined him as being alive rather than dead, this was not ideal. --- Track: ♊ - The Mituna Method Artist: psithurist Duration: '2:46' -Art Tags: -- Mituna URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-mituna-method - https://youtu.be/yXB8fYZFRq0 +Cover Artists: +- slitherbot +Art Tags: +- Mituna Commentary: |- psithurist: I was asked to make a track as a theme for Mituna, so my first thoughts were 1. chip sounds and 2. guitars. The first draft of the track was a lot more chaotic, with the melodies being played on live guitars, and it didn't really work out, so most of it ended up being cut - only a couple of backing guitar tracks amde it onto the final piece. The title and theme of this track is based on a (somewhat infamous) fan theory, which speculates that Mituna's injuries come from him burning out whilst using his psiionic powers to propel Prospit's moon from the alpha trolls' session into another, allowing the remaining living trolls to use its quest beds to go god tier. I don't know if that idea will pan out at all, but I thought it was interesting enough to write a song about! I hope that you think so too! slitherbot: for the track art i decided that i should depict mituna looking almost as if hes using his psiionics! in the design iwanted to use a pixelly pattern which i thought went along with the chiptune sound of the song, also i listened to the song on repeat while making it!! i apologize the whole picture itself is really eye strain-y but i thought it would fit! -Cover Artists: -- slitherbot --- Track: ♋ - Civil Discussi9n Artist: Blackhole Duration: '4:29' -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/civil-discussi9n - https://youtu.be/32gksvECBEQ +Cover Artists: +- Taylor Leong +Art Tags: +- Kankri +- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' Commentary: |- Blackhole: Civil Discussi9n was my first purposeful musical contribution to the album! I wanted to produce a track that captured the feeling of Kankri's self-assured snobbery and pseudo-intellectualism as it was presented in his first appearance in Openbound, but from his own perspective. I imagine the feel of the track is rather what Kankri thinks of himself in his crusade for social justice. The structure of the melody was inspired by certain works of baroque classical music, although I can hardly have been said to have stuck to any one particular convention! The track was originally intended to be modified somewhat, but due to technical issues I lost the progress file for it! Hoewver I didn't want to see what I had to waste, and I believe that the track stands up solidly on its own in its current form. I hope you think so too! Taylor Leong: For this piece, I was thinking particularly about how the track is meant to be how Kankri views himself within the greater context of Beforan society. I thought that the classical Baroque influences in the music really reflected the rigid pseudo-benevolent social strucutre and pretensions within Beforan society that Kankri seeks to criticize and improve upon, albeit in his own flawed way. Visually, I drew influences from various religious artworks, including Medieval iconography as well as the Baroque paintings of Caravaggio, referencing both Kankri and the Sufferer's roles as a play on traditional literary Christ figures. Overall, Kankri takes himself extremely seriously, and the track art reflects that self-image in the form of a somber, messianic martyr heroically withstanding the persection of people triggering and encroaching upon his personal space. -Cover Artists: -- Taylor Leong --- Track: ♌ - MOG^3 Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks Duration: '7:01' -Art Tags: -- Meulin URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/mog-3 - https://youtu.be/4GqkApgXiQU +Cover Artists: +- felicitousArtisan +Art Tags: +- Meulin +Referenced Tracks: +- Nine Lives One Love Commentary: |- Dallas Ross Hicks: MOG^3
1. Meulin, Obsessive Girl
2. Makara's Oddball Gaiety
3. Matesprits Osculate Gleefully
(EpiMOG: Milord's Onerous Gift) This song begins by echoing Nine Lives, One Love sound but this version of Meulin Leijon is much happier and offbeat by nature. Like 9L1L, it's also in 9/8 time and the opening bells tap out the morse code for MOG. The second part starts suddenly as she "meets" a peculiar purpleblood... one Kurloz Makara. The organ is prominent but also lots of whimsical synth sounds to suggest he's an entertainer but with a more sinister side. The cymbals tap out 10 hits as Makaras are the tenth troll on the list from low to highbloods. A slow romantic transition follows, reintroducing the Leijon bells over Makara's organ sounds and then into the third section, where the heavy drums pound out a heartbeat for the Mage of Heart and you can hear voices for both Kurloz's seductive whispers and Meulin's joyous song. As she falls asleep in his arms, he too begins to dream... the chiming bells signal the arrival of the Vast Honk and the tinnitus that recedes into Meulin's deafened silence. felicitousArtisan: I've always found Meulin slightly unsettling, so I was pleased to be assigned art duty on a track that explores all facets of the character, rather than just "she's cute and likes cats!". Meulin happily ships and memes her way through a surprisingly tragic life; she's fine that Kurloz deafened her, she's oblivious that he's mind-controlling her. I wanted to reflect that with a smiling mouth and eyes full of stars and the beauty of it all, but a sense of emptiness and loss as the Vast Honk obliterates her hearing and she's left with a meaningless future. Sorry, that's pretty nihilistic, but so is Meulin! -Cover Artists: -- felicitousArtisan -Referenced Tracks: -- Nine Lives One Love --- Track: ♍ - Let Me Dance, Let Me Glisten Artist: Flutterwhat Duration: '3:53' -Art Tags: -- Porrim URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/let-me-dance-let-me-glisten - https://youtu.be/mjU2WowinYw +Cover Artists: +- VT Stark +Art Tags: +- Porrim Lyrics: |- Beats blastin in the club,
Let me dance, let me listen.
everyone one is hella drunk
drink like it's a competition you wanna learn these moves?
You just want the best views
Look at how i glow
let the light mystify you @@ -194,28 +196,31 @@ Commentary: |- The track is inspired by black-quadrants Porrim cosplay, and originally evolved from a song called "Born Aloen." The vocals are done using a combination of devices over multiple takes and post-processing effects. VT Stark: I wanted to capture the feel of the music, which felt to me as though it's Porrim completely aware of how fabulous she is, but not caring if others see her that way. Tumblr user black-quadrant's cosplay inspired the song, so I used it as a reference, especially with the tattoos. The theater is empty, representing how she is focused on her own approval, and no one else's. -Cover Artists: -- VT Stark --- Track: ♎ - R4d1c4l! Artist: SerialSymphony Duration: '2:40' -Art Tags: -- Latula URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/r4d1c4l - https://youtu.be/7N-V9TM83es +Cover Artists: +- smear +Art Tags: +- Latula Commentary: |- SerialSymphony: I was pumped that I got to create Latula's song for this album, Pyropes rule, bro. I knew I really wanted to do a low-scale chiptune kind of song for her, mainly because she's such a r4d G4m3r Grrl, and also because all my favourite homestuck tracks were in that vein. Originally I had a way faster, grittier song planned, but after sitting on it for a while I scrapped it and went for the more upbeat, chiller sound of this one, because, let's face it, Latula's way too r4d to have anything less. Fun Facts and Numbers: This song was made in FL Studio, has 16 channels, 9 synths, 1 violin, and took 2 weeks to complete from start to finish. smear: This piece was inspired by the RADICAL and cheerful tone of its sister song, and aims to show how fun it is to be Latula Pyrope. With her killer body suit, sick moves, and contagious smile, you'll be jamming out with her. -Cover Artists: -- smear --- Track: ♏ - Salv8tion Artist: Charles Neudorf Duration: '2:21' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/salv8tion +- https://youtu.be/sdFRBgYqcN4 +Cover Artists: +- HermesNitram Art Tags: - Aranea - Terezi @@ -224,42 +229,39 @@ Art Tags: - Roxy - Jake - Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/salv8tion -- https://youtu.be/sdFRBgYqcN4 Commentary: |- Charles Neudorf: Hey so it's been a while but here's a new track, and for a troll that I never knew I cared about. Admittedly I wrote this song less about Aranea's story and more about a folktale called the spider's thread, which ironically ties into Aranea's story well. I'm not gonna go into details about the folk tale but basically Aranea has a spider theme (obviously) and she came out of a pseudo hell by clinging to a small hope, only for her selfish desires to drop her back where she came from. Man none of this was really about the music aspect, uh, I wrote the song in 4-5 days. That's cool I guess. HermesNitram: I intended to stay faithful to Aranaea's arc and showed her nature through the clothes and facial expressions she wears in "Homestuck". The whole piece was inspired by the theme of spider - how it spins a web through the story, trapping and ensnaring others in the plot, but, if lost, might end up trapping itself in the cobweb. The string figure made from the necklace she wears is called "The Hangman's Trick." It was heavily inspired by the bouncy theme of the music. It shows how she has trapped others (portrayed by paper dolls, a callback to wooden dolls of regeneration and French Pantins, otherwise known as jumping jacks), and herself in it: one wrong move and she'll be left hanging! Of course, one cannot forget about the visualization of the Light aspect, the immortal sun - both holding and being trapped by the web, just like Aranea herself. -Cover Artists: -- HermesNitram --- Track: ♐ - Creeping Blue Artist: smear Duration: '2:38' -Art Tags: -- Horuss URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/creeping-blue - https://youtu.be/KaK8z8buRhA +Cover Artists: +- Gene +Art Tags: +- Horuss Commentary: |- smear: This track was inspired by the fact that Horuss was a very mean kinda dude before the game, and very early on in his relationship with Rufioh. I wanted to make the song creepy and voidy - just like Horuss! Lots of glitch and analog sounds were used, to capture his steampunk inspired design. Gene: This track has a strongly energetic feel to it, combining powerful mechanical sounds with a beat like a hammer drop. I tried to reflect that with sharp, violent lines and an angular, sinister atmosphere. -Cover Artists: -- Gene --- Track: ♑ - Pious Noise Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '3:11' -Art Tags: -- Kurloz -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pious-noise - https://youtu.be/0qnFucqWf3Q +Cover Artists: +- Robin +Art Tags: +- Kurloz +- 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: It's a shame that Kurloz can't talk much, because it's clear he has a lot of personality to show. With the appearance of a juggalo, mime and skeleton combined, how could he not? He's apparently calm but creepy or terrifying and boisterous depending on who he's talking to, which is something I wanted to emulate in this track with the contrast between the first section and everything afterwards. However, his true, clownish nature shines at the end, when he takes the last resolving note hostage then rubs it in your face. What a rascal. @@ -267,17 +269,17 @@ Commentary: |- (P.S The Morse code sounds out "HONK". Because of course.) Robin: I really liked the idea of Kurloz and puppets, and obviously, you need strings to move puppets. From the thought of puppets, to strings, to the red string of faith. And yknow, a string for each finger equals to five strings. It reminded me of piano and such, so from that I just put on some notes onto the bloody strings. Pun intended. -Cover Artists: -- Robin --- Track: ♒ - Aquasex Renegade Artist: theh0nestman Duration: '2:49' -Art Tags: -- Cronus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aquasex-renegade - https://youtu.be/Epc3nlKAenU +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- Cronus Lyrics: |- Now gather 'round me, cats and kittens,
Ease up on me close
I got my guitar and my mojo
(Of THAT I got the most)
Now who's big daddy over there
Rockin' in the shade
I say "Hello, pretty dolly.
I'm the Aquasex Renegade!" Renegade x 2 @@ -293,18 +295,22 @@ Commentary: |- This song was extremely fun to write and play with. I like Cronus' greaser persona, and my voice is kinda slimy blues-man anyway so naturally I went with a blues style for him. It started with just voice and guitar, and I wanted to keep it true to that, but this song seemed to cry out for some mythical band to come out of nowhere and make his song awesome. So, honestly, a delight! My favorite of my three. Circlejourney: You cannot convince me that the track's singer is not Cronus himself. When I heard it, I immediately envisioned a sleek monochrome graphic of a John Travolta-looking Cronus leaning on a car with a cigarette between his teeth. The Instagram-esque filter gives it a sort of retro look that goes with the spirit of the track. The violet tones are an obvious reference to his blood colour. -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney --- Track: ♓ - Killer Beach Artist: Veritas Unae Duration: '3:19' -Art Tags: -- Meenah -- The Condesce URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/killer-beach - https://youtu.be/c_F4NGUgG3o +Cover Artists: +- Rangzhe +Art Tags: +- Meenah +- The Condesce +Referenced Tracks: +- Rex Duodecim Angelus +- English +- track:MeGaLoVania Commentary: |- VeritasUnae: I wanted to deal with mixed elements of Meenah's character. It has similarities to [[Hate You]], which I considered a primary inspiration, though I also drew inspiration from the Splatoon soundtrack for the opening section. @@ -312,19 +318,18 @@ Commentary: |- At the end, Meenah is reflecting. She sees herself as evil. Reminded of her final moments in her session, as she detonates the bomb sending all of them as ghosts into the Farthest Ring, she severs ties with Vriska, and returns to lead an army. Rangzhe: I wanted to reflect on what the musician wanted to portray Meenah on the track, but also my ideas of Meenah's similarity in personality with her Alternian counter-part, the Condesce. I put a little more of my own idea that Meenah not realizing how much she is like the Condesce even when hearing and at awe about her accomplishments and her magnificent ruling style from Aranea. I also put lime green as the background color not only to match up the complimentary color but to also symbolize LE's employment of the Condesce. She is a lot more like her Alternian self than she realizes... 38) -Cover Artists: -- Rangzhe -Referenced Tracks: -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- English -- track:MeGaLoVania --- Group: Disc 2 --- Track: ♫ Disc 2 ♫ +Directory: disc2-beforus Artist: Blackhole Duration: 0:30 -Directory: disc2-beforus +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2 +- https://youtu.be/8BnfCTTU18M +Cover Artists: +- Lovisa Lassen Art Tags: - Aranea - Damara @@ -339,21 +344,21 @@ Art Tags: - Cronus - Meenah - Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2 -- https://youtu.be/8BnfCTTU18M Commentary: |- Blackhole: Disc 2 is the longest Disc in Beforus. Unlike Disc 1, which consists of individual themes for each of the trolls, Disc 2 is a narrative depiction of their story. Each song, be it a theme for a particular aspect of a character, a soundtrack for a particular event, or else a scene-setting piece, has been arranged so that Disc 2 roughly forms a narrative story in chronological order, which can hopefully be seen in the music and artwork. Because this was not specifically the intention from the start, and because some tracks have been arranged in particular awys due to reasons other than theanarrative order (such as when track art depictions do not fit the original order), in some places the placement of tracks is not perfect, or at the very least might be debated. Overall however I think Disc 2 forms a relatively complet, in depth and coherent tale in musical form, and it was definitely my favourite part of the album to put together. Lovisa Lassen: The tracks on Disc 2 follow a narrative approach to the story of the Beforus trolls and I wanted to show that by using dream bubbles, which contain the memories of the dead. And I got to draw a horrorterror, so there's that too. I like horrorterrors. -Cover Artists: -- Lovisa Lassen --- Track: Memories from Before Artist: Elanor Pam Duration: '2:12' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/memories-from-before +- https://youtu.be/pbuPTHuMato +Cover Artists: +- Sallidido Art Tags: - Kankri - Meulin @@ -363,59 +368,56 @@ Art Tags: - The Disciple - The Dolorosa - The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/memories-from-before -- https://youtu.be/pbuPTHuMato Commentary: |- Elanor Pam: This was my first ever track, composed for the coloUrs and mayhem contest back before we knew anything of Dancestors and Beforus. All we had been told so far was that the Sufferer had been inspired to rebel by his memories of a peaceful world-- so that was what I set out to convey: the idyllic memories of a paradise planet, as well as the sadness of its loss and the tense hostility of the present. It's actually a fairly simple track, made in Sibelius with nothing but built-in instruments and ambient sounds, but I've grown to like it a lot. (People who are into brazilian folk songs can probably feel the influence here.) Sallidido: I chose the three trolls that I did because they had the biggest impacts on the sufferer's life, so adding their less violent and warmer counterparts was the comparison, but I added the whole gang in another version because I wasn't quite sure you woulda ccept it with only 3 beforus characters. I listened to the song you sent quite a few times and the background was based on it. (I got the general barren but soft vibe from it?) It was a lot of fun, though a bit difficult and stressful as midnight approached, and figuring out placement and what I wanted to do with everything was a bit hard. The background is based on what we have seen fo beforus/alternia, and I wanted to make its ofter to fit a bit better with the music. (I love the composer's work by the way!) -Cover Artists: -- Sallidido --- Track: Pink Moon Escape Artist: Daedalus Dog Duration: '3:58' -Art Tags: -- Meenah URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pink-moon-escape - https://youtu.be/I4k-YdFFCB0 +Cover Artists: +- Danna Vital +Art Tags: +- Meenah Commentary: |- Daedalus Dog: Pink Moon Escape is meant to describe Meenah's escape from her responsibilities, where she literally runs away from being queen and goes to the moon before the Beforus session starts. Overall, I tried to capture the feeling of flying through space and leaving everything stressful behind. As far as structure, the beginning part represents Meenah starting to feel better, but still holding back a bit on good feels. Then, after the drop represents when she finally lets go of everything that once troubled her. The song ends similar to how it started to sort of foreshadow her return to power in the end. Funny story: the song started out with a 4/4 time signature. When I made the drop, I was making it in 6/8 without really realizing it, and then after I figured it out, I rewrote the beginning part to fit the new signature, and it felt so much smoother and better. And that's how I found out about time signatures :P Danna Vital: I've actually never drawn Meenah before and at first I was a little nervous but as soon as I heard the song I got very inspired and came up with a bunch of concept sketches. I decided to go with this image because I think it stayed true to that feeling the song gives you of being free and letting go. Hope you enjoy! -Cover Artists: -- Danna Vital --- Track: Radiant Imperatrix Artist: Lyza K. Duration: '2:52' -Art Tags: -- Feferi URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radiant-imperatrix - https://youtu.be/IaNTHkHGJwo +Cover Artists: +- Josefin B. +Art Tags: +- Feferi Commentary: |- Lyza K.: We don't know much about the Beforus empress other than the fact that she's an alternate Feferi, is an empress, and is styled "Her Imperial Radiance." I tried to evoke an underwater palace in this piece: regal and beneath the waves, but close enough to the surface that light - and Feferi's innate bubbly personality - filters through. The piece was played live on a piano and then edited in Audacity. Josefin B.: My inspiration for this piece was old paintings of mermaids and sirens. I wanted to make the serene, ethereal feeling created by the track, making Feferi look regal while also friendly and playful, as if you caught her outside of her queenly duties. The colours are meant to evoke an underwater feeling, but also a sense of her being supernatural. This image is made completely with watercolours on printer paper; a choice I made to get the convex texture. Ths was honestly such a fun piecea nd I'm so glad I got to make the track art for the lovely track Radiant Imperatrix. -Cover Artists: -- Josefin B. --- Track: Speak No Evil. Hear No Evil. Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin Duration: '2:16' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/speak-no-evil-hear-no-evil +- https://youtu.be/JgBzon8talY +Cover Artists: +- Pitchin Art Tags: - Meulin - Kurloz - 'cw: body horror' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/speak-no-evil-hear-no-evil -- https://youtu.be/JgBzon8talY Commentary: |- Laurent Désautels-Séguin: It's a direct follow-up of [[Dream Around]] and it's about the infamous dream that Kurloz had that deafened Meulin and made him sew his own mouth. This song is atonal atmospheric and I did my best to represent the mood of THE MOST HORRIFIC NIGHTMARE. @@ -423,48 +425,51 @@ Commentary: |- Tfw you see a real bad nightmare but wake up causing one irl, oops. I can't imagine what it was that Kurloz saw, and the song itself is indeed more about the nightmarish atmosphere than the action of it, so I went with the aftermath. Complimenting a song and a mood like that called for smoe heavier colours and static I think. On a lighter side I spend too much time on the hair, floof is a dangerous addition to have, but also very relaxing to do so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Cover Artists: -- Pitchin --- Track: The Boy Who Lived (Unfortunately) Artist: Nate Tronerud Duration: '3:24' -Art Tags: -- Cronus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-boy-who-lived-unfortunately - https://youtu.be/isrKZzfVUj8 +Cover Artists: +- shu +Art Tags: +- Cronus Commentary: |- Nate Tronerud: Cronus, the hero of his own story, triumphs over the evil magician. (With apologies to Johnny Williams.) shu: I love the build up in this track! It's a lot of fun to listen to and this was a lot of fun to draw ahaha I'm not sure what else to say but the vwizard aesthetic is obvious// -Cover Artists: -- shu --- Track: The Weeaboo's Battle Cry Artist: Toris Crow Duration: '2:49' -Art Tags: -- Rufioh URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-weeaboos-battle-cry - https://youtu.be/DSYt9MOT75I -Commentary: |- - Toris Crow: - This piece was written for Rufioh Nitram and specifically, his clan, the Lost Weeaboos. The instrumentation was based off "The Brave and the Bronze" by Yan "Nucleose" Rodriguez, with the percussion beat coming from Tavros's song "dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS," by Toby "Radiation" Fox. Its musical connection to Rufioh is mostly open for interpretation. This song's alternate name in my own album is "La Tauromaquia," meaning "bullfighting" in Spanish. - rockytoad: - When I was figuring out what th draw for the song, I did pay attention to the song's name and also alternate name. Hearing "weeaboo" made me want to put kitty ears on Rufioh, but I scrapped that idea and instea dfocussed on the bullfighting aspect of the song first and foremost. Since Rufioh is kind of a silly character, I thught that it'd be great to gie him one of those little pony riding sticks with a bull for the head. After I finished drawing the main part of the drawing, I was still trying to figure out how to incorporate "weeaboo"-ness into it. Well, weeaboo makes me think of kitties and anime, so my mind went to Nyan Cat. Perfect, I thought, I'll add some Goold Ol' Nyan Cat rainbows, haha. And then, of course, glitter becaus anime. It came out really colorful and I'm happy with it. Cover Artists: - rockytoad +Art Tags: +- Rufioh Referenced Tracks: - The Brave and the Bronze - dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, +Commentary: |- + Toris Crow: + This piece was written for Rufioh Nitram and specifically, his clan, the Lost Weeaboos. The instrumentation was based off "The Brave and the Bronze" by Yan "Nucleose" Rodriguez, with the percussion beat coming from Tavros's song "dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS," by Toby "Radiation" Fox. Its musical connection to Rufioh is mostly open for interpretation. This song's alternate name in my own album is "La Tauromaquia," meaning "bullfighting" in Spanish. + rockytoad: + When I was figuring out what th draw for the song, I did pay attention to the song's name and also alternate name. Hearing "weeaboo" made me want to put kitty ears on Rufioh, but I scrapped that idea and instea dfocussed on the bullfighting aspect of the song first and foremost. Since Rufioh is kind of a silly character, I thught that it'd be great to gie him one of those little pony riding sticks with a bull for the head. After I finished drawing the main part of the drawing, I was still trying to figure out how to incorporate "weeaboo"-ness into it. Well, weeaboo makes me think of kitties and anime, so my mind went to Nyan Cat. Perfect, I thought, I'll add some Goold Ol' Nyan Cat rainbows, haha. And then, of course, glitter becaus anime. It came out really colorful and I'm happy with it. --- Track: Life With Peace Artist: Mathias Ramalho Duration: '3:47' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/life-with-peace +- https://youtu.be/6wI9Eii7nBc +Cover Artists: +- enjistier Art Tags: - Kankri - Damara @@ -478,128 +483,125 @@ Art Tags: - Kurloz - Cronus - Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/life-with-peace -- https://youtu.be/6wI9Eii7nBc Commentary: |- Mathias Ramalho: Based on my 1st piano composition I made a long time ago, called Memories. It goes very well with the Beforan trolls and with Homestuck! enjistier: This track is about the Beforus trolls before the game. I really wanted to focus on them and who they are, so I chose to draw their hands and what I thought they would look like based on their personalities. I had a lot of fun thinking about how to portray them. I think my favorite has to be Meenah's or Meulin's. Sometimes, it's easy to forget that they were just another bunch of kids trying to have a good time. -Cover Artists: -- enjistier --- Track: Lullaby for a Day Artist: TempiTunes Duration: '1:14' -Art Tags: -- Meulin URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lullaby-for-a-day - https://youtu.be/DPNJequRues +Cover Artists: +- Winter +Art Tags: +- Meulin Commentary: |- TempiTunes: This was originally going to be a song for Meulin but it ended up going in a completely different direction, so instead of scrapping it I turned it into something else. The title is meant to be a reference to how trolls sleep during the day. Winter: My assignment for this track was to draw the alpha trolls sleeping peacefully; however, due to size restraints, I went for Meulin, given that the track was originally for her. The peaceful atmosphere of this song led to me using a very warm, dawn-like colour palette, which I really enjoyed doing! In all this was a really fun track to illustrate! -Cover Artists: -- Winter --- Track: Before We Enter Artist: Ducky Senpai Duration: '2:43' -Art Tags: -- Meenah URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/before-we-enter - https://youtu.be/3zoAtUFEsqA +Cover Artists: +- Kayson Spinazzola +Art Tags: +- Meenah Commentary: |- Ducky Senpai: When asked to make a song for the Beforun trolls' entrance into their session, I decided to utilize my tried-and-true method of composing my best music: basically, I winged it. Nevertheless, this song is meant to be like a ballad, but I'll leave the detailed interpretation of the story it tells up to you, the listenre, and your presumably adept imagination. Kayson Spinazzola: The inspiration for this piece is surpisingly straight-forward. When I listened to the music, this was the picture that popped into my head, no matter how many imtes I played the song, so the direction was clear. Besides that; I can't imagine Meenah looking anything but exactly like this while downloading the game. -Cover Artists: -- Kayson Spinazzola --- Track: For Beforus Artist: Nate Tronerud Duration: '8:02' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/for-beforus +- https://youtu.be/IbRIN0vjlv4 +Cover Artists: +- Lovisa Lassen Art Tags: - Damara - Mituna - Meulin - Latula - Aranea -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/for-beforus -- https://youtu.be/IbRIN0vjlv4 Commentary: |- Nate Tronerud: The Beforans' session on Skaia was doomed before it began. Beforus looms in front of us as we slowly zoom in on the planet itself, when, at the critical moment, we cut to Meenah and the gang. As they desperately avoid getting killed in the Cataclysm, their path to the Medium is laid bare. Once there, they go through their trials, from locating their denizens, to frog breeding, and to the required ectoplasmic shenanigans. But when it becomes clear that their sesison is bound for a Scratch, Meenah is forced to make a terrible decision. Lovisa Lassen: For Beforus was about the doomed nature of the session and I wanted to show it with a picture of the instrument for scratching the session, the big music box in the Land of Quartz and Melody, and the Quills of Echidna, the means of creating the scratch. The track starts out very positively, and I wanted to includ ethat hopefulness by adding more characters in the picture that as of yet don't feel the threat of the failing session looming over them. -Cover Artists: -- Lovisa Lassen --- Track: Battlepump Artist: Elanor Pam Duration: '3:48' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/battlepump +- https://youtu.be/4f6Q_dgicDE +Cover Artists: +- Rebecca Peason Art Tags: - Kankri - Karkat - 'cw: blood (abstract)' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/battlepump -- https://youtu.be/4f6Q_dgicDE Commentary: |- Puala Vieira: This track was my third composition for the coloUrs and mayhem contest; I'd recently discovered FL studio and basically went nuts over it. Perhaps because I finally had so many options and tolls at my disposal, this track was by far the hardest for me to realize, not helped by the fact that it was originally a theme for my favorite character, Karkat. I wanted it to be perfect! Or at least awesome! This perfectionism meant I could never settle on what I wanted. Over the years I kept coming back to it, tweaking here, poking there, always feeling like it was incomplete (or perhaps over done); in the end I shaved off several bars, redid the percussion line and tweaked velocity until I cried uncle. Is it better know? I don't know! It's been looping for so long I can't even tell anymore... Rebecca Peason: This song definitely brings me the image of the Land of Pulse and Haze, but in kind of a chill meandering kind of way. It feels more like some kind of exploration than a time sensitive game track to me. So I wanted to try to get that feeling, appreciate the landscape and have a Vantas presence but an ambiguity to who it is exploring this landscape. I also wanted to go with something that looked more like it came from the cmoic than some other pieces. I know I'm quite pleased with the result and had a lot of fun. I wouldn't mind revisiting some other lands in future pieces. -Cover Artists: -- Rebecca Peason --- Track: March 9f the Insuffera6le Artist: Toris Crow Duration: '2:37' -Art Tags: -- Kankri URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/march-9f-the-insuffera6le - https://youtu.be/IMeTDzd34MY +Cover Artists: +- ARTistotel +Art Tags: +- Kankri Commentary: |- Toris Crow: This piece was written for Kankri Vantas. It was made as a march because marches signify authority and Kankri attempts to command the respect of his fellow teammates throughout his session. The faster parts represent that his calm demeanor can be easily shattered by his short temper. I used piano and violin to connect it to the song that I had made ealrier for Porrim called "Antevo+rta." This song's alternate name in my own album is "The Pariah." ARTistotel: The idea behind the picture was tightly tied to the piece itself, and author's descrption. Kankri is trying to be a leader, but all his protection falls back on the civilization long lost and destroyed - taht's why it's Beforan skulls marching right after him. His leadership, his protection is aimed more at dusty pieces and bits of no longer existing Beforan society, rather than his friends in afterlife. -Cover Artists: -- ARTistotel --- Track: Land of Cruisin and Bruisin Artist: Nate Tronerud Duration: '3:00' -Art Tags: -- Cronus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-cruisin-and-bruisin - https://youtu.be/cRdYzJrusmI +Cover Artists: +- Amelia G. +Art Tags: +- Cronus Commentary: |- Nate Tronerud: Driving a fast car with the top down, Cronus flies down the speedway with a brilliant pixelated city on the horizon as his backdrop. With the moon and stars hanging in the sky, fireworks celebrate his every lap while crowds cheer and hold up signs bearing his name. Amelia G.: I tried to capture the feeling of this very fun song with bright colors and hard edges to give it a bit of a cartoon/video game feel. I haven't drawn many cars, so that was a challenge, as well as trying to limit lines by using solid colors. Ah Cronus... Gotta dig the vwiolet ride. -Cover Artists: -- Amelia G. --- Track: Rust Witch Artist: Ollie Duration: '2:39' -Art Tags: -- Damara URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rust-witch - https://youtu.be/Glf9fYFuoDo +Cover Artists: +- JulietCee +Art Tags: +- Damara Commentary: |- Ollie: I did this track way back in 2013 I think? Maybe early 2014 back when my computer with my music program still worked. Hah. It all sort of originated with a wager, that I couldn't produce a better Tavros song than the one on the official album. And of course, being the huge procrastinator that I am, I never did. But I did however get the idea to do my own album for the songs of the Beforan Trolls. Again, procrastination got the better of me, but this project came along and almost took the workload I had give nmyself off my shoulders and still gave me an opportunity to showcase what I had done for Damara. It does have the traditional Eastern Asian sound to it with the pentatonic scale, and that's what the song was based upon. Also ghosts. Because spoopy. @@ -607,50 +609,50 @@ Commentary: |- I wanted to reflect the sort of spooky feel of the track in this piece, so I thught "what better way to do it than drawing The Scratch, with all those flashing blue lights?" It was a lot of fun to draw, and I like drawing Damara. Blackhole: (Blackhole here! Just dropping in to point out that, as the Witch of Time, it does make sense that Damara would have the only achronological track art of Disc 2! I suppose she's getting ahead on the timeline action by jumping back to earlier in the session. The Scratch is yet to come!) -Cover Artists: -- JulietCee --- Track: Caligomancy Artist: Blackhole Duration: '6:12' -Art Tags: -- Horuss URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/caligomancy - https://youtu.be/SgYutMHKP3E +Cover Artists: +- Cakelets +Art Tags: +- Horuss Commentary: |- Blackhole: I decided to try something different for this one. Horuss for me, despite his humorous characterisation, has always had this sort of aura about him, this cloud of smoke and steam - a sort of sense of an industrial force wrapped up in this one, lonely individual. His steam automata and his manner, naturally brooding beneath the forced cheerful exterior, almost feel like Equius but somehow more mature, with more gravitas. I tried to put all that into this track. It's a lot more slow moving and atmospheric than my usual work. I imagine a steam engine locomotive building up speed, slow but inexorable, and impossible to stop once unerway. Fun fact; free steam samples are hard to find. Aside from the one locomotive sound effect I did manage to source, most of the pneumatic hiss you hear is in fact me blowing on my microphone. Cakelets: When I heard this track the first thing that came to me was an industrial vibe so I tried to stick with that impression by adding the steam and darker colros coupled with the bright orange. This piece was also very atmospheric so I tried to emulate that by having the smoke almost engulfing Horuss as well as adding the fkecls of black to represent oil and further the industrial feel of the piece. I hope you all can look at this art along with the music and see the more mature and thoughtful side of Horuss. -Cover Artists: -- Cakelets --- Track: Land of Rad Tricks and Gnarly Odorless Things Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin Duration: '3:24' -Art Tags: -- Latula URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-rad-tricks-and-gnarly-odorless-things - https://youtu.be/xgnX1OhoVGo +Cover Artists: +- Gillian Pascasio +Art Tags: +- Latula Commentary: |- Laurent Désautels-Séguin: The first thing I have to say is that the name of the song is awesome. Also, this is my favorite track I made for the project. Again with the «cool dangerous» vibe. This time, I worked hard for nice percussions. I also tried to do a song with a lot of variety while using with recurring riffs. Something I tried is a pad solo in the middle of the song. Gillian Pascasio: So rad, even the ramps are skateboards. The special-effects explosions that come with this land, thankfully, have no scent. Bright colors are especially dangerous and I thought they suited the track, and I ran with my tried-and-tested graphic style! -Cover Artists: -- Gillian Pascasio --- Track: Scratchless Scraps Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '2:59' -Art Tags: -- Carapacians URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scratchless-scraps - https://youtu.be/Bx61_UiKAVI +Cover Artists: +- Neiratina +Art Tags: +- Carapacians Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: I have a quiet love for carapaces, so this track was a lot of fun to work on! I took inspiration from the official "The Wanderers" album, one of my favorite albums in the Homestuck discography. I was particularly inspired by the album's electronic and Arabic kind of style, which definitely fits the theme of a desert-like landscape in the ruins of a technologically advanced civilization. @@ -658,12 +660,15 @@ Commentary: |- (Of course, there's still the issue of Spades Slick eventually shooting a bullet and destroying the entire universe... yikes. Guess they can worry about that later...?) Neiratina: I've always liked the juxtaposition between photography and illustrations drawn on top of them, especially creatures and critters interacting with everyday objects as if they were part of our routine, something unseen but still among us. For this piece, I wanted to create something similar, but with a little twist. I wanted both worlds to fuse and be a part of each other. And to answer the "what ifs" by presenting another question: what if, years in the future (but not many) our own universe becomes their reality? -Cover Artists: -- Neiratina --- Track: Skaia Ad Infinitum Artist: Seijen Duration: '5:19' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaia-ad-infinitum +- https://youtu.be/Iwr1yI5G5mA +Cover Artists: +- Lovisa Lassen Art Tags: - Kankri - Damara @@ -677,43 +682,43 @@ Art Tags: - Kurloz - Cronus - Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaia-ad-infinitum -- https://youtu.be/Iwr1yI5G5mA Commentary: |- Seijen: 3 days before the finalization of my track marked one year since I took on to music production. I formed a soundcloud with a friend and we went from there. To this day I have no real definitive style (neither of us do really), but I wanted to work on Hardstyle to get my foot in the door. I wasn't all too successful, and I often don't ever finish projects. Once I saw news of the fan album, it gave me reason to create a track. This track was a twice failed and shelved project. It finally bloomed into what it is now. Really I just want to thank the Beforus team for having me here. THis endeavor really gave me hope and reason behind my production. This is my first major step into the realm of music production. Shout out to Xavier, you're like a brother to me. Lovisa Lassen: For Skaia Ad Infinitum I wanted to include the classic spirograph defense portal symbol (in purple as opposed to the Alternia trolls' blue ones, for its symbolism) and Skaia itself, while also showing some tidbits of the Beforus trolls' session of Sgrub that we know about through the portal, since the track is about Skaia watching over the session. As the track art took on a center focused composition I also included the planets and moons of the session, and it also tied it back to Skaia again with it in the center. -Cover Artists: -- Lovisa Lassen --- Track: Formant (Sprite Chorus Mix) Artist: Blackhole Duration: '4:19' -Art Tags: -- Meenah URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/formant-sprite-chorus-mix - https://youtu.be/bA0Y8wakRXQ +Cover Artists: +- Sigourney Martin +Art Tags: +- Meenah +Referenced Tracks: +- track:chorale-for-jaspers Commentary: |- Blackhole: This song is a result of me playing around with the theme from [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale for Jaspers]] and stumbling upon a particular preset for one of my synthesizers, "Formant", for which I later named the song. The music sounded so great with that particular synth that I decided to build an entire song around it, and completed Formant in its entirety pretty much later that day. Whilst I originally billed it as a Jasprose theme when she made her debut, for Beforus I've repurposed it as a more general sprite theme that would work for the Beforan session sprites. This album version is extended with a longer intro, and features cleaner audio without the static! Sigourney Martin: Hey! I'm Siggy and I'm honored to make art for the Beforus album. Listening to this song made me think of the colour pink and Meenah being the best pink troll on the block, I decided to make the picture all pink. -Cover Artists: -- Sigourney Martin -Referenced Tracks: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers --- Track: The Explored Ruins Artist: RowBird, one-imperfect-rose Duration: '2:58' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: eye horror' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-explored-ruins - https://youtu.be/QD89pyXd-m4 +Cover Artists: +- Neiratina +Art Tags: +- 'cw: eye horror' +Referenced Tracks: +- track:explore +- track:ruins Commentary: |- RowBird: This song was composed with the intent of having a "Homestuck" feel to it, while being my own creation at the same time. The floating left-hand chord pattern that is heard throughout the song is inspired by [[Flare]], and [[Three in the Morning]]. The piano portion was composed before I even knew of the fan album, so it was mostly in the additional elements (the strings, woodwinds, percussion, etc.) that the character was shaped. @@ -721,115 +726,115 @@ Commentary: |- Neiratina: The real challenge about illustrating this song was the fact that it depicted so many different emotions I couldn't just choose one to stand out from all the rest. Together, they spoke of a lifetime summed up in one melody. In the end, I felt like it was a revelation: the experience of having your life flash before your eyes. "The Explored Ruins" doesn't necessarily need to be referring to a physical place, I realized. What about the ruins of your own existence? Since both Damara and Horuss played such important roles in Rufioh's life, I really wanted to include them in what ended up being not so metaphorical objects: the roses, representing passion but also strangling, hurting love; and the arrows, symbolizing a new union and a new direction. Yet, in the end, everything fades away with one last Breath. How suitable. -Cover Artists: -- Neiratina -Referenced Tracks: -- track:explore -- track:ruins --- Track: Shipping Implicatpuns Artist: rest✩taurus Duration: '3:47' -Art Tags: -- Meulin URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shipping-implicatpuns - https://youtu.be/1BbsZunxh9o +Cover Artists: +- shu +Art Tags: +- Meulin Commentary: |- rest✩taurus: This song was composed in LSDJ on my gameboy, and recorded in Pro Tools! This chiptune piece shows how I imagine Meulin's thought process is as she considers romance... scary, bubbly, cte. The title for this track was almost "Soothshipper"; luckily, quotes from canon save me from hard decisions every time. shu: In keeping with the gameboy/chiptune theme I decided to go for a retro game aesthetic with the color pallet and the cell shading. Other than that, I just wanted to draw a cute Meulin! -Cover Artists: -- shu --- Track: Dear Heart Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks Duration: '6:42' -Art Tags: -- Porrim -- Aranea URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dear-heart - https://youtu.be/A5t4p9KoT_M +Cover Artists: +- Danna Vital +Art Tags: +- Porrim +- Aranea Commentary: |- Dallas Ross Hicks: A song for a romance between a confident lover and someone not used to being loved. Written in 6/8 time (Maryams are 6th on the hemospectrum, Serkets the 8th), this piece reflects the affairs between the jade and ceruleanbloods of the Homestuck story: short but passionate. The song suggests an invitation to dance; the initial hesitation of the cymbals show, in this case, Aranea's feelings of uncertainty in the presence of an experienced byt ukind red romancer in Porrim but, over time, she learns to trust the jadeblood and allows herself to be led into a brief but intense concupiscent relationship. Danna Vital: I contacted Dallas as aoon as I got this track assigned to me, he's been a part of the creative process since the beginning and I think in the end we got an art piece that shows how complex yet romantic and passionate the relationships between the Maryams and Serkets can be which is exactly what we were both going for, hope you enjoy! -Cover Artists: -- Danna Vital --- Track: Look Into The Future Artist: rest✩taurus Duration: '1:47' -Art Tags: -- Porrim -- Aranea URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/look-into-the-future - https://youtu.be/TeDHy67SFc0 +Cover Artists: +- Cakelets +Art Tags: +- Porrim +- Aranea Commentary: |- rest✩taurus: The track is named after how Aranea spoke about her fling with Porrim. That a Sylph of Light could have "looked into the future" and decided getting comfy with our dear Maid of Space was the right course of action for a time... it caught my interest, and fanned my love for this pairing. I was originally considering writing something more lively, like an instruental sea shanty, but I decided that solace fit the two best. I imagine it wasn't a loud or busy relationship, and so neither is the track. My concurrent goal was the ncourage listeners to look into the future themselves. Just a track to take a breath to, look at the sky to, contemplate. At the very least, to imagine this pair doing so, in their time together. I wonder what pulled them apart? Cakelets: This track is really a soft and soothing melody so I wanted to use a soft and soothing color pallet. I also really wanted to focus on Aranea and Porrim since the piece was written about their fling. I really love quiet music so as soon as I heard the song I knew I wanted to make an image that was more on the simple side with cool colors to evoke the feeling of serenity. I hope you can look at the art with the song and feel the tranquility I was trying to get across! -Cover Artists: -- Cakelets --- Track: Cosmic Malfunction Artist: Ducky Senpai Duration: '2:29' -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- 'cw: corpse (abstract)' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic-malfunction - https://youtu.be/UvJkKGqzzqg +Cover Artists: +- Gilwing +Art Tags: +- Kankri +- 'cw: corpse (abstract)' Commentary: |- Ducky Senpai: This song was inspired by the glitch in the Beforan trolls' session, the event that caused most, if not all, the conflict in Homestuck (some by great extension). I've made music before relating to a similar topic ([[Void Session]]), but that was more relevant to the alpha kids. The functions and mechanics of Sburb has always been one of the most facinating aspects of the Homestuck universe to me, so it's always fun to explore that inspiration. Gilwing: The challenge here was to depict the glitch in the session itself, which is a pretty vague concept; the alpha trolls' ectobiology took place after the scratch, they weren't born in their own session. This is also Lord English's calling card, which is represented by the orb kinda looking like Scratch's head depicting the ectobiology lab in universe A2. I originally wanted to include all the trolls in the piece, but it was way too cluttered so I just went with their colors instead. I didn't want the whole thing to be about Kankri since this is about a game concept in general, but the reason I used him was becuase to my (questionable) knowledge, he probably would've been the ectobiologist if their session wasn't glitched, like Karkat. This was definitely a challenge but I'm honored to illustrate for such an incredible track! -Cover Artists: -- Gilwing --- Track: Hypnagogia Artist: Nate Tronerud Duration: '2:58' -Art Tags: -- Kurloz URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hypnagogia - https://youtu.be/tZJxO_gPxys +Cover Artists: +- Rebecca Peason +Art Tags: +- Kurloz Commentary: |- Nate Tronerud: Kurloz awakens, but cannot sleep. He dreams, but cannot wake. Rebecca Peason: Listening to this track, I had the distinct image of Kurloz falling through sopor slime into the void. Not long after, the dream self between being asleep in his cocoon on Beforus and the kingdom of Prospit was an overwhelming image. It certainly called for something that looked a bit dramatic and fuzzy, the way things feel when you aren't sure if you're awake or dreaming and in that state where you can be stratled awake by the feeling you've crashed back onto the mattress, literally falling awake after just barely falling asleep. -Cover Artists: -- Rebecca Peason --- Track: 50M3 GR347 4C7 0F H3R015M Artist: Toris Crow Duration: '2:15' -Art Tags: -- Mituna -- 'cw: eye horror' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/50m3-gr347-4c7-0f-h3r015m - https://youtu.be/qdEHQ01rDs4 +Cover Artists: +- Gene +Art Tags: +- Mituna +- 'cw: eye horror' Commentary: |- Toris Crow: This was written specifically as a theme fro Mituna Captor. I wrote it as a chiptune based loosely off of the Mega Man soundtrack because of Mituna's canon nickname, "Mega Man Sollux." This song was my first test for some chiptune percussion I found in the depths of my hard drive, and thus is alternatively named "Test Track" in one of my own albums. The actual name came from Aranea's short biography on him from Openbound, in which she states that "some great act of heroism" is what burnt out his psychic powers and shattered his mind. Gene: Mituna's track revolves around the event that caused him to lose his power, which is what I've chosen to depict. I decided to translate the chiptune into something visuall resembling a computer error, mirroring the "error" in Mituna's brain. -Cover Artists: -- Gene --- Track: Time's Apostate Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '2:07' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/times-apostate +- https://youtu.be/rF6igEUxuX8 +Cover Artists: +- Sam Garcia Art Tags: - Damara - Aranea @@ -839,90 +844,85 @@ Art Tags: - Meulin - Latula - Horuss -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/times-apostate -- https://youtu.be/rF6igEUxuX8 Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: Dan (also known as aradia-symmetry, author of aradiawheresheshouldbe and rosewheresheshouldbe.tumblr.com) commissioned me back in October 2013 for a song about Damara Megido. The song ended up quite spooky, because after all, he did commission it on October 31. I relied on the shakuhachi and cello and, per Dan's request, a pulsing synth bass to create the brooding, melancholy atmosphere I felt best reflected Damara's inner coldness and despesrate nihilism. Sam Garcia: when i listened to the song the first thing that came into my mind was Damara sabotaging the alpha session, so the main focus of the drawing is a smug god tier damara doing that! the clock behind her is symbolical to how she is corrupting time itself and the session, and the cracks are the points in the timeline in which Damara has sabotaged it. I had a lot of fun drawing this and I hope you like the drawing. cheers! c: -Cover Artists: -- Sam Garcia --- Track: Antevo+rta Artist: Toris Crow Duration: '2:07' -Art Tags: -- Porrim -- Matriorb URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/antevo-rta - https://youtu.be/0vS8VNy71vU +Cover Artists: +- Fayghost +Art Tags: +- Porrim +- Matriorb Commentary: |- Toris Crow: This piece was written for Porrim Maryam. The instrumentation is based off of her two themes, [[Jade Mother]] and [[Darling Dolorosa]], which both feature piano and violin. The actual meaning of the song is open for interpretation because I went mostly off of feelings when writing it. Its name comes from the goddess of childbirth and prophecy, Antevorta, whose alternate name is Porrima. This song's alternative name in my own album is "Glass Heart." Fayghost: This illustration stumped me. Porrim's character is more thematic than it is concrete, and such an open-ended premise left me chasing down a few false starts in the piece's design. The failure of Porrim's role as maid of space nonetheless contributed to events on a massive scale. Ignition does not mean success. Finally I found something I think captures it all without being too obvious. -Cover Artists: -- Fayghost --- Track: 7UN3 Artist: Princezz Duration: '2:40' -Art Tags: -- Mituna URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/7un3 - https://youtu.be/EZi3qTTb5es +Cover Artists: +- ARTistotel +Art Tags: +- Mituna Commentary: |- Princezz: I wanted to make a Homestuck fan song after listening to so many others, so I decided to give it a try. I started with using whatever free music programs I could find, and editing the sounds in Audacity. I thought it sounded quite good for something made from a few bad programs. I had to decide which of the Alpha Trolls this song would suit most, and decided on Mituna because of the electronic-ness of the song. It may have also suited Latula as well. I don't think it would go well with the other trolls. ARTistotel: Since there was no very set-in-stone backstory on this composition, I decided to use that freedom well and just go with flow, and it turned to be one of pieces I've had most fun doing - ever! I really loved the electronica feel of the track, and decided to use a limited palette and play with lines. -Cover Artists: -- ARTistotel --- Track: CHEATER PAN Artist: David Burkee Duration: '3:01' -Art Tags: -- Damara -- Rufioh URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cheater-pan - https://youtu.be/rqxWDyxIT-8 -Commentary: |- - David Burkee: - I thought of how I would direct the track on my way to the shop actually. I ws listening to coloUrs and mayhem and I was just like "these would work well together." The beginning of the track is how the "accident" (read: damara's insatiable fury) happened, going on to Horuss and Rufioh building a relationship as he worked on the latter's body, which devolved into Rufioh's eternal, depressing grind through a mundane life, dating a guy he lost admiration for after the initial spark faded. - Robin: - The idea for this drawing was that I just really wanted to draw Damara and Rufioh meeting up after his head's been placed ona robot horse. Nothing much really! I've always had a soft spot for Megidos so adding her in was absolutely necessary. Cover Artists: - Robin +Art Tags: +- Damara +- Rufioh Referenced Tracks: - Rust Maid - psych0ruins - Indigo Heir - Bronze Rebel - dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, +Commentary: |- + David Burkee: + I thought of how I would direct the track on my way to the shop actually. I ws listening to coloUrs and mayhem and I was just like "these would work well together." The beginning of the track is how the "accident" (read: damara's insatiable fury) happened, going on to Horuss and Rufioh building a relationship as he worked on the latter's body, which devolved into Rufioh's eternal, depressing grind through a mundane life, dating a guy he lost admiration for after the initial spark faded. + Robin: + The idea for this drawing was that I just really wanted to draw Damara and Rufioh meeting up after his head's been placed ona robot horse. Nothing much really! I've always had a soft spot for Megidos so adding her in was absolutely necessary. --- Track: DAMiterNEIGHtions Artist: rest✩taurus Duration: '1:50' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/damiterneightions +- https://youtu.be/eb1V8l2bswU +Cover Artists: +- magnoliajades Art Tags: - Damara - Rufioh - Horuss -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/damiterneightions -- https://youtu.be/eb1V8l2bswU Commentary: |- rest✩taurus: Parsing this one out makes "Damn" "Iterations" + a horse pun. This track was the one that hung around in concept the longest of any of my tracks, but came together the last of them. The original idea was to explore Horuss' own introspections, but that alone wsn't compelling me nearly enough. In the end, connecting Damara's and Horuss' struggles in one musical trainwreck was what propelled me forward. Rufioh takes a back seat to the insecurities and raw emotion of his past and present lovers, existing in tandem. I get the feeling that the session itself weighed heaviest on these two, one doomed to undo it at every turn, and the other to be swallowed up whole in pieces of hismelf. I aimed to convey this through the uncanny, grating musical landscape of the track. It is probably my favorite of the bunch. magnoliajades: One of my first thoughts while I was sketching this piece was the silly nature homestuck tends to express even in its more conflicting parts of story. Capturing that light-heartedness was a goal, and doing so while staying true to the track's ominous tone became a challenge. Hopefully together, they give off a "Calm before the storm" vibe. Admittingly, re-listening to this track after I finished making art for it made it sound cooler than it already was. -Cover Artists: -- magnoliajades --- Track: With the Fishes Artist: articulatelyComposed @@ -933,44 +933,44 @@ Contributors: - Daniel Angstadt (violin) - Alexandria Kemp (cello) Duration: '2:58' -Art Tags: -- Damara -- Meenah URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/with-the-fishes - https://youtu.be/dUE8KR7XJFs +Cover Artists: +- VT Stark +Art Tags: +- Damara +- Meenah Commentary: |- Anna Marcus-Hecht: With the Fishes is a piece that shows the turmoil that Damara went through directly after her breakup with Rufioh and whilst Meenah was bullying her. The vibraphone represetns Damara and her actions, the bell-like sounds showing how fragile she is feeling, while the loud, brash chords of the marimba shows Meenah's incessant cruelty. The final chord, or more accurately, cluster of notes, is Damara's final snap. It is the thing breaking inside her leading her to attack Meenah and Rufioh. The title "With the Fishes" has a dual meaning in this case: the obvious meaning of Damara interacting with Meenah, and that "sleping with the fishes" is a phrase that signifies that someone's dead, which seemed appropriate since Damara's experiences have left her almost dead inside. I hope you all enjoy this piece! VT Stark: I wanted to really capture Damara's pre-snap personality here. She's got orange cloth over her eyes, representing how she feels she's been blind regarding what Rufioh has been up to. Meenah's hand is holding onto her throat, yet Damara remains oddly tranquil. SHe's fighting to work through all of this no matter how much it hurts. But in the end, she can only hold on so much for so long. And that's when the expression is less peaceful, more internally dead. -Cover Artists: -- VT Stark --- Track: Timeout Artist: psithurist Duration: '4:40' -Art Tags: -- Damara -- Aranea -- Meenah -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/timeout - https://youtu.be/OEJ4XmwS1n0 -Commentary: |- - psithurist: - For my piece, I wanted to write for an obscure part of the story that we only really hear about through exposition in Openbound: the duel between Damara and Meenah. Damara ends up killing Meenah (the section around 2:08), who is saved by Aranea (the final round), carrying her to her Quest Cocoon so she can Get the Tiger (the ending section). Damara and Aranea don't really have canonised themes, so I composed my own motif for Damara, and referenced Fuchsia Ruler for Meenah, and Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! for Aranea (technically a Vriska theme, but they're both spider girls, gimme a 8r8k ;;;;) ). I actually started writing this track without a theme in mind, only really knowing it was going to be a battle theme, so the working title was "beforan beatdown". The whole track uses original synth sounds made with Magical8BitPlug and NES VST, except the drums, which are sampled from Secret of Mana, and the piano. - Rebecca Peason: - I always found Damara's sudden madness very interesting. By all accounts, she used to be a sweet girl until finally snapping and fighting Meenah. Aranea's involvement, however, has always been interesting to me. She, of course, brought Meenah to a quest bed, but I always wanted to explore the ambiguity of her involvement. Whether it was just to drag Meenah away or a decision to nudge along a friend suffering in silence to take action, who can really say. A bloody battle, a bully beaten, and a girl freed from her silence. I wanted this piece to show Aranea's ambiguous involvement and the terror that Damara had become. Cover Artists: - Rebecca Peason +Art Tags: +- Damara +- Aranea +- Meenah +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - track:MeGaLoVania - Fuchsia Ruler - Penumbra Phantasm - Flare - Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! +Commentary: |- + psithurist: + For my piece, I wanted to write for an obscure part of the story that we only really hear about through exposition in Openbound: the duel between Damara and Meenah. Damara ends up killing Meenah (the section around 2:08), who is saved by Aranea (the final round), carrying her to her Quest Cocoon so she can Get the Tiger (the ending section). Damara and Aranea don't really have canonised themes, so I composed my own motif for Damara, and referenced Fuchsia Ruler for Meenah, and Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! for Aranea (technically a Vriska theme, but they're both spider girls, gimme a 8r8k ;;;;) ). I actually started writing this track without a theme in mind, only really knowing it was going to be a battle theme, so the working title was "beforan beatdown". The whole track uses original synth sounds made with Magical8BitPlug and NES VST, except the drums, which are sampled from Secret of Mana, and the piano. + Rebecca Peason: + I always found Damara's sudden madness very interesting. By all accounts, she used to be a sweet girl until finally snapping and fighting Meenah. Aranea's involvement, however, has always been interesting to me. She, of course, brought Meenah to a quest bed, but I always wanted to explore the ambiguity of her involvement. Whether it was just to drag Meenah away or a decision to nudge along a friend suffering in silence to take action, who can really say. A bloody battle, a bully beaten, and a girl freed from her silence. I wanted this piece to show Aranea's ambiguous involvement and the terror that Damara had become. --- Track: Game Lost Artist: Sean William Calhoun @@ -978,6 +978,11 @@ Contributors: - Jeremy Couture (cello) - KingCochino (cello recording) Duration: '4:13' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/game-lost +- https://youtu.be/6g6hOeBSFr4 +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam Art Tags: - Kankri - Damara @@ -991,9 +996,6 @@ Art Tags: - Kurloz - Cronus - Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/game-lost -- https://youtu.be/6g6hOeBSFr4 Commentary: |- Sean William Calhoun: ARANEA: You look into the future and see a life lasting for may8e thousands of sweeps, with nothing to look forward to," @@ -1002,17 +1004,20 @@ Commentary: |- Choosing what to depict in this image was a struggle. The song itself brings such a sense of grim finality! Ultimately, I ran with the moment that kickstarted the Beforan's even longer wait; the remains of the destroyed battlefield hangi n the sky as the defeated trolls await their impending doom. Jeremy Couture: This song is rogeous! The unexpected harmonies and chord changes grab your attention and keep you listening until the very end. It was a lot of fun to be able to record the cello solo for this song. The simple melody of the solo, along with the harmonies of the piano and other strings is really quite moving. It is a great pleasure to be a part of this song and album! -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam --- Track: Press A to Reset Artist: Private I. Duration: '2:45' -Art Tags: -- Damara URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/press-a-to-reset - https://youtu.be/D_lrUCCtLA8 +Cover Artists: +- oxfordroulette +Art Tags: +- Damara +Referenced Tracks: +- Hate You +- Theme Commentary: |- Private I.: Let's face it. Even though most of the Beforan session was allegedly sloppy teen romance, the end of it was awesome. They literally went out with a bang. So I thought, what if the whole session was made into an 8-bit NES game? This tune is the on cellosupposed theme of the final stage of BEFORUS: The Game. Or something. Sorry, I suck at names. @@ -1020,11 +1025,6 @@ Commentary: |- I used FamiTracker to make the legitimate 8-bit sound. "Hate You" by Toby "Radiation" Fox and "Alternia" by Seth "Beatfox" Peelle ("Theme" by Toby "Radiation Fox") was used in the track. I had a great time making this song, and I hope you guys enjoy it too! :) oxfordroulette: I tried to make this image like some kind of classy high-res 8-bit shoutout to match with the song. The color scheme was inspired by wathcing a two year old draw all over the wall with neon glitter crayons. -Cover Artists: -- oxfordroulette -Referenced Tracks: -- Hate You -- Theme --- Track: The Scratch Before The Calm Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin @@ -1032,17 +1032,22 @@ Duration: '5:33' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-scratch-before-the-calm - https://youtu.be/gS0IKk1MVO0 +Cover Artists: +- Scarodactyl Commentary: |- Laurent Désautels-Séguin: This song is divided in 3 parts: everything is sad and not going well - They enter the palace for the Scratch and it's mysterious - The Scratch begins and it's intense. For the sad part, it's just sad chords. For the mysterious parts, I used a lot of mysterious arpeggios and delay effects. For the Scratch, I used a lot of bitcrush, dramatic arpeggios, and I reused chords from the sad part and arpeggios from the mysterious parts because the Scratch is mixing things. I was inspired by the music of Steven Universe for the style of mysterious arpeggios. I think the music of the series did a great job with how they represent dangerous mystical stuff. I created all the sounds with NI Massive, used Replika for delay and Decimort for bitcrush. I had a lot of fun doing these songs and I hope that you liked it! Scarodactyl: I was really happy wit hthis song from when I first put on this song and heard the slow, ominous opening. I think it really captures the sense of dread and mystery that surrounds the Scratch. Though the song has a three-part structure, visually I wanted to focus on the event itself. We only briefly see this in the comic, and it's a very striking scene. It was a lot of fun to draw the gigantic music box at the center of everything, and the various lighting effects were an interesting challenge. -Cover Artists: -- Scarodactyl --- Track: Voided Artist: Cyclostome Duration: '2:22' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/voided +- https://youtu.be/OA5E_Q3fgIk +Cover Artists: +- slitherbot Art Tags: - Kankri - Damara @@ -1056,114 +1061,111 @@ Art Tags: - Kurloz - Cronus - Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/voided -- https://youtu.be/OA5E_Q3fgIk Commentary: |- Cyclostome: The majority of the Beforus trolls are introduced inside the dream bubbles, a construct of paradox space. In my track, I used deep thrumming tones and a mournful temor melody to simulate the feeling of being alone in space and of being alone in the universe. The ghosts of the Beforus trolls who we meet in-game live widely in the past. I strove to create a melancholy atmosphere that would be reflective and ambient, just as the dream bubbles create a reflective space for characters to dwell in memories. Instruments used: Tenor saxophone, ukulele
DAWs used: Audacity
Equipment used: iPhone 5c, Toshiba laptop slitherbot: while listening to the track i could feel how melancholic it was, and that inspired me, i wanted to have swirls and bubbles over somewhat of the view of prospit/derse with the 12 trolls standing silhouetted! i tried to create the same feel as the song with the art. -Cover Artists: -- slitherbot --- Track: Dream Around Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin Duration: '1:59' -Art Tags: -- Meenah URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dream-around - https://youtu.be/XxBq3CkAF50 +Cover Artists: +- enjistier +Art Tags: +- Meenah Commentary: |- Laurent Désautels-Séguin: This song is about the famous Openbound walkaround. I tried to do some automatic writing to represent the mood of the draem bubbles. I think that the soundtrack of Tekkon Kinkreet influenced me for the vibe of the song. Now is a good time to talk about the programs that I use. I'm using Massive for my sounds, Reaper to compose and I use the Replika delay and Decimort bitcrusher> The song ends with Lord English's theme because why not! enjistier: This track, I feel, well portrays Meenah's recruitment adventures as she learned about the characters of the Beforus trolls. I tried my best to capture the vast and colorful environments encased inside the dream bubbles that Meenah explored. The dream bubble is implied through the use of a circular frame, and you may notice the crack in the universe, a symbol of Lord English's impending threat. The world of Homestuck is always so wonderful, and I feel like people forget about it sometimes. I'm glad that fan musicians and artists can come together like this to create such beautiful works about something we love. -Cover Artists: -- enjistier --- Track: The Sylph is In Artist: Sara Stebbins Duration: '2:07' -Art Tags: -- Aranea URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sylph-is-in - https://youtu.be/96c21g3U15I +Cover Artists: +- Quietserval +Art Tags: +- Aranea +Referenced Tracks: +- Cobalt Corsair Commentary: |- Sara Stebbins: My track was inspired by Aranea's exposition booth in Openbound. I tried to go for a swing piano piece kind of in the vein of Charlie Brown, though I didn't adhere to that completely. I alsou sed themes from "Cobalt Corsair" on Colours and Mayhem Universe A. Basically, it was written to be something one could tap dance to. Quietserval: Because the song took themes from swing dancing and Aranea's expasition booth, I thought it would be fun for Aranea to cut loose in her own private library. -Cover Artists: -- Quietserval -Referenced Tracks: -- Cobalt Corsair --- Track: Vwiolet Vwelvwet Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks Duration: '3:31' -Art Tags: -- Cronus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/vwiolet-vwelvwet - https://youtu.be/fApD-AtQai0 +Cover Artists: +- Cro +Art Tags: +- Cronus Commentary: |- Dallas Ross Hicks: Cronus Ampora is in love with the 1950's era of Earth but wishes he could be in love with somebody. Anybody. This song captures the style of music from that time, starting with Cronus's generally pleasant mood but giving way to his overbearing on-the-make obnoxiousness that invariably drives people away. This doesn't make his loneliness any less real, which is illustrated at the end of the tune by a slow, sad finale. I grew up listening to this kind of music on my parents' radio so I really enjoyed bringing elements of my favourites from the Fifties to life in this song! Cro: It's amusing once more to be drawing Cronus; he's practically a staple for me. That being said, I had a challenging but workable idea of how I wanted to present the piece. Seeing Cronus on a quest for love but failing would eventually lead to that path of sulking, and that is presented within his gray, stormy scheme (that, and the 50's barely had much in color still). With the fact he's outside of a dream bubble (a watery, lily pad dream bubble) where a red string of fate passes, it's almost like he's fishing for a pirze without really getting any bites. T oget even deeper into this harshness, the fact that it's a dream bubble can only leave for his hopes to be trapped in that; a dream. Something that could come so close, yet so far, and he continues trying to get a fish to catch his hook. -Cover Artists: -- Cro --- Track: STRONG Like Hoofbeast Artist: theh0nestman Duration: '3:32' -Art Tags: -- Horuss URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strong-like-hoofbeast - https://youtu.be/rjm5pMs7I8I +Cover Artists: +- felicitousArtisan +Art Tags: +- Horuss Commentary: |- theh0nestman: I liked the strong man character type and wanted to take a simple piece of music and build strength. Also, robot guitar noises. felicitousArtisan: I wanted to capture both a sense of melancholy and also one of power and solidity so I went for something that resembles a Modernist statue or a piece of Communist Propaganda, but with a sad, thoughtful pose. The talky guitars gave the track a retro feel, which I also tried to work in with a bit of grunge too. It's kind of an uncharacteristically cool looking portrait of Horuss to match a track that has an understated strength and dtermination, creating a sense of tragedy since none of the Zahhaks seem to ever live up to the promise of their strength. -Cover Artists: -- felicitousArtisan --- Track: Whispering Chucklevoodoo Artist: Llyona Fang Duration: '2:26' -Art Tags: -- Meulin -- Kurloz URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/whispering-chucklevoodoo - https://youtu.be/2UjsD1IIDv0 -Commentary: |- - Llyona Fang: - A Meulin and Kurloz fansong. From its light-hearted and delicate beginning, it transitions into the mysterious sounds of an abandoned carnival. Out of the darkness, there rises an oblivious bliss, framed perfectly with the hint of a silent skeletal smile. - Ann-Marie Blackington: - A cheerful interaction between friends—or is it? My goal for this image is to show the insidious nature of Meulin and Kurloz's seemingly innocent relationship. Among the static lies a corrupted carnival abandoned years before, or perhaps never used? Unaware of the dark tendrils surrounding her, Meulin falls under the spell of her former matesprit's chucklevoodoo. Behind the stitches a menacing smile appears; in the distance, a silent prayer is lifted. Cover Artists: - Ann-Marie Blackington +Art Tags: +- Meulin +- Kurloz Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck Anthem - track:harlequin +Commentary: |- + Llyona Fang: + A Meulin and Kurloz fansong. From its light-hearted and delicate beginning, it transitions into the mysterious sounds of an abandoned carnival. Out of the darkness, there rises an oblivious bliss, framed perfectly with the hint of a silent skeletal smile. + Ann-Marie Blackington: + A cheerful interaction between friends—or is it? My goal for this image is to show the insidious nature of Meulin and Kurloz's seemingly innocent relationship. Among the static lies a corrupted carnival abandoned years before, or perhaps never used? Unaware of the dark tendrils surrounding her, Meulin falls under the spell of her former matesprit's chucklevoodoo. Behind the stitches a menacing smile appears; in the distance, a silent prayer is lifted. --- Track: 7UR8UL3N7 coll4bor4t1on Artist: laptopStrummer Duration: '4:43' -Art Tags: -- Mituna -- Latula URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/7ur8ul3n7-coll4bor4t1on - https://youtu.be/V6oyRTVTAi0 +Cover Artists: +- Sigourney Martin +Art Tags: +- Mituna +- Latula Commentary: |- laptopstrummer: This song is about Latula and Mituna relationship, it's a 3 part song that tells a story. @@ -1171,204 +1173,207 @@ Commentary: |- Thank you for listening !
laptopStrummer Sigourney Martin: Hey! It's Siggy! When I listened to this song for the first few times, I was thinking of having both Mituna and Latula in the ipcture, but I felt like just having Mituna with Latula's hands holding him made it a little more symbolic in a way? Bleh, I'm never good at that kind of stuff, but this was fun to make! -Cover Artists: -- Sigourney Martin --- Track: Solus Vates Artist: TempiTunes Duration: '1:46' -Art Tags: -- Kankri URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/solus-vates - https://youtu.be/lFk48v07XXc +Cover Artists: +- Sam Garcia +Art Tags: +- Kankri Commentary: |- TempiTunes: This song is meant to represent the relationship Kankri has with his friends. Due to what we've seen in comic, I picture Kankri to have a strained relationship with the other trolls, leaving him feeling left out more often than not. This piece starts out bravado with a crunchy organ, representing Kankri's own bravado and righteous outlook, transitioning into a sad and lonely bit of chimes and violin. The piece ends with warm strings (they are his friends after all), leaving with a callback to the lonely chimes. I titled this piece SOlus Vates, which is probably horrible Latin as I've never taken a course, buti t's meant to mean Lonely Seer/Prophet, relating to the left out and lonely feeling Kankri feels around his companions as well as his role as the Seer of Blood. Sam Garcia: when i heard the song i just felt sorry for kankri, it represents pretty well how lonely kankri felt in his timeline, so in the drawing i decided to put kankri in a place where he would have spent most of his time during beforus, and i thought a library or some sort of study would fit well! and at the corner of the table some colorful flowers to represent his friends that are kinda with him. i had a lot of fun drawing this! i hope you like the drawing ^^ -Cover Artists: -- Sam Garcia --- Track: Radglare Artist: RowBird Duration: '2:57' -Art Tags: -- Latula URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radglare - https://youtu.be/kw-Im683rUE +Cover Artists: +- oxfordroulette +Art Tags: +- Latula Commentary: |- RowBird: This is the first time i did a theme for a specific character by myself. It was harder than i expected, i did know what kind of vibe i would want to give it; hiphop/breakbeat with an oldschool vibe to it, something that would remind you of tony hawk pro skater. But i would make it very melodic with heavy 8bit-like influences to better suit her gamer girl character. Choosing a chord progression also was quite a challenge to me, it had to suit her character. After playing around and switching up orders i ended up with something that just felt right. The first part represents hir first impression, the downtempo part is dedicated to her more serious 'libra side'. In the end it will all come together and really emphasise the radical personality she has created for herself. oxfordroulette: The DJ scratches in the track reminded me of some kind of golden age of hip hop/Blade Runner fusion. And when I think techno neon late 80s grunge, I think Latula Pyrope. -Cover Artists: -- oxfordroulette --- Track: We Are +og3th3r Directory: we-are-tog3th3r Artist: The One Music Maniac Duration: '2:14' -Art Tags: -- Porrim -- Latula URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-are-og3th3r - https://youtu.be/6Lc0R5aurLc +Cover Artists: +- Josefin B. +Art Tags: +- Porrim +- Latula Commentary: |- The One Music Maniac: "We Are +og3th3r" is a Latula-focused piece regarding her interactions with Porrim. Latula allows herself to let go of her "rad girl" act around Porrim, which she uses as a defense channel for her insecurities regarding her lacking hte sense of smell. When Porrim and Latula interact, they are able to openly ponder about life and the mysteries of universal questions, such as the possibilities and the capabilities of fate, should fate truly exist. The heartbeat-like rhythm symbolizes their open heart-to-heart conversation, the chimes representing Latula's carefree spirit, and the mallets exprses Porrim's inquisitive thinking. Josefin B.: Porrim and Latula's interactions have always been one of m yfavourite parts of Homestuck as a whole. Their conversation, to me, seems like a break from the actual story and we get two adult women being friends and discussing spiritual, universal and personal matters. I wanted to capture that, but also their own personalities in the art. We have Latula, who happily leans over Porrim as a greeting, trusting her to be there. We have Porrim, calmly waiting for Latula whom she trusts will arive. Latula is not wearing her shades, because these two see things eye-to-eye. -Cover Artists: -- Josefin B. --- Track: Divert Momento Artist: TempiTunes Duration: '1:32' -Art Tags: -- Meulin URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/divert-momento - https://youtu.be/eCzLtqzJsLM +Cover Artists: +- Txesare +Art Tags: +- Meulin Commentary: |- TempiTunes: "Divert Momento" is the song for Meulin and the misspelling is intentional. The title is a mix of Divert Moment, representing the moments that Meulin is "Diverted" for a moment by Kurloz's mind control, a momento, and Divertimento which is a type of music similar to a serenade, which is the name of one of the Homestuck songs for the Disciple, who Meulin is similar to but not exactly. Txesare: Meulin is portrayed in a dreamy state. I tried to add my personal interpretation of Kurloz's control over her through the paint and the nails as a trait that is hidden on that fantasy. -Cover Artists: -- Txesare --- Track: Curly Fury Artist: laptopStrummer Duration: '5:52' -Art Tags: -- Kurloz URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/curly-fury - https://youtu.be/tuLKm2sEohQ -Commentary: |- - laptopStrummer: - For Kurloz, I wanted a song that begins and ends with silence. I borrowed the melodic theme from Blackest Heart (and Purple Bard and Purple Tyrant aswell, those are all Makara-themed songs) and played wtih it. I couldn't resist to put some of my (dare I say signature ?) stellar samples for the ambient outra. So some of the sounds actually come from space ! Thank you for listening. Cheers ! - Sam Garcia: - when i listened to the song, and saw its title, the only thing that came to me was the "vast honk" or how kurloz sewed his mouth, i wanted this drawing to more or less show how kurloz was then (after he sewed it) and at the vast honk. i hope you like the drawing! Cover Artists: - Sam Garcia +Art Tags: +- Kurloz Referenced Tracks: - Blackest Heart - Purple Tyrant - Purple Bard +Commentary: |- + laptopStrummer: + For Kurloz, I wanted a song that begins and ends with silence. I borrowed the melodic theme from Blackest Heart (and Purple Bard and Purple Tyrant aswell, those are all Makara-themed songs) and played wtih it. I couldn't resist to put some of my (dare I say signature ?) stellar samples for the ambient outra. So some of the sounds actually come from space ! Thank you for listening. Cheers ! + Sam Garcia: + when i listened to the song, and saw its title, the only thing that came to me was the "vast honk" or how kurloz sewed his mouth, i wanted this drawing to more or less show how kurloz was then (after he sewed it) and at the vast honk. i hope you like the drawing! --- Track: The Light Forms Us Artist: Blackhole Duration: '4:02' -Art Tags: -- Porrim -- Green Sun URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-light-forms-us - https://youtu.be/cMYKgpKfI7Q +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- Porrim +- Green Sun +Referenced Tracks: +- track:let-me-dance-let-me-glisten Commentary: |- Blackhole: This song was born out of a desire to remix the theme from Flutterwhat's fantastic "Let Me Dance, Let me glisten", one of the earliest tracks we received for the album. That song is about Porrim, and incorporates ideas of her radiance as a rainbow drinker, and so I had those images in my mind when I was putting this song together. However, for my own spin on the LMDLMG leitmotif, I wanted to give the track a broader meaning, so I decided to turn this into a song about the Green Sun, and how its light shines through the furthest ring and presides over the Beforan session (and many others). I used a similar set of sounds to those which I incorporated into [[Formant (Sprite Chorus Mix)]], the eponymous Formant synth common in both tracks always having given me the feeling of radiant light. Circlejourney: The track is nominally about the Green Sun, but the inclusion of the main leitmotif in Porrim's principal track links the Sun to Porrim specifically. I found that an interesting relationship and decided to explore it in the track art. This track gives me a strong ethereal cosmic vibe; to match that, I drew Porrim basking in the glrious light of the Green Sun, which fills half the sky even though it lies beyond the universe, indicating its power and importance. Deep magenta seemed like the perfect colour to pair with the sun's green. -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Referenced Tracks: -- track:let-me-dance-let-me-glisten --- Track: Fortune Fins Artist: rest✩taurus Duration: '1:56' -Art Tags: -- Aranea -- Meenah URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fortune-fins - https://youtu.be/Sbz_d6BeVQI +Cover Artists: +- Lyza K. +Art Tags: +- Aranea +- Meenah Commentary: |- rest✩taurus: Now this was a fun track that turned out exactly as I first imagined it. Just a fun, playful bouncing thing. Meenah was always a threat to the session, but Aranea nurtured friendship with her just fine. Both trolls involved have to be a certain kind of light-hearted for that to work, and I really think they were. In any case, that's how their ghosts acted up until their separation. While it lasted, it was flitting and pumping and strong, in its own flighty way. A relationship propelled by fiath in the future and their own capabilities. Remember: each play revives the les8ifins for just a little longer. Lyza K.: This track is happy and bubbly so I drew slightly younger Meenah and Aranea in a slightly cartoonish style. With bubbles. -Cover Artists: -- Lyza K. --- Track: Thief of the Ring Artist: The One Music Maniac Duration: '6:06' -Art Tags: -- Aranea URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thief-of-the-ring - https://youtu.be/XgP5iCtN_HQ +Cover Artists: +- Gillian Pascasio +Art Tags: +- Aranea +Referenced Tracks: +- Carne Vale Commentary: |- The One Music Maniac: "Thief of the Ring" is a pre-GAME OVER themed composition that covers Aranea's selfish motives & how it caused the imapct of GAME OVER, including: possessing Gamzee to steal the ring from John, almost forcing a kiss on Jake, forcing Jake to use his Hope power, killing Jade, getting angry because John promised the ring would be for Calliope, forcing Roxy to sleep, having to fight Brain Ghost Dirk as he rips her soul out of her body, and causing Jane's vengeance for the death of her ectobiological granddaughter. Gillian Pascasio: The music, with its beat, and of course its theme that ties into GAME OVER, I naturally went towards bold colors and contrast- which is actually a staple of my art! I focused on the motif of the ring itself, and Aranea's life/death, giving her one dead eye and one living eye, split by the shadows. The ring itself is incorporated into her seven pupils, and the circular overlays. -Cover Artists: -- Gillian Pascasio -Referenced Tracks: -- Carne Vale --- Track: In the Light Artist: slitherbot Duration: '2:49' -Art Tags: -- Aranea URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-light - https://youtu.be/kbUu_XSlq5U +Cover Artists: +- Pitchin +Art Tags: +- Aranea Commentary: |- slitherbot: yeaha this song is centered around aranea and her chance with the life ring. its a short song but i put love into it. my favourite part is the end of the song bcuz of the fire, she wanted to shine but got too close to the sun >:3c ..IDK WHAT ELSE TO SAY,, I LOVE THIS SPIDER LADY. Pitchin: As they say: the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and Aranea - being as bright and blind as she is - didn't really see her destination before she fell back into it. Gotta say, one of my favourite character arcs and I already wanted to do something with it when it first happened. I might ahve accidentally listened to the song several hours on a loop while doing this @u@" Even if I say so mysef, I fokin love that hair. Also fire. -Cover Artists: -- Pitchin --- Track: Funeral March of the Avenging Dead Artist: SerialSymphony Duration: '3:55' -Art Tags: -- Meenah URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/funeral-march-of-the-avenging-dead - https://youtu.be/lovJJ6uwj1c +Cover Artists: +- Fayghost +Art Tags: +- Meenah Commentary: |- SerialSymphony: Someone needs to take my violins away from me, I love them too much.
-'Skip'/SerialSymphony Fayghost: Don't worry, your violins are safe with me. I promise to walk them twice a day. -Cover Artists: -- Fayghost --- Track: Past and Present Artist: Oliver Hendricks Duration: '2:29' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/past-and-present +- https://youtu.be/2-CcIKU6-bQ +Cover Artists: +- Scarlet Schaefer Art Tags: - Aranea - Meenah - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/past-and-present -- https://youtu.be/2-CcIKU6-bQ Commentary: |- Oliver Hendricks: "Past and Present" is meant to represent the action and devastation of the Beforus trolls' past. There are moments inw hich the trolls look with melancholy at their mistakes, but they hope for the future. It's almost as if they know that their ancestors will go on to be heroes. Scarlet Schaefer: I took into account how Oliver Hendricks described his piece and decided to make it wholly symbolic, two friends now enemies considering what has happened between them. The blood on the walls is also a symbol of all the pain that the Beforus trolls as a whole experienced. As for the artistic feel I wanted to portray in my piece, I played heavily into the tone of the song itself and used a style more of what you would most likely see in sequential storytelling. -Cover Artists: -- Scarlet Schaefer --- Track: Beforus Artist: Toris Crow Duration: '2:55' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beforus +- https://youtu.be/W80-xaGbZUw +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam Art Tags: - Kankri - Damara @@ -1382,9 +1387,9 @@ Art Tags: - Kurloz - Cronus - Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beforus -- https://youtu.be/W80-xaGbZUw +Referenced Tracks: +- Featherlight +- Theme Commentary: |- Toris Crow: Early last year, I wrote a song called "Featherlight." This is an extended and improved version of it made exclusively for the Beforus Album project and will not appear in any of my own albums. It serves as a mirror for the song [[Alternia]] in the album "AlterniaBound." This song is dedicated to Not-Terezi-Pyrope (Blackhole) for making this project possible. @@ -1392,18 +1397,18 @@ Commentary: |- <3 Elanor Pam: Aranea once referred to the Green Moon as a "large(r) green interloper" that had never belonged to her world. Thus Beforus is represented by the Pink Moon standing alone in the sky; the Beforan players contemplate it from a tree branch of one of the Pyrope's forest. Is this a night before the end? A dreambubble illusion? As the track art for the last song on disk 2, the ambiguity seemed fitting. One way or another, it's now nothing more than a bittersweet recollection of simpler times. -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam -Referenced Tracks: -- Featherlight -- Theme --- Group: Disc 3 --- Track: ♬ Disc 3 ♬ +Directory: disc3-beforus Artist: Blackhole Duration: 0:30 -Directory: disc3-beforus +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3 +- https://youtu.be/oGWX5J0gngI +Cover Artists: +- magnoliajades Art Tags: - Kankri - Damara @@ -1417,96 +1422,95 @@ Art Tags: - Kurloz - Cronus - Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3 -- https://youtu.be/oGWX5J0gngI Commentary: |- Blackhole: Disc 3 was originally conceived as a "bonus" disc, containing just a couple of tracks that were included in addition to the main body of the album. In the end, though, it grew into something bigger, band became an integral and important section of the album, containing some of our most key tracks. With the same track count as Disc 1, it keeps the album nicely balanced lengthwise, and is characterised by tracks that are somehow different from the principal themes of that Disc and the more narrative soundtrack pieces of Disc 2. These include tracks that did not slot easily into the Disc 2 chronology, remixes, vocal tracks, and a few special pieces for the album finale. magnoliajades: This was probably the first (or one of the first) art pieces made for the Beforus project, as it was also used as promotional art. I was honored to have the privilege of creating it, and kept it simplistic as I did not know what to expect out of the art that others would be putting toward the project later on. Also, I had no other way to quickly create digital art at the time other than with an iPad. I like to think I helped make everyone else's art look even greater! I also thought about karaoke parties while making this, but I think that's perfectly fine. -Cover Artists: -- magnoliajades --- Track: Fuchsia Moonrise Artist: Circlejourney Duration: '3:56' -Art Tags: -- Meenah URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-moonrise - https://youtu.be/5l0Swc5jgT0 +Cover Artists: +- Yellowstockings +Art Tags: +- Meenah Commentary: |- Circlejourney: This track was inspired by the fact that, because the corruption represented by the Green Moon was not present in the Beforus timeline, their nights would have been lit by the Pink Moon alone. Pink is a decidedly strange colour to associate with nighttime, but I do enjoy the imagery immensely. This track is meant to evoke the image of a mysterious pink night. It combines ethereal piano accents with a square lead riff that one might associate with Meenah Peixes, who lived on the moon for a period of time. Yellowstockings: This piece exploers the visual effects of a pink moon's light on a Beforian seascape and a young Meenah as she contemplates abdication. The drama and scope of the track Fuchsia Moonrise lent itself to a turbulent seascape while the quieter aspects of the track inspired something more contemplative and calm. -Cover Artists: -- Yellowstockings --- Track: Burgundy Revenge Artist: Mathias Ramalho Duration: '2:05' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/burgundy-revenge +- https://youtu.be/J3tLIpRbjNI +Cover Artists: +- smear Art Tags: - Damara - Meenah - The Handmaid - The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/burgundy-revenge -- https://youtu.be/J3tLIpRbjNI +Referenced Tracks: +- English Commentary: |- Mathias Ramalho: A Damara Megido song, focused on her hate against her archrival and an excellent host. It took me 6 hours and is based off Meenah's and Doc Scratch's songs. smear: Conceding to the original track artist's commentary, this piece was made to represent a strife between Meenah and Damara. Burgundy Revenge to me was a very creepy and atmospheric track so I decided to set it in a black and smoky enviornment. -Cover Artists: -- smear -Referenced Tracks: -- English --- Track: '#problematicfave' Artist: theh0nestman Duration: '2:04' -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/problematicfave - https://youtu.be/s5zKagOGy6o +Cover Artists: +- JulietCee +Art Tags: +- Kankri +- The Signless Commentary: |- theh0nestman: Kankri Vantas was the most difficult character I've had to write a song for in my whole life. He's too sensitive. He reminds me too much of Tumblr, but then I guess that was the point. Anyway, I was relieved to learn I could do an instrumental, and it turned out to actually be my problematic fave. Sorry it's so short. Feel free to loop! JulietCee: I must admit, Kankri is one of my least favourite characters, I can't stand the guy. I wasn't so thrilled when I received my allocation, but I decided to view it as a challenge and do my best. I let the music guide my hand, as I often do when I'm drawing, and here's the result. Red is my favourite colour and I loved playing with it. -Cover Artists: -- JulietCee --- Track: Tree Dwellers Artist: MariEaster Duration: '2:02' -Art Tags: -- Rufioh URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tree-dwellers - https://youtu.be/0ky8Yv_hWGg +Cover Artists: +- Quietserval +Art Tags: +- Rufioh Commentary: |- MariEaster: Tree Dwellers is about the Lost Weeaboos; a group of Beforan otaku trolls living in a secret forest village far away from normal troll society. The track was originally made to be a fan track for Nepeta, but I found the track to fit surprisingly well with the whole concept about the Lost Weeaboos. Tree Dwellers was never made to be a piece of music that sounded 'brilliant' or 'genuinely composed'; the simplicity and silliness of the track gave me MSPA feels, so I chose to keep it that way as a silly detail in the Beforus Album. Quietserval: As MariEater wrote in their track commentary, the song "Tree Dwellers" was meant to be fun, simple, and silly. So for the track art I wanted to show an everyday scene in the village of the Lost Weeaboos; tree houses, trolls dressed up in cosplay, and of course fisticuffs. -Cover Artists: -- Quietserval --- Track: Puppeteer Artist: thesketchqueen Duration: '3:55' -Art Tags: -- Meulin URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/puppeteer - https://youtu.be/TUj3E7oOxO4 +Cover Artists: +- Vanessa Auqué +Art Tags: +- Meulin +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Lyrics: |- Hello my darling dear
I’ve always been right here
Waiting for you, waiting for you
What’s that, my darling dear?
Suddenly I can’t hear you
Cat got your tongue? Puppeteer, puppeteer
There’s no need to fear
Puppeteer, puppeteer
You're my love, the one I hold so dear @@ -1525,54 +1529,55 @@ Commentary: |- Vanessa Auqué: For the track art I wanted to focus more on Meulin being controlled, so I chose to show her as a cross between a puppet and doll, as a nod to all the mind controlling and chucklevoodoo stuff going on with Kurloz. She gets her mind broken into and toyed with like it's no big deal, by none other than her closest friend, for who knows how long, and then lights some catnip with him afterwards. It's a mixture of creepy and cute, just like them. For the background I chose to use bright purples to give it more of a glow-y, neon, big-brother-is-looking-into-your-soul vibe, as well as make reference to Kurloz. Give up your mind and jump into the void. -Cover Artists: -- Vanessa Auqué -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Cardinal Movement Artist: rest✩taurus Duration: '3:12' -Art Tags: -- Meenah -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cardinal-movement - https://youtu.be/ft7jZr1ICpc +Cover Artists: +- Txesare +Art Tags: +- Meenah +- 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- rest✩taurus: I had a lot of ambitions with this one. It didn't end up how I originally imagined, but I think it's frantic in just the right way, the repititions rae a bit unnerving in just the right way. Boss battle songs odn't usually fade out, but neither do entire universes and their heroes! This track is named after the Beforan session scratch construct, and is meant to convey the inner workings of our lovely Thief during the very last high-stakes moment of her life. The original plan was to include a sadder, slow portion; owever, when it came time to finalize, that just didn't feel right. This was something Meenah ahd been planning ever since the Horrorterrors spoke to her. Of course she has feelings, but she wasn't about to have a change of heart on this: not when it would save all of her friends. She's sweet (and terrifying) like that. Txesare: I tried to show Meenah in a situation where she is considering the repercussions, where she's certain this is the best option even though such a huge price has to be paid. -Cover Artists: -- Txesare --- Track: Anacronus Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin Duration: '3:01' -Art Tags: -- Cronus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/anacronus - https://youtu.be/RhgUdG-yskI +Cover Artists: +- rockytoad +Art Tags: +- Cronus +Referenced Tracks: +- Flare Commentary: |- Laurent Désautels-Séguin: Anacronus is a song about "what if Cronus was an 80's cop". So the song is inspired by artists like Waveshaper and Infinity Shred. At first, there was supposed to have drums in the song, but I found the sound to be more wide, threating and John Carpenter-esque. In the middle part, I quoted Flare by Plazmataz because why not. I made all the sounds with NI Massive. // When I heard about the project, I wanted to do a cool Cronus track... except that he's not really cool. So I made him an 80's cop. I tried to do something like John Carpenter: epic, dangerous and a lot of arpeggios. rockytoad: I read that it was supposed to be 80's cop Cronus and played around for a little bit with that. The theme sounds dark and emotional, which rpompted me to, humorously, think about that meme where a person is on a stool with a microphone and has faded versions of their face around. Obviously I didn't do that here, but the more I thought about it seriously, the mroe I thought it'd fit. -Cover Artists: -- rockytoad -Referenced Tracks: -- Flare --- Track: Madam Firefly Artist: violasarecool Duration: '2:19' -Art Tags: -- Porrim URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/madam-firefly - https://youtu.be/VLX6-E5bXy4 +Cover Artists: +- magnoliajades +Art Tags: +- Porrim +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Anthem +- track:skies-of-skaia Lyrics: |- Madam Firefly,
Blinking in the sky,
Swim through the stars to find your place,
You're wandering through endless space. Tricky little bug,
Tend to your mother grub,
Don't worry 'bout the pink and blue,
'cause green is all you ever knew, @@ -1585,39 +1590,38 @@ Commentary: |- when i saw that this album was going to be focusing on beforus, i wasn't really sure what to do with that; my song-writing aesthetic is pretty light and fluffy, and my favourite alpha trolls would have to be meenah and porrim, a pair of fairly punk kids. but i was thinking about porrim's thing with light and her ability to flicker on and off where kanaya hasn't mastered that yet. and i thought, what about a firefly, that'd be kind of cute, and then once i had that idea i wrote most of the lyrics in an afternoon. magnoliajades: I enjoyed making this piece since Porrim and I share the same zodiac sign and I already think she's gorgeous. I focused on the mood of the song (and how the sound of the vocals made me feel) more so than the lyrics, and tried to capture those moods in this picture. Listening to the track was comforting and felt... warm. I was glad the composer intended to take a lighter aesthetic approach, because that was something I could eaisly match. -Cover Artists: -- magnoliajades -Referenced Tracks: -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:skies-of-skaia --- Track: 7UN3 R3M1X Artist: Princezz Duration: '3:09' -Art Tags: -- Mituna URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/7un3-r3m1x - https://youtu.be/gZQbE8ZOkRg +Cover Artists: +- shu +Art Tags: +- Mituna +Referenced Tracks: +- 7UN3 Commentary: |- Princezz: I made this song in a hurry when I thought I'd lost the other song (I know it's bad to delete stuff but I was trying to hide it from someone who wouldn't have reacted well...but that's another story). This song isn't as good because I couldn't remember how to recreate the sound in the original song. But I thought I'd have it here anywa. shu: It was mostly inspired by the track's mroe distorted sound effects and its playful melody. It's definitely a catchy tune and I found myself humming around while drawing this so I hope I did the composer some justice! I'm glad I got assigned a Mituna song because I've never actually drawn him and it was a lot of fun hahaa// -Cover Artists: -- shu -Referenced Tracks: -- 7UN3 --- Track: East Beforan Funk Artist: Blackhole, The D Duration: '4:46' -Art Tags: -- Rufioh -- Damara URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/east-beforan-funk - https://youtu.be/3C-Kka1Izow +Cover Artists: +- memento vivere +Art Tags: +- Rufioh +- Damara +Referenced Tracks: +- Uptown Funk Lyrics: |- D: Aaaaaaow! D: Kick it,
D: And I'll see
D: East Beforus
D: Drives you crazy.
R: We're here, for them bright clothes,
R: Lost Weeaboos,
R: Got all the pieces.
R: Smilin', while I'm,
R: Living it up in the trees,
D: We'll soar across Beforus,
R: Just doing as we damn well please, yeah,
D: We're too hot! (R:Hot damn)
D: Like Pyralspite or Pupa Pan,
R: We're too hot! (D:Hot damn)
R: Sing it out, like bangarang!
D: We're too hot! (R:Hot damn)
D: この曲が長すぎます。
R: We're too hot! (D:Hot damn)
R: And you know what we've got
R: Break it down. @@ -1640,14 +1644,15 @@ Commentary: |- The whole vocal portion of the track is somewhat of an homage to a failed project that I was working on with the pseudonymous "The D" some years ago, "Scourge Siblings", to record some of the lyrical accompaniments that I'd written for various Homestuck tracks over the years. None of that ever really came to full fruition despite our best efforts at the time, but I think this is probably the best thing that could have come out of that failed project! I hope it as fun to listen to as it was to make. memento vivere: I figured that a parody of a real song deserved parody album artwork to match, so of course I ended up Funkifying Rifoh and Damara and mimicking the actual Uptown Funk album artwork. Considering the state that we saw Damara and Rufioh in Openbound, it was kinda nice to be able to draw them from a time when they were having lighthearted fun together! -Cover Artists: -- memento vivere -Referenced Tracks: -- Uptown Funk --- Track: Rex Duodecim Daemonia X (ReDuX) Artist: Veritas Unae Duration: '7:40' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-daemonia-x-redux +- https://youtu.be/Cve3V9NnEPE +Cover Artists: +- HermesNitram Art Tags: - BK - Kankri @@ -1662,18 +1667,6 @@ Art Tags: - Kurloz - Cronus - Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-daemonia-x-redux -- https://youtu.be/Cve3V9NnEPE -Commentary: |- - Veritas Unae: - This piece... I don't think I've ever had a chance to write anything like it. It was insanely challenging, least of all trying to find some way to fit in all of the principal tracks. I've tried my best to include something that sort of sounds close to each of the tracks while telling a story, but I apologise if it's not exactly what or as much as you expect. - The King Awakens. Kankri's Rally. Horuss and Rufioh's Attempt. Meulin and Kurloz's Carnival. Damara, Centre Stage. Retaliation and Aranea's Failure. Porrim's Glow. Cronus's Final Stand. Mituna and Latula's Efforts. Aranea's Return. Meenah's Finale. - I could spend a while talking about this so I'll just note a few things: Kurloz mimics RDA like Gamzee did. Aranea attempts to make a big show against the king around 4.33, but fails (Porrim steps up to help after this). The Thirteenth Hour appears at the end of the Mituna/Latula section as well. It's something "ve always wanted to reference in a track and seemed appropriate for thsi song that was literally finished in the last hours of the project. I hope you've enjoyed this album as much as I enjoyed spending several long nights toiling over this piece. - HermesNitram: - The fight with the Black King is surely one of the most exciting parts of the game, and I tried to show the spirit of the fight that each Beforus troll would have. The order of trolls on the picture follows the track, and each one has been assigned the most possible fitting weapon that would help them fight the Black King. In order of appearance: Kankri (Social Justice speech), Horuss (untamed strength of bare fists), Rufioh (spear and shield), Kurlzo (chucklevoodoos and needle with thread), Meulin (written fanfiction), Damara (wands), Porrim (glow and the Gigli chainsaw), Cronus (Ahab's Crosshairs), Mituna & Latula (Troll Playstation), Aranea (dice and Mindfang's sword), and Meenah (2x3dent). The visualization of Black King is left to the imagination of the audience. -Cover Artists: -- HermesNitram Referenced Tracks: - Rex Duodecim Angelus - ♋ - Civil Discussi9n @@ -1689,10 +1682,22 @@ Referenced Tracks: - ♊ - The Mituna Method - The Thirteenth Hour - ♓ - Killer Beach +Commentary: |- + Veritas Unae: + This piece... I don't think I've ever had a chance to write anything like it. It was insanely challenging, least of all trying to find some way to fit in all of the principal tracks. I've tried my best to include something that sort of sounds close to each of the tracks while telling a story, but I apologise if it's not exactly what or as much as you expect. + The King Awakens. Kankri's Rally. Horuss and Rufioh's Attempt. Meulin and Kurloz's Carnival. Damara, Centre Stage. Retaliation and Aranea's Failure. Porrim's Glow. Cronus's Final Stand. Mituna and Latula's Efforts. Aranea's Return. Meenah's Finale. + I could spend a while talking about this so I'll just note a few things: Kurloz mimics RDA like Gamzee did. Aranea attempts to make a big show against the king around 4.33, but fails (Porrim steps up to help after this). The Thirteenth Hour appears at the end of the Mituna/Latula section as well. It's something "ve always wanted to reference in a track and seemed appropriate for thsi song that was literally finished in the last hours of the project. I hope you've enjoyed this album as much as I enjoyed spending several long nights toiling over this piece. + HermesNitram: + The fight with the Black King is surely one of the most exciting parts of the game, and I tried to show the spirit of the fight that each Beforus troll would have. The order of trolls on the picture follows the track, and each one has been assigned the most possible fitting weapon that would help them fight the Black King. In order of appearance: Kankri (Social Justice speech), Horuss (untamed strength of bare fists), Rufioh (spear and shield), Kurlzo (chucklevoodoos and needle with thread), Meulin (written fanfiction), Damara (wands), Porrim (glow and the Gigli chainsaw), Cronus (Ahab's Crosshairs), Mituna & Latula (Troll Playstation), Aranea (dice and Mindfang's sword), and Meenah (2x3dent). The visualization of Black King is left to the imagination of the audience. --- Track: Motions of Infinity Artist: Toris Crow Duration: '1:45' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/motions-of-infinity +- https://youtu.be/RB_xP6VHr5U +Cover Artists: +- Rangzhe Art Tags: - Damara - Meenah @@ -1709,13 +1714,8 @@ Art Tags: - Dualscar - The Condesce - Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/motions-of-infinity -- https://youtu.be/RB_xP6VHr5U Commentary: |- Toris Crow: This song can be interpreted as being about the Scratch from the Beforus trolls' point of view. I wanted to write a song that had a suspenseful single-note intro, similar to in the song [[English]] from the Homestuck album The Felt. I wrote the song to be dramatic because the Scratch, for them, signifies the end of their roles as players in their session. Rangzhe: I wanted to show the initiation, the process, and the result of the Beforus trolls' scratch. Damara, happily volunteering and having the power in the first place, initiated the cardinal movement, and Meenah blowing up everybody so that they would continue to exist as ghosts, and the result, their alternate selves born in a whole new world and society. I put the ancestors because they had a role in preparing the Alternian trolls to be stronger to win the game and that all started with the alpha trolls scratching their session in the first place. -Cover Artists: -- Rangzhe diff --git a/album/beyond-canon.yaml b/album/beyond-canon.yaml index 4179cc01..29af9d3a 100644 --- a/album/beyond-canon.yaml +++ b/album/beyond-canon.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ Album: Beyond Canon Date: April 13, 2020 Date Added: April 13, 2020 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-canon +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CliIjlWjOMY +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFbH-1hH663k70qBQp5jc_CU +Cover Artists: +- Xamag Color: '#f2a400' Groups: - Official Art Tags: - Dirk -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-canon -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CliIjlWjOMY -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFbH-1hH663k70qBQp5jc_CU Commentary: |- Quasar Nebula: track art for Beyond Canon is from the Beyond Canon Track Art Anthology! artist commentary and (gasp!) art WIPs come from the booklet linked there. much thanks to project organizer Ucklin for keeping me updated with the anthology and offering to share the art with the music wiki. here's their commentary below! :) @@ -27,18 +29,18 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- Xamag Default Track Cover Art Date: June 1, 2020 --- Track: exclusion zone Artist: horizon Duration: '2:22' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/exclusion-zone - https://youtu.be/yllaAhv5EYA +Cover Artists: +- ZowerLemon +Art Tags: +- Rose Lyrics: |- (Always you) Made a monster
Ha, ha, ha
Ha-ah-ah @@ -58,37 +60,37 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- ZowerLemon --- Track: Now I'm a Villain Artist: David Ellis Duration: '4:40' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/now-im-a-villain - https://youtu.be/-CbjEPNFCqQ +Cover Artists: +- Jas +Art Tags: +- Dirk +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-original-mix Commentary: |- David Ellis: (Twitter) It was fun to play lots of nice low 7 string guitar chugs and to try and make it sound as villainous as possible. :) Jas: -Cover Artists: -- Jas -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix --- Track: Cosmic Carousel Artist: polysaw Duration: '3:29' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic-carousel - https://youtu.be/xxVwRERwmJg - https://soundcloud.com/polysaw/homestuck-beyond-canon-cosmic-carousel +Cover Artists: +- Rachel Z +Art Tags: +- Jade Commentary: |- CrepesAhoy: (original track art) @@ -98,12 +100,16 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- Rachel Z --- Track: Surprise, We're Back Artist: Sean Gorter Duration: '5:21' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/surprise-were-back +- https://youtu.be/jeuBiSxYHEI +- https://soundcloud.com/flareproductions/surprise-were-back +Cover Artists: +- D'paq Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -121,10 +127,8 @@ Art Tags: - Caliborn - Consorts - Carapacians -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/surprise-were-back -- https://youtu.be/jeuBiSxYHEI -- https://soundcloud.com/flareproductions/surprise-were-back +Referenced Tracks: +- End of Act Commentary: |- Sean Gorter: (SoundCloud) @@ -136,10 +140,6 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- D'paq -Referenced Tracks: -- End of Act --- Track: SPLIT REALITY Artist: Xauric @@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ Duration: '5:06' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/split-reality - https://youtu.be/XzZ7PNmcHiU +Cover Artists: +- Gastlu +Referenced Tracks: +- Alphamatic Replacement Commentary: |- Xauric: (Twitter) @@ -162,47 +166,43 @@ Commentary: |- Gastlu: Originally I had drawn events throughout the timelines, though in my opinion, it looked a bit too much to focus on, so I scrapped that version, and, unfortunately I did not save that version, oops. Either way, I hope my abstract-y space-y art did the job, made a blackhole to represent, well, the blackhole which Alt. Callie turned into, added some green and orange effects for the narrative command battle going, though there's already a track for that, so it is minor, in the background, the real focus are the timelines, meat drips with death, candy is sweet and bright, though they both have some masks for what's really going on, we cannot see though, the reality is split and we're in SPACE. -Cover Artists: -- Gastlu -Referenced Tracks: -- Alphamatic Replacement --- Track: Assembly Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '4:37' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/assembly +- https://youtu.be/jCqE4ePSsMQ +Cover Artists: +- ysh Art Tags: - Rose - Dirk - Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/assembly -- https://youtu.be/jCqE4ePSsMQ Commentary: |- ysh: When I got the track (and stopped squeeing) I contacted the composer to ask what he envisioned while making it, and he told me that the track was about Dirk's team's journey through space towards the new planet as well as about them preparing for the game (hence the name). So I did my best to convey all of that. The track uses many synth sounds, or at least *some* synth sounds, and to me that was enough to justify going for the 80's neon aesthetic. I used mainly triadic palette where each colour corresponded to one of the characters: orange for Dirk, violet for Rose, teal/turquoise for Terezi. The theme of "three" is also reinforced by the triangle shape, which I referenced in composition as well as by slapping a big fat triangle in the middle of the picture. It works as a visual portal and also represents the letter Delta (as in Deltritus, the name of the new planet). The idea of actual assembling of the game is referenced through the Venn diagram glyph inside the portal and by those sick grid mountains in the background that I totally didn't trace from some random stock image. There's some more symbolism stuffed in the picture but this commentary is already too long and I'd like to leave some things open to interpretation. Doing track art has been a long dream of mine, and I'm extremely glad and thankful I've been given this chance to participate in this project! -Cover Artists: -- ysh --- Track: Not Canon in F major, Op. 69 Artist: Alex Votl Duration: '3:40' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/not-canon-in-f-major-op-69 +- https://youtu.be/scBYW884ymU +Cover Artists: +- Spicy Nyx Art Tags: - Rose - Dirk - Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/not-canon-in-f-major-op-69 -- https://youtu.be/scBYW884ymU Commentary: |- Spicy Nyx: When I listen to the song it makes me think of how much Homestuck has strayed into non-canon and I wanted to draw what's pretty much become the 3 most influential characters of homestuck, looking out at whats to come next has they go further and further out of the canon story. -Cover Artists: -- Spicy Nyx --- Track: The Leaving Artist: Marcus Carline @@ -210,13 +210,15 @@ Contributors: - Marc Encabo (bass) - Tom Kendall Hughes (drums) Duration: '3:33' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-leaving +- https://youtu.be/rb3ZqqiLGYE +Cover Artists: +- RainbowLustDash Art Tags: - Rose - Dirk - Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-leaving -- https://youtu.be/rb3ZqqiLGYE Lyrics: |- Smoke is all I breathe
Is all you hear, is all in me
Taste the drier air
There's nothing left Letters fill the empty space
There's so much space that's left untouched
Running scares me more than God
But staying can't sustain @@ -235,19 +237,19 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- RainbowLustDash --- Track: Light Burns Out (Gestalt) Artist: Waif Duration: '7:16' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/light-burns-out-gestalt +- https://youtu.be/uTXx7knWeys +Cover Artists: +- Mikkynga Art Tags: - Rose - Dirk - 'cw: body horror' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/light-burns-out-gestalt -- https://youtu.be/uTXx7knWeys Commentary: |- Waif: (Twitter) @@ -264,20 +266,20 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- Mikkynga --- Track: Hometeam Adv8ntage Artist: Twirlin' Curtis Duration: '3:58' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hometeam-adv8ntage +- https://youtu.be/ZrkxZz-QeVk +Cover Artists: +- Tipsy Art Tags: - Harry - Tavvy - Vriska - Vrissy -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hometeam-adv8ntage -- https://youtu.be/ZrkxZz-QeVk Commentary: |- Twirlin' Curtis: (Twitter) @@ -289,19 +291,19 @@ Commentary: |- I was itching to draw something relating to the future kids! My style is very rigid so I wanted to draw something looser this time. This worked best with Vriska. Proud of the grass. The sky is based off of a sunset from Adventure Time. I can't draw cars. Tavros is cutting loose and unleashing the rebel within. -Cover Artists: -- Tipsy --- Track: After the Sun Artist: Circlejourney Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/after-the-sun - https://youtu.be/wEIWdGAOBuc - https://soundcloud.com/circlejourney/after-the-sun +Cover Artists: +- zzzealousy +Art Tags: +- John +- Jade Commentary: |- Circlejourney: (Twitter) @@ -321,19 +323,19 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- zzzealousy --- Track: Narrative Command Artist: Sean William Calhoun Duration: '4:13' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/narrative-command +- https://youtu.be/keoJTpGQxPE +Cover Artists: +- Ana Art Tags: - Jade - Dirk - Alternate Calliope -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/narrative-command -- https://youtu.be/keoJTpGQxPE Commentary: |- Sean William Calhoun: (YouTube) @@ -350,8 +352,6 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- Ana --- Track: eleventh hour Artist: Monobrow @@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ Duration: '2:46' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/eleventh-hour - https://youtu.be/ZiJxlnS5kPw +Cover Artists: +- Skyplayer Commentary: |- Skyplayer: This piece started with a concept that is actually explored in other pieces in this album's set: Dirk's departure and what he left behind. Even the same symbolism can be found in other pieces: Theseus streaking across his face, shatters of memories lost to space. Mine started to mutate though, to take on a form beyond my control. My skill to render the memories failed me: WIPs show the corpse of John, the beheading of Dirk, other fragments of the Epilogues. The main decisions of the piece happened spontaneously: fragments of a clock reforming to Dirk's silhouette, Theseus moving from the corner and taking its place as Dirk's glasses. The colors went through many iterations, a volatile photoshop file of hue shifts and stacked filters. The final nail in the coffin for any hope of a semblance of normalcy in this came with my most baffling decision of all: splashing my previous two track arts for UMSPAF over this one. My original monochrome draft for Diverging Delicacies' "Dirk's Dreamers" became the only shattered memory, a destruction of art I birthed but am not fond of. Moons of Theseus' "Unchained" merged with the fibers of space, a celebrated giant looming over all my other pieces. Much like the man this art is focused on, the very piece itself has become a distractingly shiny mirror reflecting the artist's self-indulgent nonsense. I'm being told there's a song attached to this? @@ -366,35 +368,35 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- Skyplayer --- Track: Adios, Lost Boys Artist: Clark Powell Duration: '3:30' -Art Tags: -- Tavros -- Tavros' lusus URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/adios-lost-boys - https://youtu.be/QWubKiNrCz0 +Cover Artists: +- qsleeper +Art Tags: +- Tavros +- Tavros' lusus Commentary: |- qsleeper: I was pretty happy when I found out that I'd be drawing a piece for this song, since I've always had a soft spot for Tavros—he's an underappreciated boy! In the end, I didn't really do many different concept sketches for this one. I knew that I wanted a scene of Tavros, in his Peter Pan outfit, staring out as the friends and army they'd worked so hard to gather get eaten by the black hole. The ghosts are just as much the ‘Lost Boys' here as Tav is himself. I was going for a ‘wistful, but resigned' sort of feeling for this, since all Tav can really do now is watch. He knows he's unable to stop everyone from being destroyed—or, as we know now, getting pulled into the new HS^2 universe. So basically, he's just chillin'. -Cover Artists: -- qsleeper --- Track: Moving Onwards Artist: Mathias Ramalho Duration: '3:15' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/moving-onwards - https://youtu.be/V2rvPt0jjdE - https://soundcloud.com/friendly-coy/moving-onwards +Cover Artists: +- Cratmang +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Mathias Ramalho: (SoundCloud) @@ -405,19 +407,19 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- Cratmang --- Track: Make a Pretty Picture Artist: Tristan Scroggins Duration: '2:29' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/make-a-pretty-picture +- https://youtu.be/a2bQF3q74Lc +Cover Artists: +- Aeritus Art Tags: - Jane - Jake - Tavvy -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/make-a-pretty-picture -- https://youtu.be/a2bQF3q74Lc Commentary: |- Aeritus: When I first heard the song it just really felt like a Jane song to me. I really wanted to play with the title itself so most of the concept has been Jane (and family) on the making of the Pretty Picture, because when you're in such an high position it's important to look good and pretty, no matter what... right? I Also had a few other sketches of Rose and Jade since the track art of the main motif used for this song had them, but after the updates and the general feeling regarding Jade and Rose has been switched on the bad side, it just didnt felt right for me and the tone of the song itself. @@ -426,12 +428,15 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- Aeritus --- Track: Four Kids (and a Game They Played Together) Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '4:13' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together +- https://youtu.be/njJhDlhFGa8 +Cover Artists: +- star-nomad Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -445,9 +450,8 @@ Art Tags: - Caliborn - Genesis Frog - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together -- https://youtu.be/njJhDlhFGa8 +Referenced Tracks: +- Four Kids and a Game They Play Together Lyrics: |- it's been a little bit since the last time we all talked
so...how are all of you doing?
i know that i have been a bit unkind to you all
and i'm trying to undo it we thought this ended years ago but it survived
i've forgotten far too often why i even recognize these faces
that don't have names placed with them
inside my hazy brain, but then
there's too much to begin to touch on here @@ -485,21 +489,19 @@ Commentary: |- -Cover Artists: -- star-nomad -Referenced Tracks: -- Four Kids and a Game They Play Together --- Track: crystal hung in firmament's descent Artist: Emelia K. Duration: '3:11' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Alternate Calliope URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent - https://youtu.be/LsfBIMV1e-Q - https://soundcloud.com/emelia-kaylee/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent +Cover Artists: +- Awkward +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Alternate Calliope Commentary: |- Emelia K.: (SoundCloud) @@ -511,5 +513,3 @@ Commentary: |- Ucklin: I just have to jump in and point out that the overall composition of this piece looks like a cherub skull, because awkward didn't mention it! This is the coolest thing! -Cover Artists: -- Awkward diff --git a/album/cherubim.yaml b/album/cherubim.yaml index de0afeca..52c5431e 100644 --- a/album/cherubim.yaml +++ b/album/cherubim.yaml @@ -1,7 +1,13 @@ Album: Cherubim -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Date: March 14, 2013 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-8-with-cherubim +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka9R4mX8LZo +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5wuj4bznbEntObWXb7BFZBl3Jq1Ep1Kb +Cover Artists: +- Kait Linney (lines) +- Shelby Cragg (coloring & logo) Color: '#ff7600' Groups: - Official @@ -9,65 +15,64 @@ Art Tags: - Calliope - Caliborn - Serenity -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-8-with-cherubim -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka9R4mX8LZo -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5wuj4bznbEntObWXb7BFZBl3Jq1Ep1Kb Commentary: |- Homestuck: u_u ~ tumut -Cover Artists: -- Kait Linney (lines) -- Shelby Cragg (coloring & logo) Banner Artists: - Shelby Cragg +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 --- Track: Reverie Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '4:17' -Art Tags: -- Calliope URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/reverie-2 - https://youtu.be/WkpYnDz-Y1w +Cover Artists: +- Sylladexter +Art Tags: +- Calliope Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: i made this song its abou tcallpope shes the girl troll on the web cartonn ‘homsockers’ an she lives on the moon with her brother cazzbiborn baggin of rivendale were they play chess she isnt as good as it as cazbio l and he beats her this song is about when she was before he bit her le g fof he is such a good goadlie and im tryhing to anticipate where hes going next i’m perfectly fine where i am im like where where wheere s your move tell me why im wrong -Cover Artists: -- Sylladexter --- Track: Power Fantasy Artist: Clark Powell Duration: '4:22' -Art Tags: -- Caliborn URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/power-fantasy-2 - https://youtu.be/5adGTghTECM Cover Artists: - Indolentjellyfish +Art Tags: +- Caliborn Referenced Tracks: - Reverie --- Track: Stellarum Salve Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:23' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stellarum-salve-2 +- https://youtu.be/J2Vc2JIWPaY +Cover Artists: +- Mobble Art Tags: - Calliope - Jane - Roxy - Dirk - Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stellarum-salve-2 -- https://youtu.be/J2Vc2JIWPaY -Cover Artists: -- Mobble --- Track: Carne Vale Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '4:23' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carne-vale-2 +- https://youtu.be/AdPU0emEeUg +Cover Artists: +- Leslie Hung Art Tags: - Caliborn - Jane @@ -75,9 +80,10 @@ Art Tags: - Dirk - Jake - 'cw: blood (abstract)' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carne-vale-2 -- https://youtu.be/AdPU0emEeUg +Referenced Tracks: +- Stellarum Salve +- English +- Eternity Served Cold Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: The Concept @@ -101,97 +107,91 @@ Commentary: |- Now, a few other interesting things about this track (That a few people have already spotted) - firstly, it actually uses quite a few samples that come with FL Studio. Namely the percussion and the laughter. The percussion was pretty much the only example I had for the kind of drumline I was after, so it was fine. The laughter was an interesting example - It’s from one of those collections of samples of voice that are usually terrible and added to 90s dance tracks (Shouting something random if its a male voice, like “CHECK THIS BASS!!” or “YEAH!” and moaning something incoherent if it’s female like “Oooahhhawoooahhayeah!”. Pitched up it sounded creepy enough when layered. It’s a bit cliched, but it works. And that’s Carne Vale. An angry little shout from a little green, malevolent angel-baby. Grr. Argh. -Cover Artists: -- Leslie Hung -Referenced Tracks: -- Stellarum Salve -- English -- Eternity Served Cold --- Track: Green Lolly Artist: James Dever, Robert J! Lake +Contributors: +- James Dever (original theme) +- Robert J! Lake (arrangement, production) Duration: '4:11' -Art Tags: -- Calliope URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/green-lolly-2 - https://youtu.be/oWC2oXU_hP4 -Contributors: -- James Dever (original theme) -- Robert J! Lake (arrangement, production) Cover Artists: - Brianne +Art Tags: +- Calliope Referenced Tracks: - The Uranian --- Track: Red Sucker Artist: James Dever, Robert J! Lake +Contributors: +- James Dever (theme) +- Robert J! Lake (arrangement, production) Duration: '3:44' -Art Tags: -- Caliborn URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/red-sucker-2 - https://youtu.be/lp7kDAHaWIc -Contributors: -- James Dever (theme) -- Robert J! Lake (arrangement, production) Cover Artists: - Dana Smart +Art Tags: +- Caliborn Referenced Tracks: - The Undying --- Track: Constant Confinement Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '3:54' -Art Tags: -- Calliope URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/constant-confinement-2 - https://youtu.be/1pp7UpsuTa4 Cover Artists: - Michelle Czajkowski +Art Tags: +- Calliope --- Track: Constant Conquest Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '4:46' -Art Tags: -- Caliborn URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/constant-conquest-2 - https://youtu.be/5WB4iUNkWQc +Cover Artists: +- Elly Beck +Art Tags: +- Caliborn +Referenced Tracks: +- Constant Confinement +- track:doctor Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: I floated the idea for a UU + uu album last year in about June as a concept record divided in half with equal and analogous parts Calliope and Caliborn. While we really wanted to jump in and get to making more Homestuck music following Volume 9, we decided to wait and discover more of the two characters until December when Radiation re-organized the effort. He proposed the Jekyll / Hyde alternating pace of the album culminating in “Eternity Served Cold” and had the group split into pairs, each musician working with a partner on a track with the same themes and motifs. I worked with Erik, who sent me the at-the-time unfinished Calliope composition “Constant Confinement" for me to base my Caliborn track around. Erik’s track was so meditative, it was actually difficult to recognize the slow-paced woodwind melody over the course of the piece, which pulses onward without any strict meter. This melody had to be expanded upon a lot to match the pace of "Constant Conquest" - it actually flies by at breakneck pace in the first measure of the piece before settling into its groove. Conquest in many ways resembles [[Ruins Rising]], another electronic track based around one of Erik’s piano compositions. Like in my approach to “Ruins" I arranged the melody sparsely and created a very dense environment of drums and percussion sounds to convert Erik’s pulse into a groove. Same input, same solution, although this time I went much, much heavier than ever before. I had a handful of different drum kits going all at once, each with unique effects chains, to create more of an ensemble sound than a clean dance beat. What really sealed in the atmosphere of this track was the huge slather of pads that adorned the track, most of which were created using analog equipment. I fed the signal from an old Radio Shack keyboard with basic midi patches through a pawn shop guitar pedal to create the many layers of sound that fill the background. Some of the most excellent sounds on the track (especially that snarling synth at 2:57) were created by hammering the mod knobs and wah-wah pedal while playing atonal pitches. The result is distorted synth excellence. -Cover Artists: -- Elly Beck -Referenced Tracks: -- Constant Confinement -- track:doctor --- Track: The Lyrist Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:35' -Art Tags: -- Calliope URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lyrist-2 - https://youtu.be/Tybj0RZoGks Cover Artists: - rumminov +Art Tags: +- Calliope --- Track: The Lordling Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:51' -Art Tags: -- Caliborn URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lordling-2 - https://youtu.be/nLrChSME0T8 Cover Artists: - rumminov +Art Tags: +- Caliborn Referenced Tracks: - The Lyrist - Flowey's Laugh @@ -199,12 +199,23 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Eternity Served Cold Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '8:20' -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/eternity-served-cold-2 - https://youtu.be/wg9jows9Yfo +Cover Artists: +- rennerei +Art Tags: +- Caliborn +- 'cw: blood' +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle +- English +- track:revelawesome +- Black Rose / Green Sun +- track:endless-climb +- track:ruins +- Penumbra Phantasm +- track:doctor Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: First off, a thanks to the folk who enjoyed EsC. @@ -260,14 +271,3 @@ Commentary: |- I may be [mis]understanding the original controversy surrounding the issue, but from what I read it implied that Shylock the character and Lord English were one and the same, and that Homestuck was presenting a parallel to tMoV. The link is… Well I may not be the finest literary analyst in the world, but I don’t buy it in the slightest. And even if it was a genuinely well thought out analysis, I’d be delighted to be told exactly where in Homestuck it is implied that Lord English identifies himself as Jewish by his words or actions. Or at which point Shylock vomits lasers all over the dream ghost of Antonio. See, it sounds absurd. Fan-speculation is a large part of the Homestuck community, but sometimes it can get a bit icky when it dives into issues of race and creed. You’re thinking about it too much, it’s a webcomic about some crazy stuff. Just chill. honk HONK. -Cover Artists: -- rennerei -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle -- English -- track:revelawesome -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- track:endless-climb -- track:ruins -- Penumbra Phantasm -- track:doctor diff --git a/album/chilled-processor.yaml b/album/chilled-processor.yaml index fac72006..f8bfca7f 100644 --- a/album/chilled-processor.yaml +++ b/album/chilled-processor.yaml @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ Album: Chilled Processor Artist: nuclear333 -Has Track Art: false Date: September 10, 2017 Date Added: April 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/chilled-processor +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- nuclear333 Color: '#80c9c9' Groups: - nuclear333 - Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/chilled-processor Commentary: |- nuclear333: Made this song quite a while ago and wanted to let it into the public. -Cover Artists: -- nuclear333 --- Track: Chilled Processor Duration: '1:30' diff --git a/album/class-act-b-side.yaml b/album/class-act-b-side.yaml index 6280d865..f6ac6962 100644 --- a/album/class-act-b-side.yaml +++ b/album/class-act-b-side.yaml @@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ Album: CLASS ACT (B Side) Artist: Funk McLovin Date: August 31, 2020 12:00:00 Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Banner Dimensions: 975x180 +URLs: +- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/album/class-act-b-side Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Funk McLovin Color: '#facab6' Groups: - Funk McLovin - Beyond -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/album/class-act-b-side -Cover Artists: -- Funk McLovin Banner Artists: - Funk McLovin +Banner Dimensions: 975x180 --- Track: Accept My Shaft Duration: '3:45' diff --git a/album/class-act.yaml b/album/class-act.yaml index beb07c17..650ba869 100644 --- a/album/class-act.yaml +++ b/album/class-act.yaml @@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ Album: CLASS ACT Artist: Funk McLovin Date: August 31, 2020 12:00:01 Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Banner Dimensions: 975x180 +URLs: +- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/album/class-act Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Funk McLovin Color: '#ff1e47' Groups: - Funk McLovin - Beyond -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/album/class-act -Cover Artists: -- Funk McLovin Banner Artists: - Funk McLovin +Banner Dimensions: 975x180 --- Track: New Year Boogie Duration: '2:16' @@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/robots-stole-my-wife --- Track: Button Eyes -Artists: -- Funk McLovin -- Davi Duration: 0:58 URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/button-eyes-ft-davi +Artists: +- Funk McLovin +- Davi --- Track: Japanese Spider Crab Duration: '2:04' diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml index 9372178b..c72e5fba 100644 --- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml +++ b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ Album: 'coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A' Directory: coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Date: April 2, 2012 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a-b +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV +Cover Artists: +- Shelby Cragg Color: '#9292e2' Groups: - Official @@ -19,24 +23,20 @@ Art Tags: - Gamzee - Eridan - Feferi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a-b -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV -Cover Artists: -- Shelby Cragg -Wallpaper Artists: +Banner Artists: - Shelby Cragg - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 +Wallpaper Artists: - Shelby Cragg - Niklink (edits for wiki) --- Group: Side 1 --- Track: ~~SIDE 1~~ +Directory: side-1-universe-a Artist: Toby Fox Duration: 0:09 -Directory: side-1-universe-a URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-side-1 - https://youtu.be/l9hqTE7FCu8 @@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Rust Servant Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '4:48' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rust-servant - https://youtu.be/ZbVCaNBeEpA +Cover Artists: +- Leslie Hung +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: If [[Violet Mariner]] was the elder child and [[Teal Hunter]] the middle child, then Rust Servant is the youngest child onto which I poured all my love and affection. This was one of my favorite pieces to work on and even today I’m still pretty pleased with how it turned out, from the striking staccato and col legno strings opening the song to the frantic violins, melancholic chromatic percussion, deep brass, and fast-paced drum grooves. I wanted the song to be big, epic, a little scary. If I may be so immodest, I think I succeeded. @@ -59,36 +61,36 @@ Commentary: |- When I wrote this song, I had just taken an Intro to Hinduism class the previous fall and had written a short research paper on Kali, the Hindu goddess of time and death (more remembered for being related to death—those of you who have seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom must be familiar with the Thuggees, a cult of Kali-worshipers infamous for conducting human sacrifices—and, apparently, ripping people’s hearts out and setting them on fire as well). And, of course, because I am A SHAMELESS HOMESTUCK NERD, I immediately thought, “Time? Death? THAT REMINDS ME OF ONE OF THE TROLLS” (no I didn’t write my paper on that, i’m not that terrible). It doesn’t come through much in the song itself, but that’s where I got the inspiration from. And the moral of this story is, take a theology class (or two, or three) on a religion you know nothing about. It’ll give you all sorts of new ideas for Homestuck fanart. Also when the album came out and this song was the first song on the album after Radiation’s intro I was all “HOLY SHIT RADIATION LIKED THIS SONG SO MUCH HE MADE IT THE FIRST SONG” and started pelvic-thrusting across my dorm room. Then I realized that it was only first due to all the tracks being organized from lowest to highest by the blood color of the troll they represented. I continued pelvic-thrusting across my dorm room anyway. And to wrap things up, milkmanner’s art for the track is just perfect. -Cover Artists: -- Leslie Hung --- Track: Bronze Rebel Artist: Yan Rodriguez Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -- Tavros URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bronze-rebel - https://youtu.be/5z4ctxDKCVM +Cover Artists: +- Kitsu +Art Tags: +- The Summoner +- Tavros Commentary: |- Yan Rodriguez: This track is one I sure as hell put a ton of effort into, as it was my big chance to finally do something with my music. I was at a pretty good time of my life and I was able to work on this thing day in and day out, and so I did, but first I put a lot of though into what I wanted to actually do. I’m a bit of a contrarian when it comes to making music, always trying to figure out what everyone else does so that I could do something different, and so I wanted to make a theme for Tavros that looked at his character from a more serious perspective about what he was and what he wanted to do. It’s original title, “If I were like Rufio,” reflected the melancholy desire to be something or be in a world where he was great, where he was a hero but in reality he couldn’t really amount to much, and it was his own fault. For the style of the song I ended up falling back on one of my main styles, which I called “orchestral cinematic/game with a hint of latin rhythms and harmonies.” I don’t really know what it might actually be called. Unfortunately, while this made the song accomplish what I wanted it to, it can be a bit hard to listen to at times, for being too dependent on situation and scenery. However I’m very proud of it! I got to practice a lot of new and old things and combine them into what’s currently my longest song! Well, longest I’m not ashamed of. It ended up being allocated to the Summoner, and I had a feeling it would. I’d say close enough, but it feels a bit weird to say that! I wouldn’t change much about it, but I think it’s a bit bland, and I’ve learned a lot from that. -Cover Artists: -- Kitsu --- Track: Gold Pilot Artist: First Turn Fold Duration: '5:23' -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- 'cw: body horror' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gold-pilot - https://youtu.be/QZqYLuCH62Q - https://soundcloud.com/first-turn-fold/the-green-odyssey +Cover Artists: +- SuryaAsura +Art Tags: +- The Psiioniic +- 'cw: body horror' Commentary: |- First Turn Fold: (YouTube) @@ -97,17 +99,9 @@ Commentary: |- So this is Gold Pilot, the song I wrote for the Homestuck album Colours and Mayhem. This song has become the theme of the Psiioniic (and it works freakishly well as such) but I wrote it originally in honor of Bec (to the dismay of some). The song recently made it into the actual comic as the music for the Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 1 animation. (totally took me by surprise!) Enjoy, Homestuck fans, and others alike! -Cover Artists: -- SuryaAsura --- Track: Iron Infidel Artist: Samm Neiland -Duration: '2:43' -Art Tags: -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iron-infidel -- https://youtu.be/pIplxQdLgA4 Contributors: - Katherine Bordonaro - Connor Favero @@ -116,65 +110,75 @@ Contributors: - Andrea McNeil - ari - Pippin +Duration: '2:43' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iron-infidel +- https://youtu.be/pIplxQdLgA4 +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- The Signless Lyrics: |- Han bear ey all vor smarte
Oo en day trei striat ande glemt
Lee kell vell are vey til lit Vor shlekt ah chilt meh bloo far guh
Vee har ing en sha liet ell aey deed
Lee kell vell are vey til lit (He carries all our pain
And one day his strife is forgotten
However, we are forgiven Our kin are separated by colour of blood.
We are without without love or virture.
However, we are forgiven.) -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam --- Track: Olive Scribe Artist: Magnum Duration: '2:27' -Art Tags: -- The Disciple URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/olive-scribe - https://youtu.be/FpC98dlKX4s Cover Artists: - WP +Art Tags: +- The Disciple --- Track: Jade Mother Artist: Nathan H. Duration: '2:15' -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jade-mother - https://youtu.be/OKQqQ3152QQ +Cover Artists: +- Zilon +Art Tags: +- The Dolorosa +- The Signless Commentary: |- Nathan H.: Inspiration for this piece came after listening to a segment of Hans Zimmer's "Attack" from the Pearl Harbor Soundtrack. I intended for the song to have a 'majestic' tone, but initially couldn't think of a character to set this theme to, so I chose the four beta kids. However, after being reassigned characters I think the piece fits equally well if not better with the Dolorosa. -Cover Artists: -- Zilon --- Track: Teal Hunter Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '2:31' -Art Tags: -- Redglare -- 'cw: hanging (abstract)' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/teal-hunter - https://youtu.be/i_ehVzmj7dM +Cover Artists: +- Myotishi +Art Tags: +- Redglare +- 'cw: hanging (abstract)' Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: Teal Hunter was sort of the middle child of my three Homestuck music contest submissions. Even now it’s still my least favorite of the three songs I submitted. Why Radiation picked it along with my other two, I’ll never know. I certainly wasn’t expecting it to be chosen. With over a thousand submissions I’m sure there was no shortage of Redglare songs for him to choose from. Maybe the $20 I slipped him when I submitted my songs had something to do with it But his ways are not our ways. When Volume 9 came out, a lot of people looked at Radiation’s arrangement of Stress by Buzinaki and started noting similarities between it and Teal Hunter. Radiation wrote about why the two songs sound similar in his commentary for Stress. If we’re going to talk about “what sounds like what”, then I’ll lay my cards on the table and state that Teal Hunter was begun as pretty much a direct reference to 00 Gundam from the Gundam 00 soundtrack (if you can’t tell by now, I really like Gundams). When I started the piece, the first draft was more or less a low-rent version of that song, in the same way a cartoon that wants to parody Indiana Jones would get a song that sounds close to John Williams’ Raiders March without being close enough to qualify as plagiarism. So I just kept fiddling with it until the two melodies sounded different. By the time I got to the final product and had added the buildup in the beginning, the two had nothing but their rhythm and syncopation in common. Teal Hunter’s original title was Bête Blanche, a play on bête noire, a French phrase literally meaning “black beast” that the fan name “Bec Noir” is most likely a reference to. As evident, the song was originally allocated to PM, the one Exile powerful enough to battle Jack Noir to a stalemate. -Cover Artists: -- Myotishi --- Track: Cobalt Corsair Artist: Max Wright Duration: '4:14' -Art Tags: -- Mindfang URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cobalt-corsair - https://youtu.be/FhFw9mhGf84 +Cover Artists: +- Grue +Art Tags: +- Mindfang +Referenced Tracks: +- Hallowed Halls Commentary: |- Max Wright: For those of you who didn’t know, Cobalt Corsair was originally a theme for Hussie. The song being given to Mindfang, while some find it hilariously ironic, I find to be a lot more fitting. I do have a tendency to write piratey sounding orchestral songs; this time it just happened to be accidental! For this commentary, I’m going to be dividing the song up both by sections and instrument groups. @@ -188,76 +192,72 @@ Commentary: |- Now, as you can probably tell from listening, Cobalt Corsair is very dense texturally. To give you a visual idea, here’s a post from a little while ago showing the layout of the sequencer. It's big. So, I’ve decided to chop the piece up in terms of the instrument groups, for anyone who wanted to understand what the hell is going on underneath all that sound. BRASS | STRINGS | WOODWIND | PERCUSSION AND MISCELLANEOUS (dead dropbox links) -Cover Artists: -- Grue -Referenced Tracks: -- Hallowed Halls --- Track: Indigo Archer Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell Duration: '4:42' -Art Tags: -- The Expatriate URLs: - https://youtu.be/3F0S20HUuNA Cover Artists: - Toguchindraws +Art Tags: +- The Expatriate --- Track: Purple Tyrant Artist: Kevin Grant Duration: '3:50' -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/purple-tyrant - https://youtu.be/DfbLS-W0V9A Cover Artists: - Asiul +Art Tags: +- The Grand Highblood --- Track: Violet Mariner Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '2:45' -Art Tags: -- Dualscar URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/violet-mariner - https://youtu.be/aXpnjMsqC6k +Cover Artists: +- rumminov +Art Tags: +- Dualscar +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-piano-refrain Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: Let’s talk about Violet Mariner. I tend to listen to the kind of music I like to compose and compose the kind of music I like to listen to. Before I started composing this song I listened to a shit-ton of battle music from Koh Otani’s Shadow of the Colossus soundtrack, and it shows. Oh, boy, does it show, especially from 0:49 onward with the rhythm and percussion of the piece. Violet Mariner was the first song I started working on for the Homestuck music contest that eventually became the coloUrs and mayhem dual album. It’s a song about Dualscar—but it wasn’t always a song about Dualscar. No, it started out as a song about John. This explains the harp/piano section, which plays with the opening melody to Showtime, vaguely darting near it without ever actually producing the exact notes from Malcolm Brown’s original song. I intended it to be more of a hint of John’s original strife theme than a direct reference. In hindsight, keeping the references to existing Homestuck leitmotifs subtle was a smart idea. If I’d been more overt in my references and just made it a straight-up Doctor remix or an explicit arrangement of Showtime, it would have been really hard to reallocate it to a different character. And I’m happy that Violet Mariner is a Dualscar song. Dualscar needs more songs. And also it gave Radiation an excuse to almost name it “Violet Seaman”. And besides, it means I still technically haven’t used the original title, Heirstrike, yet. -Cover Artists: -- rumminov -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain --- Track: Fuchsia Ruler Artist: Kezinox Duration: '4:07' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-ruler - https://youtu.be/AgOGQVszHbY - https://soundcloud.com/kezinox/witching-hour -Commentary: |- - Kezinox: - Obviously with a name like Witc)(ing )(our, this song is for the condesce/batterwitch/etc. I always figured a sexy psychotic space empress bent on universal domination needed an over-the-top evil, but also dance-able track. I’d actually been planning to do a song like this for her for quite a while since she’s one of—if not my favorite—characters. Every 30 seconds or so represents a time in the Condesce’s life as we know it up to now and, while the song is almost wholly original, I did pull a few minor, but very recognizable things from songs like liquid negrocity and Twoard2 the Heaven2 to help really nail the connection. - (SoundCloud) - This is my song entry for the Homestuck Music Contest--essentially a dark electro house song for the Condesce. On a technical level this song more or less represents the culmination of all the practice and knowledge I've gained from working with music up until now. Cover Artists: - Mel +Art Tags: +- The Condesce Referenced Tracks: - Liquid Negrocity - twoward2 the heaven2 +Commentary: |- + Kezinox: + Obviously with a name like Witc)(ing )(our, this song is for the condesce/batterwitch/etc. I always figured a sexy psychotic space empress bent on universal domination needed an over-the-top evil, but also dance-able track. I’d actually been planning to do a song like this for her for quite a while since she’s one of—if not my favorite—characters. Every 30 seconds or so represents a time in the Condesce’s life as we know it up to now and, while the song is almost wholly original, I did pull a few minor, but very recognizable things from songs like liquid negrocity and Twoard2 the Heaven2 to help really nail the connection. + (SoundCloud) + This is my song entry for the Homestuck Music Contest--essentially a dark electro house song for the Condesce. On a technical level this song more or less represents the culmination of all the practice and knowledge I've gained from working with music up until now. --- Group: Side 2 --- Track: ~~SIDE 2~~ +Directory: side-2-universe-a Artist: Toby Fox Duration: 0:10 -Directory: side-2-universe-a URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-side-2 - https://youtu.be/4yYe9Y0zJwE @@ -268,11 +268,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Rust Maid Artist: Plumegeist Duration: '2:54' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rust-maid - https://youtu.be/ekWCjAjetZA +Cover Artists: +- Digidigi66 +Art Tags: +- Aradia Commentary: |- Plumegeist: Around mid-2011 I was at a Nippon Ichi binge. Disgaea 4 was my most anticipated title of yesteryear and I ended up clocking roughly 300 hours in it. Playing it was essentially what finally made me look at the bigger picture when it came to how Disgaea structured it’s entire universe, and if you know me, I love fictional universes with established rules and boundaries that are cleverly told. @@ -281,37 +283,37 @@ Commentary: |- The idea was to have it be a bit of a grim little insidious melody for a title character, but somehow it ended up being slightly more Grant Kirkhope-ish during the N64 era in retrospect, which is something I have to say I’m kind of proud of since he’s a massive inspiration. I eventually got the call back from Radiation during late February and was told that it won a spot. I was in shock and awe at that point, as it meant that I finally got somewhere substantial with my work. Immediately I re-rendered Rust Maid; then titled Apocalypse Maid, and Orange Hat, and sent it along What Pumpkin’s way. Here’s a fun fact though. When Radiation contacted me, he told me that the song was to be retitled “Rust Servant”, and was to be the Handmaid’s theme. This was something I was okay with, but he immediately contacted me a while afterwards and reassigned the character to it’s original intended character. Between a few e-mails exchanged by me and him, we still referred to the actual track as “Rust Servant”, until I got my contract which had it titled “Rust Maid”. I thought this was a contract mistake of some sort, but imagine my surprise when I saw the first track on the album thinking it was mine and not realizing it was adhering to a color scheme. Rust Servant was fucking awesome though. Another fun fact - there’s a cowbell right at the start that wasn’t supposed to be there. I don’t even know how it got there. The original sound file was a reverse cymbal. It happened sometime after I recovered the file and I didn’t notice it until after I listened to the remastered version again. -Cover Artists: -- Digidigi66 --- Track: Bronze Page Artist: Ian White, Eston Schweickart Contributors: - Ally Clark (vocals) Duration: 0:57 -Art Tags: -- Tavros URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bronze-page - https://youtu.be/2ZmG8q5z1XE +Cover Artists: +- Durandana +Art Tags: +- Tavros Lyrics: |- There is a land that I know, it is real and not just make believe
One where friends will defend one another to the end, and you never have to leave A boy with the love in his heart, 'boldened by the courage in his soul
He will fight for the rights of the fairies and the sprites, a hero among trolls You sitting there watching troll TV, get on up and come with me!
Adventure lies and soon you will be, watching Fiduspawn! Fiduspawn! -Cover Artists: -- Durandana --- Track: Gold Mage Artist: repeatedScales Duration: '3:30' -Art Tags: -- Sollux -- 'cw: body horror' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gold-mage - https://youtu.be/IY9mF06ZVFI - https://soundcloud.com/103_records/repeatedscales-gold-mage-2011 +Cover Artists: +- Prassio +Art Tags: +- Sollux +- 'cw: body horror' Commentary: |- repeatedScales: Yes, I'm still amused by the fact that the comments on the most popular YouTube upload of this song essentially consist of nothing but "THIS REMINDS ME OF X GAME". @@ -319,135 +321,133 @@ Commentary: |- So. Gold Mage. Originally known as "Playtime is Over" and written for Dirk Strider before being repurposed to Sollux. Probably my most successful song, before I wrote that remix of Amalgum from Undertale. The very first piece of music I ever made money on. I shan't lie; I'm not as fond of this song as I used to be. Not because of the Homestuck connection or anything; simply because it's just too repettitive. Enough so that it lead to why the eventual remix of it turned out the way it did (too busy and cluttered in places - [[track:gold-mage-playtime-is-over-mix]]) It was so with purpose; I did intend for lyrics to go over this- I even wrote a few- but never recorded anything. But honestly, I can't quite bring myself to hate it. The chords are quite nice, what melodies there are + the basslines are pretty slick, and it was my first major musical success. Though the royalties have since slowed way, way down- it's like £10 every four months, if that- it was a major deal when it first dropped as a part of coloUrs & mayhem: Universe A. Even Toby Fox and (assuming I'm not misremembering entirely) Andrew Hussie had nice things to say about it- directly comarping it to EarthBound-type stuff and being astounded it was written, from the ground up, in a PS1 game. I may not be much into Homestuck these days, and I definitely think the song is showing it's age... but, hell, it's special to me all the same. One of the most integral pieces of my early music career by a wide margin. -Cover Artists: -- Prassio --- Track: Iron Knight Artist: DJ最テー Duration: '4:07' -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iron-knight - https://youtu.be/Nv6hGW8cou4 Cover Artists: - Emma Glaze +Art Tags: +- Karkat +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' --- Track: Olive Rogue Artist: Eston Schweickart Contributors: - Alex Amlie-Wolf (bass) Duration: '4:57' -Art Tags: -- Nepeta -- Karkat URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/olive-rogue - https://youtu.be/L2BLUyv7UT0 +Cover Artists: +- Grim Harlequin +Art Tags: +- Nepeta +- Karkat Commentary: |- Astrom: (Bonus art!) -Cover Artists: -- Grim Harlequin --- Track: Jade Sylph Artist: Frank Haught Duration: '3:50' -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jade-sylph - https://youtu.be/oT-iHcyEjGQ Cover Artists: - Michelle Czajkowski +Art Tags: +- Kanaya +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' --- Track: Teal Seer Artist: Kera Jones Duration: '2:32' -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Pyralspite -- Scalemates -- 'cw: hanging' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/teal-seer - https://youtu.be/Dwcn4q4X0OQ Cover Artists: - Sangcoon +Art Tags: +- Terezi +- Pyralspite +- Scalemates +- 'cw: hanging' --- Track: Cobalt Thief Artist: Ray McDougall Duration: '3:22' -Art Tags: -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cobalt-thief - https://youtu.be/44un1ADquPA +Cover Artists: +- Shannon +Art Tags: +- Vriska Lyrics: |- .--. .-.. . .- ... . / .... . .-.. .--. / .... .. -- (Please help him) -Cover Artists: -- Shannon --- Track: Indigo Heir Artist: Paul Tuttle Starr Duration: '5:00' -Art Tags: -- Equius URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/indigo-heir - https://youtu.be/tdzG9kkxGt8 +Cover Artists: +- Erupan +Art Tags: +- Equius Lyrics: |- ... --- ... (SOS) -Cover Artists: -- Erupan --- Track: Purple Bard Artist: Eligecos Duration: '3:08' -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/purple-bard - https://youtu.be/H9PK2xF_b3I Cover Artists: - Brianne +Art Tags: +- Gamzee +- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' --- Track: Violet Prince Artist: DJ最テー Duration: '3:02' -Art Tags: -- Eridan -- Angels -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/violet-prince - https://youtu.be/o0W_22WQjZ0 Cover Artists: - Whimzu +Art Tags: +- Eridan +- Angels +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: Fuchsia Witch Artist: David Dycus Duration: '1:36' -Art Tags: -- Feferi URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-witch - https://youtu.be/FApClQH9MrE Cover Artists: - Inverts +Art Tags: +- Feferi --- Group: Additional Mayhem --- Track: ~~ADDITIONAL MAYHEM~~ +Directory: additional-mayhem-universe-a Artist: Toby Fox Duration: 0:17 -Directory: additional-mayhem-universe-a URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-additional-mayhem - https://youtu.be/_cVhbp4Z2sI @@ -457,17 +457,19 @@ Referenced Tracks: --- Track: Your Universe Artist: Marcus Carline -Duration: '4:50' -Art Tags: -- Snowman -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/your-universe -- https://youtu.be/iE1s52sqnpI Contributors: - Rachel St. Marseille (voice) - Steve Blum (piano) - Nicole Sequeira (bass) - Eric Hagstrom (drums) +Duration: '4:50' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/your-universe +- https://youtu.be/iE1s52sqnpI +Cover Artists: +- J.N. Wiedle +Art Tags: +- Snowman Lyrics: |- Cigarette ashes burn red
But they fall like snow
And I hear the wind a callin' my name
And this world's got to end someday soon A slick black queen
In a slick black coat
Her leggings high and her brim down low
She's beautiful and she knows it @@ -478,58 +480,58 @@ Lyrics: |- Our love was hot
But I was cold
You always made me feel so blue
But when I said draw
And you shot
It was obvious that you were colder I'm not unhurt
But you lost out
When I said draw I just knew that you would
You'll miss me so when I'm gone
I'll miss you so when I'm gone Love or hate
I was your girl
I was your world
I was your universe -Cover Artists: -- J.N. Wiedle --- Track: Superego Artist: Yan Rodriguez Duration: '2:58' -Art Tags: -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/superego - https://youtu.be/fjmiQ3wujn4 +Cover Artists: +- Kajoinen +Art Tags: +- Vriska Commentary: |- Yan Rodriguez: Boy do I love this song. The situation I made was pretty much the opposite of the one for Bronze Rebel. I felt pretty good about Bronze Rebel, and I had a feeling I was only going to get one track on anyway I didn’t have high hopes for this one. In fact this one was the “let’s make something I don’t think others will like as much” song. And it might be true, I can’t really tell! I had to fight myself to get this song done, since I wasn’t feeling good and I still wanted to put out something quality. I had really wanted to make something for Vriska, but I didn’t have great sounds to do it, but Solatrus convinced me to try a hand at it anyway, to see if I could do something different with Vriska. Unfortunately, what I had in mind still ended up being like what a lot of people already ended up having as “Vriska” ingrained in their mind from previous official homestuck music. I was a little disappointed about that, but after having spent days staring at the ceiling trying to figure out what I should do, I realized I just needed to make something. The drums were the first thing I had in my mind that I knew I needed to make a certain way, and the way I made the guitar do 9th intervals was initially an accident that worked out for the best. I’m also pretty happy with this one, I only wish I had better samples or actual guitar instead of the weird twangy and low impact stuff I currently do. -Cover Artists: -- Kajoinen --- Track: Made of Time Artist: James Roach Duration: '2:17' -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/made-of-time - https://youtu.be/MMwFJp_e3BQ Cover Artists: - Alexia Khodanian +Art Tags: +- Aradia +- Jack Noir --- Track: Nine Lives One Love Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks Duration: '6:33' -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Disciple -- Nepeta -- Karkat URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nine-lives-one-love - https://youtu.be/woprOPxAOAE Cover Artists: - Lynnai Hicks +Art Tags: +- The Signless +- The Disciple +- Nepeta +- Karkat --- Track: Temporal Shenanigans Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://youtu.be/gO2SMV0lY3U +Cover Artists: +- Astrom +Art Tags: +- Aradia Lyrics: |- There's no need to justify the meaningless destruction
The voices always tell me that it's how I'm meant to function Everything's in order, everything will come in time
Just as long as I complete the tasks that are mine @@ -542,5 +544,3 @@ Lyrics: |- From now on I know I'll be more careful where I tread
I'm alive, I'm smiling, I'm so tired of being dead I see in full clarity what was so muddy before (The time will come when you'll see)
You see I'm far from empty, I'm back to what I live for (What lies in your destiny) I see in full clarity what was so muddy before (The time will come when you'll see)
You see I'm far from empty, I'm back to what I live for (All of your predestiny) -Cover Artists: -- Astrom diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml index 8b42d3ae..84fde7d8 100644 --- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml +++ b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ Album: 'coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B' -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Directory: coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b Date: April 13, 2012 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a-b +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD729D6C2BFB4844C +Cover Artists: +- Shelby Cragg Color: '#a5d2e2' Groups: - Official @@ -15,24 +19,20 @@ Art Tags: - Roxy - Dirk - Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a-b -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD729D6C2BFB4844C -Cover Artists: -- Shelby Cragg -Wallpaper Artists: +Banner Artists: - Shelby Cragg - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 +Wallpaper Artists: - Shelby Cragg - Niklink (edits for wiki) --- Group: Side 1 --- Track: ~~SIDE 1~~ +Directory: side-1-universe-b Artist: Toby Fox Duration: 0:08 -Directory: side-1-universe-b URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-b-side-1 - https://youtu.be/ScD8J0igQwU @@ -43,34 +43,39 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Green Ghost Artist: Monobrow Duration: '5:58' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/green-ghost-2 - https://youtu.be/nx2CqNp16IA - https://soundcloud.com/robobrow/green_ghost -Commentary: |- - Monobrow: - So my song, Cosmic Surgeon? People told me to enter a contest that came up right around the time I finished it. It was for the Homestuck Fan Album, which actually turned out to be 2 albums lol. So yup, I entered, and I was one of the winners, in fact it’s actually the first track (track 1 is an opener)... I’m kinda astonished by that today, but I guess it fits! - About the song, I called it Cosmic Surgeon because of John and that big drill thing he did... And the whole cancer thing.. So I guess the song did kinda cater as a theme for him already. What a coincidence that as soon as I make a remix, I can enter it into a contest right away and it actually wins. When I wrote it, I just really wanted to capture how the entire comic made me feel at the time, especially after watching Cascade. It’s a theme for John, but I also think of it as kind of a real “Homestuck” theme for the entire thing, I guess, as a lot of people kinda obsess over Doctor... - Anyway, I remastered this version of the song, and added a few other elements, and instrument balance, per a couple suggestions by Radiation Fox... So you can think of this as more of a Cosmic Surgen v. 0.1... Cover Artists: - Koba +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - Moonsong - Eternal Recurrence - A Bell is Tolling - Terra's Theme +Commentary: |- + Monobrow: + So my song, Cosmic Surgeon? People told me to enter a contest that came up right around the time I finished it. It was for the Homestuck Fan Album, which actually turned out to be 2 albums lol. So yup, I entered, and I was one of the winners, in fact it’s actually the first track (track 1 is an opener)... I’m kinda astonished by that today, but I guess it fits! + About the song, I called it Cosmic Surgeon because of John and that big drill thing he did... And the whole cancer thing.. So I guess the song did kinda cater as a theme for him already. What a coincidence that as soon as I make a remix, I can enter it into a contest right away and it actually wins. When I wrote it, I just really wanted to capture how the entire comic made me feel at the time, especially after watching Cascade. It’s a theme for John, but I also think of it as kind of a real “Homestuck” theme for the entire thing, I guess, as a lot of people kinda obsess over Doctor... + Anyway, I remastered this version of the song, and added a few other elements, and instrument balance, per a couple suggestions by Radiation Fox... So you can think of this as more of a Cosmic Surgen v. 0.1... --- Track: Orchid Horror Artist: David DeCou Duration: '4:07' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/orchid-horror-2 - https://youtu.be/ZOVhMJgdIX0 +Cover Artists: +- Sukka +Art Tags: +- Rose +Referenced Tracks: +- track:chorale-for-jaspers +- Black Rose / Green Sun Commentary: |- David DeCou: (YouTube) @@ -79,54 +84,49 @@ Commentary: |- (YouTube)
I thought I heard Black Hole/Green Sun, and also, if you squint your ears just right, it sounds a bit like The Dangerous Symphony (not a Homestuck song)
Black Rose/Green Sun is a great song. I did use the same sort of chord progression that's in there. It shows up in a lot of Homestuck songs though I think. -Cover Artists: -- Sukka -Referenced Tracks: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Black Rose / Green Sun --- Track: Red Disc Artist: Nathan H. Duration: '2:52' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/red-disc-2 - https://youtu.be/Y4lJcMpYGZk -Commentary: |- - Nathan H.: - This was the first entry I made for the contest, and likely the one that took me the longest to complete; probably because I was running into walls during transitions while trying to keep whole song congruent. Nonetheless, I think it turned out great. I had a battle between Hephaestus and Dave in mind as I wrote the piece, and took inspiration for it from the first few boss fights in the game Dark Souls. Cover Artists: - Aurum +Art Tags: +- Dave Referenced Tracks: - track:atomyk-ebonpyre +Commentary: |- + Nathan H.: + This was the first entry I made for the contest, and likely the one that took me the longest to complete; probably because I was running into walls during transitions while trying to keep whole song congruent. Nonetheless, I think it turned out great. I had a battle between Hephaestus and Dave in mind as I wrote the piece, and took inspiration for it from the first few boss fights in the game Dark Souls. --- Track: Blue Atom Artist: David Ellis Contributors: - Malik Refaat (alto saxophone) Duration: '4:46' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Frogs URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/blue-atom-2 - https://youtu.be/QrB8PrwBIY0 -Commentary: |- - David Ellis: - When I started writing the pieces for the contest I knew I wanted one of them to be based around a theme that already existed. Running through a few ideas I landed on doing a kind of jazzy shuffle piece around the main theme from ‘The Beginning of Something Really Excellent’. As soon as I hit the first chord with the Rhodes piano it became smooth. The writing process was really quick and the piece was almost completely sketched out on the keyboard in one go. As the piece was intended for Jade - given the use of the earlier theme - I added in a little bass solo. - Technical note: Sometimes when I think I’ve finished writing something I’ll find that it’s a bit too long and something needs to change, this was one of those times. The sound you hear at 3:53 is the sound of me finding a way to avoid playing an extra intro/verse and tightening up the song a bit. Using almost the same build up heard earlier in the piece and changing the resolution at the end has the added advantage of (hopefully) making you think it’s heading back towards the intro riff until the key shifts in the last bar and the song jumps straight to the final chorus. Cover Artists: - Petra K. +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Frogs Referenced Tracks: - The Beginning of Something Really Excellent +Commentary: |- + David Ellis: + When I started writing the pieces for the contest I knew I wanted one of them to be based around a theme that already existed. Running through a few ideas I landed on doing a kind of jazzy shuffle piece around the main theme from ‘The Beginning of Something Really Excellent’. As soon as I hit the first chord with the Rhodes piano it became smooth. The writing process was really quick and the piece was almost completely sketched out on the keyboard in one go. As the piece was intended for Jade - given the use of the earlier theme - I added in a little bass solo. + Technical note: Sometimes when I think I’ve finished writing something I’ll find that it’s a bit too long and something needs to change, this was one of those times. The sound you hear at 3:53 is the sound of me finding a way to avoid playing an extra intro/verse and tightening up the song a bit. Using almost the same build up heard earlier in the piece and changing the resolution at the end has the added advantage of (hopefully) making you think it’s heading back towards the intro riff until the key shifts in the last bar and the song jumps straight to the final chorus. --- Group: Side 2 --- Track: ~~SIDE 2~~ +Directory: side-2-universe-b Artist: Toby Fox Duration: 0:13 -Directory: side-2-universe-b URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-b-side-2 - https://youtu.be/fhaFzwEZ-VI @@ -137,31 +137,37 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Cyan Beast Artist: David Ellis Duration: '3:44' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cyan-beast-2 +- https://youtu.be/qhP_QTvAeQg +Cover Artists: +- PaperArtichokes Art Tags: - Jane - God Cat - Rabbit -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cyan-beast-2 -- https://youtu.be/qhP_QTvAeQg Commentary: |- David Ellis: This piece started as an offshoot of a song that was very loosely based on John and Jade’s three year voyage between the two windows. I felt that the theme that became the chorus to this piece needed to be at a higher tempo than the rest of that song so I took it out and based this tune around it instead. It was originally titled ‘Heir of the Dog’ as I was still thinking it could be either a Jade or a John piece at the time and wasn’t certain who I’d end up submitting it for (also because terrible puns). Technical note: Although the piece features keyboard and guitar solos the bass was actually the hardest part to play, in particular during the chorus and the part behind the guitar solo. Extra: This is no longer true since I recorded the video. For the original recording the two handed parts in the verses and the outro were originally done as 2 separate takes for each one. It wasn’t until I started the video that I thought ‘I could turn these into single parts’ and made things really difficult for myself. -Cover Artists: -- PaperArtichokes --- Track: Pink Cat Artist: Ryan Ames Duration: '3:52' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pink-cat-2 +- https://youtu.be/mF7WdQcSkHI +Cover Artists: +- MissNK Art Tags: - Roxy - Cats - 'cw: alcohol' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pink-cat-2 -- https://youtu.be/mF7WdQcSkHI +Referenced Tracks: +- track:chorale-for-jaspers +- track:aggrieve +- Carefree Action Commentary: |- Ryan Ames: I don’t want to clog up the audio post so I figured I’d make a separate post for my reasoning behind the different parts of the song! @@ -176,32 +182,28 @@ Commentary: |- Section 3. [2:25-END] Roxy is asleep and we are now on Derse. This last section is meant to represent her sleepwalking around the void. We have a little sad sounding ocarina melody which then makes way for the main theme to play one last time on violin. The song finally ends on an ominous and spooky note as Roxy drifts further and further into the void. Wow I did not expect to type this much. Anyway this song was a blast to make and even if it’s not accepted, I still learned a whole lot! I hope you all enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it! -Cover Artists: -- MissNK -Referenced Tracks: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- track:aggrieve -- Carefree Action --- Track: Orange Hat Artist: Plumegeist Duration: '2:36' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/orange-hat-2 - https://youtu.be/sMkNFjy8xcU Cover Artists: - Meggie Fox +Art Tags: +- Dirk --- Track: Emerald Terror Artist: Elisa McCabe Duration: '2:31' -Art Tags: -- Jake URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-terror-2 - https://youtu.be/CWDbNoGgGyQ +Cover Artists: +- HamsterParade +Art Tags: +- Jake Commentary: |- Elisa McCabe: First of all I have this unreasonably intense love of Jake that I can’t really entirely explain. Uh. So I definitely wanted to do a song for him. The main idea I started out with was that I’d do a song with two parts, the first part representing Grandpa Harley, then I’d have it morph into the second part, which would be for post-scratch Jake. I first thought of having a literal record scratch but man that sounded dumb :] I referred to the first part, to myself, as Grandpa Harley, and the second part as Hellmurder Island. @@ -209,15 +211,13 @@ Commentary: |- I wanted to make Hellmurder Island really dramatic. I had some (not particularly complicated) scenes of Jake running around on his island that I was making it a soundtrack for. Like…the first section is just…running around in the jungle. Then there’s him standing at the top of this huge waterfall, and some birds take off, and the last part is him fighting something or being about to enter the SBURB session. Whatever shit is about to get real for him. :3 The song is mainly influenced by ELO’s ‘Jungle’, haha. Mainly in the way it goes, “duh DUH, duh DUH!” I love how that sounds. I tried to do more jungley percussion but it didn’t end up sounding that good. I made the drum track in this app, which I pretty much use for all my drum tracks cuz it’s awesome. I did everything except the guitar - which was my bandmate playing - in Garageband using my midi keyboard and various soundfonts. I’m so in love with the one that does the main melody. It’s a flugelhorn. It just sounded so much like Jake to me! -Cover Artists: -- HamsterParade --- Group: Additional Mayhem --- Track: ~~ADDITIONAL MAYHEM~~ +Directory: additional-mayhem-universe-b Artist: Toby Fox Duration: 0:18 -Directory: additional-mayhem-universe-b URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-b-additional-mayhem - https://youtu.be/GetfDAZKshg @@ -228,11 +228,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Squiddle Song Artist: Maya Kern Duration: '2:27' -Art Tags: -- Squiddles URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/squiddle-song-2 - https://youtu.be/eWNMf4-ZMOQ +Cover Artists: +- Maya Kern +Art Tags: +- Squiddles Lyrics: |- (C G6 Am F) wake up in the morning
there's a brand new day ahead
the sun is bright and the clouds smile down
and all your friends are dead @@ -255,45 +257,43 @@ Commentary: |- well i really love the squiddles? and the squiddles album is one of my favorite albums. but i think a lot of it is because i’m not super great at writing music on demand? like, i write music all the time, but only when inspiration hits. and since there was a deadline, i didn’t quite have that option. i had tried writing a very different song before that with… not great results. i mean, it’s not a bad song, but it’s very unspecific and was not a good homestuck song. so then i just decided i would write something silly and the squiddle song came out! because silly, i can do -Cover Artists: -- Maya Kern --- Track: Pendulum Artist: Shandy Duration: '3:16' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- 'cw: blood' -- 'cw: corpse (abstract)' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pendulum-2 - https://youtu.be/Mv0zF9BRfOI Cover Artists: - Rii Abrego +Art Tags: +- Dave +- 'cw: blood' +- 'cw: corpse (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Pale Rapture Artist: The Black Curtain Duration: '4:06' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pale-rapture-2 - https://youtu.be/iWnZhSjbPrs Cover Artists: - The-Everlasting-Ash +Art Tags: +- John --- Track: Do The Windy Thing Artist: Brian Schaefer Duration: '2:45' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/do-the-windy-thing-2 - https://youtu.be/T-CliOV5-sg Cover Artists: - Emily Blundell +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - track:showtime-original-mix @@ -301,139 +301,139 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Pilot Light Artist: Thomas Ibarra Duration: '2:51' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pilot-light-2 - https://youtu.be/05nEUculjxM Cover Artists: - KIIPPU +Art Tags: +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - Flare --- Track: Ohgodcat Artist: Eligecos Duration: '2:22' -Art Tags: -- God Cat URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ohgodcat-2 - https://youtu.be/s-4SihyV1yU Cover Artists: - Shelby Cragg +Art Tags: +- God Cat --- Track: Cupcake Girl Artist: Liam O'Donnell Duration: '1:21' -Art Tags: -- Jane URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cupcake-girl-2 - https://youtu.be/zvtTVc1s70A Cover Artists: - dodostad +Art Tags: +- Jane --- Track: Phantasmic Youngsters Artist: Tristan Scroggins Duration: '3:21' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/phantasmic-youngsters-2 - https://youtu.be/q4VTyykeKFw Cover Artists: - Ari Hunt +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Jade --- Track: Battle Brotocol Artist: Elliot Colp Duration: '2:16' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/battle-brotocol-2 +- https://youtu.be/XeHvUfWSYS4 +Cover Artists: +- Hanni Brosh Art Tags: - Dirk - Squarewave - Sawtooth -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/battle-brotocol-2 -- https://youtu.be/XeHvUfWSYS4 Lyrics: |- Exterminate Target locked, scanning
There you are, target acquired Severe damage to right arm detected
Attempt to repair
Repair failure
Compensating
Hard mode engaged You win
Thanks for p-p-p-p-playing -Cover Artists: -- Hanni Brosh --- Track: Bec Noir Artist: Will Kommor Duration: '3:17' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bec-noir-2 - https://youtu.be/5V-RpYzKfx8 Cover Artists: - Rem +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - Amen, Brother --- Track: The Vast Glub Artist: Kris Flacke Duration: '4:23' -Art Tags: -- Feferi -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-vast-glub-2 - https://youtu.be/wq3tRD7hBH0 Cover Artists: - M. Schmahl +Art Tags: +- Feferi +- Horrorterrors --- Track: 'WV: Become the Mayor of Cans' Artist: Solarbear Duration: '4:00' -Art Tags: -- WV -- Serenity URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/wv-become-the-mayor-of-cans-2 - https://youtu.be/uQ-OLuD6WAM Cover Artists: - Derples +Art Tags: +- WV +- Serenity --- Track: March of the Batterwitch Artist: Marcy Nabors Duration: '3:35' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/march-of-the-batterwitch-2 - https://youtu.be/1YyY6v87qsA Cover Artists: - Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- The Condesce Referenced Tracks: - track:chorale-for-jaspers --- Track: Coolkid Artist: Haunter Duration: '4:03' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/coolkid-2 - https://youtu.be/2el6ZUkK6YE Cover Artists: - Raizor +Art Tags: +- Dave --- Track: Clockstopper Artist: viaSatellite, infiniteKnife Duration: '5:42' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockstopper-2 - https://youtu.be/CO5IN60Nt9E Cover Artists: - Kurimja +Art Tags: +- Dave Referenced Tracks: - track:beatdown-strider-style - track:atomyk-ebonpyre @@ -442,11 +442,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Dapper Dueling Artist: Max Wright Duration: '2:45' -Art Tags: -- Jake URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dapper-dueling-2 - https://youtu.be/-bnKY83hEAc +Cover Artists: +- Soju +Art Tags: +- Jake Commentary: |- Max Wright: Dapper Dueling was inspired originally by a Steampunk band named The Cog is Dead - after listening to the song I just linked, I tried to take down the general feel and basic instrumentation, and then work on my own from there. Instruments used in the piece are: @@ -464,43 +466,43 @@ Commentary: |- Also, while composing, I imagined Dapper Dueling to fit a fight scene similar to this, from Sherlock Holmes (2009). (YouTube) This was my interpretation of a Jake Strife theme. After the intensity of [[Cobalt Corsair]] I wanted to make something fun to listen to, and ended up with this. Imagine Jake English bouncing nimbly from side to side, facing off to wrestle his eager opponent. -Cover Artists: -- Soju --- Track: Checkmate Artist: David Dycus Duration: '2:42' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/checkmate-2 - https://youtu.be/Z6IMxFibTTQ Cover Artists: - Shad Andrews +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir --- Track: Vodka Mutiny Artist: Catboss Contributors: - theMfish (SFX) Duration: '3:01' -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Cats -- 'cw: alcohol' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vodka-mutiny-2 - https://youtu.be/H1Ry5qhIaOs Cover Artists: - Riri +Art Tags: +- Roxy +- Cats +- 'cw: alcohol' --- Track: Dord Waltz Artist: Elaine Wang Duration: '2:09' -Art Tags: -- Roxy URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dord-waltz-2 - https://youtu.be/e-fb2fUGNIE +Cover Artists: +- Merrigo +Art Tags: +- Roxy Commentary: |- Elaine Wang: Fun facts: @@ -516,31 +518,40 @@ Commentary: |- Although if you’re willing to play Dord on a dord I can send you sheet music. Full disclosure: I’m not actually finished with the Dord sheet music. Remind me in two weeks and I’ll probably have something. The above two points also apply even if you aren’t going to play Dord on a dord. (I have no idea what the range of that instrument is, so whatever.) -Cover Artists: -- Merrigo --- Track: Rustless Fall Artist: Gabe Stilez Duration: '3:32' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rustless-fall-2 - https://youtu.be/YDzxho9uztI Cover Artists: - Kadi Fedoruk +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Horrorterrors Referenced Tracks: - track:endless-climb --- Track: Pipeorgankind Artist: James Roach Duration: '5:04' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pipeorgankind-2 - https://youtu.be/hTpm_sDz62M +Cover Artists: +- VickyBit +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-original-mix +- Warhammer of Zillyhoo +- track:explore +- Liquid Negrocity +- track:doctor +- Lifdoff +- track:harlequin +- Toccata and Fugue in D minor Commentary: |- James Roach: As a lot of you know, my track Pipeorgankind was featured in last night's Flash! I used melodies and themes from several talented musicians to create this track, and orchestrated/arranged them for fun! I never thought it would become anything! @@ -558,14 +569,3 @@ Commentary: |- - 3:43 Zillyhoo/Toccata line - 3:56 I wrote in a Breath, (or whats called a Grand Pause!) since John was the Heir of Breath! Thanks for all the overwhelming encouragement and support! I wouldn’t be here without you guys! -Cover Artists: -- VickyBit -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Warhammer of Zillyhoo -- track:explore -- Liquid Negrocity -- track:doctor -- Lifdoff -- track:harlequin -- Toccata and Fugue in D minor diff --git a/album/comfortable-bugs.yaml b/album/comfortable-bugs.yaml index 58834a53..62c56636 100644 --- a/album/comfortable-bugs.yaml +++ b/album/comfortable-bugs.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ Album: Comfortable Bugs Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Has Track Art: false Date: December 21, 2012 Date Added: February 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/comfortable-bugs +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQtx7uCpOsNFM-1-7GCFR4oW7XEfrFDYo +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra Color: '#c3dcaf' Groups: - Michael Guy Bowman - Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/comfortable-bugs -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQtx7uCpOsNFM-1-7GCFR4oW7XEfrFDYo Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: A very cozy effort (as the title implies). A combination of classic rock sounds of the 70's and some modern electronic tricks to create the mix-tape you always wanted to hear. @@ -18,8 +20,6 @@ Commentary: |- Tavia Morra: (original cover art) -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra --- Track: Hard Reset Duration: '4:06' diff --git a/album/contritum.yaml b/album/contritum.yaml index 4d4cbe29..22c7edf1 100644 --- a/album/contritum.yaml +++ b/album/contritum.yaml @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ Album: Contritum Artist: nights -Has Track Art: false Date: July 17, 2018 Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: '#f30d00' -Groups: -- Oceanfalls -- Beyond URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/contritum +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - nights +Color: '#f30d00' +Groups: +- Oceanfalls +- Beyond --- Track: Contritum Duration: '3:14' diff --git a/album/cosmic-caretakers.yaml b/album/cosmic-caretakers.yaml index 2bd3b13a..5b23e11b 100644 --- a/album/cosmic-caretakers.yaml +++ b/album/cosmic-caretakers.yaml @@ -1,7 +1,11 @@ Album: Cosmic Caretakers -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Date: February 17, 2019 Date Added: January 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-caretakers +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLX9PC37_XWPOiSCopUc9ZHf +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam Color: '#ff78da' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans @@ -16,9 +20,6 @@ Art Tags: - Jake's grandma - Becquerel - God Cat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-caretakers -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLX9PC37_XWPOiSCopUc9ZHf Commentary: |- Ucklin:
COSMIC CARETAKERS
@@ -44,12 +45,11 @@ 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: -- Elanor Pam -Wallpaper Artists: -- Elanor Pam Banner Artists: - melodiousDiscord +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 +Wallpaper Artists: +- Elanor Pam --- Group: Disc 1 --- @@ -60,41 +60,46 @@ Duration: '1:06' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1-3 - https://youtu.be/tUczmB-88wM +Cover Artists: +- ackro Commentary: |- psithurist: The jingles I wrote for this album are a little more involved from the ones you usually find on Homestuck albums, which I did because I thought it would be fun (and it was). A grandiose intro to prepare you for what'll probably be the best god damn album you'll ever hear? ackro: this was done pretty quick, its a simple concept that didnt take much doing. the thing i like most is probably the scratch lightning, ive been drawing a lot of lightning recently. -Cover Artists: -- ackro --- Track: Egbert's Kitchen Artist: Pascal van den Bos Duration: '3:01' -Art Tags: -- John's dad -- Underlings URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/egberts-kitchen - https://youtu.be/FQGsW9lDx8E +Cover Artists: +- trip +Art Tags: +- John's dad +- Underlings +Referenced Tracks: +- track:under-the-hat Commentary: |- Pascal van den Bos: For this track i went for the style of music i think Dad listens to, [[track:under-the-hat]] but even jazzier haha. The chiptune breakdown in the middle is also kind of a reference to [[track:showtime-original-mix]] which is the Strife! theme you hear when John encountered Dad. It worked pretty well, i think this is what you'd hear when you walk in to the kitchen when Dad is baking something. trip: I want this dad to be my dad. -Cover Artists: -- trip -Referenced Tracks: -- track:under-the-hat --- Track: Nanna's New Groove Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '3:48' -Art Tags: -- John's nanna URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/nannas-new-groove - https://youtu.be/3xka38s_wYY +Cover Artists: +- TheChaoMaster +Art Tags: +- John's nanna +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Anthem +- track:nannaquin Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: At first I considered making this track electroswing, but that's a bit out of my range. I think this works well as a compromise! @@ -102,40 +107,40 @@ Commentary: |- The clownma is pretty good at pranks, all things considered. TheChaoMaster: in this household we stan Jane Crocker/Nanna Egbert. -Cover Artists: -- TheChaoMaster -Referenced Tracks: -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:nannaquin --- Track: Martini Cardamom Artist: Sean Gorter, PoisonedElite Duration: '3:58' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/martini-cardamom +- https://youtu.be/lJv9VPWL7dY +Cover Artists: +- nights Art Tags: - Roxy - Roxy's mom - 'cw: alcohol' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/martini-cardamom -- https://youtu.be/lJv9VPWL7dY Commentary: |- Sean Gorter: Hey, it's your local pianist extraordinaire Flare. The basic seeds of this track belong to PoisonedElite, who left behind a minute-long demo of harpsichord and strings. Imagine my surprise when her MIDI was handed down to me and there were the beginnings of an electronic drum track I didn't get to hear in her exports! So the concept was set, orchestra with electronic rhythmic backing. Mom always seemed like quite the intimidating figure to those who met her. Perpetually drunk, with an endless, seemingly vindictive collection of wizard paraphrenalia, Mom was more living myth than parental figure. While most might soften those figures over time to be more relatable, not Hussie, and not Mom! She handles a massive Sburban monster with ease, demonstrates martial arts and weapons expertise, and catches the romantic attention of Dad without so much as breaking a sweat. All I could think of putting this track together was "classical badass." So here's to you, Ms. Classical Badass. nights: I wanted to try something new for this piece, so I went with a lineless minimal style. For the art, I wanted to draw both of Roxy's post and pre scratch selves, not just Mom Lalonde, since I adore both equally!! While working on it, I wanted to somehow connect the two versions of Roxy together with something common. Eventually, I settled on the scarves, and used them for composition and filling in blank spots in the art piece. -Cover Artists: -- nights --- Track: Meteor, Schmeteor (I'll Cut That Thing Right In Half) Directory: meteor-schmeteor Artist: Chaosvariant Duration: '2:38' -Art Tags: -- Dave's bro URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/meteor-schmeteor-ill-cut-that-thing-right-in-half - https://youtu.be/aYC3XRHFOkQ +Cover Artists: +- ackro +Art Tags: +- Dave's bro +Referenced Tracks: +- track:beatdown-strider-style +- Umbral Ultimatum Commentary: |- Chaosvariant: Hi I go by Chaosvariant. I worked on this track for Dave's Bro, my original intention was to remix [[track:beatdown-strider-style]] to have a little more flair and fit better into the cool yet dangerous aura Dave's Bro put off then to have that transition into the fight with Jack Noir. My computer halfway through this process bricked so sadly we're kinda stuck with a WIP but I hope you'll like it for the concept alone. @@ -143,96 +148,98 @@ Commentary: |- SplitSuns here. In addition to writing my own song for this project, which you'll find 24 tracks from now, I mastered the album in general. In theory, this means making sure each song is around the same volume so you don't have to keep adjusting your headphones. However, sometimes I did some extra work just to polish things up. Like with this song, for instance: I took what Chaosvariant had finished, added some EQ to make the mix clearer, and added a small sound effect at the end to smooth things out. ackro: i really like how i did this one. not too much going on but i feel its good for how simple it is. drawing the meteor took a bit of work, and looking at some reference shots from descend, but it really came together, and of course the sense of scale given with bro and the meteor is very well executed id say. pretty much flawless except for the fire which i couldve done better. -Cover Artists: -- ackro -Referenced Tracks: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Umbral Ultimatum --- Track: Hunting the Most Dangerous Game Artist: Kanishka Duration: '3:30' -Art Tags: -- Jade's grandpa -- Becquerel -- 'cw: animal death' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hunting-the-most-dangerous-game - https://youtu.be/X0SymJI8Nck -Commentary: |- - SplitSuns: - With its blend of sharp synths and cinematic orchestration, as well as its dramatic swells in composition, this song does an amazing job capturing Grandpa's famed taste for adventure. Can you feel it? That sense of danger, the palpable tension in the air as the jungle trees sway in the breeze? Quick snatches of animal chatter meet your ears, the rest muffled by the dense canopy above. You grip your rifle a little tighter and adjust your hat towards what lies beyond. You have a feeling it's going to be a long hunt. - tipsy: - i accidentally listened to bec's song instead of grandpa's song (wow well done me), so i HAD to include dogs. but i wanted the image to live up to this song's title. you can see my thought process here. besides which you can see the true danger that grandpa must have put himself in expressed here with his lack of pants. anyway i wanted the animals to all look vaguely real, so i spent a lot of time looking up pictures of them while drawing. i was heavily inspired by hiveswap and the photo frames of grandpa in his past, and wanted to draw a silly looking hunting scenario that could fill the gaps of in your head. there's even a version with joey's comments scribbled on, though it was a bit too busy and standoutish. hope you enjoy [Kanishka]'s song. Cover Artists: - Tipsy +Art Tags: +- Jade's grandpa +- Becquerel +- 'cw: animal death' Referenced Tracks: - A Taste for Adventure - track:dissension-remix - track:old-secret +Commentary: |- + SplitSuns: + With its blend of sharp synths and cinematic orchestration, as well as its dramatic swells in composition, this song does an amazing job capturing Grandpa's famed taste for adventure. Can you feel it? That sense of danger, the palpable tension in the air as the jungle trees sway in the breeze? Quick snatches of animal chatter meet your ears, the rest muffled by the dense canopy above. You grip your rifle a little tighter and adjust your hat towards what lies beyond. You have a feeling it's going to be a long hunt. + tipsy: + i accidentally listened to bec's song instead of grandpa's song (wow well done me), so i HAD to include dogs. but i wanted the image to live up to this song's title. you can see my thought process here. besides which you can see the true danger that grandpa must have put himself in expressed here with his lack of pants. anyway i wanted the animals to all look vaguely real, so i spent a lot of time looking up pictures of them while drawing. i was heavily inspired by hiveswap and the photo frames of grandpa in his past, and wanted to draw a silly looking hunting scenario that could fill the gaps of in your head. there's even a version with joey's comments scribbled on, though it was a bit too busy and standoutish. hope you enjoy [Kanishka]'s song. --- Track: Fetch That Steak Artist: Kusoro Duration: '1:34' -Art Tags: -- Becquerel -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fetch-that-steak - https://youtu.be/03hQ5iLuTTQ +Cover Artists: +- SpaceWaifu +Art Tags: +- Becquerel +- Jade Commentary: |- SplitSuns: Bec is, first and foremost, a good dog. Let's put aside his featureless visage, god-like powers and key role in creating a Sovereign Slayer capable of destroying entire universes. He is a dog that likes to run around, play fetch, and eat treats like any other! This song shows that under-appreciated side of Jade's best friend. How can you say no to those Mario Paint dog barks? (If you think those are great, wait until you listen to the song for Bec's post-Scratch counterpart. Cinematic parallels, I'm telling you.) Ephemerald: Bec quite clearly doesn't have a care in the world here. You know, it's funny how omnipotent dog brains work. "Yeah, I was brought to this planet with the express purpose of facilitating its ultimate purpose and also ensuring that I exist at all, but, I mean, do I have to do that right now? Can't I just take some time off and go fetch a steak so radioactive it would make the Elephant's Foot seem like a regular old chunk of steel by comparison? The answer is yes, I can. So I will." Good dog. Best friend. Not a superb prioritizer. -Cover Artists: -- SpaceWaifu --- Track: Monatomic Strife Artist: Pascal van den Bos Duration: '2:15' -Art Tags: -- John's dad -- The Felt URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/monatomic-strife - https://youtu.be/0f-iGQ_9BnU +Cover Artists: +- trip +Art Tags: +- John's dad +- The Felt +Referenced Tracks: +- Versus Commentary: |- Pascal van den Bos: I wanted to write a Strife theme for Dad Crocker since i've never heard one before, but i think he's the cooler dad so he should have one. I made it kinda fast paced based on him fighting in [S] Collide, i think that's where he really showed how good of a guardian he is by beating up some felt members. trip: This one too. -Cover Artists: -- trip -Referenced Tracks: -- Versus --- Track: Secondhand Memories Artist: Grace Medley Duration: '1:57' -Art Tags: -- Jane's grandpa -- Jane URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/secondhand-memories - https://youtu.be/pCKkP1NDG7s +Cover Artists: +- nights +Art Tags: +- Jane's grandpa +- Jane Commentary: |- Grace Medley: Sorry, sorry to interrupt the booklet, folks, but I've got a cracking idea: see the next time you find yourself in a pub toilet, and you've got a pen on you, write on the door, "Johnny Crocker, R.I.P." Or let's say you're not old enough to get into pubs yet, let's say, you're still in school? Write it on a desk. Scratch it in with a compass. "Johnny Crocker, R.I.P." Or let's say you're online. Let's say you're on Bebo, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, a forum, whatever it is, just get the message out there. "Johnny Crocker, R.I.P." Miss you, big man. Gone, but not forgotten. And who is Johnny Crocker...? Eh, who cares. nights: I had the sketch of this track art sitting by for a while, since I never found the time to finish it - not even during the holiday break. I finally was able to find the time to do exactly that on... A very long and boring plane trip, hahah. While drawing it, I thought about how Jane never really knew her poppop, nor did she know she was the cause of his death in the first place (classic Homestuck), so I wanted to convey that bittersweet feeling through the piece. I experimented on the colors with using a couple paper-constructioney textures on it and on the backdrop. Also, the stewardess on my plane trip caught a glance of the drawing and gave me a compliment in broken English, so you know this is some certified REAL good art. -Cover Artists: -- nights --- Track: The Light's Rebellion Artist: Circlejourney Duration: '3:48' -Art Tags: -- Roxy's mom URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-lights-rebellion - https://youtu.be/nhtb6U-fYzM +Cover Artists: +- gelasticat +Art Tags: +- Roxy's mom +Referenced Tracks: +- The Thirteenth Hour +- track:endless-climb +- track:aggrieve +- DAVE STRIDER'S COOL MIXTAPE Commentary: |- Circlejourney: Greatly inspired by the soundtracks of Touhou, PMMM, and various Japanese media, The Light's Rebellion is meant to sound like the overture of an epic and tumultous tale. To me, the life of Roxy's illustrious and erudite Mom - encompassing the publication of doorstepper novels, a Guy Fieri rodeo down a waterfall of blood, and death as a revolutionary at the hands of an alien empress - is the sort of capricious novel-worthy story that can only be told through battling melodies in the major pentatonic scale, 3/4 + 6/8 cross-rhythms, and soaring trumpets. @@ -242,44 +249,17 @@ Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: Her hair is like the sun, rebelling against the oppressive shadow of the night sky. Not complacent, but sure as hell learned enough to punt you down a waterfall with stabby needles. -Cover Artists: -- gelasticat -Referenced Tracks: -- The Thirteenth Hour -- track:endless-climb -- track:aggrieve -- DAVE STRIDER'S COOL MIXTAPE --- Track: The Dave Strider Experience Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '3:54' -Art Tags: -- Dirk's bro URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-dave-strider-experience - https://youtu.be/cXXGaaHE7W8 -Commentary: |- - ndividedbyzero: - wilson for wisdom. stiller for power. glover for courage. with the tripartite decree of america's three greatest heralds, backed by a rendition of beatdown so terrifying it can only be described as psychological warfare, the stage has been set for the star of the show. the experience behind the experience. but such titles do not ascribe what importance this fiend deserves. nay, they COULD not ascribe the requisite importance, for only one title suits the hero, the madman, the director and architect to a hall of fame of utter shit. - he is THE BIG MAN, and we are all in his court. - heads are about to roll. - MISC NOTES: this piece started with me thinking "hm, i really want to use running hell in this dave song" and then the rest kind of flowed from there. in that segment, you may note that violent j seems to alternate between lamenting the presence of "THE WITCH" and singing her praises. i feel as though if an alien queen actually appeared to install the insane clown posse as figureheads of a government responsible for the deaths of billions, it would have to involve some sort of mental manipulation on her part, because honestly, icp seem like sort of decent upstanding folks in reality? like violent j wholeheartedly supports his daughter being a furry so he seems to be a nice dad at least. shit, in this political climate they might not be half bad as dual presidents, comparatively, and they're literal clowns. thanks to grace for recommending i use icp's seminal and apparent manifesto, "What Is A Juggalo", whose lyrics you should look up because they are just truly incredible. the section it transitions to, where the nightcore becomes ambient noise, is meant to symbolize the tense standoff between dave and icp before he cuts their heads off, but also it was mostly tongue in cheek. waters of nazareth also plays during that section very faintly, which partly symbolizes that in parallel to this event rose is executing the antichrist over a waterfall, but that was something i just made up now. more intentionally, sampling waters of nazareth badly in a strider song contrasts with the fantastic use of the sample in splitsuns' [[track:thyme-on-my-fries]]. (love ya split). oh god this was a wall of text. i'm done now bye - dazed-squid: - I kinda wanted to show Alpha Dave as a simple sturdy figure in a messy messy background because that's how Dirk saw him? Super cool and collected in all the chaos surrounding him. Also suits. -Lyrics: |- - (backwards dialogue) - Waow - What is this? A center for ants? - This is America - Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor - WELCOME TO THE DARK CARNIVAL - Get this, the witch has made my chest its permanent nightly visiting nest
The witch told me about blood that rains, out of the neck and what particular veins and I- - Dream about cutting off heads with a shovel, the dreams are getting serious, I think I'm in trouble - About murder, witnessin' death setting in, and it ain't no heaven that's letting me in! - What is a juggalo? He drinks like a fish and then he starts hugging people like a drunken (WAOW) next thing he's pickin' fights with his best friends, then he starts with the hugging again (unintelligible) - IT'S THE SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW! WHOAAAAAAAAa Cover Artists: - dazed-squid +Art Tags: +- Dirk's bro Referenced Tracks: - track:beatdown-strider-style - This Is America @@ -293,24 +273,38 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Waters of Nazareth - SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW - track:upward-movement-dave-owns +Lyrics: |- + (backwards dialogue) + Waow + What is this? A center for ants? + This is America + Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor + WELCOME TO THE DARK CARNIVAL + Get this, the witch has made my chest its permanent nightly visiting nest
The witch told me about blood that rains, out of the neck and what particular veins and I- + Dream about cutting off heads with a shovel, the dreams are getting serious, I think I'm in trouble + About murder, witnessin' death setting in, and it ain't no heaven that's letting me in! + What is a juggalo? He drinks like a fish and then he starts hugging people like a drunken (WAOW) next thing he's pickin' fights with his best friends, then he starts with the hugging again (unintelligible) + IT'S THE SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW! WHOAAAAAAAAa +Commentary: |- + ndividedbyzero: + wilson for wisdom. stiller for power. glover for courage. with the tripartite decree of america's three greatest heralds, backed by a rendition of beatdown so terrifying it can only be described as psychological warfare, the stage has been set for the star of the show. the experience behind the experience. but such titles do not ascribe what importance this fiend deserves. nay, they COULD not ascribe the requisite importance, for only one title suits the hero, the madman, the director and architect to a hall of fame of utter shit. + he is THE BIG MAN, and we are all in his court. + heads are about to roll. + MISC NOTES: this piece started with me thinking "hm, i really want to use running hell in this dave song" and then the rest kind of flowed from there. in that segment, you may note that violent j seems to alternate between lamenting the presence of "THE WITCH" and singing her praises. i feel as though if an alien queen actually appeared to install the insane clown posse as figureheads of a government responsible for the deaths of billions, it would have to involve some sort of mental manipulation on her part, because honestly, icp seem like sort of decent upstanding folks in reality? like violent j wholeheartedly supports his daughter being a furry so he seems to be a nice dad at least. shit, in this political climate they might not be half bad as dual presidents, comparatively, and they're literal clowns. thanks to grace for recommending i use icp's seminal and apparent manifesto, "What Is A Juggalo", whose lyrics you should look up because they are just truly incredible. the section it transitions to, where the nightcore becomes ambient noise, is meant to symbolize the tense standoff between dave and icp before he cuts their heads off, but also it was mostly tongue in cheek. waters of nazareth also plays during that section very faintly, which partly symbolizes that in parallel to this event rose is executing the antichrist over a waterfall, but that was something i just made up now. more intentionally, sampling waters of nazareth badly in a strider song contrasts with the fantastic use of the sample in splitsuns' [[track:thyme-on-my-fries]]. (love ya split). oh god this was a wall of text. i'm done now bye + dazed-squid: + I kinda wanted to show Alpha Dave as a simple sturdy figure in a messy messy background because that's how Dirk saw him? Super cool and collected in all the chaos surrounding him. Also suits. --- Track: Jade English - Study for Eclectic Bass, 1984.1 Directory: study-for-eclectic-bass-1984-1 Artist: Interrobang Duration: '5:09' -Art Tags: -- Jake's grandma URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jade-english-study-for-eclectic-bass-19841 - https://youtu.be/CN2oWjAy6EI -Commentary: |- - Interrobang: - This piece has been in the works for a LONG time. I started it in March of 2017, and though most of the compositional work was complete by July of that year, I didn't finish polishing everything up until late April 2018, after many months of procrastination and tweaking. The idea of the track is simple, it's Jake's Grandmother, Jade English, writing a song for her signature eclectic bass sometime in the 80's, which you probably already knew from the title. Anyway, I wanted to make a song that you could supposedly 'play' on the eclectic bass, which meant I had to figure out what exactly the components of such an instrument were (see [[media:misc/eclectic-bass-diagram.png|the accompanying diagram]]). I chose the iconic Yamaha DX7 (used in tons of 80's pop) to be the keyboards of the instrument as it could make the sounds I wanted, it was from around the right time, and I had an emulation (Digital Suburban's "Dexed") on hand. Other instruments used in the song were Karfoyer Audio's "Pastabass" and "Swagbass" for the bass guitars themselves, as well as Full Bucket Music's "Ragnarök" (used to flesh out some bass frequencies at the song's peak), and some built-in GarageBand instruments (drums) and effects. - Compositionally, I started out with the ostinato that closes [[track:rhapsody-in-green]] (Clark Powell) from the Felt album, but played in reverse, adding in an FM pad (the aforementioned DX7) and [[track:skaianet]] by Mark Hadley on the other bass guitar. The introduction section transitions into variations on [[track:verdancy-bassline]] by Kalibration, and closes the track's first half with a medley of various Jade-related songs. The second half is an original thing (though the beginning is a variation on [[track:afraid-of-the-darko]] by RJ! Lake) that I had build in complexity and intensity before dropping off to end the piece. Reference-wise, I tried to keep things centered roughly on Jade, as well as some other skaianet/felt sort of stuff that I thought fit the Alpha world and Jade's place in it, but I did end up throwing in a couple memetic references, see if you can find them both! - Jas: - Grandma Harley often wrote her grandson about the tyranny of Lord English, obviously not able to hide everything from the enemy. Cover Artists: - Jas +Art Tags: +- Jake's grandma Referenced Tracks: - Rhapsody in Green - track:verdancy-bassline @@ -320,41 +314,47 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Roundabout - Afraid of the Darko - Piss +Commentary: |- + Interrobang: + This piece has been in the works for a LONG time. I started it in March of 2017, and though most of the compositional work was complete by July of that year, I didn't finish polishing everything up until late April 2018, after many months of procrastination and tweaking. The idea of the track is simple, it's Jake's Grandmother, Jade English, writing a song for her signature eclectic bass sometime in the 80's, which you probably already knew from the title. Anyway, I wanted to make a song that you could supposedly 'play' on the eclectic bass, which meant I had to figure out what exactly the components of such an instrument were (see [[media:misc/eclectic-bass-diagram.png|the accompanying diagram]]). I chose the iconic Yamaha DX7 (used in tons of 80's pop) to be the keyboards of the instrument as it could make the sounds I wanted, it was from around the right time, and I had an emulation (Digital Suburban's "Dexed") on hand. Other instruments used in the song were Karfoyer Audio's "Pastabass" and "Swagbass" for the bass guitars themselves, as well as Full Bucket Music's "Ragnarök" (used to flesh out some bass frequencies at the song's peak), and some built-in GarageBand instruments (drums) and effects. + Compositionally, I started out with the ostinato that closes [[track:rhapsody-in-green]] (Clark Powell) from the Felt album, but played in reverse, adding in an FM pad (the aforementioned DX7) and [[track:skaianet]] by Mark Hadley on the other bass guitar. The introduction section transitions into variations on [[track:verdancy-bassline]] by Kalibration, and closes the track's first half with a medley of various Jade-related songs. The second half is an original thing (though the beginning is a variation on [[track:afraid-of-the-darko]] by RJ! Lake) that I had build in complexity and intensity before dropping off to end the piece. Reference-wise, I tried to keep things centered roughly on Jade, as well as some other skaianet/felt sort of stuff that I thought fit the Alpha world and Jade's place in it, but I did end up throwing in a couple memetic references, see if you can find them both! + Jas: + Grandma Harley often wrote her grandson about the tyranny of Lord English, obviously not able to hide everything from the enemy. --- Track: Felidae Superior Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Duration: '3:44' -Art Tags: -- God Cat URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/felidae-superior - https://youtu.be/l0Izf8Sl7LI +Cover Artists: +- shu +Art Tags: +- God Cat Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: This song took remarkably long to put together. Less because it was difficult, and more because I kept getting distracted with other projects along the way. Anyway, meow. SplitSuns: Shu delivers some impressively smooth and refined art for everyone's second-favorite cat whose name begins with a G, GCAT. They say you can tell a lot about someone from their eyes, which makes it more impressive that you can glean this cat's mischievous expression without any eyes at all. GCAT is prepared for action from its carefully positioned placement on a tree branch, ready to pounce at a ball of yarn or teleport to the spot best suited for making your life hell. Some rough glitchy effects in the background add an interesting dimension to the piece, nicely contrasting against its smooth linework. This is one art you won't want to miss, and knowing GCAT's temper, you might miss it if you blink. -Cover Artists: -- shu --- Track: Sweet Talker Artist: Ucklin Duration: '3:24' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-talker - https://youtu.be/TkDZC-vTXHE +Cover Artists: +- nights +Art Tags: +- The Condesce +Referenced Tracks: +- Hate You Commentary: |- Ucklin: The idea for this song started with the transition around 2:35 to the section with [[track:hate-you]] played in a straight rhythm. I wanted to capture a feeling of dread by making that part of the song methodical and delaying the payoff of some of the notes by a beat. It would also be a stark contrast to have this straight section in solo piano right after a climactic section with plenty of instruments in a swing beat! I was inspired to incorporate a musical palette from the 30s-40s because that's when I estimate Condy took over as Betty Crocker and started doing her guardian things. In the original song, I planned for the bass to carry most of the weight with regards to rhythm, but eventually, I was persuaded to add percussion to the track after helpful feedback from a few of the organizers, and I think it helped a lot! Hate You is quoted 3 times, although the first two ended up a bit disguised by subsequent layers of instrumentation. With regards to the rest of the composition, I tried to have fun! In a way, this song is supposed to tell the story of The Baroness. The beginning hook and the next section portray the mask she wears as Betty Crocker upon arriving to earth, and the persona that caused her husband Colonel Sassacre to fall in love with her. That part of the story is pretty funny to me. The following section introduces the mystery of her real identity with a jazzy Hate You quote before returning to the first section, and finally the climactic transition of the song represents the death of Colonel Sassacre and the beginning of Crocker's reign of terror proper. Finally, at the very end of the song, there is a piccolo harmony which just sounds like aliens to me, possibly because it sounds a little like a theremin. I learned a lot composing this song! Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed! (And thanks to nights for art more polished and gorgeous than I could hope to deserve!) nights: This very nice track gave me vibes of a casual setting with the condesce, so I thought to draw her doing a mundane but fun task - baking! I've always liked fanart of HIC as betty crocker, doing crockery things like baking cake and raising post-scratch john/jade. -Cover Artists: -- nights -Referenced Tracks: -- Hate You --- Group: Disc 2 --- @@ -362,14 +362,16 @@ Track: Disc 2 Directory: disc2-cosmic-caretakers Artist: psithurist Duration: 0:53 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2-3 +- https://youtu.be/rhncumrLYns +Cover Artists: +- SpaceWaifu Art Tags: - John's dad - Karkat's lusus - John - Karkat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2-3 -- https://youtu.be/rhncumrLYns Commentary: |- psithurist: This was actually the first of the three disc jingles that I wrote, and uses synths to aim for a more alien-ish vibe for the trolls disc, contrasting the organic instruments present in the humans disc. @@ -377,18 +379,20 @@ Commentary: |- Would you believe that both DAD and CRABDAD are looking at the VERY SAME STAR while cradling their children? No? You don't? They both exist in completely different universes you say? That the stars are thematic element used to tie this track art together and to symbolically show the role of each of these GUARDIANS? You're no fun. -Cover Artists: -- SpaceWaifu --- Track: Voice of the Dead Artist: Mathias Ramalho, cookiefonster Duration: '2:20' -Art Tags: -- Aradia's lusus -- Aradia URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/voice-of-the-dead - https://youtu.be/aw72N9h0P08 +Cover Artists: +- freckledOctopus +Art Tags: +- Aradia's lusus +- Aradia +Referenced Tracks: +- Aradia's Theme (Pre-Death) Commentary: |- Mathias Ramalho: H*ck dude ye made this shit for a thingy that was DEAD in it's FIRST AND ONLY APPEARANCE IN THE ENTIRE FUCKING COMIC?? @@ -399,75 +403,75 @@ Commentary: |- he wasnt going to let the song just :Die~2: freckledOctopus: I love the track and wanted to try and capture the more haunting side to it. -Cover Artists: -- freckledOctopus -Referenced Tracks: -- Aradia's Theme (Pre-Death) --- Track: Flittaurine Artist: Shirokishi Duration: '2:07' -Art Tags: -- Tavros' lusus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/flittaurine - https://youtu.be/zWK3R-YnmTI +Cover Artists: +- Chumi +Art Tags: +- Tavros' lusus +Referenced Tracks: +- Rust Servant Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: Tinkerbull is a daintly and beautiful lusus, who took care of his young troll Tavros to impeccable standards, giving him the kind of love and attention that all trolls in their early sweeps truly need. Until he got crushed painfully to death by Tavros's wheelchair anyway. Kind of a sad end to this tale. Chumi: Dear, sweet, precious Tinkerbull. Rest in peace my little guy. -Cover Artists: -- Chumi -Referenced Tracks: -- Rust Servant --- Track: Polypolyphemus Artist: Ducky Senpai Duration: '3:18' -Art Tags: -- Sollux's lusus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/polypolyphemus - https://youtu.be/Rd9a2KQ_ZVk +Cover Artists: +- shu +Art Tags: +- Sollux's lusus +Referenced Tracks: +- Die For Me Commentary: |- Ducky Senpai: For those who may be curious, the title (suggested by Lambda) is play on the term "Polyphemus" which refers to the cyclops in The Odyssey. It's a really dumb pun, and I love it. SplitSuns: Polypolyphemus is an intense track, so it's fitting for its art to capture the same intensity. Sollux's Biclops is captured right before its imminent demise as the troll's Mind Honey-induced flip out rips through the ceiling of his hive and surrounds the lusus in a multi-colored beam of energy. The meteors illuminating the night sky further illustrate the carnage present in the scene in a fashion that pops up time and time again in Homestuck proper. If only one of those meteors could break the chain around the Biclops' leg and set it free! Wait, the resulting impact would probably just kill the Biclops anyway. Never mind, that was a stupid idea. -Cover Artists: -- shu -Referenced Tracks: -- Die For Me --- Track: Rangoon Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Duration: '2:03' -Art Tags: -- Karkat's lusus -- Karkat URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rangoon - https://youtu.be/qayMFPJjtI0 +Cover Artists: +- ackro +Art Tags: +- Karkat's lusus +- Karkat +Referenced Tracks: +- Showdown Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: Crabs taste pretty good, gotta say. I'm partial to snow crab, myself. Of course, the only place I ever had them was Red Lobster: the apex of all seafood cuisine. ackro: this one is pretty much just a carbon copy of a homestuck panel i found. i mean i didnt trace anything, but its all placed pretty much the same with minor differences. dont give me too much praise for this one. -Cover Artists: -- ackro -Referenced Tracks: -- Showdown --- Track: Apex Conquistador Artist: TempiTunes, WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Duration: '1:38' -Art Tags: -- Nepeta's lusus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/apex-conquistador - https://youtu.be/g0HGUiXDsQU +Cover Artists: +- Sammie +Art Tags: +- Nepeta's lusus +Referenced Tracks: +- Nepeta's Theme Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: I had the opportunity to touch up this piece, which I mostly did by polishing up the samples and adding an electric piano as backing. @@ -475,19 +479,19 @@ Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: If there's one thing that mouse can appreciate, it's that it got to see a two-mouthed cat monster before it died. Coincidentally, it's about to die because of said two-mouthed cat monster eating it. You just can't have it all, unfortunately. -Cover Artists: -- Sammie -Referenced Tracks: -- Nepeta's Theme --- Track: Recordare, Virgo Mater Artist: queer maggot Duration: '3:34' -Art Tags: -- Kanaya's lusus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/recordare-virgo-mater - https://youtu.be/uI2g0qbTjEE +Cover Artists: +- artisticallyCrafty +Art Tags: +- Kanaya's lusus +Referenced Tracks: +- Virgin Orb Commentary: |- queer maggot: Oh man, this is a really loaded song for me. Coming from a musical background that mostly consisted of writing punk songs and making bad beats, when I started on this I sort of had no idea what I was doing?? I wanted to portray this sense of grief and sadness that would shift into a big, fun declaration of hope and all that, but really what wound up happening was me rushing through the grief and sadness to get to the fun bits with the electric guitar. I even made the fun bits with some friends watching just to make sure that it truly was both big and fun! That was the good part, in my eyes. Unfortunately, I just didn't know how to properly convey the feeling I was going for, and I really didn't know how to write a song for a character. I wasn't experienced enough and I didn't have the tenacity to stick with it. That was the first version of the song I ever made. @@ -496,10 +500,6 @@ Commentary: |- All in all, this was an interesting thing that I learned a lot making. It was my first time receiving real criticism on something I made and I hope people enjoy it! artisticallyCrafty: The Mothergrub has always been a fascinating creature to me in Homestuck, both as a part of reproduction and as a lusus. Especially since becoming a lusus means that you give up a life in the brooding caverns for a shortened existence to care for onechild. And with the Virgin Mother Grub drawing so many parallels to the iconic Holy Virgin Mary, I decided to draw my own parallels. I wanted this peice to be symbolic in nature towards the ideas and standards of the Mothergrub. It also may be a little sacrilegious in regards to the Catholic images of the Virgin Mary, but we'll just ignore that little fact. The Virgin Mothergrub floats with the brooding caverns behind her, and her new charge sleeping peacefully nearby, alongside other eggs nearly ready to hatch into trolls that will play a game and sacrifice to create something new. (we're also going to ignore the fact that i may have had an out-of-body experience while working on this piece) -Cover Artists: -- artisticallyCrafty -Referenced Tracks: -- Virgin Orb --- Track: Amniotic Daydream Artist: Circlejourney @@ -507,6 +507,10 @@ Duration: '4:16' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/amniotic-daydream - https://youtu.be/Bne6tHjEIko +Cover Artists: +- ackro +Referenced Tracks: +- JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 Commentary: |- Circlejourney: I conceptualised Amniotic Daydream together with Skip: the first thing we decided was that it should be a lullaby-like track built on top of a heartbeat. I ultimately ended up working on this track alone, looking to a demo Skip made as a stylistic reference before taking it in my own direction. @@ -515,21 +519,21 @@ Commentary: |- I'd love to thank the mods for their feedback, which truly helped me turn this track into what it is now. ackro: this piece is probably the most complex one i did for the album, and i think it payed off in spades. i used a lot of elements from the scene in which terezi's dragon hatches and is immediately killed by a falling meteor, which might be one of the best looking parts in homestuck, although its hard to choose since the first half of homestuck is littered with striking imagery. oh my god just look at it. so good. so fucking good guys. its really good. -Cover Artists: -- ackro -Referenced Tracks: -- JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 --- Track: Arachnida Antecessor Artist: arcaneGemini Duration: '2:11' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/arachnida-antecessor +- https://youtu.be/oP8Y3OVrxY8 +Cover Artists: +- Caitlin Beamer Art Tags: - Vriska's lusus - Vriska - 'cw: arachnid' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/arachnida-antecessor -- https://youtu.be/oP8Y3OVrxY8 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:MeGaLoVania Commentary: |- arcaneGemini: Well hey, would you look at that: my first ever track with the Homestuck Fan Musicians Crew. That's pretty neat. @@ -540,21 +544,21 @@ Commentary: |- You know what? Since you've gone through all the trouble to read this here commentary, have a free concept guitar riff for this tune. For you it's on the house. Caitlyn Beamer: I understand why hussie didn't draw spider-mom with hair on her. that took way too much time to have to do it more than once. -Cover Artists: -- Caitlin Beamer -Referenced Tracks: -- track:MeGaLoVania --- Track: STRONG Butler. Best Dad. Directory: STRONG-butler-best-dad Artist: arcaneGemini Duration: '3:16' -Art Tags: -- Equius's lusus -- Equius URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strong-butler-best-dad - https://youtu.be/BzwL4cY8V50 +Cover Artists: +- Tipsy +Art Tags: +- Equius's lusus +- Equius +Referenced Tracks: +- Horschestra STRONG Version Commentary: |- arcaneGemini: You thought you could get rid of me that easily? Think again. That's right, it's round 2 with Dyl Nye the Science Guy: Horse edition. @@ -567,91 +571,87 @@ Commentary: |- Also yes, that is me saying 'neigh'. tipsy: For every album cover I've drawn so far, I try to make them look a little different and experiment with different styles. In this case I tried to draw a HORSE (crazy i know) and used this very painting-like flat style, and decided to put Equius's signature up, effectively making it his own painting! This went through lots of colour hue alterations and was originally a very light pink desert in a sunny sky before we settled on this darker background to make Aurthour stand out more. I like to think that Equius is simultaneously admiring his surroundings and panicking about their imminent death by sunburn. -Cover Artists: -- Tipsy -Referenced Tracks: -- Horschestra STRONG Version --- Track: Absent Reflection Artist: PoisonedElite Duration: '2:10' -Art Tags: -- Gamzee URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/absent-reflection - https://youtu.be/uw2z3juY-64 +Cover Artists: +- Jas +Art Tags: +- Gamzee +Referenced Tracks: +- track:dilemma Commentary: |- PoisonedElite: Wow, this is the first song I ever signed up to make, over a year ago in April of 2017. From the beginning writing a song about Gamzee's Lusus provided a challenge due to the fact that it only appears in a panel or two, so I decided to write the song around the lack of it in Gamzee's life. Like Calming Quartz, this also had a different song as the rough Draft, so here ya go. Play Hollow Knight, eat your dinner, and never forget the pokemon you lose when you're doing a Nuzlocke challenge. Rest in Peace Oswin ;-;7 Jas: Sometimes you wait a long time to see the people you love. -Cover Artists: -- Jas -Referenced Tracks: -- track:dilemma --- Track: Hippocampaternal Artist: FrostyMac Duration: '2:35' -Art Tags: -- Eridan's lusus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hippocampaternal - https://youtu.be/hN4jbLF5lEc -Commentary: |- - FrostyMac: - Fun fact: This was the first song I ever made for any Homestuck related project ever, and I lost the original file at some point, so excuse the mixing being a little weird. I still stand by the song's compositional and structural quality though. - Jas: - Your baby crashed in on a blaze of fire, go get him seahorse daddy Cover Artists: - Jas +Art Tags: +- Eridan's lusus Referenced Tracks: - Eridan's Theme - track:chorale-for-jaspers - Science Seahorse +Commentary: |- + FrostyMac: + Fun fact: This was the first song I ever made for any Homestuck related project ever, and I lost the original file at some point, so excuse the mixing being a little weird. I still stand by the song's compositional and structural quality though. + Jas: + Your baby crashed in on a blaze of fire, go get him seahorse daddy --- Track: Whispering Leviathan Artist: Kanishka Duration: '4:24' -Art Tags: -- Feferi's lusus -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/whispering-leviathan - https://youtu.be/ixMCOL-1yVc -Commentary: |- - Kanishka: - *angry tentacle noises* - Circlejourney: - Listening to Whispering Leviathan always made me feel like I was hearing it in a submarine environment - perfectly appropriate to the subject of Gl'bgolyb. The scene in which Gl'bgolyb was revealed was, to me, one of the several "holy shit" moments of Homestuck, and instead of trying to depict the vastness of Feferi's lusus, I went for a sense of mystery and foreboding more closely matching the tone of the music, by revealing nothing but its tentacles in silhouette. - Finding the right balance between silhouette and rendering proved one of the primary challenges of completing this piece. Too much light meant the image lost its spooky, foreboding tone; too little made it look flat. In the end I came out with something that roughly strikes that balance, though I still feel that it loses some of the spookiness of the sketch. Thanks @ the good people at the Homestuck Artist discord for the tips! Cover Artists: - Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- Feferi's lusus +- Horrorterrors Referenced Tracks: - Fear of the Heavens - Silencio - The Vast Glub - Penumbra Phantasm - Keepers +Commentary: |- + Kanishka: + *angry tentacle noises* + Circlejourney: + Listening to Whispering Leviathan always made me feel like I was hearing it in a submarine environment - perfectly appropriate to the subject of Gl'bgolyb. The scene in which Gl'bgolyb was revealed was, to me, one of the several "holy shit" moments of Homestuck, and instead of trying to depict the vastness of Feferi's lusus, I went for a sense of mystery and foreboding more closely matching the tone of the music, by revealing nothing but its tentacles in silhouette. + Finding the right balance between silhouette and rendering proved one of the primary challenges of completing this piece. Too much light meant the image lost its spooky, foreboding tone; too little made it look flat. In the end I came out with something that roughly strikes that balance, though I still feel that it loses some of the spookiness of the sketch. Thanks @ the good people at the Homestuck Artist discord for the tips! --- Track: Al-Aalam Artist: Kal-la-kal-la Duration: '5:09' -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/al-aalam - https://youtu.be/gD7C0GrtJ2U +Cover Artists: +- shedonkadonk +Art Tags: +- The Dolorosa +- The Signless Commentary: |- Kal-la-kal-la: This piece is heavily inspired by the bis radio edit of Turbulence by Arab Strap - 808s and gloomy guitar lines are the order of the day. Mayhaps not the most obvious approach to a track about the Dolorosa but I take a slight measure of pride in that. Quite pleased with the middle section; the cycle of dominant sevenths with the electric piano improvisation atop it. Grief is a strange thing and I find it rarely conveyed well in music. Another for the bonfire pile. Ephemerald: *The sound of a camera flash can be audibly heard over the music.* Yep. That one's going in my Pietà compilation. But really, is there a more appropriate parallel to make? Probably not. The parable of the Sufferer is full of religious iconography by design, which I guess means that Earth based the Bible off of it, and not the other way around? I don't know. I'll leave that commentary for Hussie, when he (doesn't) get around to it. As a side note, I love the "halos" surrounding the Dolorosa and the Sufferer here. Good stuff. -Cover Artists: -- shedonkadonk --- Track: The Puppet Master Artist: SplitSuns @@ -659,11 +659,6 @@ Duration: '4:10' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-puppet-master - https://youtu.be/hGnSgIGK6HM -Commentary: |- - SplitSuns: - When I was first given the opportunity to work on Cosmic Caretakers and saw that there was an open slot for a track centered around Doc Scratch, I jumped at the opportunity to produce it! Scratch has always been one of my favorite characters in Homestuck. When I read through the comic for the first time I loved how he orchestrated the destruction of two entire universes but managed to give an air of dignity and style to such a nefarious event. His demeanor was never overtly evil: it was unsettling at times, sure, but he always acted the part of an excellent host through and through. I tried to represent this atmosphere in my own song. Its jazzy feel ripped from "Drawing Dead" or "The Felt" definitely brings to mind a comfortable stay in Scratch's parlor, but if you listen closely you can notice sinister undertones lurking beneath the surface through the decaying bells and whistling winds. Of course, I had to throw in some reverse piano in the mix as well. It wouldn't be a Felt-centric song without one. Towards the end of the track the piano backmasks some iconic Beta Kid motifs, showing how Scratch is acutely aware of every piece to his puzzle (even when we're not). What kind of an excellent host would he be if he didn't keep tabs on his "guests", after all? - Ephemerald: - So! The Puppet Master. The laid-back yet sinister vibe this song gives off felt fitting for Scratch, who, for most of the comic, just creepily stands and watches things happen. That's why I decided to not have Scratch do some Cool Actiony Villain Pose - he's a puppetmaster. He just needs to lounge. Yazshu took care of the Alternian planet, moons, and the cueball/sun/thing, so thanks to her for the backdrop! Cover Artists: - Ephemerald - yazshu @@ -674,6 +669,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:beatdown-strider-style - track:dissension-original - track:showtime-original-mix +Commentary: |- + SplitSuns: + When I was first given the opportunity to work on Cosmic Caretakers and saw that there was an open slot for a track centered around Doc Scratch, I jumped at the opportunity to produce it! Scratch has always been one of my favorite characters in Homestuck. When I read through the comic for the first time I loved how he orchestrated the destruction of two entire universes but managed to give an air of dignity and style to such a nefarious event. His demeanor was never overtly evil: it was unsettling at times, sure, but he always acted the part of an excellent host through and through. I tried to represent this atmosphere in my own song. Its jazzy feel ripped from "Drawing Dead" or "The Felt" definitely brings to mind a comfortable stay in Scratch's parlor, but if you listen closely you can notice sinister undertones lurking beneath the surface through the decaying bells and whistling winds. Of course, I had to throw in some reverse piano in the mix as well. It wouldn't be a Felt-centric song without one. Towards the end of the track the piano backmasks some iconic Beta Kid motifs, showing how Scratch is acutely aware of every piece to his puzzle (even when we're not). What kind of an excellent host would he be if he didn't keep tabs on his "guests", after all? + Ephemerald: + So! The Puppet Master. The laid-back yet sinister vibe this song gives off felt fitting for Scratch, who, for most of the comic, just creepily stands and watches things happen. That's why I decided to not have Scratch do some Cool Actiony Villain Pose - he's a puppetmaster. He just needs to lounge. Yazshu took care of the Alternian planet, moons, and the cueball/sun/thing, so thanks to her for the backdrop! --- Group: Disc 3 --- @@ -681,84 +681,84 @@ Track: Disc 3 Directory: disc3-cosmic-caretakers Artist: psithurist Duration: 0:27 -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- Cherubs URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3-3 - https://youtu.be/Z3C-qzpXNcI +Cover Artists: +- Jas +Art Tags: +- Gamzee +- Cherubs Commentary: |- psithurist: Since Disc 3 only has a few tracks, I went for a simpler approach here, and ended up with a quirky refrain of the theme present in the other jingles. s/o to the Tetris DX soundtrack for getting jazzy chiptunes stuck in my head forever. Jas: Styled after old album covers that always seemed to be scraped up and have that off yellow color. -Cover Artists: -- Jas --- Track: HONK FRIEND. Artist: Mathias Ramalho Duration: '4:14' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/honk-friend +- https://youtu.be/IynwmfnQYzk +Cover Artists: +- Jas Art Tags: - Gamzee - Caliborn - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/honk-friend -- https://youtu.be/IynwmfnQYzk +Referenced Tracks: +- Reverie +- Power Fantasy Commentary: |- Mathias Ramalho: This might be the wildest take on a song revolving around Gamzee. I decided to use [[track:reverie]] and [[track:power-fantasy]] as the foundation of this track as well as taking an advantage to make this somehow cheery-ish since we don't really know what happens in the story. A good advantage imo. Jas: It's hard being a single mom when you are a teenage boy. At least Caliborn is sitting still for once. -Cover Artists: -- Jas -Referenced Tracks: -- Reverie -- Power Fantasy --- Track: Singularity Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '4:55' -Art Tags: -- Cherubs URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/singularity - https://youtu.be/Gfb17_RW2M0 -Commentary: |- - ndividedbyzero: - This track originates from an idea I had in 2014 to make a track about Calliope and Caliborn's parents. Five years later, it's finally done, stitched together from the composition and/or actual audio clips of like 4 FLPs (I went through about 6, all in all). Funnily enough, the scribbles I had for this song in 2014 then are completely different composition-wise from what ended up being made, but the narrative loosely remains in this track: the cherubs' mother drifts through space, searching for her mate. She spots him, taking off at full speed, following him as he leaves a trail of destruction across the universe. Their eventual meeting is tense, cold. Saying nothing, they transform into unfathomable astral serpents, and battle to create the most innocent muse and most shitheaded gremlin to ever exist. - I attribute the latter half of this track to listening to a lot of Hawaii: Part II, which is also sampled at the end. Listen to Hawaii: Part II. - Ephemerald: - The game of choice for cherubs seems to be chess, or at least, some neon-green candy-red shitty-twist variant of the game, but I'm getting real playing card motifs here. Two identical, serpentine warriors, millions and millions of miles long, locked in a symmetrical whirlwind of a strife. Reminds me of the art to [[track:noirscape]] back on Volume 9, though that's a more literal example. The spiraling, iconic egg in the middle, shining like a light in the darkness, is a very clear reminder of what these two are fighting for: the right to force their opponent to give birth to literally the worst entity in all of existence. But I suppose it didn't matter who won or who lost. After all, he was already there. -Lyrics: Then all the planets fell to dust Cover Artists: - Aeritus +Art Tags: +- Cherubs Referenced Tracks: - track:ruins - track:disc2-cosmic-caretakers - Nova Solis - Isle Unto Thyself +Lyrics: Then all the planets fell to dust +Commentary: |- + ndividedbyzero: + This track originates from an idea I had in 2014 to make a track about Calliope and Caliborn's parents. Five years later, it's finally done, stitched together from the composition and/or actual audio clips of like 4 FLPs (I went through about 6, all in all). Funnily enough, the scribbles I had for this song in 2014 then are completely different composition-wise from what ended up being made, but the narrative loosely remains in this track: the cherubs' mother drifts through space, searching for her mate. She spots him, taking off at full speed, following him as he leaves a trail of destruction across the universe. Their eventual meeting is tense, cold. Saying nothing, they transform into unfathomable astral serpents, and battle to create the most innocent muse and most shitheaded gremlin to ever exist. + I attribute the latter half of this track to listening to a lot of Hawaii: Part II, which is also sampled at the end. Listen to Hawaii: Part II. + Ephemerald: + The game of choice for cherubs seems to be chess, or at least, some neon-green candy-red shitty-twist variant of the game, but I'm getting real playing card motifs here. Two identical, serpentine warriors, millions and millions of miles long, locked in a symmetrical whirlwind of a strife. Reminds me of the art to [[track:noirscape]] back on Volume 9, though that's a more literal example. The spiraling, iconic egg in the middle, shining like a light in the darkness, is a very clear reminder of what these two are fighting for: the right to force their opponent to give birth to literally the worst entity in all of existence. But I suppose it didn't matter who won or who lost. After all, he was already there. --- Group: Bonus tracks --- Track: It's Ogre Artist: Circlejourney Duration: '3:03' -Art Tags: -- Eridan -- Shrek URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/its-ogre-bonus - https://youtu.be/yqm6Fw8LHUU -Commentary: |- - Circlejourney: - I was struck by divine inspiration 2 hours ago and now this exists, you're welcome - Jas: - I hate myself for making this and yet Cover Artists: - Jas +Art Tags: +- Eridan +- Shrek Referenced Tracks: - All Star - Eridan's Theme - I'm A Believer - Violet Prince +Commentary: |- + Circlejourney: + I was struck by divine inspiration 2 hours ago and now this exists, you're welcome + Jas: + I hate myself for making this and yet diff --git a/album/deltarune-ch1-ost.yaml b/album/deltarune-ch1-ost.yaml index 5cf7bcf6..38321ff9 100644 --- a/album/deltarune-ch1-ost.yaml +++ b/album/deltarune-ch1-ost.yaml @@ -1,25 +1,25 @@ Album: DELTARUNE Chapter 1 OST Directory: deltarune-ch1-ost Artist: Toby Fox -Wallpaper Style: |- - image-rendering: pixelated; - image-rendering: crisp-edges; - background-position-y: 25%; -Has Track Art: false Date: November 1, 2018 Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: '#00e4fe' -Groups: -- UNDERTALE & DELTARUNE -- Toby Fox -- Beyond URLs: - https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/album/deltarune-chapter-1-ost - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBwTHHiRquMtgQwtuL2NGqle9QDguhwvH +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Toby Fox +Color: '#00e4fe' +Groups: +- UNDERTALE & DELTARUNE +- Toby Fox +- Beyond Wallpaper Artists: - Toby Fox +Wallpaper Style: |- + image-rendering: pixelated; + image-rendering: crisp-edges; + background-position-y: 25%; --- Track: ANOTHER HIM Duration: 0:48 diff --git a/album/desynced-vol-1.yaml b/album/desynced-vol-1.yaml index d2bc7d87..e89389c7 100644 --- a/album/desynced-vol-1.yaml +++ b/album/desynced-vol-1.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ Album: Desynced Vol. 1 Date: February 7, 2020 Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: '#adadad' -Groups: -- Desynced -- Beyond URLs: - https://desynced.bandcamp.com/album/desynced-vol-1 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Y9dl628mn-qwJlhtZw_Q42oxpA18b Cover Artists: - Dizzy +Color: '#adadad' +Groups: +- Desynced +- Beyond --- Group: Main album --- diff --git a/album/desynced-vol-2.yaml b/album/desynced-vol-2.yaml index 38b876eb..77a50ad3 100644 --- a/album/desynced-vol-2.yaml +++ b/album/desynced-vol-2.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ Album: Desynced Vol. 2 Date: June 19, 2020 Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: '#667bd8' -Groups: -- Desynced -- Beyond URLs: - https://desynced.bandcamp.com/album/desynced-vol-2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Y9dl628nyJMzP2s-hwYbnpmqTYVpg Cover Artists: - Dizzy +Color: '#667bd8' +Groups: +- Desynced +- Beyond --- Track: Skanthem Artist: Levc @@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Lee's Theme Artist: Pascal van den Bos Duration: '1:33' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/lees-theme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4mU-OvIILw Cover Artists: - Mikkynga +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: PSYCHO Artist: Levc @@ -233,13 +233,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Hell Riders Artist: SerialSymphony Duration: '3:47' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' URLs: - https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/hell-riders - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOfg95SfI3w Cover Artists: - Dizzy +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' --- Track: Puppet Master Artist: Levc diff --git a/album/diverging-delicacies.yaml b/album/diverging-delicacies.yaml index 1cfc318c..84a0646f 100644 --- a/album/diverging-delicacies.yaml +++ b/album/diverging-delicacies.yaml @@ -1,7 +1,11 @@ Album: Diverging Delicacies -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Date: March 1, 2020 Date Added: March 1, 2020 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/diverging-delicacies +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1fTYKSo2grAJ--CZjFkFeFa3Uy6-xV4x +Cover Artists: +- Ephemerald Color: '#f2a400' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans @@ -9,13 +13,9 @@ Groups: Art Tags: - Dirk - Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/diverging-delicacies -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1fTYKSo2grAJ--CZjFkFeFa3Uy6-xV4x -Cover Artists: -- Ephemerald Banner Artists: - Ephemerald +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 --- Group: Prologue --- @@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Hauntological Nightmares Artist: Kanishka Duration: '5:39' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hauntological-nightmares +- https://youtu.be/nZnE7pIikmI +Cover Artists: +- Tipsy Art Tags: - John - Jade @@ -40,11 +45,6 @@ Art Tags: - Nepeta - Terezi - Eridan -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hauntological-nightmares -- https://youtu.be/nZnE7pIikmI -Cover Artists: -- Tipsy Referenced Tracks: - Heir Transparent - Spirit of Storms @@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: The Decision | The Division Artist: Viko Riféo Duration: '2:01' -Art Tags: -- John -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-decision-the-division - https://youtu.be/da3L1DMzvUw Cover Artists: - BlueAmethyst +Art Tags: +- John +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - The Paradox Paradigm --- @@ -78,26 +78,26 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Party God Artist: Cristata Duration: '3:58' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/party-god - https://youtu.be/Qd-q9su2Sqg Cover Artists: - Crystalrina +Art Tags: +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - Umbral Ultimatum --- Track: Constituent Hearts Artist: Ucklin Duration: '2:11' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/constituent-hearts - https://youtu.be/TLrTXAea_Pw Cover Artists: - BlueAmethyst +Art Tags: +- Dirk Referenced Tracks: - English - Horsecatska @@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: The Cyan Experience Artist: heir-of-puns Duration: '3:44' -Art Tags: -- Jane URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-cyan-experience - https://youtu.be/EKUHV3OmLS0 Cover Artists: - Jas +Art Tags: +- Jane Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck Anthem - Cyan Beast @@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: THE RAREST. AND MOST INTERPRETIVE. DANCE MEATCABRE. Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '3:03' -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -- Lil Cal URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-rarest-and-most-interpretive-dance-meatcabre - https://youtu.be/uP5-_gKkDWM Cover Artists: - Aeritus +Art Tags: +- Caliborn +- Lil Cal Referenced Tracks: - Singularity - HOMOSUCK. DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION. @@ -167,14 +167,14 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Irrelevance Event Horizon Artist: Kanishka Duration: '4:22' -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/irrelevance-event-horizon - https://youtu.be/he0MFbIDcLM Cover Artists: - Jas +Art Tags: +- Vriska +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - Ecstasy - Even in Death @@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Betrayed Artist: Joe Ouellet Duration: '2:09' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/betrayed - https://youtu.be/0u51YWNfNJ8 Cover Artists: - swanfire +Art Tags: +- Dirk Referenced Tracks: - Horschestra - Sunsetter @@ -202,14 +202,14 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Gone in a moment Artist: Not Eno Duration: '7:12' -Art Tags: -- John -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gone-in-a-moment - https://youtu.be/3tE1U0MubAU Cover Artists: - ricemilk +Art Tags: +- John +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - track:showtime-piano-refrain - Flare @@ -217,14 +217,14 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: I Am Ascending (And It Is Terrible) Artist: heir-of-puns Duration: '7:09' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Green Sun URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-ascending-and-it-is-terrible - https://youtu.be/Bs51Pzlg2oM Cover Artists: - Spades +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Green Sun Referenced Tracks: - Black Rose / Green Sun - Lilith in Starlight @@ -237,14 +237,14 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Come Artist: Grace Medley Duration: '3:45' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Alternate Calliope URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/come - https://youtu.be/zLC2UzTf6Oc Cover Artists: - Mikkynga +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Alternate Calliope Referenced Tracks: - Limelight - Voidlight @@ -252,51 +252,51 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Glide --- Track: Kamina Burana (Ascend to the highest point of the building) +Directory: kamina-burana Artist: Grace Medley Duration: '3:56' -Directory: kamina-burana -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/kamina-burana-ascend-to-the-highest-point-of-the-building - https://youtu.be/so_TCLyrLiQ -Commentary: |- - Mikkynga: - Also bonus art because i read the wrong part of the epilogues at first but i liked it anyway and i couldn't just let it die: - Cover Artists: - Mikkynga +Art Tags: +- Dirk +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - Orange Hat - track:upward-movement-dave-owns +Commentary: |- + Mikkynga: + Also bonus art because i read the wrong part of the epilogues at first but i liked it anyway and i couldn't just let it die: + --- Track: Giving Up the Ghost Artist: Kanishka Duration: '4:59' -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Jane URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/giving-up-the-ghost - https://youtu.be/Rp3KuUqhyew Cover Artists: - ricemilk +Art Tags: +- Terezi +- Jane Referenced Tracks: - Lifdoff --- Track: Pursuit in Polykrome Artist: heir-of-puns Duration: '3:48' -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -- Rose -- Dirk URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pursuit-in-polykrome - https://youtu.be/gF6mK3p-ebw Cover Artists: - swanfire +Art Tags: +- Kanaya +- Rose +- Dirk --- Group: Candy Epilogue --- @@ -313,24 +313,24 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Athazagoraphobia Artist: Toris Crow Duration: '4:04' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/athazagoraphobia - https://youtu.be/iBL47c9fdao Cover Artists: - BlueAmethyst +Art Tags: +- Dirk --- Track: Repentance Galore Artist: Kanishka Duration: '2:11' -Art Tags: -- Gamzee URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/repentance-galore - https://youtu.be/wBbViIX0mtg Cover Artists: - cherry bomb bunny +Art Tags: +- Gamzee Referenced Tracks: - Heir of Grief - Theme @@ -339,54 +339,59 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: RUMBLE IN DA PUMPKIN PATCH Artist: pizzagremlin Duration: '2:39' -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Jake URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rumble-in-da-pumpkin-patch - https://youtu.be/DxqrNE23vbM Cover Artists: - Nerd +Art Tags: +- Dirk +- Jake --- Track: Remember Me When I Am Gone Away Artist: Kal-la-kal-la Duration: '4:28' -Art Tags: -- Terezi URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/remember-me-when-i-am-gone-away - https://youtu.be/EWYC2KfuJR8 -Lyrics: |- - Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. - Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray. - Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad. Cover Artists: - Cosmic +Art Tags: +- Terezi Referenced Tracks: - Remember - Homestuck Anthem - Do You Remem8er Me - Penumbra Phantasm - Infinity Mechanism +Lyrics: |- + Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. + Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray. + Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad. --- Track: Dirk's Dreamers Artist: heir-of-puns Duration: '2:45' -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- 'cw: hanging' -- 'cw: decapitation' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dirks-dreamers - https://youtu.be/IS8RH6q_BT0 Cover Artists: - Skyplayer +Art Tags: +- Dirk +- 'cw: hanging' +- 'cw: decapitation' Referenced Tracks: - Derse Dreamers --- Track: Ghost Hole Artist: heir-of-puns Duration: '4:38' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ghost-hole +- https://youtu.be/85EflC57Ob0 +Cover Artists: +- Jas Art Tags: - Terezi - John @@ -396,11 +401,6 @@ Art Tags: - Kanaya - Eridan - Davepeta -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ghost-hole -- https://youtu.be/85EflC57Ob0 -Cover Artists: -- Jas Referenced Tracks: - English - The Lemonsnout Turnabout @@ -414,16 +414,16 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Heritage for the Future Artist: Kanishka Duration: '6:30' -Art Tags: -- Harry -- Tavvy -- Vrissy URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/heritage-for-the-future - https://youtu.be/f763w-WggT8 Cover Artists: - swanfire - Jas +Art Tags: +- Harry +- Tavvy +- Vrissy Referenced Tracks: - Throwdown - Homefree @@ -431,54 +431,54 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: That's Kind of Xenophobic Artist: pizzagremlin Duration: '3:40' -Art Tags: -- Jane URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thats-kind-of-xenophobic - https://youtu.be/4FPRlDtAotY Cover Artists: - swanfire +Art Tags: +- Jane --- Track: The Floor Is Faygo Artist: Kanishka Duration: '3:30' -Art Tags: -- Jake -- Tavvy URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-floor-is-faygo - https://youtu.be/8bTMmWrpTas Cover Artists: - Tipsy +Art Tags: +- Jake +- Tavvy --- Track: Universal Remission Artist: Kal-la-kal-la Contributors: - OneDragonArmy (Additional vocals) Duration: '4:07' -Art Tags: -- Karkat URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/universal-remission - https://youtu.be/9XDabvQKu0g +Cover Artists: +- Mikkynga +Art Tags: +- Karkat +Referenced Tracks: +- Galactic Cancer Lyrics: |- The moon cracks through the cave roof above,
Illuminates our gambits all in pale, wan white.
Amidst the scattered remnants of ill-fated love,
A last bid for freedom in the arms of the knight. The blood remembers a dream of the sea, the scars in scattershot filigree.
See through the eyes, the eyes of the child, the old, haunted forests stretch out whispering and wild. We have cracked the heavens themselves apart,
And their numbers are joined with our own,
Against the wretched, bitter heart,
That sets our world ablaze with drones. The reverend mother's bones grow dolorous with vines, upon the shores of the great oceans, sometimes pale moonlight shines,
Twin eyes glare from the Alternian sky, where from time to time her graceless warships drift by. We will paint the firmament in flame,
Offer up our blood in sacrifice,
Sic semper tyrannis, a baptism,
In the milk of paradise. -Cover Artists: -- Mikkynga -Referenced Tracks: -- Galactic Cancer --- Track: Postscript (Sugar Mix) Artist: pizzagremlin Duration: '2:00' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/postscript-sugar-mix - https://youtu.be/bubehcEzTVs Cover Artists: - Mikkynga +Art Tags: +- Rose diff --git a/album/election-season.yaml b/album/election-season.yaml index 83ba37c3..f062b7e8 100644 --- a/album/election-season.yaml +++ b/album/election-season.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ Album: Election Season Date: January 10, 2021 Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: '#d34b11' -Groups: -- Desynced -- Beyond URLs: - https://desynced.bandcamp.com/album/election-season - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H Cover Artists: - Dizzy +Color: '#d34b11' +Groups: +- Desynced +- Beyond --- Track: Under the Sun Artist: Levc @@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Breath Suspense Artist: Levc Duration: '2:45' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' URLs: - https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/breath-suspense - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZjtZGTlMY0&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=8 Cover Artists: - Dizzy +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - Inner Demons - Light of the Sun diff --git a/album/electric-daydreams.yaml b/album/electric-daydreams.yaml index 89ed3ba6..21dab251 100644 --- a/album/electric-daydreams.yaml +++ b/album/electric-daydreams.yaml @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ Album: Electric Daydreams Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Has Track Art: false Date: November 22, 2016 Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: '#d15d34' -Groups: -- Michael Guy Bowman -- Beyond URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/electric-daydreams - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mSKmyelfcGkm9w7Ex-cmUC1PI5peXGP4k +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Michael Guy Bowman +Color: '#d15d34' +Groups: +- Michael Guy Bowman +- Beyond --- Track: The Wild Years Duration: '3:35' @@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ Lyrics: |- Look where the empty highway meets the sky --- Track: Touch My Brain -Duration: '3:15' Contributors: - Hallie (backup vocals) +Duration: '3:15' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/touch-my-brain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDSFFIwuyRE @@ -136,12 +136,14 @@ Lyrics: |- Get out --- Track: We Don't Know Anything -Duration: '4:37' Contributors: - Hallie (backup vocals) +Duration: '4:37' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/we-dont-know-anything - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=985UOax3Lok +Cover Artists: +- Michael Guy Bowman Lyrics: |- We don’t know anything about love We just know what’s on the TV @@ -214,8 +216,6 @@ Lyrics: |- Oh, we don’t know anything at all Not the right and not the wrong Not the meaning of this song -Cover Artists: -- Michael Guy Bowman --- Track: Wherever We Go Duration: '3:09' diff --git a/album/entertaining-sound.yaml b/album/entertaining-sound.yaml index 688169c6..f47eead3 100644 --- a/album/entertaining-sound.yaml +++ b/album/entertaining-sound.yaml @@ -2,19 +2,19 @@ Album: entertaining sound Artist: jan Misali Date: December 14, 2017 Date Added: May 12, 2021 -Color: '#00a38a' -Groups: -- Beyond URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/album/entertaining-sound - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JMzlGlvzNs -Commentary: |- - jan Misali: - the official Conlang Critic soundtrack Cover Artists: - jan Misali Default Track Cover Artists: - jan Misali +Color: '#00a38a' +Groups: +- Beyond +Commentary: |- + jan Misali: + the official Conlang Critic soundtrack --- Track: Secretsh Duration: '1:27' @@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ Track: The Bad Time Is You Duration: '1:48' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/the-bad-time-is-you -Commentary: |- - jan Misali: - toby fox (the undertale guy) wrote a rock opera about mpreg once Referenced Tracks: - The Baby is You - track:megalovania-undertale +Commentary: |- + jan Misali: + toby fox (the undertale guy) wrote a rock opera about mpreg once --- Track: Super Dry Dance Directory: super-dry-dance-entertaining-sound @@ -69,41 +69,38 @@ Directory: griffin-space-jam-entertaining-sound Duration: '1:05' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/griffin-space-jam +Referenced Tracks: +- track:griffin-space-jam Commentary: |- jan Misali: this is actually the MOST EXCLUSIVE song on the album! I've never posted this griffin mcelroy remix anywhere UNTIL NOW -Referenced Tracks: -- track:griffin-space-jam --- Track: melomane solresol Duration: '2:28' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/melomane-solresol +Referenced Tracks: +- Solresol Commentary: |- jan Misali: there's a song called solresol by melomane and it's a v good song (it's ABOUT solresol, not IN solresol) -Referenced Tracks: -- Solresol --- Track: krespo2012 Duration: '2:15' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/krespo2012 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1_49gKZiOE +Referenced Tracks: +- File Select (SM64) Commentary: |- jan Misali: remember when this was a meme -Referenced Tracks: -- File Select (SM64) --- Track: 2016 but all the best memes happen at the same time Duration: '2:06' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/2016-but-all-the-best-memes-happen-at-the-same-time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xu8YshzxXw -Commentary: |- - jan Misali: - remember 2016? what a garbage year. the memes were pretty good though Referenced Tracks: - We Are Number One - 0.5x A Presses @@ -115,65 +112,65 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Science Blaster - 7 GRAND DAD - Snow halation - Love Live! +Commentary: |- + jan Misali: + remember 2016? what a garbage year. the memes were pretty good though --- Track: New radio shows? Duration: '3:57' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/new-radio-shows - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zCbq2sFCgY -Commentary: |- - jan Misali: - based on a true story Referenced Tracks: - Pumpkin Cravings - You have got to be about the most superficial commentator on con-langues since the idiotic B. Gilson. +Commentary: |- + jan Misali: + based on a true story --- Track: body Duration: '1:10' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/body - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LzAfpj46KY +Referenced Tracks: +- All Star Commentary: |- jan Misali: I'm not quite sure how to describe this one -Referenced Tracks: -- All Star --- Track: Taako's Good Out Here Duration: '2:23' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/taakos-good-out-here -Commentary: |- - jan Misali: - strap on your fantasy seatbelts Referenced Tracks: - Deja Vu - Arms Outstretched - Crystal Kingdom - Fantasy Costco Jingle - All Star +Commentary: |- + jan Misali: + strap on your fantasy seatbelts --- Track: Cascendits Duration: '4:11' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/cascendits -Commentary: |- - jan Misali: - this song was featured in the patreon announcement video and was never released in full because it didn't sound very good Referenced Tracks: - Cascade - Descend - Ascend +Commentary: |- + jan Misali: + this song was featured in the patreon announcement video and was never released in full because it didn't sound very good --- Track: Toby Fox Has Written Hundreds of Unique Original Songs Duration: '6:25' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/toby-fox-has-written-hundreds-of-unique-original-songs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO5V2uogkYc -Commentary: |- - jan Misali: - toby "undertale" fox reuses the megalovania chord progression a lot and here's proof Referenced Tracks: - track:megalovania-undertale - track:MeGaLoVania @@ -208,15 +205,15 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Science Blaster - Goodbye To A World - Slider - Super Mario 64 +Commentary: |- + jan Misali: + toby "undertale" fox reuses the megalovania chord progression a lot and here's proof --- Track: oh, 2017? Duration: '3:18' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/oh-2017 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhhRrJm65BU -Commentary: |- - jan Misali: - the sequel to the awkwardly titled "[[2016 but all the best memes happen at the same time]]" Referenced Tracks: - all yor base r blong 2 us - The Next Episode @@ -254,48 +251,51 @@ Referenced Tracks: - WOAH! - Two Trucks - Big Enough +Commentary: |- + jan Misali: + the sequel to the awkwardly titled "[[2016 but all the best memes happen at the same time]]" --- Track: here comes my favorite song from mario odyssey Duration: '1:18' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/here-comes-my-favorite-song-from-mario-odyssey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmBw9Kzv8NE -Commentary: |- - jan Misali: - there was a whole controversy about this one that I probably shouldn't get into. anyway sorry about all that, siivagunner Referenced Tracks: - Viva la Vida - Steam Gardens +Commentary: |- + jan Misali: + there was a whole controversy about this one that I probably shouldn't get into. anyway sorry about all that, siivagunner --- Track: ambidextrous remix Duration: '2:36' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/ambidextrous-remix -Commentary: |- - jan Misali: - left hand remix plays in the left ear and right hand remix plays in the right ear Referenced Tracks: - Left-Hand Remix - Right-Hand Remix +Commentary: |- + jan Misali: + left hand remix plays in the left ear and right hand remix plays in the right ear --- Track: A Song About a Circle Constant Duration: '2:40' URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/a-song-about-a-circle-constant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpIY61QW56M +Referenced Tracks: +- track:a-song-about-a-circle-constant-vi-hart Commentary: |- jan Misali: I made this cover song in 2015 and it's the only thing I made in 2015 that I still think has any value -Referenced Tracks: -- track:a-song-about-a-circle-constant-vi-hart --- Track: Malblanka Rozo Verda Stelo Duration: 0:35 URLs: - https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/malblanka-rozo-verda-stelo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L98DwKAd3qE +Referenced Tracks: +- Black Rose / Green Sun Commentary: |- jan Misali: what if the green sun was actually the esperanto green star game theory -Referenced Tracks: -- Black Rose / Green Sun diff --git a/album/exceptis-excipiendis.yaml b/album/exceptis-excipiendis.yaml index 4ec49a1a..c727e88e 100644 --- a/album/exceptis-excipiendis.yaml +++ b/album/exceptis-excipiendis.yaml @@ -2,19 +2,19 @@ Album: Exceptis Excipiendis Artist: Kal-la-kal-la Date: August 5, 2020 Date Added: October 10, 2020 +URLs: +- https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/album/exceptis-excipiendis Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Ephemerald Color: '#d080a1' Groups: - Nasqueron - Beyond -URLs: -- https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/album/exceptis-excipiendis Commentary: |- Kal-la-kal-la: Songs about what happened and what didn't. For Neil, Silver, Grace, Lexy, Taylor, James. Sam, Jes, Cayleigh, Cynthia, Adam, SplitSuns, Melody, Liam, Jolyne, Clark, Austin, Ana, Alex, Zane, Yuji, tinyds, TwitchyTyrant, JJR, Cryptanark, interrobang, Isabella, cookiefonster, Lea, Beck, Ola, Xizzy, Marie, assorted birds of prey, artists and iconoclasts, and other once, now and future beloveds. For the meek who shall inherit the Earth, and for my ever-tolerant flatmates. Much love all queers from here to the end of all things. Sorry for being a sap. -Cover Artists: -- Ephemerald --- Track: Basement Window Duration: '6:12' @@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ Lyrics: |- There is no light in me
This is not a place where bright young hopefuls go to die
Father one day you and I will both find peace
In the milk-blind eyes of the music box gods. --- Track: 97 -Duration: '5:25' Contributors: - William Leonard (drums) +Duration: '5:25' URLs: - https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/97 +Cover Artists: +- Ephemerald Lyrics: |- The feet are down on the ground
The air is cold
The car is westward bound
The sun is setting pink and gold The notions set about
Like leaves in fall
Fixed stubborn and still
As cave paintings on the wall @@ -66,8 +68,6 @@ Lyrics: |- Alabaster, ivory walls,
That could pass for the clouds,
Your social curtain calls,
When you walk through the streets in shrouds. In my own time
In my own time
(That muttered head to head)
In my own time
In my own time
(Your life can grow much sweeter if you will) Dark was the night
Deep was the sound
Airlines trembled at the sight
Heirloom heads sat round -Cover Artists: -- Ephemerald --- Track: Arbroath Duration: '4:41' @@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ Track: Fishhead Duration: '5:07' URLs: - https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/fishhead +Cover Artists: +- Ephemerald Lyrics: >- [Contenders (doggedly to circle round our driftwood/bracken beds)]: What does it take to grind our legacies down into dust and blood,
[Sowing fields with @@ -123,18 +125,16 @@ Lyrics: >- into your palmar arch, Granadan arch-door memories, cruel treacheries you tell yourself cannot be helped - so tell me then what silence buys?
The marketplace (with knowing eyes): What first words will be heard at that last wondrous time? -Cover Artists: -- Ephemerald --- Track: Prana Ferox Duration: '3:52' URLs: - https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/prana-ferox +Referenced Tracks: +- track:prana-ferox-the-mountain-goats Lyrics: |- I went down to the basement
To check up on the sour mash
I looked down to the nonreactive ceramic tub
It was bubbling.
I had stirred up the dust on the stairs coming down.
I saw the dust devils swarming around.
Incoming sun beams cut them apart.
And I watched a shadow pass across my heart.
You were upstairs in the kitchen with your head against the sink.
Trying to cool down.
Trying to cool down. I know you don't believe me but I could hear you breathing
I looked into the tub and there the mixture was seething
With new life.
New life all around.
I had stirred up the dust on the stairs coming down.
You were upstairs in the kitchen with your head against the sink.
Trying to cool down.
Trying to cool down. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:prana-ferox-the-mountain-goats --- Track: Song For King Arthur Duration: '6:13' diff --git a/album/friendsymphony.yaml b/album/friendsymphony.yaml index 6cdb2fa5..dfb33a4b 100644 --- a/album/friendsymphony.yaml +++ b/album/friendsymphony.yaml @@ -1,23 +1,23 @@ Album: FriendSymphony -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.8;' Date: November 30, 2020 Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: '#3ae0a5' -Major Release: true -Art Tags: -- MSPA Reader -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/friendsymphony Cover Artists: - Knil -Wallpaper Artists: -- Chesswanderlust-sama +Color: '#3ae0a5' +Groups: +- Unofficial MSPA Fans +- Fandom +Art Tags: +- MSPA Reader Banner Artists: - Chesswanderlust-sama +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 +Wallpaper Artists: +- Chesswanderlust-sama +Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.8;' +Major Release: true --- Group: Disc 1 --- @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ Has Cover Art: false Track: Here on Alternia Artist: JulieTunes Duration: '4:05' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/here-on-alternia +Cover Artists: +- star-nomad Art Tags: - MSPA Reader - Boldir @@ -47,10 +51,6 @@ Art Tags: - Tyzias - Tegiri - Chixie -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/here-on-alternia -Cover Artists: -- star-nomad --- Track: today i put......... JELLY on this hot god Artist: Tee-vee @@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Scrubbing Until Morning Artist: JulieTunes Duration: '3:20' -Art Tags: -- Marsti URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scrubbing-until-morning Cover Artists: - shu +Art Tags: +- Marsti --- Track: Gravedigger's Dirge Artist: JulieTunes @@ -90,99 +90,99 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Desert Daring Artist: heir-of-puns Duration: '2:36' -Art Tags: -- Skylla URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/desert-daring Cover Artists: - shu +Art Tags: +- Skylla --- Track: Beneath the Night Sky So Dark Artist: JulieTunes Duration: '3:29' -Art Tags: -- Skylla URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beneath-the-night-sky-so-dark Cover Artists: - Chesswanderlust-sama +Art Tags: +- Skylla --- Track: >- Hi everyone, Antony Fntano here, Alternia's busiest music nerd, and it's time for a review of the new Chixie Roixmr album, Artist: Tee-vee Duration: '3:06' -Art Tags: -- Chixie URLs: - >- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hi-everyone-antony-fntano-here-alternias-busiest-music-nerd-and-its-time-for-a-review-of-the-new-chixie-roixmr-album -Lyrics: |- - Yo get off my stage and hand back my setlist
I'm choke full of rage, I'm sick of this bullshit
Swallow my bulge, get off your high hoofbeast
How dare you come here and call yourselves artists - Second verse, it doesn't get better
No hemospectrum cred you'd be groupies, motherfuckers
You think you're hot shit, you're just some damn cheaters
Pretending and posing for 5 likes on Chittr Cover Artists: - Chesswanderlust-sama +Art Tags: +- Chixie Referenced Tracks: - it be like that sometimes +Lyrics: |- + Yo get off my stage and hand back my setlist
I'm choke full of rage, I'm sick of this bullshit
Swallow my bulge, get off your high hoofbeast
How dare you come here and call yourselves artists + Second verse, it doesn't get better
No hemospectrum cred you'd be groupies, motherfuckers
You think you're hot shit, you're just some damn cheaters
Pretending and posing for 5 likes on Chittr --- Track: it's hard, being famous. it's hard and nobody understands Directory: its-hard-being-famous Artist: astropod Duration: '2:15' -Art Tags: -- Cirava URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/its-hard-being-famous-its-hard-and-nobody-understands Cover Artists: - ZowerLemon +Art Tags: +- Cirava Referenced Tracks: - Gold Pilot --- Track: leech Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '2:51' -Art Tags: -- Folykl -- Kuprum URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/leech Cover Artists: - Cratmang +Art Tags: +- Folykl +- Kuprum --- Track: assault and battery Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '2:18' -Art Tags: -- Folykl -- Kuprum URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/assault-and-battery Cover Artists: - Nova +Art Tags: +- Folykl +- Kuprum Referenced Tracks: - leech --- Track: Carefree Consternation Artist: JulieTunes Duration: '2:05' -Art Tags: -- Zebede URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/carefree-consternation Cover Artists: - Chesswanderlust-sama +Art Tags: +- Zebede Referenced Tracks: - Carefree Action --- Track: '|||Optic Duelist|||' Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng Duration: '4:00' -Art Tags: -- Azdaja URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/optic-duelist Cover Artists: - MarbleMint +Art Tags: +- Azdaja Referenced Tracks: - Distortion Navigator - Fate of the Heir @@ -212,75 +212,81 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: no *kills you* Artist: astropod Duration: '1:37' -Art Tags: -- Konyyl URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/no-kills-you Cover Artists: - Nova +Art Tags: +- Konyyl --- Track: Caught in the Facts Artist: Panfex Duration: '2:29' -Art Tags: -- Boldir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/caught-in-the-facts Cover Artists: - Awkward +Art Tags: +- Boldir Referenced Tracks: - track:old-secret --- Track: Paradox Pariah Artist: Baleish Duration: '2:33' -Art Tags: -- Charun URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/paradox-pariah Cover Artists: - shu +Art Tags: +- Charun Referenced Tracks: - Studio Space --- Track: Mother To Many Artist: JulieTunes Duration: '3:02' -Art Tags: -- Bronya -- 'cw: eye horror' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/mother-to-many Cover Artists: - Chesswanderlust-sama +Art Tags: +- Bronya +- 'cw: eye horror' --- Track: Improved Acumen Artist: JulieTunes Duration: '3:10' -Art Tags: -- Lynera URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/improved-acumen Cover Artists: - Awkward +Art Tags: +- Lynera --- Track: oWo Artist: Chesswanderlust-sama Duration: '2:30' -Art Tags: -- Wanshi URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/owo Cover Artists: - Nova +Art Tags: +- Wanshi --- Track: we waste time JADED Artist: Tee-vee Duration: '3:46' -Art Tags: -- Daraya URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-waste-time-jaded +Cover Artists: +- Chesswanderlust-sama +Art Tags: +- Daraya +Referenced Tracks: +- (this title was too long) +- You're Standing On My Neck +- Darling Dolorosa Lyrics: |- A life without a goal
Sit down, wait for your call
If you're not dead by the time
You get to leave your hive Under pretty dresses and flower crowns
There's a fire waiting to burn inside @@ -290,64 +296,58 @@ Lyrics: |- No time to mope around
Let's try to break the cast
We'll fight the silent strife
Or go out in a blast Under pretty dresses and flower crowns
There's always a fire burning inside Wasted time & wasted trolls
Enjoy your time before the fall
Sneak out of your sacred walls
Take my tears, make it worth living
Hope lost right out of the womb
It's up to us not to succumb
No point in fighting to your doom
Jade blood, black heart, ch-ch-cherrybomb -Cover Artists: -- Chesswanderlust-sama -Referenced Tracks: -- (this title was too long) -- You're Standing On My Neck -- Darling Dolorosa --- Track: Naive Harmony Artist: JulieTunes Duration: '3:13' -Art Tags: -- Lanque URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/naive-harmony Cover Artists: - wumby +Art Tags: +- Lanque --- Track: '*Legal Fees Pending' Artist: Scorpyus Duration: '3:28' -Art Tags: -- Tagora URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/legal-fees-pending Cover Artists: - Awkward +Art Tags: +- Tagora --- Track: Exhausted Hope Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '3:37' -Art Tags: -- Tyzias URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/exhausted-hope Cover Artists: - Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- Tyzias Referenced Tracks: - Seer of Same-Color Scalemate Combos --- Track: Bullet Brain Artist: JulieTunes Duration: '3:50' -Art Tags: -- Tyzias URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bullet-brain Cover Artists: - Awkward +Art Tags: +- Tyzias --- Track: '*teleports behind you*' Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '3:32' -Art Tags: -- Tegiri URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/teleports-behind-you Cover Artists: - star-nomad +Art Tags: +- Tegiri --- Track: Lonely Little Gremlin Girl Artist: JulieTunes @@ -360,14 +360,14 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Middleclass Daydream Artist: heir-of-puns Duration: '2:18' -Art Tags: -- Stelsa -- Tyzias -- MSPA Reader URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/middleclass-daydream Cover Artists: - Tipsy +Art Tags: +- Stelsa +- Tyzias +- MSPA Reader --- Group: Disc 3 --- @@ -409,24 +409,24 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Blatant Plagiarism Artist: Scorpyus Duration: '2:46' -Art Tags: -- Remele URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blatant-plagiarism Cover Artists: - Awkward +Art Tags: +- Remele Referenced Tracks: - track:piwates --- Track: Dumbass Terminal Artist: Tee-vee Duration: '6:01' -Art Tags: -- Mallek URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dumbass-terminal Cover Artists: - shu +Art Tags: +- Mallek Referenced Tracks: - Knife's Edge - Arachnofunkia @@ -447,13 +447,13 @@ Track: WORST (fri)END Directory: worst-friend Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '1:59' -Art Tags: -- Zebruh URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/worst-fri-end Cover Artists: - Gryotharian - Chesswanderlust-sama +Art Tags: +- Zebruh --- Track: Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness Artist: Tee-vee @@ -477,46 +477,46 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Sleeping in the cheerful sis's hair Artist: Chesswanderlust-sama Duration: '2:31' -Art Tags: -- Chahut URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sleeping-in-the-cheerful-siss-hair Cover Artists: - Sigourney Martin +Art Tags: +- Chahut --- Track: General Clownery Artist: astropod Duration: '2:18' -Art Tags: -- Karako URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/general-clownery Cover Artists: - Chesswanderlust-sama +Art Tags: +- Karako --- Track: Phantasmagoria Artist: Scorpyus Duration: '3:00' -Art Tags: -- Barzum -- Baizli URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/phantasmagoria Cover Artists: - ZowerLemon +Art Tags: +- Barzum +- Baizli Referenced Tracks: - Chucklevoodoo Waltz --- Track: The Show Must Go On Artist: Scorpyus Duration: '4:02' -Art Tags: -- Baizli -- Barzum URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-show-must-go-on Cover Artists: - DSNAKE +Art Tags: +- Baizli +- Barzum --- Track: You're the Whole Circus Artist: Tee-vee @@ -531,6 +531,10 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: The Puppetmaster Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '4:22' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-puppetmaster +Cover Artists: +- CyberSoulgem Art Tags: - Doc Scratch - MSPA Reader @@ -538,10 +542,6 @@ Art Tags: - Mallek - Ardata - Boldir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-puppetmaster -Cover Artists: -- CyberSoulgem Referenced Tracks: - WORST END - the final clowntdown diff --git a/album/genesis-frog.yaml b/album/genesis-frog.yaml index cc028022..51ea28ed 100644 --- a/album/genesis-frog.yaml +++ b/album/genesis-frog.yaml @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ Album: Genesis Frog Artist: Alex Rosetti -Banner Dimensions: 1100x200 -Wallpaper Style: |- - opacity: 0.85; - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto; - filter: hue-rotate(160deg); Date: October 23, 2012 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/album/genesis-frog +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_RoZCvUP9w +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLia7MqxG6On5M5Z2OtoNgCWzNmCiRcWZo +Cover Artists: +- Sylladexter Color: '#00aa77' Groups: - Official @@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ Art Tags: - Consorts - Frogs - Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/album/genesis-frog -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_RoZCvUP9w -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLia7MqxG6On5M5Z2OtoNgCWzNmCiRcWZo Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: I’m uploading the commentary for Genesis Frog as text for those of you who could not buy my album but were interested in a composer’s thoughts and detailed descriptions on its concept and execution. This is Part 1 of 4. If you like the album I encourage you to purchase it if you are able, as it helps support me and it will be that much easier to bring you more music in the future! @@ -46,106 +42,109 @@ Commentary: |- Genesis Frog has undergone quite the journey over the last couple of years, even if the larger portion of it took place inside my head as vague bubbles of inspiration. I was finally able to compose the music I had always wanted to compose and contribute my own voice and interpretation of Homestuck to its discography. This is an immense privilege and one I will always carry in my mind as one of the most important opportunities I ever had in my life. It’s an excellent time to be making music, and I will take everything I have learned in making this album with me as I continue to compose in the future. Thank you once again for listening, and make that a double thank you if you read through this extremely long-winded commentary. I am Alex Rosetti and I am a composer who loves video game music, whether it is listening to it, studying it, or making it. If you’re interested in my music or any other projects I’m up to, feel free to check me out at any of the following: Email - awesomerosetti@gmail.com
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YouTube - youtube.com/MrAlbatrosssoup -Cover Artists: -- Sylladexter -Wallpaper Artists: -- Homestuck -- Quasar Nebula (edits for wiki) Banner Artists: - Homestuck - Niklink (edits for wiki) +Banner Dimensions: 1100x200 +Wallpaper Artists: +- Homestuck +- Quasar Nebula (edits for wiki) +Wallpaper Style: |- + opacity: 0.85; + background-repeat: repeat; + background-size: auto; + filter: hue-rotate(160deg); --- Group: Main album --- Track: Prelude Duration: '2:03' -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/prelude - https://youtu.be/MEFq6t5hpxY -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - This is an album about growth, so I wanted it to start very quiet and exposed. The piece opens with a quartal chord in the harp, and after the atmosphere is established a solo clarinet introduces the main theme of the album. A portion of the orchestra comes in after that and there’s a small swell before tapering off into a cello solo. The ensemble is pretty scarce in this one due to its subdued nature. There’s not a lot going on in this track overall, but it does its job both as the prelude to Pondsquatter and the album as a whole. Cover Artists: - Sylladexter +Art Tags: +- Genesis Frog Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + This is an album about growth, so I wanted it to start very quiet and exposed. The piece opens with a quartal chord in the harp, and after the atmosphere is established a solo clarinet introduces the main theme of the album. A portion of the orchestra comes in after that and there’s a small swell before tapering off into a cello solo. The ensemble is pretty scarce in this one due to its subdued nature. There’s not a lot going on in this track overall, but it does its job both as the prelude to Pondsquatter and the album as a whole. --- Track: Pondsquatter Duration: '5:11' -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/pondsquatter - https://youtu.be/tt9EOkbyv64 +Cover Artists: +- Sylladexter +Art Tags: +- Genesis Frog Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: If Genesis Frog were a game, this would play at the title screen. It is a full realization of the album’s main theme, this time with the entire orchestra in tow and plenty of thematic development. I sort of have a love-hate relationship with this track. For one thing, it is the first piece I composed for the album and its melodic material served as its main groundwork, so it’s really important in that respect. But at the same time I had the least experience while initially composing it as compared the album’s other tracks, so I had to spend a lot of extra time fine-tuning it and developing it more (the original was barely under two minutes long). Still, considering the amount of work I had to put into it, it was one of the more rewarding tracks to work on. The combination of Prelude and Pondsquatter to open the album with is something I thought about a lot, and in many ways they are one piece split into two parts. Consider this Movement II. Pondsquatter flows right out of Prelude and gradually adds to the orchestration. After a brief celesta interlude, the theme gets going in full. This piece has a sense of emerging, particularly out of the empty space of Prelude. There are plenty of woodwind trills and harp runs; I wanted them to feel like they were bursting out of the texture, and the openness of the quartal harmonies was eventually replaced by more triadic chords. Quartal chords retain some significance through the album, however, though they are certainly not prominent. I aimed to make the climax of this piece very satisfying, with the gong practically screaming “we’ve arrived!” but I was afraid of having too much of a sense of finality so I didn’t give the piece a proper ending. Instead it goes straight into the next track without only a hint at a cadence. -Cover Artists: -- Sylladexter --- Track: Our Glorious Speaker Duration: '5:10' -Art Tags: -- Carapacians -- Genesis Frog URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/our-glorious-speaker - https://youtu.be/Xqf92y6W48M -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - Much like Pondsquatter, the concept for this piece was conceived very early on in the album’s life before it became Genesis Frog. It was supposed to be a theme for the Prospitians, and it still mostly is, but now the piece focuses more on their devotion to the Speaker than the citizens themselves. The chess-people of Prospit are referenced a few times in Homestuck as worshipping the Genesis Frog, and it is through perusing their lore in various updates (mostly Seer: Descend) that I got inspiration for several tracks on the album, including this one. - The music was representing devotion, so I wanted it to have the warmest, most tranquil tone it could. There are two chorale-like sections, the first being the passage the strings play in the beginning, and then later in the brass when the rest of the orchestra drops out for a while. The style of this piece was inspired by Taku Iwasaki’s scores, which often feature very beautiful and lush string textures. I actually don’t think I captured that very well, and in fact strayed from that idea as the piece went on. But the core of the inspiration remains and I think one can tell if they are familiar with his style. Of note is the last third of the piece which is a self-indulgent, overly-romanticized arrangement of Erik Scheele’s Sarabande. It’s such a beautiful piece and I knew from the day I started working on this that I wanted to include it, no matter how schmaltzy I made it sound. Give me a break, it was fun, okay? Cover Artists: - Rikuru +Art Tags: +- Carapacians +- Genesis Frog Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter - Sarabande +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + Much like Pondsquatter, the concept for this piece was conceived very early on in the album’s life before it became Genesis Frog. It was supposed to be a theme for the Prospitians, and it still mostly is, but now the piece focuses more on their devotion to the Speaker than the citizens themselves. The chess-people of Prospit are referenced a few times in Homestuck as worshipping the Genesis Frog, and it is through perusing their lore in various updates (mostly Seer: Descend) that I got inspiration for several tracks on the album, including this one. + The music was representing devotion, so I wanted it to have the warmest, most tranquil tone it could. There are two chorale-like sections, the first being the passage the strings play in the beginning, and then later in the brass when the rest of the orchestra drops out for a while. The style of this piece was inspired by Taku Iwasaki’s scores, which often feature very beautiful and lush string textures. I actually don’t think I captured that very well, and in fact strayed from that idea as the piece went on. But the core of the inspiration remains and I think one can tell if they are familiar with his style. Of note is the last third of the piece which is a self-indulgent, overly-romanticized arrangement of Erik Scheele’s Sarabande. It’s such a beautiful piece and I knew from the day I started working on this that I wanted to include it, no matter how schmaltzy I made it sound. Give me a break, it was fun, okay? --- Track: Prospitian Folklore Duration: '3:38' -Art Tags: -- Carapacians URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-folklore - https://youtu.be/QLEJynNmhpM +Cover Artists: +- Rikuru +Art Tags: +- Carapacians +Referenced Tracks: +- Pondsquatter Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: “Though we adore Him we shall never enjoy His beauteous Croak. We spill our blood on acres of black and white so they may cross the yellow yard. At last in Skaia’s reflection through broken glass He may find the pond in which He’s meant to squat.” – Book in Prospit Library (from Seer: Descend) This piece is a musical retelling of the above passage. If you read it while listening to the music, the tone should match for the most part (as long as you are reading very, very slowly). This track’s melody appears several more times throughout the album, and represents the “folk tale” and more legendary aspects of the Genesis Frog as seen through His followers. Because of this I tried to make it sound like a genuine folk tune, and ended up with something vaguely resembling a tune out of Eastern Europe. It’s a melancholic sort of melody, which suits the grim tone of the text it is based on. It is passed through several instruments: first a solo oboe, then the violins, a soprano recorder, and a trumpet. After the main section is over, the piece shifts into a short woodwind chorale, and then into what I can only call a cadenza made up of tense suspended figures in the strings with an out-of-meter pulse underneath. I kind of wrote this last section accidentally, since it somehow started flowing out of the chorale and I just went with it. It seemed to have an air of urgency and importance to me, so I kept it in to represent “Skaia’s reflection through broken glass”, which is such a fascinating image. Broken glass has been a recurring motif in Homestuck and seems to hold important consequences every time it occurs, and the text implies it will be significant in the Genesis Frog’s final destination. So the atmosphere of this final section felt significant and fitting to me. -Cover Artists: -- Rikuru -Referenced Tracks: -- Pondsquatter --- Track: Consorts' Intermezzo Duration: 0:28 -Art Tags: -- Consorts -- Frogs -- Genesis Frog URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/consorts-intermezzo - https://youtu.be/kV5rl3XTgAE -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - Part 2 covers all the Consort themes! -
- After the introductory tracks are over, the album shifts gear and an intermission of sorts is instigated by the Consorts, who love the Genesis Frog very much and worship Him the same as the Prospitians do. I decided it would both be fun and shake things up if I composed a theme for each group of Consorts we meet on the kids' four planets during their Sburb session. Represented are the Crocodiles of LOHAC, the Turtles of LOLAR, the Salamanders of LOWAS, and the Iguanas of LOFAF. Some are more characterized than others, but I made do and crafted a unique theme for each of them. - The character of the music during this section is a bit different than the rest of the album due to the inherent silliness of the creatures it is representing. The Consorts are all also, for lack of a better word, dumb. The music reflects that too. This intermezzo transitions from the serious tone of the first section of the album into the absurd rom that is about to follow. The idea of including two intermezzos in this album came from the Actraiser Symphonic Suite, a collection of orchestrations from the SNES game Actraiser that used this classic "in between" sort of music as a way to reiterate a recurring theme. I use these little movements in a slightly different manner, but the spirit is the same. Musically, this is a simple interlude that states all the Consort themes that are to come in a solo viola accompanied by pizzicato strings. Cover Artists: - Sylladexter +Art Tags: +- Consorts +- Frogs +- Genesis Frog Referenced Tracks: - Buy NAK Sell DOOF - Pink Shells - Entrance of the Salamanders - Thip of the Tongue +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + Part 2 covers all the Consort themes! +
+ After the introductory tracks are over, the album shifts gear and an intermission of sorts is instigated by the Consorts, who love the Genesis Frog very much and worship Him the same as the Prospitians do. I decided it would both be fun and shake things up if I composed a theme for each group of Consorts we meet on the kids' four planets during their Sburb session. Represented are the Crocodiles of LOHAC, the Turtles of LOLAR, the Salamanders of LOWAS, and the Iguanas of LOFAF. Some are more characterized than others, but I made do and crafted a unique theme for each of them. + The character of the music during this section is a bit different than the rest of the album due to the inherent silliness of the creatures it is representing. The Consorts are all also, for lack of a better word, dumb. The music reflects that too. This intermezzo transitions from the serious tone of the first section of the album into the absurd rom that is about to follow. The idea of including two intermezzos in this album came from the Actraiser Symphonic Suite, a collection of orchestrations from the SNES game Actraiser that used this classic "in between" sort of music as a way to reiterate a recurring theme. I use these little movements in a slightly different manner, but the spirit is the same. Musically, this is a simple interlude that states all the Consort themes that are to come in a solo viola accompanied by pizzicato strings. --- Track: Buy NAK Sell DOOF -Duration: '3:50' Directory: buy-NAK-sell-DOOF Contributors: - Nyanface @@ -153,11 +152,16 @@ Contributors: - Rachel Rose Mitchell - Marcy Nabors - Max Wright -Art Tags: -- Consorts +Duration: '3:50' URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/buy-nak-sell-doof - https://youtu.be/ar66fitxQRs +Cover Artists: +- Sylladexter +Art Tags: +- Consorts +Referenced Tracks: +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: Where do I even start? This is one of my favorite tracks that I’ve made, and by that I mean to say I’m really amused I was able to come up with this in the first place. It originally wasn’t part of this album at all—it was supposed to be a short jingle for the LOHAC Stock Exchange! But it was too much fun to let go of and soon it morphed into a full-fledged character theme for everyone’s beloved, excitable consorts. The general idea behind the music was this: Jit may have made a silly arrangement of Atomyk Ebonpyre, but what could I do to put it in an even more ridiculous context? And so it was that it became the manic violin and xylophone old-timey television music-inspired (this was my only frame of reference for what I thought stock exchange music should sound like) tune that it is now. And wouldn’t you know it, this type of music turned out to fit the personality of the Crocodiles like a crocodile-fitted glove. @@ -174,210 +178,200 @@ Commentary: |- - Ben Sharrin - Max Wright - Katie Caldwell -Cover Artists: -- Sylladexter -Referenced Tracks: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre --- Track: Pink Shells Duration: '3:22' -Art Tags: -- Consorts URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/pink-shells - https://youtu.be/CReFCSa8SFc +Cover Artists: +- Rikuru +Art Tags: +- Consorts +Referenced Tracks: +- Pondsquatter Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: This was a difficult one to compose. The Turtles in Homestuck haven’t been given much characterization other than the ones quaking in fear of Rose, and even then that characteristic is basically the extent of it. I wondered if it was even worth writing a theme for them, since their importance to the story is minimal; what kind of music would I compose for them, anyway? But in the end I decided if I was going to do a set of Consort pieces I was going to do it right and that meant composing the whole package. There was going to be a cycle of fun, lighthearted pieces on this album regardless of characterization or story relevance. Unfortunately, by the time I decided this I had absolutely no musical ideas. I knew I wanted to give the piece a sort of awkward, wooden sound, so I had a pretty good idea of what timbres I needed (wood blocks, marimba, bassoons, etc.). Then I decided to just outright make it as quirky as possible and added a contrabassoon, even giving it the melody at one point, because hey, I might as well have fun with a track where I’m making up 90% of a character interpretation. Violin was included to fit the theme of the Consorts’ music matching their kids’ instruments. I eventually settled on a tired-sounding little melody, and while it is appropriate it’s the not my favorite one I’ve ever written. You can probably tell too, since it never seems to go anywhere, and when it finally sounds like it is it drops out and a different variation starts playing. The middle section is a very loosely based on the Pondsquatter theme, and the high register marimba interjection makes it obvious in case you didn’t pick up on it in the first five notes. This eventually leads back into the main melody of the piece, and a couple sequences later it ends. I wonder how much it shows that I was really short on ideas for this piece. Any time it was playing up the comedy in timing or shifting feel, it felt more like I had no idea what to do and desperately stuck something in so the piece could move on. Maybe I’m being hard on it; I still think it is enjoyable to listen to. But from a compositional standpoint, it is probably the weakest on the album. -Cover Artists: -- Rikuru -Referenced Tracks: -- Pondsquatter --- Track: Entrance of the Salamanders Duration: '2:56' -Art Tags: -- Consorts URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/entrance-of-the-salamanders - https://youtu.be/kU55FMWbmaQ +Cover Artists: +- Sylladexter +Art Tags: +- Consorts +Referenced Tracks: +- Our Glorious Speaker Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: This piece picks up where Buy NAK Sell DOOF left off, meaning it goes right back into a silly, dimwitted march. This time however, we are joined by John’s signature instrument, the electric organ! I also put some piano in there I guess, but baby, it is all about that organ. Maybe it gives it a bit too much of a “baseball flavor” but that’s okay, the Salamanders are sporting folks. Right off the “bat”, you will notice the opening ostinato bears a strong resemblance to Danny Elfman tomfoolery, which is entirely coincidental; not that I have any problems with Danny Elfman tomfoolery, in fact I enjoy it very much. Like the Crocodiles, the Salamanders have gotten plenty of characterization in Homestuck, so it was pretty easy to write their theme. They actually have a lot in common with the Crocodiles (mostly that they are enthusiastically unintelligent), which is why I decided to give them the same kind of style. There is a primary theme and a secondary theme, and they are both developed throughout the course of the piece. I realize this is an incredibly simple and non-specific description, but it is a very straightforward piece in that regard, and I don’t know what else to say about it. The first theme is a bouncy little tune, and the second theme is more legato and chromatic, and they fit together in various ways when they interact with each other. I sort of envisioned this composition as a dual piano/organ concerto in terms of how I treated the instruments. Both are featured over the orchestra, and play off it with plenty of silly textures and orchestrations. Stylistically, the oom-pah marching characteristics combined with the instrumentation may call to mind images of a circus, which is in fact how the piece got its name. It’s kind of a veiled reference, but if you know what the title is referring to then it’s easy to figure out why it resembles circus music. And of course in the spirit of things, for one last antic I finished it off with a slide whistle; an instrument I thought represented the salamanders’ bubbles pretty well. -Cover Artists: -- Sylladexter -Referenced Tracks: -- Our Glorious Speaker --- Track: Thip of the Tongue Duration: '4:09' -Art Tags: -- Consorts URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/thip-of-the-tongue - https://youtu.be/AFPBfMdqKEU +Cover Artists: +- Rikuru +Art Tags: +- Consorts +Referenced Tracks: +- Stoke the Forge Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: If you asked me what title on this album I am most proud of coming up with, it would be this one. Ever since the Iguanas were introduced I was terrified someone was going to use this pun before I had a chance to put it out in an official capacity. I wanted to be the thip king, and despite being nervous about it for almost two years no one usurped my throne. Even as of this writing, searching for that exact phrase on the internet will yield no results. Obviously if you are reading this, that is no longer true. But I digress. As for the piece itself, I decided to separate it into two very distinct sections. The first depicts the Iguanas’ life in the Land of Frost and Frogs before Jade stokes the Forge (which, incidentally, is the name of a later track which takes this concept even further); the second part depicts their life after the frost has melted away. Due to this structure, the first third of the piece is subdued and establishes a calm atmosphere with the strings and woodwinds, with not a single brass instrument to be found. The opening motive that continues to be used throughout the piece is an almost exact repetition of the Salamanders’ main motive. All the Consort tracks are connected, but these two take it to the next level by building this piece’s base off the main material of the last. The second part is where things get interesting. It is the only section of the album where I drop the orchestra shtick completely and use an ensemble of recorders, crumhorns, pipes, and an unconventional rhythm section featuring a dulcimer. I thought about what kind of music the Iguanas would make if given the opportunity. I figured they would have a lot of primitive instruments at hand and would produce simple, joyous music. This whole section is unabashedly a tribute to Kumi Tanioka’s work in Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. It’s a sort of re-imagining of this world of ancient instruments that she created, and it was one of my earliest influences. There are also seeds of Yasunori Mitsuda in here; it is such a fun piece that I don’t mind citing very strong influences here if people want to hear similar music to this. -Cover Artists: -- Rikuru -Referenced Tracks: -- Stoke the Forge --- Track: Frogs' Intermezzo Duration: 0:14 +URLs: +- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/frogs-intermezzo +- https://youtu.be/lDGQ_3qgByU +Cover Artists: +- Sylladexter Art Tags: - Consorts - Frogs - Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/frogs-intermezzo -- https://youtu.be/lDGQ_3qgByU +Referenced Tracks: +- Pondsquatter Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: This covers the Frog act of the album. One more Part to go after this!
After a lovely intermission from the Consorts, our story continues. The sequence of tracks was very carefully chosen for this album, and it is especially true here. Every track from here on out details the journey undertaken to create the Genesis Frog, as well as its ultimate fate. From the ectobiological breeding (Breeding Duties), to the unfreezing of the Land of Frost and Frogs (Stoke the Forge), to the hunt for frogs (Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009), to the mysteries and certain doom hiding in the frog temple (The Temple’s Withered Bloom), and finally to the destruction of the universe (Bilious), a story is told through music. As a conclusion, we bear witness to the fate the Genesis Frog is meant to fulfill: finding His pond in Skaia (Speaker), and signifying the creation of a new universe (The Vast Croak). This intermezzo changes the tone from the lighthearted Consort music to something more full of wonder to suit the story to come. It is a simple swell based on the Pondsquatter theme, and once it settles down, the texture becomes very sparse so as to lead into Breeding Duties. -Cover Artists: -- Sylladexter -Referenced Tracks: -- Pondsquatter --- Track: Breeding Duties Duration: '5:09' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Frogs URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/breeding-duties - https://youtu.be/-BPCS9eHWFg +Cover Artists: +- Sylladexter +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Frogs +Referenced Tracks: +- Pondsquatter +- Prospitian Folklore Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: GA: But Regardless I Think Our Roles Are Approximately The Same Since We Are Both Stokers Of The Forge
GA: As Well As Holders Of Breeding Duties
GA: However I Should Clarify That My Earlier Counsel Was Mostly Academic
GA: It Takes Weeks To Do All Of It Properly
GA: You Wont Have Time
GG: breeding duties????? This entire piece was inspired by Kanaya’s awkward phrasing. It’s a great line, and Jade’s dumbfounded reaction is even better. Naturally I wanted this to be an awkward-sounding piece, so in the beginning there is plenty of pizzicato strings, strange pauses and the like. Of course, more thought went into the mood than that; Jade has a small association with witches, even if it is only in title and costume. The idea that she is the Witch of Space and is dabbling in ectobiology with frogs put a lot of images in my mind, the most obvious connection being a witch’s cauldron. How would this type of music sound, exactly? Eventually I settled on the sort of faux-baroque feel mixed in with plenty of silliness, since this is a piece about Jade and frogs, after all. The orchestration is full of fast-decaying timbres like the aforementioned pizzicato and liberal use of harpsichord. I also included celesta since it adds a sort of whimsy to the piece, and it has the added bonus of calling back to the beginning of the album. The main motive is a very baroque sort of device, and I used it that way a little, though I mostly put it in ridiculous contexts. The opening is very stately and lively; what a way to open the last third of the album! But after the first phrase it immediately drops out into a very spacious world, and it is during this section that I explore a variety of colors while playing with the motivic material. Then I prove how short my attention span is because the music goes a lot of places fast after that. First it takes a sweet tone with a celesta melody, and then feels majestic with a lyrical cello line and a call in the horns. If you were to think about this piece programmatically, then that might be the moment when Jade finally successfully breeds the frog with the right genes. In which case the rest of the piece is about hundreds of frogs hopping around or something, which is an explanation I like, but will not officially state since I wasn’t actually thinking much about a story when composing this. But still, I did have a lot of scenes brewing in my head with this one, so I think it is totally appropriate to imagine a story going along with it. Anyway, the majestic section cuts off for a few seconds, then a booming section based on the opening stumbles in and leaves as fast as it entered. From that point on the material from Pondsquatter comes in and is given the same feel as the rest of this piece, and if there was any one word I had to describe this last section with it would be, “shenanigans”. Incidentally, I consider this and Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009 to be the heart of the album. There will be more on that later in the commentary. -Cover Artists: -- Sylladexter -Referenced Tracks: -- Pondsquatter -- Prospitian Folklore --- Track: Stoke the Forge Duration: '3:43' -Art Tags: -- Frogs URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/stoke-the-forge - https://youtu.be/6jLZLPJE_Qc -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - Why did I compose this piece? Well, mainly because I wanted something bombastic to use an anvil as percussion in. But I also wrote it because of its importance in the role of each Space player’s planet and their frog breeding duties. Not only that, but it acts as a transition from the darker Breeding Duties to the lighter, more energetic Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009. More specifically, it extends the idea behind Thip of the Tongue to three tracks instead of one; it is a progression from the planet’s frosty beginnings to a sudden and beautiful spring, and this piece heralds that moment. In any case, I ended up with a pretty fun piece that may not be the most impressive on the album, but it definitely serves a purpose and keeps the flow intact. - The piece opens with a brass fanfare based off the Folklore theme interspersed with anvil and bass drum hits. The decision to feature the anvil came from Dave’s denizen, Hephaestus, who is referred to as “Lord of the Forge” with little explanation other than he desired access to Jade’s Forge to repair the Caledfwlch. In fact, the entire piece has the feeling of hammering, since harsh gestures in the brass and strings are common in combination with liberal usage of timpani and bass drum. The entire piece is in Dorian, which is a mode I can rarely resist composing in, and it lends a big sense of adventure to it. Formally there is not a lot going on, other than a melody being repeated several times with different orchestration and transposition. An interesting moment occurs when the entire ensemble drops out and a flute solo comes in playing a lighter, more humorous version of the tune before heading towards the climax. All in all, it is a pretty standard theme with a solid tune despite the fact that nothing extraordinary happens for its duration. But hey, we wouldn’t want overkill would we? I was saving that for the next track. Cover Artists: - Sylladexter +Art Tags: +- Frogs Referenced Tracks: - Prospitian Folklore +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + Why did I compose this piece? Well, mainly because I wanted something bombastic to use an anvil as percussion in. But I also wrote it because of its importance in the role of each Space player’s planet and their frog breeding duties. Not only that, but it acts as a transition from the darker Breeding Duties to the lighter, more energetic Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009. More specifically, it extends the idea behind Thip of the Tongue to three tracks instead of one; it is a progression from the planet’s frosty beginnings to a sudden and beautiful spring, and this piece heralds that moment. In any case, I ended up with a pretty fun piece that may not be the most impressive on the album, but it definitely serves a purpose and keeps the flow intact. + The piece opens with a brass fanfare based off the Folklore theme interspersed with anvil and bass drum hits. The decision to feature the anvil came from Dave’s denizen, Hephaestus, who is referred to as “Lord of the Forge” with little explanation other than he desired access to Jade’s Forge to repair the Caledfwlch. In fact, the entire piece has the feeling of hammering, since harsh gestures in the brass and strings are common in combination with liberal usage of timpani and bass drum. The entire piece is in Dorian, which is a mode I can rarely resist composing in, and it lends a big sense of adventure to it. Formally there is not a lot going on, other than a melody being repeated several times with different orchestration and transposition. An interesting moment occurs when the entire ensemble drops out and a flute solo comes in playing a lighter, more humorous version of the tune before heading towards the climax. All in all, it is a pretty standard theme with a solid tune despite the fact that nothing extraordinary happens for its duration. But hey, we wouldn’t want overkill would we? I was saving that for the next track. --- Track: Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009 Duration: '4:55' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Frogs URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/great-lofaf-expedition-of-2009 - https://youtu.be/J161hcxSTkg +Cover Artists: +- Sylladexter +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Frogs +Referenced Tracks: +- Pondsquatter +- Our Glorious Speaker Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: Ah, frog-hunting music. I had the idea for this track brewing long before Homestuck Volume 8 was in the works, so you can imagine my horror when not one, but two tracks with this subject were on it. I have to give props to Jit and Bowman, those are a couple of great pieces and they both explore the idea in unique ways. I lamented however, worrying my track would be extraneous. How many times could we repeat the same, specific idea, after all? So I had to think outside the box a little bit. I would try to capture the entire experience of not just the hunt, but exploring LOFAF after the Forge had been stoked. This piece is programmatic in the same sense Breeding Duties is—it is meant to be a collection of musical ideas depicting any number of scenes the listener might imagine. Which isn’t to say the music isn’t thematically grounded; it is essentially based on one theme in addition to the Pondsquatter theme, which also has a large presence. Earlier in the commentary for Breeding Duties, I referred to that and this track as being the heart of this album. It may sound hokey, but when I think of Genesis Frog I think of these two tracks. I think they exemplify the kind of music I’ve had in my head for two years and wanted to compose most. When I first thought of them, I knew Genesis Frog as an album would work, this was the kind of music I had always wanted to listen to but no one had quite made yet. This isn’t to say it’s anything new or innovative; merely that it is a specific sound I love that I wanted to hear. I think the album experience is purest during these two tracks, as ridiculous or pretentious as that may sound, but I don’t know how else to say it. Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009 is made up of so many of my favorite things to do in orchestral music, so for better or worse you can use this as a roadmap for my compositional output and ridicule me as I become more and more of a slave to my own style. It opens with a solo horn call to signify the beginning of the hunt. Normally these sorts of calls are based around perfect fifths, but I totally broke the rules like the rebel I am and used it as a way to introduce the main theme. After that, the piece is split into three sections, the first being a march featuring a piccolo playing a variation on the Pondsquatter theme. The orchestration gradually fills in, and an ostinato is introduced in the xylophone and santoor (a string instrument native to India) that is used throughout the piece. After the march, we dive into the undergrowth, represented by the next section. The music makes a shift into 7/8, though no true pulse is really established. As a result, many different lines of counterpoint come in at disjointed intervals, lending to the image of a lot of different frogs hopping around in the depths of the forest. The pace picks up again when the music shifts back to simple meter and the march rhythm is brought back. There is more counterpoint here with the main motive of the piece; it is overlayed with itself in several different rhythmic rhythmic transpositions over the march ostinato. Then, after a brief interlude, the piece shifts back into 7/8 with more of a pulse, and the Pondsquatter theme is repeated in full followed by a coda based on this piece’s motive. This is one of the few pieces on the album that ends on an unambiguous tonic chord, which I thought was very refreshing at this point. Especially in light of this piece, which I promised would be overkill thanks to all the ridiculous directions it manages to go in for its duration of five minutes. -Cover Artists: -- Sylladexter -Referenced Tracks: -- Pondsquatter -- Our Glorious Speaker --- Track: The Temple's Withered Bloom Duration: '2:55' +URLs: +- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/the-temples-withered-bloom +- https://youtu.be/wq6cPhclEsk +Cover Artists: +- Rikuru Art Tags: - WV - PM - AR - WQ -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/the-temples-withered-bloom -- https://youtu.be/wq6cPhclEsk Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: This is an interesting one, since it has probably undergone the most change in terms of concept and musical ideas before I finally composed it in earnest. It started out as a general Frog Temple theme, and all along I had the idea to explore sweeping chords in the strings and choir, which I did end up doing, albeit in a very different fashion than I expected. I tossed around the idea of including material from Jit’s Ruins, then I thought about adapting an old wind ensemble piece of mine. Conceptually I switched from the idea of the Frog Temple to the hieroglyphics inside, tentatively naming it “Temple Walls”, then “Glyphs”. What ended up happening was that I ended up composing this and the next track as one whole, and then split them into two, so in a lot of ways the two of them combined could be considered a single piece. In fact, I would venture to say the last four tracks on the album could be considered four connected movements among the greater whole, since I added more continuity between them than any previous tracks on the album. Because of the connection to the last track, which is heavily about Jack Noir, I decided to have this music represent the Lotus Time Capsule he went through during Cascade. The lotus being in the frog temple was very convenient for me since I got to keep that idea without straying too much from the theme of the album. So this track ended up being the calm before the storm as it were, representing the menace hiding inside the temple for centuries before coming out to wreak havoc. The piece opens with a major chord in the strings, as if to continue the train of thought left behind by the previous track’s end. However, the chord quickly changes into something more dissonant, and the tone shifts from light to dark. The choir answers the strings, and the piece progresses in this manner with the two sections being featured the most. A gamelan ensemble plays in the background, very out of tune with the rest of the ensemble, lending to the sense of foreboding. There is a musical device in here that represents Jack, a descending line that implies a tritone. It comes in quietly and at irregular intervals, indicative of the murderous asshole lying in wait among the confines of the temple. As the music progresses, this motive comes in more and more until it is an ostinato under the chordal strings and choir. Eventually the piece crescendos and leads into the next track, where Jack is finally the star of the show. -Cover Artists: -- Rikuru --- Track: Bilious Duration: '4:05' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Genesis Frog URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/bilious - https://youtu.be/wyh3pBZZsaA -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - Poor Bilious Slick. Every iteration of Him we’ve seen in Homestuck has been brutally murdered in one way or another. As if that wasn’t enough, He is primarily known by the spiteful nickname Dersites have given Him. In composing this album, I would have missed a big opportunity if I didn’t take material from those in Derse that oppose creation, most specifically Jack Noir. The title of course came from the name Bilious Slick, but it also has the benefit of adding grotesque imagery to a piece of music about Jack slaughtering a giant universe frog. It is a continuation of The Temple’s Withered Bloom, and it picks up where it left off with Jack exiting the Lotus Capsule, escaping the session and eventually going on to destroy the universe he emerged from. - The piece opens right away in 10/8, and an electric guitar, bass, and drum set are added to the ensemble. I decided that among the pastoral and bouncy, lighthearted pieces in this album, there was no single track that felt like a hook to me. I wanted to attempt to compose something that just plain kicks ass, some climactic piece that could act as a reward for listening through the relatively calm album. Naturally I came to the decision to include guitar and drums and let more rock influence come through. - The theme is based on the Folklore theme, which I thought was appropriate and somewhat ironic, since what represented creation before was now being used to represent destruction. The guitar takes over the melody as the meter goes through several changes, and after several consecutive contrasting sections that play with different motives, the guitar once again begins the next section by establishing a triplet ostinato. - At this point I figured, what the hell, I’ll quote Black. It actually fits quite well with the “Jack” device from The Temple’s Withered Bloom that I bring back here, thanks to the fact that they both emphasise on the tritone. My own Jack motive begins to take over from Radiation’s, and eventually the strings are playing it in canon as it gets more and more chaotic, until everything drops out and the lower piano register begins an ostinato based on it. The orchestra builds again into more chaotic textures, the tension drops briefly, and then the theme is recapped as the climax. All in all it is probably the most exciting piece on the album, and for my first foray into more action-like music, I think it does its job well. Cover Artists: - Rikuru +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +- Genesis Frog Referenced Tracks: - Prospitian Folklore - Liquid Negrocity - The Temple's Withered Bloom +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + Poor Bilious Slick. Every iteration of Him we’ve seen in Homestuck has been brutally murdered in one way or another. As if that wasn’t enough, He is primarily known by the spiteful nickname Dersites have given Him. In composing this album, I would have missed a big opportunity if I didn’t take material from those in Derse that oppose creation, most specifically Jack Noir. The title of course came from the name Bilious Slick, but it also has the benefit of adding grotesque imagery to a piece of music about Jack slaughtering a giant universe frog. It is a continuation of The Temple’s Withered Bloom, and it picks up where it left off with Jack exiting the Lotus Capsule, escaping the session and eventually going on to destroy the universe he emerged from. + The piece opens right away in 10/8, and an electric guitar, bass, and drum set are added to the ensemble. I decided that among the pastoral and bouncy, lighthearted pieces in this album, there was no single track that felt like a hook to me. I wanted to attempt to compose something that just plain kicks ass, some climactic piece that could act as a reward for listening through the relatively calm album. Naturally I came to the decision to include guitar and drums and let more rock influence come through. + The theme is based on the Folklore theme, which I thought was appropriate and somewhat ironic, since what represented creation before was now being used to represent destruction. The guitar takes over the melody as the meter goes through several changes, and after several consecutive contrasting sections that play with different motives, the guitar once again begins the next section by establishing a triplet ostinato. + At this point I figured, what the hell, I’ll quote Black. It actually fits quite well with the “Jack” device from The Temple’s Withered Bloom that I bring back here, thanks to the fact that they both emphasise on the tritone. My own Jack motive begins to take over from Radiation’s, and eventually the strings are playing it in canon as it gets more and more chaotic, until everything drops out and the lower piano register begins an ostinato based on it. The orchestra builds again into more chaotic textures, the tension drops briefly, and then the theme is recapped as the climax. All in all it is probably the most exciting piece on the album, and for my first foray into more action-like music, I think it does its job well. --- Track: Speaker (Skaia's Reflection) Duration: '2:57' -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/speaker-skaias-reflection - https://youtu.be/zKpqOvFTvLA -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - Out of destruction comes nothingness, and the only sounds are sparse and atmospheric. The nothingness persists for a bit, a result of the universe’s destruction in the previous track. If I were feeling really dark I could just end the album there, but I wanted there to be a sense of conclusion and returning to what once was. What better way than to have the music rise from the ashes and the solo clarinet come back to play a new version of the Pondsquatter theme? The idea behind the countless Genesis Frogs is that they propagate one another, each frog producing the next, and behind this lies the idea of infinity and repeated processes. So I wanted the album to do a Mobius Double Reacharound as it were, and end as it began. So the pairing of Speaker and The Vast Croak echoes the earlier pairing of Prelude and Pondsquatter. - This piece even has the same structure and general idea as Prelude before going into a full statement of the modified theme. As a result it is difficult to talk about its composition, since it is virtually the same as Prelude only with varying material. The clarinet emerges out of the atmosphere just as before, and a texture-based section builds this time not into a false climax, but into a fuller orchestration of what the clarinet was doing earlier. It ends simply and quietly in the woodwinds, allowing the next and final track to proceed with its exciting start. Cover Artists: - Sylladexter - Rikuru +Art Tags: +- Genesis Frog Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + Out of destruction comes nothingness, and the only sounds are sparse and atmospheric. The nothingness persists for a bit, a result of the universe’s destruction in the previous track. If I were feeling really dark I could just end the album there, but I wanted there to be a sense of conclusion and returning to what once was. What better way than to have the music rise from the ashes and the solo clarinet come back to play a new version of the Pondsquatter theme? The idea behind the countless Genesis Frogs is that they propagate one another, each frog producing the next, and behind this lies the idea of infinity and repeated processes. So I wanted the album to do a Mobius Double Reacharound as it were, and end as it began. So the pairing of Speaker and The Vast Croak echoes the earlier pairing of Prelude and Pondsquatter. + This piece even has the same structure and general idea as Prelude before going into a full statement of the modified theme. As a result it is difficult to talk about its composition, since it is virtually the same as Prelude only with varying material. The clarinet emerges out of the atmosphere just as before, and a texture-based section builds this time not into a false climax, but into a fuller orchestration of what the clarinet was doing earlier. It ends simply and quietly in the woodwinds, allowing the next and final track to proceed with its exciting start. --- Track: The Vast Croak Duration: '5:08' -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog -- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/the-vast-croak - https://youtu.be/gW0CGMh6CNg -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - After six notes from the drumset, the grand finale begins. I still don’t have a clear idea what prompted this sort of conclusion to the album. For the longest time I intended to end it the way Speaker did, and that track indeed had a finality of its own. But I wanted something exciting at the end, and I felt like there was still momentum left over from Bilious that I could do something with. So despite only having a vague idea of what the Vast Croak probably was at the time of this composing it, I ran with my assumptions and based the album’s last hurrah around that idea. What little information existed implied the Genesis Frog will Croak once He has matured, and I can only assume it signifies the birth of the new universe in some way. I hope my interpretation does not end up conflicting with canon, and even if it does with any luck the music will still match the tone of it and my thoughts will remain hidden in this commentary. - Kanaya described the Vast Croak as the most amazing thing she had ever seen. I doubt anything I compose could possibly match the scope of such a cosmic event, but I at least attempted to capture the excitement of such a thing happening. When one thinks of the Vast Croak being put to music I’m sure bombastic orchestrations come to mind, like bass drum hits and gongs swelling, the brass going wild. Maybe that would have been the right direction to go in. Of all the tracks on this album this one probably puzzles me the most, since I’m not sure exactly why I decided to go in the direction I did musically. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people think it isn’t appropriate for its namesake, and maybe someone else could compose something more suitable at some point. All I can say is that I wanted to capture the excitement of the moment and create something that felt like joy spilling forth. I wanted the music to have a big sense of happiness and accomplishment, a feeling of “yeah, we did it!” Even if it did not capture the feeling of the Vast Croak in as literal a sense as it could have, the music has the kind of feeling I imagine players would have upon reaching this final, monumental goal. That is my defense, and I am sticking by it. - The sense of excitement is what prompted me to bring the drumset back. I thought the piece needed a percussive drive like Bilious had, so I employed the same method. And hell, if I’m going to bring drumset into an orchestral setting then I might as well do it a second time. The Dorian version of the Pondsquatter theme played by the horns and trombones is reminiscent of its use in Prospitian Folklore. In fact, the second phrase appears exactly as it did in that piece and after repeating it goes straight into the Folklore theme. At this point in the music I thought it was appropriate to quote some of the themes from earlier in the album as a sort of “B” section. I mixed together all the Consort themes once the Folklore theme ended and snuck in a little bit of Breeding Duties. I liked the idea of bringing all these themes back, since presumably all of them would have a role once again in the new universe being created. - The A section then returns in a transposed form before the piece ends in a very big fashion. When all appears to be said and done and the very last of the reverberation is dying off, the harp comes in. It is followed by clarinet, piano, celesta, and finally the violins playing harmonics; this is the instrumentation the album opened with. This small ensemble plays a subdued arrangement of Pondsquatter, and the album ends as it began in the vastness of paradox space. If you start the album over again, you will find that it flows seamlessly from the ending to beginning. Somewhere in this revelation lies my ultimate artistic intent with Genesis Frog, which probably involves something about infinity’s endless repetition, or life always finding a way forward, or something along those lines depending on how pretentious you want to think of me as. Cover Artists: - Rikuru +Art Tags: +- Genesis Frog +- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter - Prospitian Folklore @@ -386,6 +380,12 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Entrance of the Salamanders - Thip of the Tongue - Frogs' Intermezzo +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + After six notes from the drumset, the grand finale begins. I still don’t have a clear idea what prompted this sort of conclusion to the album. For the longest time I intended to end it the way Speaker did, and that track indeed had a finality of its own. But I wanted something exciting at the end, and I felt like there was still momentum left over from Bilious that I could do something with. So despite only having a vague idea of what the Vast Croak probably was at the time of this composing it, I ran with my assumptions and based the album’s last hurrah around that idea. What little information existed implied the Genesis Frog will Croak once He has matured, and I can only assume it signifies the birth of the new universe in some way. I hope my interpretation does not end up conflicting with canon, and even if it does with any luck the music will still match the tone of it and my thoughts will remain hidden in this commentary. + Kanaya described the Vast Croak as the most amazing thing she had ever seen. I doubt anything I compose could possibly match the scope of such a cosmic event, but I at least attempted to capture the excitement of such a thing happening. When one thinks of the Vast Croak being put to music I’m sure bombastic orchestrations come to mind, like bass drum hits and gongs swelling, the brass going wild. Maybe that would have been the right direction to go in. Of all the tracks on this album this one probably puzzles me the most, since I’m not sure exactly why I decided to go in the direction I did musically. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people think it isn’t appropriate for its namesake, and maybe someone else could compose something more suitable at some point. All I can say is that I wanted to capture the excitement of the moment and create something that felt like joy spilling forth. I wanted the music to have a big sense of happiness and accomplishment, a feeling of “yeah, we did it!” Even if it did not capture the feeling of the Vast Croak in as literal a sense as it could have, the music has the kind of feeling I imagine players would have upon reaching this final, monumental goal. That is my defense, and I am sticking by it. + The sense of excitement is what prompted me to bring the drumset back. I thought the piece needed a percussive drive like Bilious had, so I employed the same method. And hell, if I’m going to bring drumset into an orchestral setting then I might as well do it a second time. The Dorian version of the Pondsquatter theme played by the horns and trombones is reminiscent of its use in Prospitian Folklore. In fact, the second phrase appears exactly as it did in that piece and after repeating it goes straight into the Folklore theme. At this point in the music I thought it was appropriate to quote some of the themes from earlier in the album as a sort of “B” section. I mixed together all the Consort themes once the Folklore theme ended and snuck in a little bit of Breeding Duties. I liked the idea of bringing all these themes back, since presumably all of them would have a role once again in the new universe being created. + The A section then returns in a transposed form before the piece ends in a very big fashion. When all appears to be said and done and the very last of the reverberation is dying off, the harp comes in. It is followed by clarinet, piano, celesta, and finally the violins playing harmonics; this is the instrumentation the album opened with. This small ensemble plays a subdued arrangement of Pondsquatter, and the album ends as it began in the vastness of paradox space. If you start the album over again, you will find that it flows seamlessly from the ending to beginning. Somewhere in this revelation lies my ultimate artistic intent with Genesis Frog, which probably involves something about infinity’s endless repetition, or life always finding a way forward, or something along those lines depending on how pretentious you want to think of me as. --- Group: Bonus tracks --- @@ -393,12 +393,6 @@ Track: Pondsquatter (Live Chamber Version) Duration: '6:02' URLs: - https://youtu.be/l07w1i-C7hs -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - This is the last of the commentary for Genesis Frog. It seems the hype wave has died down since its release by now. I hope people are still enjoying it and continuing to discover little nuances I hid in the music. Thanks so much everyone. -
- During my Junior year of college, I had the opportunity to have one of my pieces read by the acclaimed Talea Ensemble, a chamber group that was visiting my college and doing a performance there. They graciously offered to read through student works and provide commentary for us. I took advantage of this in an odd way and arranged Pondsquatter for Pierrot Ensemble, an instrumentation that consists of piano, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, and in some cases percussion. This recording was made during a runthrough they did of it, and what you should keep in mind is that this was all sightread. Obviously the performance is not perfect, and I’m slightly afraid of sharing this in case I embarrass the ensemble with it, but I can guarantee that had they prepared it beforehand, it would have been perfect. However, even without prior preparation, the performance is astounding and I thank them dearly. - In case you are reading this online and are unable to buy the album to obtain this bonus track, you can find it on both my website and my music blog, the URLs of which are provided at the end of this commentary. Has Cover Art: false Referenced Tracks: - Prelude @@ -406,15 +400,21 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Frogs' Intermezzo - Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009 - Breeding Duties +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + This is the last of the commentary for Genesis Frog. It seems the hype wave has died down since its release by now. I hope people are still enjoying it and continuing to discover little nuances I hid in the music. Thanks so much everyone. +
+ During my Junior year of college, I had the opportunity to have one of my pieces read by the acclaimed Talea Ensemble, a chamber group that was visiting my college and doing a performance there. They graciously offered to read through student works and provide commentary for us. I took advantage of this in an odd way and arranged Pondsquatter for Pierrot Ensemble, an instrumentation that consists of piano, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, and in some cases percussion. This recording was made during a runthrough they did of it, and what you should keep in mind is that this was all sightread. Obviously the performance is not perfect, and I’m slightly afraid of sharing this in case I embarrass the ensemble with it, but I can guarantee that had they prepared it beforehand, it would have been perfect. However, even without prior preparation, the performance is astounding and I thank them dearly. + In case you are reading this online and are unable to buy the album to obtain this bonus track, you can find it on both my website and my music blog, the URLs of which are provided at the end of this commentary. --- Track: Frogsong Duration: '2:24' URLs: - https://youtu.be/xINZv3-S6xU -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - This was originally going to be in the album, but I excluded it because it didn’t fit enough with the orchestral feel and I didn’t really know where to go with it after the first minute. It’s still a very fun piece though, and I thought it was worth including as a little bonus. I may have employed heavy use of certain frog-related sound effects...it’s a bit of a weakness... Has Cover Art: false Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter - weird moody horse shit +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + This was originally going to be in the album, but I excluded it because it didn’t fit enough with the orchestral feel and I didn’t really know where to go with it after the first minute. It’s still a very fun piece though, and I thought it was worth including as a little bonus. I may have employed heavy use of certain frog-related sound effects...it’s a bit of a weakness... diff --git a/album/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise.yaml b/album/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise.yaml index 140b9baa..50a34b32 100644 --- a/album/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise.yaml +++ b/album/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise.yaml @@ -1,24 +1,24 @@ Album: Gravity Makes The Flame Rise Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Has Track Art: false Date: January 26, 2021 Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: '#cccccc' -Major Release: true -Groups: -- Michael Guy Bowman -- Beyond URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lq-rVPYo6-1z313xT4bIwwkXqrGqYJoGA +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Kazee +Color: '#cccccc' +Groups: +- Michael Guy Bowman +- Beyond +Major Release: true --- Track: Gravity Makes The Flame Rise -Duration: '5:26' Contributors: - Melancholy Robot (drums) - Tensei (guitar solo) +Duration: '5:26' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GOscE_AAEQ @@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ Lyrics: |- We're running back in time, yeah --- Track: They Want To Live Forever -Duration: '2:50' Contributors: - Melancholy Robot (drums) +Duration: '2:50' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/they-want-to-live-forever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0M0dljCPcY @@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ Lyrics: |- And ever and ever and ever and ever --- Track: Burnout -Duration: '4:30' Contributors: - Melancholy Robot (drums) +Duration: '4:30' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/burnout - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpgbfXU6u84 @@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ Lyrics: |- Baby, you'll be burning out --- Track: Get Tough -Duration: '4:04' Contributors: - Melancholy Robot (drums) +Duration: '4:04' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/get-tough - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk63Bsib_Vk @@ -299,9 +299,9 @@ Lyrics: |- We'll get a little bit higher --- Track: The Real Thing -Duration: '2:46' Contributors: - Melancholy Robot (drums) +Duration: '2:46' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-real-thing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbxPoJRifPc @@ -360,9 +360,9 @@ Lyrics: |- Oh oh oh --- Track: Manufacturers -Duration: '3:44' Contributors: - Melancholy Robot (drums) +Duration: '3:44' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/manufacturers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtSvK1dCJow @@ -410,9 +410,9 @@ Lyrics: |- Satisfaction guaranteed --- Track: 2020 Visions -Duration: '3:01' Contributors: - Melancholy Robot (drums) +Duration: '3:01' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/2020-visions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4PbMSvieU @@ -467,9 +467,9 @@ Lyrics: |- They want to burn the government down --- Track: Anarchy -Duration: '3:42' Contributors: - Melancholy Robot (drums) +Duration: '3:42' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/anarchy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66z3wjsnDak @@ -545,9 +545,9 @@ Lyrics: |- There's nothing that we will not do --- Track: Land Of The Free -Duration: '3:33' Contributors: - Melancholy Robot (drums) +Duration: '3:33' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-the-free - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XydnukcuI0 @@ -607,10 +607,10 @@ Lyrics: |- Anyone at all --- Track: With The World Sitting On Your Shoulders -Duration: '3:28' Contributors: - Melancholy Robot (drums) - Thomas Hatfield (piano) +Duration: '3:28' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/with-the-world-sitting-on-your-shoulders - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfYadGpHk5c diff --git a/album/gristmas-carols.yaml b/album/gristmas-carols.yaml index f6332a88..66cfc3d6 100644 --- a/album/gristmas-carols.yaml +++ b/album/gristmas-carols.yaml @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ Album: Gristmas Carols -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: false Date: December 25, 2017 Date Added: January 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/gristmas-carols +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfTiEswhqy19AXXqDs4-p04Q +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Ephemerald Color: '#05db00' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans @@ -13,9 +17,6 @@ Art Tags: - Dave - Jade - Becquerel -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/gristmas-carols -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfTiEswhqy19AXXqDs4-p04Q Commentary: |- Ucklin:
umspaf presents: Gristmas Carols
@@ -25,12 +26,11 @@ Commentary: |- Additional Thanks:
The Homestuck Music Team
Andrew Hussie
What Pumpkin Ephemerald: Split ran up to me saying that he had a problem; the UMSPAF team needed cover art for their latest album, and he asked if I could provide some. So, I did! I tried to evoke the same feelings as the [[album:homestuck-for-the-holidays]] cover without seeming too derivative, so I had the kids take a "backseat" and have a huge cruxite tree with eponymous grist hanging from it be center stage. The result: a peaceful and quiet scene in LOFAF, representing the best of the Gristmas season. (There are four emotes hidden throughout the image. Good luck finding them!) -Cover Artists: -- Ephemerald -Wallpaper Artists: -- Ephemerald Banner Artists: - melodiousDiscord +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 +Wallpaper Artists: +- Ephemerald --- Track: A Very Merry Gristmas Indeed Artist: ndividedbyzero @@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ Duration: '3:49' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-very-merry-gristmas-indeed - https://youtu.be/d3axpwRy9dQ -Commentary: |- - ndividedbyzero: - When I set out to make my first song for this album I only had two things in mind. The first was to make at least part of it feel like one of those classic 80s Christmas songs that everyone loves, a la Wham!. The second was to make it feel like the in-betweens of the holiday experience: after the unwrapping of presents or whichiver main celebration applies, in the midst of the gathering, before everyone's said their goodbyes and while the spirit of holiday cheer still remains. A theme you could have a cup of hot chocolate to while engaging a seldom-seen relative in lighthearted conversation. - Whether I succeeded in these things is up to you. But in any case, I had a whole lot of fun making this! Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck Anthem - Deck the Halls - Smiles and Tears - Snowdin Town +Commentary: |- + ndividedbyzero: + When I set out to make my first song for this album I only had two things in mind. The first was to make at least part of it feel like one of those classic 80s Christmas songs that everyone loves, a la Wham!. The second was to make it feel like the in-betweens of the holiday experience: after the unwrapping of presents or whichiver main celebration applies, in the midst of the gathering, before everyone's said their goodbyes and while the spirit of holiday cheer still remains. A theme you could have a cup of hot chocolate to while engaging a seldom-seen relative in lighthearted conversation. + Whether I succeeded in these things is up to you. But in any case, I had a whole lot of fun making this! --- Track: Twelfth Perigee's Eve Sarabande Artist: Sean Gorter @@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ Duration: '1:52' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/twelfth-perigees-eve-sarabande - https://youtu.be/Q67iEYetWLM +Referenced Tracks: +- Sarabande Commentary: |- Sean Gorter: I had actually written out an entire Troll parody of Michael Caine's line in The Dark Knight talking about working for the local government in Burma, but when I tried recording over the music I realized it ruined a perfectly good jazz arrangement. Now all that's left of Troll Michael Caine is this stupid throwaway intro. -Referenced Tracks: -- Sarabande --- Track: You're A Mean One, Mr. Slick Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ Duration: '2:42' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/youre-a-mean-one-mr-slick - https://youtu.be/sBLIayXR_sU +Referenced Tracks: +- You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch +- Liquid Negrocity +- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) Lyrics: |- you’re a mean one
mr. slick
you are dark and tall and dumb
you’ve got arrows in your eyebrows, scotty dogs up in your bum
mr. slick I hate a moral coward that lacks a manly spark
and god knows
you haven’t any heart @@ -79,10 +83,6 @@ Lyrics: |- Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: This was fairly annoying to put together, as I'm not a particularly strong singer, and I wasn't able to find a good recording environment while I was making this. In any case, I hope you'll enjoy my warbling. -Referenced Tracks: -- You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch -- Liquid Negrocity -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) --- Track: Creation Myth Artist: Kanishka @@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ Duration: '2:36' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/creation-myth - https://youtu.be/GIWe1ZlioTk -Commentary: |- - Kanishka: - Who would even write this conksunk song anyway? Referenced Tracks: - track:skies-of-skaia - Frostbite - a baby is born +Commentary: |- + Kanishka: + Who would even write this conksunk song anyway? --- Track: JOHN DO THE SNOWY THING Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES @@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ Duration: '2:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/john-do-the-snowy-thing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH_LmsPYgr0 +Referenced Tracks: +- JOHN DO THE WINDY THING Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: As you could probably guess, this song was inspired by RJ's Lofam 3 track: [[track:john-do-the-windy-thing]]. I'd like to apologize in advance. -Referenced Tracks: -- JOHN DO THE WINDY THING --- Track: Strider the Snowman Artist: FrostyMac @@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ Duration: 0:55 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strider-the-snowman - https://youtu.be/6XWxat4vn2A -Commentary: |- - FrostyMac: - I made this whole thing in Spanish class. Suck it productivity! Referenced Tracks: - Frosty the Snowman - track:beatdown-strider-style +Commentary: |- + FrostyMac: + I made this whole thing in Spanish class. Suck it productivity! --- Track: YOUR LORD. AND HIS HOLY GREEN SLEEVES. Artist: ndividedbyzero @@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ Duration: '3:14' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/your-lord-and-his-holy-green-sleeves - https://youtu.be/qyzSR1iGCL4 -Commentary: |- - ndividedbyzero: - Caliborn would probably love Christmas, if it were about him, and if all presents people got were also given to him. On Christmas Eve he would travel on his Cairo Overcoat all across the world, taking people's presents from under their trees and hoarding them all, like some sort of weird nega-Santa. Then he'd probably proceed to do nothing with them, because human artifacts are beneath his stature, except when they aren't. What a guy. Referenced Tracks: - Greensleeves - Eternity Served Cold - HOMOSUCK. DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION. - Carol of the Bells +Commentary: |- + ndividedbyzero: + Caliborn would probably love Christmas, if it were about him, and if all presents people got were also given to him. On Christmas Eve he would travel on his Cairo Overcoat all across the world, taking people's presents from under their trees and hoarding them all, like some sort of weird nega-Santa. Then he'd probably proceed to do nothing with them, because human artifacts are beneath his stature, except when they aren't. What a guy. --- Track: Fuchsia Sleighride Artist: PoisonedElite @@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ Duration: '3:57' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-sleighride - https://youtu.be/y4jxrIlulr0 +Referenced Tracks: +- Fuchsia Moonrise Commentary: |- PoisonedElite: Imagine Meenah in a Full Santa outfit riding a sleigh. Most of the instruments I made using FM synthesis and it was hard. -Referenced Tracks: -- Fuchsia Moonrise --- Track: End of Act Artist: Sean Gorter diff --git a/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost.yaml b/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost.yaml index 4d92fb44..fe414688 100644 --- a/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost.yaml +++ b/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost.yaml @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ Album: Hiveswap Act 1 OST Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox -Has Track Art: false Date: September 14, 2017 00:00:05 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost-with-the-grubbles +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgPxbofdLF4 +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYtcpsy5kmMBxI5JuhAvlAV7wHkrts_w9 +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Mallory Dyer Color: '#33cc77' Groups: - Official Art Tags: - Joey -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost-with-the-grubbles -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgPxbofdLF4 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYtcpsy5kmMBxI5JuhAvlAV7wHkrts_w9 Commentary: |- Cohen Edenfield: Hey, it’s Cohen. But more interestingly, it’s James and Toby, giving some commentary on the first half of the HIVESWAP: Act 1 soundtrack, available now on Bandcamp or bundled with HIVESWAP: Act 1 on Steam and Humble. We’ve got the first half of the discussion today, with the next half going up next Wednesday. Wait…did I say all this once before already? No. Impossible. -Cover Artists: -- Mallory Dyer Wallpaper Artists: - Mallory Dyer --- @@ -27,24 +27,24 @@ Duration: 0:21 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/definitely-safe-forever-2 - https://youtu.be/NkNtHnzH6cc +Referenced Tracks: +- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire Commentary: |- James Roach: This is the track that has been rewritten the most. It’s so much better now than it used to be. This latest version is meant to tie in with the title screen music. It’s based around Joey and Jude’s theme, and has a few nods in there to some others if you’re listening. -Referenced Tracks: -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire --- Track: Snake Escape Duration: 0:41 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/snake-escape-2 - https://youtu.be/NFhRUwGzPcs -Commentary: |- - James Roach: - In its current form, I think this is one of the best examples on this soundtrack of what Toby and I’s respective styles sound like mixed together. Toby doesn’t like to use a lot of percussion, so I wrote this based on what was originally a piano piece. It is one of the VERY first things written for the game. WOW. The original version of this sounds a lot more like “SINGULAR PERIL” without any drums and not sampled, so just like, straight 8ths. Referenced Tracks: - Singular Peril - Joey Claire, Extraordinaire - Half-Harley Manor +Commentary: |- + James Roach: + In its current form, I think this is one of the best examples on this soundtrack of what Toby and I’s respective styles sound like mixed together. Toby doesn’t like to use a lot of percussion, so I wrote this based on what was originally a piano piece. It is one of the VERY first things written for the game. WOW. The original version of this sounds a lot more like “SINGULAR PERIL” without any drums and not sampled, so just like, straight 8ths. --- Track: Joey Claire, Extraordinaire Duration: '2:50' @@ -62,19 +62,21 @@ Duration: '2:52' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/half-harley-manor-2 - https://youtu.be/jfdTeNsU4ow +Referenced Tracks: +- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire Commentary: |- James Roach: This went through a bunch of revisions, too. It used a lot of harpsichord originally, which we then thought we’d use a little more sparingly. When we first came onto the project Andrew told us “it’s like a haunted house” so we really made it like… spooky but months down the line Andrew was like “ok lads reel it in it’s not actually haunted just lonely” so we switched it to piano and toned it down a bit. Toby ended up doing the final version of this one, though I think a piano version I did exists somewhere too. Toby Fox: This is one of the first tracks I did for the game. I’m pretty proud of how it turned out from a musical standpoint, though I guess it’s kind of serious given how goofy the house looks. Whoops… -Referenced Tracks: -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire --- Track: Relatively Visible Darkness Duration: '2:02' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/relatively-visible-darkness-2 - https://youtu.be/7ht1khfdGzo +Referenced Tracks: +- Half-Harley Manor Commentary: |- James Roach: Overall it felt like the mansion wasn’t dorky enough so I wrote this even MORE toned down version of it for when the lights go out. Stripping down Toby’s song in this way makes it sound kinda like Luigi’s Mansion, which rules so it all worked out. This was originally going to be the theme for just downstairs. In the time since then, though we decided to have music changes based more on “narrative” and less on just “location.” You don’t spend that much time upstairs so it would seem kinda silly to have the “MAIN THEME” of the mansion be heard for the two minutes you’re in the hallway. You will see more of these dynamic music changes in ACT 2. @@ -82,14 +84,14 @@ Commentary: |- It sounds kind of like Yoshi’s Story to me. This turned out to be a really tuba-heavy soundtrack somehow. Maybe that’s a good thing though. James Roach: We just kept telling each other to add Tuba to things. Like some sort of Will They/Won’t They Tuba standoff. -Referenced Tracks: -- Half-Harley Manor --- Track: Bedroom for an Annoying Dog Duration: '3:32' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bedroom-for-an-annoying-dog-2 - https://youtu.be/y6R4A-3VQIU +Referenced Tracks: +- Half-Harley Manor Commentary: |- James Roach: Cohen named this one this because it is the basement and Toby was living in Andrews basement at some point while he was working on Undertale. You may not have heard of it. There is no secret Undertale reference in this room. Checkmate, game theorists. Anyway Toby and I thought it would be really funny if we made the mansion theme sound like the Sephiroth song from Final Fantasy 7 and originally the directors hated it but I cried until I got my way. @@ -97,14 +99,15 @@ Commentary: |- I literally didn’t understand why it was called this until I read James’s comment on it. James Roach: Toby what the hell. -Referenced Tracks: -- Half-Harley Manor --- Track: That's How I Beat Snake Duration: '2:11' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/thats-how-i-beat-snake-2 - https://youtu.be/xq9PkYNsTLU +Referenced Tracks: +- SERPENT GENESIS +- Half-Harley Manor Commentary: |- James Roach: Originally all the strife song titles had the word STRIFE in them. This one was called “Why’d it have to be STRIFE” a reference to the classic line in Indiana Jones where Indy, a known pacifist, questions the violent tone of the film. It is an extremely important moment in american cinema AND meta comedy. I’m honestly so surprised you hadn’t heard of it. Anyway this is based off of “SNAKE GENESIS” which I wrote first. Movie Magic! @@ -112,40 +115,39 @@ Commentary: |- They probably should have also named the song that plays when you play the Snake minigame this. Just two songs with an identical name. That would be have been cool. Cohen Edenfield: (Hey Cohen here. several people have asked if the title is a reference to the aaron carter song. obviously it is, yes, that. James’ song titles were good but they were usually a very direct reference to what actually happened in the scene they were playing for. So I renamed them, because I didn’t want people poring over the tracklist to decode the entire plot before actually playing the game. because you would have. I know you.) -Referenced Tracks: -- SERPENT GENESIS -- Half-Harley Manor --- Track: Jude Harley, Bizarrely Duration: '1:38' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jude-harley-bizarrely-2 - https://youtu.be/nLTcCJH4QQg +Referenced Tracks: +- Half-Harley Manor +- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire Commentary: |- James Roach: Hey did you know Jude’s treehouse theme is just a slightly different “Joey Claire, Extraordinaire?” Anyway here is where I first accidentally discovered how fun it is to write a completely unlistenable synth sound that sounds like some hapless dweeb. I have truly realized my ultimate self. Toby Fox: Besides tubas, I think James’s weird voicey grubble synths that sound like they’re yelling are maybe the most defining instrument of this soundtrack. -Referenced Tracks: -- Half-Harley Manor -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire --- Track: Table for Tooth Duration: '2:15' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/table-for-tooth-2 - https://youtu.be/iSHxqEXZ_YU +Referenced Tracks: +- Half-Harley Manor Commentary: |- James Roach: I wrote this in 2014 and I THINK the original monster you fought here was the proto version big monster with two mouths, from the Living Room STRIFE. I wanted the synth to sound like the monster singing because I didn’t know how the monsters sounded yet and I thought it’d be funny if they were like stupid idiots. -Referenced Tracks: -- Half-Harley Manor --- Track: Final Spice Duration: 0:54 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/final-spice-2 - https://youtu.be/xvY_5XLVtj4 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:alternate-recipe Commentary: |- James Roach: Toby sent me this as a piano sketch (as he often did) and then I sent him a semi chiptune (ALTERNATE RECIPE) version with drums and stuff and then he sent me back the final version this was actually an incredibly simple process what an absolute joy. This is the most purely Toby track on the whole album and I love it. @@ -155,67 +157,67 @@ Commentary: |- It is my favorite song on Vol. 1. Cohen Edenfield: (hi it’s Cohen I intentionally made this strife more convoluted and complex as a result of how much I love this song, sorry) -Referenced Tracks: -- track:alternate-recipe --- Track: Living Legend Duration: '1:22' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/living-legend-2 - https://youtu.be/2h1AwHOqSyM +Referenced Tracks: +- Half-Harley Manor +- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire Commentary: |- James Roach: I wanted to write something very Final Fantasy Boss Battle™ and around the time I wrote this an article came out where Nobuo Uematsu says he just wrote phrases a few measures at a time and put them together so that’s what I did. (youtube.com/watch?v=mvyE9AJoUCM) Toby Fox: Basically James is saying this is the One Winged Angel of the Hiveswap soundtrack. -Referenced Tracks: -- Half-Harley Manor -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire --- Track: Singular Peril Duration: '1:22' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/singular-peril-2 - https://youtu.be/fQyCThoSwCA +Referenced Tracks: +- Half-Harley Manor Commentary: |- James Roach: This was written based off the extremely old original snake chase sketch Toby did. I wanted to put that throwback in for myself. Like an easter egg only I know or care about. I also wanted to try like… sampling stuff since I’m not super good at it yet and wanted to grow as a composer. Cohen Edenfield: (hey this is named Singular Peril because it plays during the only point in Act 1 when you can die. do you get the joke) -Referenced Tracks: -- Half-Harley Manor --- Track: A More Defensible Position Duration: 0:57 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/a-more-defensible-position-2 - https://youtu.be/DhNOD_CRa5c +Referenced Tracks: +- Half-Harley Manor Commentary: |- James Roach: This is a Toby Track 100% he just goes ham with echo. If you ever look at his work files it’s like a thousand tracks and half of them are just echoes. This sounds so good toby is so good. I think this was originally a loop for… in between conversations or something? Toby Fox: I think it was just written for the attic in general. -Referenced Tracks: -- Half-Harley Manor --- Track: Open The Door Duration: '1:01' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/open-the-door-2 - https://youtu.be/VEQt6FPj3-g +Referenced Tracks: +- track:how-it-could-have-gone Commentary: |- James Roach: This track has a really rich backstory, in the sense that it has had several complete versions each with their own revision process. You can check out one of those versions in the B-side “how it could have gone” available on bandcamp. Toby Fox: My main contribution to this track is the piano riff 10 seconds in… Hell yeah… -Referenced Tracks: -- track:how-it-could-have-gone --- Track: Keep Your Head Down Duration: '1:10' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/keep-your-head-down-2 - https://youtu.be/47IOSYnYiRc +Referenced Tracks: +- Rustblood Commentary: |- Toby Fox: I think I was asked to make this sound kind of 80’s back when the game was going to be in 3D. I mean, either that, or I made it sound kind of 80’s for no reason. Anyway, it’s just an arrangement of Xefros’s theme that I made for when tense stuff is happening. @@ -225,14 +227,14 @@ Commentary: |- Me neither. James Roach: We are frauds. -Referenced Tracks: -- Rustblood --- Track: Oh Whoa, What's This Duration: '1:05' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/oh-whoa-whats-this-2 - https://youtu.be/a1fm7sHekVE +Referenced Tracks: +- Some Kind of Alien Commentary: |- Toby Fox: I made this track but I didn’t name it. I had nothing to do with the name here. James named this. @@ -242,14 +244,14 @@ Commentary: |- Cohen Edenfield: (hi it’s Cohen. When I renamed the album tracks this was one of only 2 or 3 that James really wanted to keep. He didn’t tell me that it was a furry meme. I don’t know about memes. I’m just a little bappy paws otter I don’t know shit) -Referenced Tracks: -- Some Kind of Alien --- Track: Some Kind of Alien Duration: '1:30' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/some-kind-of-alien-2 - https://youtu.be/PDZfnEW86Qc +Referenced Tracks: +- track:crustacean Commentary: |- Toby Fox: Another track I made really early on as one of the themes for the entire game/Alternia in general. It ended up being one of Dammek’s themes. It’s a pretty clear nod to Crustacean from Homestuck. LMAO I almost typed “Crustacean from UNDERTALE,” @@ -259,8 +261,6 @@ Commentary: |- Anyway because a few of my friends really liked that song and it seemed to feel really “Troll” to me, it seemed like a good idea to bring back that feeling for Hiveswap. And get some nostalgia in there as well. And to put more tubas on the soundtrack. James Roach: My contribution to this track is that I made Toby go in and add in more tuba. There is a disgusting tuba-less version of this song that will never see the light of day. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:crustacean --- Track: Rustblood Duration: '1:17' @@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ Duration: '4:34' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/filthy-nuclear-bunker-2 - https://youtu.be/Du1cFu4zl4o +Referenced Tracks: +- Rustblood Commentary: |- James Roach: James: This is the most James Roach™ track on the album and it’s extremely good. I wrote this melody when I was 12 and I sneak it into every major project I’m in. I have rewritten and remixed and remastered this song about a thousand times. The melody is named “Nuclear” so I made sure that was somewhere in the title. @@ -287,14 +289,14 @@ Commentary: |- I actually think this is James’s best arrangement of the song that he wrote when he was 12 that he keeps putting into everything. I’m glad it could be used somewhere the player will be forced to listen to it for a really long time. It’s great. James Roach: I made it his hive theme just to force people to listen to it again. -Referenced Tracks: -- Rustblood --- Track: SPORTS! Personally, I Love Them. Duration: '3:36' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sports-personally-i-love-them-2 - https://youtu.be/jNtIznTXLpo +Referenced Tracks: +- Rustblood Commentary: |- James Roach: This was another title I managed to slip in there. I love to name things in a stupid way. If somethings really bad it’s funny. It’s also funny if something’s really good too. Maybe I just like to laugh. I am a man of much nuance. Anyway here is the ska song you begged me for. I wanted it to be a cheery version of Xefros’s theme because it is the place in his house he probably feels most like himself. Surrounded by Anime and SPORTS! Quite possibly.. the biggest mood imaginable? @@ -304,22 +306,20 @@ Commentary: |- I would love to see you try little man. Cohen Edenfield: (I don’t know what anime he’s talking about. I guess the paused Arena Stickball match on the TV is pretty anime-looking. But James also sees anime everywhere, wherever he goes. One time I saw him pick a rotten peach up off the ground, call it a “tsun-momo,” and take a huge bite. He bit right through the pit) -Referenced Tracks: -- Rustblood --- Track: Lofted Gunpile Duration: '4:08' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lofted-gunpile-2 - https://youtu.be/zNrEIxvGA8M +Referenced Tracks: +- Some Kind of Alien Commentary: |- James Roach: This was actually my pass at “Some Kind Of Alien” when I was trying to show Toby what I meant by “make it quiet....... THEN REAL LOUD!!!” and it ended up working out cool cause we needed an extra track for Dammek’s hive. Toby Fox: Your advice didn’t work on me because I just like things to be really loud all the time. -Referenced Tracks: -- Some Kind of Alien --- Track: SERPENT GENESIS Duration: '1:14' @@ -341,19 +341,21 @@ Duration: '3:18' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/we-shall-go-together-2 - https://youtu.be/IzsFUuvWIuI +Referenced Tracks: +- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire Commentary: |- James Roach: OK I know what you’re thinking, “This gets its own track on the OST, but OLD SECRET isn’t even here??” Hey look I love old secret too but (COHEN: redacted). I only put it in that cutscene for you, the fans. Also it fit really well. Anyway, this track is inspired a lot by Quiet Water by Toby Fox maybe you’ve heard of him. It is just a very slowed down version of Joey’s theme. Cohen Edenfield: (if you want to know what the title of this song is from google it with quotes) -Referenced Tracks: -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire --- Track: Wish You Were Here Duration: 0:50 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/wish-you-were-here-2 - https://youtu.be/GZv2KDakIVs +Referenced Tracks: +- Intermission 1 Commentary: |- James Roach: When Cohen asked me to write this song he was like “have you ever heard of transistor” and if making a smug face produced a sound we’d all be deaf. Then he asked me about rick and morty which is like.. a show I watch but never ever want to interact with anybody about ever. Anyway its that one scene you know the one. @@ -361,14 +363,16 @@ Commentary: |- This song is cool Cohen Edenfield: (James thought I wouldn’t embed link this video! he underestimates me every single day of my life) -Referenced Tracks: -- Intermission 1 --- Track: Intermission 1 Duration: '2:12' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/intermission-1-2 - https://youtu.be/CbhUNkmqMHA +Referenced Tracks: +- Rustblood +- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire +- Filthy Nuclear Bunker Commentary: |- James Roach: This has a bunch of different themes but is mostly the Heiress’s theme, which is based off a really old really simple piano sketch toby sent me. It’s got Nuclear in it too. also Joeys theme and Xefros’s theme. I am explicitly not saying the word “leitmotif” out of a sort of… indignant disgust. @@ -376,16 +380,12 @@ Commentary: |- There was a longer Heiress sketch too where it got really loud. Anyway I guess we’ll talk about that later when (redacted) James Roach: I absolutely refuse to wait another second. -Referenced Tracks: -- Rustblood -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -- Filthy Nuclear Bunker --- Group: B-Sides --- Track: Old Steps -Duration: 0:23 Directory: old-steps +Duration: 0:23 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/b-side-old-steps-2 - https://youtu.be/e8P5G1a4iiA @@ -396,22 +396,22 @@ Commentary: |- When I was listening to this on bandcamp the next song started playing and I was like “Oh shit when does Joey do THIS dance???” --- Track: How it Could Have Gone -Duration: '1:14' Directory: how-it-could-have-gone +Duration: '1:14' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/b-side-how-it-could-have-gone-2 - https://youtu.be/nQcQxJhk6ak +Referenced Tracks: +- Half-Harley Manor Commentary: |- James Roach: I [[track:open-the-door|already]] talked about this one I guess?? Toby Fox: This was basically James’s arrangement of MY arrangement of the cutscene where, spoilers, Joey gets HIVE-SWAPPED!!!!!! The part where the choirs are soft was going to be the part when her and Dammek look at each other. -Referenced Tracks: -- Half-Harley Manor --- Track: Alternate Recipe -Duration: '1:30' Directory: alternate-recipe +Duration: '1:30' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/b-side-alternate-recipe-2 - https://youtu.be/-7hHMdXey9c @@ -424,11 +424,15 @@ Commentary: |- I think I’ve just been like.. Owned by proximity. --- Track: Heavy Snaking -Duration: '2:00' Directory: heavy-snaking +Duration: '2:00' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/b-side-heavy-snaking-2 - https://youtu.be/GL3l_Klo8ic +Referenced Tracks: +- Half-Harley Manor +- Table for Tooth +- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire Commentary: |- James Roach: When we first envisioned the basement/snake strife it was gonna be really moody like the basement music. I wrote this as a joke but it worked out really well. But later we decided that scene could use a little BEEFING UP in terms of… intensity and energy? Anyway that’s how a completely finished track ended up as a b-side. Could we re-use it later? Not really it’s literally the mansion theme and table for tooth so it cant go anywhere else! @@ -440,17 +444,16 @@ Commentary: |- like just an unbelievably chill snake. Toby Fox: Yeah like wearing sunglasses and its attack is to tell you to not do drugs. -Referenced Tracks: -- Half-Harley Manor -- Table for Tooth -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire --- Track: SPOOKTUNE -Duration: 0:50 Directory: spooktune +Duration: 0:50 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/b-side-spooktune-2 - https://youtu.be/dHKbl2r0XfI +Referenced Tracks: +- track:spooktune-undertale +- Relatively Visible Darkness Commentary: |- James Roach: When Toby was working on undertale he’d send me little snippets here and there of music he was working on and when he sent me spooktune I fell in love with it. Instead of telling him I liked it, months later I sent him this like “haha nice song idiot” we are good friends who respect eachother but that doesn’t mean we cant own eachother on occasion or constantly. @@ -462,6 +465,3 @@ Commentary: |- Great job team Cohen Edenfield: OK everybody that’s it. We’ll be back next week with something else, which will also be good. Probably something about the art? Yeah. OK bye. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:spooktune-undertale -- Relatively Visible Darkness diff --git a/album/hiveswap-act-2-ost.yaml b/album/hiveswap-act-2-ost.yaml index 9e3d1bd9..71341a83 100644 --- a/album/hiveswap-act-2-ost.yaml +++ b/album/hiveswap-act-2-ost.yaml @@ -1,7 +1,13 @@ Album: Hiveswap Act 2 OST -Has Track Art: false Date: November 26, 2020 Date Added: December 12, 2020 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-act-2-original-soundtrack +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo6jbRGXGrtjd24KGItEpyaXqEjAjuDFn +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Mallory Dyer +- nuclear333 (edits for wiki) Color: '#f8f0cb' Groups: - Official @@ -12,9 +18,6 @@ Art Tags: - Folykl - Kuprum - Lanque -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-act-2-original-soundtrack -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo6jbRGXGrtjd24KGItEpyaXqEjAjuDFn Commentary: |- James Roach: (Twitter (web.archive.org)) @@ -31,9 +34,6 @@ Commentary: |- i wrote some songs for this! if you check it out you might hear why my youtube algorithm recommends me nothing but ace attorney soundtracks now Quasar Nebula: thanks to [[artist:nuclear333]] for helping out with track metadata and creating a remix of the official cover art which better matches the [[album:hiveswap-act-1-ost]] cover! -Cover Artists: -- Mallory Dyer -- nuclear333 (edits for wiki) Wallpaper Artists: - Homestuck --- @@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/S42nK1sihuc --- Track: Studio Space +Also Released As: +- Charun's Cave Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:02' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/studio-space - https://youtu.be/Rwi2BvZ30SY -Also Released As: -- Charun's Cave --- Track: Raw Honey Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox @@ -85,15 +85,17 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Homestead --- Track: Homestead +Also Released As: +- beekeeper who? i dont know her. Artist: James Roach Duration: '1:42' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homestead - https://youtu.be/xDyuk7rRSVA -Also Released As: -- beekeeper who? i dont know her. --- Track: Shell Game +Also Released As: +- SERVICE CAR Artist: James Roach Duration: '4:05' URLs: @@ -101,8 +103,6 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/2NolhxSH9I8 Referenced Tracks: - track:ticket-to-ride-rusty -Also Released As: -- SERVICE CAR --- Track: 'Ticket to Ride: Rusty' Artist: James Roach @@ -198,17 +198,17 @@ Referenced Tracks: --- Track: Old Secret Directory: old-secret-act2 +Also Released As: +- track:old-secret Artist: James Roach Duration: '4:26' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/old-secret-2 - https://youtu.be/5BenvLz9Ru4 -Also Released As: -- track:old-secret --- Track: Ghost Train -Duration: '3:04' Artist: James Roach +Duration: '3:04' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ghost-train - https://youtu.be/AJh5dQB0wvM @@ -219,15 +219,15 @@ Referenced Tracks: Group: B-Sides --- Track: Fight of the Bumblebee -Duration: '1:47' Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox +Duration: '1:47' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fight-of-the-bumblebee - https://youtu.be/O4TPPgKDa_8 --- Track: The Perfect Cast -Duration: '1:33' Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox +Duration: '1:33' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-perfect-cast - https://youtu.be/GMxAjZB1A_g @@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Studio Space --- Track: 'Dark Carnival: Rusty' -Duration: '4:00' Artist: James Roach +Duration: '4:00' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dark-carnival-rusty - https://youtu.be/xoSPIJC-zt4 @@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:ticket-to-ride-rusty --- Track: 'Dark Carnival: Quadrant Confusion' -Duration: '4:06' Artist: James Roach +Duration: '4:06' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dark-carnival-quadrant-confusion - https://youtu.be/Be1iIwXP4EY @@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:ticket-to-ride-quadrant-confusion --- Track: 'Dark Carnival: Trial Variation' -Duration: '2:27' Artist: James Roach +Duration: '2:27' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dark-carnival-trial-variation - https://youtu.be/qxRN8p6_lWc @@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:ticket-to-ride-trial-variation --- Track: 'Dark Carnival: The Other Half' -Duration: '2:00' Artist: James Roach +Duration: '2:00' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dark-carnival-the-other-half - https://youtu.be/HL-l-a6_vG0 @@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:ticket-to-ride-the-other-half --- Track: DRONE -Duration: '1:20' Artist: James Roach +Duration: '1:20' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/drone - https://youtu.be/AGgey4ok3pc diff --git a/album/hiveswap-friendsim.yaml b/album/hiveswap-friendsim.yaml index edbbffcd..fc85ff76 100644 --- a/album/hiveswap-friendsim.yaml +++ b/album/hiveswap-friendsim.yaml @@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ Album: Hiveswap Friendsim Artist: James Roach Date: December 15, 2018 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-friendsim +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkwFC9Y_i4E +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYeKNBnFwstLOyMpWP97Mqk +Cover Artists: +- P-PAMda +Default Track Cover Artists: +- Homestuck Color: '#d3ff8f' Groups: - Official @@ -18,17 +26,9 @@ Art Tags: - Chahut - Amisia - Remele -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-friendsim -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkwFC9Y_i4E -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYeKNBnFwstLOyMpWP97Mqk Commentary: |- Homestuck: Maybe the real FRIENDSHIP was the friends we made along the way. -Cover Artists: -- P-PAMda -Default Track Cover Artists: -- Homestuck Wallpaper Artists: - Danny Cragg --- @@ -45,19 +45,19 @@ Commentary: |- anyway heres the lore: andrew wanted something "UP" and "whimsical" because the first volume was really heavy handed on the music front. I had this laying around and thats basically how we are doing the music. --- Track: Ｍ Ｏ Ｉ Ｓ Ｔ -Duration: '2:29' Directory: moist +Duration: '2:29' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/- - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/a-bunch-of-boxes-that-dont-translate-into-a-url - https://youtu.be/ZQ6TPimrKRE +Referenced Tracks: +- Get The Horns Commentary: |- James Roach: (Cirava's theme) originally this was called Ｍ Ｏ Ｉ Ｓ Ｔ but w/e program trace was using didnt interpret them right but it was so much funnier to just leave it as boxes LMAO anyway i said somethin ages ago about some of the trolls having themes i didnt get to finish all of them but ciravas is just a re-purposed early WIP of a grubbles song (get the horns) that i made vapor/moisturewave by slowing it down in the right way because thats literally all vaporwave is. -Referenced Tracks: -- Get The Horns --- Track: Call me Gor-Gor Duration: '3:05' @@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/old-secret - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/old-secret - https://youtu.be/wc5iruoYLXM +Referenced Tracks: +- Old Friends Commentary: |- James Roach: (Boldir's theme) @@ -149,8 +151,6 @@ Commentary: |- this was going to be in act 3, then i made it the EOA2 cutscene but it still cut off too early to be a full release and i just really liked it so i wanted you guys to hear it now instead of later. i used it for boldir because it fit her whole aesthetic, but this song was originally wrote for a scene where joey and xefros are on the run. having been hardened by their journey they hit the streets. it was meant to be a really sort of somber realization. I LOVE the mood of the transistor soundtrack and you might notice this drum beat and title are a very obvious nod to the song "Old Friends" (though someone else named it, years ago) I was specifically instructed "make it sound like this song" but since then I have worked to make it sound like more my own thing. you can see the influence of that soundtrack on all my work, though. the slow driving half-time beat. the airy reverb on chordal tones. the dirty bass. originally meant as a placeholder i never got over how the beat drops the backbeat on every other 4. I could dweeb out about this for hours. -Referenced Tracks: -- Old Friends --- Track: IIYWASWIWTBOTSA4AATWUOTDTMIHCIMFH Duration: '1:11' @@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/service-car - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/service-car - https://youtu.be/SImEJzwDQV8 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:ticket-to-ride-rusty Commentary: |- James Roach: (Marsti's theme) @@ -187,8 +189,6 @@ Commentary: |- There is a whole like section of the game where this melody is used a lot. Its in the old 3D hiveswap trailer, in the Homestuck 2.0 video. Wow. All the cursed ones. It is explicitly not a leitmotif because it is not meant to be "..indicative of a person or place" it is just a theme. wait but... if i make it marsti's theme does that not mean it, however inadvertently, is now a person's theme and therefore IS a leitmotif? aw jeez guys i really beefed it this time. this ones a bit older but this is, once again, just another example of me goin ham on bass for no good fuckin reason. i just think it sounds cool what do you want from me. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:ticket-to-ride-rusty --- Track: (an ascii image of bowsette) Duration: '5:08' @@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/an-ascii-image-of-bowsette - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/an-ascii-image-of-bowsette - https://youtu.be/pA4foB9IVfg +Referenced Tracks: +- track:dungeon-theme-zelda1 Commentary: |- James Roach: (KARAKO's THEME) @@ -205,8 +207,6 @@ Commentary: |- i mean i get it. i was just on a podcast this morning talking about how the one thing that binds us all together is that we've all engaged in some clownery. i think i talk about regrettably hooking up with a juggalo as a teen for a solid 10 minutes. its hard being me. i just moved and gave my old electric bass away to a friend who was interested in learning. i recorded this before giving it away. goodbye electric bass. dozens of children will miss how i used to just go ham on the bass in a bunch of songs for no reason. oh also im beatboxing for two seconds in this one. i ran it through a filter so it sounds less like "james roach making some sounds." all in all, i wanted to make this one sound a little more whimsical so i borrowed the synth i made for my friends dnd character theme... where they're also a clown? its a really good synth. ok marsti is up next. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:dungeon-theme-zelda1 --- Track: idk man you name it im tired Duration: '2:36' @@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clownfucker - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/clownfucker-by-james-roach-and-toby-fox - https://youtu.be/c5hxeOCvlk8 +Referenced Tracks: +- take me to clown church Commentary: |- James Roach: (Marvus's theme) @@ -254,8 +256,6 @@ Commentary: |- i got that weird laugh from toby as an mp3 and i THINK its from a spiderman game. it could just be toby's own impish laughter but probably not. toby has a hearty joy-filled laugh with exactly 0% in the vein of clownery department. i love toby so much. so here we are. friendsim friday and i have to act like clownfuckery is just another aspect of my life akin to say a sweet tooth or psoriasis. like "yeah man we all done fugged a clown once am i right fellas" over here grasping at straws, desperation in my voice "r-right??? fellas???" his name was daniel and he really loved ICP and i think now he works as a manager at a taco bell. yeah thats right daniel. i'm callin you out you nasty juggalo. my inherited army of teens are comin into your taco bell and taking all your fuego sauce. dont call me. that felt good. i feel better. what were we talkin about? -Referenced Tracks: -- take me to clown church --- Track: (this title was too long) Duration: '2:10' @@ -291,20 +291,20 @@ Duration: '2:40' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/yall-know-i-just-do-the-music-right - https://youtu.be/vP6wB9wxSm0 +Has Cover Art: false Commentary: |- James Roach: (Lanque's theme; no commentary) -Has Cover Art: false --- Track: the final clowntdown Duration: '3:11' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-final-clowntdown - https://youtu.be/w-WcWlL1YLo +Has Cover Art: false Commentary: |- James Roach: (Soleil twins' theme; no commentary) -Has Cover Art: false --- Track: END OF FRIENDVANGELION Duration: '3:01' @@ -322,16 +322,20 @@ Duration: '2:01' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/valid-end - https://youtu.be/NhNBgeZhXaY +Has Cover Art: false Commentary: |- James Roach: (Lanque's other theme; no commentary) -Has Cover Art: false --- Track: WORST END Duration: '2:30' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/worst-end - https://youtu.be/tf_EvjG7Ir8 +Referenced Tracks: +- English +- Liquid Negrocity +- GRAVEYARD SHIFT Commentary: |- James Roach: here it is. the end of an era. working on friendsim has been an absolutely wild ride. i honestly can’t tell you what its meant to me to be a part of something like this again. i’ve learned a lot about myself and what im capable of and what im willing to do to make it work. i guess this probably comes off as cryptic. @@ -340,7 +344,3 @@ Commentary: |- heres the one for MC/DOC SCRATCH that i think is my favorite from the whole thing. its based off a song from an old (bad) fantroll album i did in like 2011 (and the song was written even earlier than that) that i have since purged from the internet as best i can. thank you for not reposting it. i re-used a lot of assets from it for other stuff. i was in a real weird place when i made it so aside from it being kinda bad i just… don’t wanna see it ever LMAO. that album made the homestuck music community real mad at me because they thought i was getting preferential treatment for being popular on-line and friendly with some WP staff on twitter. my unofficial album got approved for sale and at the same time, completely unknown to me someone on the music team’s album didn’t get approved. a handful of them used this incident to talk shit about me for several years. one of them made fun of me for my dad passing away?? yikes. most of us have made our peace (i understand how easy it is to get caught up in dog-piling on a common enemy or w/e) but theres still one or two that are like… still real mad at me for this percieved slight. they’ll say like “you were rude to us” and its like… you guys… literally made fun of me for not having a family i’m not sure what you want from me. this one got away from me. anyway. thanks for listening. stop being weird to me on twitter. tip your waitstaff. -Referenced Tracks: -- English -- Liquid Negrocity -- GRAVEYARD SHIFT diff --git a/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays.yaml b/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays.yaml index 91947d66..34b5eb88 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays.yaml @@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ Album: Homestuck for the Holidays Date: December 25, 2010 Date Added: December 12, 2020 +URLs: +- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays-unofficial-album +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLFAMWiDHVM2HPsgWu8_jAgF5qTHgeeOc Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Lexxy Color: '#b5d5fb' Groups: - Homestuck Gaiden @@ -12,11 +17,6 @@ Art Tags: - Dave - Jade - Squiddles -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays-unofficial-album -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLFAMWiDHVM2HPsgWu8_jAgF5qTHgeeOc -Cover Artists: -- Lexxy --- Group: Main album --- @@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ Duration: '2:46' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-squiddles-save-christmas - https://youtu.be/YyGhvEWMyd4 +Referenced Tracks: +- Squiddles! Lyrics: |- Hey everybody, let's all sing 'Cause the Squiddles just bought a Christmas tree @@ -124,8 +126,6 @@ Lyrics: |- (GET OUT OF MY LIFE DAD) (AnD tO aLl A-) -Referenced Tracks: -- Squiddles! --- Track: Billy the Bellsuit Diver Has Something to Say Artist: Erik Scheele @@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ Duration: '3:26' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/billy-the-bellsuit-diver-has-something-to-say - https://youtu.be/cRxCQv2nutw +Referenced Tracks: +- Tempus adest floridum +- Squiddles! Lyrics: >- (Billy the Bellsuit Diver here to wish you all... a merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry @@ -142,9 +145,6 @@ Lyrics: >- Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. [unmuffling] Merry Christmas to you and a happy New Year.) -Referenced Tracks: -- Tempus adest floridum -- Squiddles! --- Track: Squiddly Night Artist: David Ko @@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ Duration: '1:01' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/squiddly-night - https://youtu.be/i50tv01mJvI +Referenced Tracks: +- Silent Night Lyrics: |- Squeedle dee dee Squeedle dee dum @@ -162,8 +164,6 @@ Lyrics: |- If you just go to sleep [Indecipherable demonic whispering] -Referenced Tracks: -- Silent Night --- Track: The Santa Claus Interdimensional Travel Sleigh Artist: Nick Smalley @@ -215,14 +215,15 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Candlelight Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:15' -Art Tags: -- The Felt URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/candlelight - https://youtu.be/9G1ttVEPGN8 -Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: - I ruined this song with my voice +Cover Artists: +- Richard Browne +Art Tags: +- The Felt +Referenced Tracks: +- Candles and Clockwork Lyrics: |- I forgot to buy my last christmas gift The most important one of all @@ -233,10 +234,9 @@ Lyrics: |- The only company I have is me I'm sleeping in another bed tonight In the space behind the candlelight -Cover Artists: -- Richard Browne -Referenced Tracks: -- Candles and Clockwork +Commentary: |- + Robert J! Lake: + I ruined this song with my voice --- Track: Oh, No! It's the Midnight Crew! Artist: Nick Smalley @@ -331,6 +331,8 @@ Artist: Lost in History Duration: 0:40 URLs: - https://youtu.be/wN6DYiH6aws +Referenced Tracks: +- track:ohgodwhat Lyrics: |- SQUIDDLES: God oh man, oh God oh man... oh God Christmas! Oh God, Christmas! @@ -347,8 +349,6 @@ Lyrics: |- Oh God, Christmas! Oh God, Christmaaaaas!! Aaaaaahhh!! Oh, God... Christmas -Referenced Tracks: -- track:ohgodwhat --- Track: A Very Special Time Artist: Lost in History diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml index a9dc3d33..1c8e9f3a 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml @@ -1,9 +1,6 @@ Album: Homestuck Vol. 1-4 Date: October 24 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: '#aaccff' -Groups: -- Official URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4-with-midnight-crew-drawing-dead - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N342A3G5jo @@ -12,11 +9,16 @@ Cover Artists: - Homestuck Default Track Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Color: '#aaccff' +Groups: +- Official --- Group: From Homestuck Vol. 1 --- Track: Showtime (Piano Refrain) Directory: showtime-piano-refrain-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:showtime-piano-refrain Artist: Kevin Regamey Duration: '2:20' URLs: @@ -24,31 +26,31 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/DkVQaxrXM_s Referenced Tracks: - track:showtime-original-mix -Also Released As: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain --- Track: Harlequin Directory: harlequin-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:harlequin Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '1:43' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/harlequin-3 - https://youtu.be/UDJo0gWPTms -Also Released As: -- track:harlequin --- Track: Showtime (Original Mix) Directory: showtime-original-mix-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:showtime-original-mix Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '2:09' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-original-mix-3 - https://youtu.be/lc4mLtbGVDA -Also Released As: -- track:showtime-original-mix --- Track: Aggrieve (Violin Refrain) Directory: aggrieve-violin-refrain-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain Artist: Andrew Huo Contributors: - Gabe Nezovic (mastering) @@ -58,11 +60,11 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/lzXuvymrzZg Referenced Tracks: - track:aggrieve -Also Released As: -- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain --- Track: Sburban Countdown Directory: sburban-countdown-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:sburban-countdown Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: 0:38 URLs: @@ -70,21 +72,21 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/1402jlRYFuw Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle -Also Released As: -- track:sburban-countdown --- Track: Aggrieve Directory: aggrieve-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:aggrieve Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '2:32' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-3 - https://youtu.be/0Up18n-IzVA -Also Released As: -- track:aggrieve --- Track: Showtime (Imp Strife Mix) Directory: showtime-imp-strife-mix-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:showtime-imp-strife-mix Artist: Buzinkai, Curt Blakeslee (fanfare) Duration: '1:57' URLs: @@ -92,11 +94,11 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/KBQQj_4t1Uo Referenced Tracks: - track:showtime-original-mix -Also Released As: -- track:showtime-imp-strife-mix --- Track: Nannaquin Directory: nannaquin-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:nannaquin Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '1:24' URLs: @@ -104,23 +106,23 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/0hDCamkN5HM Referenced Tracks: - track:harlequin -Also Released As: -- track:nannaquin --- Track: Skies of Skaia Directory: skies-of-skaia-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:skies-of-skaia Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '2:45' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skies-of-skaia-3 - https://youtu.be/tjq32cJRqpc -Also Released As: -- track:skies-of-skaia --- Group: From Homestuck Vol. 2 --- Track: Harlequin (Rock Version) Directory: harlequin-rock-version-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:harlequin-rock-version Artist: Michael Guy Bowman, Joseph Aylsworth Contributors: - Joseph Aylsworth (guitar) @@ -130,8 +132,6 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/Yi7Wf-BTpMs Referenced Tracks: - track:harlequin -Also Released As: -- track:harlequin-rock-version --- Track: John Sleeps / Skaian Magicant Artist: Toby Fox @@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: --- Track: Upward Movement (Dave Owns) Directory: upward-movement-dave-owns-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns Artist: Kalibration Duration: '4:20' URLs: @@ -152,21 +154,21 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/i47-v-eVymk Referenced Tracks: - track:amen-brother -Also Released As: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns --- Track: Vagabounce Directory: vagabounce-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:vagabounce Artist: David Ko Duration: '1:13' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vagabounce-3 - https://youtu.be/wanZ6XJKChc -Also Released As: -- track:vagabounce --- Track: Explore Directory: explore-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:explore Artist: Buzinkai, Michael Guy Bowman Contributors: - Michael Guy Bowman (arrangement) @@ -174,8 +176,6 @@ Duration: '2:28' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/explore-3 - https://youtu.be/DedSi6YXk1w -Also Released As: -- track:explore --- Track: Gardener Artist: Steve Everson @@ -183,16 +183,18 @@ Duration: '1:44' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gardener-2 - https://youtu.be/11XHicUomB8 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent Commentary: |- Steve Everson: This is part of the Bolin Incident. If you don’t know what happened, up until half-way through Act 4 a guy called Bill Bolin was on the time, one of the original members. He was a great musician, that much can’t be denied; he wrote a lot of tracks that appeared in early act 3; Jade’s bass solo, the remix of it, the last part of the Dave and Bro battle… some others I forget. During that flash with Dave and Rose on Derse the original music was five Bolin tracks, ones he wasn’t all that happy with. He flipped out and did a lot of things that ended up with him dropped from the team, and his music replaced. I called replacing Jade’s bass solo (I was enthusiastic about getting something of mine into the comic). We figured there’d probably be an existing piece of music used for the remix on Prospit so there were a couple of different versions remixing different tracks until Something Really Excellent was locked in. We were on a strict timetable at the time, so I didn’t get the chance to find a really good bass voice or find a good rhythm. That was much improved for the actual release in Volumes 1-4. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent --- Track: Showtime Remix Directory: showtime-remix-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:showtime-remix Artist: Gabe Nezovic Duration: '2:02' URLs: @@ -202,11 +204,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:showtime-piano-refrain Sampled Tracks: - track:showtime-piano-refrain -Also Released As: -- track:showtime-remix --- Track: Aggrieve Remix Directory: aggrieve-remix-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:aggrieve-remix Artist: Gabe Nezovic Duration: '2:11' URLs: @@ -216,18 +218,16 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:aggrieve-violin-refrain Sampled Tracks: - track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -Also Released As: -- track:aggrieve-remix --- Track: Verdancy (Bassline) Directory: verdancy-bassline-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:verdancy-bassline Artist: Kalibration Duration: 0:52 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/verdancy-bassline-3 - https://youtu.be/Hhwop2K7zt0 -Also Released As: -- track:verdancy-bassline --- Track: Potential Verdancy Artist: Robert J! Lake @@ -244,16 +244,18 @@ Group: From Homestuck Vol. 3 --- Track: Beatdown (Strider Style) Directory: beatdown-strider-style-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:beatdown-strider-style Artist: Curt Blakeslee Duration: '2:32' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/beatdown-strider-style-3 - https://youtu.be/9fXnKNoF81g -Also Released As: -- track:beatdown-strider-style --- Track: Harleboss Directory: harleboss-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:harleboss Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '2:47' URLs: @@ -261,11 +263,11 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/nYaiMTPWh78 Referenced Tracks: - track:harlequin -Also Released As: -- track:harleboss --- Track: Beatdown Round 2 Directory: beatdown-round-2-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:beatdown-round-2 Artist: Curt Blakeslee Duration: '2:27' URLs: @@ -273,21 +275,21 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/knNKryd8jEU Referenced Tracks: - track:beatdown-strider-style -Also Released As: -- track:beatdown-round-2 --- Track: Dissension (Original) Directory: dissension-original-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:dissension-original Artist: David Ko Duration: '1:47' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dissension-original-3 - https://youtu.be/VwMew8akQx4 -Also Released As: -- track:dissension-original --- Track: Dissension (Remix) Directory: dissension-remix-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:dissension-remix Artist: David Ko Duration: '2:03' URLs: @@ -295,21 +297,21 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/y36JjcfvM0c Referenced Tracks: - track:dissension-original -Also Released As: -- track:dissension-remix --- Track: Ohgodwhat Directory: ohgodwhat-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:ohgodwhat Artist: Nick Smalley Duration: '1:06' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ohgodwhat-3 - https://youtu.be/P-X8EB6KbZ0 -Also Released As: -- track:ohgodwhat --- Track: Ohgodwhat Remix Directory: ohgodwhat-remix-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:ohgodwhat-remix Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '1:05' URLs: @@ -317,21 +319,21 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/KlVkDe0iVUc Referenced Tracks: - track:ohgodwhat -Also Released As: -- track:ohgodwhat-remix --- Track: Rediscover Fusion Directory: rediscover-fusion-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:rediscover-fusion Artist: BurnedKirby Duration: '1:36' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rediscover-fusion-3 - https://youtu.be/_wv2Q9fTmLk -Also Released As: -- track:rediscover-fusion --- Track: Explore Remix Directory: explore-remix-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:explore-remix Artist: Gabe Nezovic Duration: '2:00' URLs: @@ -341,21 +343,21 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:explore Sampled Tracks: - track:explore -Also Released As: -- track:explore-remix --- Track: Chorale for Jaspers Directory: chorale-for-jaspers-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:chorale-for-jaspers Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '1:15' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/chorale-for-jaspers-3 - https://youtu.be/uvfkPq248Qo -Also Released As: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers --- Track: Pony Chorale Directory: pony-chorale-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:pony-chorale Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Contributors: - Tavia Morra (vocals) @@ -365,23 +367,23 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/B88bE5niVFQ Referenced Tracks: - track:chorale-for-jaspers -Also Released As: -- track:pony-chorale --- Group: From Homestuck Vol. 4 --- Track: Revelawesome Directory: revelawesome-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:revelawesome Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: 0:43 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/revelawesome-3 - https://youtu.be/JEnmIrIDMNs -Also Released As: -- track:revelawesome --- Track: Hardlyquin Directory: hardlyquin-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:hardlyquin Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '1:38' URLs: @@ -389,11 +391,11 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/c7fzYfxNQLg Referenced Tracks: - track:harlequin -Also Released As: -- track:hardlyquin --- Track: Carefree Victory Directory: carefree-victory-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:carefree-victory Artist: Andrew Huo, Toby Fox Duration: '1:36' URLs: @@ -401,31 +403,31 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/ocYQytoPE8M Referenced Tracks: - track:carefree-action -Also Released As: -- track:carefree-victory --- Track: Ballad of Awakening Directory: ballad-of-awakening-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:ballad-of-awakening Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '3:08' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-of-awakening-3 - https://youtu.be/fwqjHs4z0fE -Also Released As: -- track:ballad-of-awakening --- Track: Sburban Jungle Directory: sburban-jungle-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:sburban-jungle Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '3:39' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-jungle-3 - https://youtu.be/RtiiIxM_5Qg -Also Released As: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Three in the Morning (RJ's I Can Barely Sleep In This Casino Remix) Directory: three-in-the-morning-rj-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:three-in-the-morning-rj Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '6:29' URLs: @@ -435,11 +437,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:three-in-the-morning Sampled Tracks: - track:three-in-the-morning -Also Released As: -- track:three-in-the-morning-rj --- Track: Doctor Directory: doctor-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:doctor Artist: Buzinkai Contributors: - Clark Powell (production) @@ -450,38 +452,42 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/EQqnA8Brfcg Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor-original-loop -Also Released As: -- track:doctor --- Track: Endless Climb Directory: endless-climb-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:endless-climb Artist: Buzinkai Duration: '1:24' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/endless-climb-3 - https://youtu.be/Tm5w-82-ZII -Also Released As: -- track:endless-climb --- Track: Atomyk Ebonpyre Directory: atomyk-ebonpyre-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:10' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/atomyk-ebonpyre-3 - https://youtu.be/Z8HnkcZXBsc -Also Released As: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre --- Track: Black Directory: black-vol-1-4 +Also Released As: +- track:black Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:24' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-3 - https://youtu.be/dJ7H7MkL1Yk +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' +Referenced Tracks: +- track:liquid-negrocity +Sampled Tracks: +- track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew Lyrics: |- Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! @@ -501,12 +507,6 @@ Lyrics: |- I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! I'm a- I'm a- I'm a member of the- I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! -Referenced Tracks: -- track:liquid-negrocity -Sampled Tracks: -- track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew -Also Released As: -- track:black --- Group: Bonus tracks --- diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml index deab2a31..5b2158c0 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ Album: Homestuck Vol. 1 Date: August 9, 2009 Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Color: '#38f43d' -Groups: -- Official URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZd_GGnccF59ke-y_k-aK4N Cover Artists: - Homestuck Default Track Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Color: '#38f43d' +Groups: +- Official --- Group: Main album --- @@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ Duration: '2:20' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-piano-refrain-3 - https://youtu.be/U5ggzIxfGDs +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-original-mix Commentary: |- Kevin Regamey: To be honest, I've fallen off the MSPA train pretty hard. This has undoubtedly been the busiest year (or two) of my life, and I am only now returning to reacquaint myself with what the heck is up. Malcolm wrote the chiptune version of Showtime first. I heard it, dug it, and created a piano arrangement just for the hell of it. Like Malcolm has said - earlier on, we didn't necessarily know what we were writing for, so we just wrote whatever spoke to us. I had posted a "Work in progress" version to the music boards, and I received some positive feedback. Positive enough for me to elaborate it into a full piece. As luck would have it, Andrew was finishing up the first playable page of Homestuck just as I posted the full version. As such, I was lucky enough to have the honour of first musical appearance in Homestuck, but most of the credit should certainly go to Malcolm - for defining John musically at such an early stage of the game, and for being the sole inspiration behind this track. Oh, side note: My midi keyboard was misbehaving when I wrote this, so every note of the piece was clicked into a sequencer. D: -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix --- Track: Harlequin Artist: Mark Hadley @@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ Duration: '1:34' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-violin-refrain-3 - https://youtu.be/h46wSFVeWAs +Referenced Tracks: +- track:aggrieve Commentary: |- Andrew Huo: Ahh, the glory days, when we had no idea we were going on a universe-destroying/creating adventure, or even a world-destroying one. This was when the music team's main scoop on the kids was that they were going to have theme instruments that somehow function as their weapons or special abilities as well, although I guess this has only mostly come to fruition with Dave's turntables. Well, I'm primarily a violinist, and Rose's instrument was to be violin/strings, so this was right up my alley. I love just randomly improvising on the violin, exploring different poetic areas, if you will, and coming up with things that sounded beautiful to me. At this time in particular, I was doing that a lot. Hadley's Aggrieve was created first in this case, and I had roughly dictated it, so I knew the notes. I fooled around with it a couple of times, playing with a haunting/sad-but-hopeful tone, and the arrangement that you hear was recorded literally the first time it was played - the first time those notes were played in that rhythm, tone and order was the same time it was recorded. That version, cut, is what you hear in the comic. I reverse-engineered the sheet music from my own recording to do a recording for the album. Unfortunately, I was, and I suppose am still today, new to the recording game, and so there are mistakes I cringe at in both the comic and album versions. Gabe Nezovic's mastering helps to cover most of it, but I still feel kind of guilty about it. Oh well. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:aggrieve --- Track: Sburban Countdown Artist: Mark Hadley @@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ Duration: 0:38 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-countdown-3 - https://youtu.be/C3cvihYafCs +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Mark Hadley: I really liked Sburban Jungle and felt it was iconic enough to be considered a theme song for Sburb (not just the loading screen as it was originally presented). Since the ending scene for Act 1 was an early pivotal moment in the game, I tried to make something that sounded like Sburban Jungle, but clearly felt like time was ticking away to something big. It's a lot to try and cram into a little over 30 seconds, but I did my best. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Aggrieve Artist: Mark Hadley @@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ Duration: '1:57' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-imp-strife-mix-3 - https://youtu.be/WQyRS_czmgc +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-original-mix Commentary: |- Buzinkai: I wrote this after listening to the original song for HOURS. I do believe this was what originally got me to send music to Andrew Hussie in a fan-mail and got me writing music for the project. It came down to the thought, "I wonder what that would sound like if I re-wrote it in my software." However, as with most of my obsessions, I got well carried away with it. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix --- Track: Nannaquin Artist: Mark Hadley @@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ Duration: '1:24' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nannaquin-3 - https://youtu.be/Pf5YpbDgCSU +Referenced Tracks: +- track:harlequin Commentary: |- Mark Hadley: A "Harlequin" remix obviously. In order to give it an old-timey feel, I used sounds of a saloon piano and a muted trumpet. Once it was done, I ran it through a filter to make it sound... less good (pitch warping and reducing the bass) and added a loop of some vinyl pops and cracks. For the soundtrack version, I added the needle coming down onto the record at the beginning, and then I thought it would be fun to end it by having the record skip before the needle is pulled off the record. Needless to say, this was fun to make. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:harlequin --- Track: Skies of Skaia Artist: Mark Hadley diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml index 5824f76f..45876d93 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ Album: Homestuck Vol. 10 Date: June 12, 2016 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9-10-with-s-collide-and-act-7 +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW9-Ov8CiRY +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZV53x19jl4NTpDEQtOaoR5 +Cover Artists: +- Lexxy Color: '#0088ff' Groups: - Official @@ -14,10 +20,6 @@ Art Tags: - Dirk - Jake - Consorts -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9-10-with-s-collide-and-act-7 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW9-Ov8CiRY -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZV53x19jl4NTpDEQtOaoR5 Commentary: |- Robert J! Lake: (project manager) This almost didn't happen. @@ -40,40 +42,21 @@ Commentary: |- Enjoy the tunes! Lexxy: (cover artist) Homestuck will always hold a warm, nostalgic place in my heart, so despite drafting up a handful of concepts - from the graphic and representational to the tongue-in-cheek referential - I ultimately ended up going with the one that expressed that affection the most. -Cover Artists: -- Lexxy --- Track: Creata Artist: Seth Peelle Duration: '8:12' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/creata-3 +- https://youtu.be/lXmiKt-rBjo +Cover Artists: +- PJ Tush Art Tags: - Genesis Frog - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/creata-3 -- https://youtu.be/lXmiKt-rBjo -Lyrics: |- - In vento cogitatio, spiritus in vento
In fusco lumen ignescit, lux e vacuo
E somnis nata verita e somno somnia
In clara umbra sunt omnia creata
Creata sunt omnia - Lindelë sama calad
Oloriello illuvë onant
Eä - In vento cogitatio, spiritus in vento - (Thought blows in the wind, spirit in the wind
Light burns in darkness, dreams out of sleep
In a bright shadow, all is created
All is created - Music joins light
All is born from a dream
Let it be - Thought blows in the wind, spirit in the wind) -Commentary: |- - Seth Peelle: - When I first auditioned for the Homestuck music team back in 2009, one of my two audition pieces was [[Pumpkin Cravings]], which ended upon the "Homestuck Vol. 5" album of the following year (and was subsequently orchestrated by the illustrious Alex Rosetti into [[THIS Pumpkin]] on THIS Album). The other piece was a short electronic-sounding demo entitled "Skaia Voyages" that I based on the [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]] and [[track:skies-of-skaia|Skies of Skaia]] themes, inspired by the purposefully vague notion of the Kids' "ascension" recently introduced in the comic at that time. The demo never ended up going anywhere in that form, but its musical ideas stuck in my head, growing and evolving in my mindscape over the years into something much grander than what I had originally envisioned. It grew additional references to [[track:revelawesome|Revelawesome]] and the Kids' themes, grew a full orchestra, grew a massive choir and epic sci-fi noises of indeterminate nature... - And then - eventually - it became REAL. - It ASCENDED. - (yes it was totally that easy.
no you can't stop me from pretending this.) - PJ Tush: - WOW 7 years of Homestuck. I only hopped on this hectic bandwagon in 2011, but it was definitely worth it. I NEVER would have expected to be able to contribute to and take part in Homestuck itself. This is like a dream come true. THAT BEING SAID: CREATA! - Creata was heard in short ([[Creata (Canon Edit)]]) during the first part of Collide, so being able to listen to the full version of the song and then DRAW for it was pretty cathartic (i might have cried). When drawing for Creata, I wanted to capture the "essence of creation" and highlight the greater purpose of the Beta kids in the creation of their universe. The piece is long and explosive, much like one would expect the creation of an entire universe to be. I wanted to depict a climactic moment, something grandiose and defining that fits in with the end of Homestuck properly. What better event than the Genesis Frog finally blooming with the original quartet? - (i definitely did cry) -Cover Artists: -- PJ Tush Referenced Tracks: - Skaia Voyages - track:showtime-original-mix @@ -91,54 +74,75 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Carefree Action - track:revelawesome - track:song-of-skaia +Lyrics: |- + In vento cogitatio, spiritus in vento
In fusco lumen ignescit, lux e vacuo
E somnis nata verita e somno somnia
In clara umbra sunt omnia creata
Creata sunt omnia + Lindelë sama calad
Oloriello illuvë onant
Eä + In vento cogitatio, spiritus in vento + (Thought blows in the wind, spirit in the wind
Light burns in darkness, dreams out of sleep
In a bright shadow, all is created
All is created + Music joins light
All is born from a dream
Let it be + Thought blows in the wind, spirit in the wind) +Commentary: |- + Seth Peelle: + When I first auditioned for the Homestuck music team back in 2009, one of my two audition pieces was [[Pumpkin Cravings]], which ended upon the "Homestuck Vol. 5" album of the following year (and was subsequently orchestrated by the illustrious Alex Rosetti into [[THIS Pumpkin]] on THIS Album). The other piece was a short electronic-sounding demo entitled "Skaia Voyages" that I based on the [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]] and [[track:skies-of-skaia|Skies of Skaia]] themes, inspired by the purposefully vague notion of the Kids' "ascension" recently introduced in the comic at that time. The demo never ended up going anywhere in that form, but its musical ideas stuck in my head, growing and evolving in my mindscape over the years into something much grander than what I had originally envisioned. It grew additional references to [[track:revelawesome|Revelawesome]] and the Kids' themes, grew a full orchestra, grew a massive choir and epic sci-fi noises of indeterminate nature... + And then - eventually - it became REAL. + It ASCENDED. + (yes it was totally that easy.
no you can't stop me from pretending this.) + PJ Tush: + WOW 7 years of Homestuck. I only hopped on this hectic bandwagon in 2011, but it was definitely worth it. I NEVER would have expected to be able to contribute to and take part in Homestuck itself. This is like a dream come true. THAT BEING SAID: CREATA! + Creata was heard in short ([[Creata (Canon Edit)]]) during the first part of Collide, so being able to listen to the full version of the song and then DRAW for it was pretty cathartic (i might have cried). When drawing for Creata, I wanted to capture the "essence of creation" and highlight the greater purpose of the Beta kids in the creation of their universe. The piece is long and explosive, much like one would expect the creation of an entire universe to be. I wanted to depict a climactic moment, something grandiose and defining that fits in with the end of Homestuck properly. What better event than the Genesis Frog finally blooming with the original quartet? + (i definitely did cry) --- Track: Train Artist: Buzinkai Duration: '1:33' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/train-2 +- https://youtu.be/vhzgtJcLouU +Cover Artists: +- Kate Holden Art Tags: - John - Roxy - Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/train-2 -- https://youtu.be/vhzgtJcLouU Commentary: |- Kate Holden: So I may have originally thought this track was about a literal train and been like "I can't really drawn trains..." only to be told it was more like a training montage for John and agreeing that maybe I can actually draw John. I'd been watching a lot of Ruroni Kenshin with the girlfriend on Netflix and because this art was done by me as a last minute switcheroo I didn't have much time, so I did what I do best; I was a piece of weeaboo trash and made this ridiculous fake shounen manga panel in manga studio. The Japanese reads "Usagi o hako ni modore": "Put the bunny back in the box". The next day I landed a job working at a Sake company. True story. -Cover Artists: -- Kate Holden --- Track: Of Gods and Witches Artist: Tensei Duration: '4:13' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/of-gods-and-witches-2 +- https://youtu.be/a7qyOw3LuLE +Cover Artists: +- Archeia Art Tags: - Jade - Jadesprite - Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/of-gods-and-witches-2 -- https://youtu.be/a7qyOw3LuLE +Referenced Tracks: +- track:doctor Commentary: |- Tensei: For the longest time I considered this a song for Jade, specifically her dog tier transformation. Then I realized, far too late, that Aranea doesn't have a lot of music given her relative importance in the comic! More importantly, this song has some piratey/celcitc jig vibes (partially based on the fight club theme from Assassin's Creed 3), which actually made it a decent fit for Aranea (given her Mindfang alter ego). So by the limited powers of canonization invested in me, I hereby pronounce this song's alternative title as "Of Sylphs and Sekrets" and that it may be interpreted as a theme for either Jade or Aranea. -Cover Artists: -- Archeia -Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor --- Track: Beatup Artist: Clark Powell, Astro Kid Duration: '5:11' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dirk URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/beatup-2 - https://youtu.be/vHClZp44AQg +Cover Artists: +- Shan Murphy +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Dirk +Referenced Tracks: +- track:beatdown-strider-style Commentary: |- Clark Powell: This was the best remix I ever worked on. There was another ermix of this song that didn't make it onto the album, but you can use your imagination for that. @@ -157,20 +161,9 @@ Commentary: |- Shannon Murphy: This is a Strider song and I just wanted to draw both Strider bros in action.. I felt like a lot of saturated cool colors would really match how the song felt to me as well! -Cover Artists: -- Shan Murphy -Referenced Tracks: -- track:beatdown-strider-style --- Track: You Killed My Father (Prepare To Die) Artist: Team Dogfight -Duration: '4:22' -Art Tags: -- John -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/you-killed-my-father-prepare-to-die-2 -- https://youtu.be/jJ7XGZ04Fgc Contributors: - Catboss (drums, mixing) - Willow Ascenzo (orchestra, choir) @@ -179,6 +172,22 @@ Contributors: - David Dycus (synths, composition) - Ian White (trumpet) - Kelly Sadwin (violin) +Duration: '4:22' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/you-killed-my-father-prepare-to-die-2 +- https://youtu.be/jJ7XGZ04Fgc +Cover Artists: +- Mika B. +Art Tags: +- John +- Jack Noir +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-piano-refrain +- track:showtime-original-mix +- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain +- Liquid Negrocity +- Checkmate +- Gaia Queen Lyrics: |- Round one Round two @@ -201,25 +210,21 @@ Commentary: |- Mika B.: (track artist) Being reeled in both by the song title and the clash between the two characters (and the music, of course), creating art for this was exciting. I have always thought of John as one who keeps his dorky self kept close in all situations, so John facing off Bec with the most energy filled, accusing point served as my inspiration for this piece. -Cover Artists: -- Mika B. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -- Liquid Negrocity -- Checkmate -- Gaia Queen --- Track: Sound Judgement Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '3:26' -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sound-judgement-2 - https://youtu.be/SgFCP-3EkNw +Cover Artists: +- Sera B. +Art Tags: +- Terezi +- 'cw: blood' +Referenced Tracks: +- Terezi's Theme +- track:harlequin Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: Couldn't end without giving Terezi another chance to shine. "Sound Judgement" basically tells the story of Terezi's "CLOWN HUNT1NG" escapade where she goes hunting after Gamzee, battles him & gets spectacularly "ATOMIC DOUBLE JUGGALO BACKBREAKER"'d for her trouble. Goal here was mainly to create a "Terezi doing something badass" track: A little inspiration from things like "Battle without Honor or Humanity" from Kill Bill, sprinkled with little bits inspired by Terezi's theme, then a bit of weir dguitar solo for Harlequin to represent Gamzee, and a whole load of staccato strings and rhythm guitar everywhere else. @@ -229,40 +234,41 @@ Commentary: |- That sounds ridiculous though. Sera B.: For this piece I wanted to go really comic book-y, so I leaned towards a Daredevil influence for Terezi (for obvious reasons). Initially, I had her in a more dtailed setting in extreme light and shadow, with Gamzee's silhouette looming over her. Totally by accident I ended up deleting the background layers, leaving just the strip of red lava as the orizon-- which looked way cooler than what I had before and gave it the comic-book-cover vibe I was shooting for. Super fun piece to work on! -Cover Artists: -- Sera B. -Referenced Tracks: -- Terezi's Theme -- track:harlequin --- Track: Aggrievocation Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '3:41' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrievocation-2 - https://youtu.be/JB3kKp7jRag +Cover Artists: +- Rachel Lundin +Art Tags: +- Rose +Referenced Tracks: +- track:aggrieve Commentary: |- Mark Hadley: While [[track:harlequin|Harlequin]] was the first piece of mine to appear in Homestuck, the first piece I actually wrote for it was [[track:aggrieve|Aggrieve]], and so I felt it was only fitting to make another mix of it for the final album. Plus it gave me an excuse to try writing it in a metal style! I'm not sure it could still be considered Rose's "official theme" anymore (not after the mountain of excellent music the team's written for her over the years), but I still like to think of it that way. Rachel Lundin: Just, put, like, "It was cool to work on this," I don't know! -Cover Artists: -- Rachel Lundin -Referenced Tracks: -- track:aggrieve --- Track: Stride Artist: Kalibration Duration: '3:26' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stride-2 +- https://youtu.be/h3n1ToY-UvA +Cover Artists: +- Seth Massey Art Tags: - Dave - Dirk - Karkat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stride-2 -- https://youtu.be/h3n1ToY-UvA +Referenced Tracks: +- Moonsetter +- Showdown +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns Commentary: |- Kalibration: Well, it's really my last song for Homestuck, huh... @@ -270,22 +276,21 @@ Commentary: |- So, it's "Stride", my little sequel-of-sorts to Upward Movement, featuring samples from Moonsetter and Showdown, and an updated version of that classic Dave Strider drum loop. Seth Massey: Fuck the rug. -Cover Artists: -- Seth Massey -Referenced Tracks: -- Moonsetter -- Showdown -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns --- Track: Skaian Overdrive Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '2:27' -Art Tags: -- Underlings -- BK URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-overdrive-2 - https://youtu.be/_uhUEvkcTfY +Cover Artists: +- Seth Massey +Art Tags: +- Underlings +- BK +Referenced Tracks: +- Skaian Ride +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: Pretty sure this one first came about back in 2012. @@ -297,15 +302,15 @@ Commentary: |- Seth Massey: Some of the more "mechanical" designs in Sburb were fricken cool. Wish we saw more of them. -Cover Artists: -- Seth Massey -Referenced Tracks: -- Skaian Ride -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Freefall Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '4:13' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/freefall-2 +- https://youtu.be/4pZP1Fkt9Mc +Cover Artists: +- Nico J. Dolloso Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -316,9 +321,8 @@ Art Tags: - Snowman - Genesis Frog - 'cw: blood (abstract)' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/freefall-2 -- https://youtu.be/4pZP1Fkt9Mc +Referenced Tracks: +- Cascade (Beta) Commentary: |- Robert J! Lake: Cascade2 has a strange following online. @@ -330,10 +334,6 @@ Commentary: |- I'm pretty content with the result despite having a short notice to finish it. I wanted to reflect on the clusterfuck of the flash's narrative in these glass shards falling from the area of impact; I love compositions where you can notice something new every time you look closely at it. It also fit well with the title of the track as well. I also remember there being a lot of contrasting colours in the original flash, so I played with those in this image as well. Very glad to be able to have the opportunity to draw something for the album overall! -Cover Artists: -- Nico J. Dolloso -Referenced Tracks: -- Cascade (Beta) --- Track: Moonsweater Artist: David Ellis @@ -341,13 +341,17 @@ Contributors: - Toby Fox (with apologies to) - Malik Refaat (alto & tenor saxophone) Duration: '7:57' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/moonsweater-2 +- https://youtu.be/mB3xE2h_Bo4 +Cover Artists: +- David Litt Art Tags: - Midnight Crew - The Felt - Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/moonsweater-2 -- https://youtu.be/mB3xE2h_Bo4 +Referenced Tracks: +- Moonsetter Commentary: |- David Ellis: The idea for this started around the time Volume 9 came out. @@ -355,22 +359,20 @@ Commentary: |- As he liked what I did with [[The Beginning of Something Really Excellent]] for [[Blue Atom]] I set out to rework Moonsetter into smooth jazz, ended up with shuffle-funk. Close enough. Thomas Ferkol came up with the name. -Cover Artists: -- David Litt -Referenced Tracks: -- Moonsetter --- Track: Castle Artist: Buzinkai Duration: '1:13' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/castle-2 +- https://youtu.be/DMWGKi9FqhA +Cover Artists: +- Kiko B. Art Tags: - Karkat - Terezi - Vriska - WV -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/castle-2 -- https://youtu.be/DMWGKi9FqhA Commentary: |- Kiko B.: This gentle but haunting refrain from Buzinkai reminded me of those calm-but-ominous moments in my favorite adventure games, particularly a fantastic little game called Cave Story. Given the title of the track, a castle-exploration scene seemed to be a given. @@ -380,18 +382,21 @@ Commentary: |- In hindsight, I could have easily set this piece in any of the castles on Prospit or Derse, but then I couldn't easily include the Mayor. And I really, REALLY wanted to draw the Mayor. Besides, pursuing a more obscure concept forced me to get more creative with the scenario and composition. So, ultimately, it's a win-win! -Cover Artists: -- Kiko B. --- Track: Skaian Happy Flight Artist: Seth Peelle Duration: '2:06' -Art Tags: -- John -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-happy-flight-2 - https://youtu.be/rozLPCPXopw +Cover Artists: +- Alyssa Lee Dalangin +Art Tags: +- John +- Dave +Referenced Tracks: +- Skaian Ride +- Skaia Voyages Commentary: |- Seth Peelle: The 1984 fantasy film "The NeverEnding Story" was one of my favorite childhood movies. @@ -405,11 +410,6 @@ Commentary: |- Just based off the song title, I decided to draw John flying through some pretty Skaian scenery, so I set to work doing preliminary brainstorming. I mostly wanted to settle on cohesive shape language for the sky and the trees, since I already had an idea of the overall composition, and I really wanted the picture to be wispy. Unfortunately I didn't save too many WIP shots, but my sketch was pretty straightforward and most of the struggle came from deciding the colors for John... One of the WIPs I've included here is showing a roughly shaded layer for John that I ended up scrapping for the simpler coloring that's in the final version. There were aspects of the more detailed coloring I liked, but I didn't want John to stick out as awkwardly rendered against the otherwise mostly simplistic background style. I had a lot of fun creating this piece and I hope it does the cute song some justice! -Cover Artists: -- Alyssa Lee Dalangin -Referenced Tracks: -- Skaian Ride -- Skaia Voyages --- Track: Voidlight Artist: Thomas Ferkol @@ -417,42 +417,35 @@ Duration: '3:14' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/voidlight-2 - https://youtu.be/FOG0NbZnKzU +Cover Artists: +- Zilleniose Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: Based on Calliope's ahven in the Furthest Rings, this track has gone on a journey. Though the piano and harp melodies have remained relatively unchanged through the years (yep, YEARS), the piece itself has had a number of facelifts an additions. With new drums, strings, electric pianos, a celesta, some synths, and a quiet, somewhat ominous epilogue, it was a doozy. I'm pretty sure the epilogue was inspired by a chord progression in a Sonata Arctica song. Something about the tone and instrumentation of the piece felt right at home with Sonata's synths. The piece is meant to convey both a relaxed and serene feeling on top of a somewhat melancholy and serious undertone. Calliope's void light spiral was a breather from the craziness happening elsewhere in the comic, but there was always the threat of English showing up. -Cover Artists: -- Zilleniose --- Track: Beatdown DX Artist: Curt Blakeslee Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dave's bro URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/beatdown-dx-2 - https://youtu.be/EJPtdTzq6uY +Cover Artists: +- miraculoustang +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Dave's bro +Referenced Tracks: +- track:beatdown-strider-style Commentary: |- Curt Blakeslee: A simplified chiptune rendering of Beatdown. Dave's original strife track was purposefully overproduced, loud, and busy, so Beatdown DX is actually less 'deluxe' than the original. Even so, the DX suffix is a bit of an homage to the traidtion of releasing enhanced versions of old video games. miraculoustang: Catch me on the roof in my mid 30's pwning a 9th grader with a sword. -Cover Artists: -- miraculoustang -Referenced Tracks: -- track:beatdown-strider-style --- Track: Solar Voyage Artist: Marcy Nabors -Duration: '5:06' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- PM -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/solar-voyage-2 -- https://youtu.be/r78qOIX8ITI Contributors: - Marcy Nabors (composition, arrangement, vocals) - Michael Guy Bowman (arrangement) @@ -461,6 +454,19 @@ Contributors: - Tensei (guitar) - Paul Henderson (vocals) - Jamie Paige Stanley (drums) +Duration: '5:06' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/solar-voyage-2 +- https://youtu.be/r78qOIX8ITI +Cover Artists: +- Seth Massey +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +- PM +Referenced Tracks: +- track:ruins +- Flare +- track:explore Commentary: |- Marcy Nabors: Way back in good ol' 2012 I was in a little one-off band with Erik Scheele, Clark Powell, Astro Kid, and the ever-charismatic Michael Guy Bowman. @@ -473,22 +479,20 @@ Commentary: |- anyway bye Seth Massey: \_(ツ)_/ -Cover Artists: -- Seth Massey -Referenced Tracks: -- track:ruins -- Flare -- track:explore --- Track: Feel (Alive) Artist: Luke Benjamins, Robert J! Lake +Contributors: +- Luke Benjamins (composition) +- Robert J! Lake (production, arrangement) Duration: '3:14' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/feel-alive-2 - https://youtu.be/Yngy9XIzRLY -Contributors: -- Luke Benjamins (composition) -- Robert J! Lake (production, arrangement) +Cover Artists: +- PJ Tush +- Fenn +- Mika B. Art Tags: - Jade - Rose @@ -515,40 +519,40 @@ Commentary: |- Mika B.: When rendering the final rendition of the track art piece, I hoped to give it a complete finish that would accustom the piece's lovely concept art. I enjoyed working to convey the spectacular energy Jade is known to behold, particularly with her hair. Overall, this piece was a great enjoyment to work on, and I was able to accompany two great artists in their work to create art to represent Feel, as well as the teens' spiraling adventure on the gay meteor. -Cover Artists: -- PJ Tush -- Fenn -- Mika B. --- Track: Breeze Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '5:16' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/breeze-2 - https://youtu.be/h9E2e6JgIp0 +Cover Artists: +- Richard Gung +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- Sea of Derse Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: Originally my thought for this piece was Spades Slick and Ms. Paint on a gondola, something semi-romantic and jazzy and very ship-worthy. Hence the accordion. But then, like any other time I started feeling vaguely like making something into a piece for shipping people, I actually made the piece and got a way better idea for what it would be for, aka post-game everyone-hanging-out reflection-relaxation. And hey, the accordion still worked. I don't expect anyone else to be a Maria Schneider fan and also encounter this peice, but if they do, yes I pretty much took the first 4 bars of Evanescence and used it as the basis for the piece. A few other cues came from that piece as well. Richard Gung: A chill tune deserves a classy cover. -Cover Artists: -- Richard Gung -Referenced Tracks: -- Sea of Derse --- Track: Starfall Artist: Solatrus Contributors: - Justin Hellier (special thanks) Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/starfall-2 - https://youtu.be/1H26iJNOtx4 +Cover Artists: +- Lunise +Art Tags: +- Rose +Referenced Tracks: +- Ascend Commentary: |- Solatrus: I got inspired by listening to a friend's liquid drum and bass tracks back in 2014 (shoutout to you, Justin!), and decided I really wanted to do something along those lines. @@ -562,32 +566,18 @@ Commentary: |- Fun fact: Solatrus was surprised that the final track art was so red, because he felt like the music would inspire more blues, but he liked it a lot in the end. I always thought it'd be pretty cool to do something for an official album, and I guess that dream came true! I'm pretty happy to have had this opportunity to draw something for this album. -Cover Artists: -- Lunise -Referenced Tracks: -- Ascend --- Track: Ascend Artist: Tensei Duration: '6:12' -Art Tags: -- John -- Aradia URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ascend-2 - https://youtu.be/e9gGXYbtSt8 -Lyrics: |- - Toki no hime wa
(The princess of time) - (Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa) - (Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa) - (The princess of time stopped the dog) -Commentary: |- - Tensei: - First of all, I'm not an EDM producer. - So I made this track called [[The King in Red]]. Here's the song:
PSYCH, that's the wrong song! - Sweet Fruity Loops - I use that.
Supa hot beats - I drop that.
John and Aradia - I ship that. Cover Artists: - Marimo +Art Tags: +- John +- Aradia Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - Cascade (Beta) @@ -611,16 +601,33 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck Anthem - track:showtime-original-mix - Carefree Action +Lyrics: |- + Toki no hime wa
(The princess of time) + (Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa) + (Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)
(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa) + (The princess of time stopped the dog) +Commentary: |- + Tensei: + First of all, I'm not an EDM producer. + So I made this track called [[The King in Red]]. Here's the song:
PSYCH, that's the wrong song! + Sweet Fruity Loops - I use that.
Supa hot beats - I drop that.
John and Aradia - I ship that. --- Track: Lilith in Starlight Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '3:51' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Kanaya URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lilith-in-starlight-2 - https://youtu.be/9ZRH3pMAsEw +Cover Artists: +- Sera B. +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Kanaya +Referenced Tracks: +- Black Rose / Green Sun +- Mother +- track:aggrieve +- Darling Kanaya Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: This track's actually effectively a second go at a previous track I made called "Mother" which blended Black Rose/Green Sun & Aggrieve in a sort've more mystical tone. @@ -630,17 +637,15 @@ Commentary: |- When Malcolm told me this was a Rose/Kanaya piece I got hung up on the idea of them having a little dance together in the meteor library. I figured it would be a sweet way to demonstrate the darker, more elegant aspects of the song and its liveliness at the same time. I chose to have Kanaya as the lightsource to put a little more of a literal spin on the title-- Rose as Lilith and Kanaya as her starlight. Just the two of them in their own little world, sharing a romantic moment! -Cover Artists: -- Sera B. -Referenced Tracks: -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- Mother -- track:aggrieve -- Darling Kanaya --- Track: Thanks for Playing Artist: Max Wright Duration: '3:31' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/thanks-for-playing-2 +- https://youtu.be/XsCBaAv59cc +Cover Artists: +- Seth Massey Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -651,9 +656,6 @@ Art Tags: - Kanaya - Terezi - Calliope -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/thanks-for-playing-2 -- https://youtu.be/XsCBaAv59cc Commentary: |- Max Wright: Thanks for Playing was originally conceived as a theme for Calliope, back before the [[album:cherubim|Cherubim]] album had been released. At that time it had a runtime of only one minute, so when Volume 10 was being organised I ran with what I had and extended it into the piece featured. I felt that the initial theme has an air of purity, something that lent itself well to the birth of a new world - hence its allocation. @@ -661,17 +663,9 @@ Commentary: |- Seth Massey: This is a realy fantastic song that I'd been rooting for from the start, and when given the chance to do art for it I was intent on making sure it got the beautiful art it deserved. We had very similar ideas for the visual direction, and I think I've done the concept justice. -Cover Artists: -- Seth Massey --- Track: Renewed Return Artist: Marcy Nabors -Duration: '9:10' -Art Tags: -- Jane -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/renewed-return-2 -- https://youtu.be/qqZO_D5CO28 Contributors: - Marcy Nabors (composition, bass clarinet) - Catboss (flute) @@ -687,28 +681,14 @@ Contributors: - Robin S (choir) - Chris Roper (choir) - Stephen "Jeebes" Wiley (choir) -Commentary: |- - Marcy Nabors: - Four years! And what a wild four years it has been. - I started this one back in 2012 alongside [[Solar Voyage]], with lofty ambitions of live choir, strings, and woodwinds, a number of movements in different time signatures and tempos, and enough heart and soul to rival Homestuck itself. All this time later, I've emerged from my musical cocoon with a striking success of a piece, its deilcate wings glistening in the moonlight as it rears its feathery antennae, taking in the world with newfound--- - *ahem*. - Right. - I extend my endless thanks to the folks who were kind enough to lend their voices, instruments, and time to what has turned out to be the longest song in the entire Homestuck discography. - And to the listeners, I sincerely hope you enjoy it! -Lyrics: |- - Warhammer
Of Zillyhoo - Warhammer
Of
Zillyhoo - War
Hammer
Of
Zillyhoo - War
Hammer
Of
Zillyhoo - War
Hammer
Of
Zillyhoo! - Surge ex doloribus, cum spe in corde!
Respira ut proelium vincatur! - Surge ex ira, da pacem mundo novo!
Respira ut tenaetis finem felicem! - Renova!
Reveni!
Revona!
Reveni! - (Rise out of sorrow, with hope in your heart!
Resurrect them with the battle to be won! - Rise out of wrath, bring peace to a new world!
Resurrect them that you may grasp a happy ending! - Renew!
Return!) +Duration: '9:10' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/renewed-return-2 +- https://youtu.be/qqZO_D5CO28 Cover Artists: - Zilleniose +Art Tags: +- Jane Referenced Tracks: - Warhammer of Zillyhoo - Calamity @@ -722,6 +702,26 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Penumbra Phantasm - Courser - track:sburban-jungle +Lyrics: |- + Warhammer
Of Zillyhoo + Warhammer
Of
Zillyhoo + War
Hammer
Of
Zillyhoo + War
Hammer
Of
Zillyhoo + War
Hammer
Of
Zillyhoo! + Surge ex doloribus, cum spe in corde!
Respira ut proelium vincatur! + Surge ex ira, da pacem mundo novo!
Respira ut tenaetis finem felicem! + Renova!
Reveni!
Revona!
Reveni! + (Rise out of sorrow, with hope in your heart!
Resurrect them with the battle to be won! + Rise out of wrath, bring peace to a new world!
Resurrect them that you may grasp a happy ending! + Renew!
Return!) +Commentary: |- + Marcy Nabors: + Four years! And what a wild four years it has been. + I started this one back in 2012 alongside [[Solar Voyage]], with lofty ambitions of live choir, strings, and woodwinds, a number of movements in different time signatures and tempos, and enough heart and soul to rival Homestuck itself. All this time later, I've emerged from my musical cocoon with a striking success of a piece, its deilcate wings glistening in the moonlight as it rears its feathery antennae, taking in the world with newfound--- + *ahem*. + Right. + I extend my endless thanks to the folks who were kind enough to lend their voices, instruments, and time to what has turned out to be the longest song in the entire Homestuck discography. + And to the listeners, I sincerely hope you enjoy it! --- Track: THIS Pumpkin Artist: Alex Rosetti @@ -729,6 +729,10 @@ Duration: '4:02' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/this-pumpkin-2 - https://youtu.be/ekWbliUNqfM +Cover Artists: +- Worthikids +Referenced Tracks: +- Pumpkin Cravings Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: THIS Pumpkin is an arrangement of Seth "Beatfox" Peelle's Pumpkin Cravings from Homestuck Volume 5. @@ -741,19 +745,22 @@ Commentary: |- I remember drawing the altered logo all plain by itself and sending that to Alex, and he liked that fine, but I was ultimately irked and redid it with candy corn PS a few days later. -Cover Artists: -- Worthikids -Referenced Tracks: -- Pumpkin Cravings --- Track: Conclude Artist: Seth Peelle Duration: '7:47' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/conclude-2 - https://youtu.be/5Dq01x-oxWM +Cover Artists: +- Kiko B. +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle +- track:showtime-piano-refrain +- Homestuck +- track:skies-of-skaia Commentary: |- Seth Pelle: Oh, hey. Is it the last track already? Man, where did the time go? @@ -780,10 +787,3 @@ Commentary: |- I began reading in 2011, so there was a lot of the comic and a lot of music to catch up on. I saved up so I could buy and binge it all at once. My favorite themes fueled many lazy days drawing fanart, which I eagerly shared online. I can sincerely say that doing so changed my life in many ways, as is the case with so many little, seemingly inconsequential decisions. Sharing my enthusiasm for HS led me to meet many dear friends. That's an experience that I think HS encapsulates incredibly well - the incalculable impact something as simple as sharing something with friends can have. This piece is my thank-you to Homestuck for that experience. -Cover Artists: -- Kiko B. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Homestuck -- track:skies-of-skaia diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml index 2159fa23..4eb88fec 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ Album: Homestuck Vol. 2 Date: December 14, 2009 Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Color: '#cb87f6' -Groups: -- Official URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFY9SqSslc74Bj2yHCKkJh41 Cover Artists: - Homestuck Default Track Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Color: '#cb87f6' +Groups: +- Official --- Track: Harlequin (Rock Version) Artist: Michael Guy Bowman, Joseph Aylsworth diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml index df1bb26d..daedcc80 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ Album: Homestuck Vol. 3 Date: December 15, 2009 Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Color: '#ef001d' -Groups: -- Official URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFa87NHq4JwUlXbxWWaAqYgN Cover Artists: - Homestuck Default Track Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Color: '#ef001d' +Groups: +- Official --- Track: Beatdown (Strider Style) Artist: Curt Blakeslee @@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ Duration: '2:47' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/harleboss-3 - https://youtu.be/51vrPLt_LG8 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:harlequin Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: Harlequin was awesome, and was quite a popular source for remixing the theme (it still is) so this was my early attempt. The soundfont is actually a FF6 SNES font I found somewhere (At lot of people got it from the choir). The SNES soundfont choice was taken from a kind of natural evolution the music was taking from the earlier Vol 1 8-bi to 16-bit style music. Not much to say on this one except it was quite a stereotypical 'Epic' boss battle theme - Choirs, church organs, bells, guitar and fast drums. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:harlequin --- Track: Beatdown Round 2 Artist: Curt Blakeslee diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml index 48b7fca4..f105e553 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ Album: Homestuck Vol. 4 Date: April 13, 2010 Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Color: '#51a2fd' -Groups: -- Official URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYqUMFZtgAHdOcd0txDWSnj Cover Artists: - Homestuck Default Track Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Color: '#51a2fd' +Groups: +- Official --- Track: Revelawesome Artist: Malcolm Brown @@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ Duration: '1:38' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hardlyquin-3 - https://youtu.be/CN04ruWv30g +Referenced Tracks: +- track:harlequin Commentary: |- Mark Hadley: When Andrew asked us to do something for a shock and surprise for the upcoming reveal of John's Dad's room, this is what I came up with. I slipped some Harlequin in there for good measure. The original version was exactly as it appears in the comic (complete with the record scratch at the end), and I lengthened it for the soundtrack since it was so very, very short. Somehow it came out creepier in that version. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:harlequin --- Track: Mutiny Artist: Bill Bolin @@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ Duration: '1:36' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carefree-victory-3 - https://youtu.be/2z1Rp2UynQE +Referenced Tracks: +- track:carefree-action Commentary: |- Andrew Huo: Carefree Victory is really Hadley's baby, and I would feel like I'm plagiarizing to really call it my own. I really just dictated his piece, called Carefree Action, put it into PXTone, added some lines, changed the tempo, and added a coda (which wasn't even used in the comic, I think?). One of the lines I added, for the intro, was roughly inspired by Cave Story music. I'm pretty Cave Story-influenced, especially with Homestuck stuff. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:carefree-action --- Track: Guardian V2 Artist: Bill Bolin @@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/gOSnen64a7M --- Track: Three in the Morning (RJ's I Can Barely Sleep In This Casino Remix) +Directory: three-in-the-morning-rj Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '6:29' -Directory: three-in-the-morning-rj URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-rjs-i-can-barely-sleep-in-this-casino-remix-3 - https://youtu.be/GACczxr7464 @@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ Duration: '2:37' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-3 - https://youtu.be/ve7TB0FggaY +Referenced Tracks: +- track:doctor-original-loop Commentary: |- Clark Powell: Doctor was originally by Buzinkai and then a now non-active member Michael Vallejo added a few bits of percussion to it. I then put together a larger mix of the tune with shinier production and a glockenspiel tag, and this was the version Andrew used in the end. Buzinkai: Doctor was written before Homestuck, actually. The only thing I can really remember was that Super Smash Bros Brawl came out right before I finished it. The original loop (which is not the one specifically heard in the comic, but was included in the album release) was directly inspired by music from Cave Story, and I was trying to at the time musically embody how I felt at the time, I think. Though it never seems to come out exactly as I plan it, I enjoyed the results. I will say that I cannot truly believe how many people have remixed it. The arpeggio part at the end goes between the left, both, and right speakers sequentially. I was too lazy to set the channel settings manually, so I did each note on a different instrument, which is set to each speaker channel. Not many people know that, and I think it actually made it a living hell for remixers who got a hold of the original file. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor-original-loop --- Track: Endless Climb Artist: Buzinkai @@ -138,11 +138,15 @@ URLs: Track: Black Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:24' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-3 - https://youtu.be/5NACWZBDtN8 +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' +Referenced Tracks: +- track:liquid-negrocity +Sampled Tracks: +- track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew Lyrics: |- Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! @@ -162,7 +166,3 @@ Lyrics: |- I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! I'm a- I'm a- I'm a member of the- I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! -Referenced Tracks: -- track:liquid-negrocity -Sampled Tracks: -- track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml index 6c637f87..e0d8a42e 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ Album: Homestuck Vol. 5 Date: June 13, 2010 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.6;' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuBmOO4muV8 +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6_yub4_EV2SVvGuBwOxgN4aMhISOZito +Cover Artists: +- Lexxy Color: '#00aaff' Groups: - Official @@ -12,49 +16,45 @@ Art Tags: - Dave - Jade - Squiddles -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuBmOO4muV8 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6_yub4_EV2SVvGuBwOxgN4aMhISOZito Commentary: |- Quasar Nebula: track art on these tracks has been uploaded from the Homestuck Vol. 5 Anthology! the official release of Vol. 5 didn't come with track art; this collaborative project organized artists to submit their own original art for the album. the art was originally shared in a huge colection on tumblr on 4/13/17 and has now been collected here for viewing convenience and discoverability! also check out the fanmade Vol. 5 Anthology Presentation for an awesome animated showing of the anthology art and original tracks! -Cover Artists: -- Lexxy -Wallpaper Artists: +Banner Artists: - Lexxy - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 +Wallpaper Artists: - Lexxy - Niklink (edits for wiki) +Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.6;' Default Track Cover Art Date: April 13, 2017 --- Track: Homestuck Anthem Artist: Clark Powell Duration: '3:14' -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-anthem-2 - https://youtu.be/C-tawUqS2rc Cover Artists: - linde-enge +Art Tags: +- John +- Rose +- Dave +- Jade --- Track: Skaian Skirmish Artist: Andrew Huo, Toby Fox Duration: '2:09' -Art Tags: -- WV -- Carapacians URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-skirmish-2 - https://youtu.be/_EB_Y3biviY Cover Artists: - seiii-tan +Art Tags: +- WV +- Carapacians Referenced Tracks: - Skaian Skuffle - Lotus @@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Savior of the Waking World Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:26' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-waking-world-2 - https://youtu.be/juQcAEkvzdQ Cover Artists: - cityinthesea +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - Penumbra Phantasm @@ -76,78 +76,78 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Clockwork Melody Artist: Clark Powell Duration: 0:35 -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Lil Cal -- Midnight Crew URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-melody-2 - https://youtu.be/0s4JjBz-pr4 Cover Artists: - fizzmouth +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Lil Cal +- Midnight Crew Referenced Tracks: - track:endless-climb --- Track: Heirfare Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '2:42' -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Davesprite -- Jadesprite URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/heirfare-2 - https://youtu.be/P1_QCWUi2wQ -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - This piece is one of the strongest examples of how much better my old music could have been if I had used better samples. But I had nothing but cheap stuff at the time, so I think this one suffers a lot. Personal regret aside, I composed this as an ode to John, so it features the themes from Showtime and Harlequin. I wanted something big and dramatic, so I went the semi-orchestral route, and completely transformed the context of the two melodies I used to suit the mood of the piece. In particular, Harlequin seems almost unrecognizable unless you're paying attention or have a good ear. I think its attempt to come off as big and noble is a little heavy-handed at times, but it would definitely be a fun one to come back to and update. Cover Artists: - Sollay +Art Tags: +- John +- Rose +- Davesprite +- Jadesprite Referenced Tracks: - track:showtime-original-mix - track:showtime-piano-refrain - track:harlequin +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + This piece is one of the strongest examples of how much better my old music could have been if I had used better samples. But I had nothing but cheap stuff at the time, so I think this one suffers a lot. Personal regret aside, I composed this as an ode to John, so it features the themes from Showtime and Harlequin. I wanted something big and dramatic, so I went the semi-orchestral route, and completely transformed the context of the two melodies I used to suit the mood of the piece. In particular, Harlequin seems almost unrecognizable unless you're paying attention or have a good ear. I think its attempt to come off as big and noble is a little heavy-handed at times, but it would definitely be a fun one to come back to and update. --- Track: Jade's Lullaby Artist: David Ko Duration: 0:48 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Squiddles URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jades-lullaby-2 - https://youtu.be/7gD-IPfN6FU Cover Artists: - Kibbynbits +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Squiddles --- Track: Aggrievance Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '3:01' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrievance-2 - https://youtu.be/RcI76YVobAI -Commentary: |- - Mark Hadley: - Since Aggrieve was the first song I wrote for Homestuck, I also imagined it would be the first thing I would remix. That turned out not to be the case (I remixed Harlequin first), but I went ahead with it anyway. I also figured it might come in handy in case there was ever another strife scene with Rose post-entry, but those became rare after a while, except for special situations. Cover Artists: - rose-ebottles +Art Tags: +- Rose Referenced Tracks: - track:aggrieve +Commentary: |- + Mark Hadley: + Since Aggrieve was the first song I wrote for Homestuck, I also imagined it would be the first thing I would remix. That turned out not to be the case (I remixed Harlequin first), but I went ahead with it anyway. I also figured it might come in handy in case there was ever another strife scene with Rose post-entry, but those became rare after a while, except for special situations. --- Track: Happy Cat Song! Artist: Michael Guy Bowman, Toby Fox Duration: 0:34 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Jaspers URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/happy-cat-song-2 - https://youtu.be/oLxeExkmGWs Cover Artists: - strife-kind +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Jaspers Referenced Tracks: - track:chorale-for-jaspers --- @@ -156,45 +156,45 @@ Artist: Alex Rosetti, Toby Fox Contributors: - Michael Guy Bowman (meows) Duration: '2:54' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: body horror' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hardchorale-2 - https://youtu.be/ldhG6Rx8OOE -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - I've always considered the creation of this song a "classic story". It came about in a strange, almost fateful way, and I think the final product reflects that. It was the first thing that Radiation and I worked on together, and it was through Hardchorale that our friendship started. He approached me with a MIDI file he had made, intending it to be a sort of "boss battle" arrangement of Chorale for Jaspers in the style of Harleboss. He asked if I would be interested in producing it, since at the time he was just starting out and had no means to do so. I agreed, Chorale being one of my favorite Homestuck tunes. So I produced it in a DAW to make it sound "good", and relative to the MIDI file it sounded great, and we were both really happy with it. Radiation got Bowman to record some heavy metal meows, which he apparently almost got kicked out of his apartment for recording and claims to have video of, though I have yet to see it. Once I found out it was going to be on Vol. 5, I added a section to it (roughly the last third of the piece) and at the very end sneaked the Squiddles theme just because I could. I realize that was more of a narrative than a commentary, but it's the history behind this piece that I find fun to talk about more than the piece itself. Cover Artists: - floralmarsupial +Art Tags: +- 'cw: body horror' Referenced Tracks: - track:chorale-for-jaspers - Squiddles! +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + I've always considered the creation of this song a "classic story". It came about in a strange, almost fateful way, and I think the final product reflects that. It was the first thing that Radiation and I worked on together, and it was through Hardchorale that our friendship started. He approached me with a MIDI file he had made, intending it to be a sort of "boss battle" arrangement of Chorale for Jaspers in the style of Harleboss. He asked if I would be interested in producing it, since at the time he was just starting out and had no means to do so. I agreed, Chorale being one of my favorite Homestuck tunes. So I produced it in a DAW to make it sound "good", and relative to the MIDI file it sounded great, and we were both really happy with it. Radiation got Bowman to record some heavy metal meows, which he apparently almost got kicked out of his apartment for recording and claims to have video of, though I have yet to see it. Once I found out it was going to be on Vol. 5, I added a section to it (roughly the last third of the piece) and at the very end sneaked the Squiddles theme just because I could. I realize that was more of a narrative than a commentary, but it's the history behind this piece that I find fun to talk about more than the piece itself. --- Track: An Unbreakable Union Artist: Kalibration Duration: '2:30' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Becquerel URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/an-unbreakable-union-2 - https://youtu.be/jc_q5lCjw0Q Cover Artists: - cityinthesea +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Becquerel --- Track: Skaian Ride Artist: Seth Peelle, Andrew Huo Duration: '3:04' -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Jake -- Roxy -- Dirk URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-ride-2 - https://youtu.be/tD_AfVeEyu4 Cover Artists: - awildcale +Art Tags: +- Jane +- Jake +- Roxy +- Dirk Referenced Tracks: - track:aggrieve - track:showtime-original-mix @@ -202,78 +202,78 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: White Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:25' -Art Tags: -- PM URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/white-2 - https://youtu.be/AmsR9n_5xKk Cover Artists: - RainbowCookiz +Art Tags: +- PM Referenced Tracks: - Liquid Negrocity --- Track: Octoroon Rangoon Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:11' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/octoroon-rangoon-2 - https://youtu.be/mkCprHAqw8w -Lyrics: Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! Cover Artists: - enjistier +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +- Horrorterrors Referenced Tracks: - Liquid Negrocity - The Ballad of Jack Noir - Non Compos Mentis Sampled Tracks: - I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew +Lyrics: Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! --- Track: Pumpkin Cravings Artist: Seth Peelle Duration: '3:57' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-cravings-2 +- https://youtu.be/jnq_L-yTdxs +Cover Artists: +- freckledOctopus Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade - 'cw: eye horror' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-cravings-2 -- https://youtu.be/jnq_L-yTdxs -Cover Artists: -- freckledOctopus --- Track: Welcome to the New Extreme Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:18' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave -- Lil Cal URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-to-the-new-extreme-2 - https://youtu.be/kWVQH0Z5u08 Cover Artists: - Xagave +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Dave +- Lil Cal Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Crystalanthemums Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '1:27' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystalanthemums-2 - https://youtu.be/gNuqEgNlqnM +Cover Artists: +- Chumi +Art Tags: +- Jade Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: I composed this one intending it to be the theme of Jade's land. This is the reason Jit has gone on the record as saying Crystamenthequins was intended to accompany Jade's island being destroyed/her entering her land (I'm pretty sure that's how he described it) was because of this song. It's actually a really simple tune, and I've wanted to expand on it for ages but never got around to it. The entire piece consists of the same simple chord progression, but it's a good, if played out, progression. That and the beautiful harmonies one is guaranteed to find with it is why I think this is one of my more popular songs. It's not as well-composed as I'd like it to be, but it is definitely catchy. And Radiation was responsible for the name, jokingly calling it "crystalanthemums" after I described it sound like a crystalline flower. I decided that was as good a name as any, and I've had the pleasure of infecting its two remixes with such silly-sounding titles. -Cover Artists: -- Chumi --- Track: Skaia (Incipisphere Mix) Artist: Solatrus @@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ Duration: '5:06' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaia-incipisphere-mix-2 - https://youtu.be/IaT2a68dyJo +Cover Artists: +- razzberrysheep +Referenced Tracks: +- track:skies-of-skaia Commentary: |- Solatrus: (original commentary) @@ -301,53 +305,51 @@ Commentary: |- Now, I’m sure people are wondering why I went with doing a remix of Skies of Skaia. Well, simply put, I really liked the chord progression, and I really enjoyed one of the remixes that was formerly in the discography. Because of both, I decided I wanted to do something with a bit of a heavier sound to it, but keeping consistent with the light and vibrant tone qualities. The bassline and drums definitely helped give the song a much heavier feel than the original, showing an earlier example of what I feel has become my typical contrast in music. I very much enjoy contrasts in all art forms. Unexpected contrasts that are executed well just really made me happy. I can’t say I’m particularly happy with the bassline now, but back then that was pretty appropriate for my skill level, plus having an arpeggiating sound that I really used to do too much. Of course, the comments I see the most on this song are on the improvised piano part. Before I was on the team I started doing a regular broadcast on the skaia.net internet radio, and I’d improvise over this song pretty often back then. I eventually figured out a few parts that I wanted to keep consistent, and I did a bunch of takes to finally get to what you hear in the final song. Of course, MIDI never seems to record very accurately, and I’m not actually the greatest at piano (!!!), so I had to do some fine-tuning on the note timings to make them actually sound precise. But those really fast runs were definitely real, and, no, don’t ask me to play it again. I won’t be able to. It was a really good day for me. -Cover Artists: -- razzberrysheep -Referenced Tracks: -- track:skies-of-skaia --- Track: Sarabande +Directory: sarabande-vol5 Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '2:18' -Directory: sarabande-vol5 -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sarabande-2 - https://youtu.be/bkzYLa9iR6Q +Cover Artists: +- Sollay +Art Tags: +- Rose Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: I’ll never really know what happened to produce this. Not really, never. I wish I could remember if there was some thought process behind it, some sort of inspiration, but I really can’t remember any. Most likely, that was for the better. What I mean is, I used to do a lot of improvisation after theater classes, instead of practicing, while my mother would clean up the various classrooms that were used. There was never really any inspiration for things that I can remember, and they were just a lot of off-the-cuff experiments of a sort, I guess. Some probably turned out great, and there were probably more than a couple days where nothing happened. I can remember trying to emulate different video game soundtracks or bits from them, but that was never really a norm. The only thing I’d ever think regularly was how no one would ever actually hear the improvisation I was playing, and I was okay with that. This was before college, anyway. My point is, improvisation rarely had a point, so it’s really impossible to nail down if there was any reason for playing Sarabande that night. The way it went about, I just played the piece, exactly how it was recorded, aside from one little mistake. Then I stopped, went “Okay yeah, that was good”, packed up, and left. A while later, I needed to play things for the composer concert, so I performed it from memory, and that’s where the recording came from. It’s kind of gained a status among the fandom for being music for when John reads Jade’s letter, which I think is a rather good place for it to go. Although, I think I actually called it “Rooftop Waltz” at one point, for Rose/Dave shipping stuff, buuuuut I’m rather glad that the “purpose” and title is changed now. “Rooftop Waltz”, that’s such an awful cheesy love title, plus, the piece really is a sarabande. I mean literally, it fits the genre fairly well, plus my composition prof called it “a perfect sarabande”, so there we go. -Cover Artists: -- Sollay --- Track: Clockwork Sorrow Artist: David Ko Duration: '1:04' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-sorrow-2 - https://youtu.be/fMn4Iehh2A4 Cover Artists: - Prince +Art Tags: +- Dave Referenced Tracks: - Clockwork Melody --- Track: Phantasmagoric Waltz Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '1:43' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/phantasmagoric-waltz-2 +- https://youtu.be/WnqZR9rzEJA +Cover Artists: +- Dzu Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/phantasmagoric-waltz-2 -- https://youtu.be/WnqZR9rzEJA Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: This is exactly what it sounds like. I went for a whimsical, dreamy feel with this one, expressed through the 3/4 meter, waltz patterns, Lydian mode, and ringing, bell-like timbres. There's not a lot going on in this one, though I think it's charming in a childlike way. It was the first piece I made upon my return to the music team (I was in it since the beginning, but never made anything worthwhile and left for a few months since I was starting my first year of college) @@ -355,33 +357,31 @@ Commentary: |- For some reason waltzes, Lydian mode, harps, and bell-like timbres seemed like the most appropriate ways to evoke dreams for me. I was inspired to make it ever since seeing Jade’s dream self, and how appropriate that it was included in Dave’s dream in Derse! For those not around since the beginning of that page or who don’t know the history, it was originally full of Bill Bolin tunes (a former music team member who left on very bad terms) and we had to replace them with existing material. One of the things Andrew put in there was Phantasmagoric Waltz, and now that page has the additional comedy of Dave and Rose jamming out to...a sweet, slow-paced romantic dance? I can dig it. For the record, that’s not a cell phone vibration, whatever you are hearing is there just by chance. -Cover Artists: -- Dzu --- Track: Sunslammer Artist: Seth Peelle Duration: '3:05' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Underlings URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sunslammer-2 - https://youtu.be/DJ5crJDYtDg Cover Artists: - Aeritus +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Underlings Referenced Tracks: - Sunsetter --- Track: Lotus Land Story Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:52' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lotus-land-story-2 - https://youtu.be/O7qf5KhmM-I Cover Artists: - fenkko +Art Tags: +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - Lotus - track:doctor @@ -389,47 +389,47 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Chorale for War Artist: Steve Everson Duration: '1:37' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Jade -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/chorale-for-war-2 - https://youtu.be/5nzzYzdm8sI -Commentary: |- - Steve Everson: - This one predates my time on the music team! It started life as a midi called Battle Chorale (obviously, a pun on "battle royale"). It was pretty popular, if I recall correctly, though there wasn’t a lot of fan music around in those days to compare to. Some time after joining the team, one of the other musicians created their own hard rock Chorale remix by that same name! So I updated my old one under a new name, and Albatross and Rad created their Hardchorale remix too. Battle Chorale never made it to publication but these two survived. Cover Artists: - appulsprite +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Jade +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - track:chorale-for-jaspers +Commentary: |- + Steve Everson: + This one predates my time on the music team! It started life as a midi called Battle Chorale (obviously, a pun on "battle royale"). It was pretty popular, if I recall correctly, though there wasn’t a lot of fan music around in those days to compare to. Some time after joining the team, one of the other musicians created their own hard rock Chorale remix by that same name! So I updated my old one under a new name, and Albatross and Rad created their Hardchorale remix too. Battle Chorale never made it to publication but these two survived. --- Track: Unsheath'd Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: 0:56 -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/unsheathd-2 - https://youtu.be/GBlD4tBCGmE +Cover Artists: +- Egossweetart +Art Tags: +- Dave Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: I based this off a short tune I wrote as a composition exercise. It turns out the tune was really short, since this song clocked in at a little under a minute. I had intended it to be associated with Dave, hence the style and Hip-Hop sounding lead. Not much to say about this one either other than I should definitely use this theme in the future for something more worthwhile. -Cover Artists: -- Egossweetart --- Track: Versus Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:03' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dave's bro -- Lil Cal URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/versus-2 - https://youtu.be/d3JKaZpfJjE Cover Artists: - demfury +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Dave's bro +- Lil Cal --- Track: Planet Healer Artist: Seth Peelle @@ -437,13 +437,13 @@ Contributors: - Toby Fox (various material) - Erik Scheele (various material) Duration: '1:39' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/planet-healer-2 - https://youtu.be/VQjHlYSM_jo Cover Artists: - Meruz +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - Penumbra Phantasm @@ -451,30 +451,30 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Bed of Rose's / Dreams of Derse Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '1:43' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bed-of-roses-dreams-of-derse-2 - https://youtu.be/D5_LohYeVjk -Commentary: |- - Mark Hadley: - John had a "sleep and recover hp/mp" type theme, so I wrote one for Rose as well. Naturally it uses part of the theme from Aggrieve. When it came time to put it on the album, I didn't really want to leave it as short as it was, so I added the Dreams of Derse section to lengthen it, imagining what the cold, far orbit of Derse might be like. Cover Artists: - Seagrot +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Horrorterrors Referenced Tracks: - track:aggrieve +Commentary: |- + Mark Hadley: + John had a "sleep and recover hp/mp" type theme, so I wrote one for Rose as well. Naturally it uses part of the theme from Aggrieve. When it came time to put it on the album, I didn't really want to leave it as short as it was, so I added the Dreams of Derse section to lengthen it, imagining what the cold, far orbit of Derse might be like. --- Track: Skaian Flight Artist: Kalibration Duration: '1:30' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-flight-2 - https://youtu.be/1pXdGOSIvEs Cover Artists: - Aryll +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - Skaian Ride --- @@ -483,6 +483,11 @@ Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Contributors: - Nick Smalley (guitar solo) Duration: '3:43' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version-2 +- https://youtu.be/gUHzNBepsJI +Cover Artists: +- copiko-art Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -490,9 +495,8 @@ Art Tags: - Karkat - Rabbit - Consorts -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version-2 -- https://youtu.be/gUHzNBepsJI +Referenced Tracks: +- How Do I Live Lyrics: |- How do I
Get through one night without you?
If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be?
Oh, and I
I need you in my arms, need you to hold
You're my world, my heart, my soul
If you ever leave
Baby that would take away everything good in my life Without you
There'd be no sun in my sky
There'd be no love in my life
There'd be no world left for me
Oh, and I
Baby I don't know what I would do
I'd be lost if I lost you
If you ever leave
Baby that would take away everything that's real in my life @@ -502,78 +506,79 @@ Lyrics: |- Alright now, let's bring it back here, now
I need somethin' with a little soul
Casey, take us there, bring it back!
Alright, come on now! And tell me now
How do I live without you?
I wanna know
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go
How will I ever, ever survive? (Oh, it's- it's done. Oh.) -Cover Artists: -- copiko-art -Referenced Tracks: -- How Do I Live --- Track: Dupliblaze COMAGMA Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:24' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dupliblaze-comagma-2 - https://youtu.be/YsG54QnsMLc -Lyrics: |- - Ready - Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot - Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
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Drop it like it's hot Cover Artists: - Shoutloaf +Art Tags: +- Dave Referenced Tracks: - track:atomyk-ebonpyre - track:beatdown-strider-style Sampled Tracks: - Drop It Like It's Hot +Lyrics: |- + Ready + Drop it like it's hot
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Drop it like it's hot --- Track: Moonshatter Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:17' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/moonshatter-2 - https://youtu.be/pGgEeNu-WpY Cover Artists: - madragingven +Art Tags: +- Dave Referenced Tracks: - track:harlequin --- Track: Sunsetter Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:32' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sunsetter-2 - https://youtu.be/DooIE-BKSGo Cover Artists: - Raddical +Art Tags: +- Dave +- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - Hawkeye --- Track: Lotus Artist: Seth Peelle Duration: '1:39' -Art Tags: -- Carapacians URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lotus-2 - https://youtu.be/yc32rRerfgc Cover Artists: - tea-rezi +Art Tags: +- Carapacians --- Track: Ruins (With Strings) Artist: Erik Scheele, Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '3:09' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ruins-with-strings-2 - https://youtu.be/j0vdgsVJGHQ +Cover Artists: +- ghostpressure +Art Tags: +- Jade +Referenced Tracks: +- track:ruins +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: This one is really hardly me, honest, it’s all Bowman. Ruins was this piano recording I’d put up back when I still hardly knew how to record anything, and then Bowman just went and added magic to it. And the piano track, that’s just another one of those “improvisations out of nowhere”, no real purpose or theory-thinking beforehand to delegate anything to it. Especially the descending-thirds, no way I could have just thought about that and been like “Yes that is a good thing to be doing”, it was just spur of the moment thinking. @@ -585,15 +590,15 @@ Commentary: |- By applying an incredibly enormous amount of reverb to the piano part, I hid the low fidelity of the original recording and made it sound as though it was hauntingly played to the listener from the other end of a cave. Given my lack of any truly convincing string samples, I chose instead to use deliberately mechanical strings, gently de-tuning them to sound a bit reminiscent of early string synthesizers, somewhat inspired by “Crystal Japan”, a creepy instrumental by David Bowie. Some of the other elements of the ambiance (the wind, the really high notes that echo for a long time) I drew from the soundtrack to World of Goo, specifically the track “Jelly” which I noticed bore a strong resemblance tonally to Jit’s composition. To seal the melancholy, I doubled the piano melody on guitar using a very cool, muted sound with a lot of echoes and pitch bends. I signed the tune by adding a cadence from “Sburban Jungle” at the very end. Really, the track should probably be listed simply as “Ruins” if not for the fact that there is not official piano rendition of the piece. I think it would be really cool to hear such a version of the tune if Jit ever found himself recording material in a studio again (as he did for James’s piano suite Sburb). -Cover Artists: -- ghostpressure -Referenced Tracks: -- track:ruins -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Ectobiology Artist: David Ko Duration: '1:39' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ectobiology-2 +- https://youtu.be/3dS73kM5EIE +Cover Artists: +- Kirvia Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -604,50 +609,50 @@ Art Tags: - Squiddles - Rabbit - Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ectobiology-2 -- https://youtu.be/3dS73kM5EIE -Cover Artists: -- Kirvia --- Track: Upholding the Law Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '1:44' -Art Tags: -- AR URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/upholding-the-law-2 - https://youtu.be/xrKUOCR55sA +Cover Artists: +- vorpos +Art Tags: +- AR Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: I consider this an important piece to myself, but not to Homestuck music in general. Actually, it's probably the lowest quality thing I have ever released as Homestuck music. It's just sloppy. But there's a bit more to it than that, and that lies in its instrumentation. This was the first piece I ever composed where I explored colorful and playful orchestration. The xylophone and pizzicato strings that I was playing around with would become my bread and butter a couple years later. I'm not currently known among the Homestuck musicians as being an orchestral composer, but I've reached the point where there's nothing I like composing more than fully orchestrated pieces. At least as far as soundtrack music goes. And not just fully orchestrated either, there's a certain sense of color I love exploring and I like making lighter sounds despite using a bigger and more imposing ensemble. I haven't released anything that showcases that yet, but I definitely will be in the future, so I think that's something to be excited about. -Cover Artists: -- vorpos --- Track: Underworld Artist: Steve Everson Duration: '2:25' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/underworld-2 - https://youtu.be/TzVrxUlBYOA +Cover Artists: +- Koukouvayia +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Steve Everson: My other favourite from Volume 5. It started life as a theme for the Aimless Renegade, inspired by a “Desperado” theme which I believe was written by Bolin back when he was still part of the team. I wasn’t really running on any particular goal of contributing so much as liking the style and wanting to make something similar. Imagine the piece as it is now played by some sort of mariachi band and you might have the right idea of what it originally sounded like. Naturally, it didn’t quite fit. I liked the melody but it just wasn’t working for the whole desert hero thing. So I flipped through my library of voices (small though it was back then) and came across the more electronic one that plays the melody now. I re-tooled the accompaniment to fit, and it became a piece that I always considered a theme for Derse. Hence its title. -Cover Artists: -- Koukouvayia --- Track: Crystamanthequins Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '3:10' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystamanthequins-2 +- https://youtu.be/9YhdlvBqG5w +Cover Artists: +- Jenny Art Tags: - Aradia - Terezi - Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystamanthequins-2 -- https://youtu.be/9YhdlvBqG5w +Referenced Tracks: +- Crystalanthemums +- Mannequin Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: Probably the thing I’m best-known for off of Volume 5, which is slightly ironic given how rushed it was. No kidding, I finished it up the night that Hussie was rounding up tracks to go through, and threw it in as a last-minute thing, “hey I just finished this can it go in??” deal. I mean, I’d had inspiration for it earlier, but never got around to making it until it was almost too late! @@ -655,36 +660,31 @@ Commentary: |- (The mental images of one of the kid’s planets getting broken/torn apart like I’d imagined still give me the shivers. I still love Hussie so much for creating a villain that actually did something upon gaining obscene amounts of power; rather than just retreating and launching some master plan, he actually went around and started doing shit with his powers. Not something you even really see in Hollywood villains nowadays, far as I know. The protagonists and antagonists are always very separated, no interaction between one or the other, nothing like what Noir does. At least, that was my experience at the time.) As for the second bit, well, I’d wanted to make an “industrial, heavy action, stuff going to shit” remix of Perrybob’s Mannequin for quite some time, and it seemed to fit to transition over to that. In my head, the action was going to shift from Jade’s planet to LOHAC, where unspecific action was going to take place. I really don’t think I gave the Mannequin section enough time to develop, or really do much, but time constraints dictated I give the music over to the volume 5 collaborative -right then and there-, so it had to be cut off. Mannequin’s really great, though, you should give it a listen. Also, as a sidenote, my like for Beck is rather shown in this piece, as is evidenced by my direct attempt to semi-recreate main beat in Replica to transition between the two sections. #MUSICSECRETSSSSSSSS -Cover Artists: -- Jenny -Referenced Tracks: -- Crystalanthemums -- Mannequin --- Track: Endless Climbing Artist: Perry Sullivan Duration: '2:12' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/endless-climbing-2 - https://youtu.be/zBh8V5EonSs Cover Artists: - allyssinian +Art Tags: +- Rose Referenced Tracks: - track:endless-climb --- Track: Land of the Salamanders Artist: David Ko Duration: '1:44' -Art Tags: -- John -- Consorts URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-the-salamanders-2 - https://youtu.be/bfKXw-kSnq8 Cover Artists: - Kisbys +Art Tags: +- John +- Consorts Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - track:sburban-jungle @@ -696,43 +696,43 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Medical Emergency Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '2:08' -Art Tags: -- John -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/medical-emergency-2 - https://youtu.be/aCci9GxbsSM -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - Radiation gave me a MIDI of Savior of the Waking World to remix shortly before he figured out how to do it himself. It's based on a prototype of that song and goes in a completely different direction, complete with a cheesy electric guitar synth. I think the opening ended up sounding really cool, but the rest of it just sounds kind of dumb in its execution, not that the material itself isn't good. Cover Artists: - Nolvini +Art Tags: +- John +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - Savior of the Waking World +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + Radiation gave me a MIDI of Savior of the Waking World to remix shortly before he figured out how to do it himself. It's based on a prototype of that song and goes in a completely different direction, complete with a cheesy electric guitar synth. I think the opening ended up sounding really cool, but the rest of it just sounds kind of dumb in its execution, not that the material itself isn't good. --- Track: Clockwork Contrivance Artist: Clark Powell Duration: '4:33' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-contrivance-2 - https://youtu.be/b3VZo6aQyoc Cover Artists: - Ghostcrebs +Art Tags: +- Dave Referenced Tracks: - Clockwork Melody --- Track: Get Up Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:18' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/get-up-2 - https://youtu.be/RG-gwMm7vcg Cover Artists: - reinardfox +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - Penumbra Phantasm - track:doctor @@ -740,238 +740,238 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Vertical Motion Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:32' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vertical-motion-2 - https://youtu.be/RCMpwY8pirw Cover Artists: - inariijane +Art Tags: +- Rose Referenced Tracks: - track:endless-climb --- Track: The Beginning of Something Really Excellent Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '5:27' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent-2 - https://youtu.be/h23WFhv2Sms Cover Artists: - a-vodka-mutini +Art Tags: +- Jade --- Track: Pyrocumulus (Kickstart) Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:02' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pyrocumulus-kickstart-2 - https://youtu.be/KYc4reXiKfE Cover Artists: - thespacemaid +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - Skaian Skuffle --- Track: Skaian Skuffle Artist: Andrew Huo Duration: '2:11' -Art Tags: -- WV -- Jack Noir -- Carapacians URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-skuffle-2 - https://youtu.be/P0Es-6hSihA -Commentary: |- - Andrew Huo: - Skaian Skuffle was made with the intent of turning Skies of Skaia into a battle theme. The bass progression matches Skies of Skaia's, with more bounce to it, and the melody of Skies of Skaia was quantified/simplified into a repeating motif. It was mostly composed by feel the rest of the way. I actually had writer's block for a while after I reached about 1:02, and it never really got resolved, which is why 1:21 onwards feels kinda awkward and not so great. I kinda wish I could go back and redo it so it sounds better. But what Radiation did with it turning it into Skaian Skirmish worked really well. There was some vague artistic direction from the Big Man that helped with this a little bit. If I remember correctly, it was something along the lines of "okay, maybe you can bring it down a bit in the middle, then ramp it up for the big finish." So I tried to do that using a new bassline, using wandering skips of third and fourth rather than downwise step in an attempt to mirror Skies of Skaia's original melody, as well as scrambling the repeating sixteenth note motif based on the original melody. Like I said, though, I would say it worked out awkwardly rather than well. It does create a certain mood, which, like I said, Radiation capitalized on. Whoops, I just repeated myself, but in more detail the second time. What's that called in literary device terms? Amplification? Yeah, let's go with that. Cover Artists: - innocoussketches +Art Tags: +- WV +- Jack Noir +- Carapacians Referenced Tracks: - track:skies-of-skaia +Commentary: |- + Andrew Huo: + Skaian Skuffle was made with the intent of turning Skies of Skaia into a battle theme. The bass progression matches Skies of Skaia's, with more bounce to it, and the melody of Skies of Skaia was quantified/simplified into a repeating motif. It was mostly composed by feel the rest of the way. I actually had writer's block for a while after I reached about 1:02, and it never really got resolved, which is why 1:21 onwards feels kinda awkward and not so great. I kinda wish I could go back and redo it so it sounds better. But what Radiation did with it turning it into Skaian Skirmish worked really well. There was some vague artistic direction from the Big Man that helped with this a little bit. If I remember correctly, it was something along the lines of "okay, maybe you can bring it down a bit in the middle, then ramp it up for the big finish." So I tried to do that using a new bassline, using wandering skips of third and fourth rather than downwise step in an attempt to mirror Skies of Skaia's original melody, as well as scrambling the repeating sixteenth note motif based on the original melody. Like I said, though, I would say it worked out awkwardly rather than well. It does create a certain mood, which, like I said, Radiation capitalized on. Whoops, I just repeated myself, but in more detail the second time. What's that called in literary device terms? Amplification? Yeah, let's go with that. --- Track: Throwdown Artist: Steve Everson Duration: '1:36' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/throwdown-2 +- https://youtu.be/pe-4Gsc6TMI +Cover Artists: +- Gene Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/throwdown-2 -- https://youtu.be/pe-4Gsc6TMI Commentary: |- Steve Everson: Man, this track goes way back. I’m talking years. One of my really early midi compositions. It sounded like the coolest shit when I was 14. It’s practically unchanged besides being synthesised with non-midi voices. Same instruments and all. It’s got a bit more of an... ironic appeal to it now. Still sounds pretty cool though -Cover Artists: -- Gene --- Track: Valhalla Artist: Kalibration Duration: '3:06' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- The Felt -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/valhalla-2 - https://youtu.be/fPKk7ZAvbbk Cover Artists: - Alina James +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +- The Felt +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: Amphibious Subterrain Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:40' -Art Tags: -- Consorts URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/amphibious-subterrain-2 - https://youtu.be/b1fKvjP5ego Cover Artists: - dazed-squid +Art Tags: +- Consorts --- Track: Light +Directory: light-vol5 Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '4:27' -Directory: light-vol5 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/light-3 +- https://youtu.be/dmJDWAQSQBs +Cover Artists: +- allyssinian Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/light-3 -- https://youtu.be/dmJDWAQSQBs +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-piano-refrain Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: This one, man. Not really as well-known as the other three, I don’t think, but I’m still happy with various aspects of it. Not really any specific inspiration, I just started out with the thought of wanting to make a contrasting piece to Black. Especially with the opening piano line, but overall, something more pure and light. Of course, by the time I got around to finishing it, Radiation had already stolen the title “White”, so I called mine “Light” instead. About the middle section, I think that needs a bit of talk about it. I’d just been talking with a friend about Homestuck, telling him about the numerical motif 413, and telling him various examples, and he went and said “Yeah, that could be a chord progression too”, and I was like “whooooooooooooooooah”. So I used it as a chord progression. For the first while, though, I had this dual guitar line instead of Showtime, and it was sorta eeeeenh and I didn’t know where to go from there. It sat for a while, then suddenly one day in church I was like “oh holy shit showtime would work so well in there”. It was like suddenly remembering you left a cake in the oven on 500 degrees for the last two nights, that sort of realization. So it went in, and it worked much better than the stupid two-guitar thing. 413 as a motif, I’ve used it in various ways. Not saying anything, though, not even sure about spoiling its use in Light. If you ever analyze various bits of music, though, you might notice it popping up, or other little fun bits. That’s all I’ve got to say about that. -Cover Artists: -- allyssinian -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain --- Track: Softly Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:04' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Becquerel URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/softly-2 - https://youtu.be/h8AOosBD-fA Cover Artists: - Mika B. - Rune +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Becquerel --- Track: Greenhouse Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '2:50' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Squiddles URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/greenhouse-2 - https://youtu.be/QZlsdtFRPWc Cover Artists: - creepyknees +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Squiddles --- Track: Space Prankster Artist: David Ko Duration: 0:50 -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/space-prankster-2 - https://youtu.be/Vho9Rgk2kHQ Cover Artists: - kindergraph +Art Tags: +- John --- Track: Ecstasy Artist: Steve Everson Duration: '2:48' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ecstasy-2 +- https://youtu.be/JKBuMqKSu68 +Cover Artists: +- aranciart Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ecstasy-2 -- https://youtu.be/JKBuMqKSu68 Commentary: |- Steve Everson: Probably remains my favourite of my pieces, while also being one of the ones with the least real thought put into it. The whole thing was written more or less on the fly. The chord pattern is one that I’d liked for several months, possibly even a year or two, without ever having come up with something good enough to write to it. Then, one evening while I was in the shower (all of my best ideas come from the shower) my mind pulled together a half-remembered bassline from an obscure-ish Sonic the Hedgehog game and a brief snippet from an old quiz show called Catchphrase, and strung them into the main harmonies of the piece. From there I just lay an improvised piano melody on top. When I presented it to the music team it was pretty well-received, and with some of their guidance the whole piece ended up pretty polished. -Cover Artists: -- aranciart --- Track: Snow Pollen Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:10' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/snow-pollen-2 - https://youtu.be/xFTuVM3nACY Cover Artists: - Rozenn-blog +Art Tags: +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - Lotus --- Track: Candles and Clockwork Artist: James Dever Duration: '2:34' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- 'cw: corpses (abstract)' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/candles-and-clockwork-2 - https://youtu.be/gTNWsk3dKqc Cover Artists: - Quibbs +Art Tags: +- Dave +- 'cw: corpses (abstract)' --- Track: Can Town Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '1:40' -Art Tags: -- WV URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/can-town-2 - https://youtu.be/-BP2X5opz4M Cover Artists: - taqibun +Art Tags: +- WV --- Track: Plague Doctor Artist: Steve Everson Duration: '1:13' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/plague-doctor-2 - https://youtu.be/SnVdIDSx5-I -Commentary: |- - Steve Everson: - I’m sure you all know the story behind the Doctor remixes. During the Intermission Andrew wanted a remix of that to use for LOWAS and everyone jumped at the chance. This was my contribution. It’s a pretty straight transcription to different instruments. Nowadays I find that a little disappointing. I started writing a new version not long ago; maybe one day I’ll finish it and post it here. Cover Artists: - ghostecutioner +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor +Commentary: |- + Steve Everson: + I’m sure you all know the story behind the Doctor remixes. During the Intermission Andrew wanted a remix of that to use for LOWAS and everyone jumped at the chance. This was my contribution. It’s a pretty straight transcription to different instruments. Nowadays I find that a little disappointing. I started writing a new version not long ago; maybe one day I’ll finish it and post it here. --- Track: Enlightenment Artist: Steve Everson Duration: '1:15' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/enlightenment-2 - https://youtu.be/h0UVwLDYneI Cover Artists: - Sigourney Martin +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - track:aggrieve - track:endless-climb @@ -979,53 +979,53 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Doctor Remix Artist: Gabe Nezovic Duration: 0:58 -Art Tags: -- John -- Horrorterrors -- 'cw: blood' -- 'cw: corpse' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-remix-2 - https://youtu.be/EhVwra6X4B0 Cover Artists: - microwavedsoap +Art Tags: +- John +- Horrorterrors +- 'cw: blood' +- 'cw: corpse' Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor --- Track: Biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:39' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence-2 - https://youtu.be/R6H0bLgRNpo Cover Artists: - the-nothing-maker +Art Tags: +- Jade --- Track: Song of Life Artist: Steve Everson Duration: '2:09' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/song-of-life-2 - https://youtu.be/L6IjePPeB0E Cover Artists: - arosoup +Art Tags: +- Jade --- Track: Descend Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '4:25' -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/descend-2 - https://youtu.be/HE1JZZYUZYM Cover Artists: - queenoftheantz +Art Tags: +- John +- Jade +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - track:upward-movement-dave-owns - track:sburban-jungle @@ -1058,19 +1058,19 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Homestuck Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '2:27' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-2 +- https://youtu.be/FUwG73ATI7k +Cover Artists: +- Snilm Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade - Squiddles -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-2 -- https://youtu.be/FUwG73ATI7k +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- Mark Hadley: Plazmataz came up with a melody to use as an anthem for Homestuck, which they then used in Homestuck Anthem. While that was a very driving melody, I opted to come up with something that might be more suitable for credits (opening or end) or a title screen. I really like how this came out; it sounds a bit moody, but still optimistic, which is what I was aiming for. -Cover Artists: -- Snilm -Referenced Tracks: -- Homestuck Anthem diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml index 87af6005..7b060252 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,7 @@ Album: 'Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent' -Banner Dimensions: 1100x216 -Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.4;' Directory: homestuck-vol-6 Date: January 5 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: '#6699ff' -Groups: -- Official -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrNz5d97JIA @@ -18,19 +10,29 @@ Cover Artists: - Andrew Hussie Default Track Cover Artists: - Homestuck -Wallpaper Artists: -- Andrew Hussie +Color: '#6699ff' +Groups: +- Official +Art Tags: +- John +- Jade Banner Artists: - Andrew Hussie - Niklink (edits for wiki) +Banner Dimensions: 1100x216 +Wallpaper Artists: +- Andrew Hussie +Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.4;' --- Track: Frost +Directory: frost-vol6 Artist: Solatrus Duration: '5:05' -Directory: frost-vol6 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frost-3 - https://youtu.be/57FwbcQ4LIA +Referenced Tracks: +- Flow Commentary: |- Solatrus: (original commentary) @@ -55,8 +57,6 @@ Commentary: |- After the feature, though, I scrambled to improve the song’s quality. I changed around a few things in the first half (most notably making the whole mix a bit quieter), and pushed the melody a bit more forward. The second half, I basically swapped out this very strange sounding piano improvisation I did with the percussion (vibes, glockenspiel) instruments and a saw pad for lead. The replacements work incredibly well for trying to give an icy sound, and I’m pleased with how it turned out. I don’t know if I’ll ever go back to doing songs that are this ambient and minimalist, because my composing skills have progressed significantly since then, and I require much more complexity in my work. Also, now that this song is actually over two years old (for me), I’ve noticed how flawed it is. But nonetheless, this is probably one of my best songs, and it’s well loved by the Homestuck fandom. That’s good enough for me. -Referenced Tracks: -- Flow --- Track: Courser Artist: Seth Peelle, Alex Rosetti @@ -87,13 +87,8 @@ Duration: '3:24' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gamebro-original-1990-mix-2 - https://youtu.be/k_-LPPdHEyA -Commentary: |- - Erik Scheele: - - THE GAMES, WILL, NEVER STOP - THE GAMES WILL NEVER STOP - you know the rest - (alternatively: where the heck did that horrible dude come from get him out of the way of the album art jesus) +Referenced Tracks: +- Say "I Gotta Believe!" Lyrics: |- Alright bros, are you ready?
It's time for the one, the only, GameBro!
He's coming to your screen straight from the magazine
The mix meister of Master Swords and mushrooms
Are you sure you're ready for this?
Well come on, get ready, get set, and here we go The GameBro is here and he's got the games
All you other lamebrainers better feel the shame
He can bend the rules, he's too cool for school
And he's got just a few cheat codes for you
There ain't nothing that'll ever hold this bad boy down
That hat that he's wearing's like his personal crown
He's got every game beat and skills that sweet
But if you want in his crew, you gotta be elite @@ -106,8 +101,13 @@ Lyrics: |- The games will never stop, the games will never stop
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)
The games will never stop, the games will never stop
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)
The games will never stop, the games will never stop
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)
The games will never stop, the games will never stop
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go) The games will never stop, the games will never stop
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)
The games will never stop, the games will never stop
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
The games will never stop, the games will never stop
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)
The games will never stop, the games will never stop
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go) Alright! -Referenced Tracks: -- Say "I Gotta Believe!" +Commentary: |- + Erik Scheele: + + THE GAMES, WILL, NEVER STOP + THE GAMES WILL NEVER STOP + you know the rest + (alternatively: where the heck did that horrible dude come from get him out of the way of the album art jesus) --- Track: Tribal Ebonpyre Artist: Erik Scheele @@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ Duration: '1:48' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/tribal-ebonpyre-2 - https://youtu.be/xStVhvhg1i4 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: naknaknaknaknaknaknaknaknaknak Although I didn't think the crocodiles would be so low, but whichever -Referenced Tracks: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Artist: Michael Guy Bowman @@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ Duration: '3:57' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-2 - https://youtu.be/383DEqnj71w +Referenced Tracks: +- track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith +- track:sburban-jungle +- track:showtime-original-mix +- Squiddles! +- track:explore +- How Do I Live Lyrics: |- I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Where every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream could never do
I'd still miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing @@ -138,20 +145,13 @@ Lyrics: |- I don't wanna miss one smile
I don't wanna miss one kiss
I just wanna be with you
Right here, right now, just like this
I just wanna hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay right here in this moment
For the rest of time
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream could never do
I'd still miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream could never do
I'd still miss you, babe
And I don't wanna miss a thing -Referenced Tracks: -- track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Squiddles! -- track:explore -- How Do I Live --- Track: MeGaLoVania +Directory: MeGaLoVania Artist: Toby Fox Contributors: - Tensei (guitar) Duration: '2:47' -Directory: MeGaLoVania URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/megalovania-2 - https://youtu.be/xbUTyGfolX0 @@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ Duration: '3:06' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gaia-queen-2 - https://youtu.be/MU0eoyziRrU +Referenced Tracks: +- Showdown Lyrics: |- Say your prayers Mortal Say your prayers Impossible -Referenced Tracks: -- Showdown --- Track: Elevatorstuck Artist: Tensei @@ -232,26 +232,26 @@ Duration: '2:44' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/squidissension-2 - https://youtu.be/zJ7y3sWT7l0 -Commentary: |- - Mark Hadley: - Not a lot to say here aside from it being a combination of the Squiddles Theme and Dissension. I always enjoy finding ways to combine two themes together, and this worked better than I had hoped. I did have to move the Squiddles to a minor key for it to work though. Referenced Tracks: - track:dissension-original - Squiddles! +Commentary: |- + Mark Hadley: + Not a lot to say here aside from it being a combination of the Squiddles Theme and Dissension. I always enjoy finding ways to combine two themes together, and this worked better than I had hoped. I did have to move the Squiddles to a minor key for it to work though. --- Track: Blackest Heart Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '2:32' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/blackest-heart-2 - https://youtu.be/t12NlwsrlAQ +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' +Referenced Tracks: +- Liquid Negrocity Commentary: |- Mark Hadley: It's extremely subtle, but the cello tremolos are playing a very slow version of the theme from the beginning of Liquid Negrocity (and Black). I wrote this just after Jack Noir retreated from John and the rabbit. I didn't know what he'd be doing at the time, nor what his motivation would be, so I imagined him retreating to some castle and brooding as he contemplated his next move. Later on, Blackest Heart would be applied (rather effectively) to Gamzee instead. -Referenced Tracks: -- Liquid Negrocity --- Track: Nic Cage Song Artist: Toby Fox @@ -259,6 +259,20 @@ Duration: '2:45' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nic-cage-song-2 - https://youtu.be/dxVXLeX9FXY +Referenced Tracks: +- Drop It Like It's Hot +- Ah! vous dirai-je, maman +- Nic Cage Romance +Sampled Tracks: +- The Wicker Man +- The Rock +- Leaving Las Vegas +- Vampire's Kiss +- Gone in 60 Seconds +- Snake Eyes +- Matchstick Men +- 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets' +- 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' Lyrics: |- You tell me another and I'll arest you myself, that is a promise! Miss...
Rose. Sister Rose.
Of course. Another plant.
What do you say we cut the chit-chat, A-hole! (Ha-haa!) I'm a vampire! I'm a vampire!
(Ha-haa!) I'm a vampire! I'm a vampire!
(Ha-haa!) I'm a vampire!
(Ha-haa!) Long as I'm in here, you're just gonna sit out there, aren'tcha? @@ -274,20 +288,6 @@ Lyrics: |- (Ha-haa!) (I'm a vampire!) PISSED, BLOOD?
(Can I get my prescription, PLEASE?)
(Ha-haa!) (I-I-I-I'm a vampire!) PISSED, BLOOD?
(Can I get my prescription, PLEASE?)
(Ha-haa!) (I'm a-I'm a vampire!) PISSED, BLOOD?
(Ha-haa!) What do you say we cut the chit-chat, A-hole!
(I'm a vampi-I'm a vam-I'm-I'm-I'm a vampire!) Bangers and mash. Bubbles and squeak. Smoked eel pie. (Sir?) HAGGIS! Oh no, not the bees, not the bees!
AAAAAAH! -Referenced Tracks: -- Drop It Like It's Hot -- Ah! vous dirai-je, maman -- Nic Cage Romance -Sampled Tracks: -- The Wicker Man -- The Rock -- Leaving Las Vegas -- Vampire's Kiss -- Gone in 60 Seconds -- Snake Eyes -- Matchstick Men -- 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets' -- 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' --- Track: Phrenic Phever Artist: Clark Powell @@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ Duration: '4:44' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystalanthology-2 - https://youtu.be/3wsZuqG5IY0 +Referenced Tracks: +- Crystalanthemums Commentary: |- Solatrus: (original commentary) @@ -347,5 +349,3 @@ Commentary: |- Fun fact, this was the first song I used Gross Beat on. What’s Gross Beat? It’s something a Time Lord of Gallifrey would approve of in music. :D If you listen to the stutter effects heard in the song, mostly in the latter half, that’s where I start using Gross Beat to do some crazy time shifting stuff. Man, I really love what I did on this song. ...I need to do another Homestuck remix, don’t I? -Referenced Tracks: -- Crystalanthemums diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml index 460ba0e2..23f54758 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml @@ -1,38 +1,41 @@ Album: 'Homestuck Vol. 7: At the Price of Oblivion' Directory: homestuck-vol-7 -Banner Dimensions: 1100x158 -Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.8;' Date: May 31, 2011 00:00:05 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-8-with-cherubim +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNibQ4LxeME +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL42042A1D4689C9E0 +Cover Artists: +- Homestuck Color: '#b536da' Groups: - Official Art Tags: - Dave - Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-8-with-cherubim -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNibQ4LxeME -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL42042A1D4689C9E0 -Cover Artists: +Banner Artists: - Homestuck +Banner Dimensions: 1100x158 Wallpaper Artists: - Homestuck -Banner Artists: -- Homestuck +Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.8;' --- Group: Main album --- Track: Black Rose / Green Sun Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '3:18' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-rose-green-sun-2 +- https://youtu.be/XoFbJllomCo +Cover Artists: +- Vinks (lines) +- Shelby Cragg (colors) Art Tags: - Rose - Horrorterrors - Green Sun -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-rose-green-sun-2 -- https://youtu.be/XoFbJllomCo Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: So it's the music forum discussion, and there's talk about albums representing each of the kids and discussions on what the styles would be. Some are obvious (like say, Dave) and some are offering a bit more discussion. It comes to Rose and there's a degree of uncertainty, and I suggest that it'd be veering into classical, offering up Saint-Saëns "Dance Macabre" as an example of the sort of thing I'd expect, and then set out to whip something up. @@ -41,19 +44,23 @@ Commentary: |- The scratchy-sfx were my attempt at auralising the green sun's "scratch" effect. I'm not 100% convinced they work but Andrew kept 'em in so whatever. When Andrew asked to use it, it was going to be for a walkaround, so I needed to make some adjustments to make it loopable for the flash. For the album, I added a second section with a keytar solo (I was mucking about with it at the time) to make it a bit more interesting. Ultimatly it ended up being used for something completely different than originally intended, and oddly the name ("Black Rose") became oddly apt once she went all grimdark and tried to fight Jack ("Green Sun"). The name was also a reference to a Sonata Arctica song, similarly titled involving colours, except it was called "White Pearl, Black Oceans". -Cover Artists: -- Vinks (lines) -- Shelby Cragg (colors) --- Track: At The Price of Oblivion Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '3:23' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/at-the-price-of-oblivion-2 - https://youtu.be/u--wSgeJUOs +Cover Artists: +- Shelby Cragg +Art Tags: +- Rose +- 'cw: blood' +Referenced Tracks: +- track:chorale-for-jaspers +- Rex Duodecim Angelus +- Black Rose / Green Sun +- track:aggrieve Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: The name comes from a line of Rose's during Act 5 while discussing her options of survival with Doc Scratch: @@ -63,44 +70,42 @@ Commentary: |- So that's where we start, with a kind of messed up, creepy violin rendition of Chorale for Jaspers, before we start to build up and then kick into the main part of the song. Around 1:00 we here the music box chords from Black Rose/ return, then at 1:20 it's another Keytar Solo from me (I'd just bought it and was feeling cocky). The rhythm guitar and guitar solo at the end was also me and also something I was terrified to do since I don't normally do "Live" playing (Everything is usually sequenced). In this case, a lot of it was so difficult to do (Because I can barely play guitar. At all) at this speed most of it was played at a slower tempo and then sped up digitally (HAX!). The drums were easily the funnest thing to sequence in this thing, mainly all the awesome fills and the double bass step at the end. The final guitar solo is an attempt to reference Rose's original "Strife" theme - Aggrieve. It's very loosely there, and I reckon needs to come back in some fashion since it's actually kind of awesome. When Andrew told me he was going to use this one for a fight scene I was looking heavily forward to it. Imagine my surprise when just as it's about to kick off... John gets himself stabbed. -Cover Artists: -- Shelby Cragg -Referenced Tracks: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- track:aggrieve --- Track: Even in Death Artist: Clark Powell Duration: '2:32' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/even-in-death-2 - https://youtu.be/T86uquWB9Mw Cover Artists: - Yapoos +Art Tags: +- Rose Referenced Tracks: - track:upward-movement-dave-owns --- Track: Terezi Owns Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:39' -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Pyralspite URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/terezi-owns-2 - https://youtu.be/2pfcakhXhE8 Cover Artists: - Angela Sham +Art Tags: +- Terezi +- Pyralspite Referenced Tracks: - track:upward-movement-dave-owns --- Track: Trial and Execution Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '1:29' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trial-and-execution-2 +- https://youtu.be/uxWIej66zwc +Cover Artists: +- Shelby Cragg Art Tags: - Terezi - Vriska @@ -110,9 +115,9 @@ Art Tags: - Feferi - Gamzee - Tavros -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trial-and-execution-2 -- https://youtu.be/uxWIej66zwc +Referenced Tracks: +- The Lemonsnout Turnabout +- Crystalanthemums Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: Not a huge amount to say on this one... The scene inspiring it was obviously Terezi's ancestor Redglare vs Vriska's ancestor Mindfang during the sort of mock-trial that ended in Mindfang mind-controlling the crowd and hanging Redglare. Felt like a nice scene to try some musical accompaniment, so I did. @@ -120,34 +125,34 @@ Commentary: |- Finally it throws in a string glissando as tension mounts, and then snap! Dead! (The snapping is some kind of double bass string snap.) The little eerie female vocalist thing didn't really work and is a bit cliched, but I kinda like the rest of the track. Always nice to give character deaths a little celebration The name's fairly obvious - I was trying to work in some kind of "Trial and Error" gag but I guess this works. -Cover Artists: -- Shelby Cragg -Referenced Tracks: -- The Lemonsnout Turnabout -- Crystalanthemums --- Track: The Carnival Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '2:15' -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-carnival-2 - https://youtu.be/Q5gjYuJrfbc Cover Artists: - Carla Bravo +Art Tags: +- Gamzee +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - track:harlequin --- Track: Spider8reath Artist: Tensei Duration: '2:44' -Art Tags: -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/spider8reath-2 - https://youtu.be/83B083Lsbfc +Cover Artists: +- Lazylaz +Art Tags: +- Vriska +Referenced Tracks: +- Spider's Claw +- Heir Conditioning Commentary: |- Tensei: Alright, as requested, I’ll do some indepth commentary on already released Homestuck songs, starting off with Spider8reath. @@ -157,110 +162,105 @@ Commentary: |- Actually part of the reason that it was so hard to implement is probably because the song was already more or less ‘done’ before I thought of putting in a few brass stabs here and there. Then as I was writing the brass became more and more of a foreground element, and that’s how Spider8reath became the screamy shrill funfest that it is now. People who said that the exposed guitar solo at the start reminded them of Van Halen were totally right, because the song ‘Eruption’ was more or less a direct inspiration for it. I think it turned out really well, and it serves as a great intro to the song! Really though, the main inspiration for this song simply comes from building on the previous Vriska songs that Radiation did. While the brass was a new, spur-of-the-moment addition, the guitar riffs and melodies were always supposed to be reminiscent of stuff like Spider’s Claw, Killed by Br8k Spider and MeGaLoVaNia. People definitely seem to associate this song with Vriska too now, so mission accomplished I guess? -Cover Artists: -- Lazylaz -Referenced Tracks: -- Spider's Claw -- Heir Conditioning --- Track: Lifdoff Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '2:38' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lifdoff-2 - https://youtu.be/8NvMi8GJKUM +Cover Artists: +- Stevie +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: Name's fairly obviously a reference to SB&HJ And also the bit where John's car takes off, as the song is a reference to. Another music team discussion got onto the stereotypical "Airship" themes you get in JRPGs. Homestuck didn't have one, so off I went to fix that! The original plan was "Showtime in the style of a soaring, brass-filled JRPG Airship theme (ala Highwind, Ragnarawk takes to the skies, Wings etc.) and that's where the first bits come from. Around about 0:56 I wanted to try some cool chord progression as a kind of extension of John's theme (Something I've used in future i.e. Do You Remem8er Me). Someone's recently since pointed out this sounds like the theme of Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story which is kind of annoying, since I'd never heard that before and it completely does. Still, I stand by it. -Cover Artists: -- Stevie --- Track: Awakening Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '3:57' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/awakening-2 - https://youtu.be/ss0NXbwO_Xs Cover Artists: - Devin H-S +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - track:ruins --- Track: Havoc To Be Wrought Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:16' -Art Tags: -- Equius URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/havoc-to-be-wrought-2 - https://youtu.be/E7pBfnN7b1w +Cover Artists: +- Left +Art Tags: +- Equius Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: Havoc to be Wrought was spawned from an idea for a short story I had in my mind about a man climbing the old bell tower of an abandoned church investigating strange sounds that had plagued a small town, only to be forced into a confrontation with the “King of Owls” once he reaches the top, and ending with the KoO cutting the bell rope that the man clung to and screeching in the night. Things changed though. Once I had actually started writing and refining it, I decided to change its message, from a mad owl thing to the mysterious demon in the troll’s session which had been recently mentioned in the comic (I wrote this sometime in Fall 2010). Also, yes, that is why there is distorted owl screeches at the end, although they were more meant to evoke the horrorterrors crying out in pain than owls by the time it was finished. Contains some very powerful organ and some great chord progressions, but also some structural choices I am not completely proud of, which remained in the piece until its release months and months later because the original Finale file crashed on me before I had a chance to save it. So, rather than attempt reconstructing it, I went with what I had, and it stuck. -Cover Artists: -- Left --- Track: Play The Wind Artist: Kalibration Duration: '3:36' -Art Tags: -- John -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/play-the-wind-2 - https://youtu.be/wR-NTkyJ0eg Cover Artists: - Suki +Art Tags: +- John +- Jack Noir --- Track: Rumble at the Rink Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:42' -Art Tags: -- Equius -- Gamzee -- Eridan URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rumble-at-the-rink-2 - https://youtu.be/Mpyny6XTDY8 Cover Artists: - Stevie +Art Tags: +- Equius +- Gamzee +- Eridan --- Track: Let's All Rock the Heist Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '4:25' -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lets-all-rock-the-heist-2 - https://youtu.be/h1kBHhIFYIQ +Cover Artists: +- Siins +Art Tags: +- Midnight Crew Lyrics: |- Like robbin' a bank at point blank
With a loaded gun, loaded with blanks
Unloading, cycling up in the air
Flinging backwards, overprepared Like robbin' a bank at point blank
With a loaded gun, loaded with blanks
Unloading, cycling up in the air
Flinging backwards, overprepared Like robbin' a bank at point blank
With a loaded gun, loaded with blanks
Unloading, cycling up in the air
Flinging backwards, overprepared Like robbin' a bank at point blank
With a loaded gun, loaded with blanks
Unloading, cycling up in the air
Flinging backwards, overprepared -Cover Artists: -- Siins --- Track: WSW-Beatdown Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '3:36' -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- Underlings URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/wsw-beatdown-2 - https://youtu.be/-dusgXh-taQ Cover Artists: - Devin H-S +Art Tags: +- Karkat +- Underlings Referenced Tracks: - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) - track:beatdown-strider-style @@ -268,91 +268,91 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Earthsea Borealis Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:58' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/earthsea-borealis-2 - https://youtu.be/KXgPNyd45A4 Cover Artists: - Molly Gur +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Horrorterrors Referenced Tracks: - track:endless-climb --- Track: Warhammer of Zillyhoo Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: 0:49 -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/warhammer-of-zillyhoo-2 - https://youtu.be/0EVrOapzDvg -Lyrics: |- - Warhammer
Of Zillyhoo - Warhammer
Of
Zillyhoo Cover Artists: - Vinks (lines) - Shelby Cragg (colors) +Art Tags: +- John +Lyrics: |- + Warhammer
Of Zillyhoo + Warhammer
Of
Zillyhoo --- Track: Savior of the Dreaming Dead Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '4:10' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-dreaming-dead-2 - https://youtu.be/Y0PIafh0ssQ -Commentary: |- - Malcolm Brown: - Ok, so this one. First main goal was some kind of Doctor remix, on the ground that I never actually did one (Took my hiatus around the time of Vol 5.) so this was partially a jokey attempt to "Join in the fun". Secondary goal was mainly a combination of liking the track this is mostly based on (Waking World) and the concept of Godhood ascension (Didn't have a particular character in mind at the time). There's also a little bit of wanting to try some new instrument samples (Namely choir and guitar) so there was a bit of experimentation in this one too. - The working title for this one was "Doctor on the Bridge", because the choir instrumentation at the start reminded me a bit of "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm" (the bit after Gandalf dies in the LOTR movie). The final product aimed at being a bit closer to the original SotWW so I gave it a kind of darker twist - "Dreaming Dead" worked quite well as a title and Homestuck concept (And kept the alliteration). The ending I like, it channels a bit of danger and kickass before ending rather uncertainly. I wasn't fully 100% on this one to begin with - There were parts I liked and parts I didn't - And it's not as faithful a 'Doctor/Waking World' homage as it could be... The mastering also isn't brilliant - Quite bass heavy in places. - But. After it was used in Cascade, particularly with Rad's additions to the ending and generally going along to the animation of Jade Being Awesome and Universes Being Destroyed it's hard for me not to like it now - Particularly when the end cuts hit and everything's starting to head towards disaster. I don't think it's one of my best, and I would love to go back and try making it better, but I'm happy enough that it was used at one of the biggest moments in the comic, and still stands as a fairly harmless, simple and straightforward bit of music. Cover Artists: - Left +Art Tags: +- Dave Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - Penumbra Phantasm +Commentary: |- + Malcolm Brown: + Ok, so this one. First main goal was some kind of Doctor remix, on the ground that I never actually did one (Took my hiatus around the time of Vol 5.) so this was partially a jokey attempt to "Join in the fun". Secondary goal was mainly a combination of liking the track this is mostly based on (Waking World) and the concept of Godhood ascension (Didn't have a particular character in mind at the time). There's also a little bit of wanting to try some new instrument samples (Namely choir and guitar) so there was a bit of experimentation in this one too. + The working title for this one was "Doctor on the Bridge", because the choir instrumentation at the start reminded me a bit of "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm" (the bit after Gandalf dies in the LOTR movie). The final product aimed at being a bit closer to the original SotWW so I gave it a kind of darker twist - "Dreaming Dead" worked quite well as a title and Homestuck concept (And kept the alliteration). The ending I like, it channels a bit of danger and kickass before ending rather uncertainly. I wasn't fully 100% on this one to begin with - There were parts I liked and parts I didn't - And it's not as faithful a 'Doctor/Waking World' homage as it could be... The mastering also isn't brilliant - Quite bass heavy in places. + But. After it was used in Cascade, particularly with Rad's additions to the ending and generally going along to the animation of Jade Being Awesome and Universes Being Destroyed it's hard for me not to like it now - Particularly when the end cuts hit and everything's starting to head towards disaster. I don't think it's one of my best, and I would love to go back and try making it better, but I'm happy enough that it was used at one of the biggest moments in the comic, and still stands as a fairly harmless, simple and straightforward bit of music. --- Group: Bonus tracks --- Track: Maplehoof's Adventure Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '3:01' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Maplehoof URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/maplehoofs-adventure-2 - https://youtu.be/d-7SMRSvnv8 Cover Artists: - Carla Bravo +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Maplehoof --- Track: Sburban Reversal Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '3:51' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-reversal-2 - https://youtu.be/oL3r83dPcMs -Commentary: |- - Mark Hadley: - Not long after I made Sburban Countdown, I made a version that rewinds back to the beginning again and called it 'Sburban Reversal', just in case it might be useful someday. Andrew ended up using part of it in act 2 except for the actual reversing part, but still credited it as 'Sburban Reversal', which had people asking me constantly after that if it's a real song. It wasn't really anything except for the reversing, so I eventually decided to extend it out to a full song. Since it was never actually fully in the comic, I recommended it as a bonus track. Cover Artists: - Devin H-S +Art Tags: +- Dave Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-countdown +Commentary: |- + Mark Hadley: + Not long after I made Sburban Countdown, I made a version that rewinds back to the beginning again and called it 'Sburban Reversal', just in case it might be useful someday. Andrew ended up using part of it in act 2 except for the actual reversing part, but still credited it as 'Sburban Reversal', which had people asking me constantly after that if it's a real song. It wasn't really anything except for the reversing, so I eventually decided to extend it out to a full song. Since it was never actually fully in the comic, I recommended it as a bonus track. --- Track: White Host, Green Room Artist: Tensei Duration: '3:28' -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/white-host-green-room-2 - https://youtu.be/oL3r83dPcMs Cover Artists: - Al Neun +Art Tags: +- Doc Scratch Sampled Tracks: - Terezi Owns - Cascade (Beta) diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml index a99006df..ce3a4880 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml @@ -1,36 +1,43 @@ Album: Homestuck Vol. 8 Date: October 25, 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Wallpaper Style: |- - opacity: 0.6; - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto; -Color: '#4ac925' -Groups: -- Official URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-8-with-cherubim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cIpWboujY4 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFa9Ssz0RANELG8eSoUeOQiC Cover Artists: - Homestuck -Wallpaper Artists: -- Homestuck +Color: '#4ac925' +Groups: +- Official Banner Artists: - Homestuck +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 +Wallpaper Artists: +- Homestuck +Wallpaper Style: |- + opacity: 0.6; + background-repeat: repeat; + background-size: auto; --- Group: Main album --- Track: Calamity Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '3:38' -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- Gamzee URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/calamity-2 - https://youtu.be/oNeKbfEVi0g +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra +Art Tags: +- Karkat +- Gamzee +Referenced Tracks: +- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) +- Warhammer of Zillyhoo +Sampled Tracks: +- Apollo 11 Launch Countdown Lyrics: |- (War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)
T minus 15 seconds, guidance is internal. 12, 11, 10, 9
(War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)
Ignition sequence starts, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
(War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)
1, 0, all engine running... LIFT-OFF! We have a lift-off! (War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)
(War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)
(War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)
(War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo) @@ -40,23 +47,23 @@ Commentary: |- There was a certain difficulty in making “Calamity” really work for me. I had a couple of different sounds I was attempting all at once, each working on their own but sort of fighting for control when mashed together. The introduction and conclusion of the song using a theme from “Walk-Stab-Walk” needed to be really punchy, while I really needed the middle of the song to glide, and the connecting bits with the chanting needed to build and build in tension. There are a lot of different sounds in the song’s palette, the most difficult of which to utilize was the enormous saw synth that dominates the middle. Getting that thing to be grand without utterly overpowering the rest of the song was incredibly difficult. Overall I was really satisfied with how much excitement there is in this song. It’s got a big simple melody but it doesn’t outstay its welcome. As the album opener, it sets up the stakes and excitement of Homestuck without sort of beating the point into you by lasting too long. I think of it as a cousin to “Sburban Jungle” or at least another song approached in that dramatic, electronic way. The countdown sample is from a NASA recording, I believe it’s the launch of Apollo 11. -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra -Referenced Tracks: -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- Warhammer of Zillyhoo -Sampled Tracks: -- Apollo 11 Launch Countdown --- Track: Do You Remem8er Me Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '4:28' -Art Tags: -- John -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/do-you-remem8er-me-2 - https://youtu.be/x8mLKTY5TWM +Cover Artists: +- Richard Gung +Art Tags: +- John +- Vriska +Referenced Tracks: +- Lifdoff +- track:showtime-original-mix +- Death of the Lusii +- track:ruins Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: (original commentary) @@ -80,13 +87,6 @@ Commentary: |- Overall there’s quite a 8it I like about this one. The Percussion doesn’t vary much, which lets it down I think (It’s 8asically just the same loop for most of the song, something I’m hilariously guilty of in most everything I make :p) but it did the jo8 in giving Vriska a good sendoff. Oh yeah - The reason it doesn’t use any of Vriska’s theme is because I find that theme a 8it........ All over the place ::::p Don’t get me wrong, it’s a cool 8it of music, 8ut I don’t find it as easy to play a8out with than other tracks. 8lame my laziness! I also fully suspect I missed some ‘8’s somewhere........ This stuff’s harder than it looks. God help me if I try to commentary another gorram Terezi track ::::p -Cover Artists: -- Richard Gung -Referenced Tracks: -- Lifdoff -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Death of the Lusii -- track:ruins --- Track: Flare Artist: Clark Powell @@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Galactic Cancer Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:36' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/galactic-cancer-2 +- https://youtu.be/ByBpRkrg9SA +Cover Artists: +- Lauren Ross Art Tags: - Karkat - John @@ -108,104 +113,99 @@ Art Tags: - Jade - Genesis Frog - 'cw: body horror (abstract)' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/galactic-cancer-2 -- https://youtu.be/ByBpRkrg9SA Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: What started off as me meandering about with slightly odd chord progressions became a rather meandering piece in general. Originally labeled Nether, at least as the piece began to formulate, the first part quickly developed in what I hoped would be a style reminiscent of Russell Brower’s music for Outland in World of Warcraft, primarily the Outland Suite and Netherstorm (what the first name referenced). I completed most of the piece without drums or effects at first, but felt something was missing. After messing around with some different bits of drum samples, I found beats that were suitable for what I was going for, and those helped give more definition to the meter of the piece as much of it was long chords that made it hard to distinguish at times, then added some occasional filter effects to increase the overall spacey feel. After everything was in place, I listened through it multiple times and just began to imagine Karkat’s monologue about how everything was his fault and the phrase “Galactic Cancer” stuck. -Cover Artists: -- Lauren Ross --- Track: Serenade +Directory: serenade-vol8 Artist: Clark Powell Duration: '5:05' -Directory: serenade-vol8 -Art Tags: -- Nepeta -- Karkat URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/serenade-2 - https://youtu.be/iQyr0eYN7hI Cover Artists: - clorinspats +Art Tags: +- Nepeta +- Karkat --- Track: Frog Forager Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '3:18' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Jade -- Frogs -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frog-forager-2 - https://youtu.be/5KihK9orAi0 Cover Artists: - Kaymurph +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Jade +- Frogs +- Jack Noir --- Track: Love You (Feferi's Theme) Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:58' -Art Tags: -- Feferi URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/love-you-feferis-theme-2 - https://youtu.be/cmXzwEixV4s Cover Artists: - Left +Art Tags: +- Feferi --- Track: Ocean Stars Falling Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Contributors: - Tavia Morra Duration: '3:12' -Art Tags: -- Squiddles URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ocean-stars-falling-2 - https://youtu.be/QmEZzp7o8i8 +Cover Artists: +- Richard Gung +Art Tags: +- Squiddles +Referenced Tracks: +- Ocean Stars Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: The [[album:squiddles|Squiddles!]] album gets no love. There, I said it. I’ve mentioned before how awesome it is and how dramatically it has undersold compared to the rest of our material, but apparently everyone is too terrified of its My Little Pony meets Cthulu approach to give it a shot. Trust me, you’ll like it more than you think you will. Anyway, one of the most surprising tracks on that particular album is “Ocean Stars”, a peaceful, mysterious little ditty imagined by Mark with a nautical theme in mind. I thought it had a beautiful little structure, and I guess the song must have stuck with me because at some point I found myself playing its chords over and over on my keyboard faster and faster until I was sure it would make for a great little indie rock inspired track. So I did just that. This song takes its cues most heavily from “Regatta de Blanc” by the Police and “Life in Technicolor” by Coldplay - the meditatively simple rock backup is accompanied by a huge chorus of wordless vocals provided by countless overdubs of Tavia and myself. These middle voices are bookended by the twinkling bell sounds in the high range and the rumbling drums and guitar in the low range to make for a very full mix that really surprised me with its depth. I threw in some slowed-down bubble sounds (the same samples from “Mister Bowman Tells You About the Squiddles”) to create the ocean ambiance, something I’d really gotten the chance to hear on a scuba dive I’d done over the summer. This is another example of a song that has the “just right” feeling about its length. I could probably have easily repeated the vocals endlessly as though I was attempting to induce transcendental meditation - it would probably have had the same effect as “Hey Jude” or any number of other great songs. Owing though to my sense that this album was going to be a long one (my contributions alone come out to more than 20 minutes of music) I decided to capitalize on having achieved the harmony and just let it end when its thought was fully expressed, not unlike the original composition by Mark. -Cover Artists: -- Richard Gung -Referenced Tracks: -- Ocean Stars --- Track: Escape Pod Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '2:58' -Art Tags: -- WV -- CD URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/escape-pod-2 - https://youtu.be/GJo7ZH6p6wA +Cover Artists: +- Paige Turner +Art Tags: +- WV +- CD Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Before going into a description of this track, I must make a long-overdue rebuttal to the factors that overshadowed its reception. Yes, I know this song and its track art pertain to the Wayward Vagabond. Yes, I know it’s sad that Andrew “killed off” the Wayward Vagabond on the same day that this album was released. No, I had no idea that would happen nor do I care how incongruous the song’s mood seems in relation to that particular plot point. Anyway, now that I finally said my keep on that, “Escape Pod” was a really really fun track to do. It’s a rock track with a feelgood video game attitude - I’ve heard it described as Sonic music a lot, though to be fair my main reference were Nintendo games, particularly Earthbound from which I borrowed the deliberately fake brass. It also shares some similarities with the Mario sound, kind of really owing to the competitive games such as Mario Kart and Mario Party. The track also pulls a lot from actual rock music - the Roxy Music track “Street Life” was a big cue here, and the start-stop structure on the second chorus was really inspired by Tally Hall’s track “Greener” of which the effect can only be described in exotic dance. I really wanted to pull out the stops on this one and make it catchy as hell, but apparently the two tracks book-ending it on Volume 8 steal its thunder. What more can be said about it? This is about as totally poppy (or perhaps J-poppy) as I get. Compared to stuff like “Greenhouse” and “Squiddle Samba” this track is right up my alley. It in contrast with some of the other stuff that I’ve made appearing on the very same album (the minimalist piece “Gust of Heir” which I collaborated on with James Dever comes to mind) you’ll see that I can go just as far in the saccharine direction as I can into the abstract. For me range has always been an asset I’ve felt was important to nurture, so with Volume 8 I set the pace for my work ethic on Ithaca in terms of never settling to have “found my sound” no matter how well any one idea works. -Cover Artists: -- Paige Turner --- Track: Davesprite Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:41' -Art Tags: -- Davesprite URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/davesprite-2 - https://youtu.be/Iy5fKp-aV4o Cover Artists: - P-RO +Art Tags: +- Davesprite Referenced Tracks: - Hawkeye - track:atomyk-ebonpyre @@ -222,58 +222,62 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Frog Hunt Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '4:15' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frog-hunt-2 +- https://youtu.be/VkYB3Fw4bLw +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra Art Tags: - Dave - Jade - Frogs -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frog-hunt-2 -- https://youtu.be/VkYB3Fw4bLw Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Uh oh, Jit and I showed up to the album with the same song idea. That’s like two girls showing up the party in the same dress. Awkward! Good thing for Jit and I that, like the two girls in that famous scenario, we each have our own swagga and wear those dresses like the hot young messes we are. Wow, don’t quote me on that. (Too late - DPF) Anyway, while “Frog Forager” is almost immediate in its “aw man, yeah, it’s THIS kind of tune” factor for avid listeners of Homestuck music, my ditty “Frog Hunt” seems to hit a lot of people out of left field. Maybe it’s because I was busy surprising myself with this one as well. I’ve mentioned Weather Report a few times as an influence, and while I can’t bring even a fraction of that band’s musicianship to my work, I really attempted to bring their sense of atmosphere to the piece. There’s a lot of elements thrown in there - the wacky time signature (17/8 if I recall correctly), the meandering syncopated piano, the funk breaks, all that latin percussion, plus a pile of odd sound effects. I threw in some frog ambiance using some really odd synthesizers and a toy accordion as well. The point of this song was to kind of put the action, the drama, and all that teenage chemistry on hold so I could focus on a moment in the story that might be just a little bit more peaceful. Going on a safari for frogs on a newly-awakened alien forest world seems to beckon a very different angle than the heated stakes typically associated with Homestuck. Plus, I’ve always felt that the environment of Homestuck deserves a little more attention given that nearly 99% of all art generated by the fans are homages to their favorite characters and not the fantastic places imagined by Andrew. -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra --- Track: Terraform Artist: Solatrus Contributors: - Thomas Ferkol (electric guitar) Duration: '4:35' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/terraform-2 +- https://youtu.be/bWp5uUxarAQ +Cover Artists: +- Richard Gung Art Tags: - Jade - Dave - Jack Noir - Frogs -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/terraform-2 -- https://youtu.be/bWp5uUxarAQ +Referenced Tracks: +- Terra +- track:frost-vol6 Commentary: |- Solatrus: That’s a remix of Terra and (obviously) Frost. Why? Well, I wanted Terra to be in Homestuck and sound more like a video game rock or metal song. And because the fight of Dave and Jade vs. Jack was an interesting event, so that’s how the song came to be. -Cover Artists: -- Richard Gung -Referenced Tracks: -- Terra -- track:frost-vol6 --- Track: Unite Synchronization Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '2:54' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/unite-synchronization-2 +- https://youtu.be/uHmXe2eY6Kg +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord Art Tags: - Dave - John - Rose - Jade - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/unite-synchronization-2 -- https://youtu.be/uHmXe2eY6Kg +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-original-mix Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: (original commentary) @@ -304,59 +308,60 @@ Commentary: |- It is remarkably disturbing how seriously on the ball Dirk is. Not only does he paradox up his own reincarnation with a bucket and his own head, he manages to resurrect two ladies and get them and himself time-warped to Jake. This after his little presentation on Derse with Hearts’ head. I’d like to see Dave match that. :p -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix --- Track: Homefree Artist: Hilary Troiano Duration: '4:28' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homefree-2 - https://youtu.be/7aYso7j8wsw -Commentary: |- - Hilary Troiano: - Someone sent me a PM asking for some commentary about my two MSPA songs, so [[media:misc/hilary-troiano-commentary.mp3|here it is]]. (source) Cover Artists: - Vivian Ng +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - Shooting Star - Homestuck Anthem - track:sburban-jungle - track:upward-movement-dave-owns +Commentary: |- + Hilary Troiano: + Someone sent me a PM asking for some commentary about my two MSPA songs, so [[media:misc/hilary-troiano-commentary.mp3|here it is]]. (source) --- Track: Galaxy Hearts Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '2:54' -Art Tags: -- Terezi URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/galaxy-hearts-2 - https://youtu.be/YQX0TWA_x6Q +Cover Artists: +- Rachel Weiss +Art Tags: +- Terezi Commentary: |- Mark Hadley: I made the theme for this a long time ago for an RPG a friend was making, but then cancelled. I still really liked the theme, so I modified it slightly and repurposed it for Homestuck. Out of everything I've done for Homestuck, it's still one of my favorites. -Cover Artists: -- Rachel Weiss --- Track: Scourge Sisters Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '2:50' -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/scourge-sisters-2 - https://youtu.be/srAkO5O1QaM Cover Artists: - melodiousDiscord +Art Tags: +- Terezi +- Vriska --- Track: Arcade Thunder Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '2:56' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/arcade-thunder-2 +- https://youtu.be/2JJJTSs_JeA +Cover Artists: +- Maf Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -370,22 +375,17 @@ Art Tags: - Vriska - Jack Noir - Consorts -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/arcade-thunder-2 -- https://youtu.be/2JJJTSs_JeA -Cover Artists: -- Maf --- Track: Pyrocumulus (Sicknasty) Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '2:50' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pyrocumulus-sicknasty-2 - https://youtu.be/4BqRC-ZPovM Cover Artists: - Rutares +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - Skaian Skuffle - track:skies-of-skaia @@ -402,14 +402,14 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Temporary Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:37' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- The Felt URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/temporary-2 - https://youtu.be/CYh1OlRWzp4 Cover Artists: - Chaz Canterbury +Art Tags: +- Dave +- The Felt Referenced Tracks: - Temporal Piano --- @@ -418,30 +418,30 @@ Artist: James Dever, Michael Guy Bowman Contributors: - Clark Powell (additional sequencing) Duration: '4:17' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gust-of-heir-2 - https://youtu.be/pGlTekY3qZI +Cover Artists: +- Fibug +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Two of the tracks I put on Volume 8 were collaborations with other Homestuck musicians, something I’ve been meaning to do more of because two heads are usually better than one. The first of the two was “Gust of Heir”, a track that James Dever wrote and for which I did the production. James and I are both fans of minimalism, specifically the work of Philip Glass. An eerie-looking autographed program from the Philip on Film tour graces the wall of my room, and the primary piece of music that got me interested in composition is Einstein on the Beach, a five-hour opera consisting largely of slowly-evolving repeated figures using chanted numbers and solfege. Those otherwise unfamiliar might know his music better from the many movies he’s scored including Secret Window, The Truman Show, and The Hours. Anyway, I knew right away where James was coming from when he sent me a midi demo of “Gust of Heir” though originally it was arranged as a piano solo. Without access to a pro recording situation as on the Sburb piano suite, we knew there would have to be an alternate solution, hence the electronic approach. I played pretty heavily with a set of new sounds, specifically the soundfonts of Ethan Winer, an audio professional whose work was recommended by Radiation a good while back. As I have on many occasions I took cues from Oblique Strategies to get some ideas for the arrangement. Part of the intrigue in producing this piece was that it was fully written, meaning that in some ways I was boxed-in to a complete journey for the song to take musically yet in others free to really explore and discover a unique sound for the song. I really played toggling a slew of effects until this tune became rendering hell for my computer. I stepped a bit outside my own range of comfort and got some drum loops from Clark Powell to really polish off the piece, adding a touch that otherwise would probably have eluded me. -Cover Artists: -- Fibug --- Track: Afraid of the Darko Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:00' -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/afraid-of-the-darko-2 - https://youtu.be/PSbPXcKGYto Cover Artists: - Robert J! Lake +Art Tags: +- Doc Scratch --- Track: Even in Death (T'Morra's Belly Mix) Artist: Clark Powell, Tavia Morra @@ -457,19 +457,19 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Bargaining with the Beast Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Denizens URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bargaining-with-the-beast-2 - https://youtu.be/2HT5FcjHt1s +Cover Artists: +- Vivian Ng +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Denizens Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: Bargaining With the Beast was a doozy. With little conscious attempts at maintaining structure (other than the section after the intro, which appears a few times to hold things together), it can come off as a wild ride through a bunch of interesting ideas just sort of strung together like a glass mobile made with craft glue and shiny twine. And that is a pretty accurate description. The piece was sort of an experiment for me, filled with a lot of concepts that might even have needed a separate piece to flesh them out properly, but I made this piece with the Volume 8 submissions deadline looming over head (I think it was a little under a week until final decisions on tracks were supposed to be). This is also an example of a piece where I set out with a clear mindset for what I wanted. Seeing there was no piece based on Echidna and Jade’s encounters (Radiation didn’t show us his tracks until around when the order was being decided hehe), I wanted something majestic and regal, something befitting of a monstrous queen in ancient stone halls of a frozen world. Eventually it developed into a sort of audio tour of Echidna’s palace and highlighted the conversation, never fully revealed, that took place between Jade and Echidna as they struck a deal. -Cover Artists: -- Vivian Ng --- Track: Frostbite Artist: Toby Fox @@ -487,41 +487,45 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: The Lost Child Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:54' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lost-child-2 - https://youtu.be/-OFQHEy5TDw Cover Artists: - Sarah Fu +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid Referenced Tracks: - psych0ruins --- Track: Questant's Lament Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:13' -Art Tags: -- WQ URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/questants-lament-2 - https://youtu.be/ILt6Qyxc1bw +Cover Artists: +- Fibug +Art Tags: +- WQ Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: Questant’s Lament is one of my favorite tracks that I’ve made. Originally for The Wanderers, because there weren’t any WQ tracks and I liked her portrayal in the comic, I wanted something regal, almost stoic, but also forlorn. With the beginning, I imagined her away from the others in their camp, sitting alone on some stone at night and listening to an old music box, one of few possessions that she could have salvaged from Prospit. From there she reminisces, from her perspective, on the progression of the session and her foresight of and departure from the impending devastation of Prospit. In the end, she closes the trinket, accepts her new fate, and returns to her fellow exiles. -Cover Artists: -- Fibug --- Track: Hussie Hunt Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '2:46' -Art Tags: -- AH -- Doc Scratch URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hussie-hunt-2 - https://youtu.be/oz4UOqdFQEA +Cover Artists: +- Hanni Brosh +Art Tags: +- AH +- Doc Scratch +Referenced Tracks: +- track:explore Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: Hah! If 'Sneaking music' was a genre, here's another one to the mix. @@ -529,26 +533,22 @@ Commentary: |- More or less my first attempt to do something in this style. Also, surprisingly, most of it was played live on keyboard into the sequencer (not something I normally do) and then heavily quantized to fix my wonky playing. It gives it a slightly more organic feel, most noticeable on the chords during the 'Explore' section at the end (Which may also owe a little bit to the Monkey Island soundtrack). Basically a bit of music for Andrew's huntin' of Scratch shortly before the end of act. Included is the "AAAAAHHH FUCKING WOLF!!" moment for good measure (That was added after the first draft to Rad's suggestion). There was even talk of getting some grumbly vocals from the man 'imself, but alas... Had quite a bit of fun doin' this one. Also quite proud of the name Even if I do have to occasionally explain it to people who don't read the comic... -Cover Artists: -- Hanni Brosh -Referenced Tracks: -- track:explore --- Track: Havoc Artist: Svix Duration: '2:35' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -- Doc Scratch URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/havoc-2 - https://youtu.be/Wq0SjupReyA +Cover Artists: +- Emi +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid +- Doc Scratch Commentary: |- Svix: Havoc began as an intro section for another song I made a while back but I quite liked the melody and decided to make a separate track out of it. I submitted it to Homestuck as I felt the chiptune nature of the piece fit in with the comic's style and I'd been wanting to write a 'Strife' type tune for some time. The track itself has a lot of C64 elements in the percussion and synths that blend into more powerful sounds for a more Drum and Bass style which is something I quite like to do with my music. -Cover Artists: -- Emi --- Track: Drift into the Sun Artist: Thomas Ferkol @@ -556,22 +556,22 @@ Contributors: - Clark Powell (some production) - Toby Fox (climax drum programming) Duration: '3:22' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/drift-into-the-sun-2 - https://youtu.be/f5BP2W9a93U +Cover Artists: +- Zilon +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Dave +Referenced Tracks: +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: Drift Into the Sun started off as me trying to emulate the opening choir track of a black metal EP. Soon some big drums and some spacey guitars found their way into the mix (in my attempts to make something on the line of ambient black or doom metal). Finally, I added Dave’s “blast off” to help Rose with a metal-ified version of Atomyk Ebonpyre (which people keep requesting a full version of... maybe). This was another track that I had a clear design for, following as best as I could the events surrounding Rose and Dave’s chat on Derse before creating the Green Sun, focusing more on the atmosphere surrounding the debacle than what they talked about. After putting the original version up for the team to see, Plazmataz offered to spruce things up. And they did. And it was awesome. And then Radiation said he could make some crazy drums for the last section. And he did. And it was awesome too. And that was how Virginia was founded! -Cover Artists: -- Zilon -Referenced Tracks: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre --- Track: Infinity Mechanism Artist: Thomas Ferkol @@ -579,22 +579,27 @@ Duration: '3:20' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/infinity-mechanism-2 - https://youtu.be/I3S8LNG4aNo +Cover Artists: +- VickyBit Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: Then we’ve got Infinity Mechanism. I am not sure what to say about it. I played live guitar and cello on it. It was one of the first full guitar based things I wrote for MSPA and the first that I used my computer to record rather than a Tascam mixing board + studio that I had used on my very old works. Its mechanical sound and return to the beginning at its end reminded me of Beat Mesa, and it kind of became my own sort of theme music for The Scratch. Also it is now the first track written by me to be used in an animation and it is amazing. -Cover Artists: -- VickyBit --- Track: Revered Return Artist: Nick Smalley, Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '2:33' -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/revered-return-2 - https://youtu.be/x3ruWSdc1Vo +Cover Artists: +- Noot +Art Tags: +- Terezi +- Vriska +Referenced Tracks: +- Dirgeish +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: “Revered Return” began as a track called “Dirgeish”, a .pxtone composition that Nick had completed some time ago but never managed to squeeze into an album. Because as a chip tune it had been long overlooked, I decided to take a whack at producing it in a different style for inclusion on Volume 8. I had been looking for a piece that would work as a rock tune, and “Dirgeish” really struck me because of the heavy involvement of drums, its steady pace, and dynamic structure. @@ -602,24 +607,19 @@ Commentary: |- The structure I think might be the most unique part of “Revered Return” - it doesn’t waste time by really repeating itself a lot. Nine out of ten times I work on a song I find myself writing or arranging something that moves in a very basic structure like ABAB or AABA or other variants, etc. “Dirgeish” gave me the challenge of establishing coherency in a piece that seemed to move almost completely linearly, and I made sure to preserve its sort of ABCDEFGBA-type structure in arranging “Revered Return” for Volume 8. Nick Smalley: Remember that thing about ORGMaker? Yeah, this song, too. Except add me asking Andrew Huo to help finish it and Bowman to ramp it up, and you’ve got Revered Return. :3 -Cover Artists: -- Noot -Referenced Tracks: -- Dirgeish -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Judgment Day Artist: Toby Fox Contributors: - Kelly Sadwin (violin) Duration: '2:00' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/judgment-day-2 - https://youtu.be/MD2TLTtyfDE Cover Artists: - Lazylaz +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - track:ruins --- @@ -652,11 +652,15 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Acapella) Artist: David Ko Duration: '2:50' -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-acapella-2 - https://youtu.be/Br294PLbHBA +Cover Artists: +- Vivian Ng +Art Tags: +- Midnight Crew +Referenced Tracks: +- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew Lyrics: |- I hate a moral coward, one who lacks a manly spark
I just detest a man afraid to go home in the dark
I always spend my evenings where there's women wine and song
But like a man, I always bring my little wife along! I'm a member of the Midnight Crew
I'm a night owl, and a wise bird too
Home with the milk in the morning
Singing the same old song!
Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun
Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun
Bring your wife and trouble, it will never trouble you
Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! @@ -665,24 +669,24 @@ Lyrics: |- I never shall forget the night I made six robbers run
Although I didn't have a knife, a blackjack, or a gun
I proved myself a hero of a very high degree
I ran for home, and six of them, were running after me! I'm a member of the Midnight Crew
I'm a night owl, and a wise bird too
Home with the milk in the morning
Singing the same old song!
Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun
Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun
Bring your wife and trouble, it will never trouble you
Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! -Cover Artists: -- Vivian Ng -Referenced Tracks: -- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew --- Group: Bonus tracks --- Track: How Do I Live (D8 Night Version) Artist: Michael Guy Bowman +Contributors: +- Thomas Ferkol (electric guitar) +- David Ko (backup vocals) Duration: '3:23' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/how-do-i-live-d8-night-version-2 - https://youtu.be/Svy9DBBZKpk -Contributors: -- Thomas Ferkol (electric guitar) -- David Ko (backup vocals) +Cover Artists: +- Victoria Grace Elliott +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- How Do I Live Lyrics: |- How do I
Get through one night without you?
If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be?
Oh, and I
I need you in my arms, need you to hold
You're my world, my heart, my soul
If you ever leave
Baby that would take away everything good in my life Without you
There'd be no sun in my sky
There'd be no love in my life
There'd be no world left for me
Oh, and I
Baby I don't know what I would do
I'd be lost if I lost you
If you ever leave
Baby that would take away everything that's real in my life @@ -694,23 +698,19 @@ Commentary: |- I always had thought of “How Do I Live” as a breakup song, so as an anthem of dependency between generic 90’s lovers I was underwhelmed. However, in Con Air it’s meant to be the love theme of a woman whose husband serves in the military, giving the song a very different meaning. The stakes are not whether the singer’s lover will stay or leave but whether they will live or die, a thought that is instantly more resonant for anyone who has been in love I think. The trick to this one for me was cutting out all the bullshit really - the ridiculous key change is removed and the drums are minimal to the extent of sounding like a funeral march. Rather than starting off with chipper little electric organs and keyboards, this version takes a cue from “Purple Rain” and uses only electric guitar and vocals for the first minute. The vocals start off sounding a million miles away and are subtly brought closer and closer until the other instruments join in on the second verse. I added a new bridge section in so that Thomas Ferkol could have a chance to play some real guitar in this one, and of course he showed his colors as a metal guitarist, sending me a duet between harmonized voices. David Ko also appears on this track as the gently-spoken backup vocalist. -Cover Artists: -- Victoria Grace Elliott -Referenced Tracks: -- How Do I Live --- Track: Cascade (Beta) Artist: Tensei Duration: '4:06' -Art Tags: -- John -- Dave -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cascade-beta-2 - https://youtu.be/Svy9DBBZKpk Cover Artists: - Mia Schwartz +Art Tags: +- John +- Dave +- Vriska --- Track: Black Hole / Green Sun Artist: Malcolm Brown, Toby Fox @@ -721,25 +721,25 @@ Duration: '2:30' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-hole-green-sun-2 - https://youtu.be/B6e2XacZSIs -Commentary: |- - Malcolm Brown: - Not much to say on this really except the title is kind of an ode to Soundgarden. Has Cover Art: false Referenced Tracks: - Black Rose / Green Sun - track:sburban-jungle +Commentary: |- + Malcolm Brown: + Not much to say on this really except the title is kind of an ode to Soundgarden. --- Track: Carefree Action Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '2:08' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carefree-action-2 - https://youtu.be/saFRtTDSVKQ +Cover Artists: +- 8bitkitten +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Jade Commentary: |- Mark Hadley: Back when we knew Jade as just GG, I wrote the first part of Carefree Action as a possible upbeat strife theme for her. It never ended up getting used, but other people liked it, and eventually a remix of it (Carefree Victory) made it into the comic. The original was pretty short, so I lengthened it so that I could eventually get it onto an album. Like Sburban Reversal, I recommended it as a bonus track. -Cover Artists: -- 8bitkitten diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml index f6ea5355..6905a52f 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ Album: Homestuck Vol. 9 -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Date: June 12, 2012 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9-10-with-s-collide-and-act-7 +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1BVIEipjwk +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5UGIMKOXpOfcXVfECYjb09aHc2uSEUv +Cover Artists: +- Lazylaz Color: '#f2a400' Groups: - Official -Wallpaper Style: |- - opacity: 0.65; - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto; Art Tags: - Jane - Roxy @@ -16,27 +17,31 @@ Art Tags: - Jake - Rabbit - Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9-10-with-s-collide-and-act-7 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1BVIEipjwk -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5UGIMKOXpOfcXVfECYjb09aHc2uSEUv -Cover Artists: +Banner Artists: - Lazylaz +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Wallpaper Artists: - Homestuck -Banner Artists: -- Lazylaz +Wallpaper Style: |- + opacity: 0.65; + background-repeat: repeat; + background-size: auto; --- Group: Main album --- Track: Crystalmethequins Artist: Clark Powell, Astro Kid Duration: '5:13' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystalmethequins-2 - https://youtu.be/r8rWfPPrKJ0 +Cover Artists: +- Richard Gung +Art Tags: +- Aradia +Referenced Tracks: +- Crystamanthequins +- Crystalanthemums Commentary: |- Clark Powell: Let me tell you of this song’s origins, for I saw it unfold with mine own eyes. @@ -44,23 +49,23 @@ Commentary: |- Nearly two months later we sat in the back of a van amongst instruments and gear on our way to play another concert, this time at a Houston anime convention. Computers were turned on, headphones were turned up. It was here that Crystalmethequins, begun so many weeks earlier, was finally completed. After deciding that the track art would not be a hastily photoshopped image of troll Bryan Cranston, I came to someone I trusted. Richard Gung is unarguably the master, and his track art was well worth the cost he took from me in that dark alley. The song was chosen from among its peers to open Volume 9. There it stands proudly to this day. -Cover Artists: -- Richard Gung -Referenced Tracks: -- Crystamanthequins -- Crystalanthemums --- Track: Anbroids V2.0 +Directory: anbroids-v2 Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '2:19' -Directory: anbroids-v2 +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/anbroids-v20-2 +- https://youtu.be/AVPmUpN_W3o +Cover Artists: +- Jonathan Griffiths Art Tags: - Dirk - Squarewave - SBaHJ -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/anbroids-v20-2 -- https://youtu.be/AVPmUpN_W3o +Referenced Tracks: +- Anbroids +- Davesprite Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: DAVE: we are in the shit now
DAVE: we are motherfuckin entrenched in this bitch @@ -87,90 +92,87 @@ Commentary: |- So with that, everything’s shut down, and the song ends. Granted, I probably didn’t manage to get this little ‘story’ across with everybody, but this was the general thought process when I was making the thing. Hopefully if you listen to it now you’ll get some of the ideas I was going for. If not? Well… enjoy it however you like :p Or even come up with your own interpretation that’s better than mine :p Johnathan Griffiths was the track art man of the hour - There’s even a mega drive controller there! And how are those shades staying on? All round awesome :) -Cover Artists: -- Jonathan Griffiths -Referenced Tracks: -- Anbroids -- Davesprite --- Track: Trepidation Artist: Svix Duration: '3:52' -Art Tags: -- Squarewave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trepidation-2 - https://youtu.be/WxLtO42_AJQ Cover Artists: - Kiko B. +Art Tags: +- Squarewave --- Track: Firefly Artist: Buzinkai Duration: '1:08' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/firefly-2 - https://youtu.be/KC9v0nOnDK8 +Cover Artists: +- Homestuck +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Buzinkai: Firefly is a special song. I was walking through a small lot to my apartment in the summertime, and fireflies were all around me. And I just thought of the -perfect- theme for it, and I rushed in to my apartment as fast as I could to get it down. It's the only song that's come to me like that. -Cover Artists: -- Homestuck --- Track: Whistling Jackhammer Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:59' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/whistling-jackhammer-2 - https://youtu.be/a9ExRM4xlw8 Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Art Tags: +- Dirk --- Track: Ugly Betty Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:22' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ugly-betty-2 - https://youtu.be/EdCZ1kKzb8A -Commentary: |- - Tavia Morra: - RJ gave me the reins on this one. At first I was drawing it in the same style as a later track ([[Before the Beginning and After the End]]) I did art for, but then it quickly turned in to a painting. This palette in particular was fun and challenging to work with. I’m happy with the end result, since it looks like the Batterwitch is cackling as the world burns down around her. Cover Artists: - Tavia Morra +Art Tags: +- The Condesce Referenced Tracks: - track:aggrieve-violin-refrain +Commentary: |- + Tavia Morra: + RJ gave me the reins on this one. At first I was drawing it in the same style as a later track ([[Before the Beginning and After the End]]) I did art for, but then it quickly turned in to a painting. This palette in particular was fun and challenging to work with. I’m happy with the end result, since it looks like the Batterwitch is cackling as the world burns down around her. --- Track: Hate You Artist: Toby Fox Contributors: - Azami (laughter) Duration: '2:53' -Art Tags: -- Meenah URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hate-you-2 - https://youtu.be/2gU_54ibyKM Cover Artists: - MissNK +Art Tags: +- Meenah Referenced Tracks: - Love You (Feferi's Theme) --- Track: Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '3:54' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-party-in-sea-hitlers-water-apocalypse-2 +- https://youtu.be/LgG8lAVh-EA +Cover Artists: +- Sylladexter Art Tags: - Roxy - Carapacians - Cats - 'cw: alcohol' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-party-in-sea-hitlers-water-apocalypse-2 -- https://youtu.be/LgG8lAVh-EA Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: Aaah Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler’s Water Apocalypse. Or Pumpkin Party in Colony 413 or whatever I was calling it before I decided to go nuts. The original working title was just “Pumpkin Party”, so at the very least we started somewhere sensible. @@ -188,8 +190,6 @@ Commentary: |- Overall though? It’s a bit of a zany, dance-party track. Completely juxtapositions the hell-nightmare outside, and in the end that’s the point! Of course things get worse, but “Red Miles In Sea Hitler’s Water Apocalypse” will have to wait… Damn, I just realized I should’ve added some meows. I’ve got like two cats sitting here ready for a vocal performance as well… Ah well, the road not taken. Once again the art is very spiffy so many thanks to Marina! Look at that dude in the corner? That pumpkin is so nom’d! :D -Cover Artists: -- Sylladexter --- Track: Skaianet Artist: Mark Hadley @@ -203,12 +203,17 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Another Jungle Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '4:39' -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Dirk URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/another-jungle-2 - https://youtu.be/upRmDHMcREg +Cover Artists: +- Richard Gung +Art Tags: +- Roxy +- Dirk +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle +- track:showtime-original-mix Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Before this track was used in Homestuck along with Beatfox’s “A Taste for Adventure”, it was actually made for a nearly 3-year-old defunct fan project. Housetrapped was a story about an alternate Sburb session and “Another Jungle” was a the-same-but-different theme for the loading screen of that universe’s Sburb client. Sound familiar? @@ -216,11 +221,6 @@ Commentary: |- “Another Jungle” has the benefit of years of experience with production I did not have when Homestuck began, and to me the fidelity difference really shows. Since writing “Sburban Jungle” I’d become far more familiar with automation, recording, eq, mixing, mastering, and all the techniques that polish a music project. “Another Jungle” is far more dynamic than its predecessor, with each subsequent section of the song having its own unique way of using the instruments and sounds in the project. My favorite touches to this one are all the very mellow sounds that contrast with the brisk pacing of the track - the various pads, the wah-wah guitar, the echoing melody, all of it underlined by drums and brute synth loops. The sudden change in energy when the guitars duck out in the middle and the melody of “Showtime” whispers in is a favorite moment of mine. The very pop ending with its retro house sound was another choice I wouldn’t have seen myself making three years back. Hope you enjoy this one as much as I do. The art for this track is by Richard Gung. -Cover Artists: -- Richard Gung -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:showtime-original-mix --- Track: GameGrl (Original 1993 Mix) Artist: Michael Guy Bowman @@ -231,6 +231,27 @@ Duration: '3:29' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gamegrl-original-1993-mix-2 - https://youtu.be/4kdVpq3bnuY +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra +Referenced Tracks: +- Bro Hop +- Airtime +- Afraid of the Darko +Lyrics: |- + Aw yeah! What's up gamers?
I'm GameGrl, and I'm here to show you that girls can game too!
Don't go easy on me, guys - unless you want to get beat by a GIRL.
Are you ready? Let's DO THIS. + Yo I'm the GameGrl, and I've got the scores
'Cause I woop butt and game hardcore
I might look cute but I play to win
So get your head in the game, 'cause we're about to begin + I got sweet moves and secret skills
To pull off the codes, the combos, and kills
Tapping my fingers like a maniac
This girl's gone bad on a game attack! + GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
When I'm on the scoreboard, you sure can tell!
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
Cause I spell my scores "G-R-L!"
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
You gamer guys better take it like a man!
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
If you can't keep up then talk to the hand! + I'm the GameGrl!
(She's a GameGrl) The best in the world!
(She's a GameGrl) Girls rule!
(She's a GameGrl) And boys drool!
(She's a GameGrl) I'm kickin' rad!
(She's a GameGrl) You're super bad!
(She's a GameGrl) Better than the rest
When you're gaming with the GameGrl you're gaming with the best! + When I say "game", you say "girl!"
GAME! GRL! GAME! GRL!
When I say "best", you say "the world!"
BEST IN! THE WORLD! BEST IN! THE WORLD!
When I say girls, you say rule!
GIRLS! RULE! GIRLS! RULE!
When I say boys, you say drool!
BOYS! DROOL! BOYS! DROOL! + Let's have a dance party RIGHT NOW. Everybody do the wave! Yeah, that's pretty good. Check it out! I'm dancing! I'm dancing! Check this move out! Oh man, oh yeah! + Aw yeah. I'm having SO MUCH FUN. This is like a slumber party where there's nothing to do but play games ALL NIGHT LONG. Oh yeah, and NO BOYS ALLOWED. Not that I CARE - I can beat any boy at any game, any time, anywhere! + Puzzle games, fighting games, action, rpg,
Shoot 'em ups, beat 'em ups, virtual reality,
Dating sims, flight sims, CD-rom or console,
Handheld, arcade, tabletopping oldschool,
Turn-based, card-based, tactical, strategy,
Text-based adventure, point-and-click mystery,
FPS, racers, platforms, rhythm games,
She's the bomb at anything you can name! + GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
Gamer guys better run and hide!
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
'Cause I'm the baddest, so step aside!
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
I got the stats, and that's my proof!
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
So come on and RAISE THE ROOF! + I'm the GameGrl!
(She's a GameGrl) The best in the world!
(She's a GameGrl) Girls rule!
(She's a GameGrl) And boys drool!
(She's a GameGrl) I'm kickin' rad!
(She's a GameGrl) You're super bad!
(She's a GameGrl) 'Cause I've got the moves
So step into my GAMER GROOVE. + Don't be a wimp!
(She's a GameGrl) Unless you're a shrimp!
(She's a GameGrl) I'm the new cool!
(She's a GameGrl) You're old school!
(She's a GameGrl) Gaming like a pro!
(She's a GameGrl) Come on, let's go!
(She's a GameGrl) Better than the rest
When you're gaming with the GameGrl you're gaming with the best! + Awesome! That was totally rad to the max! I could just keep doing this all day... NOT! I've got games to play, and if you think I'm gonna slow down just to talk to a bunch of amateurs, then you need to seriously blow the dust out of your cartridges. + But hey, girls, whenever you need to show those creepy boys who's boss, just remember that GameGrl's got your back. Look for me on specially-marked boxes of Betty Crocker brand snacks and have an adult call the toll-free number to subscribe to the exclusive girls-only GameGrl Magazine. Alright, check you later girlfriends! Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Originally we’d planned on doing a Homestuck album that was devoted entirely to the Sburb Alpha kids and their session, all of us doing tracks that would parallel earlier tracks in a same-but-different fashion. While this album became Homestuck Vol. 9, a lot of analogous tracks remained from the original concept, including this track as an alternative to “GameBro (Original 1990 Mix)” from Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent. @@ -255,50 +276,29 @@ Commentary: |- Eventually we got the overalls and proceeded to take the most fantastic pictures ever. I’ll be posting up some other photos from that day later on so keep your eyes peeled! All in all, this track is probably the most involved I’d been on a Homestuck album and am so glad it was this one. I had a blast! -Lyrics: |- - Aw yeah! What's up gamers?
I'm GameGrl, and I'm here to show you that girls can game too!
Don't go easy on me, guys - unless you want to get beat by a GIRL.
Are you ready? Let's DO THIS. - Yo I'm the GameGrl, and I've got the scores
'Cause I woop butt and game hardcore
I might look cute but I play to win
So get your head in the game, 'cause we're about to begin - I got sweet moves and secret skills
To pull off the codes, the combos, and kills
Tapping my fingers like a maniac
This girl's gone bad on a game attack! - GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
When I'm on the scoreboard, you sure can tell!
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
Cause I spell my scores "G-R-L!"
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
You gamer guys better take it like a man!
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
If you can't keep up then talk to the hand! - I'm the GameGrl!
(She's a GameGrl) The best in the world!
(She's a GameGrl) Girls rule!
(She's a GameGrl) And boys drool!
(She's a GameGrl) I'm kickin' rad!
(She's a GameGrl) You're super bad!
(She's a GameGrl) Better than the rest
When you're gaming with the GameGrl you're gaming with the best! - When I say "game", you say "girl!"
GAME! GRL! GAME! GRL!
When I say "best", you say "the world!"
BEST IN! THE WORLD! BEST IN! THE WORLD!
When I say girls, you say rule!
GIRLS! RULE! GIRLS! RULE!
When I say boys, you say drool!
BOYS! DROOL! BOYS! DROOL! - Let's have a dance party RIGHT NOW. Everybody do the wave! Yeah, that's pretty good. Check it out! I'm dancing! I'm dancing! Check this move out! Oh man, oh yeah! - Aw yeah. I'm having SO MUCH FUN. This is like a slumber party where there's nothing to do but play games ALL NIGHT LONG. Oh yeah, and NO BOYS ALLOWED. Not that I CARE - I can beat any boy at any game, any time, anywhere! - Puzzle games, fighting games, action, rpg,
Shoot 'em ups, beat 'em ups, virtual reality,
Dating sims, flight sims, CD-rom or console,
Handheld, arcade, tabletopping oldschool,
Turn-based, card-based, tactical, strategy,
Text-based adventure, point-and-click mystery,
FPS, racers, platforms, rhythm games,
She's the bomb at anything you can name! - GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
Gamer guys better run and hide!
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
'Cause I'm the baddest, so step aside!
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
I got the stats, and that's my proof!
GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!
So come on and RAISE THE ROOF! - I'm the GameGrl!
(She's a GameGrl) The best in the world!
(She's a GameGrl) Girls rule!
(She's a GameGrl) And boys drool!
(She's a GameGrl) I'm kickin' rad!
(She's a GameGrl) You're super bad!
(She's a GameGrl) 'Cause I've got the moves
So step into my GAMER GROOVE. - Don't be a wimp!
(She's a GameGrl) Unless you're a shrimp!
(She's a GameGrl) I'm the new cool!
(She's a GameGrl) You're old school!
(She's a GameGrl) Gaming like a pro!
(She's a GameGrl) Come on, let's go!
(She's a GameGrl) Better than the rest
When you're gaming with the GameGrl you're gaming with the best! - Awesome! That was totally rad to the max! I could just keep doing this all day... NOT! I've got games to play, and if you think I'm gonna slow down just to talk to a bunch of amateurs, then you need to seriously blow the dust out of your cartridges. - But hey, girls, whenever you need to show those creepy boys who's boss, just remember that GameGrl's got your back. Look for me on specially-marked boxes of Betty Crocker brand snacks and have an adult call the toll-free number to subscribe to the exclusive girls-only GameGrl Magazine. Alright, check you later girlfriends! -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra -Referenced Tracks: -- Bro Hop -- Airtime -- Afraid of the Darko --- Track: ASSAULT Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:21' -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- 'cw: alcohol' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/assault-2 - https://youtu.be/4u_Gk9bH5_4 Cover Artists: - Maf +Art Tags: +- Roxy +- 'cw: alcohol' --- Track: A Little Fight Mewsic Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '2:19' -Art Tags: -- God Cat URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/a-little-fight-mewsic-2 - https://youtu.be/O-EtZR02vGA Cover Artists: - Amethyst Barron +Art Tags: +- God Cat --- Track: Austin, Atlantis Artist: Clark Powell @@ -306,13 +306,6 @@ Duration: '3:43' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/austin-atlantis-2 - https://youtu.be/wPfUy4j9V7c -Commentary: |- - Clark Powell: - Nothing inspires me more than spaces, regardless of whether they are real or virtual. Examples include cities, mountains, buildings, individual rooms, even entire planets (see [[album:medium|Medium]]). - Austin is currently my real world home, and to imagine it flooded and empty is a fascinating thing. Should Dirk ever decide to explore beyond Houston, what forgotten worlds would he find in the other lost Texan fortresses? - The whole song was written to musically explore this sunken Austin, and to deliver a strong atmosphere and sense of place. The parts I used to piece together this portrait are the constituent Homestuck tunes, each of which I chose because of thematic applicability; they include Beatdown, Explore, Flare, and even Atomyk Ebonpyre. - To capture the same essence visually in the track art, I knew I could trust Tynic. She is an incredible background artist with an uncanny sense for colors and composition! I am so proud of her work here; the song just wouldn’t be the same without the accompanying artwork. - Additional fun fact: the entire song is played off key, detuned into the spaces between quartertones. The piano itself is significantly flat. This surprised me in how far it went toward making the song sound “sunken.” Cover Artists: - Nic Carey Referenced Tracks: @@ -322,23 +315,30 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:explore - track:endless-climb - Flare +Commentary: |- + Clark Powell: + Nothing inspires me more than spaces, regardless of whether they are real or virtual. Examples include cities, mountains, buildings, individual rooms, even entire planets (see [[album:medium|Medium]]). + Austin is currently my real world home, and to imagine it flooded and empty is a fascinating thing. Should Dirk ever decide to explore beyond Houston, what forgotten worlds would he find in the other lost Texan fortresses? + The whole song was written to musically explore this sunken Austin, and to deliver a strong atmosphere and sense of place. The parts I used to piece together this portrait are the constituent Homestuck tunes, each of which I chose because of thematic applicability; they include Beatdown, Explore, Flare, and even Atomyk Ebonpyre. + To capture the same essence visually in the track art, I knew I could trust Tynic. She is an incredible background artist with an uncanny sense for colors and composition! I am so proud of her work here; the song just wouldn’t be the same without the accompanying artwork. + Additional fun fact: the entire song is played off key, detuned into the spaces between quartertones. The piano itself is significantly flat. This surprised me in how far it went toward making the song sound “sunken.” --- Track: Despot Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '3:36' -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Sawtooth URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/despot-2 - https://youtu.be/O7CI8okTWSg +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra +Art Tags: +- Dirk +- Sawtooth Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: Started as a sequel to Upward Movement, before Hussie skipped over that entire sequence, which made me try to build it into a general Dirk theme. Sort of like a rise to power, from princehood to kinghood, or sommat. Maybe even a character theme, though I can’t really make those calls. Tavia Morra: This picture started with an innocent suggestion from RJ who imagined Dirk riding a super hang on motorcycle to this song. I took the idea over to Jit who then helped me develop the picture to what it became, suggesting the FF7 motorcycle chase as inspiration and to turn the motorcycle in to Sawtooth. -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra --- Track: Stress Artist: Buzinkai, Toby Fox @@ -346,12 +346,16 @@ Contributors: - Buzinkai (composition) - Toby Fox (arrangement) Duration: '2:02' -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stress-2 - https://youtu.be/RZGdkT96JDs +Cover Artists: +- P-RO +Art Tags: +- Dirk +- 'cw: blood' +Referenced Tracks: +- Five-Four Stress Commentary: |- Toby Fox: art by P-RO at nomorepros.tumblr.com. P-RO always does a maximally amazing job so why I asked her to draw the art is a non-question. @@ -367,21 +371,19 @@ Commentary: |- Wow, I really got off track here. But I hope you learned something today. * Yes, Bill Bolin also started an arrangement of this piece before he left the team. I think we were both attracted to the same “essence” present in Buzinkai’s piece. ** Bonus challenge: See if you can count out how I divided the measures in this song! If you can do this, you can easily understand how to compose in time signatures like this. It’s actually VERY simple and derived directly from the other breakdowns I did. -Cover Artists: -- P-RO -Referenced Tracks: -- Five-Four Stress --- Track: Minihoof's Adventure Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Contributors: - Tavia Morra (vocals) Duration: '2:47' -Art Tags: -- Maplehoof URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/minihoofs-adventure-2 - https://youtu.be/KMyh7F9cyrE +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra +Art Tags: +- Maplehoof Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: I get the feeling that down the line there will be an explanation for why exactly there’s a tiny Maplehoof on Dirk Strider’s desk and it will be one of the biggest plot revelations in all of Homestuck. For me it was a cue that there needed to be a Sburb Alpha universe parallel for the song [[track:maplehoofs-adventure]], which in itself was a spiritual sequel to [[track:pony-chorale]]. It’s sort of a reality check to realize that I have written not one, not two, but three songs for cartoon ponies now - I guess that’s part of this disease we call the Internet. @@ -391,17 +393,21 @@ Commentary: |- The track art was done by Tavia Morra. Tavia Morra: Bowman and I quickly settled on the idea of a picture emphasizing the size of Minihoof, but couldn’t decide on a specific way to show it. Maybe put a magnifying glass over the little pony? Having her next to Dirk’s hand while he typed on the computer? The energy of the track made us think of little Minihoof running through an obstacle course Dirk set up for her on his desk, thus the stapler, the tacks, the brads, the pencils, and the GameBro Magazines. This was a super fun one for me since I had such a personal investment in it. -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra --- Track: Encore Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '3:09' -Art Tags: -- Jake URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/encore-2 - https://youtu.be/d8R1N5h3Mzc +Cover Artists: +- Bea +Art Tags: +- Jake +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-original-mix +- Lifdoff +- Unite Synchronization Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: Let’s talk about Encore! Or “Showtime 2: Encore”. @@ -419,69 +425,68 @@ Commentary: |- I pondered adding this for a while, since it felt a bit “Yes, we get it, this is a Showtime thing, y’don’t need to actually add the thing in”, but eventually I liked the idea of it smashing in, completely brazen with its NES-y soundfont and blaring the original track in the last section of the song. We then wind down with the fast-paced percussion and the starting brass arrangement, just enough time for a post-battle ass-kicking pose, and then “Boom”. I think writing tracks for characters like John/Jake’s quite fun in that they’ve got this bottomless optimism and carefree attitude, plus they do silly things. Silly things are quite fun to score... And that’s Encore! Hope ya’ll enjoyed that little trip back down memory lane! -Cover Artists: -- Bea -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Lifdoff -- Unite Synchronization --- Track: Expedition Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '2:29' -Art Tags: -- Jake URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/expedition-2 - https://youtu.be/UjUpiHOtjWs -Commentary: |- - Mark Hadley: - As I've mentioned before, I really like finding ways to combine themes. In this case, I combined 'Explore' and 'English' in a style inspired by the sailing theme from 'Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker'. (It's easy to miss the theme from 'English', since it's a lot more upbeat and in a major key.) I don't use brass a lot when I write, but I think it came out well here. Cover Artists: - Kiddy +Art Tags: +- Jake Referenced Tracks: - English - track:explore +Commentary: |- + Mark Hadley: + As I've mentioned before, I really like finding ways to combine themes. In this case, I combined 'Explore' and 'English' in a style inspired by the sailing theme from 'Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker'. (It's easy to miss the theme from 'English', since it's a lot more upbeat and in a major key.) I don't use brass a lot when I write, but I think it came out well here. --- Track: Elephant Gun Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '2:39' -Art Tags: -- Jake URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/elephant-gun-2 - https://youtu.be/60Qjl1iyZ4U +Cover Artists: +- 8bitkitten +Art Tags: +- Jake Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: This is pure Jake strife music - I started this project with the definite goal in mind to make something that sounded purely like video game music for a battle. Jake English is sort of the archetypal Roosevelt-type swashbuckler with all the bravado of a turn-of-the-century primitivist. For him, the palette of sounds is instantaneous: heavy percussion rumbling at a breakneck pace. I threw in chimes, timpani, xylophone, glockenspiel, cymbal crashes, and an uncompromising drum machine to get the atmosphere I wanted. I had a nice, retro-sounding portamento synth as a lead, a quick little intro, and a couple of smart little themes going on right at the beginning, and I was all set for this to be one of those simple, memorable themes not unlike one of the previous Strife themes (“Beatdown”, “Showtime”). Then, at 44 seconds in, something snapped - I suddenly decided that what I was writing was boring and that nothing could be normal from that point on. Inspired by a few listens to “Rollo Interior”, I wrote a rhythmically unconventional breakdown followed by the whole song shifting into “Zappa chords” for a little while. What was excellent about working on this track is it’s one of the first instances in a while where I had really freed myself from any preconceived goals for the song’s form and just decided to write a track from start to finish and see what felt right. I ended up at sort of the golden length - the song begins to loop at 2:15, making it still functional as video game music, and fades out by 2:39. Tavia pointed out to me that pop songs that run a bit short of 3 minutes tend to be incredibly satisfying, especially for a first time listener, as they ask for your attention for an amount of time that doesn’t wear you down. Out of all my tracks for Vol. 9, this is the one I find the easiest to listen to on a loop. The track art is by 8bitkitten. -Cover Artists: -- 8bitkitten --- Track: Miasmajesty Artist: Solatrus, Nick Smalley Duration: '3:20' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/miasmajesty-2 - https://youtu.be/cfzEta7PCkk +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra +Art Tags: +- Dirk Commentary: |- Tavia Morra: You ever have one of those days where the pen and photoshop just seem to be behaving? I was having one of those days and as a result this picture of Dirk happened. He’s holding a Derse flag with the pointy end coming at the viewer. This man means business. -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra --- Track: Jane Dargason Artist: Clark Powell, Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:43' -Art Tags: -- Jane URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jane-dargason-2 - https://youtu.be/jSczYjYAaUY +Cover Artists: +- Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- Jane +Referenced Tracks: +- Jane's Dragon +- Life in Technicolor Commentary: |- Clark Powell: (Tumblr) @@ -496,67 +501,66 @@ Commentary: |- In short, we have an anthemic Jane tune in the workings! Quasar Nebula: the track art attached to the audio file on the original tumblr post eventually became the art for [[Princess of Helium]]! -Cover Artists: -- Dawn Davis -Referenced Tracks: -- Jane's Dragon -- Life in Technicolor --- Track: Before the Beginning and After the End Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '4:27' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/before-the-beginning-and-after-the-end-2 +- https://youtu.be/Nab_SoEy8rk +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra Art Tags: - Jane - Roxy - Dirk - Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/before-the-beginning-and-after-the-end-2 -- https://youtu.be/Nab_SoEy8rk +Referenced Tracks: +- Before Before the Beginning Commentary: |- Tavia Morra: This was one of the last track art pieces I did that I had a lot of fun with. I didn’t really know what I was doing when I went in, but as soon as I had laid out what Alpha Kid went where, the colors instantly stood out in my mind. I really like the way this one came out. -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra -Referenced Tracks: -- Before Before the Beginning --- Track: Bridge of Stars Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:35' -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade -- Davesprite URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bridge-of-stars-2 - https://youtu.be/yQSb3LMPk0Q Cover Artists: - 8bitkitten +Art Tags: +- John +- Jade +- Davesprite --- Track: Cumulating Dreams Artist: Solatrus Contributors: - Clark Powell (cello) Duration: '3:11' -Art Tags: -- Jane URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cumulating-dreams-2 - https://youtu.be/80ZicKue9yM Cover Artists: - Nyanface +Art Tags: +- Jane --- Track: Busting Makes Me Feel Good Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '3:25' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/busting-makes-me-feel-good-2 +- https://youtu.be/ObxMP2v6ke8 +Cover Artists: +- Victoria Grace Elliott Art Tags: - John - Jade - Davesprite -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/busting-makes-me-feel-good-2 -- https://youtu.be/ObxMP2v6ke8 +Referenced Tracks: +- Ghostbusters Lyrics: |- Bustin'-bustin'-bustin'-bustin' makes me feel good! Bustin' makes me feel good!
Bu-bu-bu-bustin'!
Bu-bu-bu-bu-bustin'!
Bu-bu-bu-bustin' makes me feel good! @@ -576,25 +580,21 @@ Commentary: |- Going off of the notion that there aught to be some music dedicated to the 3 years that John, Jade, and Davesprite spend by killing time in Ghostbusters 2 MMORPG, I recorded myself singing the famous exclamation uttered by Ray Parker Jr partway through the legendary 1984 single. What is the deal with that line, really? Apparently chasing ghosts isn’t just a public service for Mr. Parker - it gets him off. The majority of the track is driven by drum and crowd samples with some very funky but intentionally primitive synths on top. I liked the idea of building up to some big climactic house beat, and the climax of the song is sort of an homage to Kalibration and his EDM project Screamcatcher (albeit missing all the cool). The art is by Victoria Grace Elliott. -Cover Artists: -- Victoria Grace Elliott -Referenced Tracks: -- Ghostbusters --- Track: Everything is Something to Somebody Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:06' -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Carapacians URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/everything-is-something-to-somebody-2 - https://youtu.be/reSPRXEtVmg +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra +Art Tags: +- Roxy +- Carapacians Commentary: |- Tavia Morra: This is another one that RJ let me do whatever I wanted on. After thinking about the title of the track, I remembered the moment in Homestuck when we all finally found out the answer to the infamous question “What Pumpkin?” And what a heartwarming answer it was! To me, this was one of the most gentle tear-jerking moments in the comic to date. It just made sense to draw. -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra --- Track: iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE Directory: iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE @@ -602,19 +602,19 @@ Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Contributors: - Thomas Ferkol (electric guitar) Duration: '1:41' -Art Tags: -- Tavros -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/irrrrrrrreconcila8le-2 - https://youtu.be/IyVUutdaP8E +Cover Artists: +- 8bitkitten +Art Tags: +- Tavros +- Vriska Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Before there was 20+ hours of music in the Homestuck catalog, the music team’s task was to create new themes at a moment’s notice for new elements of the story. When Tavrisprite appeared in the comic, I challenged myself to make a suitable theme at the same pace I might once have cobbled something together back in 2009. I posted the resulting demo track on my Soundcloud the same day as the character made its debut. My demo fused the Spanish sounds associated with Tavros and the electric lead guitar associated with Vriska. The result was just over a minute of power-flamenco silliness which I planned to expand upon heavily until suddenly Tavrisprite exploded less than an hour after I uploaded the demo. I decided the song aught to be short and sweet as well, so I asked Thomas Ferkol to play some additional metal guitar at the end before dropping in an explosion effect and a distantly echoing “honk” from a certain codpiece-wearing merchant. The track art is by 8bitkitten. -Cover Artists: -- 8bitkitten --- Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Post-Punk Version) Artist: Michael Guy Bowman @@ -622,11 +622,15 @@ Contributors: - Erik Scheele (piano) - Marcy Nabors (thermin & accordian) Duration: '3:50' -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-post-punk-version-2 - https://youtu.be/nU9YXh_0L4Y +Cover Artists: +- Cari Garafalo +Art Tags: +- Midnight Crew +Referenced Tracks: +- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew Lyrics: |- I hate a moral coward, one who lacks a manly spark
I just detest a man afraid to go home in the dark
I spend my every evening where there's women wine and song
But like a man, I always bring my little wife along! I'm a member of the Midnight Crew
I'm a night owl, a wise bird too
Home with the milk in the morning
Singing the same old song!
Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun
Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun
Bring your wife and trouble, it can never trouble you
Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! @@ -641,72 +645,70 @@ Commentary: |- The inspiration for this “post-punk” arrangement comes specifically from the Iggy Pop track “Nightclubbing”, which was produced by David Bowie during their stay in Berlin in 1977. The Iggy Pop and Eddie Morton tracks are very different takes on a night on the town, and I was utterly fascinated by the thought of injecting the old ragtime track with the same seedy atmosphere of Iggy’s sardonic croon. I’d been playing this particular arrangement live at live shows for a while, and for this recorded version I brought in bandmates Erik Scheele and Marcy Nabors to record their respective parts. Erik delivers the excellent jazz piano, while Marcy added some amazing textures by playing theremin and accordion. I made full use of the wah pedal on my guitar to deliver the very textured guitar performance, and copied Iggy’s beloved drum machine loop for the main percussion. The track art is by Cari Garafalo. -Cover Artists: -- Cari Garafalo -Referenced Tracks: -- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew --- Track: Three in the Morning (Aftermath) Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '3:28' -Art Tags: -- Roxy URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-aftermath-2 - https://youtu.be/nkRwwNcIkEw -Commentary: |- - Erik Scheele: - I don’t remember how long ago it was that Plaz asked me to do an improvisation around their Three In The Morning, but I did it, and here it is! Cover Artists: - Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- Roxy Referenced Tracks: - Three in the Morning +Commentary: |- + Erik Scheele: + I don’t remember how long ago it was that Plaz asked me to do an improvisation around their Three In The Morning, but I did it, and here it is! --- Track: Lancer Artist: Clark Powell Duration: '3:51' -Art Tags: -- DD -- Midnight Crew URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lancer-2 - https://youtu.be/C1L6GAcqAVE Cover Artists: - clorinspats +Art Tags: +- DD +- Midnight Crew --- Track: Three's a Crowd Artist: Robert J! Lake, Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:27' -Art Tags: -- DD -- Midnight Crew URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/threes-a-crowd-2 - https://youtu.be/hBnCIpVQTls Cover Artists: - ari +Art Tags: +- DD +- Midnight Crew Referenced Tracks: - Three in the Morning --- Track: Break Shot Artist: Kalibration Duration: '3:05' -Art Tags: -- Lord English URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/break-shot-2 - https://youtu.be/E07s837gHWE Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Art Tags: +- Lord English --- Track: Portrait Artist: Solatrus Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Roxy URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/portrait-2 - https://youtu.be/qkF5HxMd1LA +Cover Artists: +- Kate Holden +Art Tags: +- Roxy Commentary: |- Solatrus: Honestly, on all three, it was a lot of going with my gut because I hadn’t quite gained the understanding of writing percussion that I now have. Though, having a good instinct for interesting rhythms definitely is why I seem to be so notorious for percussion/drum beats. @@ -716,30 +718,28 @@ Commentary: |- As for everything since Portrait, any weird percussion I do has been completely deliberate and thought out, because, as I said before, I understand my instincts on it. More importantly, I understand why those instincts work. TL;DR; In a past life, I was probably a drummer. :D -Cover Artists: -- Kate Holden --- Track: Negative Aperture Artist: Svix Duration: '2:36' -Art Tags: -- Sawtooth URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/negative-aperture-2 - https://youtu.be/x15fE5XGk1g Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Art Tags: +- Sawtooth --- Track: Sweet Dreams, Timaeus Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:19' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-dreams-timaeus-2 - https://youtu.be/GhVCvz1sRdw Cover Artists: - Vivian Ng +Art Tags: +- Dirk --- Track: Red Miles Artist: James Dever @@ -747,6 +747,8 @@ Duration: '3:10' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/red-miles-2 - https://youtu.be/_7ulwTrNnTE +Cover Artists: +- Homestuck Commentary: |- James Dever: History @@ -765,8 +767,6 @@ Commentary: |- The last section that I described as sounding almost like a chase is purposeful. The concept is that Diamond Droog is releasing the miles upon the universe and the different musical sections are the different scenes of destruction. The final scene where everything becomes hectic is suppose to be Dirk flying through crumbling towers and crazy red death tentacles trying to escape a painful death. The sudden cut off was suppose to be kind of a cliffhanger like “where did he go???” but then the final resolution was supposed to sound similar to a big sigh of relief as he narrowly avoids doom. Art! Originally, the art was to be done by everyone’s favorite person. Because of silly reasons (really silly, the silliest) it didn’t end up happening though. I freaking loved the art too. Instead though, we have a panel from the comic. It just so happens to be the panel where the miles are about to wreck shit at the abode of my favorite Alpha character. I didn’t know this at the time otherwise I’d never make a reference to such a horrible event :P -Cover Artists: -- Homestuck --- Track: The Changing Game Artist: Thomas Ferkol @@ -780,35 +780,35 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Requited Artist: Clark Powell Duration: '4:32' -Art Tags: -- The Disciple URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/requited-2 - https://youtu.be/k3QzERACr-Q +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- The Disciple +Referenced Tracks: +- Serenade Commentary: |- Clark Powell: Back on Volume 8 I wrote a song called Serenade; the track art for it explains well what the song is about. In a great many ways it was an important song for me. For one, it was the first song I’ve ever written, by which I mean a short, lyrical work written in a structure including verses and choruses. On top of that the music and the melodies came unusually naturally to me, and it all felt organic and expressive of my situation in life at the time of writing. Serenade is by far the closest emotional connection I have to Homestuck. Naturally I wanted to do things properly if I was going to revisit a tune so personally significant. As part of a larger project I was tentatively calling “cellostuck” I decided to tackle Serenade and record a version with live cello parts, hopefully bringing rich textures and lyricism to the song to reflect the musical and personal progress I had made since writing the original. It came out beautifully, much more so than the other experiments I had tried with other songs. I called the final mix Requited, implying that the song can be seen from the opposite side. Consider Requited the pre-Scratch counterpart to Serenade. For the artwork on this track I asked my chum Dodostad to draw something up. Her style of whimsical, faded character art seemed the perfect match for the song, and she did a magnificent job. -Cover Artists: -- dodostad -Referenced Tracks: -- Serenade --- Track: Princess of Helium Artist: Clark Powell Duration: '2:12' -Art Tags: -- Jane URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/princess-of-helium-2 - https://youtu.be/mAgr3UH7ywo +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra +Art Tags: +- Jane Commentary: |- Tavia Morra: This was the first track art I had done for Volume 9, but at the time I drew it I didn’t know it was going to be on the upcoming album. Plazmataz played a track they’d been working on outloud for me and asked if I wanted to do art. I jumped on the opportunity and got a lot of painting practice in with this one. I’m super proud of this one, since it was the first picture in a while that had a strong palette. -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra --- Track: Moonsetter Artist: Toby Fox @@ -816,24 +816,28 @@ Contributors: - Samm Neiland (viola) - Clark Powell (cello) Duration: '2:21' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/moonsetter-2 - https://youtu.be/75kJb_aAvKY Cover Artists: - Hanni Brosh +Art Tags: +- Dirk --- Track: Candles and Clockwork (Alpha Version) Artist: James Dever Contributors: - Alex Rosetti (mixing) Duration: '2:28' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/candles-and-clockwork-alpha-version-2 - https://youtu.be/0aPJVZMW4xI +Cover Artists: +- Worthikids +Art Tags: +- Dave +Referenced Tracks: +- Candles and Clockwork Commentary: |- James Dever: History @@ -848,59 +852,61 @@ Commentary: |- As for this name in particular, it should be obvious that it’s the post scratch version of the song (so aimed more at Dirk and Alpha Dave). The working title was also Candles and Clockwork (with the a’s replaced with lower case alpha symbols). Sadly, it doesn’t really differentiate itself from the original. The symbols aren’t separate enough to make it easy to tell the two versions apart. Art! The art was done by the fantastic Worthikids who I only just recently discovered! They actually made it a while ago for the original Volume 5 version. I messaged them about using it for this version. Go check them out! -Cover Artists: -- Worthikids -Referenced Tracks: -- Candles and Clockwork --- Track: Coursing Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '4:17' -Art Tags: -- Becquerel -- God Cat URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/coursing-2 - https://youtu.be/yzfiSLL9vOo -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - I wrote it to be the “alpha” version of Courser, another piece by myself and Beatfox. Where Courser is a theme for Bec, Coursing can be thought of as a theme for GCat, though in my mind it encompasses the idea of any First Guardian. It is not a “remix” or even an arrangement of Courser, but it is based off Courser’s material and of course heavily references it and quotes it. I hope you enjoy! The track art is by the amazing Zilleniose. Thanks Zoey! Cover Artists: - Zilleniose +Art Tags: +- Becquerel +- God Cat Referenced Tracks: - Courser +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + I wrote it to be the “alpha” version of Courser, another piece by myself and Beatfox. Where Courser is a theme for Bec, Coursing can be thought of as a theme for GCat, though in my mind it encompasses the idea of any First Guardian. It is not a “remix” or even an arrangement of Courser, but it is based off Courser’s material and of course heavily references it and quotes it. I hope you enjoy! The track art is by the amazing Zilleniose. Thanks Zoey! --- Track: Cairo Overcoat Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:43' -Art Tags: -- Lord English URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cairo-overcoat-2 - https://youtu.be/PLYF-Zlfd2c Cover Artists: - Lauren Ross +Art Tags: +- Lord English --- Track: Battle Against an Unfathomable Enemy Artist: Kalibration Duration: '3:40' -Art Tags: -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/battle-against-an-unfathomable-enemy-2 - https://youtu.be/xtCo--GAAnA Cover Artists: - Molly Gur +Art Tags: +- Horrorterrors --- Track: Noirscape Artist: David Ellis Duration: '5:08' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/noirscape-2 - https://youtu.be/dG5BjK4194A +Cover Artists: +- kendle bentley b! +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +- 'cw: blood' +Referenced Tracks: +- Liquid Negrocity +- Crystalanthemums +- Descend Commentary: |- David Ellis: This tune got some pretty cool art from kendle bentley b! at electroluxx.tumblr.com. I don’t really know anything other than ‘wow, that’s really cool’. @@ -914,22 +920,9 @@ Commentary: |- Fun if somewhat nerdy fact: The power down sound that leads into the guitar solo section is actually the sound made when the Hammond organ is switched off while holding down the last chord. The tonewheels inside the organ that generate the pitches start to slow down before the amplifier cuts out so you can hear the pitch lower before the sound stops. After I posted Noirscape it got added to the tracklist for LOFAM2 and straightfacedgriff had actually started doing art for it before I had the chance to quietly let them know that it wasn’t going to be on the album. The art pretty much sums up the scene the music was meant to be describing at the start though (assuming jack has a few more knives up his sleeve for the other guards) so I thought I’d include it here. -Cover Artists: -- kendle bentley b! -Referenced Tracks: -- Liquid Negrocity -- Crystalanthemums -- Descend --- Track: Dogfight Artist: Team Dogfight -Duration: '3:40' -Art Tags: -- PM -- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dogfight-2 -- https://youtu.be/t7jg87kn5ps Contributors: - David Dycus (organizer & synths) - Willow Ascenzo (orchestra) @@ -937,8 +930,15 @@ Contributors: - DJ最テー (guitar) - viaSatellite (guitar & bass) - Ian White (trumpet & bass) +Duration: '3:40' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dogfight-2 +- https://youtu.be/t7jg87kn5ps Cover Artists: - Molly Gur +Art Tags: +- PM +- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle - Penumbra Phantasm @@ -949,13 +949,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: A Taste for Adventure Artist: Seth Peelle Duration: '8:24' -Art Tags: -- Jake URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/a-taste-for-adventure-2 - https://youtu.be/S4kIfIUSV6o Cover Artists: - minty +Art Tags: +- Jake Referenced Tracks: - track:dissension-original - Carefree Action @@ -964,6 +964,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Stargaze Artist: Nick Smalley Duration: '1:24' +URLs: +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stargaze-2 +- https://youtu.be/ZTkdO7c4MEE +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra Art Tags: - Jane - Roxy @@ -971,34 +976,29 @@ Art Tags: - Jake - Lil Cal - 'cw: alcohol' -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stargaze-2 -- https://youtu.be/ZTkdO7c4MEE Commentary: |- Tavia Morra: Nick Smalley approached me about this one with a very specific image for this one. He wanted a night time version of Lexxy’s wonderful [[media:misc/together.jpg|Beta Kids image]]. I had a lot of fun sprinkling details in to this image. I think the part that makes me smile most is little Minihoof curled up on Dirk’s chest. -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra --- Group: Bonus tracks --- Track: Another Countdown Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '1:20' -Art Tags: -- Jane URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/another-countdown-2 - https://youtu.be/e71naCnOdwo +Cover Artists: +- Emery Ferguson +Art Tags: +- Jane +Referenced Tracks: +- Another Jungle Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: I’ve mentioned a few times that Homestuck Vol. 9, in its early planning stages, was conceived as an album that would be dedicated to the new session of Homestuck, and most of the tracks would mimic older songs re-imagined in the new universe presented in Act 6. “Another Countdown” was thus the sister song of “Sburban Countdown” - both are brief arrangements of their parent songs (“Another Jungle” and “Sburban Jungle” respectively) meant to crescendo towards a major climax. “Another Countdown” was retooled from its parent track to be far mellower at first - the bass and drum comping is a bit latin in flavor, and much of the song’s first half is almost completely quiet until the explosion that finishes off the track. When the concept of the record was changed, it was decided that this relatively short song would be included as a bonus when you purchase the full album. The track art is by Emery Ferguson. -Cover Artists: -- Emery Ferguson -Referenced Tracks: -- Another Jungle --- Track: Frustracean Artist: Toby Fox @@ -1006,10 +1006,6 @@ Duration: '2:47' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om3VC6ru4yk - https://youtu.be/om3VC6ru4yk -Lyrics: |- - That was the plan, to give you a boner
And you GOT ONE - Ha-HAA - boner Cover Artists: - Homestuck Referenced Tracks: @@ -1017,3 +1013,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Sampled Tracks: - Snake Eyes - Leaving Las Vegas +Lyrics: |- + That was the plan, to give you a boner
And you GOT ONE + Ha-HAA + boner diff --git a/album/hush.yaml b/album/hush.yaml index 56a41765..ee8257d1 100644 --- a/album/hush.yaml +++ b/album/hush.yaml @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ Album: Hush Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Has Track Art: false Date: August 19, 2015 Date Added: February 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/hush +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nB5-QshLTbHnnUmt-jJYSI7qVSWKEPCF0 +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Michael Guy Bowman Color: '#da3434' Groups: - Michael Guy Bowman - Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/hush -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nB5-QshLTbHnnUmt-jJYSI7qVSWKEPCF0 Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Fall in the Hush. -Cover Artists: -- Michael Guy Bowman --- Track: I Have A Plan Duration: '3:18' diff --git a/album/i-am-writing-myself-a-dream-in-a-letter.yaml b/album/i-am-writing-myself-a-dream-in-a-letter.yaml index 591d40c9..2d7d2b5b 100644 --- a/album/i-am-writing-myself-a-dream-in-a-letter.yaml +++ b/album/i-am-writing-myself-a-dream-in-a-letter.yaml @@ -2,49 +2,51 @@ Album: I Am Writing Myself A Dream In A Letter Artist: Kal-la-kal-la Date: August 5, 2019 Date Added: October 10, 2020 +URLs: +- https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-writing-myself-a-dream-in-a-letter +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Default Track Cover Artists: +- Kal-la-kal-la Color: '#eda29c' Groups: - Nasqueron - Beyond -URLs: -- https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-writing-myself-a-dream-in-a-letter Commentary: |- Kal-la-kal-la: For Neil. -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Default Track Cover Artists: -- Kal-la-kal-la --- Track: Blood For My Ancestors Duration: '6:03' URLs: - https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/blood-for-my-ancestors +Referenced Tracks: +- Summer +- Howl Lyrics: |- And when you kissed me, it was the sound that the pebbles on the riverbank make when you shift one from its place, and the rest fall in to fill the gap. And all the hate you hold for me was lightning three-tongued, and the feeling of sliding dice between the palms of your cold and clammy hands. -Commnentary: |- +Commentary: |- Kal-la-kal-la: I can't claim to remember which radio stations I took audio from, but I used this websdr - http://k3fef.com:8901/ -Referenced Tracks: -- Summer -- Howl --- Track: Dreaming Pool Duration: '8:32' URLs: - https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/dreaming-pool-2 -Lyrics: |- - All green things growing under every sky,
All hands reaching into grave,
Every horse's chest drums out the sound, the
Beating beating of hearts, feet and fists,
On the ground, on the ground, on your body;
On your body, on your skin,
And every building falls and flowers grow;
And seabirds cry the sounds
Of Now and Here and Salt and Fear and Open;
And the eyes of the fox are open, and the eyes
Of the rabbit are open, and the grass
Will never stop, and the sun
Rolls down your mountain bones, leaving
Scorched grass,
And a lamb, eyes closed and stiff and cold,
In your arms so heavy;
Soft soft its skull and gold and dull,
We wait for rain. - What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?
Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old men weeping in the parks!
Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the loveless! Mental Moloch! Moloch the heavy judger of men!
Moloch the incomprehensible prison! Moloch the crossbone soulless jailhouse and Congress of sorrows! Moloch whose buildings are judgment! Moloch the vast stone of war! Moloch the stunned governments!
Moloch whose mind is pure machinery! Moloch whose blood is running money! Moloch whose fingers are ten armies! Moloch whose breast is a cannibal dynamo! Moloch whose ear is a smoking tomb!
Moloch whose eyes are a thousand blind windows! Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long streets like endless Jehovahs! Moloch whose factories dream and croak in the fog! Moloch whose smoke-stacks and antennae crown the cities!
Moloch whose love is endless oil and stone! Moloch whose soul is electricity and banks! Moloch whose poverty is the specter of genius! Moloch whose fate is a cloud of sexless hydrogen! Moloch whose name is the Mind!
Moloch in whom I sit lonely! Moloch in whom I dream Angels! Crazy in Moloch! Cocksucker in Moloch! Lacklove and manless in Moloch!
Moloch who entered my soul early! Moloch in whom I am a consciousness without a body! Moloch who frightened me out of my natural ecstasy! Moloch whom I abandon! Wake up in Moloch! Light streaming out of the sky!
Moloch! Moloch! Robot apartments! invisible suburbs! skeleton treasuries! blind capitals! demonic industries! spectral nations! invincible madhouses! granite cocks! monstrous bombs!
They broke their backs lifting Moloch to Heaven! Pavements, trees, radios, tons! lifting the city to Heaven which exists and is everywhere about us!
Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies! gone down the American river!
Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions! the whole boatload of sensitive bullshit!
Breakthroughs! over the river! flips and crucifixions! gone down the flood! Highs! Epiphanies! Despairs! Ten years’ animal screams and suicides! Minds! New loves! Mad generation! down on the rocks of Time!
Real holy laughter in the river! They saw it all! the wild eyes! the holy yells! They bade farewell! They jumped off the roof! to solitude! waving! carrying flowers! Down to the river! into the street! Referenced Tracks: - Summer - Howl +Lyrics: |- + All green things growing under every sky,
All hands reaching into grave,
Every horse's chest drums out the sound, the
Beating beating of hearts, feet and fists,
On the ground, on the ground, on your body;
On your body, on your skin,
And every building falls and flowers grow;
And seabirds cry the sounds
Of Now and Here and Salt and Fear and Open;
And the eyes of the fox are open, and the eyes
Of the rabbit are open, and the grass
Will never stop, and the sun
Rolls down your mountain bones, leaving
Scorched grass,
And a lamb, eyes closed and stiff and cold,
In your arms so heavy;
Soft soft its skull and gold and dull,
We wait for rain. + What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?
Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old men weeping in the parks!
Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the loveless! Mental Moloch! Moloch the heavy judger of men!
Moloch the incomprehensible prison! Moloch the crossbone soulless jailhouse and Congress of sorrows! Moloch whose buildings are judgment! Moloch the vast stone of war! Moloch the stunned governments!
Moloch whose mind is pure machinery! Moloch whose blood is running money! Moloch whose fingers are ten armies! Moloch whose breast is a cannibal dynamo! Moloch whose ear is a smoking tomb!
Moloch whose eyes are a thousand blind windows! Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long streets like endless Jehovahs! Moloch whose factories dream and croak in the fog! Moloch whose smoke-stacks and antennae crown the cities!
Moloch whose love is endless oil and stone! Moloch whose soul is electricity and banks! Moloch whose poverty is the specter of genius! Moloch whose fate is a cloud of sexless hydrogen! Moloch whose name is the Mind!
Moloch in whom I sit lonely! Moloch in whom I dream Angels! Crazy in Moloch! Cocksucker in Moloch! Lacklove and manless in Moloch!
Moloch who entered my soul early! Moloch in whom I am a consciousness without a body! Moloch who frightened me out of my natural ecstasy! Moloch whom I abandon! Wake up in Moloch! Light streaming out of the sky!
Moloch! Moloch! Robot apartments! invisible suburbs! skeleton treasuries! blind capitals! demonic industries! spectral nations! invincible madhouses! granite cocks! monstrous bombs!
They broke their backs lifting Moloch to Heaven! Pavements, trees, radios, tons! lifting the city to Heaven which exists and is everywhere about us!
Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies! gone down the American river!
Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions! the whole boatload of sensitive bullshit!
Breakthroughs! over the river! flips and crucifixions! gone down the flood! Highs! Epiphanies! Despairs! Ten years’ animal screams and suicides! Minds! New loves! Mad generation! down on the rocks of Time!
Real holy laughter in the river! They saw it all! the wild eyes! the holy yells! They bade farewell! They jumped off the roof! to solitude! waving! carrying flowers! Down to the river! into the street! --- Track: Jet Black Duration: '6:42' URLs: - https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/jet-black +Referenced Tracks: +- track:jet-black-jawbreaker Lyrics: >- I'll be quiet to keep you quiet.
Don't concern yourself with my slow dying.
Through the vents I hear you sigh.
I don't get too high these days.
Your floor is @@ -57,20 +59,18 @@ Lyrics: >- same as the symptom.
Simple and pure: break to keep fixing.
Patiently nurse, patient and nurse.
This is the part I wouldn't show you.
The part where you say, "I don't even know you."
This is your cue.
Be glad it's through. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:jet-black-jawbreaker --- Track: Coelacanth Duration: '7:37' URLs: - https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/coelacanth +Referenced Tracks: +- The City of Dreadful Night Lyrics: |- As I came through the desert: Air once more,
And I was close upon a wild sea-shore;
Enormous cliffs arose on either hand,
The deep tide thundered up a league-broad strand;
White foambelts seethed there, wan spray swept and flew;
The sky broke, moon and stars and clouds and blue:
And I strode on austere;
No hope could have no fear. As I came through the desert thus it was,
As I came through the desert: On the left
The sun arose and crowned a broad crag-cleft;
There stopped and burned out black, except a rim,
A bleeding eyeless socket, red and dim;
Whereon the moon fell suddenly south-west,
And stood above the right-hand cliffs at rest:
Still I strode on austere;
No hope could have no fear. I dream of you rising up out of the ocean, skeletons of coelacanths caught in your horns, licking kelp from between your teeth, feeding drowned decadence with the gilded petals of the world above. Better it be yours than mine, an empty sinking pit of hunger tunnelling down to the centre of the earth, chewing red flesh and spitting black seeds. the rain pulls down curtains around you, flooding subway stations and cascading down the glass sheet faces of skyscrapers. I see the future in refracted light, and it is the rainbow in a puddle of oil. The scattered remnants of the way we used to live adorn our walls, sit abandoned in drawers, in brief moments of recollection, at the edge of conversations, foam flecks on a black table, lights adorning street-sides, between blank walls of concrete reaching up into the sky. -Referenced Tracks: -- The City of Dreadful Night --- Track: An Overture From The Far End Of The Room Duration: '10:08' @@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ Track: Hijra Duration: '7:37' URLs: - https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/hijra +Referenced Tracks: +- Up-Hill Lyrics: |- Does the road wind up-hill all the way?
Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? But is there for the night a resting-place?
May not the darkness hide it from my face? Shall I meet other wayfarers at night?
Then must I knock, or call when just in sight? Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?
Will there be beds for me and all who seek? -Referenced Tracks: -- Up-Hill diff --git a/album/inhospitable-delisted.yaml b/album/inhospitable-delisted.yaml index 515b275e..c2dc9629 100644 --- a/album/inhospitable-delisted.yaml +++ b/album/inhospitable-delisted.yaml @@ -2,117 +2,118 @@ Album: '[INHOSPITABLE DELISTED]' Artist: nuclear333 Date: January 4, 2021 Date Added: January 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/inhospitable-delisted +Cover Artists: +- nuclear333 +Default Track Cover Artists: +- nuclear333 Color: '#08e758' Groups: - INHOSPITABLE - nuclear333 - Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/inhospitable-delisted Commentary: |- nuclear333: Tracks from the now-delisted INHOSPITABLE Vol. 1 album from 2017. Contributions that aren't my own haven't been included in this release, as many who worked on the original project are no longer associated with INHOSPITABLE or related projects. I've also decided to include old track art that I'm kind of embarrassed of now. This includes art for tracks not included, and even one piece of track art that was so bad I didn't even use it in the original. You're welcome, archivists. Some songs may be rereleased on a future INHOSPITABLE music project, but the majority of the songs posted here are the only place to download this music. Dedicated to those who helped make the original release a reality. May you find success in any walk of life you choose to take from here. Should you find yourself looking back on this experience, fondly or otherwise, I hope you can at least be proud of how far you've come since this humble project. -Cover Artists: -- nuclear333 -Default Track Cover Artists: -- nuclear333 --- Track: INHOSPITABLE (Old Title) +Also Released As: +- Main Theme - INHOSPITABLE +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: 0:59 URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/inhospitable-old-title Has Cover Art: false -Also Released As: -- Main Theme - INHOSPITABLE -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Misconduct +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '3:06' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/misconduct -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Faultline Flatfoots +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '2:08' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/faultline-flatfoots -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Regrets +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '2:03' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/regrets -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Scratch Zero +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '2:20' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/scratch-zero -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Crying Robot +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '2:42' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/crying-robot +Has Cover Art: false Commentary: |- nuclear333: This track didn't come with track art. -Has Cover Art: false -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Perspective Inbound +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '1:52' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/perspective-inbound Commentary: |- nuclear333: This track reused the art from [[track:regrets]] in the original too. -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Deep in the Planet +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '2:24' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/deep-in-the-planet -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: The Serpent's Trail +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '1:52' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/the-serpents-trail +Has Cover Art: false Commentary: |- nuclear333: One of the instruments here is a dog bark. The entire song was made specifically so I could try that technique. -Has Cover Art: false -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Losing Reality +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '1:54' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/losing-reality -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Mystic Jam +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '1:30' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/mystic-jam Has Cover Art: false -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Hammer Head +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '1:58' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/hammer-head +Cover Artists: +- Cozy Skeleton Commentary: |- nuclear333: Honestly in retrospect this album art really isn't too fitting, but it's pretty cute. It's nice to see how much North's art has improved since then, especially considering I'm not taking that to mean this art is bad. -Cover Artists: -- Cozy Skeleton -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Demon Juice +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '2:04' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/demon-juice @@ -120,27 +121,27 @@ Commentary: |- nuclear333: Cringe is dead. This track art was cool I don't care what you say. Yeah it's like, BAD ART, but conceptually this rules. I should note that 90% of the track art was complete bullshit because I didn't actually have any big ideas back then. The beta track art sucks though. Don't apply that in your metadata. The second I finished making it I knew it wasn't going to be good. Anyway this song was originally made for Cool and New Music Team's '9' album, but was rejected because it sucked, and also because I got the lore I was working off of wrong. Cool and New Webcomic is not a good comic. -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Channel Surfing +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '2:19' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/channel-surfing Commentary: |- nuclear333: Bad photoshop edit. Eugh, can't believe I thought this was passable as track art back then. -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Infinite Midnight +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '3:43' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/infinite-midnight Commentary: |- nuclear333: I completely forgot I reused this art THREE times on this album. -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 --- Track: Greater Impact +Date First Released: November 28, 2017 Duration: '1:46' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/greater-impact @@ -148,4 +149,3 @@ Commentary: |- nuclear333: This track art was originally for the song "Techno Babtle", which isn't included here. I basically just drew the part of the comic it was used for from a different perspective, and I am so glad I rebooted it oh my god this sucked. This was not nearly as cool as I thought it was back then. If you want to go find the page this was from, it's on MSPFA, but maybe don't. It was pretty bad. If you're wondering why this is an unfitting track for the end of an album, please remember that this album had 26 tracks originally. -Date First Released: November 28, 2017 diff --git a/album/ithaca.yaml b/album/ithaca.yaml index cb33fd11..21db63ec 100644 --- a/album/ithaca.yaml +++ b/album/ithaca.yaml @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ Album: Ithaca Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Has Track Art: false Date: January 1, 2012 Date Added: February 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/ithaca +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Michael Guy Bowman Color: '#c82537' Groups: - Michael Guy Bowman - Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/ithaca Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Experimental aircraft, lost civilizations, mythic quests, the Philippines, true love, utter loss, and the transience of life - the many subjects of Ithaca, the first independently released Bowman album. Scattergun in its genre and chaotically retro in its fashion, Ithaca is an eclectic mix of songs both personal and abstract. Bowman once again brings his familiar voice and ever-changing production style along with several friends from the Homestuck music project and elsewhere. Ithaca is calling. After spending years making music exclusively for Homestuck, I branched out with 2012’s Ithaca, my first independently released album. Following up on my album-within-a-web-comic [[album:mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido]], I moved away from my palette of digital synths to focus on a classic rock style. Out come the guitars, the bass, the little toy harp. Shades of Eno, Bowie, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, even a swing tune. It’s a freaky affair. The ideas came from everywhere. There’s a song based on something I heard in a dream when I was eight years old, ([[Old Buggy Now]]). There’s one about an engineer who falls in love with an experimental aircraft ([[Tacit Blue]]). There’s a carriage ride through a Manila’s Chinatown district ([[Kalesa In Binondo]]). The title track [[Ithaca]] recalls Odysseus, a bowman himself. All of it is peppered with guest contributions from Internet friends. -Cover Artists: -- Michael Guy Bowman --- Track: Old Buggy Now Duration: '3:35' @@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ Lyrics: |- Watches with its lonely eye --- Track: Ascension -Artists: -- Michael Guy Bowman -- James Dever Contributors: - Luke Benjamins (eight bit sequencing) - Andrew Huo (violin) @@ -76,14 +73,17 @@ Lyrics: |- And thus for now the world is ours And though it’s just a legend so they say Perhaps they will return again someday +Artists: +- Michael Guy Bowman +- James Dever --- Track: Come With Me -Duration: '4:47' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/come-with-me Contributors: - Thomas Ferkol (guitar solo) - Tavia Morra (backup vocals) +Duration: '4:47' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/come-with-me Lyrics: |- Your weak young heart keeps playing its part for show And though you never say never you never say yes or no @@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ Lyrics: |- Life in this moment, not in its ending --- Track: Tacit Blue -Duration: '2:15' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/tacit-blue Contributors: - Clark Powell (string arrangement and sequencing) - Nick Smalley (additional sequencing) +Duration: '2:15' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/tacit-blue Lyrics: |- Back in the lab I’m running the test If you won’t fly then I won’t rest @@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ Lyrics: |- Tacit Blue --- Track: Rodeo Clown -Duration: '4:09' Contributors: - Marcy Nabors (flute) +Duration: '4:09' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/rodeo-clown Lyrics: |- @@ -288,18 +288,18 @@ Lyrics: |- My heart still a restless sea where Ithaca is calling --- Track: Kalesa In Binondo -Duration: '3:57' Contributors: - Nick Smalley (kalesa driver, additional sequencing) +Duration: '3:57' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/kalesa-in-binondo --- Track: Underneath It All -Duration: '2:33' Contributors: - Katie Carrell (backup vocals) - Tavia Morra (backup vocals) - Clark Powell (string arrangement and sequencing) +Duration: '2:33' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/underneath-it-all Lyrics: |- @@ -334,10 +334,10 @@ URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/laughing-forest --- Track: The Roamin' Bowman -Duration: '3:59' Contributors: - Erik Scheele (piano) - Clark Powell (string arrangement and sequencing) +Duration: '3:59' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-roamin-bowman Lyrics: |- diff --git a/album/jailbreak-vol-1.yaml b/album/jailbreak-vol-1.yaml index b4b61e9e..c74dea80 100644 --- a/album/jailbreak-vol-1.yaml +++ b/album/jailbreak-vol-1.yaml @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ Album: Jailbreak Vol. 1 -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Banner Style: |- - image-rendering: pixelated; - image-rendering: crisp-edges; Date: October 16, 2011 Date Added: October 10, 2020 -Color: '#ffd052' -Groups: -- Homestuck Gaiden -- Fandom URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/jailbreak-vol-1-unofficial-album - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFa8lNfIzETogLpPBnC_ZIDw Cover Artists: - Robert J! Lake +Color: '#ffd052' +Groups: +- Homestuck Gaiden +- Fandom Banner Artists: - Robert J! Lake - Niklink (edits for wiki) +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 +Banner Style: |- + image-rendering: pixelated; + image-rendering: crisp-edges; --- Group: Main album --- @@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ Duration: '1:28' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/drillgorg - https://youtu.be/ddseVIfXERU +Cover Artists: +- Peter Turner Lyrics: |- I, am Drillgorg Drillgorg Drill-Drill-Drill-Drill-Drillgorg @@ -188,15 +190,12 @@ Lyrics: |- Drillgorg Drillgorg Drill-Drill-Drill-Drill-Drillgorg I am Drillgorg I am Drillgorg I will drill your ass -Cover Artists: -- Peter Turner --- Track: Retrobution Artist: Nick Smalley Contributors: - Luke Benjamins Duration: '2:22' -Lyrics: Your mother URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/retrobution - https://youtu.be/uCS_Bz-5ocM @@ -204,6 +203,7 @@ Cover Artists: - Robert J! Lake Sampled Tracks: - Meet the Spy +Lyrics: Your mother --- Track: Game Over Directory: game-over-jailbreak @@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: 0:57 URLs: - https://youtu.be/tdTjk-HX2rw +Has Cover Art: false +Referenced Tracks: +- Gust of Heir +Sampled Tracks: +- Meet the Spy +- Drillgorg +- Your Bed Lyrics: |- Your mother Will drill your ass @@ -270,13 +277,6 @@ Lyrics: |- Drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill I am- your mother- in bed -Has Cover Art: false -Referenced Tracks: -- Gust of Heir -Sampled Tracks: -- Meet the Spy -- Drillgorg -- Your Bed --- Track: Useful or Otherwise Artist: Robert J! Lake diff --git a/album/labyrinths-heart.yaml b/album/labyrinths-heart.yaml index 8d92d231..ebc8a6fd 100644 --- a/album/labyrinths-heart.yaml +++ b/album/labyrinths-heart.yaml @@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ Album: Labyrinth's Heart Artist: Clark Powell Date: September 2, 2015 Date Added: October 10, 2020 -Banner Dimensions: 975x180 +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZhrI8iMi4bMrEyl2ZaWd7R Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- dodostad Color: '#9f887a' Groups: - Clark Powell - Beyond -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZhrI8iMi4bMrEyl2ZaWd7R -Cover Artists: -- dodostad Banner Artists: - dodostad +Banner Dimensions: 975x180 --- Track: Getting Lost Duration: '1:22' @@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ Track: Misbegotten Duration: '4:20' URLs: - https://youtu.be/9ai9ETnvXQo +Referenced Tracks: +- Pencil Holder (demo version) +- track:lori-and-erich-baker Lyrics: |- Countless bodies remain unidentified, some ending up in unmarked graves and small border town cemeteries. I went out on a forensic case, and the sheriff had a skull on his office desk. It was the skull of a younger person, and he was using it as a pencil holder. He had pens and pencils in the eye socket of this person. So that's when I decided something had to be done. -Referenced Tracks: -- Pencil Holder (demo version) -- track:lori-and-erich-baker --- Track: Calypso Deep Duration: '1:46' @@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/l_ODZbxdzFg --- Track: Requiem -Duration: '4:38' Directory: requiem-labyrinths-heart +Duration: '4:38' URLs: - https://youtu.be/u4x-_BipEwA Referenced Tracks: diff --git a/album/lofam.yaml b/album/lofam.yaml index 19443aa3..34309d8b 100644 --- a/album/lofam.yaml +++ b/album/lofam.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ Album: Land of Fans and Music Directory: lofam -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Date: July 30, 2011 Date Added: March 16, 2020 +URLs: +- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-unofficial-album +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVrrmdafwD4-cD2-ZeRtfnzvRpl2IsrQ0 +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord Color: '#4876ff' Groups: - Homestuck Gaiden - Fandom -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-unofficial-album -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVrrmdafwD4-cD2-ZeRtfnzvRpl2IsrQ0 Commentary: |- Elaine Wang: So. I'm Elaine Wang, orngjce223, electronic orange juice; and I do stuff. A lot of stuff really, like dragging a friend along on a dizzy jaunt through philosophy and moral free will in the context of Skaianet Laboratories, while writing an outline as to how to create a Rose Strider AU, while attempting to forecast whether GIF or PNG images will be readable in fifty years, while tossing around a rhythm in my head which might or might not turn into a song, while figuring out what environment variables to set in a bash shell to make it look as much like Homsetuck as possible, while doing pixel art to fill in the gaps, while cooking pasta. @@ -47,23 +48,29 @@ Commentary: |- Lastly, Thanks to everyone who listened to our music! We hope you enjoyed the first-ever Homestuck Fanmusic Album! -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord Banner Artists: - Lunise - Niklink (edits for wiki) +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 --- Track: Beginnings (Press Start to Play) Artist: Catboss Duration: '6:18' +URLs: +- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/beginnings-press-start-to-play +- https://youtu.be/WLa8iqsW_x8 +Cover Artists: +- Red Pen Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/beginnings-press-start-to-play -- https://youtu.be/WLa8iqsW_x8 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:skies-of-skaia +- Homestuck Title Screen +- Homestuck +- Theme Commentary: |- Catboss: So I might as well start off with a brief self-introduction. Hello everynyan! I'm konec0. Sometimes I do fanmusic. Sometimes that fanmusic ends up being non-Nepetaquest related (rare!) and finds its way on to the Fanmusic thread. @@ -71,13 +78,6 @@ Commentary: |- Near the start of this fanmusic album project orngjce223 asked for someone to remix MK_97's "Homestuck Title Theme", while incorporating more motifs from Homestuck's music. I decided sure why not? And then this song was born. So Beginnings is a remix of a remix, really. The original was a remix of "Skies of Skaia" - I added the motifs from "Homestuck" and "Alternia" because I felt they were representative of the kids' and the trolls' journeys respectively. I mean come on, the title is RIGHT THERE. So yeah. Since it was a title screen tune, I pretty much drew on what I remembered from game title screens to make it. Really, the only specific influence I can recall is that the piano part at the end was inspired by Kingdom Hearts' title screen tune ("Dearly Beloved"). I love that song. Fun fact: I didn't realise for a while that "Homestuck" and "Alternia" were technically remixes themselves, making this a 3x remix-of-remix combob. -Cover Artists: -- Red Pen -Referenced Tracks: -- track:skies-of-skaia -- Homestuck Title Screen -- Homestuck -- Theme --- Track: Downtime Artist: Thomas Ibarra @@ -85,45 +85,49 @@ Duration: '2:15' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/downtime - https://youtu.be/IKnJNJHty2U +Cover Artists: +- JNJ +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-piano-refrain +- Showdown Commentary: |- SparksD2145: My younger sister is responsible for my admiration of MSPA: she desrves the first line of this commentary, because she is awesome. Problem Sleuth has always held a place in my heart; with the rise of Homestuck, MSPA continues to be a beacon of awesome. I have never before been faced with such a preposterous amount of talent in any fandom, and the MSPA Community continues to grow and evolve in such a way that smashes through any "threshold" of artistic creativity. I am inspired, and wish to inspire. My knowledge in FL Studio is limited to what I have learned over the years in tinkering with it, to be honest. As such, my composition "Downtime" is actually pretty simplistic from a technical standpoint; my teachers have always told me, "the simpler, the better." I have always disliked this sentiment, but reluctantly I've come to understand the necessity of simplicity in my works. My sister - who wishes to be unnamed becuase "lol, internet" - was the mastermind behind this piece; I functioned as merely the interpreter to her excellent judgment. I was given the task of weaving Showtime and Showdown together, and my result became Downtime. Honestly, I never thought Downtime would receive as much attention as it has, let alone its own place in an awesome fan-music album alongside (in my opinion) better artists than myself. I'm grateful that it's well received, and I hope to continue composing - even if only to inspire those that listen. Thanks, MSPA. -Cover Artists: -- JNJ -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Showdown --- Track: Doctor (Deep Breeze Mix) Artist: Solatrus Duration: '4:36' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-deep-breeze-mix - https://youtu.be/L25OBcThKc8 +Cover Artists: +- august +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- track:doctor Commentary: |- Solatrus: I started reading Homestuck in mid January of 2010, but never really found myself absolutely hooked. So, I really took my time getting through it, especially Acts 1 and 2. By the time I had gotten to the start of Act 4, I was a month behind in the story. However, just hearing Doctor for the first time completely blew me away, as I'm quite sure MANY fans reacted. The first thing I did? Started making a fan remix. I didn't want to work on it for too long, but I figured I should register and post what I had on the MSPA Forums. It was called a "First Pwnst" by Dacen, and brought the Music Team's very own Perry Sullivan (perrybob) "to tears." I ended up finishing up the track about a week and a half later, but the release you hear on this album is an improved edit and remaster. Deep Breeze Mix turned more heads than I had expected it to, and is one of the reasons (with the other being another fan remix-turned official remix) I now am humbly and proudly on the Music Team. Credit to AndrewNeo of Skaia.net for the track's name. -Cover Artists: -- august -Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor --- Track: Meltwater Artist: Elaine Wang Duration: '5:04' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/meltwater - https://youtu.be/zJ7zBZ9ARGI +Cover Artists: +- Dalmationer +Art Tags: +- Jade +Referenced Tracks: +- track:frost-vol6 Commentary: |- Elaine Wang: Okay, so. What happens when Jade's planet melts? @@ -132,40 +136,38 @@ Commentary: |- Then Solatrus quietly takes me aside and tells me I've latched onto the wrong melody. Oops. That fixed, I started piling harmonics on top. Some more pipes, and strings, and a xylophone just to be contrary. Staccato strings are fun. Initially everything is piled on top, in the center. In revision for the album I pan everything back and forth. It may be noted that this song still sounds perfectly fine in mono, though. -Cover Artists: -- Dalmationer -Referenced Tracks: -- track:frost-vol6 --- Track: Crystalanachrony Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '3:05' +URLs: +- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/crystalanachrony +- https://youtu.be/UAONvQ4VQaA +Cover Artists: +- Aelyrin Art Tags: - Dave - Aradia - Green Sun -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/crystalanachrony -- https://youtu.be/UAONvQ4VQaA +Referenced Tracks: +- Crystalanthemums Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: If I had to pin this song to just one of Homestuck's swelling cast of characters, it would have to be Aradia. When we first meet her in the Hivebent act, she's an emotionless ghost who later becomes a ghost frog, then a ghost in a robot body (or a "ghost in the shell" :rimshot:), before making her final sea change into a cheerful fairy god with time powers (which explains the ticking and subtle reverse melodies of the song, at least). The peppy piano and melancholy backing strings and woodwinds represent these aspects of Aradia's presonality - accustomed to death, she acts as a cheery Charon for her fallen teammates. I built the piano melody (and the title) out of Alex Rosetti's "Crystalanthemums" because to me, ever since [[flash:2578]], the tune has been irrevocably linked to the trolls, Aradia, Terezi, and Vriska in particular. It also translated to a peppy piano melody much better than Toby Fox's "[[psych0ruins]]" would have. This song is also an homage to Michiru Yamane's impressive body of soundtrack work for the various Castlevania games. -Cover Artists: -- Aelyrin -Referenced Tracks: -- Crystalanthemums --- Track: The Land of Wind and Shade Artist: Kristian Anderson Contributors: - Eston Schweickart (mixing) Duration: '3:17' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-land-of-wind-and-shad - https://youtu.be/nFAMTC_I-Ns +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Kristian Anderson: The cool blue landscape of LOWAS, with its winding rivers of oil and bio-luminescent sky, has always been one of my favourite pieces of imagery from the Homestuck Universe. Its dreamy topography sucks me in, and before I can protest I've been seated and presented with a wine list. "Nothing but the finest fermented crude for you", they say. Well okay. It's not particularly tasty, but it's nice to look at and has a nice finish. @@ -174,8 +176,6 @@ Commentary: |- Tuning: C G Bb F C D melodiousDiscord: There, uh, isn't that much to tell about this piece. I had originally envisioned John sitting with his legs hanging over the edge or something and I have a clearer idea now of what I could have done! But this was back at the start of the project and my art skills were rusty so yeah. Very simple piece. Just the land based off of what we see in the comic, and John. -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord --- Track: Thought and Flow Artist: Steve Everson @@ -183,54 +183,54 @@ Duration: '1:46' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/thought-and-flow - https://youtu.be/Bj-3pyAbc3U +Cover Artists: +- catastrophicGenesis +Referenced Tracks: +- Hydrocity Zone (Act 2) Commentary: |- Steve Everson: This track is part of a remix project that I began after a major computer failure that cost me most of my audio files and music project. The overall objective was to remix the themes from the levels of Sonic 3 & Knuckles into music for each troll, a project that is still slowly ongoing. This particular theme is for Terezi, based on the Hydrocity Zone music. I went for a jazzy remix, largely because I felt it tied in well with her prosecutioner thing. I think it's an interesting look at how my abilities have developed since I first wrote the piece - I had to make adjustments just to be satisfied putting it on this album. catastrophicGenesis: As it happens, drawing giant sky neurons is incredibly fun. Ancient runined temples, not so much fun and also incredibly difficult to shade right, but there you go. I am ashamed I did not manage to work in any Sonic the Hedgehog references, though. -Cover Artists: -- catastrophicGenesis -Referenced Tracks: -- Hydrocity Zone (Act 2) --- Track: First Guardian, Last Stand Artist: Chase Duration: '3:33' -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/first-guardian-last-stand - https://youtu.be/kVbmMiXPbC8 +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord +Art Tags: +- Doc Scratch +Referenced Tracks: +- track:beatdown-strider-style +- Liquid Negrocity Commentary: |- Chase: I can see this as music for Spades Slick and Doc Scratch's confrontation. Kind of like a fistfight in a 20s-era speakeasy. Except with less fists and more candy. And chiptunes. ...uh, never mind. melodiousDiscord: This one was a bit of an oops moment haha! The way it was originally posted, I had thought the song title was "Chasing Fireflies" but as it turns out, that is Chase's full username. I had already made this up though. Doc Scratch standing on John's planet for some reason. With fireflies in the background. -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord -Referenced Tracks: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Liquid Negrocity --- Track: Land of Wrath and Angels Artist: Ian White Duration: '2:23' -Art Tags: -- Eridan -- Angels URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-wrath-and-angels - https://youtu.be/qiPWW6m3QUQ +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord +Art Tags: +- Eridan +- Angels Commentary: |- Ian White: Land of Wrath and Angels was a melody that I had been ignoring for about a year now. I brought it up when we were trying to hash out some Troll leitmotifs and instruments for the Hivebent Radioplay (remember when that was a thing?) It was for Eridan(!) I guess I liked the idea of him pining over a giant pipe organ cause he thought that's what evil guys are supposed to do whenever they get scorned, by girls usually. I myself felt the sick sting of scorn when Dacen suggested an accordion or French horn might suit Eridan better. WELL FUCK YOU DACEN. LoWaA was the last in a series of 12 short songs I made for the Troll Planets. It was actually revealed a solid 4 or 5 months after the other 11, so I really wanted to make it stand out as the big finale of my (kind of pointless) musical excursion. I'm also lazy though so I just rehashed an old melody I had lying around. Then I threw in some rocking guitar and pounding drums and angry synths and called it a day. At some point I realized that the initial melody kind of gets lost in the balance, so I repeated it at the end all clear and pretty-like with harps and clarinets, which actually turned out to be my favourite part of the song, so yay. Mud Fact: I wrote the second part of the melody when I was 12 and trying to play the Castlevania 4 theme by ear. I was kind of dumb when I was 12. melodiousDiscord: LoWaA was the first piece where I started to get creative. I saw a really cool looking LoWaA on DevArt and wanted to replicate the gothic atmosphere it created with the same color scheme. So I came up with this. A cathedralesque building in the foreground with Eridan sneaking around and a collection of other buildings in the back with Angels looking for him. -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord --- Track: Ruins of Rajavihara Artist: Red Pen @@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ Duration: '2:58' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/ruins-of-rajavihara - https://youtu.be/xyKvZV-UlRE +Cover Artists: +- Mal McGannon Commentary: |- Red Pen: Ruins are majestic. Ruins are mysterious. And to me, ruins are really really awesome. @@ -246,18 +248,18 @@ Commentary: |- Mal McGannon: This is a slick song, and I have to say I liked it a lot when I first heard it. But it didn't ring out to me as a frog ruins song, which I feel like it might have been intended to be; instead, I got very vivid images from LOFAF in my mind. So when I 1) saw this song needed art and 2) stumbled across the fact that 2a) Rajavihara is a real place and 2b) Hussie used it as LOFAF scenery in [[flash:3001]], it was only logical that I take a picture of the real ruins (thanks Wikipedia!) and do some poor hue shifting and dodging and burning to it as "art". Also, I drew those flowers. But that doesn't really matter. This song is what matters, and this song is really, really, really really good. So stop reading my drivel and close your eyes and soak it in! -Cover Artists: -- Mal McGannon --- Track: Vigilante ~ Cornered Artist: Brenna Curran Duration: '3:21' -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/vigilante-cornered - https://youtu.be/5Yb4SeK7-Mw +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord +Art Tags: +- Terezi +- Vriska Commentary: |- Brenna Curran: 1:34 4M, TH3 12TH OF 6TH P3R1G33, ST4NDOFF. @@ -269,56 +271,56 @@ Commentary: |- 1 COULD N3V3R S33 TH4T S1D3 OF TH3 CO1N. melodiousDiscord: After a fierce battle with the Marquise Mindfang, Redglare flees the battle feeling content that she has dealt a blow to her arch-nemesis. Mindfang looks down focusing her powers and concentrating on her foe, but to no avail. The Neophyte has already guarded her mind against the invasion. And so with a cackle from one, and a curse from the other the two combatants go their separate ways until their next encounter. -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord --- Track: A Fashionable Escape Artist: Yan Rodriguez Duration: '3:43' -Art Tags: -- Kanaya URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/a-fashionable-escape - https://youtu.be/WEdZedw0Fno +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord +Art Tags: +- Kanaya +Sampled Tracks: +- Metal Gear Solid Commentary: |- Yan Rodriguez: Ah this is one of those songs I'm particularly proud of for making. It was for this AU thing I was doing, in which Kanaya Maryam was a super secret spy having to break into the Big Boss Sollux's base with Karkat as an informer. That didn't pan out though, but I still managed to make this beauty. It's heavily, heavily inspired by Yoko Kanno, my favorite composer. The idea is that the first half is when she's sneaking about going through, knowing that this is important, THIS IS SERIOUS, and she can't risk it here. She stumbles upon a computer, with a typewriter as a keyboard for whatever reason, and then the alarm goes off she gets caught and the big bad chase action scene starts. I had worked on it for about a month, and I kept losing progress because of crashes, but Silence convinced me to finish it, and boy am I glad he did. melodiousDiscord: A nice, simple piece. Fashion in Homestuck is associated with Kanaya in my mind so I came up with the idea of Kanaya seeking to escape something, and then halfway through the song the klaxon alarm kicks in. Thus we get this piece of art. -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord -Sampled Tracks: -- Metal Gear Solid --- Track: Clockbreaker Artist: Mal McGannon Duration: '2:40' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/clockbreaker - https://youtu.be/ZKhzNLEXlAI -Commentary: |- - Mal McGannon: - I've always liked the Midnight Crew album, Drawing Dead; it's got this delicious synergy between jazz and techno with a dark overtone that is super sexy. (I'm a big fan.) Another thing I'm a big fan of is Jit and his music, because Jit's mad talented. So when I was in the shower one morning (where I do my best thinking) and I had the idea for a Midnight Crew cover of Jit's song from The Felt, "The Broken Clock", I filed it away under "future stuff to do", because it's rare I have what I consider a good idea with regards to composition. - So I worked for quite a while on this: improvising on piano, listening to Drawing Dead over and over and analyzing the different styles of each instrument, writing things down, plugging them into my computer, hating it, writing new parts, adding material, cutting material, hating it more, et cetera, ad infinitum. The final result is still something I'm not completely happy with, but I think I can declare it as done as it'll ever be. So, I hope you enjoy it, and the rest of the first ever Homestuck Fan Album! - Brad Griffin: - When drawing this I learned that I can't draw clocks well in perspective, so I googled a clock and Photoshopped it in. Take notes, kids: use technology to hide your faults! Cover Artists: - Brad Griffin +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - The Broken Clock - track:crustacean - Sunsetter +Commentary: |- + Mal McGannon: + I've always liked the Midnight Crew album, Drawing Dead; it's got this delicious synergy between jazz and techno with a dark overtone that is super sexy. (I'm a big fan.) Another thing I'm a big fan of is Jit and his music, because Jit's mad talented. So when I was in the shower one morning (where I do my best thinking) and I had the idea for a Midnight Crew cover of Jit's song from The Felt, "The Broken Clock", I filed it away under "future stuff to do", because it's rare I have what I consider a good idea with regards to composition. + So I worked for quite a while on this: improvising on piano, listening to Drawing Dead over and over and analyzing the different styles of each instrument, writing things down, plugging them into my computer, hating it, writing new parts, adding material, cutting material, hating it more, et cetera, ad infinitum. The final result is still something I'm not completely happy with, but I think I can declare it as done as it'll ever be. So, I hope you enjoy it, and the rest of the first ever Homestuck Fan Album! + Brad Griffin: + When drawing this I learned that I can't draw clocks well in perspective, so I googled a clock and Photoshopped it in. Take notes, kids: use technology to hide your faults! --- Track: Quartz Lullaby Artist: Evan Copeland Duration: 0:41 -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/quartz-lullaby - https://youtu.be/MjbvKSLqAiw +Cover Artists: +- kayak +Art Tags: +- Aradia Commentary: |- Evan Copeland: This is a piece I wrote one night when I was having trouble sleeping, fittingly enough. In retrospect, I think I took influence from Dire Dire Docks and [[Crystalanthemums]] with this song. I enjoy listening to it, and hopefully others will too. @@ -326,36 +328,36 @@ Commentary: |- Another fun fact: I completely forgot that [[Jade's Lullaby]] was a track from Volume 5. This song is unrelated. kayak: This is a very simple, soothing song that might have been played by one of the musicboxes Aradia had. Aradia could have fallen asleep with this tune in her ears, leaving visions of a wonderful world of melody and musicboxes in her dreams. -Cover Artists: -- kayak --- Track: Dance of the Wayward Vagabond Artist: Alex Rosetti Contributors: - Meghan Kininger (bassoon) Duration: '2:32' -Art Tags: -- WV -- Serenity URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-the-wayward-vagabond - https://youtu.be/y41tmpZvU5Y +Cover Artists: +- catastrophicGenesis +Art Tags: +- WV +- Serenity Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: I wrote this for a composition assignment almost two years ago. It was still very early on in Homestuck and the Wayward Vagabond was currently the only exile we'd been introduced to. This was also before I really started contributing "official" Homestuck music, so when I wrote this I thought of it as being more inspired by Homestuck and left it in the fan music thread. The performance features myself on piano and Meghan Kininger on bassoon. catastrophicGenesis: My first attempt at drawing any of the carapace people in full, basically. Serenity rapidly became my favourite character ever to draw, closely followed by Citizen Beans. I kid. Mostly. -Cover Artists: -- catastrophicGenesis --- Track: Joker Strife Artist: Eligecos Duration: '3:09' -Art Tags: -- Gamzee URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/joker-strife - https://youtu.be/EpifLARQWZk +Cover Artists: +- Brad Griffin +Art Tags: +- Gamzee Commentary: |- Eligecos: This song was originally called Ghost Aqua. I created this song for a hypothetical strife theme for Gamzee. Though the song didn't start off that way. @@ -363,17 +365,19 @@ Commentary: |- After a few recent chagnes, I thought I should carry that carnival spirit back into the song and tailored it for Gamzee theme. But what really makes it a Gamzee song is the horn. Can't have a Gamzee song without it. Honk! Brad Griffin: Uh.... I just wanted to draw Gamzee. That's the whole story for this one. Sorry. -Cover Artists: -- Brad Griffin --- Track: Sunshaker Artist: D. Crystal Duration: '2:29' -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sunshaker - https://youtu.be/_YhSVxovTO8 +Cover Artists: +- D. Crystal +Art Tags: +- Doc Scratch +Referenced Tracks: +- Sunsetter Commentary: |- D. Crystal: i made this song thing @@ -381,19 +385,19 @@ Commentary: |- and people seemed to think it was okay and um that's about it -Cover Artists: -- D. Crystal -Referenced Tracks: -- Sunsetter --- Track: Sburban Rush Artist: Ralen Gainsborough Duration: '1:37' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-rush - https://youtu.be/LiewiuFbFJo +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Ralen Gainsborough: A while back, the MSPA forums had the "Forapocalypse", and everyone had their avatars enter the medium one way or another to 'survive' the forums going down. @@ -401,19 +405,17 @@ Commentary: |- I basically condensed the beginning events of Homestuck into a 20 second flash animation, so I decided to play on that same idea for the bgm. I came up with a remix that was a 20 second 8-bit loop track based on Sburban Jungle. I added the bridge and fadeout at a later time to make it nicer to listen to on its own. melodiousDiscord: I have always liked silhouette pieces. I knew that I wanted to draw John running. I briefly considered doing all four kids but decided against it, Sburban Jungle is John's theme after all, and the color scheme would look better with just him. From there it was a simple matter of posing him and arranging the rest of the piece. I think that this is one of the ones I am most proud of, even if it's very simple. -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Prince of Seas Artist: Max Wright Duration: '1:53' -Art Tags: -- Eridan URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/prince-of-seas - https://youtu.be/X4uMbtMmoxI +Cover Artists: +- crepuscularDissembler +Art Tags: +- Eridan Commentary: |- Max Wright: This piece was an interesting one for me, and not only because it was my first try at composing something orchestral. My original plan was to make it a sad, slow song with the theme I'd come up with; at least that's what it sounded like it should do in my head. But when I showed the theme to people, the replies were all that it sounded piratey. So that was the new direction I decided to take, and eventually I ended up with Prince of Seas. Little bit of trivia; originally I'd named it Jack (after Jack Sparrow), but of course that wouldn't have fit into Homestuck at all... so I just modified Eridan's title. @@ -421,38 +423,41 @@ Commentary: |- crepusularDissembler: This was made using some very ancient techniques, by which I mean mspaint and a mouse. The drawing is very busy in terms of shapes and lines, so I tried to keep the palette simple. I intended this to have a bit of an iconic feel (note the orange halo formed by the clouds). -Cover Artists: -- crepuscularDissembler --- Track: Atomik Meltdown Artist: James Roach Duration: '3:28' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/atomik-meltdown - https://youtu.be/W4EdCoD_dIQ +Cover Artists: +- Pancake-Fairy +Art Tags: +- Dave +Referenced Tracks: +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre Commentary: |- James Roach: I liked the idea of Ebonpyre being used as a strife theme for Dave, so I wanted to go a little further with it. I imagined Dave using a lot of time-skipping while he fights (as represented by the record scratches). Atomik Meltdown was probably my first real foray into fanmusic. I had written two remixes previously, but I didn't really spend much time on them. Looking back on this song now, all I can see are the mistakes and the naive part arrangement. At the time I remember really being excited about this. Thank you for the nomination. Pancake-Fairy: All the warning siren things in it made me feel that a powerplant was about to explode. So obviously Dave needs to be jumping out of a swirling mass of liquid fire at an interesting angle to show this. -Cover Artists: -- Pancake-Fairy -Referenced Tracks: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre --- Track: Jackie Treats Artist: Artisticpolo Duration: '3:14' +URLs: +- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/jackie-treats +- https://youtu.be/8aMnTdLJ57A +Cover Artists: +- Pancake-Fairy Art Tags: - Dave - Jade - Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/jackie-treats -- https://youtu.be/8aMnTdLJ57A +Referenced Tracks: +- track:frost-vol6 +- Liquid Negrocity Commentary: |- Artisticpolo: This is a commentary! Just saying this in case you accidentally clicked on this pdf and got lost. @@ -461,20 +466,17 @@ Commentary: |- Lastly, I needed to improve the intro. It was bad or something. So I decided to mix in Frost to help create a little symbolism here and there about BN and Jade's relationship. Pancake-Fairy: I drew the picture this way because the track was inspired by the Snausages page where Bec feels love towards Jade. In this piece he's putting his trust in Jade as she is holding said treats, meanwhile Dave is sneaking up behind him for an attack. -Cover Artists: -- Pancake-Fairy -Referenced Tracks: -- track:frost-vol6 -- Liquid Negrocity --- Track: Skaian Air Artist: Trent West Duration: '2:45' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-air - https://youtu.be/jost0oi6dLY +Cover Artists: +- Elaine Wang +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Trent West: Here's a little song I made after the update with John and WV in the flying car. I don't really have much to say about it, I was fucking around on my keyboard one day and played those chords you hear and thought "yeah sure that sounds good" (I have no fucking clue about chord progression or any other technical shit). I added the stuff at the beginning next because it sounded weird just jumping right into the chords. The drums are a combination of a preset that comes with Fruity Loops with a filter over it and a sampled drum loop I had lying around with some echo and reverb. The drums near the end are more samples I threw into a slicer and distorted. @@ -482,8 +484,6 @@ Commentary: |- Elaine Wang: Skaian air is Skaian air. A lazy copy-paste job with some hills under it is a lazy copy-paste job with some hills under it. In hindsight maybe I should've added more dead pawns. -Cover Artists: -- Elaine Wang --- Track: Sburban Elevator Artist: Alex Rosetti @@ -491,45 +491,45 @@ Duration: 0:30 URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-elevator - https://youtu.be/SqJiI9ouAhU -Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: - All I remember was someone requesting Sburban Jungle in the style of elevator music so out pops this thing. Cover Artists: - Miff Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle +Commentary: |- + Alex Rosetti: + All I remember was someone requesting Sburban Jungle in the style of elevator music so out pops this thing. --- Track: Moody Mister Gemini Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '1:53' -Art Tags: -- Sollux URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/moody-mister-gemini - https://youtu.be/vySAcabFPvk +Cover Artists: +- umibouzu +Art Tags: +- Sollux Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: Sollux seemed a moody fellow when he was first introduced, so I tried to capture the image he gave. This piece is much different from what I generally made at the time, more complex and faster paced than say Grudgebearer or Blind Legislacerator. There is a lot of contrasting dynamics thrown in, supposed to be reminiscent of his split personality. The piano line where both hands are playing sixteenth notes near the end is my favorite part. There isn't much else to say. It's moody and for mister Gemini. umibouzu: To me, "Moody Mister Gemini" just screamed film noir. I imagined Sollux dressed like Problem Sleuth, sitting at the bar of a smoke-filled jazz lounge with a cigarette in one hand and stiff drink in the other. -Cover Artists: -- umibouzu --- Track: Starkind Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '3:47' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/starkind - https://youtu.be/kAQAkPr6Jr8 +Cover Artists: +- Brad Griffin +Art Tags: +- Rose Commentary: |- Toby Fox: I saw the updates for Rose blowing stuff up and finding that giant Captchalogue card with the Green Sun on it, and then someone said "is that a strife specibus card? What would that be? Starkind?" or something to that effect. And that inpsired me to make a pretty awesome boss song that was too much like other things I've made to put on an album. Brad Griffin: Originally this picture didn't have Rose in it at all. It was just a generic silhouette standing, holding a star on a specibus card. That was kinda lame, and didn't really fit the feel of the song. I think I improved it. -Cover Artists: -- Brad Griffin --- Track: Maibasojen Artist: Isoraķatheð Zorethan F. @@ -537,31 +537,23 @@ Duration: '3:13' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/maibasojen - https://youtu.be/-P9FdBPpY04 +Cover Artists: +- Isoraķatheð Zorethan F. Commentary: |- Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.: Well, what have we... Felt (SI: HS\MUS:B0) got me thinking about time signatures, and also lumping multiple together. This is the fruition of this endeavor. Granted, it's not any good, but this may be the one piece where you have a 30/30 time signature (4/4 overlay 5/5 overlay 6/8). It's a little bit tired; stumbling; drunk... much like the first time when I first found this comic, I would assume. That was about two years ago. (On an unrelated note, this applies to table tennis very well.) -Cover Artists: -- Isoraķatheð Zorethan F. --- Track: MeGaDanceVaNia Artist: Catboss Duration: '6:04' -Art Tags: -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/megadancevania - https://youtu.be/UIcXeunzAaM -Commentary: |- - Catboss: - One fine day I got the idea for a MeGaLoVania dance remix, but I sat on it because frankly? I don't actually enjoy dance music. Or techno. Or whatever genre this classifies as. - Several days later, I was trying to conjure up music for Nepetaquest. But I was drawing a blank because "MeGaLoVania dance remix come on guy you want it" was stuck in my head. So eventaully I was like "OKAY I'LL DO IT SHUTUP" - And then once I got started, it just grew. And grew. And grew. Like cancer. MUSICAL CANCER. Before I knew it I'd stuffed most of the kids' and trolls' motifs in there. There are 20 melodies I used (albeit some only for veeeery short segments). It started off with 16; I expanded it slightly in the process of revising it for the album. See if you can spot them all! - Fun fact: when I was composing this, I didn't even realise I'd ripped the chords from Sburban Jungle until much later. - JNJ: - I made this image before I even knew about the album. The visual reference to Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) fits with a track named MeGaDanceVaNia. Cover Artists: - JNJ +Art Tags: +- Vriska Referenced Tracks: - track:MeGaLoVania - track:sburban-jungle @@ -583,19 +575,31 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:aggrieve - track:showtime-original-mix - Showdown +Commentary: |- + Catboss: + One fine day I got the idea for a MeGaLoVania dance remix, but I sat on it because frankly? I don't actually enjoy dance music. Or techno. Or whatever genre this classifies as. + Several days later, I was trying to conjure up music for Nepetaquest. But I was drawing a blank because "MeGaLoVania dance remix come on guy you want it" was stuck in my head. So eventaully I was like "OKAY I'LL DO IT SHUTUP" + And then once I got started, it just grew. And grew. And grew. Like cancer. MUSICAL CANCER. Before I knew it I'd stuffed most of the kids' and trolls' motifs in there. There are 20 melodies I used (albeit some only for veeeery short segments). It started off with 16; I expanded it slightly in the process of revising it for the album. See if you can spot them all! + Fun fact: when I was composing this, I didn't even realise I'd ripped the chords from Sburban Jungle until much later. + JNJ: + I made this image before I even knew about the album. The visual reference to Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) fits with a track named MeGaDanceVaNia. --- Track: SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality Artist: tynic -Duration: '1:48' Contributors: - Beast72 (original midi) - Goatmon (additional vocals) -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Equius +Duration: '1:48' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sadomasopedorobonecrobestiality - https://youtu.be/Vx-DcwcETag +Cover Artists: +- Red Pen +Art Tags: +- Aradia +- Equius +Referenced Tracks: +- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Lyrics: |- It's SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality @@ -649,27 +653,23 @@ Commentary: |- I feel like I really can't take credits for this song. The lyrics came from Something Awful, and the music is from a midi that Tynic scrounged up from somewhere. Someone at the Penny Arcade MSPA thread mentioned having seen a supercalifrag parody at Something Awful, and after Googling I found the lyrics, and decided to try my hand at it. Tynic volunteered her voice, and after she got the midi accompaniment, we bounced back and forth with it until it was the right key and speed. From there she recorded her part and I did mine, etc. To this day, I don't really like listening to myself in this song, I just don't think it came out how I wanted it. That doesn't seem to matter to everyone else, though. I never imagined it could have taken off like it did, but it very quickly spread and apparently became a thing. I'd always hoped that I'd eventually come out with some Homestuck thing that would be well remembered by the fans. Here I was wasting my time whipping together silly mario paints, when I should have been recording catchy songs about amoral abusive relationships. Live and learn. -Cover Artists: -- Red Pen -Referenced Tracks: -- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious --- Track: Under the Hat +Directory: under-the-hat-lofam Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '1:57' -Directory: under-the-hat-lofam -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-hat - https://youtu.be/wNZlrF3JkIE +Cover Artists: +- ThiefofTruth +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: So this started off as some music for Dad. And then I was like "this isn't strife-y enough!" cause it was supposed to be strife-y and then this happened. Since it's supposed to be battle music and all, the more laid-back chill version wouldn't really work. TheifofTruth: Well, this is the only one I actually tried on so I guess that's good it's the only one that got chosen. I now realize the pipe is out of proportion or those are really big pictures. I like it though. -Cover Artists: -- ThiefofTruth --- Track: Sburban Piano Doctor Artist: Brad Griffin @@ -677,10 +677,6 @@ Duration: '1:52' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-piano-doctor - https://youtu.be/AUkt5bpcJdQ -Commentary: |- - Brad Griffin: - Sburban Jungle and Doctor are pretty much the tastiest songs ever, so I wanted to see what would happen if I mashed em into a gooey paste. As I was putting the ingredients back, some chunks of Showtime and Aggrieve fell into the pot. I tried to tone down the flavor by adding a little more Doctor, but then a bit of Black and Beatdown got pulled in with it. At this point it all boiled over onto my laptop and uploaded itself to the internet. Total culinary disaster! - I guess it sounded alright though. Cover Artists: - Brad Griffin Referenced Tracks: @@ -690,43 +686,47 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:aggrieve - Penumbra Phantasm - track:beatdown-strider-style +Commentary: |- + Brad Griffin: + Sburban Jungle and Doctor are pretty much the tastiest songs ever, so I wanted to see what would happen if I mashed em into a gooey paste. As I was putting the ingredients back, some chunks of Showtime and Aggrieve fell into the pot. I tried to tone down the flavor by adding a little more Doctor, but then a bit of Black and Beatdown got pulled in with it. At this point it all boiled over onto my laptop and uploaded itself to the internet. Total culinary disaster! + I guess it sounded alright though. --- Track: The Hymn of Making Babies Artist: EnnuiKing Duration: '1:12' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-hymn-of-making-babies - https://youtu.be/UJG_HuK0gAE +Cover Artists: +- tT Twigwise +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- Descend +- track:explore Commentary: |- EnnuiKing: A few months ago I was on a classical guitar kick. I decided to make adaptations of Homestuck tunes for classical guitar, and they both translated surprisingly well for the most part. This particular rendition of Explore is based off the version from Descend, which is in C Minor as opposed to the A Minor of the original. Explore forever has an association with ectobiology because the scene where it plays in Descend is of Egbert sending babies onto meteors. For the album, I added reverb onto the orginal, which I felt was a little too dry due to being recorded with an acoustic-electric guitar plugged directly into a mixer. I tried to make the reverb sound like somebody playing guitar in the Veil labs; whether or not I succeeded in doing so is up to the listener's ears. tT Twigwise: When I first saw the title, 'Hymn of Making Babies,' my mind appropriately jumped to our resident Ectobiologist, John. And listening to the track doesn't disappoint, either! The cover that EnnuiKing did is both a mix of sombre, almost Medieval playing, and then downright goofy John-ness at the end, and I wanted to try and get that. At first glance, this picture is a little serious and a little solemn, and then you realize... this is John Egbert that's the subject matter here, and that just makes it incredibly silly because, well, in the end, wouldn't he just go so over-the-top dramatic in this situation? Yeah. Probably. -Cover Artists: -- tT Twigwise -Referenced Tracks: -- Descend -- track:explore --- Track: Emissary of Wind Artist: Eston Schweickart Duration: '3:00' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/emissary-of-wind - https://youtu.be/oXlCAWBo668 +Cover Artists: +- kayak +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Eston Schweickart: Emissary of Wind is the musical narrative of John flying around with his jet pack. As badasses are wont to do. I composed this song entirely in Gar(b)ageBand over the course of a month in an internet-scarce interlude in my summer, not long after Volume 5 was released. Songs on that album, particularly [[Sunslammer]], were my main inspiration. I put the song on Tindeck once it was finished, and without linking it anywhere, I found that it had over 200 hits the next day (I'm still not sure how this happened, though I suspect MyUsernamesMud had something to do with it). Months later, it is still my best-known song, and one of my proudest musical accomplishments. kayak: This was the first piece of fanmusic I had ever listened to and it blew my mind. It is the perfect music to when John fully realizes his powers and gets down to business as the Heir of Breath. I was trying for a Hussnasty style to capture the less-goofy side of him, but the bottom line is: the Hood is up, the Heir is in. Time to kick ass. -Cover Artists: -- kayak --- Track: Land of Quartz and Melody Artist: Thomas Ferkol @@ -734,56 +734,60 @@ Duration: '4:04' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-quartz-and-melody - https://youtu.be/frJDF4Z2iI8 +Cover Artists: +- catastrophicGenesis Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: This piece was inspired by the land with the same name, mainly because I thought the scenery was interesting and would fit my style of composition. Generally in music, crystalline landscapes are given reverb laden atmospheres with bells and other instruments with a resonant sound. In this piece, I used the instrumentation of handbells, a piano, some synth string and choir background, and drum kit, the two prminent instrmuments being the piano and bells. The bells worked to set the atmosphere while piano handled melody. Then everything got doused in reverb. So much reverb. Maybe the reverb has reverb. But voila. This is one of my favorites from before I was on the music team. catastrophicGenesis: So many layers, so much transparency, but I think it worked out quite well. I have to admit though, it's been a while since I saw a real music box comb and cylinder, so that was less successful. Sorry for that. -Cover Artists: -- catastrophicGenesis --- Track: Midnight Spider Artist: Yan Rodriguez Duration: '3:17' -Art Tags: -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/midnight-spider - https://youtu.be/DqaBuZMPees +Cover Artists: +- umibouzu +Art Tags: +- Vriska +Referenced Tracks: +- Spider's Claw Commentary: |- Yan Rodriguez: Even though I'd been making .mid files for about 2 years before making this song, this was my first legitimate song in FL Studio, my current workstation. Honestly while I do like the composition of this piece, the production is horrible and I wonder how people can listen to it even now, when I can do much better. It's also my first Homestuck song/remix, so whoo, and also the most popular. It, like [[A Fashionable Escape]], was for an AU thing, in which sax player and assassin Vriska Serket drifted to this new big city, running into trouble, kickin ass, and jammin on that sax. umibouzu: I can't really take any credit for the art behind "Midnight Spider," because Nucelose had the concept completely fleshed out by the time i ever laid hands on it. All I did was redo his awesome it in my style. -Cover Artists: -- umibouzu -Referenced Tracks: -- Spider's Claw --- Track: House of Lalonde Artist: Max Wright Duration: '1:20' -Art Tags: -- Rose's mom -- 'cw: alcohol' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/house-of-lalonde - https://youtu.be/olGAOvLH2AY +Cover Artists: +- Red Pen +Art Tags: +- Rose's mom +- 'cw: alcohol' Commentary: |- Max Wright: This is a piece that found inspiration in pretty much everything. The main influences in this case were Bach (instrument choice), the Professor Layton Theme (throughout, mainly the introduction and melody that the violin takes), [[track:explore|Explore]], and The Felt album in general. The inspiration from Professor Layton, drawing from video game themes, also affected my choice to make this loop(able). House of Lalonde was always intended from the start to be the theme for some sort of home. Orginally, it was going to be for Doc Scratch's study... but the only reason that never happened was because I couldn't find the right organ sound (the kind you hear in [[Scratch]]). So, scrapping that idea, I continued to set about sculpting a theme for a sophisticated abode, and eventually reached the conclusion that it would work rather well for Rose's. I may extend it some day... "Somewhere a zealous god threads these strings between the clouds and the earth, preparing for a symphony it fears impossible to play."
-- Charles Barkley -Cover Artists: -- Red Pen --- Track: L'etat de l'ambivalence Artist: James Dever Duration: '3:04' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/letat-de-lambivalence +Cover Artists: +- umibouzu +Art Tags: +- Aradia +Referenced Tracks: +- psych0ruins Commentary: |- James Dever: L'état de l'ambivalence is the bastardized child of two different songs. I wrote the beginning of a song at the beginning of Hivebent called Lusus' Lament. It was supposed to be like a [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale for Jaspers]] but for the trolls' custodians. This was before I even knew Alternia was in the works. After hearing psych0ruins I loved those beginning arpeggios and crying effect. So when Rad mentioned the idea of having troll planet themes, I jumped at the chance of making one for Aradia. I used the beginning to Lusus' Lament and then combined it with those beginning arpeggios and the first phrases of psych0ruins. @@ -791,30 +795,26 @@ Commentary: |- The title is because Nick thought we should have a foreign name. umibouzu: I picked up "L'état de L'ambivalence" before I knew what it was about. When I found out it was an Aradia land theme, I kind of panicked. Backgrounds and scenery are a huge weakness of mine, and I wasn't soure how to depict LOQAM without essentially copying the existing art, so I decided to focus more on Aradia herself. -Cover Artists: -- umibouzu -Referenced Tracks: -- psych0ruins --- Track: Growin' Up Strider Artist: Ian White Duration: '1:30' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dave's bro URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/growin-up-strider - https://youtu.be/xnPkExwPsiE +Cover Artists: +- umibouzu +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Dave's bro +Referenced Tracks: +- track:beatdown-strider-style Commentary: |- Ian White: Growin' Up Strider fills a pretty obvious niche I guess, a cutesy song to montage Bro raising/training/abusing Dave, parallel to John and dad and [[Homestuck Anthem]]. The whole time I was making it I had DJ School from Rhythm Heaven stuck in my head, which is another cutesy song about another pair of cool dudes who are also learning to scratch records. So I guess I stole that. They probably weren't brothers though on account of how one was blue and the other was a robot I think. Lemmings had an influence too, which is to say that's where I stole those high-pitched bleeps from. I didn't even think to use Beatdown for the melody until I had prety much built the rest of the song around it. I had an old midi (by Tenebrais I think) and started goofing around trying to play it out in a major key and it fit pretty well sooooo that's that story. Also I have no idea what record scratching actually sounds like so I just downloaded a bunch of cheesy "dj sound fx" and tried to make a cool rhythm out of them. That little breakdown in the middle is supposed to be Bro playing a line and then Dave answering. Then they trade off some more. Then they both start playing at the same time, like back to back or something cool like that, and then it goes back to the main melody. Did I make that obvious enough? Maybe I should've made Bro a bit louder in the left speaker and Dave a bit louder in the right. Actually hold on I'm going to go do that. umibouzu: There was pretty much no way I was not going to jump on "Growin' Up Strider." I love Dave (and Bro). It ended up not being very creative, but the thought of baby Dave in his horse leather bib and tiny shades makes me smile. -Cover Artists: -- umibouzu -Referenced Tracks: -- track:beatdown-strider-style --- Track: Nakkadile Artist: Marcy Nabors @@ -822,16 +822,17 @@ Contributors: - Nyanface (primary naks) - Alex Rosetti (secondary naks) Duration: '2:48' -Art Tags: -- Consorts URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/nakkadile - https://youtu.be/MQhf1bWXnlU -Commentary: |- - Marcy Nabors: - This all began when Solatrus and I noted that Kat was quite talented at nakking. This was write around the time that the viral Nyan Cat video dropped, so I decided to sample Kat's naks and make some sort of remix. Afer showing an early draft to Alex Rosetti, he offered to supply some more miscellaneous naks. At some point I realized that the Tribal Ebonpyre drums fit really well in this song, and it all just snowballed from there. NAK NAK BV - Tawa: - This happened through my RP twitter account and I was totally drunk when I made the gif at 3 am. Now Shadolith is one of my fav musicians. +Cover Artists: +- Tawa +Art Tags: +- Consorts +Referenced Tracks: +- Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! +- Tribal Ebonpyre +- track:sburban-jungle Lyrics: |- Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak @@ -905,37 +906,38 @@ Lyrics: |- Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak (Nak nak nak nakanaka) Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak (Nak nak nak nakanaka) Nak! (Nak!) -Cover Artists: -- Tawa -Referenced Tracks: -- Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! -- Tribal Ebonpyre -- track:sburban-jungle +Commentary: |- + Marcy Nabors: + This all began when Solatrus and I noted that Kat was quite talented at nakking. This was write around the time that the viral Nyan Cat video dropped, so I decided to sample Kat's naks and make some sort of remix. Afer showing an early draft to Alex Rosetti, he offered to supply some more miscellaneous naks. At some point I realized that the Tribal Ebonpyre drums fit really well in this song, and it all just snowballed from there. NAK NAK BV + Tawa: + This happened through my RP twitter account and I was totally drunk when I made the gif at 3 am. Now Shadolith is one of my fav musicians. --- Track: Vigilante Artist: Brenna Curran Duration: '2:00' -Art Tags: -- Terezi URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/vigilante - https://youtu.be/LqmPOZvgY9c +Cover Artists: +- motorizedBootlegger +Art Tags: +- Terezi Commentary: |- Brenna Curran: After Terezi's intro section, I felt that she needed a strife theme. It had to be something that could capture both the quirkyness of a kid playing make believe and hardboiled grittiness of a police chase/standoff. It's one part Phoenix Wright, another part film noir and big band jazz and some funky cop chase thrown in for good measure. The 8-bit version was the first one I made. If the 8-bit version is the sacharine topping of the cake, then Cornered is its seedy underbelly, burnt to a crisp at the bottom of the pan. -Cover Artists: -- motorizedBootlegger --- Track: Jack and Black Queen Artist: Miss Prince Duration: '5:29' +URLs: +- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/jack-and-black-queen +- https://youtu.be/Sto3hlSPJ0Y +Cover Artists: +- catastrophicGenesis Art Tags: - Jack Noir - BQ - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/jack-and-black-queen -- https://youtu.be/Sto3hlSPJ0Y Lyrics: |- I watch you through my window As you sit there on your throne @@ -1014,8 +1016,6 @@ Commentary: |- Miss Prince didn't have anything to say for this song, so everyone just sit back relax and enjoy this marvellous hate snog song. -Cover Artists: -- catastrophicGenesis --- Track: A War of One Bullet Artist: Traikan @@ -1023,6 +1023,8 @@ Duration: '3:06' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/a-war-of-one-bullet - https://youtu.be/IiQCV9XDw9o +Cover Artists: +- Quirk Commentary: |- Traikan: A long time ago, while reading a thread about Homestuck on a forum far far away, I stumbled upon some fanmusic by EidolonOrpheus. It was amazing and, more relevant to this commentary, it reminded me that not only did I once have an interest in composition, I still had some music software installed. @@ -1032,96 +1034,98 @@ Commentary: |- There wasn't much to this one, I'm afraid. Image search + 9mm bullet pick + Doc Scratch template + GIMP = ART. That's some solid mathematics there. You can take that to the bank. The math bank. Plus it's a fun visual metaphor for the song title. -Cover Artists: -- Quirk --- Track: Corpse Casanova Artist: EnnuiKing Contributors: - Angelo Badalamenti (inspiration through work on Twin Peaks) Duration: '2:21' +URLs: +- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/corpse-casanova +- https://youtu.be/SRfuIqOk4ng +Cover Artists: +- kayak Art Tags: - Karkat - Kanaya - 'cw: blood' - 'cw: corpse' -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/corpse-casanova -- https://youtu.be/SRfuIqOk4ng +Referenced Tracks: +- Ectobiology Commentary: |- EnnuiKing: I wanted to pay tribute to the "2X CORPSESMOOCH COMBO" in the form of a song, and I decided on a whim that Ectobiology would be the perfect song to remix in order to do so. The saxaphone sounded like Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth, so I experimented with slathering reverb on it. I came across a preset that made it sound like the saxophone in "Audrey's Theme" from Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peaks score, and decided that this was the new direction I wanted for the song. Towards the end, it features tremolo picking, which I feel is my signature guitar technique since it's the only one I can pull off that sounds remotely impressive. The name of the song doubles as an excellent echeladder rung name for Karkat. I picture him reaching the rung and being really confused by it until way after his Sgrub sesion, when its true meaning became apparent. kayak: This song sounds like something you might tango to, so I wanted the pose to initially look like they were dancing, but then Kanaya's blood and limp frame sink in. I thought Kan's red skirt and jade blod coinciding with roses made a beautiful limited color scheme. I also didn't want too much detail to tip the moment too far into silly or somber, as it really is both at the same time. -Cover Artists: -- kayak -Referenced Tracks: -- Ectobiology --- Track: Salamander Fiesta Artist: The Lovable Tramp Duration: '3:14' -Art Tags: -- Consorts URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/salamander-fiesta - https://youtu.be/Thl5GVkYm3w +Cover Artists: +- Yee-Tvae Corinst +Art Tags: +- Consorts +Referenced Tracks: +- track:doctor Commentary: |- The Lovable Tramp: This is what happens when someone is obsessed with Homestuck and afro-cuban grooves at the same time. Yee-Tvae Corinst: With Salamander Fiesta, I wanted to try and introduce something of a festive atmosphere into Land of Wind and Shade, which normally has something of a gloomy feel with all its blue and black tones. Also, salamanders in sombreros. -Cover Artists: -- Yee-Tvae Corinst -Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor --- Track: MegaloVaniaC Artist: Xenocidebot Duration: '1:42' -Art Tags: -- Vriska URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/megalovaniac - https://youtu.be/a9URB9XKhH4 +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord +Art Tags: +- Vriska +Referenced Tracks: +- track:MeGaLoVania Commentary: |- Xenocidebot: When I heard the original MeGaLoVania, it was the synth-sounding bit in the Alterniabound flash, and not the full album version. So I genuinely thought I was doing a rock cover of a synth-rock song and didn't mess with the instrumentation or anything else too drastically. Kinda wish I had in retrospect for differentiation's sake. Strangely, the guitar used to record this broke shortly after doing so, followed by a massive string of equipment failures with my studio setup, so I wasn't capable of redoing the track for this release. I blame using a seven-string for what is now apparently an eight-string's song and somehow getting cursed with horrible luck. Alas, you can't blame fictional children on an insurance claim. melodiousDiscord: MeGaLoVania + Rock. A potent combination when mixed! A similar yet more complex piece when compared to [[A Fashionable Escape]]. Both had characters that I cut out of the panel and edited to fit my purposes. I really do like how this one turned out though. My original draft had curtains on each side of her. I went back and cut them out though. I thought "okay, it's metal, there should be smoke". The lights were already in place so when I added the smoke effect I was awed by the effect it had. From there I touched things up and added Vriska's background lights. ::::) -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord -Referenced Tracks: -- track:MeGaLoVania --- Track: Shame and Doubt Artist: Trent West Duration: '2:44' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Terezi URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/shame-and-doubt - https://youtu.be/ar5r6MQJJMc +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Terezi Commentary: |- Trent West: ok so first there's like this bass and then it's like WHOAAAAAAAA some fucking synth thrown in there and then these drums come in and that weird plane noise and then some more drums in the background and then everything drops out and it's like oh wait what happened and then there's another synth that comes in and then the drums come back in and go all clacky clack clack boom boom and then there's some like record scratchers and stuff repeated really fast and high pitched and then stuff drops out again and then some new drums come in for a bit so then you have some of the other stuff that dropped out come back in for only like 10 seconds but then they drop out and then that one synth comes back but it has a filter on it to make it sound all freaky deeky and then the song ends. you know, just in case you're deaf but still want to enjoy this song. melodiousDiscord: For this one I was at a loss on what to do. I turned and asked Trogg what he thought it was about and he said the bond between Bro and Dave. And so this became a piece about Dave. I thought it fit with the song title to where it be post-Bro's death and it being Dave unsure about what to do from there. Dave is doubting his own abilities and giving Davesprite and Bro a send-off while Terezi watches through her monitor ashamed of what she has partially caused. -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord --- Track: SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '1:07' -Art Tags: -- SBaHJ URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff-show - https://youtu.be/pEvOb04ySb4 +Cover Artists: +- Elaine Wang +Art Tags: +- SBaHJ +Referenced Tracks: +- Deck the Halls Lyrics: |- IT'S THE SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW WOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOoooooH @@ -1151,29 +1155,18 @@ Lyrics: |- Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: This was recorded ages ago, back when I didn't know what I was doing recording-wise, but I never want to change anything about it. -Cover Artists: -- Elaine Wang -Referenced Tracks: -- Deck the Halls --- Track: Growing Up Artist: Eston Schweickart Duration: '5:11' -Art Tags: -- John -- John's dad URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/growing-up - https://youtu.be/L-XX9zvxugU -Commentary: |- - Eston Schweickart: - In order: Lotus, Hearts Flush, Crystalanthemums, Homestuck Anthem, HDILWY, Ruins, Liquid Negrocity, and back to Lotus. The original name for this piece was Homestuck Medley 1, since I planned on writing more like it before I realized what a ridiculous idea that was. (I actually got pretty far on number 2 before giving up.) - Brad suggested that I rename it "Growing Up," and I liked that title much better, since the song is reminiscent of someone (most likely John) reflecting on childhood memories, both good and bad. He also suggested names related to the four quadrants of troll romance. Before that point, I hadn't considered it, but the song could certainly be interpreted as musical representations of the auspistice, the moirail, the matesprit, and the kismesis. - Though, admittedly, the original motivation behind the piece was to see how many stylse I could shove together and still end up with something vaguely coherent. - Cheers: - As soon as I listened to this song, I knew I had to draw the artwork for it. To me, it clearly represented the passage from childhood to maturity that each of the kids, especially John, were forced to undergo in their short-lived session. Focusing on our favourite Friend-Leader, I attempted to capture this with an image of him turning his back on the relative safety and comforts of childhood and the watchful eye of his guardian. Cover Artists: - Cheers +Art Tags: +- John +- John's dad Referenced Tracks: - Lotus - Hearts Flush @@ -1182,56 +1175,65 @@ Referenced Tracks: - How Do I Live - track:ruins - Liquid Negrocity +Commentary: |- + Eston Schweickart: + In order: Lotus, Hearts Flush, Crystalanthemums, Homestuck Anthem, HDILWY, Ruins, Liquid Negrocity, and back to Lotus. The original name for this piece was Homestuck Medley 1, since I planned on writing more like it before I realized what a ridiculous idea that was. (I actually got pretty far on number 2 before giving up.) + Brad suggested that I rename it "Growing Up," and I liked that title much better, since the song is reminiscent of someone (most likely John) reflecting on childhood memories, both good and bad. He also suggested names related to the four quadrants of troll romance. Before that point, I hadn't considered it, but the song could certainly be interpreted as musical representations of the auspistice, the moirail, the matesprit, and the kismesis. + Though, admittedly, the original motivation behind the piece was to see how many stylse I could shove together and still end up with something vaguely coherent. + Cheers: + As soon as I listened to this song, I knew I had to draw the artwork for it. To me, it clearly represented the passage from childhood to maturity that each of the kids, especially John, were forced to undergo in their short-lived session. Focusing on our favourite Friend-Leader, I attempted to capture this with an image of him turning his back on the relative safety and comforts of childhood and the watchful eye of his guardian. --- Track: The Drawing of the Four Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '5:00' -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-drawing-of-the-four - https://youtu.be/_Ory1eb632I -Commentary: |- - Willow Ascenzo: - The title is, of course, a blatant reference to Steven King's Dark Towerseries. The song is a build-up to each of the four kids entering the Medium (they're being "drawn" into the game just as Eddie, Susannah, and Jake were drawn into Mid-World, but that's enough for now about something that isn't Homsetuck), so we start out with a slow rendition of "Sburban Jungle" played on the piano (John's instrument) with subsequent accompaniment by a violin (Rose's instrument). Then, here come the drums (Dave's instrument), and we kick the song into high gear when the flute and bass (both Jade's instruments) come in. There's a long period of pseudo-improv from the bass, flute, and violin before returning to the meat of the song - and a nod to the Squiddles theme (another reference to Rose) before the finale. Curiously, the order of the instruments exactly matches the order of the kids' introduction. Cover Artists: - Red Pen +Art Tags: +- John +- Rose +- Dave +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle - Squiddles! - track:beatdown-strider-style +Commentary: |- + Willow Ascenzo: + The title is, of course, a blatant reference to Steven King's Dark Towerseries. The song is a build-up to each of the four kids entering the Medium (they're being "drawn" into the game just as Eddie, Susannah, and Jake were drawn into Mid-World, but that's enough for now about something that isn't Homsetuck), so we start out with a slow rendition of "Sburban Jungle" played on the piano (John's instrument) with subsequent accompaniment by a violin (Rose's instrument). Then, here come the drums (Dave's instrument), and we kick the song into high gear when the flute and bass (both Jade's instruments) come in. There's a long period of pseudo-improv from the bass, flute, and violin before returning to the meat of the song - and a nod to the Squiddles theme (another reference to Rose) before the finale. Curiously, the order of the instruments exactly matches the order of the kids' introduction. --- Track: Ira quod Angelus Artist: Kalibration Duration: '5:11' -Art Tags: -- Angels URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/ira-quod-angelus - https://youtu.be/jt_unlzLBpE +Cover Artists: +- catastrophicGenesis +Art Tags: +- Angels Commentary: |- Kalibration: Hi kids this is the song I made for EridanLand but Radiation didn't like it so he slapped me down and told me to get out of the music team. Just kidding, that didn't happen. Maybe. Anyways, this song was really fun to make. I tried a lot of crazy sound-manipulation things I'd never really tried before for the breakdown and outro, and I really feel like I succeeded with them! The main theme that happens on the rhodes is really fun to play, and might become a prominent theme later...? Either way, I hope you like this song as much as I do! Much love from Kali, thank you for listening! catastrophicGenesis: The window outline is taken from the Christ Church cathedral in Oxford and originally depicts St Cecilia. Several million free-select clicks later, my wrist was dead and this was the result. The stark colour scheme is a result of trying to make it look suitably dramatic. -Cover Artists: -- catastrophicGenesis --- Track: Final Stand Artist: Eligecos Duration: '4:32' +URLs: +- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/final-stand +- https://youtu.be/vSj-kLixKH8 +Cover Artists: +- umibouzu Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade - Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/final-stand -- https://youtu.be/vSj-kLixKH8 Commentary: |- Eligecos: I took the time to make this song sound like it was meant for a robust flash sequence. Really intense drum & bass plus a few orchestral and electronic touches tie it all together. @@ -1240,40 +1242,46 @@ Commentary: |- umibouzu: How do you draw something epic enough for a track with a title like "Final Stand"? Pose as a team, because shit just got real. -Cover Artists: -- umibouzu --- Track: Farewell Artist: Fuzz Duration: '4:04' +URLs: +- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/farewell +- https://youtu.be/SHzmF_sSCi0 +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord Art Tags: - John - Karkat - Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/farewell -- https://youtu.be/SHzmF_sSCi0 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-piano-refrain Commentary: |- Fuzz: My approach to music is very dramatic. When I create music I tend to visualise very specific scenes which take place when it plays. Farewell was originally intended to accompany the scene where John discovered Mom and Dad were dead. At this point in the story it could have gone any way, so I started playing around and doing improvisations based around the Showtime theme, being a theme central to John. After messing around some more for a while I realised that a more bittersweet touch worked better though, and that instead of being used for lamenting, in my minds eye the piece seemed to fit something more akin to a goodbye, such as a scene displaying the kids and trolls parting ways. melodiousDiscord: This piece is based on what I hope will happen (still). After joining forces to defeat Jack, the kids' ultimate reward is unlocked and the trolls either go back to their won world, or accompany the kids. John is the last to leave and you can see the shadows of Terezi and Karkat. John gives a final wave before stepping through the door, Karkat gives a last farewell gesture in response. A bittersweet ending indeed. -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain --- Track: ~ Heir - Seer - Knight - Witch ~ Artist: Joe Griffith Duration: '7:59' +URLs: +- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/heir-seer-knight-witch +- https://youtu.be/YT2a2jI8_Yo +Cover Artists: +- kayak Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/heir-seer-knight-witch -- https://youtu.be/YT2a2jI8_Yo +Referenced Tracks: +- track:doctor +- track:endless-climb +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre +- track:frost-vol6 +- Squiddles! Commentary: |- Joe Griffith: Generally speaking, it's fairly uncommon to find a Remix or Arrangement authored by me; I much prefer to write from scratch, using my own material. However, one stormy winter night as I slept curled up in my cave, the spirit of a great troll came to me... @@ -1281,14 +1289,6 @@ Commentary: |- Anyway, shortly before Christmas, a friend of mine suggested in passing that perhaps I could put my musical talents to some practical use in the context of Homestuck, which he'd recently managed to convince me to read and I'd become instantly hooked on. We tossed around a few ideas and eventually came up with the idea of stringing together the land themes of the four kids to create some sort of medley. Unfortunately it was a fairly busy time for me, with lots of projects requiring my immediate attention. However, as Christmas approached, I made the decision to inform all my clients that I would be taking time off writing music for a few weeks to "celebrate the holidays", which in actual fact resulted in the creation of this arrangement! Hope you enjoy! -Cover Artists: -- kayak -Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor -- track:endless-climb -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:frost-vol6 -- Squiddles! --- Track: Cutscene at the End of the Hallway Artist: Robert J! Lake @@ -1296,6 +1296,10 @@ Duration: '2:50' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/cutscene-at-the-end-of-the-hallway - https://youtu.be/ZSWphWAVpfs +Cover Artists: +- Zilleniose +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Title Screen Commentary: |- Robert J! Lake: so i put together this thing in twenty seconds, except it actually took several months because i never worked on it but who cares about that @@ -1303,7 +1307,3 @@ Commentary: |- so this one kid, his name is bob, or george, or fred or who cares anyway so his dad's like shut the fuck up kid, you're stupid as hell go to school. get some fucking education, you make me sick right so the kid says okay if and then the dad just fuckin' flips out and he says to the kid shut up go away but it turns out the school is teaching kids to be the beastie boys problem is the kid's a robot so he ends up blowing up because of paradoxes so they rebuild him but it's only good enough for six minutes, and his dad gives him a hug and says son i'm sorry i was so mean and the kid blows up anyway it turns out his dad was hitler and then his dad started a war and captain america punched his face basically the point is that i guess this song is a little like that if you use your imagination -Cover Artists: -- Zilleniose -Referenced Tracks: -- Homestuck Title Screen diff --git a/album/lofam2.yaml b/album/lofam2.yaml index 3c80178e..3c34be02 100644 --- a/album/lofam2.yaml +++ b/album/lofam2.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ Album: Land of Fans and Music 2 Directory: lofam2 -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Date: December 25, 2012 Date Added: March 16, 2020 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-2 +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei +Cover Artists: +- Lunise Color: '#33a1c9' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans - Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-2 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: |- Liza Fletcher: This album means a lot to me, for a lot of reasons. Not just because it represents literally months of planning, organization, rounds of messaging, upsets, drama, triumph and general hard work on the part of me and some very good friends of mine. Not just because we managed to get some of the top talent in the fandom to contribute not only music but track art. Not just because that talent includes music and art team members and the uniquely universally beloved superfan Dante Basco. Not just because that talent also includes many friends I love dearly, some of whom I got to know through this project. @@ -25,17 +26,16 @@ Commentary: |- -WEBSITE CODING-
Veritas Unae -WEBSITE HOSTING-
AndrewNeo and skaia.net -INSPIRATION-
Andrew Hussie & What Pumpkin Studios
The Homestuck Music Team -Cover Artists: -- Lunise Banner Artists: - Lunise +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 --- Group: Disk 1 --- Track: •~DISK 1~• +Directory: disk1-lofam2 Artist: Veritas Unae Duration: 0:31 -Directory: disk1-lofam2 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/o-disk-1-o - https://youtu.be/x_pSKzA1_Eg @@ -46,46 +46,46 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Chronology Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley Duration: '7:44' -Art Tags: -- Feferi -- Doc Scratch -- Lord English -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/chronology - https://youtu.be/AP6PIJRi4_w -Commentary: |- - Jamie Paige Stanley: - Hi there!! Welcome to the second LOFAM. Kind of sounds like some really gangster hiphop group or something. Anyways this is a song I made JUST FOR THE ALBUM!!! Wowee. There's a lot going on here. There's the intro which is like Lord English taking a proverbial shit on everything by existing or something like that, then it sort of BLEHs and goes into the main part of the song. Right off the bat you've got Sburban Jungle's marimba part played backwards on a piano, and then there's some stuff from a fan song that I don't remember the title of. THEN there's stuff from Condy's song off the unofficial ancestor album, and some stuff from some other things. There's basically a lot of things!! It's a very thing filled song. - Skylar: - paige told me the song was about doc scratch, the condesce and lord english, and since the track was titled chronology i tried to show some sort of a progression within the track art while expressing some of the background of each character. Cover Artists: - Skylar +Art Tags: +- Feferi +- Doc Scratch +- Lord English +- Horrorterrors Referenced Tracks: - English - track:sburban-jungle - The Paradox Paradigm - --Emperical +Commentary: |- + Jamie Paige Stanley: + Hi there!! Welcome to the second LOFAM. Kind of sounds like some really gangster hiphop group or something. Anyways this is a song I made JUST FOR THE ALBUM!!! Wowee. There's a lot going on here. There's the intro which is like Lord English taking a proverbial shit on everything by existing or something like that, then it sort of BLEHs and goes into the main part of the song. Right off the bat you've got Sburban Jungle's marimba part played backwards on a piano, and then there's some stuff from a fan song that I don't remember the title of. THEN there's stuff from Condy's song off the unofficial ancestor album, and some stuff from some other things. There's basically a lot of things!! It's a very thing filled song. + Skylar: + paige told me the song was about doc scratch, the condesce and lord english, and since the track was titled chronology i tried to show some sort of a progression within the track art while expressing some of the background of each character. --- Track: Jackpot Artist: Charles Neudorf, Marcy Nabors Duration: '3:57' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackpot +- https://youtu.be/QQoiR0npnSs +Cover Artists: +- 8bitkitten Art Tags: - Roxy - Underlings - 'cw: alcohol' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackpot -- https://youtu.be/QQoiR0npnSs +Referenced Tracks: +- track:aggrieve Commentary: |- Charles Neudorf: Jackpot was originally "written" by me for the Homestuck music contest. I say written in quotation marks because at the time all I had was a cool bassline and a title, I was in a complete musical slump on what to do with the piece, and so I turned to my friend Shadolith for help. Shadolith not only helped to come up with better ideas for the song, but actually finished most if it on her own. I'm really glad she did though, otherwise the song would have never been finished, and it wouldn't be playing in your ears right now! 8bitkitten: Here's my track art for "Jackpot"! It's a Roxy strife theme, and since we have yet to witness such an event in Homestuck, let's make believe. ;3 -Cover Artists: -- 8bitkitten -Referenced Tracks: -- track:aggrieve --- Track: Satellite Physician Artist: Joe Ouellet @@ -93,25 +93,29 @@ Duration: '3:27' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/satellite-physician - https://youtu.be/RCPevVDN7xE -Commentary: |- - Joe Ouellet: - Before making this song, I had wanted to do a remix of Doctor for a while. There are so many remixes and different versions of this song that I knew there were infinite possibilities when it came to remixing the song. When it finally came time to start, I wanted to go for the spacey, electronic, hardcore sounding style that I attempted a little bit with [[Electrocumulus]]. This song actually turned out much better than I expected. When confronted for a name for this piece, I wanted to name it something like "Planet Healer." I decided to just swap out a few synonyms and voila, Satellite Physician was done! - grayscaleOdyssey: - This track and cover art was featured in the Homestuck/Zelda fan adventure, Legend of Homestuck, as John's theme. Cover Artists: - grayscaleOddysey Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - Penumbra Phantasm +Commentary: |- + Joe Ouellet: + Before making this song, I had wanted to do a remix of Doctor for a while. There are so many remixes and different versions of this song that I knew there were infinite possibilities when it came to remixing the song. When it finally came time to start, I wanted to go for the spacey, electronic, hardcore sounding style that I attempted a little bit with [[Electrocumulus]]. This song actually turned out much better than I expected. When confronted for a name for this piece, I wanted to name it something like "Planet Healer." I decided to just swap out a few synonyms and voila, Satellite Physician was done! + grayscaleOdyssey: + This track and cover art was featured in the Homestuck/Zelda fan adventure, Legend of Homestuck, as John's theme. --- Track: A Study In Skaia Artist: David Ellis Duration: '3:02' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-study-in-skaia - https://youtu.be/csgfrTQGOaw +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- track:skies-of-skaia Commentary: |- David Ellis: I don't really have much to say about this. I'd been messing about on guitar and found that most of the first theme from Skies of Skaia was playable with harmonics in standard tuning, and only the top note wasn't possible. By returning to EADF#BE and putting a capo on at the 5th fret it was possible then to play the whole thing. @@ -119,19 +123,17 @@ Commentary: |- I liked the alliteration in the title and it was pretty much how I thought of the piece. There's not really a reason for the hint to Sherlock Holmes. dodostad: I can admit that I had no idea where this was going when I painted it. I don't think I've ever drawn clouds before either haha. -Cover Artists: -- dodostad -Referenced Tracks: -- track:skies-of-skaia --- Track: Cuddlefish Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:40' -Art Tags: -- Feferi URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cuddlefish - https://youtu.be/KN0VCAGHVxY +Cover Artists: +- Seth Massey +Art Tags: +- Feferi Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: No Commentary. Sorry fellow fans and booklet readers. No haiku this time either. Just an empty page, with nothing to entertain you except the track title, artist credits, and pretty arts to the right. @@ -142,35 +144,35 @@ Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: DUSK FALLS ACROSS A SAFFROWN MEADOW. A SINGLE BLADE OF CRABGRASS UNDULATES VOLUMINOUSLY AMIDST THE RAPTUROUS BREEZE, ONLY TO HALT ITS SWAY SUDDENLY AND CRUNCHINGLY AS IT IS CRASSLY CRUSHED UNDERFOOT BY AN IMMENSE FOOT (SPECIFICALLY THE UNDERNEATH PART OF THAT FOOT). THE OWNER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED FOOT LOOKS DOWNWARD WITH AN AIR OF BAFFLED ASTONISHMENT, IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO HOW A MOOSE CAUGHT IN A UFO TRACTOR BEAM MIGHT LOOK AT A BLADE OF CRABGRASS IT HAD JUST TRODDEN ON. THIS ISN'T A SIMILE. "EUUUUUUUUNGH," GROANS THE ABDUCTEE MOOSE AS IT RISES. -Cover Artists: -- Seth Massey --- Track: Rectify Artist: Thomas Ibarra Duration: '2:52' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rectify - https://youtu.be/GTtM6ZIyJ7Q -Commentary: |- - Thomas Ibarra: - My second entry to the music contest, Rectify, was a follow-up to [[Irradiated]] in that it presented the same goal of making something different with the Black/Liquid Negrocity leitmotif. In this composition, based on Cascade, the menacing tone of Black would be turned into a battle theme for the good, as if Jack had performed a heelturn in light of impressive character development. It was a fun, fulfilling project that taught me many new things. Cover Artists: - Seth Massey +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - Liquid Negrocity - track:atomyk-ebonpyre - track:showtime-piano-refrain +Commentary: |- + Thomas Ibarra: + My second entry to the music contest, Rectify, was a follow-up to [[Irradiated]] in that it presented the same goal of making something different with the Black/Liquid Negrocity leitmotif. In this composition, based on Cascade, the menacing tone of Black would be turned into a battle theme for the good, as if Jack had performed a heelturn in light of impressive character development. It was a fun, fulfilling project that taught me many new things. --- Track: Rabbunctious! Artist: Brad Griffin Duration: '2:12' -Art Tags: -- Rabbit URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rabbunctious - https://youtu.be/2_dL-0FzxTE +Cover Artists: +- Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- Rabbit Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: The rabbit has been an evolving background character throughout the entirety of Homestuck, and I felt the most recent iteration (mischevious-robo-Strider-bunny!!!!) warranted its own theme song. @@ -178,69 +180,62 @@ Commentary: |- The hardest part was deciding between RamBUNNctious and RABBunctious. Dawn Davis: I love Lil Seb he's my baby.
I'm proud of this it was really fun to do =w= -Cover Artists: -- Dawn Davis --- Track: Skaian Starstorm Artist: Astro Kid Duration: '4:17' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-starstorm - https://youtu.be/oTOwhix_Zqw +Cover Artists: +- Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- Jade +Referenced Tracks: +- Skaian Skirmish +- Skaian Shuffle Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: NO COMMENTARY HERE! continued from [[Cuddlefish]]; AN EERILY IRRIDESCENT INCANDESCENCE ENVELOPS THE BEHEMOTH ELK AS IT JOURNEYS HEAVENWARD, UNWILLINGLY ABANDONING THE FLATTENED DIGITARIUM STRAND IN FAVOUR OF THE CHILL EMPTINESS OF THE FRIGID EVENING ATMOSPHERE. DEER-TICKS ATTEMPT TO EVACUATE THEIR MANGY HOST, ONLY TO FIND THEMSELVES DRAWN CONGRUENTLY SKYWARD. OAK-LIKE LIMBS THRASH FLACIDLY, FLAILING FRUITLESSLY FOR A FOOTHOLD, BUT FINDING FEWER THAN FEW. AFTER A SCANT MOMENT OF MOOSE DESPAIR, THE HULKING BEAST RESIGNS ITSELF TO INEVITABILITY, AND CEASES ITS STRUGGLE. AS IF SENSING THE CHANGE IN THE CAPTIVE CREATURE'S DEMEANOR, THE ASCENT SEEMS TO STEADY AND SWIFTEN. -Cover Artists: -- Dawn Davis -Referenced Tracks: -- Skaian Skirmish -- Skaian Shuffle --- Track: Good Dog (Best Friend) Artist: Catboss Duration: '4:26' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/good-dog-best-friend +- https://youtu.be/pYYBRLIKRQ8 +Cover Artists: +- Lunise Art Tags: - Jade - Becquerel - 'cw: blood' - 'cw: animal death' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/good-dog-best-friend -- https://youtu.be/pYYBRLIKRQ8 +Referenced Tracks: +- Courser +- Carefree Action Commentary: |- Catboss: ~ in loving memory of becquerel ~ He was a good dog, and the best friend anyone could ever hope to have. Lunise: I was inspired by the pesterlog on page 6758 4858. Even though I had heard this track long before that update, when I listened to it again to get an idea for what kind of track art I'd like to draw for it, all I could think of was that pesterlog about alpha Jade. -Cover Artists: -- Lunise -Referenced Tracks: -- Courser -- Carefree Action --- Track: Unforgiving Terrain Artist: Eston Schweickart Duration: '4:11' -Art Tags: -- AR -- PM -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/unforgiving-terrain - https://youtu.be/I0THAb_V18A -Commentary: |- - Eston Schweickart: - I wrote Unforgiving Terrain shortly after [[album:the-wanderers]] album came out. It was just an excuse to have fun with sound design and listen to Carapacian Dominion over and over. It's called Unforgiving Terrain because titles are hard. The project file is called Frozen Ruins but I guess I didn't use that name because I ended up not including [[track:frost-vol6]] like I had planned. - Cap: - After the original art file crashed like a piping hot baby on a meteor, I decided to create an Egyptian hieroglyphic-ish piece for this song because you know, DESERTS and WANDERERS and WOW JUST GOSH. But I also wanted to add in some of WV's little cahlk drawings too because it's cute! I mean, come on. Look at them, being happy and carefree and unaware. Yes, I know deep in my heart that this story will have a very happy end. No doubts about it. *insert evil laughter here* Cover Artists: - Cap +Art Tags: +- AR +- PM +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - Endless Expanse - Carapacian Dominion @@ -248,15 +243,22 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:growing-up - Gilded Sands - Nightmare +Commentary: |- + Eston Schweickart: + I wrote Unforgiving Terrain shortly after [[album:the-wanderers]] album came out. It was just an excuse to have fun with sound design and listen to Carapacian Dominion over and over. It's called Unforgiving Terrain because titles are hard. The project file is called Frozen Ruins but I guess I didn't use that name because I ended up not including [[track:frost-vol6]] like I had planned. + Cap: + After the original art file crashed like a piping hot baby on a meteor, I decided to create an Egyptian hieroglyphic-ish piece for this song because you know, DESERTS and WANDERERS and WOW JUST GOSH. But I also wanted to add in some of WV's little cahlk drawings too because it's cute! I mean, come on. Look at them, being happy and carefree and unaware. Yes, I know deep in my heart that this story will have a very happy end. No doubts about it. *insert evil laughter here* --- Track: CR1M1N4L, CR1M1N4L Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell Duration: '4:15' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: hanging' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cr1m1n4l-cr1m1n4l - https://youtu.be/V3C1H4l9eIU +Cover Artists: +- Pandora +Art Tags: +- 'cw: hanging' Lyrics: |- Well, what have we here?
The accursed sits and shakes with fear.
You know how that makes me...
...makes me grin from ear to ear! Your lemony fear isn't all I can smell.
You're not hiding your deceit very well.
Tell us, you swindler, what drove you to such crimes.
And hurry it up, don't waste tyrannical time! @@ -276,36 +278,38 @@ Commentary: |- >:] >:] >:] -Cover Artists: -- Pandora --- Track: Squiddles In Sunglasses Artist: Eston Schweickart Duration: '1:08' -Art Tags: -- Squiddles URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/squiddles-in-sunglasses - https://youtu.be/Cf9oKcZ2nPA -Commentary: |- - Eston Schweickart: - Squiddles in Sunglasses was originally part of a 6-part Homestuck medley that as going to be around 12 minutes long when finished. Halfway through I realized that I didn't like anything I was writing, so I did what any good artist does when faced with self-doubt and gave up. A few months later I listened to the old project files again and liked this part enough to make it its own piece. I think inspiration for this style came from Average White Band's Pick Up the Pieces but I can't remember for sure. Cover Artists: - RaChoTamer +Art Tags: +- Squiddles Referenced Tracks: - Friendship is Paramount - Squiddle Samba +Commentary: |- + Eston Schweickart: + Squiddles in Sunglasses was originally part of a 6-part Homestuck medley that as going to be around 12 minutes long when finished. Halfway through I realized that I didn't like anything I was writing, so I did what any good artist does when faced with self-doubt and gave up. A few months later I listened to the old project files again and liked this part enough to make it its own piece. I think inspiration for this style came from Average White Band's Pick Up the Pieces but I can't remember for sure. --- Track: JackBot Artist: Astro Kid Duration: '4:23' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackbot +- https://youtu.be/9GFVQ6ZalCc +Cover Artists: +- Brenden Cameron Art Tags: - Sawtooth - Squarewave - 'cw: alcohol' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackbot -- https://youtu.be/9GFVQ6ZalCc +Referenced Tracks: +- Jackpot Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: NO COMMENTARY HERE! @@ -316,34 +320,35 @@ Commentary: |- "Quite a view, eh?" "GNRGUUMGH" THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES IN THIS MANNER FOR SEVERAL VAPID MINUTES, BUT IS BROUGHT TO A SWIFT END BY THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE MYSTERIOUS AIRBOURNE VESSEL. -Cover Artists: -- Brenden Cameron -Referenced Tracks: -- Jackpot --- Track: Crystalguitarthemums Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '2:20' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Becquerel URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalguitarthemums - https://youtu.be/fkmxRiQZdb4 +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Becquerel +Referenced Tracks: +- Crystalanthemums Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: one day I found a guitar thing and messed around with crystalanthemums that's it dodostad: I thought about drawing Vriska and Aradia, but somehow this song reminded me of Jade. I don't remember seeing much art of her and Bec so I thought I'd fix that! -Cover Artists: -- dodostad -Referenced Tracks: -- Crystalanthemums --- Track: The Ballad of Maplehoof Artist: Ian White, Lauren Collis, Mike Anderson Duration: '5:17' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-ballad-of-maplehoof +- https://youtu.be/0NrHukinkmw +Cover Artists: +- Shoona Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -351,9 +356,9 @@ Art Tags: - Jade - John's dad - Maplehoof -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-ballad-of-maplehoof -- https://youtu.be/0NrHukinkmw +Referenced Tracks: +- track:pony-chorale +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns Lyrics: |- Come gather round me, children
I'll sing you the tale
The Ballad of Maplehoof
Though she was but a foal
Her story touched us all
Sing the Ballad of Maplehoof Maplehoof, Maplehoof
Ride, Maplehoof, Ride @@ -375,52 +380,39 @@ Lyrics: |- Commentary: |- Ian White: I wrote these lyrics around the time that Maplehoof died in-story. I didn't put it to music though until after she had been revived as Minihoof. Kinda saps the poignancy right out of it. The lovely Lauren Collis sings vocals and the ever-punctual Mike Anderson provides the real life guitars. Sound effects provided by Mother Nature! -Cover Artists: -- Shoona -Referenced Tracks: -- track:pony-chorale -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns --- Track: Rainbow Rebirth Artist: David Ellis Duration: '4:20' -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rainbow-rebirth - https://youtu.be/ziiK_Q23WbA +Cover Artists: +- Maddie Haines +Art Tags: +- Kanaya +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' +Referenced Tracks: +- Savior of the Waking World Commentary: |- Davlid Ellis: This piece was written for Kanaya and was essentially supposed to be a kind of score for the unseen scene where she wakes up as a rainbow drinker. The non-scene this is a score for follows the structure of [[flash:3087]] somewhat, with the middle horn stab section hinting towards one of the themes from Savior of the Waking World/Doctor but being off somehow (shifting time signatures too) to try to show the different nature of her return. The scene for the piece ends when she goes all vampirey on Feferi. Rejected alternate title: 'All the colours of the rainbow (are delicious)' Maddie Haines: I saw the name Rainbow Rebirth and immediately wanted to do something cool with Kanaya and her fairly new rainbow drinker status, since I was pretty dang sure that was what the title was referencing. Since it was her care for the matriorb that led up to her transformation, I thought it made the most sense to include it, as well as rainbow colors, obviously, into this picture. -Cover Artists: -- Maddie Haines -Referenced Tracks: -- Savior of the Waking World --- Track: Psychedelic Psychodelic Artist: Catboss Duration: '4:54' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Lord English -- 'cw: body horror' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/psychedelic-psychodelic - https://youtu.be/Sq42ueaXI-4 -Commentary: |- - Catboss: - Well, here you are. - Big guy's got a fancy gun, and all you've got is a bloody knife. - But it's gonna be enough. It always has been. - You've slaughtered all them torsos, now it's time to wreck the head. - What are you waiting for? - Draw, Spades. Cover Artists: - Amethyst Barron +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +- Lord English +- 'cw: body horror' Referenced Tracks: - track:atomyk-ebonpyre - English @@ -428,18 +420,30 @@ Referenced Tracks: - The Ballad of Jack Noir - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) - Let's All Rock the Heist +Commentary: |- + Catboss: + Well, here you are. + Big guy's got a fancy gun, and all you've got is a bloody knife. + But it's gonna be enough. It always has been. + You've slaughtered all them torsos, now it's time to wreck the head. + What are you waiting for? + Draw, Spades. --- Track: Flare (With Vocals) Artist: horizon Duration: '3:02' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/flare-with-vocals +- https://youtu.be/btHd1zrjkqY +Cover Artists: +- PV Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/flare-with-vocals -- https://youtu.be/btHd1zrjkqY +Referenced Tracks: +- Flare Lyrics: |- Things fall apart so easily;
they break away at the seams And it seems
this is the life I was fated to lead
Dreams dead in the water
and you ought to let them pass @@ -455,138 +459,129 @@ Commentary: |- Flare has always struck a place in my heart, for many reasons. Plazmataz has always, always impressed me, but Flare just evoked something simply raw in the depths of my mind; I knew then that I had to use that feeling as a kind of empathy towards the Beta kids. Though it was used in a specific moment in canon, I chose to write lyrics from the point of view I could most appreciate -- the pain associated with love when life hands you something you don't know how to survive. PV: I have been listening to Horizon's renditions of Homestuck music with her lyrics for a while now, and Flare has always been my favorite one she did. I hoped I could make a picture that represents the feeling of closeness beween the four kids in getting through the game that I feel in the words she wrote. -Cover Artists: -- PV -Referenced Tracks: -- Flare --- Track: Sports Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley Duration: '1:34' -Art Tags: -- SBaHJ URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sports - https://youtu.be/Hai8r6SGKV4 +Cover Artists: +- Spectrumfizz +Art Tags: +- SBaHJ Commentary: |- Jamie Paige Stanley: Spectrumfizz: dude come check this out hummusr is like one of my favoprite musicans so i made a thnig for this MAD TRACK -Cover Artists: -- Spectrumfizz --- Track: Dirgeish Artist: Nick Smalley, Andrew Huo Duration: '2:41' -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dirgeish - https://youtu.be/t9KgQojuzQ4 +Cover Artists: +- Seth Massey +Art Tags: +- Vriska +- Jack Noir Commentary: |- Nick Smalley: Dirgeish was made in 2008, a year before Homestuck even started! Crazy, right? Who ever thought life existed before Homestuck, ha ha ha... I made the original in about an hour, and when I got on the Homestuck music team, I had the help of Adghar (Andrew Who!!!!) to complete it! -Cover Artists: -- Seth Massey --- Track: Electrocumulus Artist: Joe Ouellet Duration: '3:10' -Art Tags: -- John -- WV URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electrocumulus - https://youtu.be/GN3RTQJ2y2o -Commentary: |- - Joe Ouellet: - Electrocumulus is a remix of Pyrocumulus by RJ Lake and was my first ever attempt at remixing an official Homestuck track. Looking back, I have no idea why I chose to remix this song in particular; it must have just been stuck in my head that day. As one could gather from the title, this remix is supposed to be an upbeat, elecronic remix. As I was composing, it seemed to turn into a dance track of sorts. The genre still fit my idea, so I kept going. I think it was a rather successful first Homestuck remix. - plaidcushion: - The songs this was remixed from are associated with Skaia and the battlefield, but I thought that Electrocumulus was way too high energy and fun for something like that. I decided to go for the next best thing- John speeding through Skaia and plowing through clouds in his Dad's car! As it turns out, exploded clouds are also rpetty fun to cut out with a scalpel. Cover Artists: - plaidcushion +Art Tags: +- John +- WV Referenced Tracks: - Pyrocumulus (Kickstart) - Skaian Skuffle +Commentary: |- + Joe Ouellet: + Electrocumulus is a remix of Pyrocumulus by RJ Lake and was my first ever attempt at remixing an official Homestuck track. Looking back, I have no idea why I chose to remix this song in particular; it must have just been stuck in my head that day. As one could gather from the title, this remix is supposed to be an upbeat, elecronic remix. As I was composing, it seemed to turn into a dance track of sorts. The genre still fit my idea, so I kept going. I think it was a rather successful first Homestuck remix. + plaidcushion: + The songs this was remixed from are associated with Skaia and the battlefield, but I thought that Electrocumulus was way too high energy and fun for something like that. I decided to go for the next best thing- John speeding through Skaia and plowing through clouds in his Dad's car! As it turns out, exploded clouds are also rpetty fun to cut out with a scalpel. --- Track: Three in the Morning (Kali's 2 in the AM PM Edit) Artist: Kalibration Duration: '4:00' -Art Tags: -- Snowman -- The Felt URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-kalis-2-in-the-am-pm-edit - https://youtu.be/i1na9f3xHiA +Cover Artists: +- Toon Lettuce +Art Tags: +- Snowman +- The Felt +Referenced Tracks: +- track:three-in-the-morning-rj Commentary: |- Kalibration: Its a song, I made it, the computer
Great it's RJ music track enjoyed, that could bring
(⅃°ヘ°)⅃ yeah i dont know how i feel about that track i guess its a song and i made it ans well, thats more than i can say for a lot of things Lambda Bledsoe: kali has such a way with words -Cover Artists: -- Toon Lettuce -Referenced Tracks: -- track:three-in-the-morning-rj --- Track: Showtime (End Strife Remix) Artist: Plumegeist Duration: '4:57' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-end-strife-remix - https://youtu.be/Ru9a5pAXfw0 -Commentary: |- - Plumegeist: - I composed SHowtime End Strife remix roughly five months after the time I got into Homestuck. Around this time I was still really just a budding musician, and I wanted to make something heavy out of the Showtime theme by Malcolm Brown. The idea was imagining what kind of soundtrack would be backing the kids as they face Lord English in a climactic battle. I was proud of it at the time but in retrospect it never really aged that well. Despite this it remained one of my most popular works. - Around the time I finished [[Rust Maid]] and [[Orange Hat]], I was approached for the inclusion of the remix in LOFAM2. While I was happy to have the opportunity to give people the download so many of them clamored for, I really, really had to fix so many of its glaring issuse, and as such I remastered it for the album. - devonianecho: - Showtime has always been one of the most memorable pieces of music in Homestuck, forever representing a (if not the) quintiessential "strife" theme. With this in mind, I think I had almost too much freedom in choosing the conflict I wanted to depict in this piece. Initially, I was going to make it John vs. Dad from Act 1... but that ended up being a little too underwhelming in comparison to the song it was for. So, in the end, I settled upon focusing the piece on a determined-looking John about to face down the underling horde at the beginning of Cascade. I'm pretty happy with the end result. Cover Artists: - devonianecho +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - track:showtime-original-mix - track:showtime-piano-refrain - track:sburban-jungle - track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing +Commentary: |- + Plumegeist: + I composed SHowtime End Strife remix roughly five months after the time I got into Homestuck. Around this time I was still really just a budding musician, and I wanted to make something heavy out of the Showtime theme by Malcolm Brown. The idea was imagining what kind of soundtrack would be backing the kids as they face Lord English in a climactic battle. I was proud of it at the time but in retrospect it never really aged that well. Despite this it remained one of my most popular works. + Around the time I finished [[Rust Maid]] and [[Orange Hat]], I was approached for the inclusion of the remix in LOFAM2. While I was happy to have the opportunity to give people the download so many of them clamored for, I really, really had to fix so many of its glaring issuse, and as such I remastered it for the album. + devonianecho: + Showtime has always been one of the most memorable pieces of music in Homestuck, forever representing a (if not the) quintiessential "strife" theme. With this in mind, I think I had almost too much freedom in choosing the conflict I wanted to depict in this piece. Initially, I was going to make it John vs. Dad from Act 1... but that ended up being a little too underwhelming in comparison to the song it was for. So, in the end, I settled upon focusing the piece on a determined-looking John about to face down the underling horde at the beginning of Cascade. I'm pretty happy with the end result. --- Track: Soulb0t Artist: Charles Neudorf Duration: '3:42' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/soulb0t - https://youtu.be/3d0jm_sPD9A -Commentary: |- - Charles Neudorf: - Soulb0t was conceived after I tried writing the familiar Psych0ruins apreggio to test out a new synth I downloaded. It sounded really cool to me, so I figured "why not just write an electronic remix of Psych0ruins all together." So I did just that. It took a while to get the melody just right, and if it wasn't for the various friends who helped me to decide what sounded good or bad, this song wouldn't have sounded nearly as good. Cover Artists: - Somnivus +Art Tags: +- Aradia Referenced Tracks: - psych0ruins +Commentary: |- + Charles Neudorf: + Soulb0t was conceived after I tried writing the familiar Psych0ruins apreggio to test out a new synth I downloaded. It sounded really cool to me, so I figured "why not just write an electronic remix of Psych0ruins all together." So I did just that. It took a while to get the melody just right, and if it wasn't for the various friends who helped me to decide what sounded good or bad, this song wouldn't have sounded nearly as good. --- Track: Fighting Spirit Artist: Kevin Grant Duration: '4:04' -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fighting-spirit - https://youtu.be/2Scn4TRi7m0 -Commentary: |- - Kevin Grant: - My goal was to mash up as many Homestuck songs as I could. I ended up mixing 12 together. I really think the part at the end with Black, Showtime and Beatdown works well, and I discovered that Showtime is the Homestuck equivalent of Guile's Theme: It goes with everything. - AS: - Listening to Fighting Spirit the first time kind of got me nostalgic for the old Strife pages, with their chiptune music. You know, waaaay back in the beginning of the comic when the Beta kids were still on planet Earth and were being harassed by trolls. So nearly a year later, I figured that a strife page would make for an excellent cover. Admittedly action poses have always been a weakness of mine, so I probably drew each kid at least twice for this cover until I was satisfied. Still though, I'm happy with how the art came out. Hopefully I did this awesome track justice. Cover Artists: - AS +Art Tags: +- John +- Rose +- Dave +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - track:showtime-original-mix @@ -600,39 +595,50 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Spider's Claw - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) - Liquid Negrocity +Commentary: |- + Kevin Grant: + My goal was to mash up as many Homestuck songs as I could. I ended up mixing 12 together. I really think the part at the end with Black, Showtime and Beatdown works well, and I discovered that Showtime is the Homestuck equivalent of Guile's Theme: It goes with everything. + AS: + Listening to Fighting Spirit the first time kind of got me nostalgic for the old Strife pages, with their chiptune music. You know, waaaay back in the beginning of the comic when the Beta kids were still on planet Earth and were being harassed by trolls. So nearly a year later, I figured that a strife page would make for an excellent cover. Admittedly action poses have always been a weakness of mine, so I probably drew each kid at least twice for this cover until I was satisfied. Still though, I'm happy with how the art came out. Hopefully I did this awesome track justice. --- Track: Irradiated Artist: Thomas Ibarra Duration: '2:21' -Art Tags: -- John -- Jack Noir -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/irradiated - https://youtu.be/M_lXyhRBOhk -Commentary: |- - Thomas Ibarra: - Irradiated is really an identifying track for my work, I've been told before that this track is the first that came to mind when mentioning my callsign SparksD2145. Similarly to a good portion of my work Black/Liquid Negrocity's leitmotif plays a prominent feature in the composition, providing the base melody for the entire track. The idea for Irradiated spurred from [[flash:2927]], as a high-velocity and energetic track with none other than Jack Noir at the center; my goal was to take Black and give it a different feel. After a short hiatus, my track Irradiated featured in my first tribute animation on YouTube for Homestuck. - Spectrumfizz: - Irradiated is among the first Homestuck fanmusic tracks I ever heard, so I was very pleased to be able to create art to accompany it on LOFAM2. I decided to draw inspiration from AutoDevote's first HS fanimation, which to this day remains one of my favourite Homestuck videos. I'm not particularly apt at composition or shading or several other things, but I'm pretty happy with what I accomplished here. Cover Artists: - Spectrumfizz +Art Tags: +- John +- Jack Noir +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - track:harlequin - Liquid Negrocity - track:sburban-jungle - Carefree Action +Commentary: |- + Thomas Ibarra: + Irradiated is really an identifying track for my work, I've been told before that this track is the first that came to mind when mentioning my callsign SparksD2145. Similarly to a good portion of my work Black/Liquid Negrocity's leitmotif plays a prominent feature in the composition, providing the base melody for the entire track. The idea for Irradiated spurred from [[flash:2927]], as a high-velocity and energetic track with none other than Jack Noir at the center; my goal was to take Black and give it a different feel. After a short hiatus, my track Irradiated featured in my first tribute animation on YouTube for Homestuck. + Spectrumfizz: + Irradiated is among the first Homestuck fanmusic tracks I ever heard, so I was very pleased to be able to create art to accompany it on LOFAM2. I decided to draw inspiration from AutoDevote's first HS fanimation, which to this day remains one of my favourite Homestuck videos. I'm not particularly apt at composition or shading or several other things, but I'm pretty happy with what I accomplished here. --- Track: He Is Already Here Artist: Brenden Cameron Duration: '4:11' -Art Tags: -- AH -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/he-is-already-here - https://youtu.be/XTyFPX0dn_U +Cover Artists: +- clumsyroyalty +Art Tags: +- AH +- 'cw: blood' +Referenced Tracks: +- Rhapsody in Green +- English +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Brenden Cameron: Ever since 'The Felt' came out, I've been in love with that piano ditty at the start of Variations and in the reversed Rhapsody in Green. @@ -640,24 +646,28 @@ Commentary: |- When the Homestuck fanmusic competition was announced, I made some updates to the song and tried submitting it for that (special thanks to Jit for offering some last minute advice). This song holds a lot of personal importance to me. Before this piece I had never ever brought a composition to a completed state, let alone posted it for the world to see. Obviously I still have much room for improvement, but the fact that my debut work has received such positive feedback has been a huge encouragement. Thank you all for listening! -Cover Artists: -- clumsyroyalty -Referenced Tracks: -- Rhapsody in Green -- English -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Rise of the Denizens Artist: Domble Duration: '3:01' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rise-of-the-denizens +- https://youtu.be/C0WiWG6BVbw +Cover Artists: +- Lunise Art Tags: - Jade - John - Davesprite - Denizens -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rise-of-the-denizens -- https://youtu.be/C0WiWG6BVbw +Referenced Tracks: +- Courser +- Earthsea Borealis +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns +- track:ruins +- Dawn of Man +- the rose rap +- Cascade Commentary: |- Domble: The original version of the track sounded nothing like this. What I want is for people who heard the first one to think, "wow, this guy really got less bad in a year." It references all the songs it originally did, whether in the same basic way (Courser, Ruins) or differently (Dawn of Man, the rose rap). @@ -677,66 +687,58 @@ Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: note: Lunise wrote seven paragraphs about the creative process behind this wonderful art piece. I can only fit the first one on the page. Here is the full commentary to the rise of the denizens track art. c: -Cover Artists: -- Lunise -Referenced Tracks: -- Courser -- Earthsea Borealis -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:ruins -- Dawn of Man -- the rose rap -- Cascade --- Track: Sburban Genesis Artist: Lark Mordancy Duration: '4:00' -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-genesis - https://youtu.be/DPX6j-JM7Bw -Commentary: |- - Lark Mordancy: - Though Sburban Jungle was the first song to hook me on Michael Guy Bowman's music, my heart lies with Mobious Trip and Hadron Kaleido. Dawn of Man is a favorite of mine from that album, and it also happens to be a partial remix of Sburban Jungle. In the Homestuck tradition, the natural thing to do then was mix them together, along with a cameo from Exodus, featured in SBURB. The instruments are based primarily on Dawn of Man, bringing in some of Sburban Jungle's mallet percussion and a few of my own additions. The result is Sburban Genesis, a song ultimately inspired by the mysterious origins of the game and its multi-universal legacy. - plaidcushion: - This really sounded like a night time kind of song to me, which I think went nicely with the baby frog Jade finds on her island as a kid. He's a pretty cute little guy, but his role carries a lot of weight, so I think he fits the song pretty well. Cover Artists: - plaidcushion +Art Tags: +- Genesis Frog Referenced Tracks: - Dawn of Man - track:sburban-jungle - Exodus +Commentary: |- + Lark Mordancy: + Though Sburban Jungle was the first song to hook me on Michael Guy Bowman's music, my heart lies with Mobious Trip and Hadron Kaleido. Dawn of Man is a favorite of mine from that album, and it also happens to be a partial remix of Sburban Jungle. In the Homestuck tradition, the natural thing to do then was mix them together, along with a cameo from Exodus, featured in SBURB. The instruments are based primarily on Dawn of Man, bringing in some of Sburban Jungle's mallet percussion and a few of my own additions. The result is Sburban Genesis, a song ultimately inspired by the mysterious origins of the game and its multi-universal legacy. + plaidcushion: + This really sounded like a night time kind of song to me, which I think went nicely with the baby frog Jade finds on her island as a kid. He's a pretty cute little guy, but his role carries a lot of weight, so I think he fits the song pretty well. --- Track: Who Mourns for Jack Noir? Artist: Nitrosparxx Duration: '7:21' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/who-mourns-for-jack-noir - https://youtu.be/usR1fpqUXR0 -Commentary: |- - Nitrosparxx: - Quite possibly the saddest piece of music I've ever written. This was what I was originally going to use for the fan album, but I decided to drop it half way through making it on the grounds that it didn't sound like a Homestuck song. Jack Noir (and by extension, Bec Noir) always struck me as a tragic character. The way I see it, he's always violent because of the abuse he receives from the black queen. He's physically shut down all other emotions save for hatred because as far as he's concerned, there is no such thing. However things change for him when Bec becomes prototyped. He suddenly has a heart and has new feelings. Bec's influence taught him what it's like to feel for someone else, although Jack desperately tried so hard to ignore these feelings. When Jade died, Jack finally knew what it felt to lose someone so close to your heart. A tragic character indeed... - Corrina: - Given the fact that the song references Jade's theme, I thought that I'd go with something that has to do with the characters' relationship. in the picture, I had originally intended Jade to be a sort-of ghost image, as if she wasn't really there. I wanted to show that Jack was alone, but I later changed that aspect, despite how much I loved the idea. Making her more faded created imbalance in the work, and the details were also washed out. Cover Artists: - Corrina +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - Liquid Negrocity - The Beginning of Something Really Excellent +Commentary: |- + Nitrosparxx: + Quite possibly the saddest piece of music I've ever written. This was what I was originally going to use for the fan album, but I decided to drop it half way through making it on the grounds that it didn't sound like a Homestuck song. Jack Noir (and by extension, Bec Noir) always struck me as a tragic character. The way I see it, he's always violent because of the abuse he receives from the black queen. He's physically shut down all other emotions save for hatred because as far as he's concerned, there is no such thing. However things change for him when Bec becomes prototyped. He suddenly has a heart and has new feelings. Bec's influence taught him what it's like to feel for someone else, although Jack desperately tried so hard to ignore these feelings. When Jade died, Jack finally knew what it felt to lose someone so close to your heart. A tragic character indeed... + Corrina: + Given the fact that the song references Jade's theme, I thought that I'd go with something that has to do with the characters' relationship. in the picture, I had originally intended Jade to be a sort-of ghost image, as if she wasn't really there. I wanted to show that Jack was alone, but I later changed that aspect, despite how much I loved the idea. Making her more faded created imbalance in the work, and the details were also washed out. --- Track: The Seer and the Tribesmen Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:01' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Consorts URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-seer-and-the-tribesmen - https://youtu.be/pjbFi9f_F7Y +Cover Artists: +- Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Consorts Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: No commentary here! @@ -745,8 +747,6 @@ Commentary: |- BUZZING FLUORESCENT LIGHTS FLICKER ON, REVEALING A VAST DOMED ROOM. IN THE CORNER, WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A CROSS BETWEEN A GIANT SQUID AND A CORGI FIDDLES WITH A PANEL ON SOME MYSTERIOUS MACHINERY. THE NUDIST EMOTES IN SURPRISE. THIS CATCHES THE ALIEN'S ATTENTION, AND IT ABANDONS ITS FORMER TASK, APPROACHING THE NEW ARRIFALS EXCITEDLY. WITH ITS SOFT, FURRY TENTACLES GESTICULATING WILDLY, IT GESTURES TOWARD WHAT ONE CAN ONLY ASSUME IS ITS TORSO. UPON CLOSE INSPECTION, IT IS WEARING A NAME TAG THAT READS:
Hello, My Name Is
BNORKEL
-Cover Artists: -- Dawn Davis --- Track: Four Artist: Trent West @@ -754,41 +754,46 @@ Duration: '4:11' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/four - https://youtu.be/eB2Isac-eXs +Cover Artists: +- Nekachen Commentary: |- Nekachen: When I listened to Four for the first time, I imagined the entire Incipisphere as if it were one of those cool panoramic views of the universe. The title more than likely relates to the planets the kids arrive upon in the Medium, so I decided to use that aspect to create the basis of my idea. I recreated most of the planets from scratch while using references, used *tons* of Photoshop effects to create shading and light sources, and utilized stock images to create what I believe represents the "Four" planets within the Incipisphere that the song centers around. -Cover Artists: -- Nekachen --- Track: Prospitian Lullaby Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley Duration: '4:45' -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Jake URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-lullaby - https://youtu.be/yLL4-WYFO7Q -Commentary: |- - Jamie Paige Stanley: - Hello again!! Disk one is coming to a close. I hope you've enjoyed the fan land and of music so far!! This is a lullaby based mostly off of Homestuck Anthem by Clark "Plazmataz" Powell and Sburban Jungle by Michael Guy Bowman. It's really slow and sweet and has my favorite chord thingy ever which is the F to F minor thing going on there. It's all in all a song that you hopefully fall asleep listening to because that's what it's supposed to do!! And you might need a nap after listening to disk one. In fact, for the full Land of Fans and Musics Experience The Second™, take a nap in between the two disks. Yes. Anyways, I hope you enjoy our musical stylings and that you don't buy this album because that's illegal. - Brad Griffin: - [END OF DISK 1] Cover Artists: - Shoona +Art Tags: +- Jane +- Jake Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck Anthem - track:sburban-jungle +Commentary: |- + Jamie Paige Stanley: + Hello again!! Disk one is coming to a close. I hope you've enjoyed the fan land and of music so far!! This is a lullaby based mostly off of Homestuck Anthem by Clark "Plazmataz" Powell and Sburban Jungle by Michael Guy Bowman. It's really slow and sweet and has my favorite chord thingy ever which is the F to F minor thing going on there. It's all in all a song that you hopefully fall asleep listening to because that's what it's supposed to do!! And you might need a nap after listening to disk one. In fact, for the full Land of Fans and Musics Experience The Second™, take a nap in between the two disks. Yes. Anyways, I hope you enjoy our musical stylings and that you don't buy this album because that's illegal. + Brad Griffin: + [END OF DISK 1] --- Group: Disk 2 --- Track: •~Disk 2~• +Directory: disk2-lofam2 Artist: Veritas Unae Duration: 0:20 -Directory: disk2-lofam2 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/o-disk-2-o - https://youtu.be/vSVpByKsjwA +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord +Referenced Tracks: +- White King +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Lambda Bledsoe: Hi. I'm Lambda Bledsoe, or Xzaz. I started the project to put LoFaM2 together. @@ -797,21 +802,21 @@ Commentary: |- This is to be expected, considering..... this album. I don't have some whimsical, vaguely inspiring words to put here, but thanks to everyone that helped make ths labum and everyone that's listened to it! -λ -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord -Referenced Tracks: -- White King -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Brofessor Layton (Every Puzzle Has A Brolution) Artist: Ian White Duration: '3:37' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dave's bro URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/brofessor-layton-every-puzzle-has-a-brolution - https://youtu.be/gIeRocDm8Aw +Cover Artists: +- doctoroftime +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Dave's bro +Referenced Tracks: +- GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) +- Layton's Theme Commentary: |- Ian White: This is... this is I don't know. I think Neudorf told me to do this, so I did it. It works pretty good. @@ -819,15 +824,15 @@ Commentary: |- The song was a Gamebro remix and I had just figured out that Bro Strider probably writes Gamebro so it was obvious that a Professor Layton x Homestuck crossover needde to happen. I looked at the covers of the Layton games and basically just went for it. And because Professor Layton has tons of weird puzzle shit that no one ever questions and Homestuck is the exact same. Plus I wanted Bro in a nifty tophat and Dave in Lambda's snazzy sweater. -Cover Artists: -- doctoroftime -Referenced Tracks: -- GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) -- Layton's Theme --- Track: ElecTrollCopSwing Artist: Astro Kid Duration: '4:17' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electrollcopswing +- https://youtu.be/cMzUrZMMIG0 +Cover Artists: +- Rachel Weiss Art Tags: - Dave - Karkat @@ -835,27 +840,61 @@ Art Tags: - WV - 'cw: alcohol' - 'cw: cops' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electrollcopswing -- https://youtu.be/cMzUrZMMIG0 -Commentary: |- - Rachel Weiss: - I was thinking that it would be in a speakeasy during the jazz era, and Terezi is there undercover to knock heads and bring the sweet taste of justice to miscreats and wrong-doers. Or something like that, heh heh. -Cover Artists: -- Rachel Weiss Referenced Tracks: - Revolution 909 - Trollcops - Fuck tha Police +Commentary: |- + Rachel Weiss: + I was thinking that it would be in a speakeasy during the jazz era, and Terezi is there undercover to knock heads and bring the sweet taste of justice to miscreats and wrong-doers. Or something like that, heh heh. --- Track: Dance-Stab-Dance Artist: Catboss Duration: '11:12' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-stab-dance - https://youtu.be/13RA9z5S-MA +Cover Artists: +- Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +Referenced Tracks: +- MeGaDanceVaNia +- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) +- Time on My Side +- Even in Death +- Gaia Queen +- track:endless-climb +- Olive Rogue +- track:ruins +- Lotus +- 'BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!' +- track:chorale-for-jaspers +- Another Jungle +- Let's All Rock the Heist +- Derse Dreamers +- Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius +- Three in the Morning +- Liquid Negrocity +- track:under-the-hat +- track:frost-vol6 +- Rex Duodecim Angelus +- A Taste for Adventure +- Infinity Mechanism +- Ocean Stars Falling +- Love You (Feferi's Theme) +- track:ohgodwhat +- Courser +- Dance of Thorns +- Unite Synchronization +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns +- Fly +- track:vagabounce +- Cascade (Beta) +- Flare +- Savior of the Dreaming Dead +- Black Hole / Green Sun +- At The Price of Oblivion Commentary: |- Catboss: I've wanted to make a sequel for MeGaDanceVaNia for a while, but only recently did I actually get around to it. Some songs are in here because they were in flashes; others are in here because they're my personal favorites, like Gaia Queen. And Infinity Mechanism is in there because Thomas once complained that no one remixed his songs, so THAT'S FOR YOU THOMAS. @@ -905,68 +944,35 @@ Commentary: |- - 9:44 - [[Savior of the Dreaming Dead]] - 10:07 - [[Black Hole / Green Sun]] - 10:53 - [[At The Price of Oblivion]] -Cover Artists: -- Dawn Davis -Referenced Tracks: -- MeGaDanceVaNia -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- Time on My Side -- Even in Death -- Gaia Queen -- track:endless-climb -- Olive Rogue -- track:ruins -- Lotus -- 'BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!' -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Another Jungle -- Let's All Rock the Heist -- Derse Dreamers -- Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius -- Three in the Morning -- Liquid Negrocity -- track:under-the-hat -- track:frost-vol6 -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- A Taste for Adventure -- Infinity Mechanism -- Ocean Stars Falling -- Love You (Feferi's Theme) -- track:ohgodwhat -- Courser -- Dance of Thorns -- Unite Synchronization -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Fly -- track:vagabounce -- Cascade (Beta) -- Flare -- Savior of the Dreaming Dead -- Black Hole / Green Sun -- At The Price of Oblivion --- Track: Trapped Artist: Yan Rodriguez Duration: '1:25' -Art Tags: -- Karkat URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/trapped - https://youtu.be/BzUmLUgjkdk +Cover Artists: +- Gunsandwwands +Art Tags: +- Karkat Commentary: |- Yan Rodriguez: Back when I had a far more depressing view on being trapped in the veil I wanted to make a short tune for it using a chord progression I played on piano all the time and really wanted to use. Reminds me a bit of how some of the chords go in Shadow of the Colossus, but a lot less epic. -Cover Artists: -- Gunsandwwands --- Track: Till The Last Breath Artist: Brenden Cameron Duration: '3:09' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/till-the-last-breath - https://youtu.be/LKua4UM8qZU +Cover Artists: +- Racheme +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-original-mix +- track:doctor +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Brenden Cameron: Originally titled 'A Heroic Death', this song was my second entry into the Homestuck Fanmusic contest, as well as the second song I've ever released in general. @@ -975,78 +981,69 @@ Commentary: |- So again, thank you Andrew and everyone on the music team; both for that opportunity and for all your creative work which inspired me in the first place. Thanks Jit for offering some last minute advice (though I didn't get a chance to implement half of those suggestions...). And, of course, thank you Liza and Xzaz for organizing this second Homestuck Fan Music Album; your dedication and enthusiasm is truly an inspiration. Racheme: This shows little John asking his older self if they saved Dad from the game. I wanted to reflect some inner workings in John's mind, he still thinks about his only family rather than simply drawing him as powerful and never giving up like in most pictures. -Cover Artists: -- Racheme -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:doctor -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: The Note Desolation Plays Artist: Max Wright Duration: '1:38' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-note-desolation-plays - https://youtu.be/-NOJYYn-V2Q +Cover Artists: +- Fortnight +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Max Wright: This is quite an old piece of mine, written mid-January 2010. As the title suggests, I wanted to write something that represented the first act of Homestuck, to capture the feeling of the story as we are introduced to its darker elements - the Wind Skims the Void flash ([[flash:82]]) is a good example to use. That page is almost like a title screen for the webcomic as a whole, not giving away a thing, but nudging ever so slightly towards things to come; likewise, the repeating piano ostinato in here pays tribute to the Chrono Trigger title music. Little did we know at the time, though, how destructive the conductor's baton can be. Here's hoping for a happy ending. Fortnight: First of all - I love this track, it sounds to me like the start of something new, with hope and high expectations thrown in. I drew this track art based off that mood and also the unnamed flash from Act 1, page 1982 82. -Cover Artists: -- Fortnight --- Track: I'm The Doctor Artist: Veritas Unae Duration: '2:06' -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -- Rose -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-the-doctor - https://youtu.be/XehoWGG3SFo -Commentary: |- - Veritas Unae: - I recall this was primiarily composed for two reasons. One: Combining the Doctor Who theme with Doctor needed to happen. Two: The Doctor Who Sburb fan adventure was something I had just discovered and I wanted to compose something for it. There's not much to be said about this one. It's Doctor + Doctor Who Theme. Yeah. Cover Artists: - Strideer +Art Tags: +- Doc Scratch +- Rose +- Horrorterrors Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - Doctor Who Theme +Commentary: |- + Veritas Unae: + I recall this was primiarily composed for two reasons. One: Combining the Doctor Who theme with Doctor needed to happen. Two: The Doctor Who Sburb fan adventure was something I had just discovered and I wanted to compose something for it. There's not much to be said about this one. It's Doctor + Doctor Who Theme. Yeah. --- Track: Wind In My Heir Artist: Joe Ouellet Duration: '3:27' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wind-in-my-heir - https://youtu.be/hwYXNdhsZIA +Cover Artists: +- Racheme +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Joe Oullet: WIMH is one of my fisrt original Homestuck fan-pieces. Originally entered in the contest to select tracks for Colours and Mayhem, it was a song geared towards John and his powers as an Heir of Breath. I chose a very laid back feel to this piece, progressing fom a soft choir at the beginning, picking up an arpeggiated synth and kick on the way to a more intense section of the song. I wanted the song to flow just like the wind: starting softly, the breeze picks up gradually, when suddenly a gust of wind comes, only to leave just as fast as it came. -Cover Artists: -- Racheme --- Track: Fighting Spirit ~Second Form~ Artist: Kevin Grant Duration: '4:22' -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Sawtooth -- Squarewave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fighting-spirit-second-form - https://youtu.be/gX4RAeGIDEM -Commentary: |- - Kevin Grant: - With 16 songs included in the mashup, it's a far mroe complicated piece than the original. I tried to include many songs from Volume 8, like the Ocean Stars Falling bit near the end. I think it flows smoother than the original due to both song choice, and the one-year difference in skill level when creating the song. Both are made entirely in Famitracker. Cover Artists: - sketchcomplex +Art Tags: +- Dirk +- Sawtooth +- Squarewave Referenced Tracks: - track:upward-movement-dave-owns - track:endless-climb @@ -1064,76 +1061,73 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Ocean Stars - Homestuck Anthem - How Do I Live +Commentary: |- + Kevin Grant: + With 16 songs included in the mashup, it's a far mroe complicated piece than the original. I tried to include many songs from Volume 8, like the Ocean Stars Falling bit near the end. I think it flows smoother than the original due to both song choice, and the one-year difference in skill level when creating the song. Both are made entirely in Famitracker. --- Track: Corkscrew Sundown Artist: Trent West Duration: '4:14' -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/corkscrew-sundown - https://youtu.be/sJVzHZJBAhA +Cover Artists: +- straightfacedgriff +Art Tags: +- Doc Scratch +- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' Commentary: |- straightfacedgriff: This is my favourite song on the album, and I ended up doing two track arts for it. This one is better, I think! I decided to use Doc Scratch because the song was about the Green Sun, and out of all the characters associated with it, I felt Doc Scratch best suited the song. -Cover Artists: -- straightfacedgriff --- Track: Doghead Artist: Willow Ascenzo, D. Crystal Duration: '3:19' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/doghead - https://youtu.be/wXJ4nXAu2CM -Commentary: |- - Willow Ascenzo: - I got the idea for "Doghead" shortly after "Cascade" and Jade's incredible ascension. I set out to create something epic, fast-paced, and exciting, but once I'd finished the first part, I found it was missing something. So I approached MSPA forumite and fellow Homestuck fan musician D. Crystal to see if he could add some guitar and drum tracks. He was happy to oblige, and the end result turned out much better than the work I could do by myself. I learned two lessons that one day: one, that two heads are better than one and collaboration is incredibly fun, and two, that electric guitars make everything better. Cover Artists: - albel-is-mine +Art Tags: +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - track:chorale-for-jaspers - track:sburban-jungle - Carefree Action +Commentary: |- + Willow Ascenzo: + I got the idea for "Doghead" shortly after "Cascade" and Jade's incredible ascension. I set out to create something epic, fast-paced, and exciting, but once I'd finished the first part, I found it was missing something. So I approached MSPA forumite and fellow Homestuck fan musician D. Crystal to see if he could add some guitar and drum tracks. He was happy to oblige, and the end result turned out much better than the work I could do by myself. I learned two lessons that one day: one, that two heads are better than one and collaboration is incredibly fun, and two, that electric guitars make everything better. --- Track: Jane's Theme Artist: David Dycus Duration: '2:14' -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Rabbit URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/janes-theme - https://youtu.be/J-Ff0WoEiS8 +Cover Artists: +- positivelymorbid +Art Tags: +- Jane +- Rabbit Commentary: |- David Dycus: Jane's theme was my third and final entry into the HS music contest, conceived and completed less than a day before I made my submission. It obviously didn't make the cut, and Jane ended up receiving a much more badass theme in the form of [[Cyan Beast]]. At the time when I wrote the song (around January 29, 2012), we really didn't know much about Jane beyond the fact that she was a nice girl who enjoyed baking. I tried to give her a theme that was quaint and melodic, not too energetic like my other submissions; compared to most of the other characters, Jane is very down-to-earth, which I admired. Structurally, it loosely parallels [[Fuchsia Witch]], which was originally titled "Jake's Theme." positivelymorbid: When I first listened to it, I thought it was a really calm, tranquil song, so I thought maybe Jane relaxing. The more I listened to it, the more adventurous it sounded. Then it hit me, why not Jane having a picnic in LOCAH, picnics are relaxing and adventurous. Overall, I enjoyed the song, and I really enjoyed drawing this art for it. -Cover Artists: -- positivelymorbid --- Track: The Four Thrones Artist: Samm Neiland Duration: '5:15' -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-four-thrones - https://youtu.be/gjRlg2sGgN0 -Commentary: |- - Samm Neiland: - So this was done mostly as a self response to another fan track I did which was a minute or so long music box rendition of Showtime. While pretty, it hardly showcased my abilities as a musician or a producer. So in about the span of the week, I arranged, composed, and produced a traditional string quartet, heavily inspired by cellist and multitrack recording artist, Zoë Keating. All the recording was done with only my viola and my signature production style. - I remember it being a week of musical hell for me, but I'm quite proud of the end results. Perhaps one day, I'll be able to rerecord it with a proper quartet. One can dream at least. - Reid Slater: - I wanted to represent the beta kids reaching their godtier status while mixing in the royalty theme that Samm's song gave me. Samm said to me himself that he thought of the crowning scene in Narnia and the four thrones, and I thought it was suitable to represent them with crowns, holding the Skaia they influenced and looking content and almost relieved in each other's company. I wanted to create something happy and a little bitter-sweet, which was the feeling I got from Samm's track. And I wanted to show that sort of unity and friendship the kids have, even after all they've been through. Cover Artists: - Reid Slater +Art Tags: +- John +- Rose +- Dave +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle - track:showtime-original-mix @@ -1142,102 +1136,110 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:upward-movement-dave-owns - Homestuck Anthem - track:dissension-original +Commentary: |- + Samm Neiland: + So this was done mostly as a self response to another fan track I did which was a minute or so long music box rendition of Showtime. While pretty, it hardly showcased my abilities as a musician or a producer. So in about the span of the week, I arranged, composed, and produced a traditional string quartet, heavily inspired by cellist and multitrack recording artist, Zoë Keating. All the recording was done with only my viola and my signature production style. + I remember it being a week of musical hell for me, but I'm quite proud of the end results. Perhaps one day, I'll be able to rerecord it with a proper quartet. One can dream at least. + Reid Slater: + I wanted to represent the beta kids reaching their godtier status while mixing in the royalty theme that Samm's song gave me. Samm said to me himself that he thought of the crowning scene in Narnia and the four thrones, and I thought it was suitable to represent them with crowns, holding the Skaia they influenced and looking content and almost relieved in each other's company. I wanted to create something happy and a little bitter-sweet, which was the feeling I got from Samm's track. And I wanted to show that sort of unity and friendship the kids have, even after all they've been through. --- Track: Jade Aubade Artist: Trent West Duration: '3:59' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jade-aubade - https://youtu.be/NHjYM56U2os +Cover Artists: +- nappotuna +Art Tags: +- Jade Commentary: |- nappotuna: Listening to the song, I immediately wanted to do something involving Jade doing something cool. When I asked Trogg bout it, I learned that the song was actually based more so on the Green Sun. I didn't want to just trash my current progress with Jade so I changed things up a little. Added the Sun in the back, changed the light sources into more green-like tones, et cetera. And what you see here is the finished product. -Cover Artists: -- nappotuna --- Track: Blood Knight Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell Duration: '4:29' -Art Tags: -- Karkat URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blood-knight-2 - https://youtu.be/kmnBn-BKAzg +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- Karkat Commentary: |- Rachel Rose Mitchell: When I made Blood Knight, I was still pretty exhausted from putting Mechani% - now known as [[Indigo Archer]] - together. I'd never made anything as complex as Indigo Archer bfeore and on top of that I had massive anxieties about getting into the competition. I was stressed out! So Blood Knight nearly never happened. About a week before the music contest ended, I was talking to my best friend and he said he thought I could make a kickass song for Karkat. I didn't really believe him at first. Karkat is one of my favourite characters and I didn't feel confident about capturing him at all. But my friend persisted and threw a few ideas at me. Eventually I found myself in Cubase making music again with my best friend to thank for it. Immediately, I knew it needed electric guitars. That was problematic for me as I'd never, ever gotten synthesized guitars to sound halfway decent before. Heck, I'm still not entirely sure how I managed it, but I'm super happy with how it turned out. The feel of it matches what I was going for; not quite metal, not quite a ballad, kind of melancholy but also kind of in your face. Sort of. You might be able to tell that I had an easier time making it than describing it, heh. Pretty darn proud of this piece. -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam --- Track: In The Shadow of a Fractured Sun Artist: Artisticpolo Duration: '4:44' -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Sollux URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-shadow-of-a-fractured-sun - https://youtu.be/Mu93RembYqM +Cover Artists: +- megalovriska +Art Tags: +- Aradia +- Sollux Commentary: |- Artisticpolo: Initially a [[track:frost-vol6]] remix but it became something else. The square-wave arpeggio that you hear is probably the only thing that is now reminiscent of that remix. It was because of the harp that this grew into something different. I actually composed this while the composition was playing. I would listen to the notes I had composed, and I would just place new notes where I think they would work while listening. Somehow, everything just seemed to fit together - the violins, the synths, the percussion - everything just worked. The structure of this composition just flowed. I'm pretty sure this is one of my best pieces so far. -Cover Artists: -- megalovriska --- Track: Red Miles +Directory: red-miles-lofam2 Artist: David Dycus Duration: '2:25' -Directory: red-miles-lofam2 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-miles +- https://youtu.be/uYkKgHTi-S0 +Cover Artists: +- Amethyst Barron Art Tags: - Jack Noir - 'cw: blood' - 'cw: body horror' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-miles -- https://youtu.be/uYkKgHTi-S0 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- David Dycus: Red Miles was the first Homestuck song I ever completed, early in 2011. I had just installed a new copy of FL Studio after losing my old copy in a hard drive crash two years earlier. I imemediately threw together about five Homestuck songs in a desperate attempt to get on the music team. Shortly thereafter, I discovered about a thousand other fan musicians like myself (and also LOFAM I), and quietly accepted that I would never, ever be on an official Homestuck album. A year and a half later, Red Miles definitely sounds like a first attempt. My only objective was to try to make the most over-the-top, attention-grabbing chiptune-metal song I could muster, so I threw in every trope I knew: the pipe organ, the wall of 8-bit synths, the Inferno electric guitar patch, and the Sburban Jungle motif (which I would use many, many more times). It may have been a bit much, but it was a necessary first step. -Cover Artists: -- Amethyst Barron -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Elegy for a Thief (Dreamscape Remix) Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '1:48' -Art Tags: -- Vriska URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/elegy-for-a-thief-dreamscape-remix - https://youtu.be/dod8eS9-JMc +Cover Artists: +- Cap +Art Tags: +- Vriska +Referenced Tracks: +- Spider's Claw Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: I wrote Elegy for a Thief back in August 2011, inspired by the evocative image of ghost-Vriska standing in the snow outside John's house. After re-arranging it into a solo piano piece, I sat on it for a while. Eventually I began to work on another remix, but forgot about it. Then the song was nominated for Land of Fans and Music 2, and I rushed to polish up the song now that I had better tools and more skill. But I'd lost the original file, and the only remaining part of the scrapped remix was the right-hand piano notes (luckily, those were the most important part of the song)! The new remix is exotic and a bit hypnotic, syumbolizing John and Vriska's journey through the surreal and fantastic memory-realms of the afterlife. Cap: Originally, I planned to do a sentimental image of Vriska standing in the snow, but it turned out pretty lame. Then I figured hey, since I'm making somethin for a fantastic song for an amazing troll, why not make the piece almost as gr8t as her? So the snow idea melted and turned into this bizarre, dreambubble-ish creation! Now imagine my surprise when I heard that Ascenzo later remixed the song and made it like 16,777,216 times cooler. -Cover Artists: -- Cap -Referenced Tracks: -- Spider's Claw --- Track: We Won't Wander Alone Artist: Land of Ships and Music Duration: '3:54' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-wont-wander-alone +- https://youtu.be/xFXXrQoAZs4 +Cover Artists: +- tacostothenorth Art Tags: - WV - PM - Serenity -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-wont-wander-alone -- https://youtu.be/xFXXrQoAZs4 Lyrics: |- PM: You have ensnared me with your democratic charm
And I know that together this land won't fall
I'd like to be the one hanging on this mayor's arm
We can rule these sands until the trees grow tall WV: Your royal quest has brought you here to me
From the golden castle in the night
and I would venture to call it destiny
and we dance beneath the fireflies' light @@ -1246,144 +1248,144 @@ Lyrics: |- WV: You have become my one and only queen
and your radiance has fully consumed my eyes
And you know I would never dare give up this scene
Even here beneath the blood red sky (Chorus) PM: And if you ever get hurt
I'll do whatever works
to bring you home to me
We won't wander alone -Cover Artists: -- tacostothenorth --- Track: Embittered Shore Artist: Max Wright Duration: '3:22' -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip -- Hadron Kaleido URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/embittered-shore - https://youtu.be/6NIkdexVdT4 +Cover Artists: +- clumsyroyalty +Art Tags: +- Mobius Trip +- Hadron Kaleido Commentary: |- Max Wright: I've always liked the idea behind Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido, and the mysterious character canvas that the album brought across. So, from there, I wanted to contribute my own ideas of how MTaHK were represented, and ended up with Embittered Shore. I wanted the piece to have that 'Bowman' quality to it, while still refraining from outright copying his ideas off in any particular way - the heavy use of guitars and fleeting synths was my way of capturing the emotion that Bowman injects into his music, to bring across his characterization. Ultimately, the piece ends the way it started - it is a brief window through which the troubled characters may be projected and represented. -Cover Artists: -- clumsyroyalty --- Track: Ye Flarey Gentlemen Artist: Clark Powell Duration: '2:46' -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Sollux URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ye-flarey-gentlemen - https://youtu.be/AWWt9nhx6t0 +Cover Artists: +- Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- Aradia +- Sollux +Referenced Tracks: +- Flare +- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen Commentary: |- Clark Powell: This song was made at Christmas. It's not Christmas anymore. Lambda Bledsoe: this entire album was a joke at clark's expense -Cover Artists: -- Dawn Davis -Referenced Tracks: -- Flare -- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen --- Track: Finale Strife Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Jake -- Lord English URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/finale-strife - https://youtu.be/THrQgH-xopg +Cover Artists: +- Ducky Senpai +Art Tags: +- Jake +- Lord English Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: I began "Finale Strife" as a long, slow-burning build-up song for the final battle with Lord English, in a similar vein to "Finale Toccata" from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. That, however, didn't pan out, and it ended up turning into a fast-paced, high-energy strife theme more in the vein of "The Curse of Sorrow" from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (the only Castlevania game I've actually come close to beating), especially the organ, electric guitar, and snappy drum kit. The main melody has some resemblance to the Black King's theme from [[Rex Duodecim Angelus]] by Malcolm Brown, but not enough to qualify as a remix or arrangement. Ducky Senpai: I initially had no idea what I was going to do for this song. I skimmed through the tracks and noticed this one by Willow Ascenzo (who did some of my favorites on coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A like [[Teal Hunter]] and [[Violet Mariner]]), and I was instantly sold probably because of my love for pipe organs. Anyway, for a lack of better inspiration, I used the description left on soundcloud - "Final battle with Lord English." Tie that to Aranea's mentioning that Jake was destined to beat Lord English, and I had my inspiration. The lineart took much longer than it should have since my tablet had been freaking out and I haven't gotten the new one yet, but the coloring went quite smoothly. -Cover Artists: -- Ducky Senpai --- Track: Gangsta Artist: Dante Basco Duration: '2:59' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gangsta +- https://youtu.be/YR3O-23PD3o +Cover Artists: +- clumsyroyalty Art Tags: - Rose - Jade - Rufioh -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gangsta -- https://youtu.be/YR3O-23PD3o Lyrics: ??? Commentary: |- Dante Basco: one of my first comments for rose was "she's gangsta"... then when i met jade, i said she was gangsta too... it kinda just stuck in with the homestucks and this is a song that i dedicate to those girls... i'm glad everyone dug it. Lambda Bledsoe: there would be lyrics here if i were capable of interpreting them. -Cover Artists: -- clumsyroyalty --- Track: Joy And Dreams Eternal Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '2:45' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/joy-and-dreams-eternal - https://youtu.be/KlKvnXvJ5a8 -Commentary: |- - Fitzwibble: - When I first heard this song, I got this sense of... I guess you could call it grand scale? Glorious grandscaliness? No wait that is dumb. I wanted to do something that captured that feeling, and it made me think of the panel where we see Prospit rising over the towers of the moon, and I could just imagine Jade flying around and marvelling at this amazing view. I hope I did the song justice! Cover Artists: - Fitzwibble +Art Tags: +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - track:ballad-of-awakening +Commentary: |- + Fitzwibble: + When I first heard this song, I got this sense of... I guess you could call it grand scale? Glorious grandscaliness? No wait that is dumb. I wanted to do something that captured that feeling, and it made me think of the panel where we see Prospit rising over the towers of the moon, and I could just imagine Jade flying around and marvelling at this amazing view. I hope I did the song justice! --- Track: Guns Blazing Artist: Catboss Duration: '3:21' -Art Tags: -- Jake URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/guns-blazing - https://youtu.be/nzXoB2hXYCw +Cover Artists: +- angryoct +Art Tags: +- Jake Commentary: |- Catboss: The first song I made for the Homestuck contest, and IMO the best! It's supposed to be a Showtime for the new generaiton, a strife theme for Jake English - although the melody ended up sounding more like Dissension than Showtime. The progression is spposed to be Showtime-esque as well, starting from the piano refrain, going into a chiptune-esque portion, and finally building to a BOSS FIGHT version, using punchy drums (the punchiest!) to simulate gunshots. So close your eyes and imagine Jake doing that thing where he flies through the air shooting both guns at once. Yes. So sweet. Wouldn't it be great if there were an animated flash to go with it? That would be SUPER SWEET. (Bonus fun fact: the last 30 seconds of the song was actually the first part to be conceptualized!) -Cover Artists: -- angryoct --- Track: Showtime (Svix Mix) Artist: Svix Duration: '2:51' -Art Tags: -- John -- John's dad URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-svix-mix - https://youtu.be/dodzDnjmY9Q +Cover Artists: +- PV +Art Tags: +- John +- John's dad +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-original-mix Commentary: |- Svix: I created the first verison of my Showtime remix back in September 2009 shortly after I started getting into Homestuck, it seemed to go down well and a few months later I was invited to be part of the official music team. Since then I feel that I have improved significantly and so I've given the old remix a quick reworking. Whilst I think that structurally the track is a little too similar to the original and if I were to make another remix I would do things quite differently, this piece was the one which began to outline my chiptune style which I've since developed with my other Homestuck tracks. My main influences with the chiptune are from the SID and Yamaha chips found in the C64 and Sega Mega Drive respectively, and as such many synth and percussive elements from each can be heard in my work. PV: To fit a remix of one of my favorite Homestuck themes, I wanted to make the Strife scene between Dad and John in my own style, while still holding somewhat true to the original. A remix of the art as well as the song. -Cover Artists: -- PV -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix --- Track: Ugly Story Artist: PhemieC Duration: '3:19' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ugly-story +- https://youtu.be/Nbxu8jl_jVU +Cover Artists: +- prismatic-void Art Tags: - Eridan - Sollux - Feferi - Vriska -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ugly-story -- https://youtu.be/Nbxu8jl_jVU Lyrics: |- I am a prince and I live in a ship and I aim my rifle and I shoot from the hip
and I have a friend I pity quite a bit
She said, "Grab your gun, let's have some fun, share with me your perigees
I have responsibilities, I cannot run!" "I do not wish the death of any living thing,
I might be a killer but one day I shall be a queen
and put an end to slaughter, but until then I'm keen
on staking claim to land and sea and everyfin between." @@ -1403,60 +1405,58 @@ Commentary: |- This song chronicles Eridan's thought process and a bit of his history leading up to his death, and examines why he made the decisions he did. I think there's a lot to his character people normally forget and I just wanted to expand on his motivations a bit. prismatic-void: The first time I heard the song I thought it described Eridan perfectly. It's about being left behind and distrusted by the only people he ever put faith in. He's angry and selfish and decides to forget about them in favor of his own goals. I wanted to show him essentially walking away from the ghosts of his past and doing his best to ignore how much they've hurt him. -Cover Artists: -- prismatic-void --- Track: Dark Funk Artist: Kevin Grant Duration: '2:47' -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dark-funk - https://youtu.be/7m3FoAy7An4 +Cover Artists: +- Shoona +Art Tags: +- Midnight Crew +- 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- Kevin Grant: This didn't start out as a Homestuck themed song, but once I realized that it mached up with the dark and moody feel of the Midnight Crew, I decided to complete it with that goal in mind. The song itself is pretty simple, all in all. I just really dig that bassline. -Cover Artists: -- Shoona --- Track: A Stitch In Time Artist: Joe Ouellet Duration: '2:26' -Art Tags: -- The Felt URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-stitch-in-time - https://youtu.be/_y_NODhJfDE +Cover Artists: +- AS +Art Tags: +- The Felt Commentary: |- Joe Ouellet: When given the chance to make an extra track for LOFAM 2, I jumped at the opportunity. It turns out I was assigned a Felt related track, specifically to Stitch. I wanted to stay true to the feel of the album [[album:the-felt]]. I used strings, light percussion, and most importantly, I messed around with the tempo. This was a little bit of a challenge for me, but I think it turned out alright. Fun fact; The glitchy effect was not on purpose, it was an export error I thought sounded cool so I kept it. -Cover Artists: -- AS --- Track: Ave Dei Novi Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '3:48' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ave-dei-novi - https://youtu.be/y3jkIF6yMkc -Commentary: |- - Willow Ascenzo: - When I started "Ave Dei Novi" (a song made just for Land of Fans and Music 2), I fully intended that it would be the biggest, strongest, most well-composed, best Homestuck fan composition I've worked on to date, a sort of capstone of Homestuck fan music. The first Land of Fans and Music had two of my early songs on it, and I felt it was appropriate that I do my best and show how far I'd come in a year for the second album. "Ave Dei Novi" takes its cue, partially, from the bombastic and incredible Gundam Unicorn soundtrack by Sawano Hiroyuki, especially in the orchestra and percussion grooves, which I worked very hard on. I think I'm most proud of the bongo groove breakdown in the middle and the "Atomyk Ebonpyre" section near the end. Those two parts ended up especially fantastic. - xkoraxayomex: - Overall I feel that the artwork suits the piece in terms of relativity and presentation. I think it looks refined and somewhat detailed, but there is room for improvement. When I read the title for the piece, Ascension, I automatically thought back to Jade's god tier, as it is simply gorgeous and I just love it. It was a milestone for her becoming an even more essential character in Homestuck. - Lambda Bledsoe: - this song was originally titled "ascension", but there was to be another song on lofam2 with a similar title ("god tier ascension") (except now there isn't) so wmm changed it to"ave dei novi" which translates to "hail the new gods" Cover Artists: - xkoraxayomex +Art Tags: +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - track:dissension-original - track:aggrieve - track:atomyk-ebonpyre +Commentary: |- + Willow Ascenzo: + When I started "Ave Dei Novi" (a song made just for Land of Fans and Music 2), I fully intended that it would be the biggest, strongest, most well-composed, best Homestuck fan composition I've worked on to date, a sort of capstone of Homestuck fan music. The first Land of Fans and Music had two of my early songs on it, and I felt it was appropriate that I do my best and show how far I'd come in a year for the second album. "Ave Dei Novi" takes its cue, partially, from the bombastic and incredible Gundam Unicorn soundtrack by Sawano Hiroyuki, especially in the orchestra and percussion grooves, which I worked very hard on. I think I'm most proud of the bongo groove breakdown in the middle and the "Atomyk Ebonpyre" section near the end. Those two parts ended up especially fantastic. + xkoraxayomex: + Overall I feel that the artwork suits the piece in terms of relativity and presentation. I think it looks refined and somewhat detailed, but there is room for improvement. When I read the title for the piece, Ascension, I automatically thought back to Jade's god tier, as it is simply gorgeous and I just love it. It was a milestone for her becoming an even more essential character in Homestuck. + Lambda Bledsoe: + this song was originally titled "ascension", but there was to be another song on lofam2 with a similar title ("god tier ascension") (except now there isn't) so wmm changed it to"ave dei novi" which translates to "hail the new gods" --- Track: Nevermore (Can't Sleep, Crows Will Find Me) Artist: Thomas Ferkol @@ -1464,6 +1464,8 @@ Duration: '3:08' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/nevermore-cant-sleep-crows-will-find-me - https://youtu.be/SCNRj_vp9SM +Cover Artists: +- Amethyst Barron Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: No commentary here! @@ -1473,40 +1475,34 @@ Commentary: |- THE MOOSE INADVERTENTLY TAKES CONTROL OF THE SPACESHIP (IT IS A SPACE SHIP BY THE WAY) AND ACCIDENTALLY USES IT TO DESTROY NEPTUNE. BNORKEL DIDN'T LIKE NEPTUNE ANYWAY. THE END. The moral of the story is, people should write their own dang commentary or else this happens. -Cover Artists: -- Amethyst Barron --- Track: Prophecy Artist: David Dycus Duration: '2:26' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prophecy - https://youtu.be/uFGakc3gyDM -Commentary: |- - David Dycus: - Prophecy was made in February of 2011, a couple of months after I re-installed FL Studio. [[Umbral Ultimatum]] remains one of my favorite HS songs, and I wanted to do something in 3/4 time using the opening melody. The song's development is kind of a blur to me now, I was busy with work and was experiencing some anxiety problems, and threw the song together over a two or three-day period, but it obviously took a very dark turn somewhere along the way. Whatever happened, I'm still pretty pleased with how it turned out. Cover Artists: - Daysi +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Horrorterrors Referenced Tracks: - Penumbra Phantasm +Commentary: |- + David Dycus: + Prophecy was made in February of 2011, a couple of months after I re-installed FL Studio. [[Umbral Ultimatum]] remains one of my favorite HS songs, and I wanted to do something in 3/4 time using the opening melody. The song's development is kind of a blur to me now, I was busy with work and was experiencing some anxiety problems, and threw the song together over a two or three-day period, but it obviously took a very dark turn somewhere along the way. Whatever happened, I'm still pretty pleased with how it turned out. --- Track: The Dance of Oblivion Artist: Domble Duration: '3:10' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-dance-of-oblivion - https://youtu.be/dw9fX9Z6jK4 -Commentary: |- - Domble: - The original version of this track had huge problems. I kept the writing mostly the same, only adding little flourishes here and there and improving the overall sound of the piece dramatically. It just sounds nicer now, and that guitar solo part at the end helps add a real finish to the piece while referencing both titular trakcs in a different, significant way. - Oh and the title makes me think of The Dance of Eternity by Dream Theater which is a really cool song. Cover Artists: - piskomil +Art Tags: +- Rose Referenced Tracks: - At The Price of Oblivion - Rex Duodecim Angelus @@ -1514,26 +1510,30 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle - An Unbreakable Union - track:mutiny +Commentary: |- + Domble: + The original version of this track had huge problems. I kept the writing mostly the same, only adding little flourishes here and there and improving the overall sound of the piece dramatically. It just sounds nicer now, and that guitar solo part at the end helps add a real finish to the piece while referencing both titular trakcs in a different, significant way. + Oh and the title makes me think of The Dance of Eternity by Dream Theater which is a really cool song. --- Track: Alphamatic Replacement Artist: Xauric Duration: '4:13' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alphamatic-replacement +- https://youtu.be/IEI_jZ4jiOU +Cover Artists: +- dodostad Art Tags: - Jane - Roxy - Dirk - Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alphamatic-replacement -- https://youtu.be/IEI_jZ4jiOU Commentary: |- Xauric: So... this piece was originally designed to just be... exactly that. Just another piece. It wasn't meant for Homestuck, it wasn't meant for Tumblr or anyone to see it. But a fantastic friend of mine told me about the Homestuck Music competition, so I figured why not. I sent this in after tweaking it a bit, and just for fun, threw it up on Tumblr. I then left for vacation, but still had internet access. I came back to see my song exploded on Tumblr, and was promptly getting upwards of 1,000-3,000 views a week. Needless to say, I was ecstatic. The song itself was kind of... my own personal blend? I love songs that combine organic and inorganic elements, and with Homestuck being the big thing on the block lately, I decided to try it out. As evidence by this album, it didn't make it, but it certainly was a big hit. However, what's funnier is that the version I put on Tumblr was the unmastered version, so when I put the mastered version up, it didn't get nearly as many hits as the unmastered version. A lot of people have asked me whether or not I'm going to make a second Homestuck track. And as much as I love the motivation from fans to do so, I don't think I could handle trying to one-up a piece like this and failing. So, here's to you, Homestuck. dodostad: For me the song was about alpha kids, no question about it. It took me a long time to come up with a composition that I liked and that seemed to fit the song. LOOK OUT FOR THE MILES JANE -Cover Artists: -- dodostad --- Track: Planetarium Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell @@ -1541,6 +1541,8 @@ Duration: '3:13' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/planetarium - https://youtu.be/0J76sysYCOE +Cover Artists: +- Spectrumfizz Commentary: |- Rachel Rose Mitchell: Planetarium was the first piece of Homestuck fan music I ever made. I'd only just caught up with the archives when I was set a composition assignment for university. Having never used Logic to compose before, I had fun playing with a bunch of the different inbuilt instruments. When I found the koto, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I tried to make it sound somewhat ethereal and otherworldly to represent the Incipisphere in all its beautiful weirdness. To try to do that, I threw a whole lot of reverb and delay at pretty much every track. I really did not know what I was doing, but it was fun. @@ -1548,5 +1550,3 @@ Commentary: |- Spectrumfizz: This is probably my favoured piece from my two more serious ones. I wanted to make a layout reminiscent of an actual planetarium, and I think I achieved that well (the "strings" hanging up the planets are simultaneously that and the kids' houses built up towards Skaia, which indicates that I kind of overthought this). I'm actually pretty fond of how the tiny Beat Mesa and Prospit's moon turned out. Oh yeah, the song itself is also SUPER pretty (I'm surprised I managed to snag such a lovely song to make art for), but you'll know that already considering you're probably listening to it right now. -Cover Artists: -- Spectrumfizz diff --git a/album/lofam3.yaml b/album/lofam3.yaml index d117aac1..c0fa7788 100644 --- a/album/lofam3.yaml +++ b/album/lofam3.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ Album: Land of Fans and Music 3 Directory: lofam3 -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Date: December 15, 2013 Date Added: March 16, 2020 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-3 +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLVH6mVZNPZ8Cou4_K_6n7QS +Cover Artists: +- Quietserval Color: '#88a4ff' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans - Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-3 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLVH6mVZNPZ8Cou4_K_6n7QS Commentary: |- Veritas Unae: In 2011, some musicians got together. They had an idea, to grab together some of the many pieces of fan music floating around the MSPA forums and the internet, and compile it into an album for the fandom to download. I can remember excitedly heading to my second semester classes at university listening to the tunes that these fantastic artists had provided, and the track art to go with each song. I'm so glad to have worked with most if not all of these musicians along the course of the past 3 years. @@ -28,17 +29,16 @@ Commentary: |- -WEBSITE CODE-
Veritas Unae -WEBSITE HOSTING-
AndrewNeo and skaia.net -INSPIRATION-
Andrew Hussie & What Pumpkin Studios
The Homestuck Music Team
The Homestuck Fan Musicians -Cover Artists: -- Quietserval Banner Artists: - Lunise +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 --- Group: Disk 1 --- Track: ˚ Disk 1 ˚ +Directory: disk1-lofam3 Artist: Veritas Unae Duration: 0:24 -Directory: disk1-lofam3 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disk-1-2 - https://youtu.be/o3cpnDkAhFY @@ -49,12 +49,14 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: The Delicate Art of Temporal Manipulation Artist: Eston Schweickart Duration: '4:18' -Art Tags: -- Calliope -- Lord English URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-delicate-art-of-temporal-manipulation - https://youtu.be/52uozC1h_YU +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- Calliope +- Lord English Commentary: |- dodostad: I want so very badly to draw cherubs, Lord English chasing down poor Calliope. @@ -63,8 +65,6 @@ Commentary: |- Some cool time-reversal effects in this track. Very reminiscent of the Felt album. Cool art, too. Always like Ella's stuff. 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: -- dodostad --- Track: Bite the Apple Artist: Matt Lee @@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ Duration: '4:21' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bite-the-apple - https://youtu.be/ifulxtLc1_o +Cover Artists: +- inimitable-nectar Art Tags: - John Commentary: |- @@ -79,58 +81,58 @@ Commentary: |- Hey there! Bite the Apple is a song about John going from being a goofy kid playing the piano to a goofy kid being launched into SBURB! For me, this was an incredibly refreshing song to write, and I still find it refreshing to listen to! You might even call it... A Breath of fresh Heir. I'm so sorry, I'll never make puns again. Thanks for listening! Brad Griffin: In this piece, John is biting the apple. Clever! -Cover Artists: -- inimitable-nectar --- Track: Planet Cracker Artist: Colin Stanfill Duration: '1:40' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/planet-cracker +- https://youtu.be/2RXMevfxCPg +Cover Artists: +- awakesleeping Art Tags: - Jane - Roxy - Dirk - Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/planet-cracker -- https://youtu.be/2RXMevfxCPg +Referenced Tracks: +- Sunsetter Commentary: |- Colin Stanfill: I wrote this song as an art exchange for redux on the forums who wanted more sunsetter remixes. awakesleeping: When I first saw the track's name on its own I thought of Caliborn's planet quest, but I thought this song was too upbeat for that, so I went with a Derse and Prospit's moons exploding and the Alphas reaching godtier. I really enjoyed drawing Jake and Jane's face. Drawing Derse and Prospit was quite the challenge but I hope I managed something recognizable! I tried to include some pixely elements and most of the godtier update (unfortunately I couldn't find a place for Jake's crotch but hey we all know why he's so shocked). -Cover Artists: -- awakesleeping -Referenced Tracks: -- Sunsetter --- Track: I'm Not a Hero Artist: Robyo Duration: '5:32' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-not-a-hero - https://youtu.be/2PBxH568OIE +Cover Artists: +- infinitymechanism +Art Tags: +- Dave +Referenced Tracks: +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: Ok so no art OR musician commentary for this page. This track is a jamming remix of Upwad Movement... Pretty rocking! Also there might be a banjo in it at 2:45. Might be something else, but it certainly sounds like a banjo to me. The track art is Dave Strider from Homestuck. He is the one referenced in the song title. He's not a hero. John is the hero. (See [[track:youre-the-hero-its-you|track 19]].) -Cover Artists: -- infinitymechanism -Referenced Tracks: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns --- Track: confinis Artist: horizon Duration: '3:19' -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -- The Signless URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/confinis - https://youtu.be/-3k6uySX2X4 +Cover Artists: +- paveffer +Art Tags: +- The Disciple +- The Signless Lyrics: >- Though rain shall fall and blood shall spill
I swear on the stars shining up above
Through war and strife, and winter's chill
I'll stay by your side, @@ -141,28 +143,17 @@ Commentary: |- The word confinis is latin for "beside" or "adjacent to" -- in astrology, it is another word for semisextile, which is an aspect of 30°. Such angles only occur when two planets are in two signs next to each other; in this case I'm referring to Cancer and Leo. The song (and image, for that matter) both follow this concept of 'togetherness', no matter what may face them -- and you'll see that The Disciple keeps her promise, as she is found in our night sky beside the prophet Cancerian. Brad Griffin: Don't see much art or songs for the Ancestors. Both are pretty. -Cover Artists: -- paveffer --- Track: Emissary of Dance Artist: Catboss Duration: '9:12' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emissary-of-dance - https://youtu.be/G4qa1mTNYrc -Commentary: |- - Catboss: - This is more of a MGDVN 2.5 than a 3, really. After DSD I was all, okay I'm tapped out of official Homestuck songs, what now? - Fanmusic. Fanmusic is what. - This song is essentially a lov letter to the huge, burgeoning, and pretty much excellent fanmusic community. There is so much creativity and talent there it is pretty ridiculous?? Also, I would probably never have gotten any of my stuff online if it wasn't for the community's support so basically you guys are awesome. - now the hard part - Quotes songs by... *deep breath* - eston"silence"schweickartbradgriffin(avinoch)malcolmbrown paultuttlestarclarkpowellcahrles"crazy-8"neudorfwillascenzo firstturnfoldkeral.joneserik"jit"scheele kristian"dacen"andersonnicksmalleymichaelguybowman... *puff* *wheeze* - ...brenna"randomencounter"curranyan"nucleose"rodriguezmarcynabors(shadolith) sammneilandmax"imbrog"wrightgecdavidkorobert"kali"blaker paige"hrmnzr"stanleysinisterpsycheian"myusernamesmud"white toby"radiation"foxveritasunaedavid"dirtiest"dycus teamdogfightdavidellis(alunatic'sdaydream)demographerist Cover Artists: - Phil Gibson +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - Emissary of Wind - Rabbunctious! @@ -199,36 +190,49 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Dogfight - Cyan Beast - White King +Commentary: |- + Catboss: + This is more of a MGDVN 2.5 than a 3, really. After DSD I was all, okay I'm tapped out of official Homestuck songs, what now? + Fanmusic. Fanmusic is what. + This song is essentially a lov letter to the huge, burgeoning, and pretty much excellent fanmusic community. There is so much creativity and talent there it is pretty ridiculous?? Also, I would probably never have gotten any of my stuff online if it wasn't for the community's support so basically you guys are awesome. + now the hard part + Quotes songs by... *deep breath* + eston"silence"schweickartbradgriffin(avinoch)malcolmbrown paultuttlestarclarkpowellcahrles"crazy-8"neudorfwillascenzo firstturnfoldkeral.joneserik"jit"scheele kristian"dacen"andersonnicksmalleymichaelguybowman... *puff* *wheeze* + ...brenna"randomencounter"curranyan"nucleose"rodriguezmarcynabors(shadolith) sammneilandmax"imbrog"wrightgecdavidkorobert"kali"blaker paige"hrmnzr"stanleysinisterpsycheian"myusernamesmud"white toby"radiation"foxveritasunaedavid"dirtiest"dycus teamdogfightdavidellis(alunatic'sdaydream)demographerist --- Track: Dance of Viridian and Violet Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '3:13' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Kanaya URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-viridian-and-violet - https://youtu.be/eHLP_behr8M +Cover Artists: +- rosesarecrimson +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Kanaya +Referenced Tracks: +- Dance of Thorns +- track:endless-climb Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: Dance of Viridian and Violet is an oldtrack of mine--about two years old! I was surprised anyone remembered it enough to nominate it for Land of Fans and Music 3, but I suppose I should never underestimate people's willingness to dig years back through a fanartist's works. Anyway, like I said, it is very old and absolutely no mastering was used on it whatsoever (I'm scared to actually look at its waveform) since back then I didn't know what mastering was. The song ended up sounding quite beautiful, and I sitll think so today, despite my relative lack of skill. Of course, this track being so old, I'd long since deleted the original FL Studio project file during spring cleaning, so I didn't have access to any of the MIDI data (the same thing happened with [[Sign of the Scorpion]]). I couldn't even properly remaster the song since I no longer had a lossless source. That's why I made a brand-new arrangement of the piece for LOFAM 3 that captures the piece's ouriginal beauty and romantic feel while only adding to its richness and elegance. Both Dance of Thorns and Endless Climb are hinted at in the composition, and while there aren't any quotes from Alternia/Bound, the stately elegance of the piece is meant to recall Kanaya. rosesarecrimson: This was a piece where I had the concept from day one. I knew that the piece ought to be ballet-inspired, given the prompt. Grimdark Rose and Kanpire were aesthetic choices - I wanted their duet to be balanced, with neither one taking the background role, and the duality suited the theme nicely. -Cover Artists: -- rosesarecrimson -Referenced Tracks: -- Dance of Thorns -- track:endless-climb --- Track: Warweary Villein Artist: Dakota Medina Duration: '1:09' -Art Tags: -- WV URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/warweary-villein - https://youtu.be/gt6NZuHiomw +Cover Artists: +- piskomil +Art Tags: +- WV +Referenced Tracks: +- Mayor Maynot Lyrics: |- You're a little superhero
You're the mayor
You're the one You've got the courage
To stick to it
Maybe not the brains
Maybe not the Brawn @@ -239,19 +243,19 @@ Commentary: |- Warweary Villein is a song about my personal favorite character. Inspired by Toby Fox's 'Mayor Maynot' it is about how such a little dude can be such an inspiration for a massive call to arms. My favorite part about the piece is the harmonies. The song was also revamped for the LoFaM3 album and completely remade from the ground up. Hope you enjoy! piskomil: He's on a walk with his citizen-cans. They're having a lot of fun if you couldn't tell. -Cover Artists: -- piskomil -Referenced Tracks: -- Mayor Maynot --- Track: Thermporia Artist: Yan Rodriguez Duration: '2:50' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thermporia - https://youtu.be/fw6QZk-KT3c +Cover Artists: +- insecureIllustrator +Art Tags: +- Dave +Referenced Tracks: +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre Commentary: |- Yan Rodriguez: This song came out of strange feelings. @@ -260,14 +264,15 @@ Commentary: |- sooooooo goooooood Veritas Unae: no, but really, SOO GOOOOD -Cover Artists: -- insecureIllustrator -Referenced Tracks: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre --- Track: 720413 Artist: Lark Mordancy Duration: '3:18' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/720413 +- https://youtu.be/DhVjLTpVKe8 +Cover Artists: +- sayachan-art Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -277,30 +282,27 @@ Art Tags: - Roxy - Dirk - Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/720413 -- https://youtu.be/DhVjLTpVKe8 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle +- 69423 Commentary: |- Lark Mordancy: Sburban Jungle has been stuck in my head since the moment I first heard it in Homestuck, and the rest of Michael Guy Bowman's work is equally memorable. For this piece, I chose to mix Sburban Jungle with 69423 from his album Comfortable Bugs. As for the title, well, I'm thinking of a number between 450 and 850... sayanchan-art: This music gave me a ton of inspiration for the track art but I ahd to draw a lot of different things and concepts before I actually came down to what I really wanted. For starters, Sburban Jungle has always been the music that kick started the game for the kids. For a beautiful track like this I felt the need to be a bit more abstract, so as the kids rise up, they bleed this colourful and glitchy glitter and the image itself follows the sequence of the Zodiac Signs (Trolls amde the kids), Green Spirograph (Beta Kids session) and the game reset which amde the Sburb logo red (Alpha kids session). -Cover Artists: -- sayachan-art -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle -- 69423 --- Track: March of the Aluminum Soldiers Artist: Ian White Contributors: - Veritas Unae (some percussion) Duration: '3:52' -Art Tags: -- AR URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/march-of-the-aluminum-soldiers - https://youtu.be/Ss3LYhN-SjI +Cover Artists: +- rosesarecrimson +Art Tags: +- AR Commentary: |- Ian White: it is a march @@ -312,38 +314,38 @@ Commentary: |- also sousa is the best rosesarecrimson: I knew from the minute I read it that I wanted it to look something like a Russian propaganda poster. The toughest thing about this was the over composition. Turns out it's reallllllly hard to get a rectangular composition to translate to a square. -Cover Artists: -- rosesarecrimson --- Track: An Uncertain Venture Artist: David Ellis Duration: '3:00' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/an-uncertain-venture +- https://youtu.be/oWyVIEsRvas +Cover Artists: +- awakesleeping Art Tags: - Jake - Dirk - Sawtooth - Squarewave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/an-uncertain-venture -- https://youtu.be/oWyVIEsRvas Commentary: |- David Ellis: This is intended as a walkabout track. No guitars this time. awakesleeping: This piece has a bit of back story that I made up and I suppose I might've been more than a little self-indulgent here with my otp, but it's what the song made me think of. So the idea is that Dirk and Jake are adventuring together on lomax with Sawtooth and Squarewave (who are providing the hip hop backdrop). I imagine Dirk would be very controlling during tomb raids and such, taking the leader role, or at least being manipulative in some way. I think this would really make Jake feel uncomfortable and.... (wait for it) uncertain about his feelings towards Dirk. I think the song's vibe really matches this as well with the cool electronic instrumentation (Dirk) and the walk around looping anxiousness of it (Jack and his adventuring). -Cover Artists: -- awakesleeping --- Track: Hymn of the Horrorterrors Artist: Tamara Fritz Duration: '1:58' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hymn-of-the-horrorterrors - https://youtu.be/KUd1l0NnSrU +Cover Artists: +- ladylovelycocks +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Horrorterrors Lyrics: |- MAY I BE FREE SOON - FUTMA KUL SHEMTOR
FREE ME FROM THE HORROR - FUTMA TUJ TUGLUTHINKLEHT
I CALL TO THE LIGHT WITH HOPE - THIFTA LISH TUWIRG FU BIMIKE
I CALL TO THE DARK - THIFTA LISH TUKLEHT
MAY I BE FREE SOON - FUTMA KUL SHEMTOR I FEEL POWERLESS - SHITA FO GLUTHINJO
I FEEL THE HORRORTERRORS' CRIES - SHITA GLUTHINKLET TUTAK TERSH
THE DARKNESS DEEP WITHIN - TUKLENGET FORIN JO
THE ENDLESS TEMPTATION - TUTORKLIB FORTU FERSH
MAY I BE FREE SOON - FUTMA KUL SHEMTOR @@ -354,37 +356,37 @@ Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: Pretty would be an understatement. I partiuclarly like the lacy border. -Cover Artists: -- ladylovelycocks --- Track: Sgrubian Wilderness Artist: Veritas Unae Duration: '2:31' -Art Tags: -- Karkat URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sgrubian-wilderness - https://youtu.be/hVVbfM8aSgU +Cover Artists: +- Brad Griffin +Art Tags: +- Karkat +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Veritas Unae: I did htis piece a while back, quite some time ago now. It was a hypothetical theme fro Sgrub in the same vein as Sburban Jungle was. I considered reworking the piece, but everywhere I turned the piece wasn't really getting better, so here it is in all its original Sibelius 6 glory! Imagine this playing as all of the trolls enter the medium for the very first time. Go imagination, go! Brad Griffin: Karkat furiously playing the marinba ostinato. -Cover Artists: -- Brad Griffin -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Medium Artist: Arzenic Duration: '3:07' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/medium +- https://youtu.be/ZSnq_Tfalsc +Cover Artists: +- Scarodactyl Art Tags: - Consorts - Denizens - Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/medium -- https://youtu.be/ZSnq_Tfalsc Lyrics: |- Alternating.
Oscillating.
Head is shaking.
Knees are aching. Thoughts are spiraling.
Caught compiling.
Median interest.
Nothing to tie us. @@ -395,35 +397,35 @@ Commentary: |- Excluding the actual production, hte subject and title of the song, "Medium", really stood out to me while I was making it. The Medium holds all of the planets, all of the life, and all of the excitemnt of S___b. Actually, it holds everything that there is about the game. So, I wanted to make the song sound vast, but I also wanted it to be a bit more personal. Maybe "vastness of the mind" could be a good description. All in all, I'm satisfied wit hthe osng, and I hope whoever hears it will be as well. Scarodactyl: I really enjoyed working on this one. Trying to get the entirety of The Medium into the canvas in a coherent way was an interesting challenge. -Cover Artists: -- Scarodactyl --- Track: Fracta Sub Luna Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:15' -Art Tags: -- Snowman URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fracta-sub-luna - https://youtu.be/hkLz5tuPvJk +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- Snowman Commentary: |- dodostad: I imagined this song would fit Snowman perfectly, so I tried to squish dramatic moonlight and her into the same square and this is the end result. Brad Griffin: MANDELBROT "EAT FRESH" MOON -Cover Artists: -- dodostad --- Track: Fool [Explicit] Directory: fool Artist: PhemieC Duration: '5:19' -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fool-explicit - https://youtu.be/23Ekyew6ljc +Cover Artists: +- PhemieC +Art Tags: +- Gamzee +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' Lyrics: |- Boy, you get my guts tied up in such a twisted noisy ruckus Heaven sent that you are, wouldn’t lift a claw or cut me off ‘cause @@ -456,45 +458,48 @@ Lyrics: |- Commentary: |- PhemieC: A sad, one-sided GamTav song from Gamzee's POV. -Cover Artists: -- PhemieC --- Track: You're the Hero (It's You) Artist: David Dycus Duration: '2:48' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/youre-the-hero-its-you - https://youtu.be/4joVcHKDX3w +Cover Artists: +- ladylovelycocks +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- David Dycus: Written for, but not entered in, the Homestuck music contest. It would have been submitted for John. It was loosely intended to be a major-key counterpart to my song [[Checkmate]] from Colours & Mayhem: Universe B. Brad Griffin: This art is about John because it was established earlier that Dave is not a hero (see [[track:im-not-a-hero|track 5]]). -Cover Artists: -- ladylovelycocks --- Track: Oh Hi There, Lil Cal Artist: Catboss Duration: '3:08' -Art Tags: -- Lil Cal URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/oh-hi-there-lil-cal - https://youtu.be/BidbwQ8gRQk +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- Lil Cal Commentary: |- Catboss: This is a remake of an old track I made back when lil' cal was still a creepy little puppet, which actually, is all the time. HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO dodostad: I originally drew this on a post it note, and it kept reappearing in weird places and scaring me. It was a sign I had to paint this, I think. -Cover Artists: -- dodostad --- Track: Courtroom Shuffle Artist: Nitrosparxx Duration: '3:00' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/courtroom-shuffle +- https://youtu.be/Ue2n6q90Yko +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam Art Tags: - Terezi - Karkat @@ -503,58 +508,48 @@ Art Tags: - Vriska - Gamzee - Eridan -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/courtroom-shuffle -- https://youtu.be/Ue2n6q90Yko +Referenced Tracks: +- Terezi's Theme Commentary: |- Nitrosparxx: Well, I certainly didn't expect this song to take off like it did! What was originally just another remix suddenly became one of my most well known and recognized songs! It all started when I saw an interesting post speculating what instruments the trolls might've played. There was harp for Aradia, there was guitar for Tavros, and for Terezi it had clarinet. As soon as I saw that, I knew I had to do a jazzed up remix of her theme. So for about two days, I transcribed the melody, worked out some chords, and did up a bassline and drumbeat. It was kind of weird working on this song, since I was using the unconventional 8/4 time rather than 4/4 time. The reason for this was to make the eight-note swing sound like sixteenth-note swing. Although I'm not as much into Homestuck any more and I feel as though I've written better songs since then, I am still pleased that a lot of people liked this song! Brad Griffin: This track was actually slated to be on LOFAM 2 originally, but got pushed back for some reason or other. This art's been around since then. Very dramatic. -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam -Referenced Tracks: -- Terezi's Theme --- Track: Waveform Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '3:07' -Art Tags: -- Squarewave -- Sawtooth URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/waveform - https://youtu.be/ygw3O4dmRYI -Commentary: |- - ndividedbyzero: - In June 2012, Homestuck Volume 9 was released, and I was real excited. Given that it had been months since the whole team had made a new collaborative effort, I took no time in repaying the album several times a day for weeks after its release. As you might expect, this kinda gets into your subconscious. And one night, I had a dream. I was in my room, listening to Trepidation. Then... actually, I'm pretty sure that was the whole dream. When I woke up, I begain thinking about what the dream could have meant. My conclusion was that I should probably listen to Trepidation some more. And I did. And it ended up becoming my favorite Homestuck song. - About seven months later, I reminded myself about the fact that the LOFAM 3 project was probably about to start soon. Resolving to make a quality song before the selection process began, I decided to make a Trepidation rearrange, given that I practically knew all its notes by heart by then. So I opened up FL studio, and began working nonstop for the next day and a half to finish it. It ended up quoting not only Trepidation, but also Negative Aperture, Miasmajesty and Upwards Movement, and I'm pretty proud of the end results! - Yorick Cobb: - This picture started out digitally as an attempt to imitate N's original placeholder, but I had to restart it when the pen on my tablet wore down. Because I am more comfortable with physical media, the piece was free to go in more interesting directions. I feel digital art is better suited to applications like music art, so I added distinctly digital colors. Cover Artists: - Yorick Cobb +Art Tags: +- Squarewave +- Sawtooth Referenced Tracks: - Trepidation - track:upward-movement-dave-owns - Negative Aperture - Miasmajesty ---- -Track: Maidswap -Artist: Ashley Jones -Duration: '5:06' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -- The Condesce +Commentary: |- + ndividedbyzero: + In June 2012, Homestuck Volume 9 was released, and I was real excited. Given that it had been months since the whole team had made a new collaborative effort, I took no time in repaying the album several times a day for weeks after its release. As you might expect, this kinda gets into your subconscious. And one night, I had a dream. I was in my room, listening to Trepidation. Then... actually, I'm pretty sure that was the whole dream. When I woke up, I begain thinking about what the dream could have meant. My conclusion was that I should probably listen to Trepidation some more. And I did. And it ended up becoming my favorite Homestuck song. + About seven months later, I reminded myself about the fact that the LOFAM 3 project was probably about to start soon. Resolving to make a quality song before the selection process began, I decided to make a Trepidation rearrange, given that I practically knew all its notes by heart by then. So I opened up FL studio, and began working nonstop for the next day and a half to finish it. It ended up quoting not only Trepidation, but also Negative Aperture, Miasmajesty and Upwards Movement, and I'm pretty proud of the end results! + Yorick Cobb: + This picture started out digitally as an attempt to imitate N's original placeholder, but I had to restart it when the pen on my tablet wore down. Because I am more comfortable with physical media, the piece was free to go in more interesting directions. I feel digital art is better suited to applications like music art, so I added distinctly digital colors. +--- +Track: Maidswap +Artist: Ashley Jones +Duration: '5:06' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/maidswap - https://youtu.be/DzUKjwDTtrs -Commentary: |- - Ashley Jones: - I find that a lot of my Homestuck tracks tend to be medleys: One of my first ideas for a track was the Gamzee vs. Dave rap battle with all their motifs as a backdrop (that never really picked off because UGH, LACK OF VOCAL TALENT ON MY PART). This one follows a similar vein; Her Imperious Condescension vs. Lord English's Handmaid. I wanted the track to show how tired of life the Handmaid had become, so a lot of her motifs get cut short quite abrasively by HIC's "attacks", as it were. She puts up a little bit of a struggle sometimes, but eventually she just accepts her fate and lets herself be replaced. So ends the tragic life of the Alernian Ancestors. - Brad Griffin: - All of Scarodactyl's art was actually slightly smaller than the resolution I used for this booklet. Hopefully upscaling it didn't ruin the pixels too much. Cover Artists: - Scarodactyl +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid +- The Condesce Referenced Tracks: - Havoc - Fuchsia Ruler @@ -564,77 +559,82 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Rust Servant - The Lost Child - English +Commentary: |- + Ashley Jones: + I find that a lot of my Homestuck tracks tend to be medleys: One of my first ideas for a track was the Gamzee vs. Dave rap battle with all their motifs as a backdrop (that never really picked off because UGH, LACK OF VOCAL TALENT ON MY PART). This one follows a similar vein; Her Imperious Condescension vs. Lord English's Handmaid. I wanted the track to show how tired of life the Handmaid had become, so a lot of her motifs get cut short quite abrasively by HIC's "attacks", as it were. She puts up a little bit of a struggle sometimes, but eventually she just accepts her fate and lets herself be replaced. So ends the tragic life of the Alernian Ancestors. + Brad Griffin: + All of Scarodactyl's art was actually slightly smaller than the resolution I used for this booklet. Hopefully upscaling it didn't ruin the pixels too much. --- Track: Sleepy Eyes of Derse Artist: Colin Stanfill Duration: '2:27' -Art Tags: -- Roxy URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sleepy-eyes-of-derse - https://youtu.be/JQ9uU7w6gxA +Cover Artists: +- multiversalInk +Art Tags: +- Roxy Commentary: |- Colin Stanfill: This song was written for the colours & mayhem contest, but was never entered. Brad Griffin: There's no sleepy eyes,
Just a snoozing Roxy butt.
(I'm not complaining) -Cover Artists: -- multiversalInk --- Track: Sign of the Scorpion Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '3:05' -Art Tags: -- Vriska URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sign-of-the-scorpion - https://youtu.be/8dT6s4MJf9Y +Cover Artists: +- Ducky Senpai +Art Tags: +- Vriska +Referenced Tracks: +- Spider's Claw Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: Sign of the Scorpion is an old track of mine, about maybe 14 or 15 months old, and while I'm legitimately proud of a lot of compositional elements, the mastering and production horrified me looking back on it. Like [[Dance of Viridian and Violet]], I'd long since deleted the project file, since it was just a one-off Homestuck song that I figured I was unlikely to ever need again, so I made a nwe arrangement of the piece from scratch, taking elements I liked frmo the original and putting them in a new context. It doesn't quote any Homestuck themes (I don't believe the original did at all), except for a brief mention of Spider's Claw right at the end. The new arrangement has a bit more of a hard-rock feel and toned-down orchestral elements, making it a bit more reflective of Vriska as a character. Ducky Senpai: I did a track art for one of Ascenzo's songs back in LOFAM2 as well and also the art for [[Rust Apocalypse]]. So, when I saw two songs by them on the available songs for track art, I couldn't really help myself. Their songs are great. I know you like it, I can tell. Hope the track art seems suitable, and that you'll enjoy that as well. I have nothing else to say on the matter. That's it. -Cover Artists: -- Ducky Senpai -Referenced Tracks: -- Spider's Claw --- Track: Aqueous Armagourddon Artist: Brad Griffin Contributors: - Malcolm Brown (with regards to) Duration: '2:00' -Art Tags: -- Roxy URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aqueous-armagourddon - https://youtu.be/Zx4tuVvWJ64 +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- Roxy +Referenced Tracks: +- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: Like everybody else, I was astounded by Malcolm Brown's Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse from Volume 9. For this song, I wanted to do a different take on it. Apocalypses aren't all fun and games, after all. Major props to Ella for the wonderful track art. a pumpkin is a type of gourd that is the pun dodostad: I loved the sound of this song but had a hard time figuring out what to draw for it, but whenever in doubt draw a sad Roxy inside a pumpkin. -Cover Artists: -- dodostad -Referenced Tracks: -- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse --- Track: Fortune Healer Artist: Joe Ouellet Duration: '3:05' -Art Tags: -- Aranea URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fortune-healer - https://youtu.be/xN72OzBjXK4 +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- Aranea Commentary: |- Joe Ouellet: This is a song for Aranea Serket. I originally set out to make this piece for a Hero of Light, mainly for Rose at the conception of the piece, but as I got further into making it, it became clear it was not a "Rose" song. Although I think this song goes off on too many tangents (not sticking to a particular melody or motif throughout the song) I find it suiting for Aranea due to her tendency to jabber away at any chance she gets, often changing the subject multiple times. Or maybe I just made that up now to make it seem like I did it on purpose...The world may never know. I have also been thinking about making a sort of "sequel" set of songs to this one for Vriska and Rose. They would be called "Fortune Stealer" and "Fortune Teller" respectively. Elanor Pam: Aranea. -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam --- Track: Bathearst's Theme Artist: Eston Schweickart @@ -642,60 +642,62 @@ Duration: '1:24' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bathearsts-theme - https://youtu.be/1Mrj-Ga6-3E +Cover Artists: +- Scarodactyl Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: NANANANANANANANANANNANANNANANANA
BATAMARI DAMACY The first and only Problem Sleuth song on a LoFaM album to date. Hopefully not the last! -Cover Artists: -- Scarodactyl --- Track: The Metamorphosis of Rose Lalonde Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '9:56' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-metamorphosis-of-rose-lalonde - https://youtu.be/KG_2qYN5woQ +Cover Artists: +- Racheme +Art Tags: +- Rose Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: A three movement piece based on Rose Lalonde's character developments from normal to grimdark to god tier. It's about 10 minutes all together. Also, the last of the Seer pieces. The first two movements were from early 2011, but the last movement was added after Cascade. Racheme: This beautiful track and its title is very direct that this is about Rose and how far she has come since Act 1 so I just drew what it told me, I hope it is okay ;; -Cover Artists: -- Racheme --- Track: Theme of the Slam Jam Artist: Catboss Duration: '3:34' -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Dirk URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/theme-of-the-slam-jam - https://youtu.be/ESHQd9oIr3Q -Commentary: |- - Catboss: - WORK THAT BODY WORK THAT BODY MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HURT NOBODY
GET WILD AND LOSE YOUR MIND
TAKE THIS THING INTO OVERDRIVE
HEY DJ, TURN IT UP
QCD GONNA yeah okay i'll stop now - (...c'mon and slam and welcome to the jam) - plaidcushion: - This is simultaneously the best and stupidest thing I have ever created. Thank goodness for the 90's. Cover Artists: - plaidcushion +Art Tags: +- Roxy +- Dirk Referenced Tracks: - Unite Synchronization - Space Jam - GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) - GameGrl (Original 1993 Mix) +Commentary: |- + Catboss: + WORK THAT BODY WORK THAT BODY MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HURT NOBODY
GET WILD AND LOSE YOUR MIND
TAKE THIS THING INTO OVERDRIVE
HEY DJ, TURN IT UP
QCD GONNA yeah okay i'll stop now + (...c'mon and slam and welcome to the jam) + plaidcushion: + This is simultaneously the best and stupidest thing I have ever created. Thank goodness for the 90's. --- Track: JOHN DO THE WINDY THING Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '4:04' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/john-do-the-windy-thing - https://youtu.be/BkS6EQjFJJM +Cover Artists: +- Daysi +Art Tags: +- John Lyrics: John, do the windy thing,
John, do the windy thing,
John, do the windy thing,
Do the windy thing... Commentary: |- @@ -704,8 +706,6 @@ Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: John, do the windy thing,
John, do the windy thing,
John, do the windy thing,
Do the windy thing...
end of disk 1
-Cover Artists: -- Daysi --- Group: Disk 2 --- @@ -713,6 +713,11 @@ Track: ˚ Disk 2 ˚ Directory: disk2-lofam3 Artist: Veritas Unae Duration: 0:11 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disk-2-2 +- https://youtu.be/_sfcbpk3S9I +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -722,9 +727,8 @@ Art Tags: - Roxy - Dirk - Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disk-2-2 -- https://youtu.be/_sfcbpk3S9I +Referenced Tracks: +- Eden Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: Halfway there! @@ -732,29 +736,19 @@ Commentary: |- The Homestuck fanmusic albums are very dear to me. I've met many friends and colleagues through the creation of the LoFaM albums and the Sburb OST project. I am honoured by each opportunity to work alongside such great talent, and to somehow be included amongst them. Everybody involved is a great inspiration to me. Thanks. -Avinoch -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam -Referenced Tracks: -- Eden --- Track: Garden of Eden (Part 1) Artist: Veritas Unae, David Ellis Duration: '8:15' -Art Tags: -- John -- Jane -- John's dad URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/garden-of-eden-part-1 - https://youtu.be/om3RdlsEvJ4 -Commentary: |- - Veritas Unae: - Wow. This piece was a huge undertaking that started back when I first played Eden sometime... last year I think? I really connected with James's piece, so much so that I made sure to let him know (and continue to let him know) how easy and intuitive it felt to play. I experimented with it, transitioning into psych0ruins, and then into Doctor. Being heavily inspired by Konec0's dance medleys, I thought to extend the piece, and extend it I did. Up until the Walk Stab Walk / Earthsea Borealis section was all ad lib'd on my piano, as I picked pieces I thought I could move between, and beyond there I wrote original scores straight into Sibelius which I could barely dream of playing. This piece developed into what you hear today, including the seret ending! I hope it moves you, as all of Homestuck's music has moved me. Enjoy listening to this 31 song medley! Some day I'll learn to play it. - A 'quick' fact, I had planned to continue the Killed By 8r8k Spider section through over the top of the Unite Synchronization ostinato, but when I played back the section after the high G, stacatto F into the ostinato, I felt a powerful urge to just get straight back into the final version of Eden, which was written on whim straight into that 4/4 pattern and more fluidly in B minor. It feels like a new life has been breathed into Eden because of it, and I'm so happy to be the man to have done it! - azuzatori: - scoot did piano
i drew piano Cover Artists: - azuzatori +Art Tags: +- John +- Jane +- John's dad Referenced Tracks: - Eden - psych0ruins @@ -770,6 +764,12 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Liquid Negrocity - track:ruins - Black Rose / Green Sun +Commentary: |- + Veritas Unae: + Wow. This piece was a huge undertaking that started back when I first played Eden sometime... last year I think? I really connected with James's piece, so much so that I made sure to let him know (and continue to let him know) how easy and intuitive it felt to play. I experimented with it, transitioning into psych0ruins, and then into Doctor. Being heavily inspired by Konec0's dance medleys, I thought to extend the piece, and extend it I did. Up until the Walk Stab Walk / Earthsea Borealis section was all ad lib'd on my piano, as I picked pieces I thought I could move between, and beyond there I wrote original scores straight into Sibelius which I could barely dream of playing. This piece developed into what you hear today, including the seret ending! I hope it moves you, as all of Homestuck's music has moved me. Enjoy listening to this 31 song medley! Some day I'll learn to play it. + A 'quick' fact, I had planned to continue the Killed By 8r8k Spider section through over the top of the Unite Synchronization ostinato, but when I played back the section after the high G, stacatto F into the ostinato, I felt a powerful urge to just get straight back into the final version of Eden, which was written on whim straight into that 4/4 pattern and more fluidly in B minor. It feels like a new life has been breathed into Eden because of it, and I'm so happy to be the man to have done it! + azuzatori: + scoot did piano
i drew piano --- Track: Garden of Eden (Part 2) Artist: Veritas Unae, David Ellis @@ -802,6 +802,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Electric Fireflies Artist: Thomas Ibarra Duration: '3:39' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electric-fireflies +- https://youtu.be/pR_doGsiHL0 +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam Art Tags: - Calliope - John @@ -812,31 +817,28 @@ Art Tags: - Roxy - Dirk - Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electric-fireflies -- https://youtu.be/pR_doGsiHL0 +Referenced Tracks: +- Firefly Cloud +- track:doctor +- track:showtime-original-mix Commentary: |- Thomas Ibarra: Many of my recompositions tend to be experiments with lemotiffs, and Electric Fireflies is no exception. While largely focused around the light flicks of piano melody within Firefly Cloud and the song itself by Erik "Jit" Scheele, I found my experiment to take a coures of its own. I tried to follow Jit's carefully integrated elements of Doctor to discover that his method employed a much more flowing and intertwined realization of instrumental melody; this was something I felt tha I did not achieve. I felt refreshing to observe what can only be described as mastery of melody, theme and atmosphere. It was a pleasure to make this piece. Elanor Pam: Sketched and colored in Paint Tool Sai and color adjusted in Photoshop. MY WORKSPACE TABLET IS INCREDIBLY SHITTY I AM SO SORRY CALLIE DESERVED BETTER THAN THIS also I actually forgot about Dirk's sword and only noticed it when I was about to post haha whoops -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam -Referenced Tracks: -- Firefly Cloud -- track:doctor -- track:showtime-original-mix --- Track: The Blast Artist: Dakota Medina Duration: '1:34' -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Sollux URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-blast - https://youtu.be/lF-FrdtRYl4 +Cover Artists: +- RaChoTamer +Art Tags: +- Aradia +- Sollux Lyrics: |- You should just move on
I am still right here
Please carry on strong
I am still right here I’ll lay all my hopes down
On the grass beneath my feet
The blast and the last sound
Accidental defeat @@ -849,109 +851,111 @@ Commentary: |- Honestly, this track art took me... far too long to finish. Mainly because I decided to redraw Aradia completely once I had finished thlines HAHA OOPS. But I think it was worth it in the end! I learnt a lot doing this, especially when it comes to style and faces and painting, so hopefully it was worth it! I also learnt that I can't draw psionic blasts for my life. -Cover Artists: -- RaChoTamer --- Track: Dominion Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '2:32' -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Dave's bro URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dominion - https://youtu.be/TKHT08gIilQ +Cover Artists: +- inimitable-nectar +Art Tags: +- Dirk +- Dave's bro Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: Me jumping the gun on making a land theme for Dirk. Had put it forward for Vol. 9 as just a track about him but didn't make the cut. Held onto it for a while hoping I could find some way to make it better, but it's aging on me. inimitable-nectar: I listened to the song on loop while I was drawing. I think it ended up being about 36 plays long. -Cover Artists: -- inimitable-nectar --- Track: Run-Stab-Run Artist: Yan Rodriguez Duration: '2:11' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/run-stab-run +- https://youtu.be/hGWajP5G6yU +Cover Artists: +- Amethyst Barron Art Tags: - Jack Noir - Underlings - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/run-stab-run -- https://youtu.be/hGWajP5G6yU +Referenced Tracks: +- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) Commentary: |- Yan Rodriguez: This was back when I cared about getting the first remix of at least one recently released song out for Homestuck. The result is this! I tried elaborating a bit on the material Jit gave so far, since at the time there wasn't much to go off of, and I think it fares relatively well. It's hard to feel good about old music sometimes though. Brad Griffin: Slick strut! -Cover Artists: -- Amethyst Barron -Referenced Tracks: -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) --- Track: Tombs & Krypton Directory: tombs-and-krypton Artist: Rob Little Duration: '2:46' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tombs-krypton - https://youtu.be/ZtRIbRMe5Jc +Cover Artists: +- fueledbyanimation +Art Tags: +- Dirk +Referenced Tracks: +- track:ruins Commentary: |- Rob Little: I made this shortly after LOTAK was first revealed, and I wanted to capture the pressure and paradoxical claustrophobia of that huge space blanketed by a heavy, inert atmosphere. I started with the drums, which were just an attempt to create a kit from scratch that I didn't entirely hate, plus a ton of reverb. Next came the atmospheric elements - the distorted tremolo synth, the piano, the echoing synth bleeps which to me are a signal intended to guide the player, decayed over the aeons the planet has waited for Dirk's arrival, and the nearly-metronomic hat-click to reinfore the senes that, now that he's here, his limited time is rapidly ticking away. Finally I tried a few string melodies for the middle section, but simply nothing says 'towering ancient remains of a lost civilization' as effectively as Erik Scheele's Ruins, so I stole it and added a sort of contrapuntal harmony underneath. And now I give it to you. fueledbyanimation: I was beyond excited to get to be part of another fan album, especially to be drawing for a song connected to Dirk's planet, since he's one of my absolute favorite characters. Every kid/troll's planet reflects them and also challenges them at the same time. LOTAK is one of the more dangerous planets, with its constant raging lightning storms and the most powerful denizen at its center, fitting for Dirk who is a determined, skilled fighter. The planet is also a contrast, a planet full of tall buildings for someone who grew up in an ocean surrounded by nothing. I really wanted to show LOTAK as an extension, or part of, DIrk himself. The song itself gives a sense of floating, or as the musi artist said themselves, a very spacey feeling, so I tried to capture this as well, with the overview shot of the planet that Dirk appears to be floating over. I hope that others who look at my piece will feel I managed to pictuer the song well in my drawing for it. -Cover Artists: -- fueledbyanimation -Referenced Tracks: -- track:ruins --- Track: Contention Artist: Marcy Nabors Duration: '5:52' -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Sawtooth URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/contention - https://youtu.be/M9EAfYlHxzA +Cover Artists: +- melodiousDiscord +Art Tags: +- Dirk +- Sawtooth Commentary: |- Marcy Nabors: I wrote Contention as a strife theme for Dirk Strider. It's synthesized entirely with FM patches ripped from a ROM of Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and converted to FM8 format, in keeping with the Sega Genesis inspired style of Dirk-related songs like [[track:anbroids-v2|Anbroids]]. The rhythms in this song were largely inspired by the drums in the song "Tung, The Icelandic Lesbian" by Kitsune^2. I've always been a big fan of heavy 6/8 two-against-three rhythms played with Sonic-style drums, so the choice of time signature for this track was a no-brainer. melodiousDiscord: Here we see Dirk, the Prince of Heart, preparing to clash with the Imperial Drones sent by HIC to dispose of him. His loyal and steadfast retainer, Sawtooth, seeks to thin the enemy ranks while Dirk meets the opposing force head on. A fierce and devastating battle ensues, yet the Prince prevails. For now... -Cover Artists: -- melodiousDiscord --- Track: Slick Snow Artist: Eston Schweickart Duration: '1:16' -Art Tags: -- Snowman -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/slick-snow - https://youtu.be/lChTGSEh4Iw +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- Snowman +- Jack Noir +Referenced Tracks: +- Three in the Morning Commentary: |- Elanor Pam: Snowman and Spades Slick. Brad Griffin: Ooh, complex rhythm. Jazzy. -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam -Referenced Tracks: -- Three in the Morning --- Track: Sord..... Artist: Team Dogfight Duration: '1:25' -Art Tags: -- SBaHJ URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sord - https://youtu.be/gZuY-y9LF6A +Cover Artists: +- Veritas Unae +Art Tags: +- SBaHJ +Referenced Tracks: +- Flare Commentary: |- Team Dogfight: NEOCLASICAL GUITAR- @@ -959,29 +963,19 @@ Commentary: |- BWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEeeeeeeeeeflareeeeeeee eeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEE EEeEEEEEeeeeEEEEEeee Veritas Unae: "i don't usually make art
........................but when i do, it's for a sbahj track." -Cover Artists: -- Veritas Unae -Referenced Tracks: -- Flare --- Track: The Demon and the Alien Artist: Veritas Unae, David Ellis Duration: '3:49' -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Jack Noir -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-demon-and-the-alien - https://youtu.be/S2-FuyiekQQ -Commentary: |- - Veritas Unae: - CAA: f0r a demon wh0 is indestructible
CAA: 0mnip0tent
CAA: and enraged - Although MeGaLoVania is an awesome track for [S] Wake, I felt that it didn't really tell the story of how Aradia arose, and eventually faced Jack and vanished through his frame into the realm of the Green Sun. And with my love of psych0ruins and Liquid Negrocity / Black leading me to sessions on the piano playing around with the song, a steady chain of events started forming as I played around with the medley. Imagine the events of Aradia's half of [S] Wake playing, plus those pages that come a little while after where Aradia stops Jack in time (note the 'ticking' of the high notes late in the piece!) Of course, I had to pay homage to the original track used for the flash. What you hear is played live, too! (albeit through a MIDI keyboard) Many thanks to Lunatic again for providing assistance - it's insane the air this guy's got. - Lauren: - Since Aradia came back to life she's been entertaining nuts, and I had this image of her sitting with a calm smile on her face while Jack is trapped and PISSED. I thought it would be fun since Aradia takes everything so in stride, and when she first becomes God Tier she freezes Jack mere seconds before he kills her, with a big smile on her face and no worries. I wanted to go with something like this, Jack being trapped in 'time' and Aradia sitting by sweetly. Cover Artists: - laroone +Art Tags: +- Aradia +- Jack Noir +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - Liquid Negrocity - track:MeGaLoVania @@ -989,15 +983,27 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle - Penumbra Phantasm - Final Stand +Commentary: |- + Veritas Unae: + CAA: f0r a demon wh0 is indestructible
CAA: 0mnip0tent
CAA: and enraged + Although MeGaLoVania is an awesome track for [S] Wake, I felt that it didn't really tell the story of how Aradia arose, and eventually faced Jack and vanished through his frame into the realm of the Green Sun. And with my love of psych0ruins and Liquid Negrocity / Black leading me to sessions on the piano playing around with the song, a steady chain of events started forming as I played around with the medley. Imagine the events of Aradia's half of [S] Wake playing, plus those pages that come a little while after where Aradia stops Jack in time (note the 'ticking' of the high notes late in the piece!) Of course, I had to pay homage to the original track used for the flash. What you hear is played live, too! (albeit through a MIDI keyboard) Many thanks to Lunatic again for providing assistance - it's insane the air this guy's got. + Lauren: + Since Aradia came back to life she's been entertaining nuts, and I had this image of her sitting with a calm smile on her face while Jack is trapped and PISSED. I thought it would be fun since Aradia takes everything so in stride, and when she first becomes God Tier she freezes Jack mere seconds before he kills her, with a big smile on her face and no worries. I wanted to go with something like this, Jack being trapped in 'time' and Aradia sitting by sweetly. --- Track: Party of Three Artist: Cullen Lawson, Joe Ouellet Duration: '3:22' -Art Tags: -- DD URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/party-of-three - https://youtu.be/FuR-7wg4l-s +Cover Artists: +- plaidcushion +Art Tags: +- DD +Referenced Tracks: +- Three's a Crowd +- Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius +- Liquid Negrocity Commentary: |- Cullen Lawson: Hello there! I'm very excited to be a part of LOFAM 3! This is the first time I've been a part of a LOFAM album, and this tune is the first one I've ever done as a collaborative project with someone. I had a blast working with Joe. He's been a very supportive friend and music-making mentor and I couldn't imagine working with a better collab partner. I was tossing the idea around for a while to do something for the Draconian Dignitary / Diamonds Droog, so I was very happy when Joe went along with the idea. It turned out a lot different than I expected, but in a very good way! I'm pleased as punch to have been a part of it. @@ -1005,125 +1011,119 @@ Commentary: |- This was a collab between me and Cullen! I had a ton of fun working on this with him. It was his idea initially to mash up a few songs featuring DD. I didn't really expect it to turn into a dubstep piece as I had no experience making the genre at all! plaidcushion: I wanted to go with a simple but striking design that worked on two levels: the large diamond with the grey layers, which looks good as a thumbnail on a small ipod screen or similar, and the silhouetted shadowy type DDs that are more apparent when you view the art at full size. I'm really happy with how well it worked out! -Cover Artists: -- plaidcushion -Referenced Tracks: -- Three's a Crowd -- Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius -- Liquid Negrocity --- Track: Invertebrate Artist: Astro Kid Duration: '3:15' -Art Tags: -- Squiddles URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/invertebrate - https://youtu.be/7v-ELzTgSHo +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- Squiddles +Referenced Tracks: +- Tentacles Commentary: |- dodostad: A friend of mine made a plush squiddle so I decided to let it have a moment to shine! Also this song is the cutest thing what the heckie. Brad Griffin: SQUIDDLES -Cover Artists: -- dodostad -Referenced Tracks: -- Tentacles --- Track: timaeusAmplified Artist: Shandy Duration: '3:16' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/timaeusamplified - https://youtu.be/nIPk7669z88 +Cover Artists: +- Shandy +Art Tags: +- Dirk Commentary: |- Shandy: Originally this track was intended for Parcel Mistress, but after learning more about Dirk's character I thought it fit him better. Thank you to LOFAM and all the talented musicians and artists who made this album possible! -Cover Artists: -- Shandy --- Track: Scabbard Artist: Yan Rodriguez Duration: '2:06' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scabbard - https://youtu.be/tvpvjxoJr-Y +Cover Artists: +- batteravesucriere +Art Tags: +- The Condesce +Referenced Tracks: +- Unsheath'd Commentary: |- Yan Rodriguez: I used to do a series of songs/arrangements lining up with stories. I didn't ever really line this one up with anything, but the basic idea was "Unsheathed in a haunted house." I played a lot of Luigi's Mansion for this one. Brad Griffin: Pretty sure this is one of them Pisces trolls. Not sure why it is called Scabbard. -Cover Artists: -- batteravesucriere -Referenced Tracks: -- Unsheath'd --- Track: Sketches in Black Artist: Kevin Grant Duration: '2:13' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sketches-in-black - https://youtu.be/V83XZ-cyxuM -Commentary: |- - Kevin Grant: - Originally supposed to be a practice project so I could learn how to sample, I added in a few piano riffs from Black and it took on a life of its own. The most obvious sample is from "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing", but other samples in there inclue the trumpet from an old 1940s big band song, and the drums from "Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones. For a song that wasn't even originally a song, I think it came out pretty well. Enjoy! - Brad Griffin: - If another one of these commentaries ends with "Enjoy" I am going to punch everyone. - Great perspective work on the art. Cover Artists: - queenoftheantz +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Paint It, Black - Liquid Negrocity - Horschestra +Commentary: |- + Kevin Grant: + Originally supposed to be a practice project so I could learn how to sample, I added in a few piano riffs from Black and it took on a life of its own. The most obvious sample is from "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing", but other samples in there inclue the trumpet from an old 1940s big band song, and the drums from "Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones. For a song that wasn't even originally a song, I think it came out pretty well. Enjoy! + Brad Griffin: + If another one of these commentaries ends with "Enjoy" I am going to punch everyone. + Great perspective work on the art. --- Track: Together (At Last) Artist: Joe Ouellet Duration: '3:14' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/together-at-last +- https://youtu.be/jOa8YAWe-bY +Cover Artists: +- Vaydra Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/together-at-last -- https://youtu.be/jOa8YAWe-bY Commentary: |- Joe Ouellet: Together (At Last) is a theme for the Beta kids' reunion, obviously made before they reunited in canon. The beginning is supposed to be happy; the beta kids finally unite for the first time after a session gone awry and a 3 year journey through the dark abyss and a mysterious alternate dimension. They hug, cry, fist bump, push each other down a set of friendship stairs, etc. Then Rose drops a bombshell: an unbeatable demon is going around destroying dream bubbles, and in the process, the universe. Things look grave, and Jade and John are startled. But they decide to press on and not give up. Together, with the remaining trolls and the alpha kids, they can defeat, or escape, Lord English once and for all. Brad Griffin: Due to miscommunication, we actually ended up with a couple pieces for this track. Both were pretty rad, so we didn't want either to go to waste. The other ended up being the [[track:disk2-lofam3|Disk 2]] track art. -Cover Artists: -- Vaydra --- Track: INFIDELS! Artist: David Ellis Duration: '4:14' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/infidels +- https://youtu.be/VWPc1T6BZIA +Cover Artists: +- Kate Holden Art Tags: - The Signless - The Psiioniic - The Disciple - The Dolorosa -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/infidels -- https://youtu.be/VWPc1T6BZIA +Referenced Tracks: +- Iron Infidel +- Spider's Claw Commentary: |- David Ellis: I wanted to ruin Samm's song. Mission accomplished. Kate Holden: Let's be 100% clear here, I freaking love prog rock, so I was pretty pumped listening to this tune over and over while drawing this one. Every piece of track art I've done for this album has been a little different. This one was the easiest to do and only took an hour because this kind of inked comic book art is my bread and butter. I felt that something bold and comic bookish would fit well since it has that epic kind of scope prog rock gets across. Remember how in the eighties the X-men seemed to spend most of their time in space participating in Space Opera stuff? I wanted to do something like that. -Cover Artists: -- Kate Holden -Referenced Tracks: -- Iron Infidel -- Spider's Claw --- Track: Forest Fire Artist: Brad Griffin @@ -1131,55 +1131,57 @@ Contributors: - Solatrus (with regards to) - Clark Powell (with regards to) Duration: '2:42' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Green Sun URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/forest-fire - https://youtu.be/yTDaozw_9Vo +Cover Artists: +- sayachan-art +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Green Sun +Referenced Tracks: +- Heart of the Forest +- Flare Commentary: |- Brad Griffin: This track was initially just an arramngement of Heart of the Forest by Solatrus, from the Spiritwake soundtrack. Then I was all "hey I bet Flare would sound pretty good with this" so I added it in and it didn't sound terrible. A fadeout is a totally lazy way to end a song. Apologies to Jeremy Iamurri and Clark Powell. Thanks also to sayachan for the exceptional track art. sayachan-art: This song takes me back to when Rose was trying to escape her impending doom and get into the game and then when hearing Flare I find myself thinking about the tumor, its countdown, her death and ascension and it makes me realize how much she has grown. So, what I tried to imply with this cover is how that fire she was trying to evade eventually became the flames of the green sun where she accepted her fate and arose anew. -Cover Artists: -- sayachan-art -Referenced Tracks: -- Heart of the Forest -- Flare --- Track: RetroBution (ohgodwhy Remix) Artist: Astro Kid Duration: '4:02' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/retrobution-ohgodwhy-remix +- https://youtu.be/gVTIRFO-4n0 +Cover Artists: +- Kate Holden Art Tags: - Dirk - Aranea - Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/retrobution-ohgodwhy-remix -- https://youtu.be/gVTIRFO-4n0 +Referenced Tracks: +- Retrobution Commentary: |- Astro Kid: 900pm
butts per minute Kate Holden: I had been wanting to make a full set of functional, repearing titles anyway for use in maybe making a simple platforme,r so I decided to make use of them and create a sort of "If mspa was a game in the 16 bit era" thing. The spirtes were also an excellent opportunity to test out the sprite base I've been working on making from scratch. -Cover Artists: -- Kate Holden -Referenced Tracks: -- Retrobution --- Track: Insomniac Artist: Princey The Kid Duration: '4:25' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/insomniac +- https://youtu.be/CfgQ7QS1JHA +Cover Artists: +- Caliboner Art Tags: - Caliborn - Calliope - 'cw: blood' - 'cw: eye horror' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/insomniac -- https://youtu.be/CfgQ7QS1JHA Commentary: |- Princey The Kid: It's a battle for dominance between Caliborn and Calliope. @@ -1187,33 +1189,35 @@ Commentary: |- All I really have to say is that I have never worked as diligently on any art piece, as I have on this. I spent, what, two months psychoanalyzing a painting of a skull, covered in blood. I had several friends critique it through the process, and eventually ended up with this. I knew it has a hance to be used as cover art in the next LOFAM, which made me sort of sheepish toward the end because I realized that the fan albums are a big deal, which lead me to submitting it a bit later than I had hoped, because I became nervous. As for the actual song, after listening to it 164 times on my counter, I have realized that I still love the song as much as I did the first time I listened to it. -Cover Artists: -- Caliboner --- Track: Hope Remains Artist: Fuzz Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Jake URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hope-remains - https://youtu.be/fJUZqA5_jYw +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- Jake Commentary: |- Elanor Pam: Veritas wanted to use my Together at Last [[track:disk2-lofam3|pic]] for this track (since [[track:together-at-last|that one]] already has track art) but I thought it was too contemplative for this song. Hope Remains has something of an "ongoing chase scene" feel for me. So I offered to come up with something more active. Then my comp's power source went and burned... good thing I have a tablet at work! And that work on this day was slow to a ridiculous degree. I had but a few interruptions while drawing this one. Whew, crisis averted! Brad Griffin: Andre does good musics. This is no exception. -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam --- Track: Maid in Spades Artist: Max Wright Duration: '2:01' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/maid-in-spades - https://youtu.be/AxhjCMJTGl8 +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid +Referenced Tracks: +- Rust Servant Commentary: |- Max Wright: Taking the motif from Willow Ascenzo's Rust Servant and completely changing the genre was one of the more fun piece ideas I've had. @@ -1221,10 +1225,6 @@ Commentary: |- But really, it was never meant to. dodostad: The song is very uplifting, but you can't really draw Handmaid without making her glare really hard, can you? -Cover Artists: -- dodostad -Referenced Tracks: -- Rust Servant --- Track: Gears and Chandeliers Artist: Joe Ouellet @@ -1232,44 +1232,49 @@ Duration: '3:42' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gears-and-chandeliers - https://youtu.be/JIJIE-wQOq0 +Cover Artists: +- ceruleantrafficlights +Referenced Tracks: +- Candles and Clockwork Commentary: |- Joe Ouellet: A remix of one of my favorite Homestuck songs, Candles and Clockwork. It's more of a reimagining of the piece really. There isn't much to say about it in particular other than it was my best mastering work at the time of its completion, I think. It may have also been the first time I stayed away from using endless breakbeat loops in a Homestuck remix. Brad Griffin: Ooh, crystalline. Very shiny! -Cover Artists: -- ceruleantrafficlights -Referenced Tracks: -- Candles and Clockwork --- Track: Cold Steel Artist: Nick Smalley, Solatrus Duration: '4:25' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cold-steel +- https://youtu.be/ySBgn7fy-VU +Cover Artists: +- devonianecho Art Tags: - Jade - Frogs - Denizens -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cold-steel -- https://youtu.be/ySBgn7fy-VU +Referenced Tracks: +- track:frost-vol6 Commentary: |- Block Monster (Nick Smalley & Solatrus): We started this song back in January 2012, during one of our regular hanging-out-probably-drinking collaborative sessions. We got talking about the fact that Frost had been remixed a couple times (once by us, and [[track:meltwater|the other]] by orngje223). One of us (probably Nick) wondered what Frost would sound like as a really cliched remix, to which Jeremy sarcastically pointed out that the only people who ever remix Frost is himself and his friends. This idea was, obviously, a total joke; nevertheless, we kept at it. The song ended up getting to a point where we realized the joke had been lost, and something awesome took its place. To put it simply, what started out as us dicking around ended up becoming one of the coolest songs we've done together. devonianecho: Doing art for a dance remix of Frost wouldn't have proved tricky if not for a perplexing (but very cool) track title. And so, here we have Jade and some frogs integrated as part of a... metaphoric-circuitboard-type-thing by Echidna. I think if you imagine the song set to a trippy frog-gathering montage on LOFAF with this imagery, you'll get a better idea of what I was aiming for. At any rate, I'm really happy with how it turned out, and I hope I've done the track the justice it absolutely deserves. -Cover Artists: -- devonianecho -Referenced Tracks: -- track:frost-vol6 --- Track: 'Pirates of Alternia: Dead Troll''s Chest' Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Mindfang URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pirates-of-alternia-dead-trolls-chest - https://youtu.be/z2TOLOWdlGU +Cover Artists: +- Ducky Senpai +Art Tags: +- Mindfang +Referenced Tracks: +- Cobalt Corsair +- Violet Mariner Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: 0:00-0:14: An unassuming troll merchant ship sails the ocean, its precious cargo of shitty romantic comedy movies tucked safely within its lower decks, unaware of the danger that approaches. @@ -1283,39 +1288,38 @@ Commentary: |- 4:00-4:13: One jump cut later, Dualscar is left adrift in a lifeboat as Mindfang's ship, a little worse for the wear, vanishes into the void. Ducky Senpai: Oh look, it appears I've done yet another track art for Ascenzo. I'm kind of like Will's artist stalker. -Cover Artists: -- Ducky Senpai -Referenced Tracks: -- Cobalt Corsair -- Violet Mariner --- Track: Sunsoaked Heavenscape Artist: Ashley Jones Duration: '4:08' -Art Tags: -- PM URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunsoaked-heavenscape - https://youtu.be/jQHjxDkfjKg +Cover Artists: +- multiversalInk +Art Tags: +- PM Commentary: |- Ashley Jones: When the Homestuck Music Contest first opened well over a year ago, I'd really only just started exploring my love of creating music. This track (which is based around the Exiles years in the future) and one other are actually only the third and fourth tracks i ever composed! I've improved alot since then but I always had a little bit of love for this one. When LOFAM3 was announced I made a snap decision to spruce up my little deser themed tune and bring tumblr's attention back to it. I'm honoured that such an old track of mine is still considered worthy of LOFAM, to be honest! Brad Griffin: That heavenscape is certainly sunsoaked. Neat! -Cover Artists: -- multiversalInk --- Track: Explore [Keygen Mix] Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '2:37' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/explore-keygen-mix +- https://youtu.be/LIbHdn-j898 +Cover Artists: +- Lunise Art Tags: - WV - PM - AR - Serenity -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/explore-keygen-mix -- https://youtu.be/LIbHdn-j898 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:explore Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: What even is keygen music? I have no idea, but if it exists, I hope this sounds like it. @@ -1323,21 +1327,21 @@ Commentary: |- In fact, people liked it enough that it was nominated for LOFAM 3, no more than a year later. Having improved a lot by that time, I decided to touch it up a little, and this version is the result. I didn't really change all that much, besides adding and tweaking a few instruments, but I hope it sounds better nonetheless. Lunise: My interest in doing Homestuck fanart has waned over the past few months, but I will always have a soft spot for the exiles no matter what. So it is only natural that I do goofy exile art for an Explore arrangement! Even though I was seriously burned out on art in general when I did this, I think it turned out okay. Goofy, happy exiles always turn out okay! -Cover Artists: -- Lunise -Referenced Tracks: -- track:explore --- Track: Ohgodboss Artist: Kevin Grant Duration: '3:20' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ohgodboss +- https://youtu.be/3YW7xoPYruo +Cover Artists: +- Kate Holden Art Tags: - Dave - Jade - Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ohgodboss -- https://youtu.be/3YW7xoPYruo +Referenced Tracks: +- track:ohgodwhat Commentary: |- Kevin Grant: So, this was one of my first chiptunes. People seem to like it. However, when I listen to it now, two years later, I realize how little I knew about Famitracker, and music composition in genearl. I like to think I've learned a great deal since Ohgodboss. Still, I guess it's catchy enough as it is. Enjoy! @@ -1345,52 +1349,48 @@ Commentary: |- oh for the love of god! Kate Holden: I actually did two pieces of potential art for this, both featuring Dave and Jade fighting Bec Noir, since it seemed appropriate for an intense boss tune featuring a theme associated with Jade. There was a duller version of this as well as a more comic bookish one. A panel of friends agreed that this one read better, but it was a little flat, so I started brightening it and tweaking it, but still wanted to convey '8-bit', so I started playing around with a square brush throwing in this Darwina-esque square noise, which I thought looked pretty cool. It has been remarked that Jade firing an assault rifle in the air in front of a volcano is metal as shit. That's probably my favourite commentary on this image. -Cover Artists: -- Kate Holden -Referenced Tracks: -- track:ohgodwhat --- Track: Dogfight (Dirtiest's Dubstep Remix) Artist: David Dycus Duration: '3:59' -Art Tags: -- PM -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dogfight-dirtiests-dubstep-remix - https://youtu.be/4umrMK8f89M -Commentary: |- - David Dycus: - My first attempt at a dubstep song, from my ill-conceived dubstep phase. It took a ton of time, an entire new drum pack, and ultimately, a new laptop to finish. It's not my favorite song I've ever made--it doesn't sound like a real dubstep song, in my opinion--but I learned a lot in the process of making it. - Lunise: - I HOPE YOU LIKE GAMEGRL Cover Artists: - Lunise +Art Tags: +- PM +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - Dogfight - Bec Noir - GameGrl (Original 1993 Mix) - I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew - Carefree Action +Commentary: |- + David Dycus: + My first attempt at a dubstep song, from my ill-conceived dubstep phase. It took a ton of time, an entire new drum pack, and ultimately, a new laptop to finish. It's not my favorite song I've ever made--it doesn't sound like a real dubstep song, in my opinion--but I learned a lot in the process of making it. + Lunise: + I HOPE YOU LIKE GAMEGRL --- Track: Starblaze Artist: Astro Kid Duration: '5:38' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/starblaze +- https://youtu.be/xOSapZrPB6Q +Cover Artists: +- plaidcushion Art Tags: - Jane - Roxy - Dirk - Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/starblaze -- https://youtu.be/xOSapZrPB6Q +Referenced Tracks: +- Stargaze Commentary: |- plaidcushion: Starblaze is a really cool track, and I'm really pleased I got to make the art for it! I tried to stick with the same format as the art for the song it came from, but a bit more lively- It made me think of the Alpha kids hanging out together at night, lit only by the glow of their lanterns from the tower in LoCaH. Brad Griffin: Welp, so ends the third volume of Land of Fans and Music. This album would not be possible without your suggestions and constant support. Thanks for listening! -Cover Artists: -- plaidcushion -Referenced Tracks: -- Stargaze diff --git a/album/lofam4.yaml b/album/lofam4.yaml index e750dba9..14ca5b2d 100644 --- a/album/lofam4.yaml +++ b/album/lofam4.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ Album: Land of Fans and Music 4 Directory: lofam4 -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Date: September 9, 2017 Date Added: March 16, 2020 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-4 +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 +Cover Artists: +- Sozzay Color: '#aed6f0' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans - Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-4 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: |- The Unofficialmspafans present:
LAND OF FANS AND MUSIC 4
@@ -34,22 +35,24 @@ Commentary: |- Yours in fanmusic, from now and forever more, Veritas Unae *Except for Violet and Gold. If I don't finish that, I think several people would have it out for me. -Cover Artists: +Banner Artists: - Sozzay +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Wallpaper Artists: - Sozzay -Banner Artists: -- Sozzay --- Group: Disc 1 --- Track: ~~DISC 1~~ +Directory: disc1-lofam4 Artist: Lambda Bledsoe, ndividedbyzero Duration: 0:32 -Directory: disc1-lofam4 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1-2 - https://youtu.be/vKih1dFsXZU +Has Cover Art: false +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Title Screen Commentary: |- Lambda Bledsoe: I'm, uh, actually not really much of a musician. I'm mostly just good at recognizing melodies. We didn't have anyone lined up to do the disc jingles (though I assumed maybe Veri would do then, as on LoFaM2+3) so I mentioned to Cait that I had the idea of making each disc a song representative of each prior LoFaM. I sent her files of myself vocalizing the melodies and she transcribed them. @@ -57,18 +60,20 @@ Commentary: |- Initially I wanted to do Emissary of Wind but Cait's idea was better. Sozzay: This piece was a very unique experience for me because it involved drawing something I was rather unfamiliar with. Before I started this piece I knew from the beginning I wanted something rather dynamic and fun and I feel the result stayed true to the image I had in mind. This piece was certainly difficult, but after some trial and error things eventually started coming together nicely. I ended up having a lot of fun trying out new brushes and mixing my favourite colors together to get a final result I was very pleased with. -Has Cover Art: false -Referenced Tracks: -- Homestuck Title Screen --- Track: Merge Artist: Kouta, polysaw Duration: '3:12' -Art Tags: -- Davepeta URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/merge - https://youtu.be/UZW48Yk3GB4 +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- Davepeta +Referenced Tracks: +- Serenade +- track:beatdown-strider-style Commentary: |- Kouta: After writing [[Denizen]], my only thought was that I really wanted to keep writing dubstep, but good dubstep. That was when I deicided to reach out to my good friend poly, who I'm a big fan of. Her dubstep is as great as her production skill, so at the time it was the perfect arrangement. It was hard working together long-distance, but we somehow made it work through all-nighter Skype calls and a lot of caffeine. The way our styles differ and yet somehow met in the middle helped make Merge exactly what I hoped it'd be. @@ -76,22 +81,22 @@ Commentary: |- Producing Merge was one of the most exciting projects I'd worked on in a long time. Kouta and I made a great team, and working with her pushed both of our boundaries well beyond our comfort zones. We got a lot of doubt from our friends about working with the caw and meow samples, but we were sure it was the perfect way to bring the song together. We were also heavy-handed with leitmotif from the original soundtrack, focusing on blending them in a way that was both interesting to listen to and recognizable. This was made with the utmost care, so give it a listen or ten. Circlejourney: I drew this immediately following [S] Collide. Kouta later asked to use it as the track cover for Merge on SoundCloud, and I was happy to oblige. I'm honoured that they saw it as a fitting image to accompany their (very impressive) track. -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Referenced Tracks: -- Serenade -- track:beatdown-strider-style --- Track: Jungle Artist: cookiefonster Duration: '4:05' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-3 +- https://youtu.be/QP60dR-SEhY +Cover Artists: +- Fitzwibble Art Tags: - Jane - Roxy - Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-3 -- https://youtu.be/QP60dR-SEhY +Referenced Tracks: +- Another Jungle +- Oppa Toby Style Commentary: |- cookiefonster: Similarly to several other songs on this album, this started as a rescore of [S] Jane: Enter for this collaborative project where people would come up with new music for all the flashes in Homestuck. The goal here was to make a song similar in style to Another Jungle (a very underappreciated song) without actually quoting it other than the way that song quotes Sburban Jungle. It was quite a challenge not borrowing anything else from other songs except for when I used a part of Oppa Toby Style towards the end, but this song was fun to make and I'm happy enough with the end result even if it's not as punchy as the original. @@ -101,21 +106,18 @@ Commentary: |- (ive gone and updated the old LoFaM commentaries to follow the same style!) WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: This art is a lovely rendition of Fitzwibble of that bit in [S] Dirk: Unite where Dirk takes Roxy and Jane along for a ride. Unfortunately, due to her foolish boorishness, Jane does not appreciate the joy of flying through the air as a bird would in spring. It is a shame, that such an enlightening experience must go ignored. -Cover Artists: -- Fitzwibble -Referenced Tracks: -- Another Jungle -- Oppa Toby Style --- Track: Frost and Clockwork Artist: Circlejourney Duration: '3:11' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/frost-and-clockwork - https://youtu.be/3Bf_au1-r9A +Cover Artists: +- RaChoTamer +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Jade Commentary: |- Circlejourney: This track was my very first piece of fanmusic, composed in 2013 immediately after I finished reading the Homestuck archive and adapted for LoFaM4 in 2016. It's an attempt to capture the joy I felt reading Homestuck for the first time, and a tribute to one of my favoourite things about the comic—the juxtapositions of intimately small details against cold, fathomless space. @@ -123,117 +125,121 @@ Commentary: |- Rather than embodying a sense of mystery or adventure (as most Medium-related music tends to), I wanted this track to feel like home—something that this webcomic has become for me. RaChoTamer: This was such a fun song and it reminded me of one of my favorite parts of Homestuck - the fun and adventure. It feels so welcoming and warm and triumphant, and I really tried to capture that here! -Cover Artists: -- RaChoTamer --- Track: Reunited Artist: Shandy Duration: '4:21' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Roxy URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reunited - https://youtu.be/kBx8zlGYYvk -Commentary: |- - Shandy: - This song was written to celebrate the reunion of Rose and Roxy in the 4/29/15 Homestuck update! It was so weet and triumphant, so I tried to reflect that in the music. The main melody is structured kinf of like a call-and-response between the two of them. - nights: - Rose and Roxy's interactions are some of my favorite parts of Homestuck, the best of which is their meeting after Game Over. I've resketched and redrawn this way too much since I wanted to give this very nice track some justice. Originally the idea was much more different, I was going to draw Roxy running towards Rose with Skaia in the background, but I changed it to match the canon scene better. Overall I'm pretty happy with the final product, I hope you guys like it too! Cover Artists: - nights +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Roxy Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle - track:endless-climb +Commentary: |- + Shandy: + This song was written to celebrate the reunion of Rose and Roxy in the 4/29/15 Homestuck update! It was so weet and triumphant, so I tried to reflect that in the music. The main melody is structured kinf of like a call-and-response between the two of them. + nights: + Rose and Roxy's interactions are some of my favorite parts of Homestuck, the best of which is their meeting after Game Over. I've resketched and redrawn this way too much since I wanted to give this very nice track some justice. Originally the idea was much more different, I was going to draw Roxy running towards Rose with Skaia in the background, but I changed it to match the canon scene better. Overall I'm pretty happy with the final product, I hope you guys like it too! --- Track: Prospitian Crescent Artist: Mmetafour Duration: '4:21' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-crescent +- https://youtu.be/Z1wJl53DjKA +Cover Artists: +- Brawlitup99 Art Tags: - Jane - Jake - Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-crescent -- https://youtu.be/Z1wJl53DjKA Commentary: |- Mmetafour: A little piece I put together, thinking about the broken moon of Prospit during the final battle between Jack and PM. Brawlitup99: The song that Mmetafour made was an electronic 8-bit style mix, so, logically, I took the role of drawing (or rather, "spriting") the art for this track. As you may know, the song symbolizes Prospit from A6A6A1 after it gets destroyed, so I did two scenes in one: Jane and Jake after their godtier transformations, and our heroes encountering Jack English for the first time. Come to think of it, that act was really messed up, wasn't it? Anyway, the song is amazing, and I really liked how the art came out. I hope you enjoy it too! -Cover Artists: -- Brawlitup99 --- Track: Altitude Artist: Whimsy Duration: '2:34' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/altitude +- https://youtu.be/awL_UjIeyo0 +Cover Artists: +- yazshu Art Tags: - John - Roxy - Serenity -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/altitude -- https://youtu.be/awL_UjIeyo0 Commentary: |- Whimsy: This song in its early stages was meant to be about the medium and space. But as soon as it was put in a recording with appropriate instruments, it reminded me a lot more of LOWAS than anything else, so it just sort of became that. All it took was a borderline distasteful amount of reverb to add a feeling of elevation, and it became Altitude. I always think of John's quest bed whenever I hear this song, probably just because it's the only really high-up point on the whole planet. Also, I think the artist for this track wanted to make it have to do with John/Roxy? Which isn't really what I initially had in mind, but it's cool and it works. Death of the Author and all that. yazshu: i went through like fucking 5 variations of this art before i just decided to fuck it and do vaguely johnroxy retcon sequence that was at the bottom of the subreddit for some time. all of the others involved davesprite but fuck blorange. also please dont notice how lazy i was and i used the color blending tool on the tree when everything else was with the pencil tool. -Cover Artists: -- yazshu --- Track: Midnight Artist: TirantBacon Duration: '2:47' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/midnight - https://youtu.be/VYG6ppBirVs -Commentary: |- - TirantBacon: - As an acknowledgement, this song in many ways was mostly inspired by the tune "Black" By Radiation (or Toby Fox I guess). I made this song as a "remix" of sorts of the song called "Midnight Suffers", something I made for the mostly popular fanventure, cool and new web comic. If anything, I'd say it was directly copied from Black, and that I did a mostly poor effort to recreate the style... Nonetheless, I did focus on trying to incorporate some transition points in the song where it would actually deviate from the original arrangement, and I suppose it works quite well even when it's not on paper. - The main motif was taken from midnight suffers... A bluesy jazz type theme that was made with no real direction intended. This song is not necessarily "catchy", but at least it has direction and sounds good, which is always nice! Some of the most prominent instrumentation involved DVS saxophones, loud crazy drums, a heavy bassline, sharp synths and a really loud piano chord progression in the background. It's all crazy stuff. - Calicorn: - I chose Midnight as my track art, mostly just because of my love for Intermission. This song is absolutely fantastic, but since I'm not the most creative person around it took me a while to come up with any concrete designs at first. I was originally going to start off with a 50/50 bust drawing of Slick and Jack, but I soon discovered that might be a little too bland. I ended up listening to the song a dozen more times until I sketched out the base idea for the finalized idea. The main challenge had just been lining everything and getting the perspective to look pretty alright, although I'm not really an expert on perspective or composition. Either way, I'm really happy with how the piece turned out, especailly with the lighting on Slick himself. Cover Artists: - Calicorn +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - Midnight Suffer - Liquid Negrocity - Amen, Brother +Commentary: |- + TirantBacon: + As an acknowledgement, this song in many ways was mostly inspired by the tune "Black" By Radiation (or Toby Fox I guess). I made this song as a "remix" of sorts of the song called "Midnight Suffers", something I made for the mostly popular fanventure, cool and new web comic. If anything, I'd say it was directly copied from Black, and that I did a mostly poor effort to recreate the style... Nonetheless, I did focus on trying to incorporate some transition points in the song where it would actually deviate from the original arrangement, and I suppose it works quite well even when it's not on paper. + The main motif was taken from midnight suffers... A bluesy jazz type theme that was made with no real direction intended. This song is not necessarily "catchy", but at least it has direction and sounds good, which is always nice! Some of the most prominent instrumentation involved DVS saxophones, loud crazy drums, a heavy bassline, sharp synths and a really loud piano chord progression in the background. It's all crazy stuff. + Calicorn: + I chose Midnight as my track art, mostly just because of my love for Intermission. This song is absolutely fantastic, but since I'm not the most creative person around it took me a while to come up with any concrete designs at first. I was originally going to start off with a 50/50 bust drawing of Slick and Jack, but I soon discovered that might be a little too bland. I ended up listening to the song a dozen more times until I sketched out the base idea for the finalized idea. The main challenge had just been lining everything and getting the perspective to look pretty alright, although I'm not really an expert on perspective or composition. Either way, I'm really happy with how the piece turned out, especailly with the lighting on Slick himself. --- Track: Dersite Artist: Aris Martinian Duration: '1:51' -Art Tags: -- Carapacians URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dersite - https://youtu.be/M_KnHTd2jn0 -Commentary: |- - Aris Martinian: - I'm actually not a huge fan of this song. See, I more or less made the whole album Cyclica in a couple of days, and this short "here are a bunch of melodies over the Flare arpeggios" only took me an huor or two. I really think there are parts of Cyclica that are better (if you haven't listened to Cyclica yet, you should do that; you can find the full album on YouTube). A bunch of people seemed to like Dersite, and it made it onto Cool and New Greatest Hits, so here it is I guess. The violin note holds are unrealistic, the synth is weird as fuck, the piano is bad. But everyone liked it. Except for Veri. Veri didn't like it. Bless you Veri. - plaidcushion: - I wonder what life was like for the carapacians, floating out in space away from everything going on on the battlefield as it got prototyped. Seems kind of lonely. Cover Artists: - plaidcushion +Art Tags: +- Carapacians Referenced Tracks: - Flare - English - Derse Dreamers - Cascade (Beta) - Courser +Commentary: |- + Aris Martinian: + I'm actually not a huge fan of this song. See, I more or less made the whole album Cyclica in a couple of days, and this short "here are a bunch of melodies over the Flare arpeggios" only took me an huor or two. I really think there are parts of Cyclica that are better (if you haven't listened to Cyclica yet, you should do that; you can find the full album on YouTube). A bunch of people seemed to like Dersite, and it made it onto Cool and New Greatest Hits, so here it is I guess. The violin note holds are unrealistic, the synth is weird as fuck, the piano is bad. But everyone liked it. Except for Veri. Veri didn't like it. Bless you Veri. + plaidcushion: + I wonder what life was like for the carapacians, floating out in space away from everything going on on the battlefield as it got prototyped. Seems kind of lonely. --- Track: Pax Condesca Artist: Viko Riféo Duration: '2:37' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pax-condesca - https://youtu.be/H-uu7kKH8dk +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- The Condesce +Referenced Tracks: +- Calamari Inkantation +- Crystalanthemums +- Negastrife Commentary: |- Viko Riféo: Wait why did this get on the album it sucks @@ -241,72 +247,71 @@ Commentary: |- Circlejourney: The prompt I received with this track was "the Condesce (conquering planets)". The bubbly synths and unusual harmonies called to mind a geometrical design of neons against blacks, and I thought a logo-esque look suited the rather propagandistic vibe of the title. (Am I overthinking things? Probably.) The image's composition, in which the Condesce is encircled by the planets she has conquered and ruled, is inspired by the Diamond murals from Steven Universe. -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Referenced Tracks: -- Calamari Inkantation -- Crystalanthemums -- Negastrife --- Track: Blind Pilot Artist: Kurtis Burton Duration: '4:11' -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blind-pilot - https://youtu.be/D_CyxkI8ffw +Cover Artists: +- Adamantist +Art Tags: +- The Psiioniic +Referenced Tracks: +- Gold Pilot +- The Blind Prophet Commentary: |- Adamantist: the Blind Pilot is leading what is left of his people through unknown lengths to a new home, albeit despite his own will. lonely encaged flighting spirit with a glimmer of hope. digital whispers of draining life. that is what I felt the Blind Pilot is. ndividedbyzero: Right after Pax Condesca, the theme of a fuchsia empress' intergalactic conquest, Blind Pilot shifts the focus to the hidden lowblood driving her flagship. Where Condesca was a light tune with unsettling undertones, Blind Pilot goes in full force with its cinematic and emotive atmosphere, a mix of dramatic orchestra, electronic sounds and ambience. It's all in a breathtaking and impressive final result, especially considering just how silly and tongue in cheek the original The Blind Prophet was. Kudos to Kurt for recontextualizing it so well! Additional note: this is the first of four Gold Pilot arranges to appear on the album, and boy does it start off the trend well. I hope you enjoy all their unique spins on the original! -Cover Artists: -- Adamantist -Referenced Tracks: -- Gold Pilot -- The Blind Prophet --- Track: Daywalker ~Rise~ Artist: Catboss Duration: '3:12' -Art Tags: -- Kanaya URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/daywalker-rise - https://youtu.be/U6VQKqsiW4s +Cover Artists: +- Emily Jane +Art Tags: +- Kanaya +Referenced Tracks: +- track:daywalker-rise-contest Commentary: |- Catboss: holy shiiiit it's uh that third track I made for the Homestuck music contest. wow. remember that? that was so long ago. anyway this was a track for Kanaya, at that part where she comes back as a rainbow drinker and slaughteres everyone. it's super great. I redid this track from the ground up for lofam 4, updated the flute playing and everything. Is it better? Is it worse? who knows, really Kal-la-kal-la: This image has three Kanaya Maryams in it. Having two more Kanaya Maryams than Homestuck itself had is a bold creative decision, one which, in my opinion, works out rather well. I very much like the 'Naya in the foreground's halo, illuminating her face, while the Maryam furthest from the front of the scene is relatively shrouded in darkness. Consequently, her bright yellow eyes shine like a wild animal in the dead of night. Cool as hell all around, this image. -Cover Artists: -- Emily Jane -Referenced Tracks: -- track:daywalker-rise-contest --- Track: Savior of the Waking World (Cement City Remix) Artist: Cement City Duration: '5:40' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-waking-world-cement-city-remix - https://youtu.be/wBzoGYEZtUQ -Commentary: |- - WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: - It's a remix of Savior of the Waking World. That's something you couldn't possibly have found out unless you read this very commentary. Aren't you doing youreslf a favor by looking through this? - For this track, Chalaite rendered a portrait of John staring down at his deathplace, after being revived by the inscrutable mechanics of sburb. Despite being killed by Bec Noir, her retains his life, and is now more powerful than ever, having attained god tier. Cover Artists: - Chalaite +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - Savior of the Waking World +Commentary: |- + WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: + It's a remix of Savior of the Waking World. That's something you couldn't possibly have found out unless you read this very commentary. Aren't you doing youreslf a favor by looking through this? + For this track, Chalaite rendered a portrait of John staring down at his deathplace, after being revived by the inscrutable mechanics of sburb. Despite being killed by Bec Noir, her retains his life, and is now more powerful than ever, having attained god tier. --- Track: Skaian Dreamers Artist: Difarem Duration: '2:27' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-dreamers +- https://youtu.be/bLRgAwqfvHw +Cover Artists: +- Chumi Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -316,101 +321,98 @@ Art Tags: - Roxy - Dirk - Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-dreamers -- https://youtu.be/bLRgAwqfvHw Commentary: |- Difarem: This track has quite the story! It was originally meant to be fake "loading screen" music, to accompany a parodic video on the Cool and New Music Team youtube channel about Overseer v3 (a web-based sburb web game, whose development team I used to be part of) being shut down by What Pumpkin (though the C&D was later found out to be fake). The project fell through, so I continued working on it and posted it on the LOFAM Discord server, where it got approved (thanks Lambda), though the deadline had tehcnically passed. Chumi: it sounds like a song for the beginning of a cool adventure! so that's what i drew :o -Cover Artists: -- Chumi --- Track: Emerald Waltz Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Kanaya URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-waltz - https://youtu.be/cH0MZZTmDpY +Cover Artists: +- Beta +Art Tags: +- Kanaya +Referenced Tracks: +- Darling Kanaya Commentary: |- wheals: Of all the main characters in Homestuck, Kanaya is perhaps the most suited to a soft orchestral/piano piece like this. The song pulls off some great production orchestra-wise while putting a lovely 3/4 twist on Darling Kanaya. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: A little known power held by the clearly very fictional and not at all real troll folklore creatures known as "Rainbow Drinkers" is to create flashing green silhouettes of themselves whenever they dance. This of course, holds no practical purpose whatsoever, except for the theoretical seduction of aliens who happen to resemble flighty broads. -Cover Artists: -- Beta -Referenced Tracks: -- Darling Kanaya --- Track: Intermission Artist: Joe Ouellet Duration: '5:09' -Art Tags: -- John -- Consorts URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/intermission - https://youtu.be/Qu-VrKoUSKU +Cover Artists: +- Lukanya +Art Tags: +- John +- Consorts Commentary: |- Joe Ouellet: John exploring the Land of Mounds and Xenon searching for his friends evoked some melancholy feels for me. This track was composed entirely backwards; That meant I was constantly exporting WAVs seeing if the "forward" track I was making was sounding good backwards. It was a fun and interesting way to make music. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: You think they'd set up a bench by the road, but nooooooooooo. John has to sit on the grass, thanks to those inconsiderate jerks. The salamander probably had a hand in it. Damn that salamander. -Cover Artists: -- Lukanya --- Track: Retconjuration Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '2:33' -Art Tags: -- John -- Roxy URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/retconjuration - https://youtu.be/OaT69NSo3Ds +Cover Artists: +- William Leonard +Art Tags: +- John +- Roxy +Referenced Tracks: +- Windchime Foley +- Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: As one of the oddball Retcon Lovers out there, the scene where John becomes unstuck in canon is one of my favorite moments in the entire comic. Thinking about it inspired me to make a song about the retcon; specifically, the introduction of John's powers, followed by the way they're used to save the entire timeline from its catastrophic doom. This time around, the game gets completed... but maybe the ending isn't so happy, as we're reminded there's still four kids trapped in the retcon juju, waiting endlessly for freedom in paradox space. Some trivia: this song was named after an update discussion thread on the old MSPA forums. Apparently, that thread was in turn named after a TVTropes page. Also, alongside a Homestuck Anthem quote at the end, the music box refrain featured throughout the song quotes the foley on Homestuck's title page. That's both because it's where the retcon arms first appear, and because I always wanted to reference those windchimes. Now you know! William Leonard: I've always loved the 'John's retocn adventures' section of Homestuck, and I think it has to do with how it leads both the characterts and myself along a brisk rollercoaster of twists and turns, through unknown paths - this sense of adventure is what I tried to convey in this art. -Cover Artists: -- William Leonard -Referenced Tracks: -- Windchime Foley -- Homestuck Anthem --- Track: Formation Artist: Hadron Duration: '3:43' -Art Tags: -- Caliborn URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/formation - https://youtu.be/dml3MDHvjmM +Cover Artists: +- meigender +Art Tags: +- Caliborn Commentary: |- Hadron: This song is for Cool and New Webcomic, but I like it a lot and a lot of people like it too, so I want the world to see it. It is inspired by a lot of the new-age synthpop, which itself is inspired by the 1980s. In this time of rapid community music projects being built I want y'all to remember; we're all musicians and that is the blood that festers throughout the body. We're all alike in our different ways. love you all thanks have fun :> meigender: Formation has a very 80's vibe to it, so I decided to aim towards more of a Hotline Miami feel for the accompanying artwork. I'm not sure how well I achieved that, but I figure a combination of bright colours and guns is at least veering in the right direction. -Cover Artists: -- meigender --- Track: Scales Artist: Helena Ruth Duration: '3:35' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scales +- https://youtu.be/Joq_AQZzbVE +Cover Artists: +- shu Art Tags: - Terezi - Pyralspite - Scalemates - 'cw: hanging (abstract)' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scales -- https://youtu.be/Joq_AQZzbVE Lyrics: |- I was putting on airs,
as I put up my hair
to look right through,
like you're not even there
and I've cried in the night...
for the fate of a knife,
when object's destiny ends a life, and I can't quite put into words,
the things that I've heard.
the riddles I thought that I'd solved when I learned
the way, oh, everything goes...
I couldn't quite know
it just took a while for the true facts to show @@ -423,46 +425,44 @@ Commentary: |- At the time I wrote this song it was mostly theorizing, but it's helpd up through the years (thankfully), so I took the chance to rework and record it for this album! It was a struggle to record, and there's a thing or two I would change, but I still think 2012 me would be pretty damn proud, haha. Finished, not perfect, as they say! Homestuck did so much for me creatively. I'm glad I could be a part of this tribute. shu: the track is really pretty in a melancholic and reminiscing way so I wanted to encorporate things from earlier in the comic (the tree, the hanging scalemates, and the pink flowers) into a sadder scene that's near the end? The tree's also a clever metaphor for branching paths and al that lol and also it looks cool -Cover Artists: -- shu --- Track: Glide Artist: Veritas Unae Duration: '1:47' -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/glide - https://youtu.be/vV7wSEH_lh0 +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- Alternate Calliope Commentary: |- Veritas Unae: Originally, this piece was written for a good friend of mine, Patrick. He was running the fan adventure Loftlocked at the time, and I'd supplied the comic with a lot of music in conjunction with Kurtis (who is also on this album! Check him out!) Pat had approached me to write a haunting refrain for a harp playing character, Eliza. This theme would eventually form part of several songs written by Kurtis and myself, and the most prominent of which, Lamental, was made into another song, Infinity's Lament. It is a fun, jovial melody that turns darker as Eliza becomes less sure of herself and her playing. However, in a Homestuck specific context, consider Rose playing the rain, plucking strings but quickly finding herself at odds with her own land quest. Who knows? The beauty of music is that you can make your own interpretations. Circlejourney: This track was initially left open to interpretation but being in contact with Veri, I asked him for a recommendation for its subject. Apparently, while Glide was oriinally composed for a fan adventure, the main motif features in a large and yet-unreleased track concerning Alt!Calliope. Veri ultimately decided that I should draw Alt!Calliope, which I was happy to, seeing as Calliope is my favourite character in Homestuck and in dire need of more fanart. We've only ever seen Alt!Calliope looking extremely grim in the comic so I thought it might be a nice change if I were to depict her in a more clement mood. Imagine her soaring through space, creating and destroying galaxies. I gave her wings just so that the illustration would remain relevant to the title of the piece. -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney --- Track: Limelight Artist: psithurist Duration: '3:11' -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/limelight - https://youtu.be/nHOzQpvGbHY -Commentary: |- - psithurist: - Limelight was made for the unfinished Act 8 fan continuation of Homestuck, and was used in the flash [S] Resolve. It's a theme for alt-Calliope, as she merges her soul with Davepeta's and the other half of Gamzee's, hence the meows and the high-pitched Secret Honks in the middle section. The working title was Miss America, because it's like, the opposite of Lord English? Shoutout to whoever came up with that one on the Act 8 team. This one was suepr fun to make since I got to use a lot of wacky sampling techniques and also I just love Calliope a whole god damn lot okay. - ndividedbyzero: - Like the song, this fantastic art was originally used for Act 8 Volume 1. It's a pretty stark contrast to the carefree art for Glide immediately before it; Alternate Calliope has now taken off her hood, with a look that indicates that she means business. Cover Artists: - Jenny +Art Tags: +- Alternate Calliope Referenced Tracks: - The Lyrist - Flare - Even in Death - English +Commentary: |- + psithurist: + Limelight was made for the unfinished Act 8 fan continuation of Homestuck, and was used in the flash [S] Resolve. It's a theme for alt-Calliope, as she merges her soul with Davepeta's and the other half of Gamzee's, hence the meows and the high-pitched Secret Honks in the middle section. The working title was Miss America, because it's like, the opposite of Lord English? Shoutout to whoever came up with that one on the Act 8 team. This one was suepr fun to make since I got to use a lot of wacky sampling techniques and also I just love Calliope a whole god damn lot okay. + ndividedbyzero: + Like the song, this fantastic art was originally used for Act 8 Volume 1. It's a pretty stark contrast to the carefree art for Glide immediately before it; Alternate Calliope has now taken off her hood, with a look that indicates that she means business. --- Track: Bonehead Destiny (LoFaM Cut) Artist: Grace Medley @@ -470,60 +470,60 @@ Duration: '4:16' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bonehead-destiny-lofam-cut - https://youtu.be/wmJt4OJoI38 +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam +Referenced Tracks: +- Unite Synchronization Commentary: |- Grace Medley: This song was originally written for FLSA's Problem Sleuth album, however those of you who've heard the original may notice some subtle differences. This song is meant to be a theme for late-game PS, with the first half representing the over-the-top surrealism of Higgs Bonehead's sacrifice, and the second, the far more interesting rush to beat DMK. I pretty much spent the ages 10-12 listening to Daft Punk and Digitalism near-exclusively, and I think the influence shines through pretty clearly here. The second half is a slight nod to the rush of [S] Dirk: Unite and Synchronize, which I feel is stylistically similar to the pacing from the end of PS. Elanor Pam: The futility of a sacrifice, the chaos of a final battle, the wrath of an arbiter, the finding of love after death, the absolute ownage of a sharply written missive. All these and more contributed to making the epic ending of Problem Sleuth what it came to be known as: a confusing clusterfuck of hilarious and completely insane shenanigans. -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam -Referenced Tracks: -- Unite Synchronization --- Track: Stubborn Throes Artist: SplitSuns Duration: '3:08' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors -- 'cw: body horror' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/stubborn-throes - https://youtu.be/AVy88ePWytE -Commentary: |- - SplitSuns: - This track was made for the Cool and New Music Team's Volume 7. It was based on the hypothetical question "What if Rose went grimdark?" which was based off of a series of shitposts on the /r/homestuck subreddit. With this song, I tried to make it mirror the chain of events that occur to Rose before and after she goes grimdark in the comic. It starts off relatively simple, but quickly goes ominous and unsettling as she stares into the cueball in "Seer: Ask." Then suddenly the song explodes into a blistering drum-and-bass track with booming organs to tell you that, in fact, shit just got real. The song was meant to be reminiscent of "Your Best Nightmare" from Undertale, and I hope I was able to pull that effect off. The song concludes in much the same way it began as Rose, in her newly darkened state, flies into space. All things considered, I had a lot of fun making this song. - This track received brand new art for its release on LOFAM4, courtesy of the talented Neiratina! With this song portraying Rose succumbing to the broodfester throes and going Grimdark, this art features Rose beginning to slip away to the eldritch Horrorterrors as well. WIth her wand gripped firmly in hand, Rose looks fiercely determined to destroy anything in her path. Her aura of golden is inexorably being snuffed out by the black tentacles that pour out of the image, even interfering with the designs in Rose's shrit and snaking their way into the background. Marked with jagged lines and dripping ink, this piece perfectly caputres Rose's last moments of innocence as she throws caution to the wind and turns herself Grimdark. Cover Artists: - Neiratina +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Horrorterrors +- 'cw: body horror' Referenced Tracks: - track:chorale-for-jaspers - Amen, Brother - track:aggrieve - Battle Against an Unfathomable Enemy - At The Price of Oblivion +Commentary: |- + SplitSuns: + This track was made for the Cool and New Music Team's Volume 7. It was based on the hypothetical question "What if Rose went grimdark?" which was based off of a series of shitposts on the /r/homestuck subreddit. With this song, I tried to make it mirror the chain of events that occur to Rose before and after she goes grimdark in the comic. It starts off relatively simple, but quickly goes ominous and unsettling as she stares into the cueball in "Seer: Ask." Then suddenly the song explodes into a blistering drum-and-bass track with booming organs to tell you that, in fact, shit just got real. The song was meant to be reminiscent of "Your Best Nightmare" from Undertale, and I hope I was able to pull that effect off. The song concludes in much the same way it began as Rose, in her newly darkened state, flies into space. All things considered, I had a lot of fun making this song. + This track received brand new art for its release on LOFAM4, courtesy of the talented Neiratina! With this song portraying Rose succumbing to the broodfester throes and going Grimdark, this art features Rose beginning to slip away to the eldritch Horrorterrors as well. WIth her wand gripped firmly in hand, Rose looks fiercely determined to destroy anything in her path. Her aura of golden is inexorably being snuffed out by the black tentacles that pour out of the image, even interfering with the designs in Rose's shrit and snaking their way into the background. Marked with jagged lines and dripping ink, this piece perfectly caputres Rose's last moments of innocence as she throws caution to the wind and turns herself Grimdark. --- Track: My Lady Greensleeves Artist: Shandy Duration: '2:21' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Kanaya URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/my-lady-greensleeves - https://youtu.be/0lfeOeIA4is -Commentary: |- - Shandy: - Some ships may come and go, but Rosemary is forever. - A mashup of the traditional "Greensleeves", which I've always loved, with "Endless Climb" and hits of "Black Rose / Green Sun". - SplitSuns: - This is a solemn artwork that captures a snapshot of Rose and Kanaya in a tender embrace. The piece manages to render the two lovers at their closest, while also highlighting the extremes of both of their characters. Rose's skin is tainted black to indicate her status as Grimdark, while Kanaya is glowing white as rainbow drinkers often do. Although the addition of the titular "greensleeves" to Kanaya's outfit is subtle, it helps tie the artwork even further to its song and turns it into an excellent companion. Cover Artists: - Shandy +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Kanaya Referenced Tracks: - Black Rose / Green Sun - Greensleeves - track:endless-climb +Commentary: |- + Shandy: + Some ships may come and go, but Rosemary is forever. + A mashup of the traditional "Greensleeves", which I've always loved, with "Endless Climb" and hits of "Black Rose / Green Sun". + SplitSuns: + This is a solemn artwork that captures a snapshot of Rose and Kanaya in a tender embrace. The piece manages to render the two lovers at their closest, while also highlighting the extremes of both of their characters. Rose's skin is tainted black to indicate her status as Grimdark, while Kanaya is glowing white as rainbow drinkers often do. Although the addition of the titular "greensleeves" to Kanaya's outfit is subtle, it helps tie the artwork even further to its song and turns it into an excellent companion. --- Track: Highland Thunder Artist: Thomas Ferkol @@ -531,63 +531,65 @@ Duration: '3:20' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/highland-thunder - https://youtu.be/2sXRcKDYKZM +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam +Referenced Tracks: +- Danger! High Voltage Commentary: |- Elanor Pam: This was very much a test-bed for photoshop brushes and adjustment layers I had yet to touch on, all while putting the speed in speedpaint. ndividedbyzero: At one point I described this as something along the lines of "electric Scottish war music", and that still stands. The melody in this song is absolutely iconic, if you ask me, and it gets INCREDIBLY ampled. Maybe enough to see what lies under that voltaic fault. (Spoiler: It's just a lot of xenon.) Also, the lyrics to this song are "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE". That is all. -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam -Referenced Tracks: -- Danger! High Voltage --- Track: Ghosts Artist: David Dycus Duration: '3:04' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ghosts - https://youtu.be/RZ6YpMNED_s +Cover Artists: +- Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- Aradia Commentary: |- David Dycus: This started out as an attempt to make a song in the style of Death Grips, but ended up going in a different direction. It was a challenge to try and make something equal parts creepy and danceable. Elanor Pam: For the last couple of months my computer has been sitting on a small folding table as my ouse undergoes a bunch of scattered repairs, which made deploying my tablet a tricky situation. Thankfully I've been buying art markers piecemeal—they're very expensive in my country—and had enough colors to paint a troll! But when it came to a background I and my limited palette both failed miserably, so in the end I had to take the drawing to photoshop and figure things out with a mouse anyway. Whew! -Cover Artists: -- Elanor Pam --- Track: Pilotwave Artist: Interrobang Duration: '2:37' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Becquerel URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pilotwave - https://youtu.be/Ozqewxm2QcQ -Commentary: |- - Interrobang: - This song began when I was messing around and thought I wanted to make some v a p o r w a v e. I really like the glitchy sections of Gold Pilot, and my initial plan was to slow those parts down, loop them, add drums, etc - the usual vaporwave stuff - that's also how it got its name, thanks to its project file. However once this started to happen I realized what I had written was very different, and that it had turned into some strange Gold Pilot remix. While I worked on other things for UMSPAF and CANMT, this song was on the back burner and I wasn't sure I'd actually finish it, but I stuck with it and just added things as they came to me (I'll admit that Lambda showing some interest in the song was a bit of motivation). At some point one of the later versions ended up getting accepted to LOFAM4, which was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one, and so I wrapped up production. - Some other facts about this song: Quite a bit of the unstrments (I'd say about 80% or so) are modifications of default Garageband synths/presets. This is the first song I've ever made that regularly causes audio overloads on my computer from just playback. The name, "Pilotwave" comes from when it was going to be vaporwave, I named the project file that and it sort of stuck. Special thanks goes to everyone that listened to it and helped me with balance/mastering issues, and extra special thanks to AroSoup for their amazing art! - Robin: - This took a really long time. Cover Artists: - Robin +Art Tags: +- Jade +- Becquerel Referenced Tracks: - Gold Pilot - Courser - Courage +Commentary: |- + Interrobang: + This song began when I was messing around and thought I wanted to make some v a p o r w a v e. I really like the glitchy sections of Gold Pilot, and my initial plan was to slow those parts down, loop them, add drums, etc - the usual vaporwave stuff - that's also how it got its name, thanks to its project file. However once this started to happen I realized what I had written was very different, and that it had turned into some strange Gold Pilot remix. While I worked on other things for UMSPAF and CANMT, this song was on the back burner and I wasn't sure I'd actually finish it, but I stuck with it and just added things as they came to me (I'll admit that Lambda showing some interest in the song was a bit of motivation). At some point one of the later versions ended up getting accepted to LOFAM4, which was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one, and so I wrapped up production. + Some other facts about this song: Quite a bit of the unstrments (I'd say about 80% or so) are modifications of default Garageband synths/presets. This is the first song I've ever made that regularly causes audio overloads on my computer from just playback. The name, "Pilotwave" comes from when it was going to be vaporwave, I named the project file that and it sort of stuck. Special thanks goes to everyone that listened to it and helped me with balance/mastering issues, and extra special thanks to AroSoup for their amazing art! + Robin: + This took a really long time. --- Track: Aura of Colour Artist: olegoleg123 Duration: '3:43' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Consorts URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aura-of-colour - https://youtu.be/rxiNzk64tSw +Cover Artists: +- insecureIllustrator +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Consorts Commentary: |- olegoleg123: Aura of Colour is one of my older tracks, originally completely unrelated to Homestuck and only then adapted as a theme for Rose and submitted as such. It is the piece that marked my transition form straightup EDM to more VGM-styled music. @@ -596,17 +598,19 @@ Commentary: |- Quasar Nebula: (the other drawing by iI is below!) -Cover Artists: -- insecureIllustrator --- Track: Beyond the Death of the King Artist: Seth Massey Duration: '3:41' -Art Tags: -- Calmasis URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beyond-the-death-of-the-king - https://youtu.be/NjZUfVUvXOg +Cover Artists: +- sailorleo +Art Tags: +- Calmasis +Referenced Tracks: +- Orchid Horror Commentary: |- Seth Massey: This was supposed to be a fill in track for a finished trackart for LOFAM2 about Calmasis and I liked it and pianos @@ -614,30 +618,26 @@ Commentary: |- wheals: Likely the oldest art on the album, this dates all the way back to LOFAM2 days. The song never did get finished for that era but stuck around until the song got made and finished in time for LOFAM4. It turns out that in the end, playing beyond the death of the king was a metaphor for the art's living past the end of the comic... I must confess to loving this art style, with mostly aliased lines and two-tone shading, especially in its similarity to some of Andrew Hussie's own art in Homestuck. It's none too common to see fanart of Calmasis, so it's nice to see them rendered in a more dynamic pose than the only canon one, while still clearly recognizable as that same antihero. -Cover Artists: -- sailorleo -Referenced Tracks: -- Orchid Horror --- Track: En Masse Artist: The Great Anansi Duration: '3:38' -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/en-masse - https://youtu.be/NSx06mX8aEI -Commentary: |- - The Great Anansi: - En Masse is actually a remastering of sorts of the very first Homestuck remix (and just generally one of the first songs ever) that I made about five or six years ago, because this was conceptualized around when Homestuck was ending last year to be a commemoration of the webcomic that sparked so much creative energy in me and catalyzed about 99% of my current friendships. I was keen on having it be grand and sweepking—essentially, doing everything my initial remix did, except bigger and badder than ever before. To that end, I started tossing in some extra motifs and making the composition even mroe frantic than before, but I was keen on keeping the overall rhythm and classical-esque style of Scratch; it's been a very long time since the cueball-head was directly relevant, but it's important to remember that that's where so much started! The project encountered some severe snags due to various real life troubles and motivation issues, but thanks to the support of the LOFAM team, it's finally been brought to life and I'm back on my feet with bountiful motivation. I might be a bit rocky, but it's only going up from here! - SplitSuns: - This art primarily focuses on Doc Scratch, his profile taking up most of the canvas. There's a nice contrast between the organic and textured forms of his suit and the precisely geometric shapes such as his cueball head, the triangle cutting through his chest, and the halo of squares over him. The use of recurring motifs such as pool balls, arrows, and brooms help to connect the piece further to Scratch's roots, with the peacock texturing suggesting the foreboding Felt Manor. An interesting artwork for an enigmatic character. Cover Artists: - rawlithmora +Art Tags: +- Doc Scratch Referenced Tracks: - Scratch - English - Rex Duodecim Angelus +Commentary: |- + The Great Anansi: + En Masse is actually a remastering of sorts of the very first Homestuck remix (and just generally one of the first songs ever) that I made about five or six years ago, because this was conceptualized around when Homestuck was ending last year to be a commemoration of the webcomic that sparked so much creative energy in me and catalyzed about 99% of my current friendships. I was keen on having it be grand and sweepking—essentially, doing everything my initial remix did, except bigger and badder than ever before. To that end, I started tossing in some extra motifs and making the composition even mroe frantic than before, but I was keen on keeping the overall rhythm and classical-esque style of Scratch; it's been a very long time since the cueball-head was directly relevant, but it's important to remember that that's where so much started! The project encountered some severe snags due to various real life troubles and motivation issues, but thanks to the support of the LOFAM team, it's finally been brought to life and I'm back on my feet with bountiful motivation. I might be a bit rocky, but it's only going up from here! + SplitSuns: + This art primarily focuses on Doc Scratch, his profile taking up most of the canvas. There's a nice contrast between the organic and textured forms of his suit and the precisely geometric shapes such as his cueball head, the triangle cutting through his chest, and the halo of squares over him. The use of recurring motifs such as pool balls, arrows, and brooms help to connect the piece further to Scratch's roots, with the peacock texturing suggesting the foreboding Felt Manor. An interesting artwork for an enigmatic character. --- Track: '[GRIEF]' Artist: Nicholas Nakano @@ -645,6 +645,8 @@ Duration: '3:06' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grief - https://youtu.be/GKwajHc6l4I +Cover Artists: +- Griever Commentary: |- Nicholas Nakano: I was listening to STRIIFE right when it came out, then I thought, "Hey, this is fucking amazing" so I was inspired to make a Tensei-esque song. Its success is still unclear, but I like it. I hope you enjoy. @@ -652,74 +654,78 @@ Commentary: |- So. Let me just say right now that nights, the one who first thought up these fantrolls and drew them up for the Strife 2 album, is top tier at character design. These guys were all really fun to draw and I'm glad that they came out as well as they did, honestly. They're all very differentiable from other fantrolls and just look really nice. Read nights' comic, Oceanfalls, because it is good and has nice character design/art in it too. The music was rocking and good so I went for a dramatic action shot. I used Jojo as a reference for this type of shot, because of course I did (Read Jojostuck). The background and everything about this picture is made only to look kind acool, which it sorta does. The art functions on the "rule of cool" so to speak, at least a little bit. There's not much to say about it, honestly. Maybe I've already rambled on more than other artista bout this, and I'm pretty much done expositing, but I'm gonna go just a little bit further with this commentary. But it won't be lal that important. Just recounting a story I remembered. Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not. It's a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. -Cover Artists: -- Griever --- Track: Plethoric Euphoria Artist: Seijen Duration: '2:07' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/plethoric-euphoria +- https://youtu.be/zthLAMi3bac +Cover Artists: +- Trufflemeep Art Tags: - Gamzee - 'cw: body horror' - 'cw: eye horror' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/plethoric-euphoria -- https://youtu.be/zthLAMi3bac Commentary: |- Seijen: "how do I make a fuure bass song withuot sounding generic or like a total douche?" you don't, youre a douche. Accept it and move on with life. The only saving grace this track has is the tempo. Most future bass is 130 or 144. Nah fam, we're going 150 on this since 150 and 175 are all I know. This track was exclusively made with harmor and maybe 1 serum. Fuck the system, and fuck my CPU since like exsanguinated, FL crashse 3/4 of the times I try to open the tracks. RIP the dream. Trufflemeep: is this what drugs look like? i hope this is what drugs look like. -Cover Artists: -- Trufflemeep --- Track: Buffskull Artist: Noisemaker Duration: '2:33' -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Lord English URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/buffskull - https://youtu.be/UtZZTF8ZMgc -Commentary: |- - Noisemaker: - An extension of a very, very short segment of a group collaboration (7 GRAND END from the Cool and New Music Team), it seemed unfitting to leave something like this in its short, unfinished state. - SplitSuns: - Buffskull was originally a part of the CANMT song "7 GRAND END," with the music syncing up to the final Act 7 flash in Homestuck. This part of the song played when Vriska and her army prepared to face off against Lord English, and the art reflects this tense moment. Vriska stands in the middle of the chaos, with the house juju towering behind her. All of this is reflected in the eye of Lord English himself, his normally radiating visage forced into the position of eight-balls. The detail on English's eye is both very sharp and a little unsettling. So although this art mirrors previous scenes in the comic, it adds its own interseting twists to the presentation to make it an exciting and engaging image. Cover Artists: - Benedict Ide +Art Tags: +- Vriska +- Lord English Referenced Tracks: - Spider8reath - Spider's Claw +Commentary: |- + Noisemaker: + An extension of a very, very short segment of a group collaboration (7 GRAND END from the Cool and New Music Team), it seemed unfitting to leave something like this in its short, unfinished state. + SplitSuns: + Buffskull was originally a part of the CANMT song "7 GRAND END," with the music syncing up to the final Act 7 flash in Homestuck. This part of the song played when Vriska and her army prepared to face off against Lord English, and the art reflects this tense moment. Vriska stands in the middle of the chaos, with the house juju towering behind her. All of this is reflected in the eye of Lord English himself, his normally radiating visage forced into the position of eight-balls. The detail on English's eye is both very sharp and a little unsettling. So although this art mirrors previous scenes in the comic, it adds its own interseting twists to the presentation to make it an exciting and engaging image. --- Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (theh0nestman Version) Artist: theh0nestman Duration: '4:22' -Art Tags: -- CD URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-theh0nestman-version - https://youtu.be/g_kgqsN-Bmc +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- CD +Referenced Tracks: +- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew Commentary: |- Aris Martinian: After the acapella and post-punk versions of I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew, you may be wondering how there could possibly be a unique version of this song without stooping to What Pumpkin's level and making "I'm a Member of the Midnight Ska." theh0nestman manages to take this early 20th century classic somewhere entirely new. This version of the song has a country rock feel to it, with soft verses leading into harder, crunchier choruses, and the bridges between verses taking us into previously uncharted melodic territory. dodostad: I was asking around for iconic rock album covers to base the art on since it was rather classic rock take on the midnight crew. Someone said Nirvana's Nevermind and I laughed and laughed and went with it -Cover Artists: -- dodostad -Referenced Tracks: -- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew --- Track: Crystalendofgames Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley Duration: '6:55' -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalendofgames - https://youtu.be/Hm1ev7TKmSA +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- WV +- PM +Referenced Tracks: +- Crystamanthequins +- track:sburban-jungle +- Flare Commentary: |- Jamie Paige Stanley: Well, here I am again. Paige Stanley, closing disc 1 of a LOFAM, 4 years after I last did it. In that time, I technically became an Official Music Team Contributor!! I helped my dear friend Marcy Nabors with creating [[Solar Voyage]] and [[Renewed Return]] from Volume 10. I got 12 bucks on Paypal from What Pumpkin for that! Andrew Hussie bought me lunch! I got burgs with homestuck money! @@ -728,65 +734,95 @@ Commentary: |- Circlejourney: This track has a climactic and solemn feel that, for me, seems to suggest the chillingly peaceful scenes preceding the violent turn of events in Act 7. As the quietest and yet most significant event in EoA6, I chose to depict the scene of PM and the Mayor climbing the Forge to cast the ring in, against the looming light of Skaia. This is one part of a larger image formed by the covers of this, [[Ultimate Alchemy]], and [[Black Hole / White Door]]. -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Referenced Tracks: -- Crystamanthequins -- track:sburban-jungle -- Flare --- Group: Disc 2 --- Track: ~~DISC 2~~ +Directory: disc2-lofam4 Artist: Lambda Bledsoe, ndividedbyzero Duration: 0:16 -Directory: disc2-lofam4 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2-2 - https://youtu.be/eHrtKUpIbWM +Cover Artists: +- Buck +Referenced Tracks: +- Jackpot Commentary: |- Lambda Bledsoe: For a lot of people LoFaM2 is the best (released) LoFaM, which is... sort of weird, as someone that did it. Personally, I sort of think of 2 and 3 as parts of one whole because they were so close in proudction and a number of songs were moved from the former to the latter. Also for a lot of people, the most represenative songs of LoFaM2 would be things like [[Alphamatic Replacement]], [[CR1M1N4L, CR1M1N4L]], [[Fighting Spirit]], [[Dance-Stab-Dance]], stuff like that. As the, uh, co-head of Loaf 2 though, I sorta always felt that Jackpot was the "most LoFaM2" song? Not sure exactly what it was. Perhaps that it had like three remixes (two of which never made it to a LoFaM), perhaps that it was my personal #1 "why wasn't this on coloUrs and mayhem" song. But, anyway, yeah, we did Jackpot. It's a neat song. ndividedbyzero: In my opinion, this track art perfectly fits the "calm before the storm" vibe of a middle before an end, like Disc 2 is before the endgame-themed Disc 3. I'll also note it looks incredibly fitting for the cover of a vinyl record, and with those bright colors and jazzy writing I'd check that hypothetical cover out the moment I saw it. -Cover Artists: -- Buck -Referenced Tracks: -- Jackpot --- Track: Hiatus Artist: Kevin Grant Duration: '2:45' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hiatus +- https://youtu.be/kOKKXW4NsCs +Cover Artists: +- Trufflemeep Art Tags: - Gamzee - Terezi - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hiatus -- https://youtu.be/kOKKXW4NsCs +Referenced Tracks: +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns Commentary: |- Kevin Grant: This song was made, unsurprisingly, during one of the many Hiatuses that Homestuck had over the years. I wanted to capture the feeling of hopeful waiting combined with the sadness that came with the lack of content. Trufflemeep: The song was made during the gigapause, if the timestamp on soundcloud was right. So, I drew part of the scene where the gigapause left off aka Terezi getting the shit kicked out of her. -Cover Artists: -- Trufflemeep -Referenced Tracks: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns --- Track: HOMOSUCK. DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION. Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '6:40' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/homosuck-directors-cut-of-the-year-edition +- https://youtu.be/OKIXqg_ZzcM +Cover Artists: +- Nick Tucker Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade - Caliborn -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/homosuck-directors-cut-of-the-year-edition -- https://youtu.be/OKIXqg_ZzcM +Referenced Tracks: +- Homosuck Swan Song +- Homosuck Anthem +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns +- track:beatdown-strider-style +- track:showtime-original-mix +- track:sburban-jungle +- Theme +- track:crustacean +- Walls Covered in Blood +- The Lemonsnout Turnabout +- Spider's Claw +- English +- track:showtime-piano-refrain +- Eternity Served Cold +- Carne Vale +- Warhammer of Zillyhoo +- track:null-toby-fox +- Hello Zepp +- Rabbunctious! +- The Paradox Paradigm +- Purple Bard +- Swing of the Clock +- track:doctor +- track:endless-climb +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre +- track:frost-vol6 +- Homestuck +- track:dissension-original +- Horschestra +- Jane's Dragon +- Cascade (Beta) +- track:aggrieve +- Oh Hi There, Lil Cal Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: Initially, I was going to compose this as one of those classic "ironically bad" songs, which I love dearly. At some point, it became clear I was going to drive it in a bit of a different direction, and then a few more directions, until I'd pretty much done a sick 360 degree spin across the musical canvas that is FL Studio. Wow that was kind of a weird metapohr? All in all, what you hear is what you get, and that's pretty much all I have to say on the matter. I don't want to take up too much of the commentary space, so I'll leave the rest of it ot Nick and... uh, well, yeah. @@ -853,167 +889,133 @@ Commentary: |- - [[Cascade (Beta)]] - 5:56-5:58 - [[track:aggrieve|Aggrieve]] - 5:58-6:07 - [[Oh Hi There, Lil Cal]] - 6:09-6:12 -Cover Artists: -- Nick Tucker -Referenced Tracks: -- Homosuck Swan Song -- Homosuck Anthem -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:sburban-jungle -- Theme -- track:crustacean -- Walls Covered in Blood -- The Lemonsnout Turnabout -- Spider's Claw -- English -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Eternity Served Cold -- Carne Vale -- Warhammer of Zillyhoo -- track:null-toby-fox -- Hello Zepp -- Rabbunctious! -- The Paradox Paradigm -- Purple Bard -- Swing of the Clock -- track:doctor -- track:endless-climb -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:frost-vol6 -- Homestuck -- track:dissension-original -- Horschestra -- Jane's Dragon -- Cascade (Beta) -- track:aggrieve -- Oh Hi There, Lil Cal --- Track: Three in the Morning (Ngame's Bowmix) [Explicit] Directory: three-in-the-morning-ngames-bowmix Artist: Ngame Duration: '5:39' -Art Tags: -- Snowman URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-ngames-bowmix-explicit - https://youtu.be/Vo7tZPGX9Sg -Commentary: |- - Ngame: - For those not in the know, Michael Guy Bowman is one of the most iconic people associated with Homestuck. You may remember him as the composer of [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]], one of the comic's most iconic songs, the angelic voice that captivated your ears in [[How Do I Live (Bunny Back in the Box Version)]], or maybe even as the "face of the fandom" for his famous Homestuck videos and convention appearances. - What isn't as well-known is that he's also an incredibly hilarious individual with dozens of sketch comedy videos - often featuring his equally sidesplitting friend, Scott Stutzsman - and I wanted to bring these two worlds together. With the release of Volume 10 in June, and the resulting focus on the Homestuck music team, Bowman appreciation had a resurgence in the fandom (especially one particular video, Bowman's Credit Score). I got caught up in the fervor as well, and made my first foray into music remixing to put together the first iteration of this tribute to Michael Bowman. The remix includes notable quotes or samples from every video that Michael Bowman and Scott Stutzman collaborated on, as well as many of their individual comedy videos. - If you liked Bowman's Homestuck stuff, love comedy videos, or were just too damn intrigued by this song to stay out of the loop, I recommend giving the Stutzbows (as I like to call their videos) a watch. Whether it's Scott singing you the jingle for his favorite breakfast cereal, Bowman informing you about his credit score (spoiler alert: it's 720), or both of them having some good, old-fashioned backyard fun, I'm certain there's something to enjoy for everyone. Cover Artists: - Ngame +Art Tags: +- Snowman Referenced Tracks: - Three in the Morning - RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme - Fruity Pebbles Jingle - Bowman Remix +Commentary: |- + Ngame: + For those not in the know, Michael Guy Bowman is one of the most iconic people associated with Homestuck. You may remember him as the composer of [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]], one of the comic's most iconic songs, the angelic voice that captivated your ears in [[How Do I Live (Bunny Back in the Box Version)]], or maybe even as the "face of the fandom" for his famous Homestuck videos and convention appearances. + What isn't as well-known is that he's also an incredibly hilarious individual with dozens of sketch comedy videos - often featuring his equally sidesplitting friend, Scott Stutzsman - and I wanted to bring these two worlds together. With the release of Volume 10 in June, and the resulting focus on the Homestuck music team, Bowman appreciation had a resurgence in the fandom (especially one particular video, Bowman's Credit Score). I got caught up in the fervor as well, and made my first foray into music remixing to put together the first iteration of this tribute to Michael Bowman. The remix includes notable quotes or samples from every video that Michael Bowman and Scott Stutzman collaborated on, as well as many of their individual comedy videos. + If you liked Bowman's Homestuck stuff, love comedy videos, or were just too damn intrigued by this song to stay out of the loop, I recommend giving the Stutzbows (as I like to call their videos) a watch. Whether it's Scott singing you the jingle for his favorite breakfast cereal, Bowman informing you about his credit score (spoiler alert: it's 720), or both of them having some good, old-fashioned backyard fun, I'm certain there's something to enjoy for everyone. --- Track: Schrödinger's Harbinger Directory: schrodingers-harbinger Artist: Noisemaker Duration: '2:21' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/schr-dingers-harbinger +- https://youtu.be/n39rrqi8XPM +Cover Artists: +- Benedict Ide Art Tags: - Rose - Jasprose - Roxy -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/schr-dingers-harbinger -- https://youtu.be/n39rrqi8XPM +Referenced Tracks: +- track:aggrieve +- track:chorale-for-jaspers Credits: |- Noisemaker: Initially from call and new 2: locomotif under the name Excess Express, I wanted Schrödinger's Harbinger to be Jasprose-themed to compensate for the lack of tracks in that category, as well as to make some additions to the original trakc. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: I can't believe that Roxy thinks that Rose smothering herself in response to the heinous evils of Jasprose is so "wonderful". What a terrible mother/daughter figure. -Cover Artists: -- Benedict Ide -Referenced Tracks: -- track:aggrieve -- track:chorale-for-jaspers --- Track: Listless Squiddly Bliss Artist: Marcy Nabors Duration: 0:51 -Art Tags: -- Squiddles URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/listless-squiddly-bliss - https://youtu.be/m3sA6i8c7y0 +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- Squiddles Commentary: |- Marcy Nabors: I'm a bit fuzzy where this song came from. I made this sometime in the summer of 2011, and I remember sending it to Alex Rosetti as a token of my appreciation for his work shaping the musical palette of the Squiddles universe. The friend who got me into Homestuck (now Alex's partner and roommate) came up with the title. I think this was the last thing I made in Lgoic Pro before my ill-fated stint bumbling around in FL Studio for the latter portion of 2011. I love you Logic, I'm sorry I ever left. dodostad: Honestly don't know what to say about this one. I tried very hard to do pixels. -Cover Artists: -- dodostad --- Track: All the Luck Artist: Kusoro Duration: '2:32' -Art Tags: -- Vriska URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/all-the-luck - https://youtu.be/MZXlfsMFPNw -Commentary: |- - Phil Gibson: - Vriska is gr8 and thank goodness she saved all of space and time so we could hear this album - wheals: - Xoro was working on a little 8-song Vriska album concept for the CANMT, to be released on 8/8/2016. Though the idea never came to be, he made a couple songs for it, which then languished on the main tab of our organization sheet. Reading through the list of semi-abandoned songs there, I convinced him to put it on our Volume 8, so it ended up with some 8-related action. At some point, either the LOFAM judges listened to the album and felt it was a standout track, or Xoro submitted it on his own. The latter is possible since right around then was when Lambda put out an open call on /r/homestuck for song submissions. Either way, Xoro felt the song could bei mproved, so the song as presented here is an even more polished version of the v8lume one. Relistening, many of the changes jump out. Right away you can tell some of the instruments have changed. (Enemy Approaching, the Undertale song, is still an obvious compositional inspiration, even though the instrumentation being less electronic makes this version less similar in that sense.) Some of the mixing is better and more punchy, a skill that Xoro excels at. Terezi's theme opens the bridge, after which the song contains new composition. Returning to the original motifs of the song after the bridge, it continues to put a new spin on them. I never cease to be impressed by the musical improvements of my friends in the Homestuck fanmusic community. And I'm glad that in a managerial role, I can facilitate others' improvement. Let's all give Xoro a thumbsup for the great work here. Cover Artists: - Phil Gibson +Art Tags: +- Vriska Referenced Tracks: - Spider's Claw - track:MeGaLoVania - Terezi's Theme - Spider8ite!!!!!!!! - Lotus +Commentary: |- + Phil Gibson: + Vriska is gr8 and thank goodness she saved all of space and time so we could hear this album + wheals: + Xoro was working on a little 8-song Vriska album concept for the CANMT, to be released on 8/8/2016. Though the idea never came to be, he made a couple songs for it, which then languished on the main tab of our organization sheet. Reading through the list of semi-abandoned songs there, I convinced him to put it on our Volume 8, so it ended up with some 8-related action. At some point, either the LOFAM judges listened to the album and felt it was a standout track, or Xoro submitted it on his own. The latter is possible since right around then was when Lambda put out an open call on /r/homestuck for song submissions. Either way, Xoro felt the song could bei mproved, so the song as presented here is an even more polished version of the v8lume one. Relistening, many of the changes jump out. Right away you can tell some of the instruments have changed. (Enemy Approaching, the Undertale song, is still an obvious compositional inspiration, even though the instrumentation being less electronic makes this version less similar in that sense.) Some of the mixing is better and more punchy, a skill that Xoro excels at. Terezi's theme opens the bridge, after which the song contains new composition. Returning to the original motifs of the song after the bridge, it continues to put a new spin on them. I never cease to be impressed by the musical improvements of my friends in the Homestuck fanmusic community. And I'm glad that in a managerial role, I can facilitate others' improvement. Let's all give Xoro a thumbsup for the great work here. --- Track: Wisest Wizord Artist: rilez, Natrox Duration: '3:12' -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Cats URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wisest-wizord - https://youtu.be/pdKy7Ex0WAk +Cover Artists: +- Trufflemeep +Art Tags: +- Roxy +- Cats Commentary: |- Trufflemeep: The music reminded me of a disco party, so I tied that in with the name of the song and created the most fabulous fortune-telling session I was able to. It's OOC because Roxy knows that only nerds half-ass their wizard cosplays. In reality it would be a proper tunic, silk closure beard, and 230% more glowsticks. wheals: This track was made a while ago (originally for Colours and Mayhem if I'm not mistaken) but didn't get the attention/nomination to end up on a contemporary LOFAM. Fast forward to 2016, when CHamango releases his third pro as heck guide to homestuck, highlighting this song as his favorite fanmusic of all time. It's not hard to see why if you listen to the track. The publicity brought it to the eyes of the LOFAM team, who were glad to add it. This whole story is basically an excuse to hsill Chamang0's awesome [S] Jade and Calliope: Rumble. and pro as heck guide to homestuck videos, but it also serves as a reminder of how far this fandom has gone, and how much history lies behind this amazing fanmusic project. -Cover Artists: -- Trufflemeep --- Track: Prospit Towers Artist: SerialSymphony Duration: '3:36' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospit-towers - https://youtu.be/nw0YXJ0fKkU +Cover Artists: +- sonotcanon +Art Tags: +- Jade Commentary: |- SerialSymphony: Prospit Towers took cues from the Genesis Frog album, as well as inspiration from tracks like [[Moonsetter]]. I wanted something subdued but moving to capture the feel of the moon. Also, I'm on LOFAM, hi mom! WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: In this piece by sonotcanon, Jade looks down on the city of Prospit from one of the... Prospit Towers. I'd say that sitting like that on a window pane is unsafe, but then I remembered that dreamselves can, you know, fly, so whatever. -Cover Artists: -- sonotcanon --- Track: Red Artist: Tamara Fritz Duration: '2:58' -Art Tags: -- Mituna -- Latula URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red - https://youtu.be/2DYQtfGgntI +Cover Artists: +- nights +Art Tags: +- Mituna +- Latula Lyrics: |- Darling you are the same as you used to be
You never should apologize to me
Sometimes in stiller moments you still sound okay
Although you can't quite work out what to say
I never felt lost in your arms
I never felt low in your heart And I know you try to say the things you used to say
And I blame myself for letting things get this way
And I'll do my best, to stay by your side
Through all the worst, and better times
You're a little different and we're both dead
But you and I are still flaming red @@ -1024,79 +1026,81 @@ Commentary: |- I wrote this pretty soon after the Openbound walkaround, and it was the first fansong I really felt amazingly proud of. Gotta love that sadstuck. nights: I needed to draw something equally cute for this cute track. I made this almost exclusively with MS Paint save for the final effects on the art, which were done with SAI. -Cover Artists: -- nights --- Track: Daydreamer Artist: electric lantern Duration: '1:48' -Art Tags: -- Joey URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/daydreamer - https://youtu.be/2wqnd4OaYvk -Commentary: |- - Elanor Pam: - For this piece my only goal was to express the same soft dreaminess of the song itself. And to draw Joey, of course. Where's she going in this dream? - ndividedbyzero: - I was a bit unsure of what to associate this track with at first. Jade is a dead ringer for a daydreamer, but so was Dave before his Derse awakening, implied in the song throuhg Derse Dreamers and Atomyk, but Hiveswap's [[track:old-secret|Old Secret]] is referenced in the song's first few seconds... - I'm personally glad Elanor took the Hiveswap route for this song's track art, because I feel it fits the song so well even beyond Old Secret. The song invokes a calm theme for Joey, and speculation on all of the possible misadventuers she'll have that we'll soon get to see. As of this writing, Hiveswap's definitive release date of September 14th was revealed three days ago, and I hold hope it won't be delayed any longer. In the meantime, Daydream is a theme that embodies thoughts of that wait and that hope, and of course, thoughts of the game itself. Cover Artists: - Elanor Pam +Art Tags: +- Joey Referenced Tracks: - track:old-secret - Spider Dance - track:atomyk-ebonpyre - Derse Dreamers +Commentary: |- + Elanor Pam: + For this piece my only goal was to express the same soft dreaminess of the song itself. And to draw Joey, of course. Where's she going in this dream? + ndividedbyzero: + I was a bit unsure of what to associate this track with at first. Jade is a dead ringer for a daydreamer, but so was Dave before his Derse awakening, implied in the song throuhg Derse Dreamers and Atomyk, but Hiveswap's [[track:old-secret|Old Secret]] is referenced in the song's first few seconds... + I'm personally glad Elanor took the Hiveswap route for this song's track art, because I feel it fits the song so well even beyond Old Secret. The song invokes a calm theme for Joey, and speculation on all of the possible misadventuers she'll have that we'll soon get to see. As of this writing, Hiveswap's definitive release date of September 14th was revealed three days ago, and I hold hope it won't be delayed any longer. In the meantime, Daydream is a theme that embodies thoughts of that wait and that hope, and of course, thoughts of the game itself. --- Track: Grimbark Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '3:37' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- 'cw: body horror' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grimbark - https://youtu.be/IqzKEk9s5Lg +Cover Artists: +- Amethyst Barron +Art Tags: +- Jade +- 'cw: body horror' +Referenced Tracks: +- Penumbra Phantasm Commentary: |- Amethyst Barron: A space werewolf with reality warping powers would be terrifying and I wanted to reflect that. Also I really like drawing drooly sharp teeth. Grace Medley: Okay, okay. Before you start listening to this song, just picture in your head the absolute BEST grimdark Jade theme. Then hit play. If you're not confused as to how Ascenzo managed to read your mind, you did something wrong. -Cover Artists: -- Amethyst Barron -Referenced Tracks: -- Penumbra Phantasm --- Track: Upward Meowvement (Davepetasprite^2 Owns) Artist: LydianChord Duration: '2:01' -Art Tags: -- Davepeta URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/upward-meowvement-davepetasprite-2-owns - https://youtu.be/wkbjr98bx9I -Commentary: |- - Kal-la-kal-la: - The iconic Upward movement backbeat speaks for itself. In true Davepeta fashion, numerous cat and bird noises appear throughout the track, and a bouncy B-section rounds it off. - Davepetasprite^2, Paradox Space's certified #1 cat-bird, shows us their stabs from a vantage point just beyond the Green Sun. The green and orange hues in this piece are particularly lovely. Cover Artists: - CybeR +Art Tags: +- Davepeta Referenced Tracks: - Amen, Brother - track:upward-movement-dave-owns - Nepeta's Theme +Commentary: |- + Kal-la-kal-la: + The iconic Upward movement backbeat speaks for itself. In true Davepeta fashion, numerous cat and bird noises appear throughout the track, and a bouncy B-section rounds it off. + Davepetasprite^2, Paradox Space's certified #1 cat-bird, shows us their stabs from a vantage point just beyond the Green Sun. The green and orange hues in this piece are particularly lovely. --- Track: Requited (Dirtiest Remix) Artist: David Dycus Duration: '5:08' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/requited-dirtiest-remix +- https://youtu.be/CK3XrBtxc4w +Cover Artists: +- Josefin B. Art Tags: - Nepeta - Meulin - The Disciple -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/requited-dirtiest-remix -- https://youtu.be/CK3XrBtxc4w +Referenced Tracks: +- Requited Commentary: |- David Dycus: Plazmataz is amazing. @@ -1104,33 +1108,34 @@ Commentary: |- Josefin B.: Requited has always been a song associated with the Leijons for me, and since I had trouble deciding which one to draw I went with all three. I figure they all had love stories central to their narrative, but not necessarily happy ones. The word "requited" can taste bitter, especially to Disciple, since her love certainly was requited... I added a red string to show that they're all connected, but also how tied they all are to this bitter word. The picture is all guache on aquarelle paper. -Cover Artists: -- Josefin B. -Referenced Tracks: -- Requited --- Track: Expanses of Interstellar Space Artist: Elaine Wang Duration: '4:14' -Art Tags: -- PM -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/expanses-of-interstellar-space - https://youtu.be/sMcenyPOHeE +Cover Artists: +- yazshu +Art Tags: +- PM +- Jack Noir +Referenced Tracks: +- Gold Pilot Commentary: |- yazshu: Now, this art. It's something im proud of in a sense. Great background. Half-decent Becs. Too much going on, maybe, but i think it works well for the vast expanses of space. Space, however, does not have much in it. It might be a bit counterintuitive for that reason. Space is always really fun to draw though, so thats why i went a little bit overboard. Great song, too. Am very glad i did art for it. Yeah, thanks oj for making this fantastic remix. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: A calmer, somewhat less dramatic remix of Gold Pilot. I'd imagine it gets pretty lonely exploring the EXPANSES OF INTERSTELLAR SPACE. -Cover Artists: -- yazshu -Referenced Tracks: -- Gold Pilot --- Track: Horizontal Headshot Artist: Aris Martinian Duration: '2:51' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/horizontal-headshot +- https://youtu.be/XfBz4kvoU7Q +Cover Artists: +- dazed-squid Art Tags: - Dirk - Jane @@ -1138,16 +1143,6 @@ Art Tags: - Jake - 'cw: decapitation (abstract)' - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/horizontal-headshot -- https://youtu.be/XfBz4kvoU7Q -Commentary: |- - Aris Martinian: - Written for the Cool and New Music Team's Cool and New Homestuck 2, this is an attempt to remix Unite Synchronization in a way that fits better thematically with [S] Dirk: Synchronize and [S] Dirk: Unite. Some of the things I worked in were Orange Hat when Dirk wakes up, for example, Metamorphic Choices when the kernelsprite appears, Hate You for Meenah's cameo... Dirk's scateboard-riding I represented with Moshi Moshi?, a theme that's admittedly been a bit of a stickymotif for me (I've used it in way too many compositions). I like Moshi for an umber of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it goes so well with so many things. What can I say? I like mashing themes together. - WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: - An illustration of the events of both [S] Dirk: Synchronize and [S] Dirk: Unite. As can clearly be seen, the Red Miles tore up the spacetime continuum, resulting in all the events happening concurrently. This is exactly what happened both here and in the flashes, and definitely isn't just a clever tactic by dazed-squid to create a pretty neat track art that depicts a lot of the best parts of said flashes. -Cover Artists: -- dazed-squid Referenced Tracks: - Unite Synchronization - Orange Hat @@ -1163,20 +1158,22 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Jungle - Sburban Resolution - track:showtime-original-mix +Commentary: |- + Aris Martinian: + Written for the Cool and New Music Team's Cool and New Homestuck 2, this is an attempt to remix Unite Synchronization in a way that fits better thematically with [S] Dirk: Synchronize and [S] Dirk: Unite. Some of the things I worked in were Orange Hat when Dirk wakes up, for example, Metamorphic Choices when the kernelsprite appears, Hate You for Meenah's cameo... Dirk's scateboard-riding I represented with Moshi Moshi?, a theme that's admittedly been a bit of a stickymotif for me (I've used it in way too many compositions). I like Moshi for an umber of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it goes so well with so many things. What can I say? I like mashing themes together. + WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: + An illustration of the events of both [S] Dirk: Synchronize and [S] Dirk: Unite. As can clearly be seen, the Red Miles tore up the spacetime continuum, resulting in all the events happening concurrently. This is exactly what happened both here and in the flashes, and definitely isn't just a clever tactic by dazed-squid to create a pretty neat track art that depicts a lot of the best parts of said flashes. --- Track: One and a Half Midnight Artist: Kusoro Duration: '2:22' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/one-and-a-half-midnight - https://youtu.be/Cv6Ca070MPk -Commentary: |- - Selan Pike: - LET THEM FIGHT Cover Artists: - Selan Pike +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - Liquid Negrocity - Amen, Brother @@ -1193,6 +1190,9 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Moshi Moshi? - English - track:additional-mayhem-universe-a +Commentary: |- + Selan Pike: + LET THEM FIGHT --- Track: Fractal Flowers Nui Artist: Kal-la-kal-la @@ -1200,6 +1200,11 @@ Duration: '4:43' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fractal-flowers-nui - https://youtu.be/RN5LBP9kqm0 +Cover Artists: +- Selan Pike +Referenced Tracks: +- Fractal Flowers +- Creeping in My Soul Commentary: |- Kal-la-kal-la: This piece was originally written for a different album, centered around the theme of Problem Sleuth. Given the jazz-era vibe of Problem Sleuth I decided I'd make something jazzy, and I figured it'd be nice to do a downtempo sort of theme, which I originally intended to represent the character of Godhead Pickles Inspector. With that in mind I sort of set to work trying to find a jazz chord progression that worked. After a bunch of fiddling about at the piano, the one I ended up with draws a lot from "My Favourite Things" and "Nardis", and so I worked out a melody of sorts over that in Ableton. Saxes are pretty much standard for jazz, and I picked a Rhodes soundfont over a piano owing to a distaste for the way a lot of piano patches sound. The sax solo I sequenced manually, and the accordion solo I reocrded as an improv. @@ -1208,101 +1213,41 @@ Commentary: |- For centuries, the bottom of the deepest seas had been shrouded in mystery and superstition. Some say it's a hostile place inhabited by the strangest creatures. Others, that it's a prison for the most dangerous outcasts. Legend has it that the only hope of ever getting out of there is a mask, that every deep sea creature has been craving for years. A mask they say, everyone is prepared to figut for, and risk their lives to possess. But the only way of ever finding out, is to go there and see for yourself. Selan Pike: Look, I should never be allowed to draw Bionicles. -Cover Artists: -- Selan Pike -Referenced Tracks: -- Fractal Flowers -- Creeping in My Soul --- Track: Ringleader Artist: Cryptanark Contributors: - TirantBacon (mastering) Duration: '3:07' -Art Tags: -- The Felt URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ringleader - https://youtu.be/pF3yZSQqCFY -Commentary: |- - Cryptanark: - AKA The One Time I Sold Out to LOFAM, Ringleader is a Crowbar song I had a lot of fun throwing together. I tried incorporating aspects of jazz and rock solbos, in addition to experimenting with a 7/8 time signature. I'm pleasantly surprised at how it turned out, considering how obtuse the concept felt to me when I was first planning out the track. Blah blah blah check out cool and new webcomic please - nights: - Crypt's songs are always a delight to listen to, I'm so happy I got the chance to do art for one of them. (Plus it's a Crowbar track! Objectively the best Felt member. This is fact not opinion.) Cover Artists: - nights +Art Tags: +- The Felt Referenced Tracks: - English - Liquid Negrocity - Let's All Rock the Heist +Commentary: |- + Cryptanark: + AKA The One Time I Sold Out to LOFAM, Ringleader is a Crowbar song I had a lot of fun throwing together. I tried incorporating aspects of jazz and rock solbos, in addition to experimenting with a 7/8 time signature. I'm pleasantly surprised at how it turned out, considering how obtuse the concept felt to me when I was first planning out the track. Blah blah blah check out cool and new webcomic please + nights: + Crypt's songs are always a delight to listen to, I'm so happy I got the chance to do art for one of them. (Plus it's a Crowbar track! Objectively the best Felt member. This is fact not opinion.) --- Track: Dance of the Dead Artist: Veritas Unae Contributors: - Nick Smalley (additional vocals) Duration: '13:04' -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-the-dead - https://youtu.be/qJii_lbgYN0 -Commentary: |- - Veritas Unae: - I'm really sorry I delayed this album. I hope this is worth it. - Originally, when LoFaM 3 wrapped up and we were considering how LoFaM 4 could tie everything up, I approached konec0 about what should be done for the 'dance' track in that album could end up being. One of the original ideas was a song initially called 'Requiem Momentum / Moment of Dance'. Like [[track:garden-of-eden-part-1|Garden of Eden]] and konec0's dance tracks before it, it was going to flow between piano medleys (based around [[track:requiem|Requiem]] from Sburb) and high tempo dance segments. Eventually the ideas drifted towards being a love letter to all of Homestuck music, in particular, one that featured at least one song from every album. (Well... except Act 7, I have to draw lines somewhere; it's here I apologise to anyone expecting me to tackle the CaNMT discography.) - From there, konec0's involvement in the fan music scene dropped somewhat, and I was still particularly excited about this idea around the time the ball actually started rolling on LoFaM 4. So I decided to try and revive the dead dance. Humorously, Requiem no longer shows up in the piece, so Dance of the Dead is a bit of a misnomer, but I think the frantic pace and thematic idea of the beta kids and the Midnight Crew jamming together in the Farthest Ring is one we can all appreciate. The choice to go with jazz for the piece is mostly due to how comfortable I feel writing for small jazz ensembles. Another funny thing to note is that I gave anything tricky or unplayable to Jade (consider some of the basslines or the double notes on flute) - she must hve pulled out her dreambot again! (Not withstandding, I think a couple of carapacians picked up some alto saxes.) - Many thanks to all the amazing fan musicians who populated the sheet music thread back in the day. So amny of those scores were invaluable to me. Also thanks to TheOtherN on musescore for their incredible transcription of Watercolour, Alex Rosetti for the Pondsquatter MIDI, Max Wright for Gods of the New World sheet music, Nate Tronerud for the For Beforus sheet music, Tensei for the Rouge on the Rox MIDI, Circlejourney for the JUST1C3 MIDI, and Marcy for her incredible melody notating skills. - Selan Pike: - I think it makes a statement, and that statement is, "I've been playing too much Persona 5", or perhaps "I hate drawing musical isntruments" -
- References: - - Homestuck Vol. 1 - [[track:showtime-piano-refrain|Showtime (Piano Refrain)]] - 00:00-00:37 - - Homestuck Vol. 2 - [[track:verdancy-bassline|Verdancy (Bassline)]] - 00:53-01:01 - - Homestuck Vol. 3 - [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale for Jaspers]] - 01:01-01:17 - - Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead - [[Tall, Dark and Loathsome]] - 01:17-01:49 - - Homestuck Vol. 4 - [[track:ballad-of-awakening|Ballad of Awakening]] - 01:25-01:49 - - Homestuck Vol. 5 - [[Versus]] - 01:41-02:05 - - Alternia - [[Skaian Summoning]] - 02:06-02:55 - - Squiddles! - [[Tangled Waltz]] - 02:23-02:55 - - The Felt - [[Omelette Sandwich]] - 02:55-03:42 - - Homestuck Vol. 6 - [[A Tender Moment]] - 03:09-03:42 - - Strife! - [[Atomic Bonsai]] - 03:27-04:00 - - AlterniaBound - [[A Fairy Battle]] - 03:47-04:00 - - Medium - [[Heat]] - 04:03-04:21 - - Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido - [[Beta Version]] - 04:22-04:39 - - Homestuck Vol. 7 - [[Let's All Rock the Heist]] - 04:22-04:39 - - Sburb - [[Revelations II]] - 04:39-04:56 - - The Wanderers - [[Aimless Morning Gold]] - 04:46-04:56 - - Prospit & Derse - [[Core of Darkness]] - 04:56-05:27 - - Homestuck Vol. 8 - [[Escape Pod]] - 05:03-05:10 - - Song of Skaia - [[Skaian Birth]] - 05:10-05:27 - - coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A - [[Temporal Shenanigans]] - 05:18-05:27 - - coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B - [[Pendulum]] - 05:30-06:18 - - :jokes: - Watercolour - 05:30-06:26 - - Homestuck Vol. 9 - [[Skaianet]] - 06:26-6:58 - - Symphony Impossible to Play - [[II - Sarabande]] - 06:42-06:58 - - One Year Older - [[Underfoot]] - 06:58-07:16 - - Genesis Frog - [[Pondsquatter]] - 07:16-07:30 - - Cherubim - [[Red Sucker]] - 07:32-07:49 - - [S] Collide. - [[Oppa Toby Style]] - 07:40-07:49 - - Homestuck Vol. 10 - [[Train]] - 07:58-09:01 - - :tobydog: - [[Penumbra Phantasm]] - 08:20-08:38 - - Homestuck for the Holidays - George the Conductor - 09:05-09:11 - - Land of Fans and Music - [[Jack and Black Queen]] - 09:11-09:33 - - Jailbreak Vol. 1 - [[Phantom Echoes]] - 09:33-10:05 - - Tomb of the Ancestors - [[Spider8ite!!!!!!!!]] - 09:41-10:05 - - SBURB OST - [[track:gods-of-the-new-world]] - 10:07-10:40 - - Land of Fans and Music 2 - [[Jade Aubade]] - 10:23-10:57 - - Land of Fans and Music 3 - [[Bathearst's Theme]] - 10:49-10:57 - - Beforus - [[For Beforus]] - 10:57-11:24 - - Stuckhome Syndrome Part 1 V1 - [[Four Kids and a Game They Play Together]] - 11:16-11:24 - - Weird Puzzle Tunes - [[Monochromatic Shenanigans]] - 11:24-11:41 - - Strife 2 - [[Rouge on the Rox]] - 11:41-11:58 - - Ancestral - [[JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3]] - 11:56-11:21 - - Land of Fans and Music 4 - [[Daydreamer]] - 11:58-12:13 - - P[S] - [[Sburban Metro]] - 12:21-13:04 Cover Artists: - Selan Pike +Art Tags: +- Midnight Crew Referenced Tracks: - track:showtime-piano-refrain - track:verdancy-bassline @@ -1347,83 +1292,131 @@ Referenced Tracks: - JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 - Daydreamer - Sburban Metro +Commentary: |- + Veritas Unae: + I'm really sorry I delayed this album. I hope this is worth it. + Originally, when LoFaM 3 wrapped up and we were considering how LoFaM 4 could tie everything up, I approached konec0 about what should be done for the 'dance' track in that album could end up being. One of the original ideas was a song initially called 'Requiem Momentum / Moment of Dance'. Like [[track:garden-of-eden-part-1|Garden of Eden]] and konec0's dance tracks before it, it was going to flow between piano medleys (based around [[track:requiem|Requiem]] from Sburb) and high tempo dance segments. Eventually the ideas drifted towards being a love letter to all of Homestuck music, in particular, one that featured at least one song from every album. (Well... except Act 7, I have to draw lines somewhere; it's here I apologise to anyone expecting me to tackle the CaNMT discography.) + From there, konec0's involvement in the fan music scene dropped somewhat, and I was still particularly excited about this idea around the time the ball actually started rolling on LoFaM 4. So I decided to try and revive the dead dance. Humorously, Requiem no longer shows up in the piece, so Dance of the Dead is a bit of a misnomer, but I think the frantic pace and thematic idea of the beta kids and the Midnight Crew jamming together in the Farthest Ring is one we can all appreciate. The choice to go with jazz for the piece is mostly due to how comfortable I feel writing for small jazz ensembles. Another funny thing to note is that I gave anything tricky or unplayable to Jade (consider some of the basslines or the double notes on flute) - she must hve pulled out her dreambot again! (Not withstandding, I think a couple of carapacians picked up some alto saxes.) + Many thanks to all the amazing fan musicians who populated the sheet music thread back in the day. So amny of those scores were invaluable to me. Also thanks to TheOtherN on musescore for their incredible transcription of Watercolour, Alex Rosetti for the Pondsquatter MIDI, Max Wright for Gods of the New World sheet music, Nate Tronerud for the For Beforus sheet music, Tensei for the Rouge on the Rox MIDI, Circlejourney for the JUST1C3 MIDI, and Marcy for her incredible melody notating skills. + Selan Pike: + I think it makes a statement, and that statement is, "I've been playing too much Persona 5", or perhaps "I hate drawing musical isntruments" +
+ References: + - Homestuck Vol. 1 - [[track:showtime-piano-refrain|Showtime (Piano Refrain)]] - 00:00-00:37 + - Homestuck Vol. 2 - [[track:verdancy-bassline|Verdancy (Bassline)]] - 00:53-01:01 + - Homestuck Vol. 3 - [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale for Jaspers]] - 01:01-01:17 + - Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead - [[Tall, Dark and Loathsome]] - 01:17-01:49 + - Homestuck Vol. 4 - [[track:ballad-of-awakening|Ballad of Awakening]] - 01:25-01:49 + - Homestuck Vol. 5 - [[Versus]] - 01:41-02:05 + - Alternia - [[Skaian Summoning]] - 02:06-02:55 + - Squiddles! - [[Tangled Waltz]] - 02:23-02:55 + - The Felt - [[Omelette Sandwich]] - 02:55-03:42 + - Homestuck Vol. 6 - [[A Tender Moment]] - 03:09-03:42 + - Strife! - [[Atomic Bonsai]] - 03:27-04:00 + - AlterniaBound - [[A Fairy Battle]] - 03:47-04:00 + - Medium - [[Heat]] - 04:03-04:21 + - Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido - [[Beta Version]] - 04:22-04:39 + - Homestuck Vol. 7 - [[Let's All Rock the Heist]] - 04:22-04:39 + - Sburb - [[Revelations II]] - 04:39-04:56 + - The Wanderers - [[Aimless Morning Gold]] - 04:46-04:56 + - Prospit & Derse - [[Core of Darkness]] - 04:56-05:27 + - Homestuck Vol. 8 - [[Escape Pod]] - 05:03-05:10 + - Song of Skaia - [[Skaian Birth]] - 05:10-05:27 + - coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A - [[Temporal Shenanigans]] - 05:18-05:27 + - coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B - [[Pendulum]] - 05:30-06:18 + - :jokes: - Watercolour - 05:30-06:26 + - Homestuck Vol. 9 - [[Skaianet]] - 06:26-6:58 + - Symphony Impossible to Play - [[II - Sarabande]] - 06:42-06:58 + - One Year Older - [[Underfoot]] - 06:58-07:16 + - Genesis Frog - [[Pondsquatter]] - 07:16-07:30 + - Cherubim - [[Red Sucker]] - 07:32-07:49 + - [S] Collide. - [[Oppa Toby Style]] - 07:40-07:49 + - Homestuck Vol. 10 - [[Train]] - 07:58-09:01 + - :tobydog: - [[Penumbra Phantasm]] - 08:20-08:38 + - Homestuck for the Holidays - George the Conductor - 09:05-09:11 + - Land of Fans and Music - [[Jack and Black Queen]] - 09:11-09:33 + - Jailbreak Vol. 1 - [[Phantom Echoes]] - 09:33-10:05 + - Tomb of the Ancestors - [[Spider8ite!!!!!!!!]] - 09:41-10:05 + - SBURB OST - [[track:gods-of-the-new-world]] - 10:07-10:40 + - Land of Fans and Music 2 - [[Jade Aubade]] - 10:23-10:57 + - Land of Fans and Music 3 - [[Bathearst's Theme]] - 10:49-10:57 + - Beforus - [[For Beforus]] - 10:57-11:24 + - Stuckhome Syndrome Part 1 V1 - [[Four Kids and a Game They Play Together]] - 11:16-11:24 + - Weird Puzzle Tunes - [[Monochromatic Shenanigans]] - 11:24-11:41 + - Strife 2 - [[Rouge on the Rox]] - 11:41-11:58 + - Ancestral - [[JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3]] - 11:56-11:21 + - Land of Fans and Music 4 - [[Daydreamer]] - 11:58-12:13 + - P[S] - [[Sburban Metro]] - 12:21-13:04 --- Track: Atomyk Clockwyrk Artist: Marcy Nabors Duration: '1:56' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/atomyk-clockwyrk - https://youtu.be/jeStLlyaJ5s +Cover Artists: +- dazed-squid +Art Tags: +- Dave +Referenced Tracks: +- track:endless-climb +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre Commentary: |- Marcy Nabors: This song represents a lot of firsts for me. My first piece of Homestuck fan music, my first time composing for an ensemble of orchestral instruments, and the uh... second song I ever wrote in a digital audio workstation. I read Homestuck in a feverish marathon in the Fall of 2010 while taking a class about playing in a rock band and recording music (my high school was very cool). Around that time, I'd also been sequencing MIDI files in Anvil Studio (a program which was also the genesis of Bowman's MIDI experience), and had only recently discovered that Logic also had MIDI sequencing capabilities. After falling madly in love with the Homestuck soundtrack, I had an epiphany to the tune of "holy shit, I know how to make stuff like that!" and Atomyk Clockwyrk was thus the result. I've come a long way since then, but it's a testament to the quality of Logic Pro's stock library that I managed to make it sound this good with minimal knowledge of production. A little volume automation, slap a limiter on top (not even Logic's wonderful Adaptive Limiter? Come ON, 16-year old Marcy...), and blam, what you're hearing today is a time capsule of what I put together in December of 2010. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: Dave is waiting in his land. For what? We're not quite sure. Perhaps he is simply waiting for one of the countless time loops he has employed as hsi session's time player. In any case, it can't be comfortable wearing that suit in that heat. I guess that's the price of being a c o o l k i d though. Fun fact actually, this piece had a couple other variants before this version, which had Dave wearing different colored suits. One was white, and the other was red. However, after dazed-squid was suggested to try a green one instead, it managed to catch the eye quite very well indeed. As such, the green version stuck. -Cover Artists: -- dazed-squid -Referenced Tracks: -- track:endless-climb -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre --- Track: Cleopatra's Cocktail Party Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:45' -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- 'cw: alcohol' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cleopatras-cocktail-party - https://youtu.be/YL9xC_Ft-5s +Cover Artists: +- nights +Art Tags: +- Roxy +- 'cw: alcohol' Commentary: |- nights: I'm really happy with this piece! The music sets a uniquely nice atmosphere on LOPAN, which I hoped to capture in this art's composition and colors. (Also the glass is just water, I promise I don't condone underage drinking, please don't call the cops) Grace Medley: During his time as a musician for Homestuck, Thoams Ferkol touched on a wide range of styles, from metal to neoclassical to krautrock, and everywhere in between. One he hadn't done, though, was disco... Until now! Conceived as one of three land themes for the alpha session (LOPAN in particular), this track sadly never saw an official release, but it's here, now, for your listening pleasure. -Cover Artists: -- nights --- Track: Quest Crypt Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '1:19' -Art Tags: -- Jane URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/quest-crypt - https://youtu.be/xl97AV5vxSc +Cover Artists: +- sweetjegus +Art Tags: +- Jane +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: This is by far my oldest song on the album, having been created only a couple of months after LOFAM 2's release. The image of the Alpha Kids talking out their problems on cold stone slabs, in the middle of a hollow moon's core, really stuck with me. I set out to make a theme that would convey the melancholy, expansive atmosphere of that scene. The long pauses give off a sense of unsureness, while the echoing background noises bring us back to the chaos currently happening on the planet surface. Also, this cryptic crypt song was partially based on Sburban Jungle and cryptically took inspiration from Sburb OST's [[track:outer-reaches]] cryptomnesially. The song does not have anything to do with crytpids. That's Quest Crypt. sweetjegus: The A6A5A1x2combo is -apart from being a mouthful- a very introspective breath after a wild, high-octane sequence. My early draft for this piece featured all four alpha kids on their respective devices, but it felt too engaged, too connected. I think this song is more reflective of solitude (the solitude that comes despite being in simultaneous chat conversations with two other people), and I hoped to convey that. -Cover Artists: -- sweetjegus -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Noble Ascendance Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Duration: '6:31' -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/noble-ascendance - https://youtu.be/L7PcXM_NuqI -Commentary: |- - WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: - This song originated as a battle theme for Roxy, but as I moved along in the process, I thought "Hey, wouldn't it be cool to make some kind of medley for all of the alpha kids when they got their god tiers that would be pretty cool wouldn't it?" and started what at the time was the most ambitious song I made yet. - My process when making the medley was to make some kind of... story I suppose? I'm not really a fan of stuff that shoves in references for the sake of shoving in references, so pretty much every reference I put in here was meant to connect ot the kids somehow. (Look fine Ruisn only has a really tangential connection to Jane but I didn't listen to Volume 9 because I'm a bad person) - This song was made when I was first really digging my teeth into making music, and I feel like it shows. Generally I feel like the production and instrumentation in this song has... a lot to be desired. Even so, making this taught me lots of things that I wouldn't have learned otherwise, and I'm glad I made it, even if I can't stand to listen to it. - I tried to make another medley with this kind of format for the Cool and New Music Team recently, and it's essentially what I was trying to do with this song. (Although, with a different subject matter entirely.) You can find it on the Greatest Hits 2 album, under the name Two Master Classes, A Knife Enthusiast, and A Green Dude Walk Into a Bar. Yes, I know it's a shitty name. - After her fantastic work on the Volume 5 Anthology, a project to supply Homestuck Volume 5 with unique art for each track, Aeritus supplied this wonderful image. Here, the alpha kids lie in rest, waiting for the future of attaining god tier. It... can't be comfortable to lie in rest on stone slabs. That must be hell on your back. Cover Artists: - Aeritus +Art Tags: +- Jane +- Roxy +- Dirk +- Jake Referenced Tracks: - Even in Death - Another Jungle @@ -1434,15 +1427,26 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Oppa Toby Style - Hate You - track:ruins +Commentary: |- + WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: + This song originated as a battle theme for Roxy, but as I moved along in the process, I thought "Hey, wouldn't it be cool to make some kind of medley for all of the alpha kids when they got their god tiers that would be pretty cool wouldn't it?" and started what at the time was the most ambitious song I made yet. + My process when making the medley was to make some kind of... story I suppose? I'm not really a fan of stuff that shoves in references for the sake of shoving in references, so pretty much every reference I put in here was meant to connect ot the kids somehow. (Look fine Ruisn only has a really tangential connection to Jane but I didn't listen to Volume 9 because I'm a bad person) + This song was made when I was first really digging my teeth into making music, and I feel like it shows. Generally I feel like the production and instrumentation in this song has... a lot to be desired. Even so, making this taught me lots of things that I wouldn't have learned otherwise, and I'm glad I made it, even if I can't stand to listen to it. + I tried to make another medley with this kind of format for the Cool and New Music Team recently, and it's essentially what I was trying to do with this song. (Although, with a different subject matter entirely.) You can find it on the Greatest Hits 2 album, under the name Two Master Classes, A Knife Enthusiast, and A Green Dude Walk Into a Bar. Yes, I know it's a shitty name. + After her fantastic work on the Volume 5 Anthology, a project to supply Homestuck Volume 5 with unique art for each track, Aeritus supplied this wonderful image. Here, the alpha kids lie in rest, waiting for the future of attaining god tier. It... can't be comfortable to lie in rest on stone slabs. That must be hell on your back. --- Track: Sunslammer (Cement City Remix) Artist: Cement City Duration: '3:12' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunslammer-cement-city-remix - https://youtu.be/fL9YfUCMuBs +Cover Artists: +- Cro +Art Tags: +- Jade +Referenced Tracks: +- Sunslammer Commentary: |- Cro: This was quite an interesting piece to work on; I was trying to do something with perspective though you know, practice will eventually take someone far! Anyway, here's Jade. The green sun is in the corner because outside of paying mind to the spacey environment, it somewhat references her whoel god tiering ordeal, which essentially meant the first guardian bonus pack. @@ -1458,10 +1462,6 @@ Commentary: |- OH HE NEEDS SOME MILK IT'S TIME TO STOP (SFX: Toki yo Tomare.) -Cover Artists: -- Cro -Referenced Tracks: -- Sunslammer --- Track: Climbing to Infinity Artist: SplitSuns @@ -1469,42 +1469,48 @@ Duration: '4:28' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/climbing-to-infinity - https://youtu.be/RZmbjMySkJY -Commentary: |- - SplitSuns: - This track was amde for the Cool and New Music Team's CANWAVE, an album entirely of Homestuck vaporwave parodies. This song in particular is a vaporwave edit of Endless Climb, hence the name. I tried to extends the vaporwave feel beyond just slowing the song down, splicing and editing the original song in interesting ways, adding 80's style instruments, and utilizing pitchbend and other distortion effects to provide an uneasy feel. The result is something that transcends meme status and enters "dream status," if you will. Actually that sounds kind of dumb. Forget I said that. - The track art is a parody of the cover of the vaporwave album "Shader Complete" by Sacred Tapestry. Cover Artists: - SplitSuns Referenced Tracks: - track:endless-climb +Commentary: |- + SplitSuns: + This track was amde for the Cool and New Music Team's CANWAVE, an album entirely of Homestuck vaporwave parodies. This song in particular is a vaporwave edit of Endless Climb, hence the name. I tried to extends the vaporwave feel beyond just slowing the song down, splicing and editing the original song in interesting ways, adding 80's style instruments, and utilizing pitchbend and other distortion effects to provide an uneasy feel. The result is something that transcends meme status and enters "dream status," if you will. Actually that sounds kind of dumb. Forget I said that. + The track art is a parody of the cover of the vaporwave album "Shader Complete" by Sacred Tapestry. --- Track: Beatup (Shutdown) Artist: Astro Kid Duration: '2:36' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dave's bro URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beatup-shutdown - https://youtu.be/HyLNyBrJp7U -Commentary: |- - ndividedbyzero: - This song gives me vibes of a "prelude" version of the original Beatdown, like one that plays as a character's theme before a boss fight where the boss music is just a more complete and amped up rendition. Or maybe it's like an encore of Beatup where the DJ gives the backing track a little more flair. Either way, the fact that this song uses only the opening arpeggios of Beatdown throught its run works hella well as a lead-in to the next track, [[Airtime Assault]], which dives straight into the main melody. - This art reminds me of what could have been. Oh, Bro. You could have had it all. A sweet hipster ninja buddy just like you who had your back at all times, who enjoyed being with you and never fought against the blade. You could have trained him with such bullshit free discipline mixed with such terror free compassion that his genuine confidence would never let him lose again. Not even to you, the teacher, brother and father. Then you two could stand back to back while this badass music of fraternal teamwork played in the distance, complete with a backdrop of blazing sun and raging meteors. But then you just had to throw the kid off a building and make his daily life hell. Thanks for nothing, man. Cover Artists: - Beta +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Dave's bro Referenced Tracks: - Beatup +Commentary: |- + ndividedbyzero: + This song gives me vibes of a "prelude" version of the original Beatdown, like one that plays as a character's theme before a boss fight where the boss music is just a more complete and amped up rendition. Or maybe it's like an encore of Beatup where the DJ gives the backing track a little more flair. Either way, the fact that this song uses only the opening arpeggios of Beatdown throught its run works hella well as a lead-in to the next track, [[Airtime Assault]], which dives straight into the main melody. + This art reminds me of what could have been. Oh, Bro. You could have had it all. A sweet hipster ninja buddy just like you who had your back at all times, who enjoyed being with you and never fought against the blade. You could have trained him with such bullshit free discipline mixed with such terror free compassion that his genuine confidence would never let him lose again. Not even to you, the teacher, brother and father. Then you two could stand back to back while this badass music of fraternal teamwork played in the distance, complete with a backdrop of blazing sun and raging meteors. But then you just had to throw the kid off a building and make his daily life hell. Thanks for nothing, man. --- Track: Airtime Assault Artist: Cerulean Duration: '2:52' -Art Tags: -- John -- Dave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/airtime-assault - https://youtu.be/UJRtFCU3HwU +Cover Artists: +- nuclear333 +Art Tags: +- John +- Dave +Referenced Tracks: +- track:beatdown-strider-style +- track:doctor +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- Cerulean: I wanted to combine several things I learned while at college but the only way I knew how was to mash together 3 of my most favourite songs together, Doctor Beatdown and Jungle. @@ -1512,12 +1518,6 @@ Commentary: |- nuclear333: So this art is for Airtime Asasult, which was originally named Dave v John, which is a boring as heck name if you want my opinion. There was one slot left for art and when I saw this posted in announcements I decided to take it. I haven't drawn John or Dave as much as I have my favorite Homestuck gals, so getting things right was a bit difficult at first. I started work on this in June and as time went by and I got more done, I was getting better with my art style. If I had went and finished this in a day, I don't think it would've looked nearly as good as it does. The idea came from me thinking about how John and Dave would battle. I figured Dave would abuse time travel and John would be able to retcon around, making for an interplanetary fight between good buddies. The top drawings of John and Dave are intended to look silly, as it's not likely they're fighting over something serious. Anyway this was really fun to do and I hope you enjoy the rest of the album and junk! (ps, viko told me to say johndave is canon i guess) -Cover Artists: -- nuclear333 -Referenced Tracks: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:doctor -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Robert Jailbreak Artist: Mathias Ramalho @@ -1525,6 +1525,12 @@ Duration: '2:12' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/robert-jailbreak - https://youtu.be/BaiE1IJwV_E +Cover Artists: +- Jaspy +Referenced Tracks: +- Pumpkin Cravings +- Assail +- Jackknive Commentary: |- Mathias Ramalho: This track is a joke. It doesn't have a serious purpose. But it is, in fact, an 8-bit track I worked quite hard to make sound good. If you love 8-bit and RJ, then this is the track just for you! @@ -1534,63 +1540,62 @@ Commentary: |- What W h At W ho Did This -Cover Artists: -- Jaspy -Referenced Tracks: -- Pumpkin Cravings -- Assail -- Jackknive --- Track: hors Artist: Hadron Duration: '3:17' -Art Tags: -- John -- Dave -- Arquiusprite -- Maplehoof URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hors - https://youtu.be/1Vsulg1rHyg -Commentary: |- - Hadron: - I really like Arquissprite; he gets me at a fundamental level. He doesn't swear, he is super into technology, he loves horses, and is just all around a pure sprite; too bad Andrew BYBooted him into Lord English. why do that to a pure horse boy - Griver: - Jojo and Homestuck sure do have a lot of things in common, don't they? Themes of predestination, weird time shit, luck being used as a weapon, a guy without the use of his legs, horses everywhere in a certain part...it's all kind of weird and interesting. So that's why I did an EPIC JOJOKE for this trackart. If you don't understand what's going on here, read some more Jojo, I guess. Or don't. Look, Hors is a great, funny track, and this is the dank artistry it deserves as accompaniment. You're welcome. Cover Artists: - Griever +Art Tags: +- John +- Dave +- Arquiusprite +- Maplehoof Referenced Tracks: - Horschestra STRONG Version - track:sburban-jungle - English - Let the Squiddles Sleep (End Theme) +Commentary: |- + Hadron: + I really like Arquissprite; he gets me at a fundamental level. He doesn't swear, he is super into technology, he loves horses, and is just all around a pure sprite; too bad Andrew BYBooted him into Lord English. why do that to a pure horse boy + Griver: + Jojo and Homestuck sure do have a lot of things in common, don't they? Themes of predestination, weird time shit, luck being used as a weapon, a guy without the use of his legs, horses everywhere in a certain part...it's all kind of weird and interesting. So that's why I did an EPIC JOJOKE for this trackart. If you don't understand what's going on here, read some more Jojo, I guess. Or don't. Look, Hors is a great, funny track, and this is the dank artistry it deserves as accompaniment. You're welcome. --- Track: The Gemoni Mustard Blood Artist: cookiefonster Duration: '2:04' -Art Tags: -- Sollux URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-gemoni-mustard-blood - https://youtu.be/vf9Cwf5OqgE -Commentary: |- - cookiefonster: - You know, it's pretty funny that some Cool and New Webcomic songs (such as this one) are being re-released on this album, but at the same time it's kind of fitting, since after Volume 10 was released, the CaNWC soundtrack helped reignite the notion of Homestuck fan music. - I made this song before I knew I'd be making a whole album full of songs like this, just as a Sollux song for the hell of it. Even though this was the first one I made, it pretty clearly turned out to be one of the best, and I recently figured out why: the vibrato feature in Famitracker adds magic to everything and this one uses that feature pretty heavily. I'm not even joking, that functionality makes chiptune songs so much better. - Title is a reference to Tavros and Fairie: A Love Story, a trollfic that starts off funny but eventually becomes truly painful to read. - WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: - Sollux is about to get down. Gotta give out some FRESH BEATS. Gotta JAM YOUR EYEBALLS AND EARHOLES WITH SOME SWEET ASS TUNES. CHECK IT OUT YO. Cover Artists: - Melissa Peebles +Art Tags: +- Sollux Referenced Tracks: - track:the-mituna-method - The La2t Frontiier - The Blind Prophet - Gold Mage +Commentary: |- + cookiefonster: + You know, it's pretty funny that some Cool and New Webcomic songs (such as this one) are being re-released on this album, but at the same time it's kind of fitting, since after Volume 10 was released, the CaNWC soundtrack helped reignite the notion of Homestuck fan music. + I made this song before I knew I'd be making a whole album full of songs like this, just as a Sollux song for the hell of it. Even though this was the first one I made, it pretty clearly turned out to be one of the best, and I recently figured out why: the vibrato feature in Famitracker adds magic to everything and this one uses that feature pretty heavily. I'm not even joking, that functionality makes chiptune songs so much better. + Title is a reference to Tavros and Fairie: A Love Story, a trollfic that starts off funny but eventually becomes truly painful to read. + WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: + Sollux is about to get down. Gotta give out some FRESH BEATS. Gotta JAM YOUR EYEBALLS AND EARHOLES WITH SOME SWEET ASS TUNES. CHECK IT OUT YO. --- Track: Reconciled Artist: Shandy Duration: '4:07' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reconciled +- https://youtu.be/oTRDtWd5JBM +Cover Artists: +- Beta Art Tags: - Dave - Dirk @@ -1598,19 +1603,14 @@ Art Tags: - Squarewave - Lil Cal - SBaHJ -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reconciled -- https://youtu.be/oTRDtWd5JBM +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre Commentary: |- Shandy: A track to celebrate the Striders finally talking and hashing out their differences! Because it's a Stirders song, I couldn't help adding a little breakdown. Sharp-eared listeners may also note that in the call-and-response main melody, the first synth is in 4/4 time and the second synth is in triplets—just as Dave and Dirk aren't quite in perfect lockstep. I left the ending open ended and hopeful, because I feel like the final chapter on their relationship has yet to be written. SplitSuns: Dave and Dirk's reuinion on the spires of LOTAK was serious and poignant, but not without its sillier moments. This art is a mashup and showcase of the most ironic bullshit the Striders had to offer throughout the story. Smuppets galore, their plush rumps and jutting probosices laid alongside such gems as a Game Bro magazine, an artifacted Statue of Liberty, the lovable Squarewave and Sawtooth, and SBaHJ icons including the Big Man himself. And who could forget Guy Fieri's surprise appearance, his scream frozen in place as he prepares to assume the title of the next Antichrist? But that's a story for another time. -Cover Artists: -- Beta -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre --- Track: The End of Something Really Excellent Artist: Rhyselinn @@ -1618,6 +1618,25 @@ Duration: '5:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-something-really-excellent - https://youtu.be/0XRCD67voTo +Cover Artists: +- Rebecca Peason +Referenced Tracks: +- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent +- track:sburban-jungle +- track:skies-of-skaia +- Dawn of Man +- track:doctor +- track:endless-climb +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre +- track:frost-vol6 +- Cascade (Beta) +- Infinity Mechanism +- Another Jungle +- Even in Death +- Lotus +- Do You Remem8er Me +- Skaian Skirmish +- Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- Rhyselinn: The Beginning of Something Really Excellent is a fun song that takes place early in the story when not much is known about the world of Homestuck. The End of Something Really Excellent is a song I wrote as kind of a book end, a symbolic song that encapsulates the journey all the characters went on, and kind of retells it in song format. From the beginning the kids went into Sburb (Sburban Jungle), learned the mythos of the Medium (Skies of Skaia), took upon them the mantle of heroes (Dawn of Man), explored their worlds (Doctor, Endless Climb, Atomyk Ebonpyre, Frost), did a bunch of stuff to salvage their session (Cascade), scratched their session and made a new one (Another Jungle, Even in Death), reflected on the journey they went on (Do You Remem8er Me), fought a great final batteo fr the sake of the session (Skaian Skrimish), and beat the game of Sburb (repreise of Sburban Jungle), and with it reached the end of the story. And so did the readers. @@ -1642,31 +1661,17 @@ Commentary: |- - [[Do You Remem8er Me]] - 3:17-4:20 - [[Skaian Skirmish]] - 3:38-4:00 - [[Homestuck Anthem]] - 4:42-4:54 -Cover Artists: -- Rebecca Peason -Referenced Tracks: -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:skies-of-skaia -- Dawn of Man -- track:doctor -- track:endless-climb -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:frost-vol6 -- Cascade (Beta) -- Infinity Mechanism -- Another Jungle -- Even in Death -- Lotus -- Do You Remem8er Me -- Skaian Skirmish -- Homestuck Anthem --- Track: The Sin and the Salvation Artist: psithurist Contributors: - Lucas Haggett (bass guitar) Duration: '8:53' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sin-and-the-salvation +- https://youtu.be/reMO9m2haoU +Cover Artists: +- SmashCooper Art Tags: - Gamzee - Caliborn @@ -1674,39 +1679,29 @@ Art Tags: - Lord English - Alternate Calliope - Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sin-and-the-salvation -- https://youtu.be/reMO9m2haoU -Commentary: |- - psithurist: - So I started this track about two years ago when I was much less experienced with production and workflow, and working on it more recently has become kind of a nightmare. It's about the story of the cherubs: Caliborn's domination, the rise of Lord English, Calliope's isolation, and her alternate self's ultimate sacrifice. The working title was "Damara's Descent", and the whispers are actually edited recordings of exposition about Damara, but the theme changed pretty early on. Thanks to Lucas Haggett for performing bass on this track! - SmashCooper: - I'm really glad I had the chance to draw track art for a cherub song since Caliborn is probably one of my favorite characters in Homestuck. I tried to fill this up with as many pieces of imagery of the cherub's journeys to god tier, all framed within a beautiful clock ready to be smashed with a crowbar. Side Note: Caliborn's gun was superbly hard to draw and now I can see why Hussie used a jpg image for it as often as he could. -Cover Artists: -- SmashCooper Referenced Tracks: - Black Rose / Green Sun - track:showtime-original-mix - English - Homestuck Anthem +Commentary: |- + psithurist: + So I started this track about two years ago when I was much less experienced with production and workflow, and working on it more recently has become kind of a nightmare. It's about the story of the cherubs: Caliborn's domination, the rise of Lord English, Calliope's isolation, and her alternate self's ultimate sacrifice. The working title was "Damara's Descent", and the whispers are actually edited recordings of exposition about Damara, but the theme changed pretty early on. Thanks to Lucas Haggett for performing bass on this track! + SmashCooper: + I'm really glad I had the chance to draw track art for a cherub song since Caliborn is probably one of my favorite characters in Homestuck. I tried to fill this up with as many pieces of imagery of the cherub's journeys to god tier, all framed within a beautiful clock ready to be smashed with a crowbar. Side Note: Caliborn's gun was superbly hard to draw and now I can see why Hussie used a jpg image for it as often as he could. --- Track: Resend Artist: Noisemaker Duration: '4:48' -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -- Gamzee -- Rabbit URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/resend - https://youtu.be/ECzDFJ_ACj0 -Commentary: |- - Noisemaker: - This track almost didn't see the light of day. I submitted it for the Cool and New Music Team's credits music contest, and ended up pulling an admirable 3rd place. At first, the track wasn't going to be used in the credits mix (partially due to recieving 3rd place, but also because it fell short of the 7 minute length requirement), but, after a miracle on-par with the birth of Christ took place, Resend was just barely able to squeeze in due to a mandatory meme credits addition. - yazshu: - originally this song was going to be replaced by ocean man, per my request. it wasn't. fuck you bambosh Cover Artists: - yazshu +Art Tags: +- Caliborn +- Gamzee +- Rabbit Referenced Tracks: - Cascade (Beta) - Crystalanthemums @@ -1716,37 +1711,48 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Sunsetter - track:showtime-piano-refrain - track:endless-climb +Commentary: |- + Noisemaker: + This track almost didn't see the light of day. I submitted it for the Cool and New Music Team's credits music contest, and ended up pulling an admirable 3rd place. At first, the track wasn't going to be used in the credits mix (partially due to recieving 3rd place, but also because it fell short of the 7 minute length requirement), but, after a miracle on-par with the birth of Christ took place, Resend was just barely able to squeeze in due to a mandatory meme credits addition. + yazshu: + originally this song was going to be replaced by ocean man, per my request. it wasn't. fuck you bambosh --- Group: Disc 3 --- Track: ~~DISC 3~~ +Directory: disc3-lofam4 Artist: Lambda Bledsoe, ndividedbyzero Duration: 0:26 -Directory: disc3-lofam4 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3-2 - https://youtu.be/sSXmhZZMDNQ +Cover Artists: +- Matrosha +Referenced Tracks: +- Starblaze Commentary: |- Lambda Bledsoe: Finding a suitable song for a disc jingle from LoFaM3 was... sort of a struggle, really. I didn't want to do something based too heavily on another song (e.g. [[Emissary of Dance]], [[track:garden-of-eden-part-1|Garden of Eden]], [[I'm Not a Hero]], or [[Thermporia]]) and I really didn't want to do something memey/jokey (i.e. [[Theme of the Slam Jam]], [[JOHN DO THE WINDY THING]], or [[track:sord]]). This... narrowed the pool of available songs from LoFaM3 significantly. We ended up going with Starblaze because it does have original portions and I'm fairly sure was one of those "universal yes" songs among the judges. My second choice would've been [[Fortune Healer]], probably. -Cover Artists: -- Matrosha -Referenced Tracks: -- Starblaze --- Track: Pseudumbra Phauxtasm Artist: Marcy Nabors, Jamie Paige Stanley Contributors: - Matt Martin (guitar) Duration: '6:30' -Art Tags: -- John -- Alternate Calliope URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pseudumbra-phauxtasm - https://youtu.be/zzq3u6unwRg +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- John +- Alternate Calliope +Referenced Tracks: +- Penumbra Phantasm +- Breath of the Wild Theme +- Sunsetter Commentary: |- Marcy Nabors: Back in 2016 I got together with RJ Lake and James Roach to compile Homestuck Vol. 10. Everyone was pretty hyped, and there were threads in various places full of people feverishly speculating about what the tracklist would be. Much of this speculation focused on whether Toby Fox's elusive song Penumbra Phantasm would finally see release, founded on the rumor that he had agreed to finish it for the album. @@ -1757,56 +1763,43 @@ Commentary: |- Circlejourney: This is a highly stylised representation of Act 7, with Alt!Calliope creating the black hole that consumes the entire universe, and Joh nreaching for the knob of the door into the new universe. They circle around Skaia, neither pulled into ti nor escaping it, but trapped in the loop of its inscrutable machinations. This scene is set against an image of Paradox Space cracking at the edges, which also resembles a cracked disc: the final disc of Homestuck, shattering at the edges, foretelling of the destruction of the story itself. While this image wasn't originally made for Pseudumbria Phauxtasm, I think it is a fitting illustration to accompany it: this track is an expansive and beautifully-made arrangement of the elusive Penumbra Phantasm, a track that has been kept under wraps for almost as long as the end of Homestuck itself. -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Referenced Tracks: -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Breath of the Wild Theme -- Sunsetter --- Track: Crystalmethequins (Broken Bad) Artist: Astro Kid Duration: '6:33' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalmethequins-broken-bad +- https://youtu.be/dIfHLsPtDJE +Cover Artists: +- tti Art Tags: - Vriska - Aradia - 'cw: cops' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalmethequins-broken-bad -- https://youtu.be/dIfHLsPtDJE +Referenced Tracks: +- Crystalmethequins Commentary: |- tti: dont do drugs ndividedbyzero: From the co-creator of smash hits Crystalmethequins and Beatup, and the composer of classics like Skaian Starstorm and Starblaze, comes an all-new drug fueled adventure! (Note: Don't do drugs, kids. Note 2: Don't even THINK of doing meth, trust on this one, please. Note 3: This isn't actually all-new, it's been around since 2013, but BOY is it still a doozy. Note 4: This is a remix of a remix of a remix. Are you a bad enough dude (or any casual moniker of your choice) to continue the chain? Note 5: I've run out of ntoes, so I guess... enjoy the song?!?!?) -Cover Artists: -- tti -Referenced Tracks: -- Crystalmethequins --- Track: Thyme on My Fries Artist: SplitSuns Duration: '3:24' -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Jake -- DD -- Carapacians -- 'cw: blood' -- 'cw: decapitation' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thyme-on-my-fries - https://youtu.be/IYZCJAMCWLg -Commentary: |- - SplitSuns: - This track was originally made for the Cool and New Music Team's "Cool and New Homestuck" project, remixing and parodying the various Homestuck Flashes. In case you can't tell, this song is a parody of Time on My Side. I mostly played it straight to the original song, changing the instrumentation and adding some twists of my own. Of course, there's some jokes thrown into the mix as well, such as the Crazy Frog theme song, Waters of Nazareth, and other subtle additions. All in all, I hope you like this song! It's good enough for Tensei to say "this is pretty good," so make of that what you will. - TwinBuilder: - When I saw that Thyme on My Fries' art was still unclaimed, I knew what I had to do. This is the result - a love letter to the song and the Flash it's parodying. - I wanted to make the dividing line horizontal, but I couldn't get it to work, so I went with the diagonal split, which I'm happier with. I wanted the Dirks to look like a playing card - maybe the Suicide King, as it looks like they're decapitating themselves. The hardest part of this was Derse. I knew I could take the easy way out and copy some buildings, but I pushed myself to draw everything on my own. I'm glad I did; I think it's the best part of the piece. (See if you can spot some familiar faces in the crowd of carapacians!) - Oh, and thanks to Nights for finding the image of the sun for the line in the middle. Cover Artists: - Ephemerald +Art Tags: +- Dirk +- Jake +- DD +- Carapacians +- 'cw: blood' +- 'cw: decapitation' Referenced Tracks: - Axel F - Time on My Side @@ -1818,22 +1811,24 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Vela-Nova - Unite Synchronization - track:MeGaLoVania +Commentary: |- + SplitSuns: + This track was originally made for the Cool and New Music Team's "Cool and New Homestuck" project, remixing and parodying the various Homestuck Flashes. In case you can't tell, this song is a parody of Time on My Side. I mostly played it straight to the original song, changing the instrumentation and adding some twists of my own. Of course, there's some jokes thrown into the mix as well, such as the Crazy Frog theme song, Waters of Nazareth, and other subtle additions. All in all, I hope you like this song! It's good enough for Tensei to say "this is pretty good," so make of that what you will. + TwinBuilder: + When I saw that Thyme on My Fries' art was still unclaimed, I knew what I had to do. This is the result - a love letter to the song and the Flash it's parodying. + I wanted to make the dividing line horizontal, but I couldn't get it to work, so I went with the diagonal split, which I'm happier with. I wanted the Dirks to look like a playing card - maybe the Suicide King, as it looks like they're decapitating themselves. The hardest part of this was Derse. I knew I could take the easy way out and copy some buildings, but I pushed myself to draw everything on my own. I'm glad I did; I think it's the best part of the piece. (See if you can spot some familiar faces in the crowd of carapacians!) + Oh, and thanks to Nights for finding the image of the sun for the line in the middle. --- Track: Raise of the Conductor's Baton Artist: Hadron Duration: '3:02' -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/raise-of-the-conductors-baton - https://youtu.be/8NgabIloI9U -Commentary: |- - Hadron: - Rise of the Conductor's baton is probably my most ambitious song I've made; I pulled all the stops for this song for [S] Finale of CANH. I knew from the start that I wanted to do an upbeat EDM-styled track, and I thought a remix of Beatfox's original Creata would be spectacular. - Makin: - This track was amde way back in November for the [S] Finale animation, a culmination of Cool and New Web Comic lore Hadron had been working on for a long time. The track features a bunch of obscure little refefernces like Skaian Voyages and Celestial Fantasia, both amazing Beatfox songs you should probably look up, and Formation, the Hadron song you've already listened to. Beatfox is a music god, and Hadron knew just how to combine all the good leitmotifs in order to make the song feel as grand and epic as humanly possible. I actually named this track, as I feel cool Homestuck quotes like "Raise of the Conductor's Baton" ought to be used when they fit the content (and indeed, Rose raises her wand... conductorly... in the animation mentioned above. Seriously, go watch [S] Finale when you're done with this album). Cover Artists: - Hadron +Art Tags: +- Alternate Calliope Referenced Tracks: - Formation - Skaia Voyages @@ -1842,25 +1837,30 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Another Jungle - Celestial Fantasia - Homestuck Anthem +Commentary: |- + Hadron: + Rise of the Conductor's baton is probably my most ambitious song I've made; I pulled all the stops for this song for [S] Finale of CANH. I knew from the start that I wanted to do an upbeat EDM-styled track, and I thought a remix of Beatfox's original Creata would be spectacular. + Makin: + This track was amde way back in November for the [S] Finale animation, a culmination of Cool and New Web Comic lore Hadron had been working on for a long time. The track features a bunch of obscure little refefernces like Skaian Voyages and Celestial Fantasia, both amazing Beatfox songs you should probably look up, and Formation, the Hadron song you've already listened to. Beatfox is a music god, and Hadron knew just how to combine all the good leitmotifs in order to make the song feel as grand and epic as humanly possible. I actually named this track, as I feel cool Homestuck quotes like "Raise of the Conductor's Baton" ought to be used when they fit the content (and indeed, Rose raises her wand... conductorly... in the animation mentioned above. Seriously, go watch [S] Finale when you're done with this album). --- Track: Radness from Concentrate Artist: Whimsy Duration: '3:19' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radness-from-concentrate - https://youtu.be/ruD5hcRqhIs +Cover Artists: +- piskomil +Art Tags: +- Dave +Referenced Tracks: +- track:beatdown-strider-style Commentary: |- Whimsy: I'd been trying to make a Strider theme for quite some time, when this idea struck me: What if instead of writing a Strider theme, I wrote THREE STRIDER THEMES? And then shoehorn in a variant of Beatdown because why not. But in all seriousness, the wildly different sections of the song was more accidental and natural than anything else. I like to think parts of the song imply the introspection and humanity behind Dave and Dirk's cooldude persona, like the comic often demonstrates to us. And if not, at least we get a couple minutes of cool blues scale noodling. piskomil: Radness is a rad song so it needed a rad track art and what is mroe rad than alpha dave saoring through space on unreal air? but there's also a bit of playfulness to the song which is why I added those shitty statues of liberty. Imagine dave with pockets full of shitty statues of liberty just tossing them down on the planet as he flies by. -Cover Artists: -- piskomil -Referenced Tracks: -- track:beatdown-strider-style --- Track: Conflict! Artist: Emelia K. @@ -1868,49 +1868,44 @@ Duration: '1:07' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/conflict - https://youtu.be/Duj1TbqQ4Bs +Cover Artists: +- yazshu Commentary: |- Emelia K.: made for redditstuck. homestuck is bad yazshu: since july 20th, 2016 i have made trackart for many variations of this song. i helped cryptanark create the very first mashup of this song. i have drawn the characters from a comic i dont even like that much more than my own. when i was sent the spreadsheet, and i saw it sitting on there, unclaimed, i knew i was the only man capable of doing this. thank you emelia k for creating my entire career. -Cover Artists: -- yazshu --- Track: Solar Momentum Artist: Nicholas Nakano Duration: '2:51' -Art Tags: -- PM -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/solar-momentum - https://youtu.be/rV9WHJyx30A -Commentary: |- - Nicholas Nakano: - This was one of my first truly good songs, having distinct sections. Also included my first guitar solo. At the time of creation, I was playing VVVVVV, and it is now one of my favorite games of all time (the music being especially good). I hope y'all enjoy. - Mags: - The pairing of aggressive electric guitar and elegant violin immediately made me think of the similarly aggressive-but-elegant PM, and the snazzy chip tune flair inspired the pixelated art style. Cover Artists: - Mags +Art Tags: +- PM +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - Pushing Onwards - Sunsetter +Commentary: |- + Nicholas Nakano: + This was one of my first truly good songs, having distinct sections. Also included my first guitar solo. At the time of creation, I was playing VVVVVV, and it is now one of my favorite games of all time (the music being especially good). I hope y'all enjoy. + Mags: + The pairing of aggressive electric guitar and elegant violin immediately made me think of the similarly aggressive-but-elegant PM, and the snazzy chip tune flair inspired the pixelated art style. --- Track: -Omega- Timeline Artist: Aris Martinian Duration: '3:07' -Art Tags: -- Terezi URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/omega-timeline - https://youtu.be/qAG2vYH3gzA -Commentary: |- - Aris Martinian: - This is the song on LOFAM 4 that I'm most proud of, and was the most fun to make. Yes, it's Gold Pilot. Yes there are like seven other songs on LOFAM 4 that use Gold Pilot. But I do think I did a lot with it, and this piece showcases a bunch of different things. It starts with pretty standard Gold Pilot, and then slowly grows into the subversion that is the Gunshow 2 Theme, followed by a drop. Then there's a section inspired by Of Gods and Witches, then whatever the fuck happens at 1:42. Bring back the Gold Pilot with a new beat, and then end with Formation. Dumb weird fadeout that I definitely could've improved somehow but I was lazy. I wrote -Omega- Timeline with the Game Over timeline in mind—the dark feel and the choirs peppered throughout reflect the devastation to the A2 session, the Of Gods and Witches section is somewhat of a tribute to... dead kids? And the next section is a tribute to... uh, the happiness that's gone? I don't know, come up with some meaning there yourself. Most of this piece was me going for a specific feel rather than a specific meaning. Also, the dashes in the name are more for my own amusement than anything. -ω- - ndividedbyzero: - Omega Timeline is a song about the Game Over timeline, which Terezi heavily assists in healing with a plan she formed herself. Naturally, then, it works for the art to show Terezi in the middle of her final journey in this timeline, inches away from finding her true potential. It fits the adventurous and determined nature of the song pretty well! The fact that the letter Omega is associated with Libra helps too, of course. Cover Artists: - cobaltmoth +Art Tags: +- Terezi Referenced Tracks: - Gold Pilot - English @@ -1919,27 +1914,32 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Science Blaster - Formation - track:sburban-jungle +Commentary: |- + Aris Martinian: + This is the song on LOFAM 4 that I'm most proud of, and was the most fun to make. Yes, it's Gold Pilot. Yes there are like seven other songs on LOFAM 4 that use Gold Pilot. But I do think I did a lot with it, and this piece showcases a bunch of different things. It starts with pretty standard Gold Pilot, and then slowly grows into the subversion that is the Gunshow 2 Theme, followed by a drop. Then there's a section inspired by Of Gods and Witches, then whatever the fuck happens at 1:42. Bring back the Gold Pilot with a new beat, and then end with Formation. Dumb weird fadeout that I definitely could've improved somehow but I was lazy. I wrote -Omega- Timeline with the Game Over timeline in mind—the dark feel and the choirs peppered throughout reflect the devastation to the A2 session, the Of Gods and Witches section is somewhat of a tribute to... dead kids? And the next section is a tribute to... uh, the happiness that's gone? I don't know, come up with some meaning there yourself. Most of this piece was me going for a specific feel rather than a specific meaning. Also, the dashes in the name are more for my own amusement than anything. -ω- + ndividedbyzero: + Omega Timeline is a song about the Game Over timeline, which Terezi heavily assists in healing with a plan she formed herself. Naturally, then, it works for the art to show Terezi in the middle of her final journey in this timeline, inches away from finding her true potential. It fits the adventurous and determined nature of the song pretty well! The fact that the letter Omega is associated with Libra helps too, of course. --- Track: Emerald Cinders Artist: Grace Medley Duration: '5:12' -Art Tags: -- Snowman URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-cinders - https://youtu.be/XpIc_vizYRw -Commentary: |- - Grace Medley: - This song started out as a test to see if I could replicate that bassy blare from every major action film trailer from the past six or so years. Then, it evolved into a Rhapsody in Green cover, and the rest is history. While making this I had the image of the Midnight Crew's casino burning down as Spades struggles to escape, then I re-thought it over with Lord English's arrival into Jack's body, then Jake's battle against the leprechauns, until I eventually decided, "as long as it's Felt-themed, this song is about it". There are a few references to Felt-based songs in here, too. The aforementioned Rhapsody in Green, the eerie variation of English from early on in Carne Vale, the opening from Afraid of the Darko (although quite drastically rewritten for a cinematic vibe) and a hopeful piano reprise of Carne Vale as a reflection of the first defeat Jake had left the Felt with. Then it concludes with the tail-end of English, because the Felt never truly stay down. - sonotcanon: - snowman a la mal from inception. credit to power for the concept! Cover Artists: - sonotcanon +Art Tags: +- Snowman Referenced Tracks: - Rhapsody in Green - Afraid of the Darko - Carne Vale - English +Commentary: |- + Grace Medley: + This song started out as a test to see if I could replicate that bassy blare from every major action film trailer from the past six or so years. Then, it evolved into a Rhapsody in Green cover, and the rest is history. While making this I had the image of the Midnight Crew's casino burning down as Spades struggles to escape, then I re-thought it over with Lord English's arrival into Jack's body, then Jake's battle against the leprechauns, until I eventually decided, "as long as it's Felt-themed, this song is about it". There are a few references to Felt-based songs in here, too. The aforementioned Rhapsody in Green, the eerie variation of English from early on in Carne Vale, the opening from Afraid of the Darko (although quite drastically rewritten for a cinematic vibe) and a hopeful piano reprise of Carne Vale as a reflection of the first defeat Jake had left the Felt with. Then it concludes with the tail-end of English, because the Felt never truly stay down. + sonotcanon: + snowman a la mal from inception. credit to power for the concept! --- Track: Sugar Cubes Artist: Kusoro @@ -1947,6 +1947,8 @@ Duration: '1:44' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sugar-cubes - https://youtu.be/DZd5TAXggSA +Cover Artists: +- fuchsi Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: There's no music or art commentary on this track (which by the way is incredibly catchy and cute), so instead I'll pose a relevant question. How many songs with Mario Paint cat meows do you think are on this album? 2? 3? 4? Just this one? All 105? I'll tell you: there are 6. Six Mario Paint meow songs on the album, including this one. Approximately 5.71% of all Land of Fans and Music 4 tracks have Mario Paint cat meows in them. Now, that might not seem impressive, but let's put this in perspective: that's triple the number of tracks about Vriska. Whether that's good or bad, I'll leave to you. @@ -1954,8 +1956,6 @@ Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: A serene landscape painting by fuchsi. Let's be honest here, that tea is probably so saturated with sugar that drinking it will probably give you diabetes as soon as it enters your bloodstream. -Cover Artists: -- fuchsi --- Track: Fond Regard Artist: Lark Mordancy @@ -1963,24 +1963,30 @@ Duration: '3:51' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fond-regard - https://youtu.be/_C0iTqg5JFo +Cover Artists: +- Selan Pike Commentary: |- Lark Mordancy: This song was inspired by the cosmogonical aspects of the MSPA universe(s), and by those universes' cryptic creators. Selan Pike: GPI: Fondly regard Selan spending too much time fiddling with the background -Cover Artists: -- Selan Pike --- Track: Prospitian Monody Artist: Viko Riféo Duration: '2:04' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-monody +- https://youtu.be/DvWBb8vi4-I +Cover Artists: +- Jas Art Tags: - Carapacians - 'cw: blood' - 'cw: corpses' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-monody -- https://youtu.be/DvWBb8vi4-I +Referenced Tracks: +- Cascade (Beta) +- Rhapsody in Green +- Rex Duodecim Angelus Commentary: |- Viko Riféo: I honestly can't believe this got in. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm satisfied with it, but seriously this took ages to get to a publishable state. @@ -1989,12 +1995,6 @@ Commentary: |- wheals: Jas posted a quite different original version of this art, showing a funeral procession of sorts for the king's impaled head, but replaced it with this even more impressive composition featuring a more dynamic posee and focused around a central Dersite. There was some disagreement on the discord server whether it looked better with or without the tree in the top left, which ended with the tree being put in at 8% transparency. Also johndave is a bad ship suck it viko -Cover Artists: -- Jas -Referenced Tracks: -- Cascade (Beta) -- Rhapsody in Green -- Rex Duodecim Angelus --- Track: Shatter Artist: Kanishka @@ -2002,13 +2002,6 @@ Duration: '1:58' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shatter - https://youtu.be/dxjSHHDLekQ -Commentary: |- - Kanishka: - The song itself is supposed to be some kind of a ham-fisted theme for the Reckoning, and its name refers both to Skaia being bombarded with meteors and Prospit moon crashing into the battlefield with no survivors. - Just a lazy attempt at trying to combine fabled The Baby Is You with ever-elusive and almost mythical Double Midnight at first, Shatter eventually evolved into somewhat fleshed out song. Yeah, it lacks originality, essentially being a simple medley, but I was more interested in making DnB-y stuff with a bunch of Homestuck motifs thrown together than composing something completely from scratch. - I think I'm more or less satisfied with the end result, even though it hardly resembles jungle (as a music genre, not, you know, Sburban Jungle or anything). Anyway, I hope you like it. - Andiavang: - "Boom boom boom boom
I want you in my room
Let's spend the night together
From now until forever
Boom boom boom boom
I wanna double boom
Let's spend the night together
Together in my room" - Vengaboys Cover Artists: - Andiavang Referenced Tracks: @@ -2017,23 +2010,30 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Penumbra Phantasm - A Baby Legend - The Baby is 2 - Dirgeish +Commentary: |- + Kanishka: + The song itself is supposed to be some kind of a ham-fisted theme for the Reckoning, and its name refers both to Skaia being bombarded with meteors and Prospit moon crashing into the battlefield with no survivors. + Just a lazy attempt at trying to combine fabled The Baby Is You with ever-elusive and almost mythical Double Midnight at first, Shatter eventually evolved into somewhat fleshed out song. Yeah, it lacks originality, essentially being a simple medley, but I was more interested in making DnB-y stuff with a bunch of Homestuck motifs thrown together than composing something completely from scratch. + I think I'm more or less satisfied with the end result, even though it hardly resembles jungle (as a music genre, not, you know, Sburban Jungle or anything). Anyway, I hope you like it. + Andiavang: + "Boom boom boom boom
I want you in my room
Let's spend the night together
From now until forever
Boom boom boom boom
I wanna double boom
Let's spend the night together
Together in my room" - Vengaboys --- Track: Denizen Artist: Kouta Duration: '5:46' -Art Tags: -- Denizens -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/denizen - https://youtu.be/Avz8eRHnoDA +Cover Artists: +- AS +Art Tags: +- Denizens +- John Commentary: |- Kouta: This was my first foray into dubstep, and looking back on it, I could have done a lot better. I wrote this as a sort of mock-up "flash soundtrack", hitting a lot of different styles at different points in the song. At the time, though, I was experimenting with a lot of different things, and it's actually pretty good for what it was. This was also my entrance into sampling, which helped me get the experience needed to start writing newer, fresher material, by listening to other peoples' far better maerial. AS: Typheus may not be pretty to look at, but he is not a bad guy at all! -Cover Artists: -- AS --- Track: Ultimate Alchemy Artist: Interrobang @@ -2043,13 +2043,6 @@ Duration: '2:20' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ultimate-alchemy - https://youtu.be/0mYCTAeiHGw -Commentary: |- - Interrobang: - The song that eventually came to be known as Ultimate Alchemy started at a time I found myself listening to Volume 7's Earthsea Borealis, which remains one of my favorite Homestuck songs ever. One day, a melody popped into my head, and I started writing. At some point in the composition process I decided I might as well try to submit the song to LOFAM4, and with quite a bit of much-appreciated feedback from the judges, got it into a completed state. The biggest surprise as I was finishing up work occurred when Viko Riféo pointed out that what I had thought was the original melody throughout the song was in fact Bilions, which is a great song from the Genesis Frog album that I had embarrassingly forgotten about. - A lot of people helped me to get this song into the state that it's in now, and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank them. Thanks to Viko Riféo and Kusoro, who both had some really great ideas on mastering and percussion that ultimately didn't make it into the final song; to Wheals for giving it a final name, and ESPECIALLY to Seijen, whose mastering made the final product much better than I could have ever thought. And of course many, many, many thanks to Circlejourney, whose art is indescribably fitting and amazing. Finally I'd like to thank the LOFAM4 team for all their help and support, y'all are a bunch of great people and it's been an honor to have this opportunity. - Circlejourney: - The track is clearly about the Ultimate Alchemy, which I also find it very evocative of. I took that prompt on as faithfully as I could. - This is one part of a larger iamge formed of the covers of this, [[Crystalendofgames]], and [[Black Hole / White Door]]. Cover Artists: - Circlejourney Referenced Tracks: @@ -2059,17 +2052,26 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Umbral Ultimatum - track:endless-climb - Even in Death +Commentary: |- + Interrobang: + The song that eventually came to be known as Ultimate Alchemy started at a time I found myself listening to Volume 7's Earthsea Borealis, which remains one of my favorite Homestuck songs ever. One day, a melody popped into my head, and I started writing. At some point in the composition process I decided I might as well try to submit the song to LOFAM4, and with quite a bit of much-appreciated feedback from the judges, got it into a completed state. The biggest surprise as I was finishing up work occurred when Viko Riféo pointed out that what I had thought was the original melody throughout the song was in fact Bilions, which is a great song from the Genesis Frog album that I had embarrassingly forgotten about. + A lot of people helped me to get this song into the state that it's in now, and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank them. Thanks to Viko Riféo and Kusoro, who both had some really great ideas on mastering and percussion that ultimately didn't make it into the final song; to Wheals for giving it a final name, and ESPECIALLY to Seijen, whose mastering made the final product much better than I could have ever thought. And of course many, many, many thanks to Circlejourney, whose art is indescribably fitting and amazing. Finally I'd like to thank the LOFAM4 team for all their help and support, y'all are a bunch of great people and it's been an honor to have this opportunity. + Circlejourney: + The track is clearly about the Ultimate Alchemy, which I also find it very evocative of. I took that prompt on as faithfully as I could. + This is one part of a larger iamge formed of the covers of this, [[Crystalendofgames]], and [[Black Hole / White Door]]. --- Track: The Sock Ruse Artist: Alex Votl Contributors: - Facetious (Alex Votl) & Friends Duration: '3:06' -Art Tags: -- SBaHJ URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sock-ruse - https://youtu.be/id6W02iqdwk +Cover Artists: +- Nick Tucker +Art Tags: +- SBaHJ Lyrics: |- (Please [[static:feedback|send me]] the lyrics, i love them but i cannot make out a few parts <3) From Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff, page 7. @@ -2081,58 +2083,59 @@ Commentary: |- In the modern classic piece of literature, "Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff: THe Sock Ruse", the titular Hella Jeff orchestrates an intricate plot to distract his compatriot Sweet Bro with the most unassuming of items: a pair of lost grey socks. The items in question, the socks, are lying in plain sight. However, there is an unintended turn. Sweet Bro spins off into a monologue, nay, a soliloquy as to the nature of socks and marijuana consumption. Hella Jeff did not forsee this consequence. But he does not hesitate to capitalise, fulfilling his desire nonetheless. The vehicle in possession, the theme of walking backwards into the future is rendered physically manifest, with the metaphor of reversing Sweet Bro's car into a large body of water outside the companions' lakeside property. This is the point from which I drew my inspiration for my illustration. This is the now. This is the moment. Where is Hella Jeff going? He knows not. There is dramatic irony here: we, the readers and long-time followers of Dave Strider's work know full well what will unfold: nothing, ad infinitum. But Hella Jeff is living in the moment: he HAS the car. He knows not what awaits him. He makes eye contact with you, slyly breaking the fourth wall. Almost... beckoning. Come with me, he says. Live for the present. Become an animal of the now. -Cover Artists: -- Nick Tucker --- Track: Juju Breaker Artist: ndividedbyzero Duration: '4:10' -Art Tags: -- The Felt URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/juju-breaker - https://youtu.be/W46m0Qyes5g -Commentary: |- - ndividedbyzero: - I always figured "Juju Breaker" would be a cool name for a song, so I kept that name in mind and centered the feel of this song aorund it. It's a track about Crowbar, but more specifically Crowbar's crowbar. Its long chronology goes nearly entirely under the radar, as does the smooth green mobster named after it. Think of this track as a means towards rectifying that. - The song was made with a particular narrative in mind, with each section of the song signifying another step in the juju's journey. Crowbar leads the Felt on Alternia, crowbar in hand. Slick steals the crowbar and opens the Felt vault, distorting spacetime. Kurloz finds the crowbar in a memory and hands it to Gamzee. The meteor reaches B2, and the crowbar is given to B2 Jack Noir. He destroys his prison, then fights some kinds and himself on top of a building. He and the crowbar are sucked into a black hole. The juju is thus brought to a dead Earth. Gamzee again hands the crowbar to his lord, Caliborn. With the crowbar in his possession, Caliborn trudges through his Sburb session, planet by planet. He builds an ensemble of loyal leprechaun people, including Crowbar himself. Finally, the crowbar is given back to Crowbar, who will later lead the Felt on Alternia. With so many diverging timelines in the intermission alone, we are left to guess whether the cycle will repeat again, or be cut off. - Griever: - You know, the great thing about Homestuck is that a lot of panels are so iconic that Hussie more or less traces over them to make a new panel, and it still looks great, and people love him for it. And this self-referential quality extends to fanworks too. Makes my job easier. - Oh right, on another note, Crowbar's pretty sweet, I guess. Enjoy. Cover Artists: - Griever +Art Tags: +- The Felt Referenced Tracks: - Purple Bard - track:sburban-jungle - track:explore - English - Eternity Served Cold +Commentary: |- + ndividedbyzero: + I always figured "Juju Breaker" would be a cool name for a song, so I kept that name in mind and centered the feel of this song aorund it. It's a track about Crowbar, but more specifically Crowbar's crowbar. Its long chronology goes nearly entirely under the radar, as does the smooth green mobster named after it. Think of this track as a means towards rectifying that. + The song was made with a particular narrative in mind, with each section of the song signifying another step in the juju's journey. Crowbar leads the Felt on Alternia, crowbar in hand. Slick steals the crowbar and opens the Felt vault, distorting spacetime. Kurloz finds the crowbar in a memory and hands it to Gamzee. The meteor reaches B2, and the crowbar is given to B2 Jack Noir. He destroys his prison, then fights some kinds and himself on top of a building. He and the crowbar are sucked into a black hole. The juju is thus brought to a dead Earth. Gamzee again hands the crowbar to his lord, Caliborn. With the crowbar in his possession, Caliborn trudges through his Sburb session, planet by planet. He builds an ensemble of loyal leprechaun people, including Crowbar himself. Finally, the crowbar is given back to Crowbar, who will later lead the Felt on Alternia. With so many diverging timelines in the intermission alone, we are left to guess whether the cycle will repeat again, or be cut off. + Griever: + You know, the great thing about Homestuck is that a lot of panels are so iconic that Hussie more or less traces over them to make a new panel, and it still looks great, and people love him for it. And this self-referential quality extends to fanworks too. Makes my job easier. + Oh right, on another note, Crowbar's pretty sweet, I guess. Enjoy. --- Track: Tragic Heights Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:02' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tragic-heights - https://youtu.be/9_IU46cLUq4 +Cover Artists: +- nights +Art Tags: +- Dirk Commentary: |- nights: Another very nice track for the Alpha kids' medium, this time for LOTAK. Unlike my other art pieces on LoFaM, I used SAI for this instead of the usual MS Paint. It's a nice change of pace to be working with another art program. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: This is one of Ferkol's 3 tracks that were created for the planets of the alpha session. (In particular, this was created for Dirk's planet: The Land of Tombs and Krypton.) Although this song never saw an official release, now you can enjoy it here, on Land of Fans and Music 4. Or on Ferkol's soundcloud. You can also listen to this song on Ferkol's soundtrack. Starting off with simple choir alongside plucked strings, this piece builds up slightly, before letting a synthesizer take us deeper, as if we are descending onto the surface of Dirk's planet. As the piece continues, more and more electronic instruments come in, as the landscape becomes harsher and harsher. Yet, throughout it all, the strings remain steadfast. -Cover Artists: -- nights --- Track: Waltz for Calliope Artist: Shandy Duration: '3:03' -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/waltz-for-calliope - https://youtu.be/o3hdT6bOXvk +Cover Artists: +- Quietserval +- Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- Alternate Calliope Commentary: |- Shandy: It always struck me how different alt!Calliope was from her friendly, happy-go-lucky counterpart—she almost seemed like a different character. Alt!Calliope had given up on ever feeling happy or fulfilled. She only had a single solitary purpose left to her: to die. I wrote this song as a melancholy elegy for a lost soul. @@ -2140,53 +2143,55 @@ Commentary: |- A representation of alternate Calliope's journey to achieve her ultimate goal. Circlejourney: I love dealing with dark foreground figures against bright backgrounds, so this was fun to add the final touches to. I got a sense of what Quietserval was going for this drawing from talking to them, and tried to realise that in its fullest. -Cover Artists: -- Quietserval -- Circlejourney --- Track: Everlasting Artist: Joe Ouellet Duration: '4:40' -Art Tags: -- Roxy URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/everlasting - https://youtu.be/oDwdsffF2yk -Commentary: |- - Joe Ouellet: - Dream bubbles allow the various players of Sburb a chance at an Everlasting life. I wanted to illustrate the feeling of traversing these bubbles and exploring the infinite possibilities they create. - PatManDX: - When I hear the song, it's a no brainer that it was about Roxy in the dreambubbles, being a remix of 'Even in Death' and all. What was tricky was figuring out what exactly to show in the track art: what angle, what aspect of the dreambubbles, and so on. I didn't want to make the art too busy, so I went for a simpler piece that showcased one of the grander moments of the 'Roxy: Sleepwalk' flash—where the music swells as Roxy falls into that dream bubble. Pinks and purples were used cause they pop on the black, and they're nice mysterious colors. Cover Artists: - PatManDX +Art Tags: +- Roxy Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle - track:doctor - track:endless-climb - Even in Death +Commentary: |- + Joe Ouellet: + Dream bubbles allow the various players of Sburb a chance at an Everlasting life. I wanted to illustrate the feeling of traversing these bubbles and exploring the infinite possibilities they create. + PatManDX: + When I hear the song, it's a no brainer that it was about Roxy in the dreambubbles, being a remix of 'Even in Death' and all. What was tricky was figuring out what exactly to show in the track art: what angle, what aspect of the dreambubbles, and so on. I didn't want to make the art too busy, so I went for a simpler piece that showcased one of the grander moments of the 'Roxy: Sleepwalk' flash—where the music swells as Roxy falls into that dream bubble. Pinks and purples were used cause they pop on the black, and they're nice mysterious colors. --- Track: Crystalline Repose Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '5:42' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalline-repose - https://youtu.be/-3Cld2xx2gI -Commentary: |- - dodostad: - I was just trying to capture Aradia to the sweet tunes of the song! - ndividedbyzero: - Chrono Trigger is a great game. Corridors of Time is a great song. Crystalanthemums is also a great song. Any questions? Cover Artists: - dodostad +Art Tags: +- Aradia Referenced Tracks: - Corridors of Time - Crystalanthemums +Commentary: |- + dodostad: + I was just trying to capture Aradia to the sweet tunes of the song! + ndividedbyzero: + Chrono Trigger is a great game. Corridors of Time is a great song. Crystalanthemums is also a great song. Any questions? --- Track: Black Hole / White Door Artist: ehlsea Duration: '3:14' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-hole-white-door +- https://youtu.be/ZQ2rZH_4xWY +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -2200,9 +2205,11 @@ Art Tags: - Kanaya - Terezi - Calliope -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-hole-white-door -- https://youtu.be/ZQ2rZH_4xWY +Referenced Tracks: +- Black Rose / Green Sun +- track:chorale-for-jaspers +- Courser +- Black Hole / Green Sun Commentary: |- Circlejourney: This track was assigned to me after the original artist dropped out. I decided to further extend the image formed of [[Crystalendofgames]]' and [[Ultimate Alchemy]]'s track illustrations after several people expressed assent when I aired the idea on the LoFaM server. @@ -2210,17 +2217,15 @@ Commentary: |- While brainstorming illustration concepts, I immediately ot attached to the idea of an image of the victory platform gang silhouetted in the light of the Sburb logo, and went with it. It's a shame that this scene is physically impossible due to the clouds being higher than the victory platform, but the picture looks far too plain without them. Kal-la-kal-la: The final boss is beaten. The game is won. The lights fade and the world begins to disappear. A gaping maw drags all into it, even the very fabric of reality. In the distance, a door opens. -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Referenced Tracks: -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Courser -- Black Hole / Green Sun --- Track: Strife Mayhem Artist: Musical Panini Duration: '5:39' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strife-mayhem +- https://youtu.be/dZ7CuLWkK74 +Cover Artists: +- Scarodactyl Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -2259,16 +2264,6 @@ Art Tags: - The Felt - AH - Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strife-mayhem -- https://youtu.be/dZ7CuLWkK74 -Commentary: |- - Tri-gender Panini: - This song didn't actually start out as a Homestuck song when I was first making it. It went from tune stuck in my head, then into a random song that I was calling Metallic Mayhem, then into Flare, then into a practice into motifs, then into what is now apparently my most popular by far! - Scarodactyl: - I have wanted to do something like this for a long time. Final Fantasy 6 is a big inspiration for me, particularly the in-battle sprites and backgrounds. Homestuck, with its numerous great designs, seemed like it would be really fun to render in this style. When I saw Strife Mayhem on the song list I knew what I had to do--a large-scale battle with lots of characters to match an amazing battle song with lots of leitmotifs. I pulled a few elements from my previous track arts which were sort of stabs in the same direction, particularly the background from Medium and the handmaid from Maidswap. The GUI is also a bit of a reference to the previous track art for this song on Cool and New Volume 7. -Cover Artists: -- Scarodactyl Referenced Tracks: - Flare - Eternity Served Cold @@ -2278,66 +2273,71 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Crystamanthequins - track:black - track:MeGaLoVania +Commentary: |- + Tri-gender Panini: + This song didn't actually start out as a Homestuck song when I was first making it. It went from tune stuck in my head, then into a random song that I was calling Metallic Mayhem, then into Flare, then into a practice into motifs, then into what is now apparently my most popular by far! + Scarodactyl: + I have wanted to do something like this for a long time. Final Fantasy 6 is a big inspiration for me, particularly the in-battle sprites and backgrounds. Homestuck, with its numerous great designs, seemed like it would be really fun to render in this style. When I saw Strife Mayhem on the song list I knew what I had to do--a large-scale battle with lots of characters to match an amazing battle song with lots of leitmotifs. I pulled a few elements from my previous track arts which were sort of stabs in the same direction, particularly the background from Medium and the handmaid from Maidswap. The GUI is also a bit of a reference to the previous track art for this song on Cool and New Volume 7. --- Track: Moonsetter (Strider Remix) Artist: Cement City Duration: '2:26' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/moonsetter-strider-remix +- https://youtu.be/sbsaBi8OH2c +Cover Artists: +- Kate Griffith Art Tags: - Dave - Dirk - HB - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/moonsetter-strider-remix -- https://youtu.be/sbsaBi8OH2c +Referenced Tracks: +- Moonsetter +- Mad About the Boy Commentary: |- Grace Medley: Cement City doesn't normally do music like this, so hearing Toby Fox's Moonsetter remixed into a laid-back, yet high energy neopsychedelic piece is a blast of fresh air, especially for someone like myself, who practically grew up listening to experimental electronic music. Despite the track's simplicity, it somehow succeeds in pulling off an atmosphere all of its own, and makes one of Toby's catchiest tunes even catchier. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: Honestly, the head of an ogre doesn't sound like the most comfortable chair to me, but evidently, the Striders disagree. I guess they're too... cool... -Cover Artists: -- Kate Griffith -Referenced Tracks: -- Moonsetter -- Mad About the Boy --- Track: Exsanguinated Artist: Seijen Duration: '4:26' -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/exsanguinated - https://youtu.be/_X8T8PjS8N4 +Cover Artists: +- Kate Griffith +Art Tags: +- Kanaya +- 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- Seijen: Time and time again I make a drum and bass song and im never satisfied with the drum mix. Like the time befoe and that time before. The snare is powerful but the kicks are never too prominent without being overtly compressed. Its always the same as the last time. But this track was a little different, instead I said "ooh that was horrible" because like the time before the kicks never seem to be enough. Its just the same as the last time. But those basses though. so ill. I feel sick now. Just like that time I ate at that Chinese place. I got sick there the time before but that was a year before. "Oh that was so gross" I uttered after taking my first bite of that gen. tso chicken. It was just the same as the last time. Kal-la-kal-la: The concept of vampires has existed for millennia. There seems to be a split amongst modern depictions between vampires as grotesque being and vampires as alluring and beautiful. Exsanguinated, with its vocal samples describing disgust, expresses this, and the track art displays the dichotomy well, depicting a very beautiful Kanaya Maryam with blood in all the colours of the rainbow dripping from her mouth. Were it that Homestuck neurofunk should have a particular aesthetic sensibility, it would be bloodied rainbow-drinkers. -Cover Artists: -- Kate Griffith --- Track: Premortem Artist: Noisemaker Duration: '2:12' -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- Kurloz URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/premortem - https://youtu.be/5cJNegoYjuU -Commentary: |- - Noisemaker: - If some of you thought this was le canrival from Cool and New Webcomic's V8LUME, then you'd be right! I initially made le canrival as a Cool and New Webcomic track, but the folks over on the Land of Fans and Music team took some interest in it. So, we arranged to have it put on the next LOFAM, under a new, more classy name. - 0syTezy: - this track art you see right here took over two months of work as we needed to space out time for other projects as well. the setting takes place in the land of tents and mirth as shown. the experience of creating this project was sorta stressful but fun. it was mostly stressful for me since I had many other things I needed to work on. EllenZarael worked with me over the course of the drawing. Cover Artists: - 0ysTezy - EllenZarael +Art Tags: +- Gamzee +- Kurloz Referenced Tracks: - Purple Tyrant - track:crustacean +Commentary: |- + Noisemaker: + If some of you thought this was le canrival from Cool and New Webcomic's V8LUME, then you'd be right! I initially made le canrival as a Cool and New Webcomic track, but the folks over on the Land of Fans and Music team took some interest in it. So, we arranged to have it put on the next LOFAM, under a new, more classy name. + 0syTezy: + this track art you see right here took over two months of work as we needed to space out time for other projects as well. the setting takes place in the land of tents and mirth as shown. the experience of creating this project was sorta stressful but fun. it was mostly stressful for me since I had many other things I needed to work on. EllenZarael worked with me over the course of the drawing. --- Track: Fruitjam Artist: ndividedbyzero @@ -2345,6 +2345,30 @@ Duration: '3:34' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fruitjam - https://youtu.be/kKKh0izriyc +Cover Artists: +- sweetjegus +Referenced Tracks: +- Your Best Friend +- Softly +- Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall +- Safe Return +- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent +- An Apple Disaster!! +- Ryuunosuke Akutagawa's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend +- Bad Apple!! +- Native Faith +- The Primal Scene of Japan the Girl Saw +- Menu (Full) +- Sleeping Terror +- Homestuck Anthem +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns +- Calamari Inkantation +- Feel (Alive) +- Hopes and Dreams +- Theme +- September Pumpkin +- Theme of Eastern Story +- Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station Commentary: |- ndividedbyzero: This song was formed out of a spontaneous idea by the LOFAM team to create a song about the happy fruits Jade carries along with her in Act 3, as well as Toby FOx's "fan character" Apple Girlington, who was based on the ever-popular Touhou Project series. These intersecting characters united for one song, and the result is a mega-medley featuring references to songs from Homestuck, Touhou, Toby Fox's Touhou improvisations and... Undertale? Yeah! As progress of the song went along, I envisioned it perhaps being made by the Beta Kids in-universe. All their corresponding instruments are here, after all. Remember when they'd collaborate on songs and post it to each other on FreshJamz? Good times. @@ -2377,81 +2401,51 @@ Commentary: |- - [[September Pumpkin]] - 3:02-3:05 - [[Theme of Eastern Story]] - 3:05-3:27 - [[Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station]] - 3:18-3:29 -Cover Artists: -- sweetjegus -Referenced Tracks: -- Your Best Friend -- Softly -- Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall -- Safe Return -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -- An Apple Disaster!! -- Ryuunosuke Akutagawa's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend -- Bad Apple!! -- Native Faith -- The Primal Scene of Japan the Girl Saw -- Menu (Full) -- Sleeping Terror -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Calamari Inkantation -- Feel (Alive) -- Hopes and Dreams -- Theme -- September Pumpkin -- Theme of Eastern Story -- Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station --- Track: Lightfall Artist: nights Duration: '1:47' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lightfall - https://youtu.be/Wmop6vIepPs +Cover Artists: +- nights +Art Tags: +- Rose Commentary: |- nights: This piece was originally for CaNMT, although it was still about the character Rose Lalonde. Perhaps you're wondering why someone would release a track on CaNMT, before putting it on LoFaM, but that was due to my joining LoFaM after this song was published. I worked on this song for nearly 2 months, so the production was a pretty complicated process - but at least I could finish it. It doesn't matter how long it took, what matters is that it's done. Originally, using pianos wasn't a part of my plan - the step before it was to use violins and Pavellion strings, because violin is Rose's instrument. But I couldn't pull it off so I switched to extremely romantic pianos midway through production. However, if I did take the pianos off I feel this track would've suffered a lot of pain, barring its size. In the end there really wasn't much that survived of my original image of this track, but I'm still happy with what I ended up with. Lightfall was my first song published anywhere, so you could say this is a big song for me. I envisioned the scene of Rose playing on LOLAR for this art as well as the song. I can't count how many timse I redrew this piece before finally getting it to look good, since I'm only a beginner at drawing scenery. I'm glad it turned out nicely in the end though. Also I gotta say, doing art for your own songs is kind of weird. :p -Cover Artists: -- nights --- Track: Blanc Artist: Sean Gorter Duration: '5:00' -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blanc - https://youtu.be/_q2ox0WK1g4 +Cover Artists: +- Daniel McDonald +Art Tags: +- Midnight Crew +Referenced Tracks: +- track:black Commentary: |- Sean Gorter: The base idea for this song's groove came about in late 2011 when I noticed the repeated piano riff was just an E-flat blues scale Radiation messed with, and I started laying it over a Latin-style chord rhythm and liked what I heard. I thought to myself, "this must be what it sonds like when the Midnight Crew just jams", and before I knew it I had a remix idea in my head. Something I've always loved about the original mix I did, poorly executed as it was, was how it took an idea we know to be so dark within the Homestuck universe and turned it into a light, relaxing, foot-tapping piece, something the Crew might have done in happier times. Daniel McDonald: It's been long enough since I made this image that I don't have much that I can remember to say about this, beyond feeling like I really nailed Boxcars' face. -Cover Artists: -- Daniel McDonald -Referenced Tracks: -- track:black --- Track: Collision Course (Davepeta's Movement) Artist: SplitSuns Duration: '4:05' -Art Tags: -- Davepeta -- Lil Cal URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/collision-course-davepetas-movement - https://youtu.be/sIJW6g2kygU -Commentary: |- - SplitSuns: - This song was originally made for the Cool and New Music Team, but I went with a much more Homestuck slant than a cool and new one for this track. I wanted to take Upward Movement and change it into something more EDM and techno, so I chopped and screwed traditional strings and mixed them into the powerful drum tracks and synths you hear in the song. I wanted to include motifs from both Dave and Nepeta as they're two halves of Davepeta's whole. I also incorporated caws and meows for the same effect. Finally, I put the Undertale track CORE in the song because of that one scene in EOA6 (you know the one.) There's an additional reference at that point if you're listening carefully! Although this song was challenging to make, I think it turned out very well in the end. - Shadok: - this used to be a normal edit of the Upward Movement cover but greatest hits 2 happened on the cool and new music team so i decided to redo it. i experimented a lot with the shading but in the end, i kept something simple - Cover Artists: - Shadok +Art Tags: +- Davepeta +- Lil Cal Referenced Tracks: - track:upward-movement-dave-owns - track:beatdown-strider-style @@ -2460,17 +2454,53 @@ Referenced Tracks: - English - Olive Rogue - Hardchorale +Commentary: |- + SplitSuns: + This song was originally made for the Cool and New Music Team, but I went with a much more Homestuck slant than a cool and new one for this track. I wanted to take Upward Movement and change it into something more EDM and techno, so I chopped and screwed traditional strings and mixed them into the powerful drum tracks and synths you hear in the song. I wanted to include motifs from both Dave and Nepeta as they're two halves of Davepeta's whole. I also incorporated caws and meows for the same effect. Finally, I put the Undertale track CORE in the song because of that one scene in EOA6 (you know the one.) There's an additional reference at that point if you're listening carefully! Although this song was challenging to make, I think it turned out very well in the end. + Shadok: + this used to be a normal edit of the Upward Movement cover but greatest hits 2 happened on the cool and new music team so i decided to redo it. i experimented a lot with the shading but in the end, i kept something simple + --- Track: Revisit/Rewind Directory: revisit-rewind Artist: Aris Martinian Duration: '6:13' -Art Tags: -- John -- Aradia URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/revisit-rewind - https://youtu.be/2Tm2S88RlCg +Cover Artists: +- nights +Art Tags: +- John +- Aradia +Referenced Tracks: +- track:doctor +- Cascade (Beta) +- track:sburban-jungle +- Tick +- Lord Spanish +- Fruity Pebbles Jingle +- Potato Knishes +- The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny +- Rex Mille Geromius +- Penumbra Phantasm +- Even in Death +- Space Jam +- track:chorale-for-jaspers +- At The Price of Oblivion +- Contra +- Ascend +- track:MeGaLoVania +- Moshi Moshi? +- Unintentional Touhou +- CONTACT +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns +- Formation +- Jungle +- Muse of Nanchos +- Meet the Flintstones +- track:intro-canwave2 +- RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme Commentary: |- Aris Martiniain: God, this was so much work. Oh yeah, and I lost the first half of the project file towards the end so I couldn't go back and edit it. Ugh. But all in all, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The original plan was to go through the CANMT discography and pick the most iconic songs over time. If you're unfamiliar with its discography, I highly recommend you at least go give it a glance. I roughly settled on using Cascante, Tick/Tock, Fruity Pebbles Redux, Gunshow, Rex Mille Geromius, Doctor and Penumbra Phantasm (cool and new vol V), Contra (from Cool and New Homestuck), Moshi Moshi, Final Confrontation, Unintentional Touhou, In the Beginning/Contact, Formation, Jungle #3, Muse of Nanchos, Flintstones, Gunshow 2, and of course, the RCT theme and Bowman's credit score. Shoutouts to difarem for making the "it's between my buttocks" vocaloid for me. Revisit/Rewind, which is based heavily on Ascend, was released as the Cool and New Homestuck song for [S] Credits. @@ -2505,104 +2535,64 @@ Commentary: |- - [[Meet the Flintstones]] - 4:35-4:49 - [[track:intro-canwave2]] - 4:50-5:29 - [[RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme]] - 5:33-6:12 -Cover Artists: -- nights -Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor -- Cascade (Beta) -- track:sburban-jungle -- Tick -- Lord Spanish -- Fruity Pebbles Jingle -- Potato Knishes -- The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny -- Rex Mille Geromius -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Even in Death -- Space Jam -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- At The Price of Oblivion -- Contra -- Ascend -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Moshi Moshi? -- Unintentional Touhou -- CONTACT -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Formation -- Jungle -- Muse of Nanchos -- Meet the Flintstones -- track:intro-canwave2 -- RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme --- Track: Homestuck Sonata Artist: David Ellis Contributors: - James Ellis (production) Duration: '7:46' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-sonata - https://youtu.be/XSVpRK_L7mg -Commentary: |- - David Ellis: - Homestuck Sonata was written around the time we were submitting pieces for Volume 10. The idea was to write a piece that loosely followed the sonata form from [[Homestuck Anthem]] being the first theme and Penumbra Phantasm (via [[FantasyP]]) being the second. It's also intended as a left hand practice piece so the left hand is much busier than in most of my other work! - Sozzay: - This idea came to me after scrapping a few rought drafts. Originally I planned for an artwork starring an original hero, but decided to change it to something involving John because his associated instrument is a piano. It was a difficult piece to draw, but I am very happy with the finished result and feel I created something really dynamic. Cover Artists: - Sozzay +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck - Penumbra Phantasm +Commentary: |- + David Ellis: + Homestuck Sonata was written around the time we were submitting pieces for Volume 10. The idea was to write a piece that loosely followed the sonata form from [[Homestuck Anthem]] being the first theme and Penumbra Phantasm (via [[FantasyP]]) being the second. It's also intended as a left hand practice piece so the left hand is much busier than in most of my other work! + Sozzay: + This idea came to me after scrapping a few rought drafts. Originally I planned for an artwork starring an original hero, but decided to change it to something involving John because his associated instrument is a piano. It was a difficult piece to draw, but I am very happy with the finished result and feel I created something really dynamic. --- Track: Wicker Kingdom Artist: Kurtis Burton Duration: '3:58' -Art Tags: -- WQ -- WK URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wicker-kingdom - https://youtu.be/ZawHf_JbItw +Cover Artists: +- PatManDX +Art Tags: +- WQ +- WK +Referenced Tracks: +- White King Commentary: |- PatManDX: RND and I used to collaborate on projects years ago so we've become very familiar with the other's work. When I first heard this track, back about 3 years ago, I knew I had to do the art for it. The song felt very grand and frenetic, while giving a sense of regality and awe, so I did my best to capture those feelings into the track art. I knew that I had to put in the White King as the main focus on the picture, since the song is a remix to a certain other song. There is a great emphasis on texture and desaturated colors, to help make the piece feel almost ilke a worn tapestry. I added a bloom filter to add to this effect. Kal-la-kal-la: Musing upon the king and my brother's wreck, and upon the king my father's death before him. White bodies naked on the low damp ground, and bones cast in a little low dry garret, rattled by the rat's foot only, year to year. A rhythmic, galloping reel brings to mind our lost monarchs. -Cover Artists: -- PatManDX -Referenced Tracks: -- White King --- Track: Skaian Rebirth Artist: Kris Flacke Contributors: - Tamara Fritz (vocals) Duration: '8:31' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-rebirth +- https://youtu.be/7Uf-CCixByk +Cover Artists: +- Sam Garcia Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade - Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-rebirth -- https://youtu.be/7Uf-CCixByk -Lyrics: >- - (I will rise, I will go so far and)
(I will rise, I will go so far and)
(I - will rise, I will go so far and)
(I will rise, I will go so far and)
Even - in my death -Commentary: |- - Sam Garcia: - This song is about the beta kids so i drew them like if they were in a cd/disc. I did it like that because the transitions between different moments of the song reminded me of a movie or song playing. So basically i drew this how i thought a cd for hoemstuck would kind of look like. - ndividedbyzero: - There were a few possible choices for the last track on this truly HUGE album, but none quite felt so conclusive or right as Astartus' contribution. After mood highs and mood lows, thrills and relaxations, we get to cap it all off with a spectacular victory sequence for our original kids and the game they played. And we are all so, so, so proud of them. Bless you, Beta Kids. We'll see you on the flipside. - P.S. If you don't know what spectograms are... now would be a useful time to learn. -Cover Artists: -- Sam Garcia Referenced Tracks: - track:skies-of-skaia - track:aggrieve @@ -2613,3 +2603,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Even in Death - Homestuck Anthem - track:sburban-jungle +Lyrics: >- + (I will rise, I will go so far and)
(I will rise, I will go so far and)
(I + will rise, I will go so far and)
(I will rise, I will go so far and)
Even + in my death +Commentary: |- + Sam Garcia: + This song is about the beta kids so i drew them like if they were in a cd/disc. I did it like that because the transitions between different moments of the song reminded me of a movie or song playing. So basically i drew this how i thought a cd for hoemstuck would kind of look like. + ndividedbyzero: + There were a few possible choices for the last track on this truly HUGE album, but none quite felt so conclusive or right as Astartus' contribution. After mood highs and mood lows, thrills and relaxations, we get to cap it all off with a spectacular victory sequence for our original kids and the game they played. And we are all so, so, so proud of them. Bless you, Beta Kids. We'll see you on the flipside. + P.S. If you don't know what spectograms are... now would be a useful time to learn. diff --git a/album/lofam5.yaml b/album/lofam5.yaml index dce39bbd..c2df6e50 100644 --- a/album/lofam5.yaml +++ b/album/lofam5.yaml @@ -1,17 +1,15 @@ Album: Land of Fans and Music 5 Directory: lofam5 -Wallpaper File Extension: png -Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.9;' -Banner File Extension: png -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Date: December 19, 2021 Date Added: January 5, 2022 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-5 +Cover Artists: +- Monckat Color: '#00E5A7' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans - Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-5 Commentary: |- Makin: Ok I don’t know how we’re gonna format this but I want to thank Gryotharian and Monckat for doing an absolutely amazing job getting track art done for every remaining track in like, a week. That’s 26 and 17 arts respectively! They can be said unironically to have saved the art part of this album. @@ -22,55 +20,43 @@ Commentary: |- Circlejourney: (alternate album art) -Cover Artists: -- Monckat -Wallpaper Artists: -- Monckat Banner Artists: - Monckat - Niklink (edits for wiki) +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 +Banner File Extension: png +Wallpaper Artists: +- Monckat +Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.9;' +Wallpaper File Extension: png --- Track: Skaian Spirograph Artist: WarxTron Duration: '2:56' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-spirograph +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney Art Tags: - John - Rose -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-spirograph +Referenced Tracks: +- track:skies-of-skaia Commentary: |- Warxtron: A Skaia song originally made for Haeldral's Felt Mansion 2. One of the two final Homestuck songs I made. I wanted it to sound pretty but epic like Skaia itself but without using the same [[track:skies-of-skaia|Skies of Skaia]] leitmotif as always. Circlejourney: Skaia has such pretty colours, I wanted to capture that. -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Referenced Tracks: -- track:skies-of-skaia --- Track: Spacetime Starstriker Artist: Cryptanark Duration: '2:19' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/spacetime-starstriker -Lyrics: |- - G-G-G-GET REKT - - (I'm-) - - (Next arrow.) - - D-D-D-D-DO IT! -Commentary: |- - Cryptanark: - I made this track in 2017, during high school. Now I’m about to graduate from college. Isn’t that surprising? Time flies. - Spacetime Starstriker was also the second track of its original release platform. It was first published through a different music team (am I allowed to name CANMT here?). At the time, I think I was mainly excited about the track’s aggressive time signature changes. - Over the years, I’ve assembled a laundry list of things I’d change in the piece if I were to start again from scratch. But I’m still proud of the original product, and grateful for the reception thus far. I feel content with this being my last major contribution to the HS fanmusic space. For the time being. - Many of the motifs and quotes in this track are lifted from CANMT tracks. What a fun group! Those folks helped me get into music-making in the first place, and I most certainly would not be here without them. I encourage you to check out some of the more experimental albums we released. They’re more interesting to me than the Greatest Hits compilations, anyhow. Cover Artists: - avocado +Art Tags: +- Rose Referenced Tracks: - track:doctor - Gaia Queen @@ -84,29 +70,30 @@ Sampled Tracks: - RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 - track:next-arrow - GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) +Lyrics: |- + G-G-G-GET REKT + + (I'm-) + + (Next arrow.) + + D-D-D-D-DO IT! +Commentary: |- + Cryptanark: + I made this track in 2017, during high school. Now I’m about to graduate from college. Isn’t that surprising? Time flies. + Spacetime Starstriker was also the second track of its original release platform. It was first published through a different music team (am I allowed to name CANMT here?). At the time, I think I was mainly excited about the track’s aggressive time signature changes. + Over the years, I’ve assembled a laundry list of things I’d change in the piece if I were to start again from scratch. But I’m still proud of the original product, and grateful for the reception thus far. I feel content with this being my last major contribution to the HS fanmusic space. For the time being. + Many of the motifs and quotes in this track are lifted from CANMT tracks. What a fun group! Those folks helped me get into music-making in the first place, and I most certainly would not be here without them. I encourage you to check out some of the more experimental albums we released. They’re more interesting to me than the Greatest Hits compilations, anyhow. --- Track: Post​-​Ironic Radical Child Abuse Anthem Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '1:57' -Art Tags: -- Dave's bro URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/post-ironic-radical-child-abuse-anthem -Lyrics: |- - (Suspect armed with skateboard, requesting backup.) - - (dave im going to eat ur baby) - (HIT IT.) (Oo!) - - SEEEEEGAAAAA! (HIT IT.) - - (Shit!) -Commentary: |- - Gryotharian: - I held a poll among friends for the title of this song, but I couldn’t pick a favorite even after the results were in so i just tried to mash all of them into one title. It worked… alright. The original plan for the song was just going to be a straightforward beatdown remix, but I liked what I made too much to relegate it to that, and also really wanted to reference [[album:the-baby-is-you|The Baby Is You]], so thus was born this shitpost of a song. - I hope the art reflects that energy too. I’ve been told I have a particular talent for ironically bad masterpieces. Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Dave's bro Referenced Tracks: - track:beatdown-strider-style - Cascade (Beta) @@ -121,15 +108,38 @@ Sampled Tracks: - Tekkno Pigeon - All Minions Go To Hell Main Title Theme - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 +Lyrics: |- + (Suspect armed with skateboard, requesting backup.) + + (dave im going to eat ur baby) + (HIT IT.) (Oo!) + + SEEEEEGAAAAA! (HIT IT.) + + (Shit!) +Commentary: |- + Gryotharian: + I held a poll among friends for the title of this song, but I couldn’t pick a favorite even after the results were in so i just tried to mash all of them into one title. It worked… alright. The original plan for the song was just going to be a straightforward beatdown remix, but I liked what I made too much to relegate it to that, and also really wanted to reference [[album:the-baby-is-you|The Baby Is You]], so thus was born this shitpost of a song. + I hope the art reflects that energy too. I’ve been told I have a particular talent for ironically bad masterpieces. --- Track: InterNep Artist: Tee-vee Duration: '5:17' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/internep +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian Art Tags: - Nepeta - Equius -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/internep +Referenced Tracks: +- Olive Rogue +- Walls Covered in Blood +Sampled Tracks: +- Fox Hunt (1996) +- OUR $3,400,000 MANSION! (House Tour) +- Louis Cole Drum Beat Tutorials +- Chats, Kwiskas Lyrics: |- (Internet.) @@ -141,160 +151,147 @@ Commentary: |- Originally named "Nepcafé", ideas for this song came from wondering how the cat sample from Mario Paint Composer would fare as a funny resonant acid 303 style sound, and puns with "Net" and "Nep". At some point I was reminded of rave and scene aesthetic Nepeta headcanons/AUs etc, loved that and thought it was the best track to riff off from that ! Even though I was inspired by Nepeta I think it could very much fit Meulin as well, it's a very Leijon track in my mind. Gryotharian: I'm sorry for my sins -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian -Referenced Tracks: -- Olive Rogue -- Walls Covered in Blood -Sampled Tracks: -- Fox Hunt (1996) -- OUR $3,400,000 MANSION! (House Tour) -- Louis Cole Drum Beat Tutorials -- Chats, Kwiskas --- Track: 'Princess Berryboo and Her Orchestra Present "Friendship is Paramount" ft. Squishy Tentacle On Piano ' Artist: Aradiawithgeese Duration: '3:44' -Art Tags: -- MSPA Reader -- Squiddles URLs: - >- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/princess-berryboo-and-her-orchestra-present-friendship-is-paramount-ft-squishy-tentacle-on-piano -Commentary: |- - Aradiawithgeese: - This one I actually wrote a while ago. At this point I was just challenging myself to make as many homestuck covers in as many different styles as I could and I think this one is particularly special. Squiddles were already one of my favorite little lore spirals from homestuck so to be able to put a little bit more AU weirdness is something Im honored to be able to do. Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- MSPA Reader +- Squiddles Referenced Tracks: - Friendship is Paramount +Commentary: |- + Aradiawithgeese: + This one I actually wrote a while ago. At this point I was just challenging myself to make as many homestuck covers in as many different styles as I could and I think this one is particularly special. Squiddles were already one of my favorite little lore spirals from homestuck so to be able to put a little bit more AU weirdness is something Im honored to be able to do. --- Track: On an Island Far Away Artist: Circlejourney Contributors: - Funk McLovin (trumpet) Duration: '3:41' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/on-an-island-far-away +Cover Artists: +- paging_possum Art Tags: - Jade - Becquerel -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/on-an-island-far-away Commentary: "Circlejourney:\nA track about Jade before SBURB, when she was\ \ just a girl playing with her (teleporting space) dog. Jade's story always captivated\ \ me—the way her life was idyllic, lonely, triumphant and tragic in turns. It's\ \ one of my favourite parts of Homestuck, and I wanted to pay her a little tribute.\ \ I included her theme instruments, the flute and bass, as well as howling SFX\ \ in reference to Bec. Many thanks to FunkMcLovin for playing trumpet on the track. " -Cover Artists: -- paging_possum --- Track: 24/7 lo fi anime beats to achieve your destiny to Artist: FrostyMac Duration: '3:02' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/24-7-lo-fi-anime-beats-to-achieve-your-destiny-to -Commentary: |- - FrostyMac: - I was messing around with this drumkit and it just kinda turned into this. - Gryotharian: - Yeah I don’t think I had another option I had to draw this. Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - Penumbra Phantasm - track:doctor - Heir of Grief - Moshi Moshi? +Commentary: |- + FrostyMac: + I was messing around with this drumkit and it just kinda turned into this. + Gryotharian: + Yeah I don’t think I had another option I had to draw this. --- Track: Alpha Admission Directory: alpha-admission-lofam5 +Also Released As: +- track:alpha-admission Artist: Pascal van den Bos Duration: '3:47' -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' -- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alpha-admission -Commentary: |- - Monckat: - In a cross-multiversal display of brotherhood among shades-wearing anime swordsmen, Dirk and Kate’s dad (from [[group:desynced]]) chop up some goons. As a certified MSPFA addict I couldn’t pass up a chance to give an excellent fanventure a shoutout in the art for this track (which originated in its OST). Cover Artists: - Monckat +Art Tags: +- Dirk +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' +- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - Temporal Guardian - Cooldown - Daughter -Also Released As: -- track:alpha-admission +Commentary: |- + Monckat: + In a cross-multiversal display of brotherhood among shades-wearing anime swordsmen, Dirk and Kate’s dad (from [[group:desynced]]) chop up some goons. As a certified MSPFA addict I couldn’t pass up a chance to give an excellent fanventure a shoutout in the art for this track (which originated in its OST). --- Track: Cut the Chain Artist: Sylvarn Duration: '4:07' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cut-the-chain -Commentary: |- - Sylvarn: - believe me, if I didn’t know what I was doing nearly 2 years ago when I made this, I sure don’t when I’m writing this commentary. I liked the melody so I made a song, duh - Monckat: - Jack Noir decides Prospit didn’t need its moon anyway. I tried my best to convey Noir’s speed, as well as the scale and chonk of those massive golden chains. And yes the chains really are that long in canon please don’t go check Cover Artists: - Monckat +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - Prospit Dreamers - Cascade (Beta) - Midnight +Commentary: |- + Sylvarn: + believe me, if I didn’t know what I was doing nearly 2 years ago when I made this, I sure don’t when I’m writing this commentary. I liked the melody so I made a song, duh + Monckat: + Jack Noir decides Prospit didn’t need its moon anyway. I tried my best to convey Noir’s speed, as well as the scale and chonk of those massive golden chains. And yes the chains really are that long in canon please don’t go check --- Track: Firefly Storm Artist: Astro Kid Duration: '6:46' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/firefly-storm -Commentary: |- - Makin: - As always, Astro Kid manages to turn any track into a rave-worthy bop, no matter how melancholic the original is. This used to be a lost track, and I might have never heard it if Rafe Saltman hadn’t reuploaded it on Youtube, so he deserves our thanks. This art piece was actually inspired by the track a few months after it was made, so I contacted the artist to finally make it official, half a decade later. Cover Artists: - nagunkgunk +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - Firefly Cloud +Commentary: |- + Makin: + As always, Astro Kid manages to turn any track into a rave-worthy bop, no matter how melancholic the original is. This used to be a lost track, and I might have never heard it if Rafe Saltman hadn’t reuploaded it on Youtube, so he deserves our thanks. This art piece was actually inspired by the track a few months after it was made, so I contacted the artist to finally make it official, half a decade later. --- Track: Urban Jungle Artist: FrostyMac Duration: '3:01' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/urban-jungle +Cover Artists: +- V-6 Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/urban-jungle +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- FrostyMac: This song was made up on the spot note-by-note, but I think it turned out well. -Cover Artists: -- V-6 -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Spritely Gardener Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng Duration: '3:19' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/spritely-gardener -Commentary: |- - Andrew "Rainy" Obeng: - This song is is a redo of my very first piece of homestuck fanmusic I ever did. I wanted a remix of a lesser known homestuck song so I decided to do a remix of Toby Fox's [[Jadesprite]]. Cover Artists: - Chesswanderlust-sama +Art Tags: +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - Jadesprite - The Beginning of Something Really Excellent @@ -303,33 +300,33 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Snowfall - Blue Atom - Softly +Commentary: |- + Andrew "Rainy" Obeng: + This song is is a redo of my very first piece of homestuck fanmusic I ever did. I wanted a remix of a lesser known homestuck song so I decided to do a remix of Toby Fox's [[Jadesprite]]. --- Track: Special Delivery Artist: Kanishka Duration: '3:20' -Art Tags: -- PM URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/special-delivery -Commentary: "Kanishka:\nLiberty. Reason. Justice. Civility. Edification. Perfection.\ - \ MAIL.\nCirclejourney:\nI listened to the track and just needed\ - \ to draw PM with the sentry worm. " Cover Artists: - Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- PM Referenced Tracks: - White - Double Midnight - Flight of the White Wolf - Unsheath'd +Commentary: "Kanishka:\nLiberty. Reason. Justice. Civility. Edification. Perfection.\ + \ MAIL.\nCirclejourney:\nI listened to the track and just needed\ + \ to draw PM with the sentry worm. " --- Track: Sunriser Artist: Kusoro Duration: '3:16' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunriser -Commentary: |- - Monckat: - The crimson glow of the rising sun falls across the Strider apartment complex, and it looks like Dave’s pulled an all-nighter working on his jams. His neighbors must love him. I made this art pretty quickly but I’m proud of it all the same, managed to capture some vibes. Cover Artists: - Monckat Referenced Tracks: @@ -341,16 +338,23 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Conflict! Sampled Tracks: - ??? +Commentary: |- + Monckat: + The crimson glow of the rising sun falls across the Strider apartment complex, and it looks like Dave’s pulled an all-nighter working on his jams. His neighbors must love him. I made this art pretty quickly but I’m proud of it all the same, managed to capture some vibes. --- Track: Aggrieve (Knightcore Mix) Artist: cookiefonster Duration: '1:53' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-knightcore-mix +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian Art Tags: - Rose - Doc Scratch - Kanaya -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-knightcore-mix +Referenced Tracks: +- track:aggrieve Commentary: "cookiefonster:\nAnother song from the Cool and New Music Team,\ \ this time for their final album: cool and new volume 3. I pretty much barfed\ \ [[track:aggrieve]] onto Famitracker, changed some chords here and there, and\ @@ -358,18 +362,19 @@ Commentary: "cookiefonster:\nAnother song from the Cool and New Music Tea \ suggestion, someone needed to make the art for this Rose pondering her orb.\ \ And that someone was me. I like to think she does this regularly. Has a special\ \ room in her house just for Orb Pondering. And Kanaya just has to deal with it. " -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian -Referenced Tracks: -- track:aggrieve --- Track: Dreamers Artist: Scorpyus Duration: '5:29' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dreamers +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Dave +Referenced Tracks: +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre +- It Looks Back Commentary: "Scorpyus:\nI did my best to capture the dreamy feeling of the\ \ moons with the slightly sinister undertones. Originally started out as [[Prospit\ \ Dreamers|\"Prospit Dreamer\"]] funnily enough, but then I added the [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre]]\ @@ -379,53 +384,45 @@ Commentary: "Scorpyus:\nI did my best to capture the dreamy feeling of th \ of Derse. The use of the [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre]] motif decided that that person\ \ would be Dave, and while it didn’t really end up being the center of the planet,\ \ I feel like I captured the vibe well enough. " -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian -Referenced Tracks: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- It Looks Back --- Track: F∞ クライミング『CLIMBING』 Artist: SplitSuns Duration: '2:50' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/f-climbing -Commentary: |- - Makin: - This track originates from CANWAVE 3, a vaporwave album for the Cool and New Music Team. Yes, we cursed the world with three of them, but it was all worth it if only for this SplitSuns track. For the less leitmotif-aware, this is a take on [[track:endless-climb]] by [[artist:buzinkai]]. Rest in peace. Cover Artists: - SplitSuns Referenced Tracks: - Climbing to Infinity - track:endless-climb +Commentary: |- + Makin: + This track originates from CANWAVE 3, a vaporwave album for the Cool and New Music Team. Yes, we cursed the world with three of them, but it was all worth it if only for this SplitSuns track. For the less leitmotif-aware, this is a take on [[track:endless-climb]] by [[artist:buzinkai]]. Rest in peace. --- Track: Pipe Dream Artist: Kanishka Duration: '4:51' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pipe-dream -Commentary: |- - Skyplayer: - You know that old Windows screensaver? No no, not the flying toasters. No, not the maze one! I mean that one that your teachers always used so you just stared at it all period instead of getting work done. Yes, with the pipes! This is that but LOWAS, and also taking 20 minutes to render a frame instead of whatever fps the old screensaver ran at. The cost of beauty. It's an honor to make art for a LOFAM album, I've been listening to the older ones since I was a teenager. You could say that with this art I fulfilled a Pipe Dream. Cover Artists: - Skyplayer Referenced Tracks: - Litrichean Rioghail - Firefly Cloud +Commentary: |- + Skyplayer: + You know that old Windows screensaver? No no, not the flying toasters. No, not the maze one! I mean that one that your teachers always used so you just stared at it all period instead of getting work done. Yes, with the pipes! This is that but LOWAS, and also taking 20 minutes to render a frame instead of whatever fps the old screensaver ran at. The cost of beauty. It's an honor to make art for a LOFAM album, I've been listening to the older ones since I was a teenager. You could say that with this art I fulfilled a Pipe Dream. --- Track: Stab - Stab - Stab Artist: Interrobang Duration: '3:56' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Lord English URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/stab-stab-stab -Commentary: |- - Interrobang: - I made this track for the Cool and New Music Team Felt/Midnight Crew album circa 2018 or so, and it was nominated for “the next LOFAM” long before any actual prep for this album had really started. I actually requested it be taken off of LOFAM5 because I felt it didn’t meet my standards anymore, but due to a miscommunication it stayed on. I found this out about 15 minutes before the release stream, which is happening as I type this - Album is sounding great, y’all! Anyway, hope it sounds better to you than it does to me. Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +- Lord English Referenced Tracks: - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) - Rain @@ -436,73 +433,69 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Destroy Them With Lazers - Bad Apple!! - My Sharona +Commentary: |- + Interrobang: + I made this track for the Cool and New Music Team Felt/Midnight Crew album circa 2018 or so, and it was nominated for “the next LOFAM” long before any actual prep for this album had really started. I actually requested it be taken off of LOFAM5 because I felt it didn’t meet my standards anymore, but due to a miscommunication it stayed on. I found this out about 15 minutes before the release stream, which is happening as I type this - Album is sounding great, y’all! Anyway, hope it sounds better to you than it does to me. --- Track: A Dream Of Broken Clocks Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '6:31' -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-dream-of-broken-clocks -Commentary: |- - Gryotharian: - This is a really weird one for me. Originally, I started out with the intention to do a remastered and updated version of my track “[[The Puppetmaster]]” from our previous release [[album:friendsymphony|Friendsymphony]], but slowly, I came to realize that the remaster kind of sucked, and all traces of it were eventually wiped from this track. The intro (can you call it in intro if it’s more than half the song?) came to me about half a year after the main body of the song, it was the first thing I ever recorded vocals for, and may well be the last. Not much point in putting lyrics down though, cause all they are is “ooOOOOooo”. I was listening to a lot of Colin Stetson’s music during the time I made it so that probably played some influence in it. Then another half year after that I replaced the main body of the song too, because after listening to it with fresh ears, it was kind of a discordant mess. I kept the original idea behind [[The Puppetmaster]], a distorted mix of [[WORST END|Worst End]] and [[English]], but that’s about it. I might release that version eventually, but it won’t be on this album. - This was some of the first non-pixel digital art I ever did, and for that, I think it turned out pretty well. However, I had a real knack for doing things the hardest possible way, and oh my god, I never want to draw another clock again. I did all of this, with a keyboard and trackpad, on a free trial for a photoshop knockoff. That wallpaper? I didn’t figure out how to use the copy-paste tool properly, and had to manually put in every detail on it. This was a nightmare to complete, (albeit a nightmare of my own making), so you all had better appreciate it. Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Doc Scratch Referenced Tracks: - English - WORST END - The Puppetmaster +Commentary: |- + Gryotharian: + This is a really weird one for me. Originally, I started out with the intention to do a remastered and updated version of my track “[[The Puppetmaster]]” from our previous release [[album:friendsymphony|Friendsymphony]], but slowly, I came to realize that the remaster kind of sucked, and all traces of it were eventually wiped from this track. The intro (can you call it in intro if it’s more than half the song?) came to me about half a year after the main body of the song, it was the first thing I ever recorded vocals for, and may well be the last. Not much point in putting lyrics down though, cause all they are is “ooOOOOooo”. I was listening to a lot of Colin Stetson’s music during the time I made it so that probably played some influence in it. Then another half year after that I replaced the main body of the song too, because after listening to it with fresh ears, it was kind of a discordant mess. I kept the original idea behind [[The Puppetmaster]], a distorted mix of [[WORST END|Worst End]] and [[English]], but that’s about it. I might release that version eventually, but it won’t be on this album. + This was some of the first non-pixel digital art I ever did, and for that, I think it turned out pretty well. However, I had a real knack for doing things the hardest possible way, and oh my god, I never want to draw another clock again. I did all of this, with a keyboard and trackpad, on a free trial for a photoshop knockoff. That wallpaper? I didn’t figure out how to use the copy-paste tool properly, and had to manually put in every detail on it. This was a nightmare to complete, (albeit a nightmare of my own making), so you all had better appreciate it. --- Track: Black (Electro Swing Remix) Artist: Spad3s Duration: '2:55' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-electro-swing-remix -Commentary: |- - Makin: - The art for this track is actually a video, so I had to combine a few frames into one, but you can probably get the gist. Damn it Bandcamp, add APNG support already. Cover Artists: - J-Airshiper +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - track:black +Commentary: |- + Makin: + The art for this track is actually a video, so I had to combine a few frames into one, but you can probably get the gist. Damn it Bandcamp, add APNG support already. --- Track: Dance of Entropy Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '2:08' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-entropy +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian Art Tags: - Snowman - Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-entropy Commentary: |- Gryotharian: I was surprised by how fast everyone loved this track. I think this is the only one that I didn’t have to make any edits to after submitting it, and it’s one of my oldest submissions too, I made this well over a year ago. Very briefly, it was going to be a Vriska and Eridan track, using all different instruments, but it wasn’t working well, and as soon as I switched it to the piano samples, the rest of the song just basically created itself, becoming a whole new vibe that was very The Felt, and not at all Vriska and Eridan. -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian --- Track: Furthest Ringside Artist: Monckat Duration: '2:38' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/furthest-ringside -Commentary: "Monckat:\nA track vaguely themed around Dave, Rose, Derse, and\ - \ the lovely eldritch horrors next door. For the most part it emerged from wanting\ - \ to remix some lesser-utilized themes such as [[Switchback]], [[Ace of Trump]],\ - \ and [[At The Price of Oblivion]].\nRose and Dave chilling on Derse, with some\ - \ horrorterrors looming above. (I’ve taken some artistic liberties with the horrorterrors,\ - \ in being conjoined into a single mass they kinda resemble the horrorterrors\ - \ in my fanventure The Tapestry more than canon Homestuck ones) " Cover Artists: - Monckat +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Dave +- Horrorterrors Referenced Tracks: - Switchback - track:upward-movement-dave-owns @@ -511,14 +504,26 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:frost-vol6 - At The Price of Oblivion - track:endless-climb +Commentary: "Monckat:\nA track vaguely themed around Dave, Rose, Derse, and\ + \ the lovely eldritch horrors next door. For the most part it emerged from wanting\ + \ to remix some lesser-utilized themes such as [[Switchback]], [[Ace of Trump]],\ + \ and [[At The Price of Oblivion]].\nRose and Dave chilling on Derse, with some\ + \ horrorterrors looming above. (I’ve taken some artistic liberties with the horrorterrors,\ + \ in being conjoined into a single mass they kinda resemble the horrorterrors\ + \ in my fanventure The Tapestry more than canon Homestuck ones) " --- Track: Wayward Artist: Shwan Duration: '3:06' -Art Tags: -- WV URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wayward +Cover Artists: +- Monckat +Art Tags: +- WV +Referenced Tracks: +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns +- track:endless-climb Commentary: "Shwan:\nI made this during a recent re-reading of Homestuck and\ \ the upward drumbeat was really catchy and a bop and I wanted to make something\ \ with it. (Hey, maybe WV finds Dave’s turntables and Rose’s violin) \nMonckat:\n\ @@ -526,49 +531,48 @@ Commentary: "Shwan:\nI made this during a recent re-reading of Homestuck \ Headquarters. And it seems there’s an enticing, delicious green light inside.\ \ Will we ever see what he finds in there? (well none of this is officially canon,\ \ so probably not) " -Cover Artists: -- Monckat -Referenced Tracks: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:endless-climb --- Track: Upon Whom Sacrifice Calls Artist: Sylvarn Duration: '4:25' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/upon-whom-sacrifice-calls +Cover Artists: +- Awkward Art Tags: - The Psiioniic - 'cw: body horror' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/upon-whom-sacrifice-calls Commentary: |- Sylvarn: Okay so I was like what if I could get the same vibe as [[Gold Pilot]] but not be an exact remix, then I zoned out for 30 hours and this was on my computer. -Cover Artists: -- Awkward --- Track: Sun and Setter Artist: Pascal van den Bos Duration: '1:29' -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Davesprite URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sun-and-setter -Commentary: |- - Circlejourney: - What a rad track! I'm not sure what the original [[Sunsetter]] is about, so I took a cue from the track art fan anthology piece for [[Sunsetter]], and also the backup art choice for this track. Cover Artists: - Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- Dave +- Davesprite Referenced Tracks: - Sunsetter +Commentary: |- + Circlejourney: + What a rad track! I'm not sure what the original [[Sunsetter]] is about, so I took a cue from the track art fan anthology piece for [[Sunsetter]], and also the backup art choice for this track. --- Track: Hippocampus Sea Artist: Levc Duration: '3:20' -Art Tags: -- Eridan's lusus URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hippocampus-sea +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- Eridan's lusus +Referenced Tracks: +- Science Seahorse Commentary: "Levc:\nInspired by the short cover of [[Science Seahorse|science\ \ seahorse]] from [[Rainbow Rumpus Partytown|the medley]] tee-vee did some time\ \ ago (go check it out if you haven’t already), I just wanted to try and do a\ @@ -576,53 +580,58 @@ Commentary: "Levc:\nInspired by the short cover of [[Science Seahorse|sci \ this track relies on me combining stuff that sounds, at least to me, relaxing.\ \ Just let the ambience kick in while your seahorse lusus just, vibes at your\ \ side…\nAlso this tracks makes me want to eat ice cream for some reason. " -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Referenced Tracks: -- Science Seahorse --- Track: She's a D8ddy L8ng L8gs Artist: Mathias Ramalho Duration: '5:31' -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Midnight Crew URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shes-a-d8ddy-l8ng-l8gs -Commentary: |- - Makin: - I believe this time it’s best to let the art speak for itself. Cover Artists: - Scarodactyl +Art Tags: +- Vriska +- Midnight Crew Referenced Tracks: - She's a Sp8der - Pumpkin Cravings - track:MeGaLoVania - Spider8ite!!!!!!!! - Die. +Commentary: |- + Makin: + I believe this time it’s best to let the art speak for itself. --- Track: King Crab Artist: $C4RL3TT Duration: '2:12' -Art Tags: -- Karkat URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/king-crab -Commentary: |- - Makin: - Damn did you know this track references “[[track:crustacean]]” by [[group:toby-fox|Toby “Radiation” Fox]]??? Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Karkat Referenced Tracks: - track:crustacean +Commentary: |- + Makin: + Damn did you know this track references “[[track:crustacean]]” by [[group:toby-fox|Toby “Radiation” Fox]]??? --- Track: ALIVE Artist: heir-of-puns Duration: '3:31' -Art Tags: -- Aradia URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alive +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Art Tags: +- Aradia +Referenced Tracks: +- Temporal Shenanigans +- track:old-secret +- Rust Apocalypse +- track:MeGaLoVania +Sampled Tracks: +- Temporal Shenanigans Lyrics: "Going around, going around, going around, going around\nGoing around, going\ \ around, going around, going around\nGoing around, going around, going around,\ \ going around\nNot in circles but in spirographs\n\nFrom now on I know I'll be\ @@ -633,24 +642,25 @@ Commentary: "heir-of-puns:\n[[Temporal Shenanigans]] was the first homest \ time. (I also just really really love Aradia)\nCirclejourney:\nThinking\ \ on the inspirations of the track, I wanted the artwork to show Aradia before\ \ and after coming back to life, and the change in her disposition. " -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Referenced Tracks: -- Temporal Shenanigans -- track:old-secret -- Rust Apocalypse -- track:MeGaLoVania -Sampled Tracks: -- Temporal Shenanigans --- Track: Blood Rite Artist: Scorpyus Duration: '6:13' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blood-rite +Cover Artists: +- swanfire Art Tags: - The Condesce - The Handmaid -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blood-rite +Referenced Tracks: +- English +- Alternia +- 'BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!' +- Terezi's Theme +- '>>DiscThree<<' +Sampled Tracks: +- '>>DiscThree<<' Commentary: "Scorpyus:\nStarted when I decided the [[track:discthree|Disc 3]]\ \ transition i’d made for [[album:friendsymphony|Friendsymphony]] deserved a full\ \ song. I’ve always loved the whole Alternian vibes, the hemospectrum and the\ @@ -662,48 +672,38 @@ Commentary: "Scorpyus:\nStarted when I decided the [[track:discthree|Disc Decided to focus on the handmaid and the condesce because of the female laughs\ \ in the track and also because they basically shaped the blood based society\ \ of alternia as it is. With a little nod to doc scratch through the handmaid. " -Cover Artists: -- swanfire -Referenced Tracks: -- English -- Alternia -- 'BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!' -- Terezi's Theme -- '>>DiscThree<<' -Sampled Tracks: -- '>>DiscThree<<' --- Track: Madame Controversielle 2 Artist: cookiefonster Duration: '2:43' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/madame-controversielle-2 +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian Art Tags: - Vriska - Karkat - Terezi -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/madame-controversielle-2 +Referenced Tracks: +- Madame Controversielle Commentary: |- cookiefonster: If you remember my song "The Gemoni Mustard Blood" from [[album:lofam4|LOFAM4]], that was originally from an old Cool and New Music Team (CANMT) album I made back in 2016 called "Of Troles and Chiptumes". While I had a lot of fun making that album, over the years I've come to regard its composition and instrumentation as somewhat amateurish; I was still rather new to Famitracker, the software I used to make all those songs. While I had at one point wanted to remake the entire album using the chiptune skills I know today, the only song I ever ended up remaking was "[[Madame Controversielle]]", the album's song for Vriska. The remake was put on the CANMT album "troleplanet", and the reasoning behind its title was simply to take the original one and slap a 2 on it! So yes, there is indeed a Madame Controversielle 1, but I really don't get why you would want to listen to it over this version. Gryotharian: I’m not sure about how this one turned out. All the chiptune and vriska definitely made me think of like, a retro game player select screen, so I went back to my old pixel art style, and tried to fill it with the most vriska that vriska could vriska. But it had been a while since I was working with plain pixel art again, and that probably shows. -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian -Referenced Tracks: -- Madame Controversielle --- Track: Anamnesis Artist: Kanishka Duration: '3:58' -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Jack Noir -- Aradia URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/anamnesis Cover Artists: - ricemilk +Art Tags: +- Vriska +- Jack Noir +- Aradia Referenced Tracks: - Vriska's Theme - Underfoot @@ -715,10 +715,16 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse (Cement City Remix) Artist: Cement City Duration: '4:22' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-party-in-sea-hitlers-water-apocalypse-cement-city-remix +Cover Artists: +- dodostad +Art Tags: +- The Condesce +Referenced Tracks: +- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse +Sampled Tracks: +- meow Lyrics: |- Go, go, go, go! Go, go, go, go! @@ -727,100 +733,90 @@ Lyrics: |- Commentary: |- Makin: When I first heard the original version of the song, I didn’t immediately think dubstep would be a good fit, but I think [[artist:cement-city]] has proved us all wrong. -Cover Artists: -- dodostad -Referenced Tracks: -- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse -Sampled Tracks: -- meow --- Track: Rex Duodecim Angelus (Remix) Artist: Artisticpolo Duration: '3:20' -Art Tags: -- BK URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-angelus-remix -Commentary: |- - Makin: - Artisticpolo is a legendary remixer, hailing from the very beginnings of the Homestuck fanmusic scene. Tracking him down proved to be one of the best decisions we could have made. Stay tuned for [[track:time-running-by|another track]] of his in this album! - Gryotharian: - It’s hard to make a design like the unprototyped black king seem threatening. Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- BK Referenced Tracks: - Rex Duodecim Angelus - track:black +Commentary: |- + Makin: + Artisticpolo is a legendary remixer, hailing from the very beginnings of the Homestuck fanmusic scene. Tracking him down proved to be one of the best decisions we could have made. Stay tuned for [[track:time-running-by|another track]] of his in this album! + Gryotharian: + It’s hard to make a design like the unprototyped black king seem threatening. --- Track: Pondsquatter (Demaster/Demix) Directory: pondsquatter-demaster-demix Artist: Mathias Ramalho Duration: '3:52' -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pondsquatter-demaster-demix -Commentary: |- - Makin: - This is actually the full version of an asset used for the fanventure “Karkat Goes to a Convention”, which I wholeheartedly recommend. This amazing art by Radical Dude 42, an expert in the original MSPA style, suggests the fanventure’s title might be selling it short… Cover Artists: - Radical Dude 42 +Art Tags: +- Genesis Frog Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter +Commentary: |- + Makin: + This is actually the full version of an asset used for the fanventure “Karkat Goes to a Convention”, which I wholeheartedly recommend. This amazing art by Radical Dude 42, an expert in the original MSPA style, suggests the fanventure’s title might be selling it short… --- Track: At the Threshold Artist: heir-of-puns Contributors: - Tee-vee (guitar) Duration: '3:16' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/at-the-threshold +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian Art Tags: - Alternate Calliope - Jade - Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/at-the-threshold Commentary: |- heir-of-puns: A song inspired by the way [[album:beyond-canon]] made me feel, even though it ended up nothing like any of the songs on the album. I tried to capture the idea of standing at the threshold of an infinitely expanding universe, both literally and figuratively. Gryotharian: Opted for a simple panel redraw on this one, since it was going to be the backup art, and the musicians liked the panel choice. -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian --- Track: Scratching Consequences Artist: TirantBacon Duration: '1:44' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scratching-consequences +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian Art Tags: - Doc Scratch - John - Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scratching-consequences +Referenced Tracks: +- A Very "O" Christmas Commentary: |- Gryotharian: Some sort of interpretation of Doc Scratch’s manipulations, causing the heroes to create the green sun. -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian -Referenced Tracks: -- A Very "O" Christmas --- Track: One Hour Later Artist: Kusoro Duration: '6:54' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/one-hour-later +Cover Artists: +- Monckat Art Tags: - Jack Noir - Dave - Dirk - 'cw: decapitation' - 'cw: blood' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/one-hour-later -Lyrics: Home with the milk in the mo-o-o-o-o-o- -Commentary: |- - Gryotharian: - The mixture of Jack Noir and Lord English/cherub themes, alongside the [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] reference, brought my mind straight to this scene from [S] Collide. The camera follows Jack English/Union Jack’s head upwards as it begins to blackholesplode, tilting at the mother of all dutch angles in the process. -Cover Artists: -- Monckat Referenced Tracks: - The Thirteenth Hour - Double Midnight @@ -830,62 +826,70 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Penumbra Phantasm Sampled Tracks: - I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Acapella) +Lyrics: Home with the milk in the mo-o-o-o-o-o- +Commentary: |- + Gryotharian: + The mixture of Jack Noir and Lord English/cherub themes, alongside the [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] reference, brought my mind straight to this scene from [S] Collide. The camera follows Jack English/Union Jack’s head upwards as it begins to blackholesplode, tilting at the mother of all dutch angles in the process. --- Track: Viridescent Flare Artist: Shwan Duration: '2:13' -Art Tags: -- Green Sun URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/viridescent-flare -Commentary: |- - Schwan: - From the artist who made the hit single flarezzzzzzz (from Cool And New Homestuck), bringing you…, another [[Flare|flare]] song. Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Green Sun Referenced Tracks: - Flare +Commentary: |- + Schwan: + From the artist who made the hit single flarezzzzzzz (from Cool And New Homestuck), bringing you…, another [[Flare|flare]] song. --- Track: The Dreamer and the Dream Artist: Kal-la-kal-la Duration: '4:54' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-dreamer-and-the-dream +Cover Artists: +- bakustrider +Art Tags: +- Jade Commentary: |- Ka-la-kal-a: I had a minute where I wanted to put shakuhachi in everything I did á la [[album:homestuck-vol-6|HS Volume 6]] -Cover Artists: -- bakustrider --- Track: Sailing (In The Sea Of Stars) Artist: Circlejourney Duration: '4:22' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sailing-in-the-sea-of-stars-2 -Commentary: "Circlejourney:\nA theme for the post-Epilogue crew(s) sailing\ - \ through space. \nAwkward:\nI literally painted this furiously out of\ - \ frustration as stress relief because I hated absolutely everything I drew that\ - \ day, I think that was honestly a good exercise though because it let me work\ - \ with less constraints and it turned out neat :>" Cover Artists: - Awkward Referenced Tracks: - The Doom of the Planets - Fuchsia Moonrise - The Thirteenth Hour +Commentary: "Circlejourney:\nA theme for the post-Epilogue crew(s) sailing\ + \ through space. \nAwkward:\nI literally painted this furiously out of\ + \ frustration as stress relief because I hated absolutely everything I drew that\ + \ day, I think that was honestly a good exercise though because it let me work\ + \ with less constraints and it turned out neat :>" --- Track: She's Out There (In The Sea Of Stars) Artist: Circlejourney Contributors: - Ucklin (additional vocals) Duration: '3:22' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shes-out-there-in-the-sea-of-stars +Cover Artists: +- ricemilk Art Tags: - Kanaya - Rose -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shes-out-there-in-the-sea-of-stars +Referenced Tracks: +- Sailing (In The Sea Of Stars) Lyrics: |- She's out there Somewhere, somewhere @@ -904,24 +908,17 @@ Lyrics: |- Commentary: |- Circlejourney: "She’s Out There, Somewhere In The Sea Of Stars." Kanaya remembers Rose. Many thanks to Ucklin for the additional vocals! -Cover Artists: -- ricemilk -Referenced Tracks: -- Sailing (In The Sea Of Stars) --- Track: Revelations of Self Importance Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '3:41' -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Dave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-of-self-importance -Commentary: |- - Gryotharian: - I made this song shortly after reading Detective Pony, when Dirk Strider was fresh on my mind and skyrocketing to the top of my all-time favorite characters. I wanted to do something specifically for the offscreen period between the end of homestuck and the epilogues, his journey to becoming what he is now, his acceptance of becoming the villain, etc. Mainly, just really love Dirk. Also, it’s an excuse to give some love to some of his more underrated songs. (Basically anything that isn’t [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]].) I had never even heard [[Austin, Atlantis|Austin Atlantis]] before I started on this song, and man was I missing out, so it quickly became the basis for the whole thing. In retrospect I wish I could’ve put [[Orange Hat]] in there somewhere, mainly just cause that’s also an awesome underrated song, but by the time I remembered, this was mostly done and it wouldn’t have really fit anywhere. This might be the song I’m happiest with on this album. Cover Artists: - tamajikis +Art Tags: +- Dirk +- Dave Referenced Tracks: - Austin, Atlantis - track:endless-climb @@ -929,34 +926,42 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:eclipse-svert - No More Elders - Sweet Dreams, Timaeus +Commentary: |- + Gryotharian: + I made this song shortly after reading Detective Pony, when Dirk Strider was fresh on my mind and skyrocketing to the top of my all-time favorite characters. I wanted to do something specifically for the offscreen period between the end of homestuck and the epilogues, his journey to becoming what he is now, his acceptance of becoming the villain, etc. Mainly, just really love Dirk. Also, it’s an excuse to give some love to some of his more underrated songs. (Basically anything that isn’t [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]].) I had never even heard [[Austin, Atlantis|Austin Atlantis]] before I started on this song, and man was I missing out, so it quickly became the basis for the whole thing. In retrospect I wish I could’ve put [[Orange Hat]] in there somewhere, mainly just cause that’s also an awesome underrated song, but by the time I remembered, this was mostly done and it wouldn’t have really fit anywhere. This might be the song I’m happiest with on this album. --- Track: Strain Artist: - TirantBacon - WarxTron Duration: '2:27' -Art Tags: -- Dirk URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strain -Commentary: |- - Makin: - Do you know the track “[[Stress]]” from [[album:homestuck-vol-9|Homestuck Volume 9]]? It was based on an [[Five-Four Stress|ancient unreleased track]] by the legendary [[artist:buzinkai]], and TirantBacon and WarxTron put their music making hands together to the task of remixing the original once more. - Monckat: - Dirk finds himself in a mildly spooky, straining situation deep in the depths of the Land of Tombs and Krypton. Cover Artists: - Monckat +Art Tags: +- Dirk Referenced Tracks: - Five-Four Stress - Apexhalation +Commentary: |- + Makin: + Do you know the track “[[Stress]]” from [[album:homestuck-vol-9|Homestuck Volume 9]]? It was based on an [[Five-Four Stress|ancient unreleased track]] by the legendary [[artist:buzinkai]], and TirantBacon and WarxTron put their music making hands together to the task of remixing the original once more. + Monckat: + Dirk finds himself in a mildly spooky, straining situation deep in the depths of the Land of Tombs and Krypton. --- Track: Death Minute in Duodecimal ~ Regicide Demonica Artist: Tee-vee Duration: '5:27' -Art Tags: -- BK URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/death-minute-in-duodecimal-regicide-demonica +Cover Artists: +- Monckat +Art Tags: +- BK +Referenced Tracks: +- Rex Duodecim Angelus +- Scratch Commentary: "Tee-vee:\nI was listening to Demetori as I usually do and once\ \ thought \"What if the source material for their arrangements wasn't Touhou ?\"\ \ and of course the first thing that came to my mind was Homestuck, so I thought\ @@ -975,39 +980,43 @@ Commentary: "Tee-vee:\nI was listening to Demetori as I usually do and on \ maybe. But I ultimately found it was more striking to restrict myself to only\ \ two colors. I like the idea that this is simultaneously my simplest track art\ \ in terms of color range and my most complex in terms of detail. " -Cover Artists: -- Monckat -Referenced Tracks: -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- Scratch --- Track: Black Hole's Dozen Artist: Monckat Duration: '3:25' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-holes-dozen +Cover Artists: +- Monckat Art Tags: - Alternate Calliope - Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-holes-dozen +Referenced Tracks: +- The Lyrist +- The Thirteenth Hour Commentary: |- Monckat: [[The Lyrist]] is one of my favorite Homestuck tracks, with its main melody being in my humble opinion the most hauntingly beautiful refrain on the whole soundtrack. Which is why it’s always driven me slightly mad that said melody only appears in the first 45 seconds and never returns. And while the rest of the track is wonderful in its own right, it’s never stuck in my brain quite as much. So the idea with this track was to attempt in my own flawed way to extend those first 45 seconds into a full track, and for the most part the way I chose to do that was to work in pieces of [[The Thirteenth Hour]] (along with adding in some original stuff). Hope you guys like it! The title is in reference to a baker’s dozen (13), which alludes to the use of [[The Thirteenth Hour]]. The teal and purple orbs are intended to be the orb things Alt Calliope uses to create the black hole in Act 7. My little headcanon for those orbs is that they're genesis frog frogspawn, basically embryonic universes. The idea being that since it took two universes to create the Green Sun, perhaps it takes three to destroy it. -Cover Artists: -- Monckat -Referenced Tracks: -- The Lyrist -- The Thirteenth Hour --- Track: PAST FUNK IS WORSE THAN FUTURE FUNK Artist: Koba Duration: '2:19' -Art Tags: -- Karkat URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/past-funk-is-worse-than-future-funk +Cover Artists: +- cloudie +Art Tags: +- Karkat +Referenced Tracks: +- saoidfisd +Sampled Tracks: +- saoidfisd +- HEY MAN VOLUME 10 MAN HEY CHECK IT OUT +- feeling right +- Love Taste Lyrics: |- (THAT BOX RIGHT THERE UH, CLICK IT I'M KARKAT Y-YOUR FAVORITE- I'M-I'M THE MAIN CHARACTER OF HOMESTUCK I C- I CREATED HOMESTUCK I'M UNDERTALE MY NAME IS KARKAT LISTEN, TO THIS-) @@ -1029,33 +1038,17 @@ Commentary: |- sleep peacefully, my beloved witch, karkatrice cloudie: what’s a homestuck -Cover Artists: -- cloudie -Referenced Tracks: -- saoidfisd -Sampled Tracks: -- saoidfisd -- HEY MAN VOLUME 10 MAN HEY CHECK IT OUT -- feeling right -- Love Taste --- Track: Infinite Zest Artist: Noisemaker Duration: '6:00' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- WV URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/infinite-zest -Lyrics: '[Mayor Maynot samples set to Megalovania]' -Commentary: "Makin:\nOriginally known as “you have got to be SHITTONG me (temp\ - \ title)”. No further commentary. \nMonckat:\nI really wasn’t sure what\ - \ to draw for this one at first, and I’m not sure it’s even possible to capture\ - \ everything going on here in a single image. But hey, I think any piece of art\ - \ that contains a watermark of Sans WV superimposed over a pumpkin-guzzling black\ - \ hole can’t be too bad." Cover Artists: - Monckat +Art Tags: +- Jade +- WV Referenced Tracks: - RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme - Greenhouse @@ -1074,22 +1067,23 @@ Referenced Tracks: Sampled Tracks: - Let The Squiddles Sleep (End Theme) - Mayor Maynot +Lyrics: '[Mayor Maynot samples set to Megalovania]' +Commentary: "Makin:\nOriginally known as “you have got to be SHITTONG me (temp\ + \ title)”. No further commentary. \nMonckat:\nI really wasn’t sure what\ + \ to draw for this one at first, and I’m not sure it’s even possible to capture\ + \ everything going on here in a single image. But hey, I think any piece of art\ + \ that contains a watermark of Sans WV superimposed over a pumpkin-guzzling black\ + \ hole can’t be too bad." --- Track: TEETH AND BLOOD Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '4:29' -Art Tags: -- Caliborn URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/teeth-and-blood -Lyrics: >- - (WELCOME, FEMALES AND GENTLEMEN, TO THIS MUSICAL MASTERPIECE, THE FIRST HIT SINGLE - SONG PRODUCED BY YOUR LORD, FOR YOUR LORD, ABOUT YOUR LORD. HIT IT.) -Commentary: |- - Gryotharian: - There was a lot going on in the production of this, and none of it had to do with the final track. A long, long time ago, before any of my other submissions, I was going to do a Caliborn track, with the intent of being presented as a track that Caliborn himself produced. But at that time, there weren’t many other submissions for this album yet, and a disturbingly high percentage of them were cherub related, so I dropped it. A year later, I was working on a remix of the afterword theme from Pesterquest, but it wasn’t really clicking right. The heavy bass synths and bitcrushed drums weren’t working for the style of the track. Around the same time, I finally got my hands on the incredibly elusive midi of [[Carne Vale]], which has been my favorite homestuck song since the first time I heard it, and has yet to be dethroned. So I had the crazy notion, that the instruments I was using for my Pesterquest remix would work fantastically if I decided to go back to a Caliborn track, now that I could properly reference [[Carne Vale]]. (I had been trying to figure out that bassline by ear for, oh lord, something like 3 years.) And, I ended up with what might be one of my favorite compositions of mine to date. Had it stuck in my head for months. Cleaned up the mixing over the next little while, and the rest is history. I had two names for it for a while, Teeth and Blood, and Space Crusader. Originally I was going to go with both, have one of those little ~ things in between, but I decided that Space Crusader, while it fit the vibe of the song, didn’t really fit the vibe of Caliborn, so I dropped it. Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Caliborn Referenced Tracks: - English - Eternity Served Cold @@ -1097,20 +1091,24 @@ Referenced Tracks: - An Unbreakable Union - Carne Vale - track:MeGaLoVania +Lyrics: >- + (WELCOME, FEMALES AND GENTLEMEN, TO THIS MUSICAL MASTERPIECE, THE FIRST HIT SINGLE + SONG PRODUCED BY YOUR LORD, FOR YOUR LORD, ABOUT YOUR LORD. HIT IT.) +Commentary: |- + Gryotharian: + There was a lot going on in the production of this, and none of it had to do with the final track. A long, long time ago, before any of my other submissions, I was going to do a Caliborn track, with the intent of being presented as a track that Caliborn himself produced. But at that time, there weren’t many other submissions for this album yet, and a disturbingly high percentage of them were cherub related, so I dropped it. A year later, I was working on a remix of the afterword theme from Pesterquest, but it wasn’t really clicking right. The heavy bass synths and bitcrushed drums weren’t working for the style of the track. Around the same time, I finally got my hands on the incredibly elusive midi of [[Carne Vale]], which has been my favorite homestuck song since the first time I heard it, and has yet to be dethroned. So I had the crazy notion, that the instruments I was using for my Pesterquest remix would work fantastically if I decided to go back to a Caliborn track, now that I could properly reference [[Carne Vale]]. (I had been trying to figure out that bassline by ear for, oh lord, something like 3 years.) And, I ended up with what might be one of my favorite compositions of mine to date. Had it stuck in my head for months. Cleaned up the mixing over the next little while, and the rest is history. I had two names for it for a while, Teeth and Blood, and Space Crusader. Originally I was going to go with both, have one of those little ~ things in between, but I decided that Space Crusader, while it fit the vibe of the song, didn’t really fit the vibe of Caliborn, so I dropped it. --- Track: Predomination Artist: Kal-la-kal-la Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Lord English -- Calliope -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/predomination -Commentary: "Monckat:\nCalliope alone, haunted by visions of her other half’s\ - \ future. " Cover Artists: - Monckat +Art Tags: +- Lord English +- Calliope +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - Voidlight - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) @@ -1121,49 +1119,45 @@ Referenced Tracks: Sampled Tracks: - Let The Squiddles Sleep (End Theme) - Mayor Maynot +Commentary: "Monckat:\nCalliope alone, haunted by visions of her other half’s\ + \ future. " --- Track: The Power of RETCON Artist: Levc Duration: '2:49' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-power-of-retcon +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: "Levc:\nTIME, SPACE, MAGIC, HANDS, UHHHH NARRATIVE?\nRETCON\nA\ \ melody that encapsulates the powerful nature of the retcon powers John has.\ \ Really tried to capture the style and vibes of old homestuck songs, re-make\ \ the mental image I had of some of them and just, express those feelings of adventure\ \ and wonder. something grand and fun.\nPersonally, the melody in this is one\ \ of my favorite pieces I have ever wrote. Modulations are fun. " -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian --- Track: Heir of Grief (Sax Cover) Artist: subversiveasset Duration: '4:00' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/heir-of-grief-sax-cover -Commentary: |- - Monckat: - You guys all remember that iconic moment in [S] Collide where PM finally steals the sax that Jack’s been using to play Black all this time and uses it to perform a haunting sax rendition of [[Heir of Grief]], right? Yeah me too, thought it was a perfect fit. Cover Artists: - Monckat +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - Heir of Grief +Commentary: |- + Monckat: + You guys all remember that iconic moment in [S] Collide where PM finally steals the sax that Jack’s been using to play Black all this time and uses it to perform a haunting sax rendition of [[Heir of Grief]], right? Yeah me too, thought it was a perfect fit. --- Track: Collapse Reprise Artist: Pascal van den Bos Duration: '5:44' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/collapse-reprise -Commentary: "Pascal van den Bos:\nI originally wrote this song in 2019 for\ - \ Stable Time Loops and Paradoxes 3 but i ended up scrapping it and completely\ - \ redoing it, i'm not exactly sure why i did that but either way i felt really\ - \ bad about that because IMO i ended up ruining the song LOL. So anyway this is\ - \ the 3rd and proper final version of Collapse AKA \"The Descend of the PMT\"\ - \ because it references so many songs. " Cover Artists: - Gryotharian Referenced Tracks: @@ -1179,14 +1173,27 @@ Referenced Tracks: - More Real than Kraft Mayo - All Alone - Jittery Optimist +Commentary: "Pascal van den Bos:\nI originally wrote this song in 2019 for\ + \ Stable Time Loops and Paradoxes 3 but i ended up scrapping it and completely\ + \ redoing it, i'm not exactly sure why i did that but either way i felt really\ + \ bad about that because IMO i ended up ruining the song LOL. So anyway this is\ + \ the 3rd and proper final version of Collapse AKA \"The Descend of the PMT\"\ + \ because it references so many songs. " --- Track: Shattered Spacetime Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '5:01' -Art Tags: -- Lord English URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shattered-spacetime +Cover Artists: +- Cratmang +Art Tags: +- Lord English +Referenced Tracks: +- English +- track:upward-movement-dave-owns +- Ruins (With Strings) +- Do You Remem8er Me Commentary: "Gryotharian:\nThis was another one that I made surprisingly quickly,\ \ and didn’t need many edits afterwards. In a weird way it was inspired by David\ \ Wise’s ambient synth style, cause I’d been listening to a lot of the Donkey\ @@ -1203,54 +1210,44 @@ Commentary: "Gryotharian:\nThis was another one that I made surprisingly \ can understand is rage and hatred. I almost feel bad for him. Almost. Where\ \ was I going with this? Oh yeah. Presenting, \"Lord English throws a tantrum\ \ in a glass room.\" " -Cover Artists: -- Cratmang -Referenced Tracks: -- English -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Ruins (With Strings) -- Do You Remem8er Me --- Track: Consonant Conquest Artist: Interrobang Duration: '4:22' -Art Tags: -- Caliborn URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/consonant-conquest +Cover Artists: +- Monckat +Art Tags: +- Caliborn +Referenced Tracks: +- Constant Conquest Commentary: |- Interrobang: I wanted to make what’s probably the last Homestuck song I’ll ever release publically something special, and I think the final product here fits that bill. This track began as an experiment with the layering of different-length loops on each other in a way that would never exactly repeat itself, which you can hear in pretty clearly the first section - it’s something one encounters often in minimalist and ambient music, and I’d like to do more with the technique in the future. Hope you enjoy! Monckat: I like to think Caliborn worked really hard on this one, maybe it’s hanging over a mantelpiece in Lord English’s manor somewhere. He’s added some tasteful JPEG artifacts and plastic wrap filters to his style, I’m so proud of him! -Cover Artists: -- Monckat -Referenced Tracks: -- Constant Conquest --- Track: Reunion Artist: Aradiawithgeese Duration: '3:14' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reunion +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian Art Tags: - John - John's dad -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reunion Commentary: |- Aradiawithgeese: A father and son reunite. With this song I played with one of my favorite lofi ambient tricks that being recording the song to a weird audio format. In this case the song was recorded directly to a wire recorder. (the small skips and hitches you hear is the thin steel wire that will snag on the play head every now and again) As for the Content recorded to the wire Its a semi improvisational piece that was made to reflect John’s mindstate when he reunites with his dad after the long road that was most of the comic. -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian --- Track: Crystalschalasthemequins Artist: Momora Duration: '5:06' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalschalasthemequins -Commentary: |- - Makin: - There’s a Homestuck continuation fanventure named “Act 8”, and this amazing track scored part of it! You can check it out here. Cover Artists: - swanfire Referenced Tracks: @@ -1258,42 +1255,45 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Schala's Theme Sampled Tracks: - Schala's Theme +Commentary: |- + Makin: + There’s a Homestuck continuation fanventure named “Act 8”, and this amazing track scored part of it! You can check it out here. --- Track: Sburban City Artist: $C4RL3TT Duration: 0:54 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-city -Commentary: |- - $C4RL3TT: - In order to really progress much further I think they'd have to start a new sburb session in Homestuck^2. So I thought I'd try to make a theme for that. - Monckat: - Based on the box art for SimCity 4. The instruments used here made my mind jump to the idea of a Maxis-made SimCity style sandbox version of Sburb, so I spoke it into existence. I have no idea how such a game would actually play but I need it now. - Man, drawing this has made me sad there’s no Spore 2 again. Dammit. Cover Artists: - Monckat Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle Sampled Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle +Commentary: |- + $C4RL3TT: + In order to really progress much further I think they'd have to start a new sburb session in Homestuck^2. So I thought I'd try to make a theme for that. + Monckat: + Based on the box art for SimCity 4. The instruments used here made my mind jump to the idea of a Maxis-made SimCity style sandbox version of Sburb, so I spoke it into existence. I have no idea how such a game would actually play but I need it now. + Man, drawing this has made me sad there’s no Spore 2 again. Dammit. --- Track: Gold Mage [Playtime is Over Mix] Artist: repeatedScales Duration: '4:07' -Art Tags: -- Sollux URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gold-mage-playtime-is-over-mix - https://103records.bandcamp.com/track/gold-mage-playtime-is-over-mix +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Sollux +Referenced Tracks: +- Gold Mage Commentary: |- repeatedScales: Oh boy. I feel the best way to justify this mix of the song's entire existence is with the following; the original [[Gold Mage]] had a very barren and empty arrangement, designed to facilitate a vocal track that never actually got made, and though the lack of vocals probably helped it make [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|coloUrs & mayhem Vol. 1]] in the long run, a lot of people picked up on how empty the song felt. This mix was kind of my way of making up for that, but in the process I created the opposite problem of having TOO MUCH going on, especially in that first 'verse' section. Oh dear god, that first 'verse' section; I am baffled as to how I could possibly have thought that sounded good at the time. Technically speaking the cutting and looping on that guitar sample is very well done, but it doesn't work with the vibe of the beat, and it REALLY doesn't work with the bassline. The second 'verse' isn't much better, in that itself it's a nice chilled out rework of elements from the original, but it jars with the rest of the "GET PUMPED" vibe the tracks got going on. Also, man oh man, [[group:toby-fox|Toby Fox]] felt the solo from the end of the original song was boring; the solo on this song is utterly lifeless. It can barely be called a solo. Ok, ok, some positives; though the chorus is somewhat cluttered, I do like how punchy the chords sound using a more typical "rave stab" type sound (hell, in general the synth stabs on the cut are often the better elements), the stock sawtooth bass synth actually works quite nice with the bassline, and though it gets buried in a lot of the mix, the main drum machine beat over the 'verses' and the solo is actually quite punchy, and has a real late 90s game soundtrack vibe to it that I like. The original is definitely the better version of the song in the long run, though. Makin: This amazing redux version of the [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|Colours and Mayhem: Universe A]] track was hidden away in the musician’s bandcamp, known to few. It’s time it saw the light of the mainstream and knocked your socks off. -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian -Referenced Tracks: -- Gold Mage --- Track: Black ($C4RL3TT Remix) Directory: black-sc4rl3tt-remix @@ -1301,85 +1301,85 @@ Artist: $C4RL3TT Duration: '2:36' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-c4rl3tt-remix -Commentary: |- - Monckat: - Some minimalist 3D art, vaguely inspired by the sort of 90s cgi stuff you see on youtube compilations of jungle/d&b music. Cover Artists: - Monckat Referenced Tracks: - track:black +Commentary: |- + Monckat: + Some minimalist 3D art, vaguely inspired by the sort of 90s cgi stuff you see on youtube compilations of jungle/d&b music. --- Track: Harley-Claire Retro Time! Artist: FlareDragon Duration: '2:59' -Art Tags: -- Joey -- Jude URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/harley-claire-retro-time Cover Artists: - crabaqqle +Art Tags: +- Joey +- Jude Referenced Tracks: - Half-Harley Manor --- Track: Snake Case Closin' '18 Artist: Tee-vee Duration: '3:35' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/snake-case-closin-18 +Cover Artists: +- Cratmang Art Tags: - Joey - Xefros -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/snake-case-closin-18 +Referenced Tracks: +- That's How I Beat Snake +- SERPENT GENESIS Commentary: |- Tee-vee: Surf rock/metal arrangement of [[That's How I Beat Snake|That's how I beat Snake]] / [[SERPENT GENESIS|Serpent Genesis]] made in 2018 a few months after the release of Hiveswap Act 1, along with a video playthrough on my Youtube channel. It's slightly dated but I'm still happy with what I did with it back then! "can homestuck truly be an anime if it doesn't have a beach episode" —Tee-vee Cratmang: Fun Fact: I had the cursed idea of making this image as a 3D scene in Blender. But only got partway through modelling Xefros when I realized that I didn't have enough time or patience for it. -Cover Artists: -- Cratmang -Referenced Tracks: -- That's How I Beat Snake -- SERPENT GENESIS --- Track: Minor Manor Artist: L4Vo5 Duration: '1:48' -Art Tags: -- Joey URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/minor-manor -Commentary: "Gryotharian:\nWanted to go for a sort of Luigi’s mansion type\ - \ thing at first, but then style-wise switched up to like mid-90s low budget MS\ - \ paint edutainment game, and ended up with this. " Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Joey Referenced Tracks: - Half-Harley Manor +Commentary: "Gryotharian:\nWanted to go for a sort of Luigi’s mansion type\ + \ thing at first, but then style-wise switched up to like mid-90s low budget MS\ + \ paint edutainment game, and ended up with this. " --- Track: 'Joey: Play Haunting Melody' Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '2:47' -Art Tags: -- Joey URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/joey-play-haunting-melody +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Joey Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: Or maybe it should’ve been called Play Dramatic Melody? I dunno, either way. Because why not have a piano refrain? People stop paying attention to meteors falling from the sky to dick around on their instruments all the time, don’t know why monsters attacking should make a difference. -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian --- Track: Keep Your Head Down, Rustblood! Artist: subversiveasset Duration: '3:41' -Art Tags: -- Xefros URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/keep-your-head-down-rustblood Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Xefros Referenced Tracks: - Keep Your Head Down - Rustblood @@ -1387,88 +1387,88 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Final Spice (Remix) Artist: Kusoro Duration: '2:07' -Art Tags: -- Joey URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/final-spice-remix Cover Artists: - Mmueoul +Art Tags: +- Joey Referenced Tracks: - Final Spice --- Track: Sburban Fall Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Duration: '2:38' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-fall -Commentary: |- - WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: - This track was made for Homestuck’s 10 year anniversary back in 2019, in the span of about an hour. [[track:sburban-jungle]] always felt to me like the “core” of Homestuck’s extremely varied soundtrack, so I always wanted to do a take on it in some form. This didn’t end up very similar to the original song, and I wasn’t intending it to sound so melancholy, but neither is a bad thing. - matthiuss1988: these music will make you shit hard!!! Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- John Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle +Commentary: |- + WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: + This track was made for Homestuck’s 10 year anniversary back in 2019, in the span of about an hour. [[track:sburban-jungle]] always felt to me like the “core” of Homestuck’s extremely varied soundtrack, so I always wanted to do a take on it in some form. This didn’t end up very similar to the original song, and I wasn’t intending it to sound so melancholy, but neither is a bad thing. + matthiuss1988: these music will make you shit hard!!! --- Track: All Alone (Redux) Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng Duration: '2:32' -Art Tags: -- Damara URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/all-alone-redux +Cover Artists: +- swanfire +Art Tags: +- Damara +Referenced Tracks: +- All Alone Commentary: "Andrew \"Rainy\" Obeng:\nRedux of All Alone from PMT's \"Beforusbound\"\ \ album.\nswanfire:\nDamara is such a dense character with her story being\ \ told at the edges and words of everyone else with barely any exposition coming\ \ directly for her, the music is inspiringly striking in capturing that, the one\ \ time the spot light is shined on her is when she is under the influence of LE\ \ and thus i shined the spotlight on her in the focus of the art. " -Cover Artists: -- swanfire -Referenced Tracks: -- All Alone --- Track: Time Running By Artist: Artisticpolo Duration: '2:39' -Art Tags: -- Dave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/time-running-by -Commentary: "Makin:\nI remember looping this track over and over back in 2011,\ - \ and Kanishka helped me get back in touch with the musician. There’s something\ - \ about it that brings the Homestuck Act 4 feelings back, like how a Faygo smell\ - \ can bring you back to your amazing and smelly experience at the 2009 “Clown\ - \ Killaz” Insane Clown Posse concert.\nGryotharian:\nSorry he’s not running.\ - \ Just standing there. Give him a break, it’s hard to run on a clock. " Cover Artists: - Gryotharian +Art Tags: +- Dave Referenced Tracks: - track:upward-movement-dave-owns - track:beatdown-strider-style - Sunsetter +Commentary: "Makin:\nI remember looping this track over and over back in 2011,\ + \ and Kanishka helped me get back in touch with the musician. There’s something\ + \ about it that brings the Homestuck Act 4 feelings back, like how a Faygo smell\ + \ can bring you back to your amazing and smelly experience at the 2009 “Clown\ + \ Killaz” Insane Clown Posse concert.\nGryotharian:\nSorry he’s not running.\ + \ Just standing there. Give him a break, it’s hard to run on a clock. " --- Track: Event Horizon/Barium Starlight Directory: event-horizon-barium-starlight Artist: Grace Medley Duration: '3:48' -Art Tags: -- Rose URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/event-horizon-barium-starlight -Commentary: |- - Makin: - This track art actually depicts Rose in her Lord of Space outfit from Cool and New Web Comic, since this track originates there. I cropped it a bit to not blow people’s minds too much. Wait, what is that drop OH MY GOD Cover Artists: - Sozzay +Art Tags: +- Rose Referenced Tracks: - Black Rose / Green Sun - Black Hole / Green Sun - track:endless-climb - Song for Rose Lalonde - Exploring the Depths of Sburb +Commentary: |- + Makin: + This track art actually depicts Rose in her Lord of Space outfit from Cool and New Web Comic, since this track originates there. I cropped it a bit to not blow people’s minds too much. Wait, what is that drop OH MY GOD --- Track: '[S] ==>' Directory: s-next-arrow @@ -1478,20 +1478,18 @@ Artist: Contributors: - Circlejourney (harmonies) Duration: '5:21' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/s +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/s -Commentary: |- - heir-of-puns: - So [[track:synchronize]] is just…really really good and it makes me feel a lot of things. Yeah it’s vocaloid and that’s funny but god DAMN it gives me chills every time I listen to it. I’ve been working on this cover for maybe two and a half years now? Since the Before Times definitely. It has gone through a lot of tweaks but I’m pretty proud of it overall. HUGE thanks to Ucklin for final mastering and vocals, and to CJ for the harmonies! Pronunciation of the title is up for ~interpretation~ I guess. I wanted it to be a tribute to the original title, and also just seeing the [S] in front of the next arrow always gave me a rush of adrenaline since something amazing was probably about to go down. So you click on that arrow with anticipation and launch yourself into the experience and then freak out about it on the internet afterward. Here I go getting emotional about homestuck again, wild. - Ucklin: - I wanted to put a lot of emotion and expressivity into the vocals even if that made them a bit weird! Puns was really cool and waited a long time for me to finally record them while stuff was going on in my life. I’m glad I got to work with him! - Circlejourney: - You can just hear the love and effort that went into the track, it brings the nostalgia rushing back so I tried to create an art piece that would do that justice. +Referenced Tracks: +- '[S]ynchronize' +- Cascade (Beta) Lyrics: "[[[S]ynchronize]]\n\nI’m still wondering\nWhere to go now\nWe have seen the\ \ highest peak but there was \nNothing there no truth and how\nI’m wandering\n\ Through all these places\nLands of Little Cubes and Tea \nOf Wind and Shade, these\ @@ -1517,36 +1515,40 @@ Lyrics: "[[[S]ynchronize]]\n\nI’m still wondering\nWhere to go now\nWe have se \ me and we’ll [[Ascend]]\nSolving puzzles universal\nIn our [[Sburban Reversal]]\n\ All these [[track:ruins]] we [[track:explore]]\nCould it be there’s something\ \ more?\nPester me, I’m not alone\nI’m just stuck inside my home" -Cover Artists: -- Circlejourney -Referenced Tracks: -- '[S]ynchronize' -- Cascade (Beta) +Commentary: |- + heir-of-puns: + So [[track:synchronize]] is just…really really good and it makes me feel a lot of things. Yeah it’s vocaloid and that’s funny but god DAMN it gives me chills every time I listen to it. I’ve been working on this cover for maybe two and a half years now? Since the Before Times definitely. It has gone through a lot of tweaks but I’m pretty proud of it overall. HUGE thanks to Ucklin for final mastering and vocals, and to CJ for the harmonies! Pronunciation of the title is up for ~interpretation~ I guess. I wanted it to be a tribute to the original title, and also just seeing the [S] in front of the next arrow always gave me a rush of adrenaline since something amazing was probably about to go down. So you click on that arrow with anticipation and launch yourself into the experience and then freak out about it on the internet afterward. Here I go getting emotional about homestuck again, wild. + Ucklin: + I wanted to put a lot of emotion and expressivity into the vocals even if that made them a bit weird! Puns was really cool and waited a long time for me to finally record them while stuff was going on in my life. I’m glad I got to work with him! + Circlejourney: + You can just hear the love and effort that went into the track, it brings the nostalgia rushing back so I tried to create an art piece that would do that justice. --- Track: Abstract Artist: Kusoro Duration: '2:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/abstract -Commentary: "Monckat:\nFeatures a sort of on-a-whim redesign of the Theseus,\ - \ to be closer to the sorts of spaceship designs I usually draw. Admittedly though,\ - \ most of the spaceship designs I draw aren’t smashing through gigantic versions\ - \ of Dirk’s shades so I maybe don’t have a leg to stand on there. " Cover Artists: - Monckat Referenced Tracks: - Moonsetter - Despot - track:upward-movement-dave-owns +Commentary: "Monckat:\nFeatures a sort of on-a-whim redesign of the Theseus,\ + \ to be closer to the sorts of spaceship designs I usually draw. Admittedly though,\ + \ most of the spaceship designs I draw aren’t smashing through gigantic versions\ + \ of Dirk’s shades so I maybe don’t have a leg to stand on there. " --- Track: Saccharine Slumber, Strider Artist: Shwan Duration: '3:05' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/saccharine-slumber-strider +Cover Artists: +- Gryotharian Art Tags: - Dirk - Dave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/saccharine-slumber-strider Commentary: "Shwan:\nInspired by [[Sweet Dreams, Timaeus]]. I like the chill\ \ instruments and atmospheric chords from the original and wanted to do something\ \ similar.\nGryotharian:\nThis ended up being some of the most work I’ve\ @@ -1562,16 +1564,19 @@ Commentary: "Shwan:\nInspired by [[Sweet Dreams, Timaeus]]. I like the ch \ in one incredibly long day. There’s an alternate version without the highlight\ \ sketching, which I was unsure about, but Shwan said they liked this version\ \ better, so this is the version on the album. " -Cover Artists: -- Gryotharian --- Track: Somnambulist Artist: heir-of-puns Duration: '3:35' -Art Tags: -- Roxy URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/somnambulist +Cover Artists: +- Awkward +Art Tags: +- Roxy +Referenced Tracks: +- Even in Death +- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse Commentary: "heir-of-puns:\nThis is like the third entirely redone version\ \ of this song but I think it's finally getting there. Not perfect by any stretch,\ \ but better. Anyway, Roxy is great.\nAwkward:\nSo if anything was pushed\ @@ -1579,44 +1584,37 @@ Commentary: "heir-of-puns:\nThis is like the third entirely redone versio \ started and the one I reworked the most when it came to the concept. In the\ \ end I basically scrapped it completely because I liked this idea better, even\ \ if it was less complex. " -Cover Artists: -- Awkward -Referenced Tracks: -- Even in Death -- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse --- Track: Crystallized Flowers DX Artist: salex_r3kt Duration: '4:25' -Art Tags: -- Jade URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystallized-flowers-dx -Commentary: |- - Monckat: - I love drawing gnarled, twisted trees so much. Almost as much as I love drawing things half-buried in snow. Today must be my lucky day! - Please do not eat the bright red crystal flowers, no matter how tasty they look. They are deadly poison. Thousands have died already this year. Cover Artists: - Awkward +Art Tags: +- Jade Referenced Tracks: - Crystalanthemums - Crystalanthology - Crystamanthequins - track:sburban-jungle - Crystalmethequins +Commentary: |- + Monckat: + I love drawing gnarled, twisted trees so much. Almost as much as I love drawing things half-buried in snow. Today must be my lucky day! + Please do not eat the bright red crystal flowers, no matter how tasty they look. They are deadly poison. Thousands have died already this year. --- Track: I Am Bigger Than This Story Artist: FrostyMac Duration: '4:15' -Art Tags: -- MSPA Reader -- Green Sun URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-bigger-than-this-story -Commentary: "FrostyMac:\nI loved the ending to Pesterquest and wanted to do\ - \ a track on it. " Cover Artists: - crabaqqle +Art Tags: +- MSPA Reader +- Green Sun Referenced Tracks: - Flare - END OF FRIENDVANGELION @@ -1624,14 +1622,18 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:old-secret - Embittered Shore - Penumbra Phantasm +Commentary: "FrostyMac:\nI loved the ending to Pesterquest and wanted to do\ + \ a track on it. " --- Track: A Story That Consumes Itself Artist: Circlejourney Duration: '3:02' -Art Tags: -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-story-that-consumes-itself +Cover Artists: +- piskomil +Art Tags: +- Horrorterrors Lyrics: |- Ten Nine @@ -1649,8 +1651,6 @@ Commentary: |- An ending after all endings and before all beginnings. Alternate titles that I considered: "Apocalyptic Waltz" and "Ouroboros". piskomil: Inspired by the alternative title Ouroboros. -Cover Artists: -- piskomil --- Track: Ophiuchus (Full Suite) Artist: @@ -1660,12 +1660,14 @@ Artist: Contributors: - salex_r3kt (shreddage samples) Duration: '28:27' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ophiuchus-full-suite +Cover Artists: +- dromswell Art Tags: - Caliborn - Calliope - 'cw: body horror (abstract)' -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ophiuchus-full-suite Commentary: |- WarxTron: 00:00 - The Lime Muse @@ -1678,17 +1680,17 @@ Commentary: |- dromswell: calliope and caliborn's skulls sitting in the heroic/just grandfather clock forgot to mention this in the artist commentary, but the coloring & linework is based on The Magician's Birthday -Cover Artists: -- dromswell --- Track: Swan Song/Until Next Time Directory: swan-song-until-next-time Artist: Gryotharian Duration: '2:11' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/swan-song-until-next-time +Cover Artists: +- Chesswanderlust-sama +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: "Gryotharian:\nDecided if this was going to be the last LOFAM album,\ \ it needed a good closing track. Not a full huge song (that honor definitely\ \ goes to and belongs to [[Ophiuchus (Full Suite)|Ophiuchus]]), just like a short\ @@ -1697,5 +1699,3 @@ Commentary: "Gryotharian:\nDecided if this was going to be the last LOFAM \ era on the internet. Maybe in another 4 years there’ll be another album. Personally,\ \ I doubt it, I think the song I made is more hopeful than I am. But who knows.\n\ Maybe. \nMakin:\n4 years is quitter talk." -Cover Artists: -- Chesswanderlust-sama diff --git a/album/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair.yaml b/album/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair.yaml index a89e75d6..909699f1 100644 --- a/album/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair.yaml +++ b/album/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair.yaml @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ Album: Look On My Works Ye Mighty And Despair Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Has Track Art: false Date: March 19, 2019 Date Added: February 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lGUjlsu5ULa2Cuu6kGPfnwcgu5x7MkhJM +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Hadron Color: '#428abd' Groups: - Michael Guy Bowman - Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lGUjlsu5ULa2Cuu6kGPfnwcgu5x7MkhJM Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Hello, aliens from the future. This is an album of music written and produced by me, Michael Guy Bowman. People recognized me as a hero and a king in my lifetime. By now, civilization has certainly perished. If there are any surviving humans, they're probably mutated beyond recognition and a real bummer to hang with. If nothing else remains, gaze upon this artifact for a little taste of what life was like in another time when things were actually pretty cool. -Cover Artists: -- Hadron Wallpaper Artists: - Hadron --- @@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ Duration: '4:23' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/this-is-as-good-as-it-gets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlWdWFD8t6U +Cover Artists: +- Hadron Lyrics: |- Why does this feeling always come to me Like there’s some place that I’m supposed to be @@ -152,8 +154,6 @@ Lyrics: |- We walk away just when the mood is right Oh wait for me, you know I need you now Show me your heart and I will show you how -Cover Artists: -- Hadron --- Track: Like Angels Duration: '2:50' @@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ Duration: '2:45' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/lucky-charm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdAcoQgCX8c +Cover Artists: +- Hadron Lyrics: |- Have you noticed lately that you and I can do no wrong? That every hurdle in the road that ever slowed you down is gone? @@ -538,14 +540,14 @@ Lyrics: |- Don't you feel lucky when there's no one but us To hear the six o'clock alarm? You should feel lucky, 'cuz I'm your lucky charm. -Cover Artists: -- Hadron --- Track: Back To The Jungle Duration: '5:24' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/back-to-the-jungle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rbQPtjXUww +Cover Artists: +- Hadron Lyrics: |- I was born in the woods I was raised pretty good @@ -660,8 +662,6 @@ Lyrics: |- So you know where i will be I'm moving back to the jungle Where i'm gonna eat dirt -Cover Artists: -- Hadron --- Track: Night Terrors Duration: '3:09' diff --git a/album/losing-heart.yaml b/album/losing-heart.yaml index acdd2c58..8a3176e8 100644 --- a/album/losing-heart.yaml +++ b/album/losing-heart.yaml @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ Album: Losing Heart Artist: nuclear333 -Has Track Art: false Date: December 20, 2019 12:00:01 Date Added: April 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/losing-heart-solo +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- rintezukas Color: '#f48080' Groups: - nuclear333 - Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/losing-heart-solo Commentary: |- nuclear333: unfinished track from an upcoming album that might not be coming out Art by my pal Mabel (rintezukas)! -Cover Artists: -- rintezukas --- Track: Losing Heart Duration: '1:27' diff --git a/album/medium.yaml b/album/medium.yaml index f01e4df8..d2f88479 100644 --- a/album/medium.yaml +++ b/album/medium.yaml @@ -2,29 +2,29 @@ Album: Medium Artist: Clark Powell Date: April 14, 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Wallpaper Style: |- - background-color: black; - background-position: top center; - background-size: auto; - background-repeat: no-repeat; - opacity: 0.8; -Has Track Art: false -Color: '#22ccff' -Groups: -- Clark Powell -- Official URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-impossible-to-play-with-medium - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB9D2EAC43B6195B8 +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Cindy Dominguez +Color: '#22ccff' +Groups: +- Clark Powell +- Official Wallpaper Artists: - Cindy Dominguez - Quasar Nebula (edits for wiki) +Wallpaper Style: |- + background-color: black; + background-position: top center; + background-size: auto; + background-repeat: no-repeat; + opacity: 0.8; --- Track: Light -Duration: '5:36' Directory: light-medium +Duration: '5:36' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/light-4 - https://youtu.be/WEVS8j6bcvI @@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/PI785pDsR88 --- Track: Frost -Duration: '5:54' Directory: frost-medium +Duration: '5:54' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frost-4 - https://youtu.be/1Puozp2uaaM diff --git a/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml b/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml index 4ad3398e..1be491db 100644 --- a/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml +++ b/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml @@ -1,11 +1,6 @@ Album: 'Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead' Date: February 4 2010 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: '#dd0000' -Groups: -- Official -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4-with-midnight-crew-drawing-dead - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQBK41qzhR4 @@ -14,6 +9,11 @@ Cover Artists: - Homestuck Default Track Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Color: '#dd0000' +Groups: +- Official +Art Tags: +- Midnight Crew --- Track: Three in the Morning Artist: Clark Powell @@ -103,16 +103,16 @@ URLs: Track: Hauntjam Artist: Andrew Huo, Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '2:16' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hauntjam-2 - https://youtu.be/K9s0vr15Gvw +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' +Referenced Tracks: +- track:haunt Commentary: |- Andrew Huo: Hauntjam and Hauntjelly are interesting things. They were actually made based on a short fruity loop that The Big Man Andrew did, called haunt.wav or haunt.mp3 or something like that. A jam on his theme, logically, would therefore be called "hauntjam," with the opportunity for naming puns including "hauntjelly." His theme appears mostly unchanged as the bassline for the first part of the pieces. At this point in terms of instrumentation, we were still mostly striving for faithfulness to the canon Midnight Crew "band," as can be seen in the Extras page wherein the MC fill 'em with midnight (bottom), so Hauntjam employs trombone, string bass, piano, clarinet, and sax (I forget which because I've lost the file and am not a band person, but I think it was alto). From there on, it was fairly straightforward to write a haunting refrain and then solos for each instrument. I will admit I got a little writerblock'd for the second part, which was sort of a brief modulation to the dominant, so it sounds a little strange. But it still has its own little charm, with the almost annoying trill put in for a spooky ghost-like effect. In Hauntjam, Bowman did some good stuff with bringing out moving parts in the first refrain. In Hauntjelly, Xerxes emphasizes the spookiness by changing instruments for more electric organ. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:haunt --- Track: Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius Artist: Robert J! Lake @@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ Duration: '2:16' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jokers-wild-2 - https://youtu.be/MDaWJUfxFCM +Referenced Tracks: +- track:harlequin Commentary: |- Mark Hadley: When we were writing music for Drawing Dead, I just HAD to make a jazz remix of Harlequin. The song pretty much wrote itself after that. I think if I was going to change anything about it though, I'd have tried to get a live saxophone; the synth sounds a bit off. But then, any of the songs off of Drawing Dead would probably sound amazing by a live band. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:harlequin --- Track: Livin' It Up Artist: Gabe Nezovic @@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ URLs: Track: Hauntjelly Artist: Andrew Huo, Ian Taylor Duration: '2:02' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood (abstract)' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hauntjelly-2 - https://youtu.be/MccD13jZSTU +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - track:hauntjam Sampled Tracks: @@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ Sampled Tracks: --- Track: Nightlife (Extended) Directory: nightlife-extended-mc-dd +Also Released As: +- track:nightlife-extended Artist: Bill Bolin Duration: '2:34' Has URLs: false -Also Released As: -- track:nightlife-extended diff --git a/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.yaml b/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.yaml index 1374afc9..13661948 100644 --- a/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.yaml +++ b/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.yaml @@ -2,16 +2,22 @@ Album: Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Date: May 31, 2011 00:00:04 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBZx4eTVu4Ufun +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kT4A-zOvA1ht-UCuwStN-uoVIdxS7S7Qw +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra +- Richard Gung +Default Track Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra +- Richard Gung Color: '#eecc22' Groups: - Michael Guy Bowman - Official Art Tags: - Mobius Trip -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBZx4eTVu4Ufun -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kT4A-zOvA1ht-UCuwStN-uoVIdxS7S7Qw Commentary: |- Michael Guy Bowman: Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido, agents of Prospit and Derse. They once fought on the battlefield as their respective nemeses, only to be united by a common epiphany - the truth behind the Ultimate Riddle. Gazing upon the Skaian clouds, the secrets of the past, present, and future are now well guarded by these strange sentinels who spread enlightenment through their cryptic music and dance. Together, they hope their songs may be a beacon to all those who undertake the Riddle. @@ -35,26 +41,22 @@ Commentary: |- For the portrait of Hadron's face, I cobbled together my little lighting and shooting rig with the following: tripod, camera, music stand, orange extension cord, nightlight, and a chair. It was super guerrilla, if you consider shooting in the comfort of your own home guerrilla. Either way, it was actually a very pleasant photoshoot that didn't require an extensive amount of time to set up. Oh, and I kept eating cookies during one of the photoshoots. That's all I can remember at the moment. Bowman might remember more. -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra -- Richard Gung -Default Track Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra -- Richard Gung --- Track: Forever Duration: '2:58' -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/forever - https://youtu.be/O9Q5JvfBMYc +Art Tags: +- Mobius Trip --- Track: Dawn of Man Duration: '5:44' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/dawn-of-man - https://youtu.be/Fyib6VCDA2s +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Lyrics: |- I was about fifteen
I was walking the beach
I was racing a wave
It knocked me off my feet
I fell into the tide
It spat me back on the sand
I laughed without a clue
How lucky I was to land It's been a long long time
Since my life was spared
It's been a long long time
But I'm still not scared @@ -63,16 +65,14 @@ Lyrics: |- If anyone's out there to see what we have done
Can somebody tell me what we are to become
Our tiny lives
They fly right by
This goodly frame, it does not care
If we live or die It was the month of June
In Tiananmen Square
The tanks were on TV
But I was not yet there
The guns they wall went pop
We heard the screams and shouts
I was brought into this world
As they were taken out If anyone's out there to see what I have done
Can somebody tell me what we are to become
Our tiny lives
They fly right by
Who were they, and next to them
Who the hell am I? -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Beta Version Duration: '4:35' -Art Tags: -- Hadron Kaleido URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/beta-version - https://youtu.be/m6Km35fIHiw +Art Tags: +- Hadron Kaleido --- Track: No Release Duration: '4:28' @@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ Lyrics: |- --- Track: Fly Duration: '5:01' -Art Tags: -- Hadron Kaleido URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/fly - https://youtu.be/CUDkBTYWtGk +Art Tags: +- Hadron Kaleido Lyrics: |- Fly fly fly whatcha say
Whatcha gonna do
Change your ways change your life
Change your point of view
Been so long since your feet
Felt the open air
So far back down the line
Were you even there? It's so cold the rain blows in your eyes
It's so cold the days go flashing by
It's so cold you've lost all track of time
It's so cold you turn back into slime @@ -107,11 +107,13 @@ Lyrics: |- --- Track: Lies With The Sea Duration: '4:46' -Art Tags: -- Hadron Kaleido URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/lies-with-the-sea - https://youtu.be/LH_tBygClwg +Art Tags: +- Hadron Kaleido +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Lyrics: |- Lonely submarine in murky shades of blue and green
A silent knock on Davy Jones' door
Octopi and hydronauts explore unsalvaged shipwrecks caught
In coral reeves that span the ocean floor The geothermal chemistry
Of vents below the deep blue sea
Burning on and on
The winking of an angler's light
You make this underwater flight
Down where there is no sun @@ -134,17 +136,15 @@ Commentary: |- One thing it has in common with the quicker, more lightly-produced version of the track I put out in May was a fairly strong inspiration from modern electronic acts. I drew farily heavily from the sensibilities of Gorillaz in chosing synthesizer sounds on tracks like “Rhinestone Eyes” and “El Mañana” and also pretty closely studied the mix on Daft Punk’s “Something About Us”, a down tempo track I greatly admire. The thing that most strongly made me feel comfortable using this track on Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido was its inspiration from dreams and the sense that it generally echoed the thought of being swept away in a wave as mentioned in “Dawn of Man” earlier on the album. Originally I even recorded an alternate lyric to the melody of “Sburban Jungle” to open the second verse which I ditched that went as follows: “Down, down far below, somewhere safe/ Lost in the wave once again.” -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Chain Of Prospit Duration: '4:37' -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip -- Hadron Kaleido URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/chain-of-prospit - https://youtu.be/c9XA_P5g_4w +Art Tags: +- Mobius Trip +- Hadron Kaleido Lyrics: |- Hold up
Before your hopes and dreams are sold up
You haven't failed yet don't hold up
Don't cut the tape before it's rolled up
You've always got a chance Rock it
And if the picture isn't clear just shop it
You're swinging by the chain of Prospit
The future's always there so pop it
Back into its place @@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ Lyrics: |- --- Track: Pumpkin Tide Duration: '3:31' -Art Tags: -- Hadron Kaleido URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-tide - https://youtu.be/lyxw3e3RvzE +Art Tags: +- Hadron Kaleido Lyrics: |- Destroy your desk, it's useless now
Build yourself a fort to hide
Close your eyes and crawl inside
You're sailing on the pumpkin tide The ship you're on is yours alone
The wind will push your sweet sweet ride
But this foreign wave just appearified
You're sailing on the pumpkin tide @@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ Lyrics: |- --- Track: The Deeper You Go Duration: '3:36' -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-deeper-you-go - https://youtu.be/IMpM4xKg9vU +Art Tags: +- Mobius Trip Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle diff --git a/album/moons-of-theseus.yaml b/album/moons-of-theseus.yaml index 4b12f814..990afe52 100644 --- a/album/moons-of-theseus.yaml +++ b/album/moons-of-theseus.yaml @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ Album: Moons of Theseus -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Wallpaper Style: |- - opacity: 0.35; - filter: grayscale(0.4); Date: June 8, 2019 Date Added: January 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/moons-of-theseus +Cover Artists: +- Nick Tucker Color: '#ffec14' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans - Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/moons-of-theseus -Cover Artists: +Banner Artists: - Nick Tucker +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Wallpaper Artists: - Nick Tucker -Banner Artists: -- Nick Tucker +Wallpaper Style: |- + opacity: 0.35; + filter: grayscale(0.4); --- Track: Home Artist: Grace Medley, SplitSuns @@ -24,10 +24,18 @@ Contributors: - Ucklin (vocals) - WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES (vocals, additional guitar) Duration: '10:25' -Art Tags: -- Hadron Kaleido URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/home +Cover Artists: +- ricemilk +Art Tags: +- Hadron Kaleido +Referenced Tracks: +- Forever +- Dawn of Man +- track:sburban-jungle +- The Return +- Violet and Gold Lyrics: |- O darling, what have we become?
Has all been said, has all been done?
And after all that we’ve been through
Am I still me, are you still you? O darling, what is it we seek?
Perhaps I think myself a freak
Perhaps I crave a second chance
In the universe’s endless dance @@ -46,14 +54,6 @@ Commentary: |- I honestly can't recall exactly when the first time Grace and I discussed our love for Forever was, or when that love transformed into making a full-blown tribute, but over the many, MANY months, our pact to realize our emotions in song finally came to fruition. This is the first time I've done such a large-scale collaboration, and it's safe to say that it exceeded all my expectations. Neither of us thought that a track tributing a three minute opener would turn into a multi-part 10:25 epic, but life tends to have ways of surprising you. It wasn't easy balancing the track's complexities, which is why I was beyond grateful to have Grace help out with organizing things. This song would not be what it is without her; it wouldn't even exist at all, really! Her skills cannot be overstated. The first components of the song were completed by Grace. She wrote and composed the lyrics for the vocal section, and produced the majority of the guitar breakdown/climax towards the end of the track. From there we planned a road map of the song's progression to link together what had been completed: an ambient intro similar to Forever, a transition to lead into the vocal section, the vocal section, another transition to lead to the climax, the climax, and then an ending. I produced the majority of the intro and first transition, with Grace providing additional production and WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES playing live guitar! My goal was to create a composition with the same sense of scale and drama as Forever while having a unique mood, playful and hopeful all at once. I produced the vocal section to match Grace's songwriting, with additional production from Grace; MINES' lo-fi strains contrasted with Ucklin's ethereal melodies very nicely, right on top of a groove I never anticipated coming out of the project. The second transition was done entirely by Grace, bridging the gap between the dance that came before and the cinematic breakdown coming after. Finally, I provided additional production on the climax and created the ending. We wanted something like, in Grace's words, "the digital-age counterpart to the end of Have a Cigar." The result was a little bit more violent than that, but it provides a thrilling conclusion to the experience all the same, jettisoning off into the Incipisphere. The varied parts of Home take you by the hand and guide you on a journey throughout time and space. It is my belief that by listening, you're taking the same journey Grace, myself, and all the other creatives involved in this album took in the process of making the project a reality. It's been a long and winding road, but I wouldn't have had it any other way. Thank you. -Cover Artists: -- ricemilk -Referenced Tracks: -- Forever -- Dawn of Man -- track:sburban-jungle -- The Return -- Violet and Gold --- Track: Traveling Artist: ndividedbyzero @@ -62,25 +62,14 @@ Contributors: - Ucklin (vocals) - WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES (vocals) Duration: '4:22' -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip -- Hadron Kaleido -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/traveling -Lyrics: |- - I see the dawn rise again
The radiance anew
I catch my breath
I see the world spanning out
Unbounded in the view
The limit is my home - On the horizon, the waves
Impassible it claimed
I trek for a bridge
No matter how rough the shore
Lies ahead of me
I'll know I'll find my way - On and on we tread
Far from where we came
The more our paths diverge
The more we stay the same - The fertile fields I have roamed
One journey soon to end
I have what I need
Within the stalks, my cocoon
The nature nurtures me
Yet deep within, I know... - And the travel never ends
And you want to witness all
And you'll witness all you can -Commentary: |- - ndividedbyzero: - The opening chords of this song were originally part of a scrapped attempt on [[track:singularity]], a song from the previous album on the bandcamp, [[album:cosmic-caretakers]]. That was the penultimate song on that album, and this is the second on this album. So in a way, they're like weird bookends. More to the point though, this song ended up as an unintentional but fortuitous continuation to the "voyage" brought up in Home, both physical and metaphysical. In literal terms the lyrics are about the crossing of humans along the Bering Strait, but another interpretation is that they're a reflection of a process all humans go through: the pursuit of a purpose, the satisfaction of completing a goal, and the perennial urge to find new things to do, new things to learn, to experience, to travel. It's a fundamental feeling, true from the dawn of you, to your last sail on the pumpkin tide. - Tipsy: - Naturally when everyone else is going for wild, creative concepts, I fall back on making it Homestuck... when I heard Cait's song it made me think of the Battlefield, and when I read the lyrics, I thought, what better thing to depict than the moment Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido look into the clouds for the first time and witness the secrets of the universe? Cover Artists: - Tipsy +Art Tags: +- Mobius Trip +- Hadron Kaleido +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle - Lies With The Sea @@ -92,31 +81,44 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Wrong Or Right - Purgatory - Chain Of Prospit +Lyrics: |- + I see the dawn rise again
The radiance anew
I catch my breath
I see the world spanning out
Unbounded in the view
The limit is my home + On the horizon, the waves
Impassible it claimed
I trek for a bridge
No matter how rough the shore
Lies ahead of me
I'll know I'll find my way + On and on we tread
Far from where we came
The more our paths diverge
The more we stay the same + The fertile fields I have roamed
One journey soon to end
I have what I need
Within the stalks, my cocoon
The nature nurtures me
Yet deep within, I know... + And the travel never ends
And you want to witness all
And you'll witness all you can +Commentary: |- + ndividedbyzero: + The opening chords of this song were originally part of a scrapped attempt on [[track:singularity]], a song from the previous album on the bandcamp, [[album:cosmic-caretakers]]. That was the penultimate song on that album, and this is the second on this album. So in a way, they're like weird bookends. More to the point though, this song ended up as an unintentional but fortuitous continuation to the "voyage" brought up in Home, both physical and metaphysical. In literal terms the lyrics are about the crossing of humans along the Bering Strait, but another interpretation is that they're a reflection of a process all humans go through: the pursuit of a purpose, the satisfaction of completing a goal, and the perennial urge to find new things to do, new things to learn, to experience, to travel. It's a fundamental feeling, true from the dawn of you, to your last sail on the pumpkin tide. + Tipsy: + Naturally when everyone else is going for wild, creative concepts, I fall back on making it Homestuck... when I heard Cait's song it made me think of the Battlefield, and when I read the lyrics, I thought, what better thing to depict than the moment Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido look into the clouds for the first time and witness the secrets of the universe? --- Track: Unchained Artist: Kanishka Duration: '3:24' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/unchained -Commentary: |- - Kanishka: - I've always had a soft spot for Chain of Prospit with its quirky lyrics and extremely uplifting chorus, so when the time came to start working on a tribute album it didn't take me long to decide which song I'd bastardize. A departure from MTAHK's mellow sound, Unchained ended up being rather frantic and abrasive, resembling something akin to an explosive release of all the suppressed emotions that have been bottling up inside one's heart for way too long - destruction of emotional shackles, in other words. As for Skyplayer's artwork, I think it compensates for what the song might be lacking in terms of depth. Vivid 3-dimensional imagery paired with vibrant colours definitely makes it stand out from other illustrations. - Skyplayer: - Chain of Prospit has always been one of my all-time favorite Homestuck songs. Even just the title of Unchained immediately gave me visions of the Prospit Moon's broken connection to Prospit, but unlike [S] Descend, where the event is catastrophic, I wanted to depict the moon coming loose as a moment of freedom. Cover Artists: - Skyplayer Referenced Tracks: - Chain Of Prospit - The Deeper You Go - Amen, Brother +Commentary: |- + Kanishka: + I've always had a soft spot for Chain of Prospit with its quirky lyrics and extremely uplifting chorus, so when the time came to start working on a tribute album it didn't take me long to decide which song I'd bastardize. A departure from MTAHK's mellow sound, Unchained ended up being rather frantic and abrasive, resembling something akin to an explosive release of all the suppressed emotions that have been bottling up inside one's heart for way too long - destruction of emotional shackles, in other words. As for Skyplayer's artwork, I think it compensates for what the song might be lacking in terms of depth. Vivid 3-dimensional imagery paired with vibrant colours definitely makes it stand out from other illustrations. + Skyplayer: + Chain of Prospit has always been one of my all-time favorite Homestuck songs. Even just the title of Unchained immediately gave me visions of the Prospit Moon's broken connection to Prospit, but unlike [S] Descend, where the event is catastrophic, I wanted to depict the moon coming loose as a moment of freedom. --- Track: Dinosaur Pill Artist: Ucklin Duration: '5:06' -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dinosaur-pill +Cover Artists: +- Jas +Art Tags: +- Mobius Trip Lyrics: |- You’re awake, the line is dead
The wires are coiled up in your head
Your unexpected telegram is over Connected to a time and space
A trophy in a rotten case
That licked you on your sleeping face like Rover @@ -138,16 +140,19 @@ Commentary: |- Jas: What waits in the water as it grows more and more? The soft foam of a dinosaur. -Cover Artists: -- Jas --- Track: Ithaca Is Calling Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ithaca-is-calling +Cover Artists: +- ricemilk +Art Tags: +- Mobius Trip +Referenced Tracks: +- Ithaca +- track:sburban-jungle Lyrics: |- I spent the best years of my life waiting
For this moment
A time to call my own, a place to call my homeland It’s come here far too soon
I sit around my room
Hatching my plans and schemes I mostly leave forgotten @@ -164,21 +169,12 @@ Lyrics: |- Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: Fun fact, the title track off of Michael Guy Bowman's album Ithaca was initially planned to be part of Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido. This cover is an attempt to capture what the original song might have been had it stayed on the original track listing. This is by far the most complex song I've worked on yet, I think there's like... 30 different instances of synths or instruments? At the very least? And plenty of them only end up playing for a couple seconds in the end. Regardless of all that, I had a lot of fun putting this together, and I hope I managed to capture that MTAHK vibe we all hold so close to our hearts. -Cover Artists: -- ricemilk -Referenced Tracks: -- Ithaca -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: The Fifth Window Artist: Jaspy Duration: '3:17' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-fifth-window -Commentary: |- - Jaspy: - i made this song cuz the new window is cool and you know what would be cooler? adding more cool songs to it - please nintendo give me animal crossing switch at e3 PLEASE Cover Artists: - Kodar Referenced Tracks: @@ -186,22 +182,21 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:sburban-jungle - The Deeper You Go - Got It? +Commentary: |- + Jaspy: + i made this song cuz the new window is cool and you know what would be cooler? adding more cool songs to it + please nintendo give me animal crossing switch at e3 PLEASE --- Track: The Return Artist: SplitSuns Duration: '6:12' -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip -- Hadron Kaleido URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-return -Commentary: |- - SplitSuns: - This song has quite the history to it! I made it back in July of 2018 for the Cool and New Music Team's "Volume 11" project, a plan to make a fan-made meme-filled image of a fake Volume 11 from the Homestuck Music Team's Bandcamp page a reality. All the songs, including a 12-hour "extended" version of Penumbra Phantasm, a rock opera made out of Michael Guy Bowman memes, and a sequel to the Baby is You, were painstakingly produced based on the ideas (and jokes) the track names suggested. Each song's length was the same as it was in the original image, and photoshopped reviews were even added on the album's page using dummy accounts! - For my song (originally called "The Return of Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido") the team was planning on playing it straight and producing a medley of songs from MTaHK. I went with their idea and made a mega-mix of every song on the album, with the caveat being it had to be 6:12 long exactly! I first planned out the structure of the song on a single piano track to make sure it fit the time limit, then went back in and fleshed out all the instrumentation. I wanted it to be reminiscent of Bowman's work, with his classic guitar flourishes, but put my own spin on it all the same. The whole project kind of crystallized over the course of a single week I spent stuck to my computer 24/7, continually tweaking it to make sure the track flowed despite its disparate parts. If you're interested to find out more about its production process check out this video. - All in all, it's a fast-paced schizophrenic redux of the highlights of MTaHK (which is to say, the whole album) that even now I'm still proud of. I'm happy to have the opportunity to put it on this amazing album! Cover Artists: - nights +Art Tags: +- Mobius Trip +- Hadron Kaleido Referenced Tracks: - The Deeper You Go - track:sburban-jungle @@ -213,14 +208,23 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Lies With The Sea - Dawn of Man - Forever +Commentary: |- + SplitSuns: + This song has quite the history to it! I made it back in July of 2018 for the Cool and New Music Team's "Volume 11" project, a plan to make a fan-made meme-filled image of a fake Volume 11 from the Homestuck Music Team's Bandcamp page a reality. All the songs, including a 12-hour "extended" version of Penumbra Phantasm, a rock opera made out of Michael Guy Bowman memes, and a sequel to the Baby is You, were painstakingly produced based on the ideas (and jokes) the track names suggested. Each song's length was the same as it was in the original image, and photoshopped reviews were even added on the album's page using dummy accounts! + For my song (originally called "The Return of Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido") the team was planning on playing it straight and producing a medley of songs from MTaHK. I went with their idea and made a mega-mix of every song on the album, with the caveat being it had to be 6:12 long exactly! I first planned out the structure of the song on a single piano track to make sure it fit the time limit, then went back in and fleshed out all the instrumentation. I wanted it to be reminiscent of Bowman's work, with his classic guitar flourishes, but put my own spin on it all the same. The whole project kind of crystallized over the course of a single week I spent stuck to my computer 24/7, continually tweaking it to make sure the track flowed despite its disparate parts. If you're interested to find out more about its production process check out this video. + All in all, it's a fast-paced schizophrenic redux of the highlights of MTaHK (which is to say, the whole album) that even now I'm still proud of. I'm happy to have the opportunity to put it on this amazing album! --- Track: Pumpkin Tide (Gourdian Sea Version) Artist: Ucklin Duration: '2:39' -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-tide-gourdian-sea-version +Cover Artists: +- piskomil +Art Tags: +- Mobius Trip +Referenced Tracks: +- Pumpkin Tide Lyrics: |- Destroy your desk; it's useless now
Build yourself a fort to hide
Close your eyes and crawl inside
You're sailing on the pumpkin tide The ship you're on is yours alone
The wind will push your sweet, sweet ride
But this foreign wave just appearified
You're sailing on the pumpkin tide @@ -234,37 +238,37 @@ Commentary: |- The tambourine sound is actually a belly dancing belt with bangles... and yes, I did wear it and dance. This is an update to the version of Pumpkin Tide that I did on my iPad when I was in the hospital, recovering from my bone marrow transplant. I took some comfort in the way that the lyrics seemed to fit my experience leaving school for my treatment and being thrust into an unwanted "adventure." I wanted to keep this version pretty simple, so it's almost entirely just multitracked recordings of my acoustic instruments. I did add a touch of phased and flanged reverb because I wanted it to feel like a live performance on another world. piskomil: A remake of my old piece from 2013. I gave it a proper background that compliments the song. Peaceful but a bit broken up and in the process of healing. -Cover Artists: -- piskomil -Referenced Tracks: -- Pumpkin Tide --- Track: Self-Avoiding Walks Artist: Kanishka Duration: '4:41' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/self-avoiding-walks +Cover Artists: +- Jas Art Tags: - Mobius Trip - Hadron Kaleido -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/self-avoiding-walks +Referenced Tracks: +- The Deeper You Go Commentary: |- Kanishka: In an attempt at making something somber and contemplative I tried to imbue The Deeper You Go motif with just a tad bit of additional mystery. Things... got out of hand at some point, resulting in whatever this is. Jas: With self reflection in mind this is presented on a spiral bound sketchbook, a place for wandering thoughts and discardable ideas, the entire book easily closed and abandoned. I did a bit of multimedia on this one by photographing magazine clppings and editing the beans out of them. -Cover Artists: -- Jas -Referenced Tracks: -- The Deeper You Go --- Track: Negligent Murmur Artist: Ucklin Duration: '6:29' +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/negligent-murmur +Cover Artists: +- piskomil Art Tags: - Mobius Trip - Hadron Kaleido -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/negligent-murmur +Referenced Tracks: +- Careless Whisper Commentary: |- Ucklin: I guess all 80s music sounds like MTaHK... @@ -272,15 +276,9 @@ Commentary: |- Ucklin, you are an absolute legend for making this cover. piskomil: With the instruction: "Something like Hadron singing passionately into a microphone while Mobius plays a weird looking saxophone, or whatever." I have set to work on this overcomplicated masterpiece, adding more and more clutter until I have reached the ultimate concert effect. -Cover Artists: -- piskomil -Referenced Tracks: -- Careless Whisper --- Track: Violet and Gold Artist: Veritas Unae -Art Tags: -- Carapacians Contributors: - Veritas Unae (composition, lyrics) - Ucklin (additional vocals) @@ -290,6 +288,24 @@ Contributors: Duration: '7:20' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/violet-and-gold +Cover Artists: +- Jas +- Skyplayer +Art Tags: +- Carapacians +Referenced Tracks: +- Pumpkin Tide +- No Release +- The Deeper You Go +- Lies With The Sea +- Derse Dreamers +- Chain Of Prospit +- Dawn of Man +- track:sburban-jungle +- Forever +- Beta Version +- Fly +- How Do I Live (Bunny Back in the Box Version) Lyrics: |- Violet or gold
Violet or gold
From what vantage is your story told?
Where do you slumber while kingdoms grow old?
Are you revered? Are you feared?
Violet or gold I am the agent of golden white
Children of mine vow to fight the good fight
Watching us die for a hopeless cause
They take up our banner with nary a pause @@ -320,19 +336,3 @@ Commentary: |- Violet and gold. Jas: Much like the differences between Prospit and Derse we used two clashing mediums to show how they can work in tandem even better than apart. This is a duet in more ways than one! -Cover Artists: -- Jas -- Skyplayer -Referenced Tracks: -- Pumpkin Tide -- No Release -- The Deeper You Go -- Lies With The Sea -- Derse Dreamers -- Chain Of Prospit -- Dawn of Man -- track:sburban-jungle -- Forever -- Beta Version -- Fly -- How Do I Live (Bunny Back in the Box Version) diff --git a/album/namesake.yaml b/album/namesake.yaml index 9e0268e7..95ef63dc 100644 --- a/album/namesake.yaml +++ b/album/namesake.yaml @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ Album: Namesake Artist: Clark Powell -Has Track Art: false Date: March 8, 2013 Date Added: May 12, 2021 +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Andarix Color: '#c3cda8' -Listed on Homepage: false Groups: - Clark Powell - Beyond Commentary: |- Clark Powell: Special thanks to Astro Kid for his beautiful voice, and to Andarix for her keen eyes. -Cover Artists: -- Andarix +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: Star I Never Caught Duration: '3:50' diff --git a/album/nuclears-explosion-1.yaml b/album/nuclears-explosion-1.yaml index 7a60c882..72483ed2 100644 --- a/album/nuclears-explosion-1.yaml +++ b/album/nuclears-explosion-1.yaml @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ Album: Nuclear's Explosion 1 Artist: nuclear333 -Has Track Art: false Date: April 24, 2017 Date Added: April 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/nuclears-explosion-1 +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- nuclear333 Color: '#b573a3' Groups: - nuclear333 - Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/nuclears-explosion-1 Commentary: |- nuclear333: A bunch of unrelated songs I've made over the past half a year. Thanks for supporting me! -Cover Artists: -- nuclear333 --- Track: A Little Birdy Told Me Duration: 0:58 @@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ URLs: --- Track: Phantasmic Foe Directory: phantasmic-foe-nuclears-explosion +Also Released As: +- track:phantasmic-foe Duration: '1:18' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/phantasmic-foe -Also Released As: -- track:phantasmic-foe --- Track: Green Mansion [Original] Duration: 0:25 @@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ URLs: --- Track: Defuse a Bomb Directory: defuse-a-bomb-nuclears-explosion +Also Released As: +- track:defuse-a-bomb Duration: '1:22' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/defuse-a-bomb -Also Released As: -- track:defuse-a-bomb --- Track: Stacked Cans Duration: '1:09' @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ Referenced Tracks: --- Track: Main Theme - INHOSPITABLE Duration: 0:59 +URLs: +- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/main-theme-inhospitable +Cover Artists: +- nuclear333 Commentary: |- nuclear333: (2021.03.29) @@ -115,10 +119,6 @@ Commentary: |- That's fine though, go ahead. Maybe make a note in the form of commentary saying it's inaccurate. Quasar Nebula: Editor's note: The name is inaccurate. -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/main-theme-inhospitable -Cover Artists: -- nuclear333 --- Track: Sponsored Walk Home Duration: 0:57 @@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ Track: Red Trail plus Green Mansion Duration: 0:26 URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/red-trail-plus-green-mansion -Commentary: |- - nuclear333: - An old version of Red Trail layered over an older version of Green Mansion. Referenced Tracks: - Red Trail - Green Mansion [Original] +Commentary: |- + nuclear333: + An old version of Red Trail layered over an older version of Green Mansion. --- Track: Troubled Seas Duration: 0:29 @@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ Commentary: |- --- Track: The Point of Going Home Directory: the-point-of-going-home-nuclears-explosion +Also Released As: +- track:the-point-of-going-home Duration: '1:23' URLs: - https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/the-point-of-going-home -Also Released As: -- track:the-point-of-going-home diff --git a/album/oceanfalls-vol-1.yaml b/album/oceanfalls-vol-1.yaml index 3f19ce35..49ce2671 100644 --- a/album/oceanfalls-vol-1.yaml +++ b/album/oceanfalls-vol-1.yaml @@ -1,23 +1,23 @@ Album: Oceanfalls Vol. 1 Artist: nights -Banner Dimensions: 975x180 -Banner Style: |- - image-rendering: pixelated; - image-rendering: crisp-edges; Date: May 17, 2017 Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: '#f5d906' -Groups: -- Oceanfalls -- Beyond URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/album/oceanfalls-vol-1 Cover Artists: - nights Default Track Cover Artists: - nights +Color: '#f5d906' +Groups: +- Oceanfalls +- Beyond Banner Artists: - nights +Banner Dimensions: 975x180 +Banner Style: |- + image-rendering: pixelated; + image-rendering: crisp-edges; --- Group: Main album --- @@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ URLs: --- Track: Right Hand Duration: '1:39' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/right-hand +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: '--- Ending ---' Directory: ending-oceanfalls diff --git a/album/oceanfalls-vol-2.yaml b/album/oceanfalls-vol-2.yaml index 6bfca607..34eb090f 100644 --- a/album/oceanfalls-vol-2.yaml +++ b/album/oceanfalls-vol-2.yaml @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ Album: Oceanfalls Vol. 2 Date: April 27, 2019 Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: '#ca7150' -Groups: -- Oceanfalls -- Beyond URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/album/oceanfalls-vol-2 Cover Artists: - nights +Color: '#ca7150' +Groups: +- Oceanfalls +- Beyond --- Group: Main album --- @@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ Has Cover Art: false Track: Nothing But a Small Request Artist: whimsi Duration: '1:36' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/nothing-but-a-small-request Cover Artists: - yazshu +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: Crystalline Artist: Hadron @@ -142,12 +142,12 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Destiny Unfolds Artist: FrostyMac Duration: '2:42' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/destiny-unfolds Cover Artists: - Sozzay +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - Spider's Claw --- @@ -266,12 +266,12 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Kiss of Death Artist: keyboard cait Duration: '2:02' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/kiss-of-death-bonus-track Cover Artists: - yazshu +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: Kotori With A Gun Fusion Collab Artist: SplitSuns, yazshu diff --git a/album/oceanfalls-vol-3.yaml b/album/oceanfalls-vol-3.yaml index 1450311d..86aa2bc3 100644 --- a/album/oceanfalls-vol-3.yaml +++ b/album/oceanfalls-vol-3.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ Album: Oceanfalls Vol. 3 Date: October 11, 2020 Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Color: '#ebe0ff' -Groups: -- Oceanfalls -- Beyond URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/album/oceanfalls-vol-3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OCAUpSqkfs Cover Artists: - nights +Color: '#ebe0ff' +Groups: +- Oceanfalls +- Beyond --- Group: Main album --- @@ -24,22 +24,22 @@ Cover Artists: Track: The Cavern of Illusions Artist: Kusoro Duration: '2:00' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/the-cavern-of-illusions Cover Artists: - nights +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: Warmistice Artist: Hadron Duration: '2:56' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/warmistice Cover Artists: - Hadron +Art Tags: +- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' --- Track: Rambling Artist: Kusoro @@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ Cover Artists: Track: Chased by Spirits Artist: Kusoro Duration: '3:20' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' -- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/chased-by-spirits Cover Artists: - nights +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' +- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' --- Track: Adventure at Sea Artist: OpsCat @@ -183,12 +183,12 @@ Duration: '4:41' URLs: - https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/ytu-rendy - https://soundcloud.com/friendly-coy/ytu-rendy +Cover Artists: +- nights Commentary: |- Mathias Ramalhoy: (SoundCloud) Track's name means "Light from the Waterfalls" in Guaraní. Ytu comes from "y" which is water, it means waterfall. Rendy refers turning on or light in this context. You can also be a funnyman and use the other meaning of Rendy which is saliva, pretty much what I intended "accidentally" lmao. -Cover Artists: -- nights --- Track: Galactic Princess Selene Battle Theme Artist: Ray Maiky diff --git a/album/old-world.yaml b/album/old-world.yaml index d8e1f9d2..f1af191c 100644 --- a/album/old-world.yaml +++ b/album/old-world.yaml @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ Album: Old World Artist: nuclear333 -Has Track Art: false Date: December 20, 2019 12:00:00 Date Added: April 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/old-world-solo +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- rintezukas Color: '#cdb38e' Groups: - nuclear333 - Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/old-world-solo Commentary: |- nuclear333: unfinished track from an upcoming album that might not be coming out Art by my pal Mabel (rintezukas)! -Cover Artists: -- rintezukas --- Track: Old World Duration: '3:01' diff --git a/album/one-year-older.yaml b/album/one-year-older.yaml index 9602fd69..d5999311 100644 --- a/album/one-year-older.yaml +++ b/album/one-year-older.yaml @@ -1,21 +1,17 @@ Album: One Year Older Artist: Erik Scheele -Banner Dimensions: 1100x200 -Wallpaper Style: |- - opacity: 0.7; - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto; - filter: hue-rotate(210deg); Date: August 15, 2012 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/album/one-year-older +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFa4xghnUpmCxz8AtEk-ewlI +Cover Artists: +- Vivian Ng Color: '#00aaff' Groups: - Official Art Tags: - John's dad -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/album/one-year-older -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFa4xghnUpmCxz8AtEk-ewlI Commentary: |- Erik Scheele:
okay first things first
I
MADE THIS
FOR YOU
@@ -29,14 +25,18 @@ Commentary: |- And lastly to Andrew Hussie for creating Homestuck, making the really crazy decision to bring me onto the team in the first place, and for giving me the opportunity to both make an album and just make music for him in the first place. I don't know how little I would've composed if I didn't have Homestuck pushing along, both giving me a reason to write and things to write about. Alright! Now that all that before-album talk is done with, it's time to get into the album proper. I hope you, out there, enjoy this album, and I'll see you on the flipside. Signed, Erik "Jit" Scheele -Cover Artists: -- Vivian Ng -Wallpaper Artists: -- Homestuck -- Quasar Nebula (edits for wiki) Banner Artists: - Homestuck - Niklink (edits for wiki) +Banner Dimensions: 1100x200 +Wallpaper Artists: +- Homestuck +- Quasar Nebula (edits for wiki) +Wallpaper Style: |- + opacity: 0.7; + background-repeat: repeat; + background-size: auto; + filter: hue-rotate(210deg); --- Group: Main album --- @@ -45,125 +45,130 @@ Duration: '3:20' URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/sunrise - https://youtu.be/AmW_GOMIimo -Commentary: |- - Eric Scheele: - So, where else to start this off but the beginning? And by beginning, I mean "the morning of 4/13/09, John's birthday and the beginning of it all". So I wanted to take time with this piece, and create a sort of smooth, shifting landscape, illustrating the sun rising over John's neighborhood before he wakes up. This was mainly achieved by intersparsing little melodic hits on instruments with each other, building up and fading out in turn. The opening from a rather old tune of mine, "Light" from Volume 5, also makes an appearance in here to further the overall effect. - I imagine, if this piece were performed live, it would do best with all the instrumentalists scattered to some degree. And I usually hate that gimmick, but it could work well in this context. Cover Artists: - Tavia Morra Referenced Tracks: - track:light-vol5 +Commentary: |- + Eric Scheele: + So, where else to start this off but the beginning? And by beginning, I mean "the morning of 4/13/09, John's birthday and the beginning of it all". So I wanted to take time with this piece, and create a sort of smooth, shifting landscape, illustrating the sun rising over John's neighborhood before he wakes up. This was mainly achieved by intersparsing little melodic hits on instruments with each other, building up and fading out in turn. The opening from a rather old tune of mine, "Light" from Volume 5, also makes an appearance in here to further the overall effect. + I imagine, if this piece were performed live, it would do best with all the instrumentalists scattered to some degree. And I usually hate that gimmick, but it could work well in this context. --- Track: October Duration: '5:12' +URLs: +- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/october +- https://youtu.be/wh0vuVouIG4 +Cover Artists: +- Hanni Brosh Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/october -- https://youtu.be/wh0vuVouIG4 Commentary: |- Eric Scheele: Now to completely break away from the previous track, we move into a peppy, small ensemble piece. This one just started out because I wanted a tight ensemble to play something together, something sort of bouncy and light. Before that, I'd been making a lot of pieces that felt unnecessarily large, sticking in instruments for just one little section and not using them the rest of the time, so something lighter with more emphasis on individual parts seemed like a great idea. I had no idea what to call it, though, and it didn't really seem to have much context in terms of the album either, until I was looking through the 2010 calendar that the art team made, and came across the October artwork. Immediately it was like, that was it, the piece both fit the "kids and fun" aesthetic that lasted a while in the beginning, and the artwork fit too, so it achieved purpose and title both at the same time. Instrumentally it fit too, it had piano and bass and bitcrushed drums that sounded somewhat like beatboxing, which were three out of the four instruments the original kids used. There's definitely a discrepancy with using synth vs. violin, though. Before anyone asks, I definitely spent time trying to fandangle string patches into it, but it just didn't work. So you can imagine Rose playing an electric violin, that's what I do. (I don't know if electric violins can function like that string players please don't strangle me thank you) -Cover Artists: -- Hanni Brosh --- Track: Firefly Cloud Duration: '4:04' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/firefly-cloud - https://youtu.be/Y3u8E918EwM +Cover Artists: +- Nic Carey +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- track:doctor Commentary: |- Eric Scheele: So after a quick burst of events and some luck, John finds himself in LOWAS, the Land of Wind and Shade. Everything's dark, except for the stars above, but as we found out, they were really fireflies trapped in the clouds. This was one of the concepts I latched onto rather hard with this piece, the mass of sparkling and blinking above John as he traipsed about. I've been lucky enough to live in a more rural area for most of my life, and being able to watch the stars was always great, so I could only ever imagine what LOWAS's clouds looked like. Anyway. I kept the sparkling mainly to the piano, higher register work with some delay making a nice twinkling effect. I'd also just gotten some wonderful "piano in an attic for 80 years" samples, which came with a large variety of inner-piano works, like tapping or heavy strokes of the strings, and I sprinkled those rather liberally in places to try and get the effect of thunder. (After all, what sort of lightning storms could a firefly cloud have, anyway?) And of course, there's one or two Doctor quotes in there just because. -Cover Artists: -- Nic Carey -Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor --- Track: FantasyP Duration: '3:52' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/fantasyp - https://youtu.be/4Px7Yn9oIoM +Cover Artists: +- Kaymurph +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- Penumbra Phantasm Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: This is definitely one of the older tracks on the record, a cover of Penumbra Phantasm by Toby Fox aka Radiation. At the time of writing this, that track still hasn't been released, but that didn't stop me from making a cover of it. And then re-making that cover, since the first one was kind of crap. Not really a whole lot of deep thought or anything with this, I just thought the melody sounded cool and it could work for a sort of high-energy swooping-around sort of thing. And then later, I associated it with John's jetpack flight after he gets warned off from dying to his planet's Denizen, so that's what it became. On a completely random note this piece always makes me want to go out running, and I have done so to this piece a few times. If I could do flips and parkour and stuff I'd totally be doing that too cause it works really well. Maybe gunfights too. Alright let's move on to the next piece. -Cover Artists: -- Kaymurph -Referenced Tracks: -- Penumbra Phantasm --- Track: Underfoot Duration: '3:05' -Art Tags: -- Jade -- 'cw: corpse' URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/underfoot - https://youtu.be/FO_x-VgcYAc +Cover Artists: +- Tavia Morra +Art Tags: +- Jade +- 'cw: corpse' Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: The first of two completely-solo-piano pieces on here, this piece was a small idea that I had one night, that I sat on and worked into a rough piece right then and there even though I was supposed to be recording parts of the [[album:sburb|Sburb]] album at the time. And a little later, I was fortunate enough to get a good recording of it before heading home for the summer. The piece itself is meant to go along with John discovering Jade's dead dreamself, after waking up on Skaia for the first time. I know a lot of people associate [[Sarabande]], from Volume 5, with that event, or at least with John reading Jade's letter, but I couldn't help but want to at least touch on it while going through his timeline. Originally I'd stuck this before John even entered the Medium, but that didn't really have any moment tacked on with it, and it made much more sense here. -Cover Artists: -- Tavia Morra --- Track: Flying Car Duration: '3:09' URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/flying-car - https://youtu.be/lKH9ByKgnfs +Cover Artists: +- njeekyo Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: A little later, and John's achieved God Tier (near-invincibility) and is blasting around Skaia (central planet hub) with one of the game pieces (who was later called the Wayward Vagabond but is equivalent to a pawn in chess), using his powers to make a car (he took from his dad's wallet) fly around. That's kind of a confusing explanation, I'm sure! Basically all you need to know is that there's a car that can fly and it's flying. Like pchooo flying. It's awesome. For the piece, I went with this old idea I had a few years back in college, a 13/8 double-piano piece. Seeing as I'm not two piano players, though, I wanted to orchestrate it out a bit, so I put some brighter instruments to double the melody, over top of the original riff, and beefed it up with some light strings and drums. A few other instruments come in later as the piece developed, but like [[October]], I tried to keep it all to a small group and not let the orchestration explode. -Cover Artists: -- njeekyo --- Track: Cancerous Core Duration: '3:30' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/cancerous-core - https://youtu.be/hQcYa03LOkQ +Cover Artists: +- Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: The descent into Skaia and the exploration of its interior, I feel, went by too quick. It might just be because the Tomb Raider series was a favorite while growing up, but I've always loved old, unexplored ruins, arcane or mystical elements hinted at with wall carvings or murals, that sort of thing. And Skaia, being the center of a sort of central planet to everything in Sburb, could be chock-full of old buildings and mystical secrets to explore. So, to try and accompany the general air of mystery and exploration that would have gone with a long journey into the center of Skaia, I took an old idea in Locrian mode. If you're a music person, Locrian is when you take a major scale, but start it on the last note. It's a rather off-kilter scale, and it can't ever really resolve to the tonic chord like most other scales can, which made it rather suited to a piece about the sort of strange secrets and landscapes that could be hidden in the center of Skaia. -Cover Artists: -- Dawn Davis --- Track: Game Over Duration: '3:42' -Art Tags: -- John -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/game-over - https://youtu.be/II2Fgetf2So +Cover Artists: +- Sarah Fu +Art Tags: +- John +- 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: This is most likely the first piece that was ever made and put into this album. It might even be from before I started on the album, I'm not sure. At any rate, when John was stabbed and "died" (god tier characters can only truly die from a Just or Heroic death), he stayed dead for a few minutes. And for those few minutes, I imagined that he came to a sort of Game Over screen, or, if you were playing a video game of Homestuck, you would come to a Game Over screen. From there, you could either continue or give up, which is a pretty staple part of game over screens, I think. At any rate, the music I went for was to just go along with that, a peaceful song for his demise before he came back. It feels kind of morbid, but since the concept of death has kind of gone out the window and back again in Homestuck, it's hardly as morbid as it could be. -Cover Artists: -- Sarah Fu --- Track: Unlabeled Duration: '2:36' +URLs: +- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/unlabeled +- https://youtu.be/xVuZ5DGLsNk +Cover Artists: +- Vivian Ng Art Tags: - John - Rose @@ -183,120 +188,119 @@ Art Tags: - Feferi - John's dad - Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/unlabeled -- https://youtu.be/xVuZ5DGLsNk Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: This is the second of the solo piano pieces on this album, at least in the main tracks, and a really late release as well, given that it first appeared in the comic some time around a year ago. I've held it back from getting released just so it could go on this record, so I'm glad it could finally go out. This is also the only piece on the album that doesn't have a specific event to go along with it. Instead, I went for where it appeared in the comic when placing it, and see it as more of a small interlude. The intermission between Act 1 and Act 2 of a musical, if you will. The art is meant to go along with this as well, a sort of non-canon get-together of the first set of trolls and kids we know, and I can imagine them playing this record while they chill. -Cover Artists: -- Vivian Ng --- Track: Skaian Shrapnel Duration: '4:13' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/skiain-shrapnel - https://youtu.be/NbWTEFgpxRg -Commentary: |- - Erik Scheele: - The lights go down, everyone finds their way back into their seats, and we're off. - This piece marks the beginning of my writing into "events that have not yet occurred". At the time, the scratched copy of Sburb was just starting to show some real-world effects by making the "game" (aka our viewing experience as an audience) glitch up. So, I set about making some heavier action music for it, incorporating heavy use of weird, messed-up glitching sounds and a few heavy-handed uses of numerical motifs. I also brought in Ruins, one of the first piano pieces I ever recorded, the latter section of Wakl-Stab-Walk, and Crystalanthemums. - Overall, in my opinion at least, the piece turned out a little strange, a little awkward, and not really nice, but really that works just fine for me. Everything was really going for the characters at the time, after all. People were getting hunted down, friends were turning on each other, nobody in the fandom really knew who was going to be next. Was this person? Or this person? Were you next? It all led to a heavy air of unease that sort of manifested itself in the odd piano riff and distorted drums that were used, and all the heavy glitching that led us up to... Cover Artists: - Amethyst Barron +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +- 'cw: body horror (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - track:ruins - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) - Crystalanthemums +Commentary: |- + Erik Scheele: + The lights go down, everyone finds their way back into their seats, and we're off. + This piece marks the beginning of my writing into "events that have not yet occurred". At the time, the scratched copy of Sburb was just starting to show some real-world effects by making the "game" (aka our viewing experience as an audience) glitch up. So, I set about making some heavier action music for it, incorporating heavy use of weird, messed-up glitching sounds and a few heavy-handed uses of numerical motifs. I also brought in Ruins, one of the first piano pieces I ever recorded, the latter section of Wakl-Stab-Walk, and Crystalanthemums. + Overall, in my opinion at least, the piece turned out a little strange, a little awkward, and not really nice, but really that works just fine for me. Everything was really going for the characters at the time, after all. People were getting hunted down, friends were turning on each other, nobody in the fandom really knew who was going to be next. Was this person? Or this person? Were you next? It all led to a heavy air of unease that sort of manifested itself in the odd piano riff and distorted drums that were used, and all the heavy glitching that led us up to... --- Track: The Scratch Duration: '7:34' -Art Tags: -- John -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/the-scratch - https://youtu.be/5UrMv4IQclk +Cover Artists: +- Brian Griv +Art Tags: +- John +- 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: Aka "the big reset button for the universe". It was hinted at for ages in the comic, and finally happened at some point after this piece was made. It also served as the inspiration for a project that my third-year piano studio did. In the comic, this event was basically a way to reset the universe, everything inside it, and recreate it in a different way, one that would make the game winnable. So, in my head, a mass de-compilation of everything, like a massive maelstrom building as bits of data are pulled apart. A black hole, in other words, but arcing out in waves of energy ilke lightning. Mother Nature ain't got crap on this beast. The piece started out as extreme laziness on my aprt, just idle playing around with various distortion on synths and samples, until the school project came up and wanted results fast. So I threw some things together until they formed the opening, and took a very lax approach to the piano part, a sort of "here's a riff, now play around with it, there's your part" with a drum loop over top. Thankfully my laziness didn't extend to the whole thing, and it all got more polished up and developed over time. It still keeps the "improvised piano part based off one riff" idea, though. -Cover Artists: -- Brian Griv --- Track: Respit Duration: '2:33' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/respit - https://youtu.be/9eSnvqGpzj8 +Cover Artists: +- K +Art Tags: +- John Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: To separate the big glitched-up waves from the final battle and rest up ahead, I wanted to stick something right in the middle just to give the listener a break. And, in some games I've played, there's a sort of resting area before the final boss, or a small break to prepare yourself before the last battle. This is what spawned Respit, the idea of a light and airy, calming piece. I was also pretty reminded of Kingdom Heart's usage of the "resting area" trope, which was a small chamber with several large crystals around. So, I went with the idea of a large, reflective area, someplace in the dream bubbles perhaps, where the heroes could rest and reflect. This is another one of those tracks, too, that tried to predict a future event but was overtaken as time went on. The concept of the dream bubbles and the long voyage John took fit my original idea well enough, though, so that's what the piece molded itself into being. -Cover Artists: -- K --- Track: Negastrife Duration: '6:29' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Lord English URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/negastrife - https://youtu.be/e5LP87QF9p0 -Commentary: |- - Erik Scheele: - And now that everyone is prepared....it's time for the final fight. - This track, like the album, was perhaps a bit ambitious to try, a final boss fight with the biggest baddest dudes around, but I made it anyway. It pulls from Showtime, the original strife music, and also (ironically enough) from an idea I had when I was around 11 and wanted to make something spooky for Halloween. Let me tell you, it worked way better in this context than my original plan. - So seeing as this is the final boss fight, there wasn't really any reason to hold back while adding in instruments and layers. To this day, it's definitely the largest piece I've made in instrumentation, and also the first to make me render everything out into separate files because my computer just couldn't handle it. Suffice to say, it's a pretty large piece, for a pretty large fight. There's a rather intentional and large nod to the aesthetic in [[Rex Duodecim Angelus]] by Malcolm Brown as well, since his piece was about the trolls' final fight with the Black King at the end of their session. - And at the end, there's a little victory music to pass through and segue into the last piece... Cover Artists: - Amethyst Barron +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +- Lord English Referenced Tracks: - track:showtime-original-mix - Cascade (Beta) - Rex Duodecim Angelus +Commentary: |- + Erik Scheele: + And now that everyone is prepared....it's time for the final fight. + This track, like the album, was perhaps a bit ambitious to try, a final boss fight with the biggest baddest dudes around, but I made it anyway. It pulls from Showtime, the original strife music, and also (ironically enough) from an idea I had when I was around 11 and wanted to make something spooky for Halloween. Let me tell you, it worked way better in this context than my original plan. + So seeing as this is the final boss fight, there wasn't really any reason to hold back while adding in instruments and layers. To this day, it's definitely the largest piece I've made in instrumentation, and also the first to make me render everything out into separate files because my computer just couldn't handle it. Suffice to say, it's a pretty large piece, for a pretty large fight. There's a rather intentional and large nod to the aesthetic in [[Rex Duodecim Angelus]] by Malcolm Brown as well, since his piece was about the trolls' final fight with the Black King at the end of their session. + And at the end, there's a little victory music to pass through and segue into the last piece... --- Track: Mother Contributors: - Robert J! Lake (additional beats) Duration: '5:03' +URLs: +- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/mother +- https://youtu.be/jw2hUg_32PQ +Cover Artists: +- Louise L. Art Tags: - John - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/mother -- https://youtu.be/jw2hUg_32PQ +Referenced Tracks: +- Mother (Piano) +- track:skies-of-skaia Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: Way back, before I was even on the team and before I thought I even belonged on the team, I recorded a simple piano refrain. First thing I'd ever recorded, too, and I want to say it was done a few months after Homestuck had started. In my head, it fit in as a possible refrain for one of the characters, and the idea always stuck in my head that it could also work as a piece for the very ending for Homestuck, a sort of "all is well" refrain. After two years, I was finally able to make something like what I was thinking and put it in the right context. Like the [[Homestuck Anthem]], I went with using the four kids' instruments: piano, strings, drums/percussion, and bass, and stuck mainly with those. I also got some help by Mr. Lake of Awesome Beats Inc. who was way better at beats than I am, and he made it way better too. Big props to him. With the new universe and many new characters being explored, this piece might not work for "the end of Homestuck" anymore, but if anything, I see it as a sort of moving forward. John's journey on that one day, when he turned 13, matured both him and his friends. Like many others, he took the hero's journey, and grew as a result of it, and so this piece could very well fit him leaving his universe and going on to the next, bringing his experiences and knowledge with him, just as well as it could fit him moving past Sburb to whatever adventures lie ahead. -Cover Artists: -- Louise L. -Referenced Tracks: -- Mother (Piano) -- track:skies-of-skaia --- Group: Bonus tracks --- Track: Another Chance Artist: Eston Schweickart Duration: '5:01' -Art Tags: -- John URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/another-chance-bonus - https://youtu.be/gfw3ALlYnmY +Cover Artists: +- dapperpixel +Art Tags: +- John +Referenced Tracks: +- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: BONUS TRACK TIME! But since I didn't make this one, I'm not going to talk over it, I'm going to turn this over to Eston for his commentary. So here's Eston: @@ -309,45 +313,41 @@ Commentary: |- - Yes good that sounded sufficiently pretentious Erik Scheele: Eston is the coolest of bros and makes sick music. But in a good way, not like sick with the flu or whatever. If you want to check out more of his stuff, and you should, you can visit his blog at siasinsilence.tumblr.com. -Cover Artists: -- dapperpixel -Referenced Tracks: -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) --- Track: Under The Hat Duration: '3:27' URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-hat-bonus - https://youtu.be/tBfUV056rjo +Has Cover Art: false +Referenced Tracks: +- track:under-the-hat-lofam Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: Also known as [[Trollcops]], this is a rather old idea that I once had for a Dad strife theme. I mean, all the kids had fight music, why not him? Anyway, between a chiptune variant I started and Trollcops, it's had a bit of a journey, but when it turned out alright on piano too, I didn't see any reason not to record a few takes. Let me just put this out here, I'm not a jazz pianist at all, nor is this really jazz. Not very complicated jazz, at any rate. I know there's way better jazz playing out there, and probably quite a few pianists that'll be wondering why some pianist douchebag thinks he can play jazz, well rest assured, I'm not claiming I'm amazing at all. Of course, not being able to play something magnificently and to the best form of the genre didn't really stop me from playing around with this piece. So I did. I also think it would fit in during the first Intermission, with all the under-the-hat chicanery and stabbings that went on. -Has Cover Art: false -Referenced Tracks: -- track:under-the-hat-lofam --- Track: Mother (Piano) Duration: '3:07' URLs: - https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/mother-piano-bonus - https://youtu.be/utXsOEmFVds +Has Cover Art: false Commentary: |- Erik Scheele: This is the original recording that [[Mother]] came from, made years back when I thought the only way to avoid clipping while recording was to play the softest I possibly could. I stressed out for ages to get it sounding just right, too, and after two years or however long it's been, it's still not perfect but it's pretty close. If you've been reading this along with the tracks, then this means you've reached the end. You can either put the entire album on repeat and let it loop back to the beginning, or you can stop it here if you'd like. But in any case this means you're done reading this pdf for now, so I'll say goodbye now. And of course, thanks for listening to this album, and supporting both me and the comic in whatever way you have. -Has Cover Art: false --- Group: 2019 release --- Track: it's good to see you again +Date First Released: October 29, 2019 Duration: '1:45' Has URLs: false +Has Cover Art: false Commentary: |- Quasar Nebula: (This is an unlisted bonus track, part of the free album download on Erik Scheele's independent re-release of One Year Older shortly after most solo albums were removed from the official Homestuck bandcamp.) -Has Cover Art: false -Date First Released: October 29, 2019 diff --git a/album/p-s.yaml b/album/p-s.yaml index 75e6d288..7de77b35 100644 --- a/album/p-s.yaml +++ b/album/p-s.yaml @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ Album: P[S] Directory: p-s -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.8;' Date: June 13, 2018 Date Added: July 24, 2020 -Color: '#bbc0a8' +URLs: +- https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/album/p-s Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Seth Massey +- climeade +Color: '#bbc0a8' Groups: - Casual Sunday - Fandom -URLs: -- https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/album/p-s Art Tags: - WQ Commentary: |- @@ -21,13 +22,12 @@ Commentary: |- this is an independent release from the band Casual Sunday! please support the group by purchasing the album - it comes with a commentary booklet i don't intend to transcribe here. <3 -Cover Artists: -- Seth Massey -- climeade -Wallpaper Artists: -- Robert J! Lake Banner Artists: - Robert J! Lake +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 +Wallpaper Artists: +- Robert J! Lake +Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.8;' --- Group: Main album --- @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ Contributors: Duration: '7:31' URLs: - https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/back-to-life +Referenced Tracks: +- Cyan Beast Lyrics: |- Home, in this game we play
Stunned, then whisked away
Staring out into a nightmare Stuck years in the past
I stepped through the looking glass
And descended to an empty world. @@ -57,8 +59,6 @@ Lyrics: |- Buried under the ground
Is there no hope
Waiting here to be freed?
Like this world we’ll be dead
Will we rise up
If I planted the seeds... When I fall back to sleep and I’m dreaming
I’ll look up to the clouds
If it’s out there to see, to believe in
There’s no reason to doubt Step out into the world
We're not homestuck
Take the chance to be free
‘Cause this land can’t be dead
We will rise up
So I planted the seeds
And I’ll bring it back to life. -Referenced Tracks: -- Cyan Beast --- Track: A World Awake Artist: David Ellis @@ -96,27 +96,27 @@ Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '4:44' URLs: - https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/apexhalation -Commentary: |- - Malcolm Brown: - Couldn't end my run on Homestuck without doing one last John/Showtime track! It's an orchestral smorgasbord of Ballad of Awakening, Lifdoff, Showtime and probably something else I've forgotten. Also makes use of Shepard Tones in the middle to give the impression of a constantly rising melody, (or just to sound annoying) - Didn't quite make the Volume 10 cut, but presented here for your enjoyment! :D - Alternative name: "Shave and a Heircut" Referenced Tracks: - Historia Crux - track:ballad-of-awakening - Lifdoff - track:doctor - track:showtime-original-mix +Commentary: |- + Malcolm Brown: + Couldn't end my run on Homestuck without doing one last John/Showtime track! It's an orchestral smorgasbord of Ballad of Awakening, Lifdoff, Showtime and probably something else I've forgotten. Also makes use of Shepard Tones in the middle to give the impression of a constantly rising melody, (or just to sound annoying) + Didn't quite make the Volume 10 cut, but presented here for your enjoyment! :D + Alternative name: "Shave and a Heircut" --- Track: Sburban Metro Artist: Veritas Unae -Duration: '3:16' Contributors: - Joe Teague (drums) - Erik Scheele (piano) - Timothy Reed (trumpet) - stellamorphine (alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone) - Joe Morley (trombone) +Duration: '3:16' URLs: - https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-metro Referenced Tracks: @@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '5:19' URLs: - https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/s-ynchronise +Referenced Tracks: +- Unite Synchronization +- Lifdoff +- track:doctor Lyrics: |- I’m still wondering,
Where to go now,
We have seen the highest peak but there was nothing there, no truth, and how
I’m wandering,
Through all these places,
Lands of Little Cubes & Tea, of Wind and Shade, these null spaces. I’ve stared at the stars, how they shine verdant dreams,
I’ve looked through the void, seen it crack at the seams,
I fought every challenge, these Devils and Gods,
They won’t know what hit them! @@ -200,10 +204,6 @@ Lyrics: |- ([S]ynchronize) With every BREATH resounding,
([S]ynchronize) We’ll see the LIGHT astounding,
([S]ynchronize) TIME keeps our heartbeat pounding,
([S]ynchronize) Now witness SPACE surrounding! ([S]ynchronize) With every BREATH resounding,
([S]ynchronize) We’ll see the LIGHT astounding,
([S]ynchronize) TIME keeps our heartbeat pounding,
([S]ynchronize) Now witness SPACE surrounding! This will be the end!
Come with me and we’ll Ascend!
Solving puzzles Universal,
In our Sburban Reversal!
All these Ruins we Explore,
Could it be there’s something more?
Pester me, I’m not alone,
I’m just Stuck inside my Home! -Referenced Tracks: -- Unite Synchronization -- Lifdoff -- track:doctor --- Track: Bane Artist: Mark Hadley diff --git a/album/perfectly-generic-album.yaml b/album/perfectly-generic-album.yaml index c7d1bdf3..a3c40d70 100644 --- a/album/perfectly-generic-album.yaml +++ b/album/perfectly-generic-album.yaml @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Artist: Cristata Date: November 10, 2019 Date Added: May 25, 2020 Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Cristata Color: '#1cb611' Groups: - Cristata @@ -23,8 +25,6 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- Cristata: Thank you to the original Homestuck Music Team for inspiring me, and to all the folks in the fandom who wont stop making fan content. You all rock and drive me to make my very best work. Never stop. -Cover Artists: -- Cristata --- Track: New and Improved Duration: '1:31' @@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Moondancer Duration: '6:01' Has URLs: false +Referenced Tracks: +- Moonsetter Commentary: |- Cristata: Moonsetter still makes me cry every time I listen to it. -Referenced Tracks: -- Moonsetter --- Track: Perfectly Generic Duration: '2:36' @@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ Commentary: |- You ever think about how cool the trolls' lands were? --- Track: Thought and Flow -Duration: '3:46' Directory: thought-and-flow-pga +Duration: '3:46' Has URLs: false Commentary: |- Cristata: @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ Commentary: |- + 50% more dance-able
+ Added more [REDACTED]
- Removed Herobrine --- Track: Megalo in Death // ʞɔɐq ǝʞᴉɹʇS ɥʇɐǝp -Duration: '4:20' Directory: megalo-in-death +Duration: '4:20' Has URLs: false Commentary: |- Cristata: diff --git a/album/perfectly-generic-object.yaml b/album/perfectly-generic-object.yaml index 089bc11c..48aedb38 100644 --- a/album/perfectly-generic-object.yaml +++ b/album/perfectly-generic-object.yaml @@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ Album: Perfectly Generic Object Artist: Cristata Date: November 10, 2020 Date Added: December 12, 2020 +URLs: +- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/perfectly-generic-object Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Cristata Color: '#59f669' Groups: - Cristata - Beyond -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/perfectly-generic-object Commentary: |- Cristata: Time may pass, things may end, and people may move on but the memories and your heart are still there. -Cover Artists: -- Cristata --- Track: Perfectly Generic Object Duration: '2:56' diff --git a/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml b/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml index 43566337..1a3edd14 100644 --- a/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml +++ b/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ Album: Prospit & Derse Artist: Solatrus Date: August 22, 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://music.solatrus.com/album/prospit-derse +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9E0E46E420487203 +Cover Artists: +- Lexxy +- Molly Gur Color: '#cc44cc' Groups: - Official @@ -10,9 +16,6 @@ Art Tags: - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://music.solatrus.com/album/prospit-derse -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9E0E46E420487203 Commentary: |- Solatrus: Propsit & Derse 1 Year Anniversary Commentary @@ -25,15 +28,14 @@ Commentary: |- But anyway, I eventually started working on some of the music. I knew Prospit was going to be a struggle for me, because I had never written any proper orchestral music at the time. And the first song I created was this, albeit it was in drum and bass and not nearly as polished sounding. But I really didn’t like the direction, so I ended up scrapping it and trying to figure out how to start over. And then Medium was released and I was incredibly inspired and remembered how great atmospheric music is. Clark Powell single-handedly saved this album from being killed before it even got anywhere. And that’s when I created Darkened Streets. -Cover Artists: -- Lexxy -- Molly Gur --- Track: Hallowed Halls Duration: '3:35' URLs: - https://music.solatrus.com/track/hallowed-halls - https://youtu.be/ImNmotu8-pU +Cover Artists: +- Bea Commentary: |- Solatrus: (original commentary) @@ -53,17 +55,19 @@ Commentary: |- I have to say I’m pleased overall with this song, but, like any artist, it’s difficult to look back at my works. They never seem completed. Especially the Prospit half for me. (original track art) -Cover Artists: -- Bea --- Track: The Golden Towers Duration: '3:22' -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade URLs: - https://music.solatrus.com/track/the-golden-towers - https://youtu.be/wVFRxJpa2og +Cover Artists: +- Pride +Art Tags: +- John +- Jade +Referenced Tracks: +- The Obsidian Towers Commentary: |- Solatrus: Oh boy. ...What to say on this one... @@ -74,19 +78,21 @@ Commentary: |- Is it horrible? Eh, I’ll leave that judgment up to you. I know there are fans out there who really dig this song. My opinion is that it’s my weakest song related to Homestuck, but really, it’s not the worst thing I’ve ever done. I’m quite pleased with what Pride did for the art, though. It worked out really well for the song. As an additional note, it’s been pointed out to me by this fan that this song sounds like it has Mark Hadley’s Problem Sleuth theme in it, at least in part. It’s a coincidence in the exact same reason that Frost gets the same comment: slow melodies, probably the same key. Really nothing else to it. I’ve listened to Hadley’s PS theme probably twice ever. Oops. Said fan also wondered if I jokingly thought that gentlemen of Team Sleuth are Prospit’s agents much like our chums in the Midnight Crew are Derse’s. I didn’t, but that’s an awesome comparison and now I’m all for it. -Cover Artists: -- Pride -Referenced Tracks: -- The Obsidian Towers --- Track: Prospit Dreamers Duration: '3:19' -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade URLs: - https://music.solatrus.com/track/prospit-dreamers - https://youtu.be/S70lGd8zpRM +Cover Artists: +- Zilleniose +Art Tags: +- John +- Jade +Referenced Tracks: +- Penumbra Phantasm +- track:frost-vol6 +- track:doctor Commentary: |- Solatrus: (original commentary) @@ -109,21 +115,17 @@ Commentary: |- (Zilleniose:) "Butts" Butts indeed. -Cover Artists: -- Zilleniose -Referenced Tracks: -- Penumbra Phantasm -- track:frost-vol6 -- track:doctor --- Track: Center of Brilliance Duration: '3:37' -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade URLs: - https://music.solatrus.com/track/center-of-brilliance - https://youtu.be/514f8SzU62M +Cover Artists: +- Shelby Cragg +Art Tags: +- John +- Jade Commentary: |- Solatrus: Expecting a different song, were you? B) @@ -133,18 +135,18 @@ Commentary: |- That’s not to say this song is perfect. The piano timing is a little too off and a little too noticeably cut-and-paste repeated. It’s a really tiny nitpick, but I didn’t even really notice it until earlier this week. Oh, and in case you didn’t know, this song was originally Prospit Dreamers. Why did I change my mind on it? Well, I couldn’t figure out how to fit in Doctor (and by extension Penumbra Phantasm) and Frost into such a happy sounding song. It just wasn’t really working for me, nor was the time signature. But I definitely felt like the song was a great closer to this half of the album, and Shelby’s art for the piece fit perfectly. -Cover Artists: -- Shelby Cragg --- Track: Darkened Streets Duration: '4:02' +URLs: +- https://music.solatrus.com/track/darkened-streets +- https://youtu.be/kb_v4KCml-s +Cover Artists: +- A. Smith Art Tags: - Dave - Rose - Carapacians -URLs: -- https://music.solatrus.com/track/darkened-streets -- https://youtu.be/kb_v4KCml-s Commentary: |- Solatrus: This was definitely the song that started everything off. It’s dark, dreary, but still majestic like the very moon it describes. The music takes on you a flight. You’re one of the Derse Dreamers, the wind rushing across your face as you approach the moon’s surface. Carapaces scurrying about, too afraid to be caught after curfew, wary of Jack Noir and his gang. @@ -155,17 +157,17 @@ Commentary: |- When I was initially creating this song, Prospit & Derse was a concept album. You, the listener, would have been guided along a journey, first to Derse, going through the Darkened Streets, up the Obsidian Towers to where the Derse Dreamers were jamming out, before heading deep into the Core of Darkness, until you were suddenly transported to Prospit, appearing in the Hallowed Halls before repeating the journey with Prospit’s counterparts. Honestly, if you listen to the album as Derse & Prospit instead, you still can kind of get that vibe! You can definitely hear the idea of that in how it goes into The Obsidian Towers, but I ended up removing the more seemless transitions in favor of just having two somewhat parallel albums, and stuck with the parallel idea for awhile. This is the most obvious in the first two songs of each half. Hallowed Halls is based on Darkened Streets, and The Golden Towers is based on The Obsidian Towers. In a side note, I’d love to link you to the artist who did the song cover art for Darkened Streets, but I’ve lost contact with them! If anyone knows where I can get in contact again, please let me know! -Cover Artists: -- A. Smith --- Track: The Obsidian Towers Duration: '3:19' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave URLs: - https://music.solatrus.com/track/the-obsidian-towers - https://youtu.be/IdaYlKyxfx4 +Cover Artists: +- Kato +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Dave Commentary: |- Solatrus: I started to shift styles for this one a bit. I wanted something that was more majestic sounding, but still as dark as Darkened Streets. Ultimately, I decided to feature the choir section more in the intro. It actually was probably the first synth I put in this song. Everything basically followed. @@ -174,17 +176,20 @@ Commentary: |- Anyway, I think this song definitely describes the Towers well enough, though, I feel like I could have gone for something a bit more powerful in sound. Something more looming, more... ominous. Oh well. Hindsight is 20/20, yeah? To be fair, The Golden Towers suffers from this issue as well, so it was probably also a composition problem. Woosp! Nonetheless, the string section in this song, especially right at the end, is one of the cooler sounding harmonies I’ve thrown together. I really have always loved the architecture Andrew picked for the moons, though personally I feel it fits Derse far better than Prospit. -Cover Artists: -- Kato --- Track: Derse Dreamers Duration: '3:35' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave URLs: - https://music.solatrus.com/track/derse-dreamers - https://youtu.be/HpmCCuSHmng +Cover Artists: +- Mixt +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Dave +Referenced Tracks: +- track:atomyk-ebonpyre +- track:endless-climb Commentary: |- Solatrus: (original commentary) @@ -204,20 +209,17 @@ Commentary: |- I agree with her there. I was very amused when people noticed the change to that page even before I had the chance to mention it to anyone. Crazy fandom ninjas! Yeah, that’s pretty much all there is to this song. It was remarkably straightforward. I didn’t do anything particularly surprising for myself on this one. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and I did it. More importantly, however, I’m thrilled this song is enjoyed by so many people, and I’ve been blown away how people have have been using this song in their own derivative works. It’s just really heartwarming as an artist to see my work out there having a life of its own. -Cover Artists: -- Mixt -Referenced Tracks: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:endless-climb --- Track: Core of Darkness Duration: '3:14' -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave URLs: - https://music.solatrus.com/track/core-of-darkness - https://youtu.be/VEJ3hfCnW_w +Cover Artists: +- Shad Andrews +Art Tags: +- Rose +- Dave Commentary: |- Solatrus: (original commentary) @@ -242,5 +244,3 @@ Commentary: |- The music itself was just.really really great. I loved itnot just because I worked on it, which was a great plus, but all the art, allof it, was really great. The music was awesome, and I loved the whole thingbehind it. Using the kids’ instruments and styles to create the music for each kingdom. And just??? It seemed really fitting, what with how much I like thecarapace and all. It was really an honor to work on it, and I still listen to the album every now and again, even a year later. I’m really proud of everyone who worked on it and thankful for the album and the art." Aw, thanks Shad! I really appreciate that you enjoy the album so much. -Cover Artists: -- Shad Andrews diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-1.yaml b/album/psycholonials-ep-1.yaml index f1076bb0..1c4c9642 100644 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-1.yaml +++ b/album/psycholonials-ep-1.yaml @@ -1,36 +1,36 @@ Album: Psycholonials EP 1 Artist: Clark Powell -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: false Date: February 3, 2021 Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: '#f51806' -Listed on Homepage: false -Groups: -- Psycholonials URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-1 +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Andrew Hussie +Color: '#f51806' +Groups: +- Psycholonials +Banner Artists: +- Andrew Hussie +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Andrew Hussie - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: -- Andrew Hussie +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: Summer That Never Was +Also Released As: +- Star I Never Caught Duration: '3:50' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/summer-that-never-was -Also Released As: -- Star I Never Caught --- Track: Morning Ritual +Also Released As: +- Puzzle I Never Solved Duration: '2:47' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/morning-ritual -Also Released As: -- Puzzle I Never Solved --- Track: What's Wasting Me Duration: '2:35' diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-2.yaml b/album/psycholonials-ep-2.yaml index 5d76b726..06305615 100644 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-2.yaml +++ b/album/psycholonials-ep-2.yaml @@ -1,54 +1,54 @@ Album: Psycholonials EP 2 Artist: Clark Powell -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: false Date: February 17, 2021 Date Added: February 18, 2021 -Color: '#f51806' -Listed on Homepage: false -Groups: -- Psycholonials URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-2 +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Andrew Hussie +Color: '#f51806' +Groups: +- Psycholonials +Banner Artists: +- Andrew Hussie +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Andrew Hussie - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: -- Andrew Hussie +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: The Cold Hand +Also Released As: +- Sigh I Never Breathed Duration: '2:21' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-cold-hand -Also Released As: -- Sigh I Never Breathed --- Track: Together +Also Released As: +- Day That Never Came Duration: '2:04' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/together -Also Released As: -- Day That Never Came --- Track: The Influencer +Also Released As: +- Woman I Never Met Duration: '2:26' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-influencer -Also Released As: -- Woman I Never Met --- Track: Just Dreams +Also Released As: +- People I Never Knew Duration: '3:10' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/just-dreams -Also Released As: -- People I Never Knew --- Track: I Have Some Ideas +Also Released As: +- All but Alone Duration: '4:10' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/i-have-some-ideas -Also Released As: -- All but Alone diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-3.yaml b/album/psycholonials-ep-3.yaml index d6cbbd4b..91fc4ad5 100644 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-3.yaml +++ b/album/psycholonials-ep-3.yaml @@ -1,40 +1,40 @@ Album: Psycholonials EP 3 Artist: Clark Powell -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: false Date: February 24, 2021 Date Added: February 24, 2021 -Color: '#f51806' -Listed on Homepage: false -Groups: -- Psycholonials URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-3 +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Andrew Hussie +Color: '#f51806' +Groups: +- Psycholonials +Banner Artists: +- Andrew Hussie +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Andrew Hussie - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: -- Andrew Hussie +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: Time Is Helpless +Also Released As: +- track:requiem-labyrinths-heart Duration: '4:36' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/time-is-helpless -Also Released As: -- track:requiem-labyrinths-heart --- Track: Through The Play +Also Released As: +- Pleas Duration: '3:13' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/through-the-play -Also Released As: -- Pleas --- Track: Just Almost +Also Released As: +- Song I Never Played Duration: '1:37' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/just-almost -Also Released As: -- Song I Never Played diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-4.yaml b/album/psycholonials-ep-4.yaml index 9fd03f3e..b77c5f29 100644 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-4.yaml +++ b/album/psycholonials-ep-4.yaml @@ -1,36 +1,36 @@ Album: Psycholonials EP 4 Artist: Clark Powell -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: false Date: March 3, 2021 Date Added: March 12, 2021 -Color: '#f51806' -Listed on Homepage: false -Groups: -- Psycholonials URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-4 +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Andrew Hussie +Color: '#f51806' +Groups: +- Psycholonials +Banner Artists: +- Andrew Hussie +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Andrew Hussie - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: -- Andrew Hussie +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: Outlaw +Also Released As: +- Pencil Holder (demo version) Duration: '3:57' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/outlaw -Also Released As: -- Pencil Holder (demo version) --- Track: A Screaming Inside +Also Released As: +- Dante Duration: '2:14' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/a-screaming-inside -Also Released As: -- Dante --- Track: Breakthroughs Duration: '2:14' @@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/breakthroughs --- Track: Nervous Energy +Also Released As: +- A Romance of Protons and Neutrons Duration: '4:28' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/nervous-energy -Also Released As: -- A Romance of Protons and Neutrons --- Track: Now And Forever Duration: '3:59' diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-5.yaml b/album/psycholonials-ep-5.yaml index 6b254705..f04eaa95 100644 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-5.yaml +++ b/album/psycholonials-ep-5.yaml @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ Album: Psycholonials EP 5 Artist: Clark Powell -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: false Date: March 10, 2021 Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: '#f51806' -Listed on Homepage: false -Groups: -- Psycholonials URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-5 +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Andrew Hussie +Color: '#f51806' +Groups: +- Psycholonials +Banner Artists: +- Andrew Hussie +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Andrew Hussie - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: -- Andrew Hussie +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: In The Works Duration: '4:22' @@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-works --- Track: Ephemeral Muse +Also Released As: +- Harrigan Duration: '4:46' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/ephemeral-muse -Also Released As: -- Harrigan --- Track: Blood On Their Hands +Also Released As: +- Dusk for the Age of Miracles Duration: '2:46' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/blood-on-their-hands -Also Released As: -- Dusk for the Age of Miracles diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-6.yaml b/album/psycholonials-ep-6.yaml index f34d5ea2..db096ae7 100644 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-6.yaml +++ b/album/psycholonials-ep-6.yaml @@ -1,36 +1,36 @@ Album: Psycholonials EP 6 Artist: Clark Powell -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: false Date: March 24, 2021 Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: '#f51806' -Listed on Homepage: false -Groups: -- Psycholonials URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-6 +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Andrew Hussie +Color: '#f51806' +Groups: +- Psycholonials +Banner Artists: +- Andrew Hussie +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Andrew Hussie - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: -- Andrew Hussie +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: The Administrator +Also Released As: +- Cruel Ulysses Duration: '2:21' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-administrator -Also Released As: -- Cruel Ulysses --- Track: Means Of Conquest +Also Released As: +- Country I Never Saw Duration: '3:55' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/means-of-conquest -Also Released As: -- Country I Never Saw --- Track: Twelve Clown Salute Duration: '2:19' diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-7.yaml b/album/psycholonials-ep-7.yaml index b86cc361..421261dd 100644 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-7.yaml +++ b/album/psycholonials-ep-7.yaml @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ Album: Psycholonials EP 7 Artist: Clark Powell -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: false Date: March 31, 2021 Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: '#f51806' -Listed on Homepage: false -Groups: -- Psycholonials URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-7 +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Andrew Hussie +Color: '#f51806' +Groups: +- Psycholonials +Banner Artists: +- Andrew Hussie +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Andrew Hussie - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: -- Andrew Hussie +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: The March Duration: '2:46' @@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Voice I Never Heard --- Track: Such A Shame +Also Released As: +- Miranda Duration: '3:25' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/such-a-shame -Also Released As: -- Miranda --- Track: Break This Duration: '1:21' diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-8.yaml b/album/psycholonials-ep-8.yaml index 19116c23..6402acf3 100644 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-8.yaml +++ b/album/psycholonials-ep-8.yaml @@ -1,36 +1,36 @@ Album: Psycholonials EP 8 Artist: Clark Powell -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: false Date: April 13, 2021 Date Added: May 12, 2021 -Color: '#f51806' -Listed on Homepage: false -Groups: -- Psycholonials URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-8 +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Andrew Hussie +Color: '#f51806' +Groups: +- Psycholonials +Banner Artists: +- Andrew Hussie +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Andrew Hussie - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: -- Andrew Hussie +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: In The Loop +Also Released As: +- the Chillest Beat Duration: '2:38' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-loop -Also Released As: -- the Chillest Beat --- Track: 'Flare: Insurrection Remix' +Also Released As: +- Flare (Green Sun Remix) Duration: '4:08' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/flare-insurrection-remix -Also Released As: -- Flare (Green Sun Remix) --- Track: 'Summer That Never Was: Firebrand Remix' Duration: '3:55' diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-9.yaml b/album/psycholonials-ep-9.yaml index e5538180..06861d92 100644 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-9.yaml +++ b/album/psycholonials-ep-9.yaml @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ Album: Psycholonials EP 9 Artist: Clark Powell -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: false Date: April 20, 2021 12:00:00 Date Added: May 12, 2021 -Color: '#f51806' -Listed on Homepage: false -Groups: -- Psycholonials URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-9 +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Andrew Hussie +Color: '#f51806' +Groups: +- Psycholonials +Banner Artists: +- Andrew Hussie +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Andrew Hussie - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: -- Andrew Hussie +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: Fix This Duration: '1:54' @@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/threshold --- Track: We Were Right About Everything +Also Released As: +- Lunatic Duration: '5:51' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/we-were-right-about-everything -Also Released As: -- Lunatic --- Track: Feeling I Can't Shake Duration: '2:26' @@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/zhen --- Track: The Successor +Also Released As: +- Forgotten Duration: '4:22' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-successor -Also Released As: -- Forgotten --- Track: Love Song Duration: '3:54' diff --git a/album/psycholonials.yaml b/album/psycholonials.yaml index 89a51279..156d6079 100644 --- a/album/psycholonials.yaml +++ b/album/psycholonials.yaml @@ -1,333 +1,333 @@ Album: Psycholonials Artist: Clark Powell -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: false Date: April 20, 2021 12:00:01 Date Added: May 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Andrew Hussie Color: '#82a8d5' Groups: - Psycholonials - Clark Powell - Beyond -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials -Cover Artists: +Banner Artists: - Andrew Hussie +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Andrew Hussie - Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Artists: -- Andrew Hussie --- Group: From EP 1 --- Track: Summer That Never Was Directory: summer-that-never-was-ost +Also Released As: +- Star I Never Caught Duration: '3:50' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/summer-that-never-was-2 -Also Released As: -- Star I Never Caught --- Track: Morning Ritual Directory: morning-ritual-ost +Also Released As: +- Puzzle I Never Solved Duration: '2:47' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/morning-ritual-2 -Also Released As: -- Puzzle I Never Solved --- Track: What's Wasting Me Directory: whats-wasting-me-ost +Also Released As: +- track:whats-wasting-me Duration: '2:35' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/whats-wasting-me-2 -Also Released As: -- track:whats-wasting-me --- Group: From EP 2 --- Track: The Cold Hand Directory: the-cold-hand-ost +Also Released As: +- Sigh I Never Breathed Duration: '2:21' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-cold-hand-2 -Also Released As: -- Sigh I Never Breathed --- Track: Together Directory: together-ost +Also Released As: +- Day That Never Came Duration: '2:04' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/together-2 -Also Released As: -- Day That Never Came --- Track: The Influencer Directory: the-influencer-ost +Also Released As: +- Woman I Never Met Duration: '2:26' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-influencer-2 -Also Released As: -- Woman I Never Met --- Track: Just Dreams Directory: just-dreams-ost +Also Released As: +- People I Never Knew Duration: '3:10' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/just-dreams-2 -Also Released As: -- People I Never Knew --- Track: I Have Some Ideas Directory: i-have-some-ideas-ost +Also Released As: +- All but Alone Duration: '4:10' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/i-have-some-ideas-2 -Also Released As: -- All but Alone --- Group: From EP 3 --- Track: Time Is Helpless Directory: time-is-helpless-ost +Also Released As: +- track:requiem-labyrinths-heart Duration: '4:36' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/time-is-helpless-2 -Also Released As: -- track:requiem-labyrinths-heart --- Track: Through The Play Directory: through-the-play-ost +Also Released As: +- Pleas Duration: '3:13' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/through-the-play-2 -Also Released As: -- Pleas --- Track: Just Almost Directory: just-almost-ost +Also Released As: +- Song I Never Played Duration: '1:37' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/just-almost-2 -Also Released As: -- Song I Never Played --- Group: From EP 4 --- Track: Outlaw Directory: outlaw-ost +Also Released As: +- Pencil Holder (demo version) Duration: '3:57' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/outlaw-2 -Also Released As: -- Pencil Holder (demo version) --- Track: A Screaming Inside Directory: a-screaming-inside-ost +Also Released As: +- Dante Duration: '2:14' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/a-screaming-inside-2 -Also Released As: -- Dante --- Track: Breakthroughs Directory: breakthroughs-ost +Also Released As: +- track:breakthroughs Duration: '2:14' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/breakthroughs-2 -Also Released As: -- track:breakthroughs --- Track: Nervous Energy Directory: nervous-energy-ost +Also Released As: +- A Romance of Protons and Neutrons Duration: '4:28' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/nervous-energy-2 -Also Released As: -- A Romance of Protons and Neutrons --- Track: Now And Forever Directory: now-and-forever-ost +Also Released As: +- track:now-and-forever Duration: '3:59' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/now-and-forever-2 -Also Released As: -- track:now-and-forever --- Group: From EP 5 --- Track: In The Works Directory: in-the-works-ost +Also Released As: +- track:in-the-works Duration: '4:22' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-works-2 -Also Released As: -- track:in-the-works --- Track: Ephemeral Muse Directory: ephemeral-muse-ost +Also Released As: +- Harrigan Duration: '4:46' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/ephemeral-muse-2 -Also Released As: -- Harrigan --- Track: Blood On Their Hands Directory: blood-on-their-hands-ost +Also Released As: +- Dusk for the Age of Miracles Duration: '2:46' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/blood-on-their-hands-2 -Also Released As: -- Dusk for the Age of Miracles --- Group: From EP 6 --- Track: The Administrator Directory: the-administrator-ost +Also Released As: +- Cruel Ulysses Duration: '2:21' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-administrator-2 -Also Released As: -- Cruel Ulysses --- Track: Means Of Conquest Directory: means-of-conquest-ost +Also Released As: +- Country I Never Saw Duration: '3:55' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/means-of-conquest-2 -Also Released As: -- Country I Never Saw --- Track: Twelve Clown Salute Directory: twelve-clown-salute-ost +Also Released As: +- track:twelve-clown-salute Duration: '2:19' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/twelve-clown-salute-2 -Also Released As: -- track:twelve-clown-salute --- Group: From EP 7 --- Track: The March Directory: the-march-ost +Also Released As: +- track:the-march Duration: '2:46' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-march-2 Referenced Tracks: - Voice I Never Heard -Also Released As: -- track:the-march --- Track: Such A Shame Directory: such-a-shame-ost +Also Released As: +- Miranda Duration: '3:25' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/such-a-shame-2 -Also Released As: -- Miranda --- Track: Break This Directory: break-this-ost +Also Released As: +- track:break-this Duration: '1:21' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/break-this-2 -Also Released As: -- track:break-this --- Group: From EP 8 --- Track: In The Loop Directory: in-the-loop-ost +Also Released As: +- the Chillest Beat Duration: '2:38' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-loop-2 -Also Released As: -- the Chillest Beat --- Track: 'Flare: Insurrection Remix' Directory: flare-insurrection-remix-ost +Also Released As: +- Flare (Green Sun Remix) Duration: '4:08' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/flare-insurrection-remix-2 -Also Released As: -- Flare (Green Sun Remix) --- Track: 'Summer That Never Was: Firebrand Remix' Directory: summer-that-never-was-firebrand-remix-ost +Also Released As: +- track:summer-that-never-was-firebrand-remix Duration: '3:55' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/summer-that-never-was-firebrand-remix-2 -Also Released As: -- track:summer-that-never-was-firebrand-remix --- Group: From EP 9 --- Track: Fix This Directory: fix-this-ost +Also Released As: +- track:fix-this Duration: '1:54' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/fix-this-2 -Also Released As: -- track:fix-this --- Track: Edge Of Dawn Directory: edge-of-dawn-ost +Also Released As: +- track:edge-of-dawn Duration: '4:33' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/edge-of-dawn-2 Referenced Tracks: - Shoreline -Also Released As: -- track:edge-of-dawn --- Track: Threshold Directory: threshold-ost +Also Released As: +- track:threshold Duration: '1:47' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/threshold-2 -Also Released As: -- track:threshold --- Track: We Were Right About Everything Directory: we-were-right-about-everything-ost +Also Released As: +- Lunatic Duration: '5:51' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/we-were-right-about-everything-2 -Also Released As: -- Lunatic --- Track: Feeling I Can't Shake Directory: feeling-i-cant-shake-ost +Also Released As: +- track:feeling-i-cant-shake Duration: '2:26' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/feeling-i-cant-shake-2 -Also Released As: -- track:feeling-i-cant-shake --- Track: Zhen Directory: zhen-ost +Also Released As: +- track:zhen Duration: '2:42' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/zhen-2 -Also Released As: -- track:zhen --- Track: The Successor Directory: the-successor-ost +Also Released As: +- Forgotten Duration: '4:22' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-successor-2 -Also Released As: -- Forgotten --- Track: Love Song Directory: love-song-ost +Also Released As: +- track:love-song Duration: '3:54' URLs: - https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/love-song-2 -Also Released As: -- track:love-song --- Track: 'Ephemeral Muse: Final Remix' Directory: ephemeral-muse-final-remix-ost @@ -340,10 +340,10 @@ Referenced Tracks: Group: Bonus tracks --- Track: 'Together: Vocal Remix' +Also Released As: +- Someday +Duration: '2:56' +Has URLs: false Artists: - Clark Powell - Astro Kid -Duration: '2:56' -Has URLs: false -Also Released As: -- Someday diff --git a/album/rust-apocalypse.yaml b/album/rust-apocalypse.yaml index eef82427..0e915f82 100644 --- a/album/rust-apocalypse.yaml +++ b/album/rust-apocalypse.yaml @@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ Album: Rust Apocalypse Artist: Willow Ascenzo Date: January 5, 2013 Date Added: June 12, 2020 +URLs: +- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/album/rust-apocalypse Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Ducky Senpai Color: '#7848e4' Groups: - Fandom Art Tags: - Aradia -URLs: -- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/album/rust-apocalypse Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: Five exciting new arrangements of my three compositions featured on the album coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A by Homestuck, including the monstrous and colossal song "Rust Apocalypse"! The original compositions are included as bonus tracks. This EP is not officially related to Andrew Hussie's MSPaint Adventures and the music contained herein is sold as the property of its composer, and not as official Homestuck music. -Cover Artists: -- Ducky Senpai --- Group: Main album --- @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ URLs: - https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/broken-rainbow --- Track: Rust Witch -Duration: '3:47' Directory: rust-witch-ascenzo +Duration: '3:47' URLs: - https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/rust-witch Referenced Tracks: @@ -64,24 +64,24 @@ Referenced Tracks: Group: Bonus tracks --- Track: Rust Servant (original) +Also Released As: +- Rust Servant Duration: '4:48' URLs: - https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/rust-servant-original -Also Released As: -- Rust Servant --- Track: Teal Hunter (original) +Also Released As: +- Teal Hunter Duration: '2:31' URLs: - https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/teal-hunter-original -Also Released As: -- Teal Hunter --- Track: Violet Mariner (original) +Also Released As: +- Violet Mariner Duration: '2:45' URLs: - https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/violet-mariner-original Referenced Tracks: - track:showtime-piano-refrain -Also Released As: -- Violet Mariner diff --git a/album/s-collide.yaml b/album/s-collide.yaml index fedf44c8..9612674b 100644 --- a/album/s-collide.yaml +++ b/album/s-collide.yaml @@ -1,9 +1,6 @@ Album: '[S] Collide.' Date: April 6, 2016 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: '#cc3322' -Groups: -- Official URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9-10-with-s-collide-and-act-7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcwqP0pMxGE @@ -12,6 +9,9 @@ Cover Artists: - Homestuck Default Track Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Color: '#cc3322' +Groups: +- Official Wallpaper Artists: - Rah-Bop --- @@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ Duration: '5:39' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/oppa-toby-style-2 - https://youtu.be/bjAK8D5ytiU -Commentary: |- - James Roach: - i love cheers in songs (i edited the cheers into tobys song for [s] collide, and have written them into a few things) so the sword/shield gym theme really does it for me - I JUST VERY SELFISHLY ADDED THESE CHEERS TO AN ALREADY GOOD SONG LMAO - toby had written a really cool song but i wanted to give andrew some hits that were less on the downbeat for the animation so while i was editing the tracks down for length and extending bits here and there i ended up adding them in because i wanted the section to feel hype Referenced Tracks: - Ham And Steak - Rex Duodecim Angelus @@ -46,6 +41,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Crystalanthemums - track:crustacean - Liquid Negrocity +Commentary: |- + James Roach: + i love cheers in songs (i edited the cheers into tobys song for [s] collide, and have written them into a few things) so the sword/shield gym theme really does it for me + I JUST VERY SELFISHLY ADDED THESE CHEERS TO AN ALREADY GOOD SONG LMAO + toby had written a really cool song but i wanted to give andrew some hits that were less on the downbeat for the animation so while i was editing the tracks down for length and extending bits here and there i ended up adding them in because i wanted the section to feel hype --- Track: Eternity, Served Cold (Canon Edit) Artist: Malcolm Brown @@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ Duration: '6:12' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/heir-of-grief-2 - https://youtu.be/Es5mh7pBeec +Referenced Tracks: +- Heir Conditioning Commentary: |- James Roach: the rest of the edits i did for collide were like... timing things. theres a part at the end where we needed one more bar of hits during heir of grief because one extra thing happens (the part where the condesce gets stabbed is the previous 4 bars copied and edited in) you might notice this if you're music savvy to the point where you're like wait why is there a 12 bar phrase in an otherwise 16 bar pattern. its because that part wasnt long enough for the animation and andrew suggested asking to re-record it and i was like thatll take too long -Referenced Tracks: -- Heir Conditioning diff --git a/album/sburb-ost.yaml b/album/sburb-ost.yaml index d0d310e6..f9628925 100644 --- a/album/sburb-ost.yaml +++ b/album/sburb-ost.yaml @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ Album: Sburb OST Directory: sburb-ost -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Date: November 24, 2012 Date Added: May 25, 2020 -Color: '#ffb400' -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/sburb-ost - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLXq9YuH-q42kkqvsYGl7fvD Cover Artists: - melodiousDiscord +Color: '#ffb400' +Groups: +- Unofficial MSPA Fans +- Fandom Banner Artists: - melodiousDiscord +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 --- Group: Disk 1 --- @@ -125,26 +125,26 @@ Track: Mysterious Messengers [Exiles] Directory: mysterious-messengers Artist: Traikan Duration: '2:34' -Art Tags: -- Carapacians URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/mysterious-messengers-exiles - https://youtu.be/PsRJRBey334 Cover Artists: - Vero +Art Tags: +- Carapacians --- Track: Overly Ostentatious Ogre [Miniboss] Directory: overly-ostentatious-ogre Artist: Red Pen Duration: '1:42' -Art Tags: -- Underlings URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/overly-ostentatious-ogre-miniboss - https://youtu.be/lBi6feKz3UY Cover Artists: - Tawa - Kate Holden +Art Tags: +- Underlings --- Track: The Porkhollow is Overflowing! [Echeladder] Directory: the-porkhollow-is-overflowing @@ -160,37 +160,37 @@ Track: Consort Air [Consorts] Directory: consort-air Artist: Brad Griffin Duration: '1:18' -Art Tags: -- Consorts URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/consort-air-consorts - https://youtu.be/ERI33qi5bMM Cover Artists: - 8bitkitten +Art Tags: +- Consorts --- Track: Fraymotif Samba [Consort Shop] Directory: fraymotif-samba Artist: James Roach Duration: '2:41' -Art Tags: -- Consorts URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fraymotif-samba-consort-shop - https://youtu.be/YBWKfcEVP34 Cover Artists: - Esabelle Ryngin +Art Tags: +- Consorts --- Track: Waking the Beast [Denizen Encounter] Directory: waking-the-beast Artist: Eston Schweickart, Yan Rodriguez Duration: '4:27' -Art Tags: -- Denizens URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/waking-the-beast-denizen-encounter - https://youtu.be/wVTh2Q4ivl0 Cover Artists: - Zilleniose +Art Tags: +- Denizens --- Track: Glow in the Distance [Save] Directory: glow-in-the-distance @@ -216,13 +216,13 @@ Track: On Golden Dreams [Prospit] Directory: on-golden-dreams Artist: Veritas Unae Duration: '5:44' -Art Tags: -- Carapacians URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/on-golden-dreams-prospit - https://youtu.be/xWH3oGbPT0I Cover Artists: - invalidgriffin +Art Tags: +- Carapacians Referenced Tracks: - track:lulling-lutescent --- @@ -230,28 +230,28 @@ Track: Amongst Smiling Faces [Prospitian Dignitaries] Directory: amongst-smiling-faces Artist: Tarranon Duration: '2:10' -Art Tags: -- WQ -- WK -- Carapacians URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/amongst-smiling-faces-prospitian-dignitaries - https://youtu.be/Ix2D1cX7nnY Cover Artists: - Kate Holden +Art Tags: +- WQ +- WK +- Carapacians --- Track: Grudge in A Minor [Jack Noir] Directory: grudge-in-a-minor Artist: Catboss Duration: '3:27' -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Carapacians URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grudge-in-a-minor-jack-noir - https://youtu.be/QSRDbMqEKNU Cover Artists: - melodiousDiscord +Art Tags: +- Jack Noir +- Carapacians Referenced Tracks: - Liquid Negrocity --- @@ -281,15 +281,15 @@ Track: Drolls and Dignitaries [Dersite Agents] Directory: drolls-and-dignitaries Artist: Catboss Duration: '5:09' -Art Tags: -- WV -- DD -- CD URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/drolls-and-dignitaries-dersite-agents - https://youtu.be/pnJxPRmRSGs Cover Artists: - Selan Pike +Art Tags: +- WV +- DD +- CD --- Track: The Ultimate Riddle [Ultimate Riddle] Directory: the-ultimate-riddle @@ -305,13 +305,13 @@ Track: Eldritch Murmurs [Horrorterrors] Directory: eldritch-murmurs Artist: Fuzz Duration: '1:52' -Art Tags: -- Horrorterrors URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/eldritch-murmurs-horrorterrors - https://youtu.be/Ani6hsZizV0 Cover Artists: - Vero +Art Tags: +- Horrorterrors --- Track: Outer Reaches [Veil] Directory: outer-reaches @@ -349,15 +349,15 @@ Track: Broken Dreams [Prospit's Fall] Directory: broken-dreams Artist: Veritas Unae, Charles Neudorf Duration: '1:45' -Art Tags: -- WK -- Carapacians -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/broken-dreams-prospits-fall - https://youtu.be/IXQOYNTjDL0 Cover Artists: - Brad Griffin +Art Tags: +- WK +- Carapacians +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - On Golden Dreams [Prospit] --- @@ -375,13 +375,13 @@ Track: Emerald Icarus [Green Sun] Directory: emerald-icarus Artist: Marcy Nabors Duration: '2:34' -Art Tags: -- Green Sun URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-icarus-green-sun - https://youtu.be/JL0NGGOLIBE Cover Artists: - Mixt +Art Tags: +- Green Sun --- Group: Disk 2 --- @@ -414,15 +414,15 @@ Track: Checkerboard Checkmate [Battlefield] Directory: checkerboard-checkmate Artist: Tarranon Duration: '3:15' -Art Tags: -- Carapacians -- 'cw: blood' -- 'cw: corpse' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/checkerboard-checkmate-battlefield - https://youtu.be/-0lZL1YTh1g Cover Artists: - Tavia Morra +Art Tags: +- Carapacians +- 'cw: blood' +- 'cw: corpse' --- Track: Skaiaward [Skaia] Directory: skaiaward @@ -450,13 +450,13 @@ Track: Land of _____ and Frogs [Frog Gathering] Directory: land-of-_____-and-frogs Artist: Veritas Unae Duration: '1:45' -Art Tags: -- Frogs URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-and-frogs-frog-gathering - https://youtu.be/eWdABIdlYgc Cover Artists: - Brad Griffin +Art Tags: +- Frogs Referenced Tracks: - Frog's Theme --- @@ -464,25 +464,25 @@ Track: Rana's Abode [Frog Temple] Directory: ranas-abode Artist: Yan Rodriguez Duration: '1:28' -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ranas-abode-frog-temple - https://youtu.be/_6R-ccx9wEQ Cover Artists: - Toe +Art Tags: +- Genesis Frog --- Track: The Will to Fight Further [Denizen Strife] Directory: the-will-to-fight-further Artist: Kevin Grant, Catboss Duration: '5:08' -Art Tags: -- Denizens URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-will-to-fight-further-denizen-strife - https://youtu.be/OZXn9yrrvAg Cover Artists: - Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- Denizens Referenced Tracks: - The Will to Fight (Original Mix) [Denizen Strife] - track:showtime-piano-refrain @@ -492,25 +492,25 @@ Track: Barren Session [Game Over] Directory: barren-session Artist: Brad Griffin Duration: '2:09' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/barren-session-game-over - https://youtu.be/JDxtHup_JBQ Cover Artists: - Nurse Tiger +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: Dilemma [The Choice] Directory: dilemma Artist: Fuzz Duration: '3:03' -Art Tags: -- Denizens URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dilemma-the-choice - https://youtu.be/yCmUVEfxQn8 Cover Artists: - Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- Denizens --- Track: Vulcanic Volcano [Forge] Directory: vulcanic-volcano @@ -536,13 +536,13 @@ Track: Endgame Execution [Black King Battle] Directory: endgame-execution Artist: Catboss Duration: '8:50' -Art Tags: -- BK URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/endgame-execution-black-king-battle - https://youtu.be/3ubrfmrP_QY Cover Artists: - shymuffin +Art Tags: +- BK Referenced Tracks: - Rex Duodecim Angelus --- @@ -550,13 +550,13 @@ Track: Where ribbIt All Began [Genesis Frog] Directory: where-ribbit-all-began Artist: Tarranon Duration: '3:24' -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/where-ribbit-all-began-genesis-frog - https://youtu.be/A5BPQ9MtVDw Cover Artists: - Tawa +Art Tags: +- Genesis Frog --- Track: Higher Hopes [Game Complete] Directory: higher-hopes @@ -572,13 +572,13 @@ Track: Gods of the New World [Universe Creation] Directory: gods-of-the-new-world Artist: Max Wright Duration: '7:19' -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gods-of-the-new-world-universe-creation - https://youtu.be/GDZhQ5QIO3o Cover Artists: - invalidgriffin +Art Tags: +- Genesis Frog --- Group: Bonus tracks --- @@ -649,13 +649,13 @@ Track: The Will to Fight (Original Mix) [Denizen Strife] Directory: the-will-to-fight-original-mix Artist: Kevin Grant Duration: '4:41' -Art Tags: -- Denizens URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-will-to-fight-original-mix-denizen-strife - https://youtu.be/Vv3q8rSn7Ow Cover Artists: - Dawn Davis +Art Tags: +- Denizens Referenced Tracks: - track:showtime-original-mix --- diff --git a/album/sburb.yaml b/album/sburb.yaml index a35551c1..54162c69 100644 --- a/album/sburb.yaml +++ b/album/sburb.yaml @@ -1,8 +1,13 @@ Album: Sburb Artist: James Dever, Erik Scheele -Has Track Art: false Date: July 13, 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/album/sburb +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL988516F160FCCF3A +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Vivian Ng Color: '#34cdff' Groups: - Official @@ -11,9 +16,6 @@ Art Tags: - Rose - Dave - Jade -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/album/sburb -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL988516F160FCCF3A Commentary: |- James Dever: (original commentary) @@ -37,14 +39,14 @@ Commentary: |- Originally written for Homestuck in 2011, Sburb is the first major composition I ever wrote. The pieces were written when I was seventeen, over my junior and senior years of high school and performed and recorded the following summer. The album released about a month before I set off to college and the whole experience was phenomenal. While I have long lost track with MSPA, I still am good friends with my fellow musicians from the Homestuck Music team including Erik "Jit" Steele, who performed on these recordings. Looking back on it now, I love how obvious my early inspirations are but I do love the work I was able to create during one of the most tumultuous times in my life. Thanks for listening. -Cover Artists: -- Vivian Ng --- Track: The Prelude Duration: '1:43' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/prelude - https://youtu.be/7k8zCRNxa7k +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- James Dever: (original commentary) @@ -53,8 +55,6 @@ Commentary: |- The introduction to the suite lays the fundamentals and ideas present throughout the rest of the movements. A juxtaposition between major and minor are in every chord creating a backbone of polytonality that I wanted to explore as I formulated the album. The main Homestuck anthem is weaved through the chords as this album was originally written for and published through MS Paint Adventures and What Pumpkin. The original theme was composed by Clark Powell. The album in its entirety is performed by Erik Scheele. -Referenced Tracks: -- Homestuck Anthem --- Track: Genesis Duration: '2:26' @@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ Duration: '2:08' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/exodus - https://youtu.be/UnbRhrKFofY +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle Commentary: |- James Dever: (original commentary) @@ -93,8 +95,6 @@ Commentary: |- (commentary redux) Continuing the Homestuck homages, this piece prominently features the bassline from Michael Guy Bowman's Sburban Jungle. When I was writing this movement I really wanted to explore how much I could utilize the different registers of the piano while keeping a constant ostinato running through the middle register. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle --- Track: Requiem Duration: '2:56' @@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ Duration: '1:42' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/chronicles - https://youtu.be/TOtz3MTSeKg +Referenced Tracks: +- Candles and Clockwork Commentary: |- James Dever: (original commentary) @@ -136,8 +138,6 @@ Commentary: |- (commentary redux) Chronicles is an adaption of an earlier Homestuck track I wrote, Candles and Clockwork. It was one of the first compositions I ever finished and, true to form, is a big hemiola. I wanted an ostinato in a different time signature than the melody which is what I focus on during the first section as I introduce the melody. The second part of the song introduces the final major motive of the suite, a sextuplet accompaniment outlining the tonic and dominant. A staple of the western art canon, it was a good foundation for me to work on some melodies that weren't purely rhythmic noodling. -Referenced Tracks: -- Candles and Clockwork --- Track: Rapture Duration: '1:52' @@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ Duration: '4:02' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/creation - https://youtu.be/XorynbzZQpI +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- James Dever: (original commentary) @@ -165,14 +167,14 @@ Commentary: |- You can definitely see that I was influenced into writing music from the works of Philip Glass and that is in full force here, but even in retrospect I feel like I put a great personal spin on it. As the sun sets, there's a final recall of the Homestuck Anthem. This movement was originally the last movement before I added the Revelations movements but it fit too well and I could not bring myself to remove it. I wrote this the weeks following the passing of my grandmother. It will always be for her and for everything she did for me. -Referenced Tracks: -- Homestuck Anthem --- Track: Revelations I Duration: '1:07' URLs: - https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-i - https://youtu.be/YoIYaFyll5Q +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- James Dever: (original commentary) @@ -181,8 +183,6 @@ Commentary: |- (commentary redux) Revelations is a three part finale that is completely centered on the sextuplet dominant/tonic motive introduced earlier in the album. Each movement was more exploration of how I can use the same general accompaniment but completely change the melody. (commentary from movements II and III is from original booklet) -Referenced Tracks: -- Homestuck Anthem --- Track: Revelations II Duration: '2:41' diff --git a/album/shortcuts.yaml b/album/shortcuts.yaml index 0e096e24..8f4e12db 100644 --- a/album/shortcuts.yaml +++ b/album/shortcuts.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ Album: Shortcuts -Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.7;' -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Date: November 2, 2013 Date Added: July 24, 2020 -Color: '#aca7b8' +URLs: +- https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/album/shortcuts Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Robert J! Lake +Color: '#aca7b8' Groups: - Casual Sunday - Beyond -URLs: -- https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/album/shortcuts Commentary: |- Casual Sundays: an album about love and loss and numbers and places
(best listened to on headphones or loud, loud, gorgeous speakers) @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ Commentary: |- casual sunday are: michael guy bowman (michaelguybowman.com)
david ellis (alunaticsdaydream.bandcamp.com)
robert j! lake (spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com)
yishan mai (catboss.bandcamp.com)
marcy nabors (shadolith.tumblr.com)
corbin pangilinan (endlessconsideration.tumblr.com)
nat wesley (natbird.bandcamp.com) featuring contributions by james ellis, clouds haberberg, and samm neiland -Cover Artists: +Banner Artists: - Robert J! Lake +Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 Wallpaper Artists: - Robert J! Lake -Banner Artists: -- Robert J! Lake +Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.7;' --- Track: A Scape Artist: Marcy Nabors @@ -47,27 +47,24 @@ Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '3:11' URLs: - https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/chicagoland -Commentary: |- - Robert J! Lake: - for much of my adult life i've gone back and forth between living in chicago and northwest indiana, which is where i grew up - i first realized i had clinical depression when i - this is a song about -

this is a love song Lyrics: |- everything falling up again
broken and beautiful honesty the earth shrugs and stares at herself
at least it will be over soon mix your story with mine
hold your breath in my sigh i'm alone here
and i wish that i wasn't
but at least i have peace and quiet i look out my window
at the cold winter light
it shines in my eyes
and it sings +Commentary: |- + Robert J! Lake: + for much of my adult life i've gone back and forth between living in chicago and northwest indiana, which is where i grew up + i first realized i had clinical depression when i + this is a song about +

this is a love song --- Track: North Walk / South Walk Artist: Corbin Pangilinan, Marcy Nabors Duration: '5:34' URLs: - https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/north-walk-south-walk -Commentary: |- - Corbin Pangilinan: - Last year, my freshman year of college, I was put into a dorm that was across the street from the campus proper. The first few days of the semester came just fine, but the following weeks slowly fell into the same, everyday rut and I found my routine pretty quickly tiring. For me, the start of every day would be crossing that main street in the city, which had a walk signal, as most city street crossings tend to. I'd push the button, which would evoke a very sharp click (and honestly, it was pretty satisfying to push; the morning ennui pushed me to observe that) and then the walk sign would come on, very rhythmically, stating, “WAIT.” When it came time to cross, it always repeated, “WALK SIGN IS ON. WALK SIGN IS ON. WALK SIGN IS-” at which point it would abruptly cut off and begin counting. The total time for crossing came to about thirty seconds or so, and I'd put my head down and walk along with the other freshman or whoever came to that street corner to walk at that particular time. As the semester dragged on, I started to imagine songs in order to break up the monotony a little, to the point where I would be walking across the street completely absorbed in my thoughts until the beeping of the walk signal, awaiting its next input, would come in and I'd find myself across the street. North Walk/South Walk encompasses the feeling of that 30 second time period, and indeed, the essential spirit of my freshman year in Norfolk. Lyrics: |- wait
wait
wait walk sign is on
walk sign is on
walk sign is twenty seven @@ -98,6 +95,9 @@ Lyrics: |- two one wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wai +Commentary: |- + Corbin Pangilinan: + Last year, my freshman year of college, I was put into a dorm that was across the street from the campus proper. The first few days of the semester came just fine, but the following weeks slowly fell into the same, everyday rut and I found my routine pretty quickly tiring. For me, the start of every day would be crossing that main street in the city, which had a walk signal, as most city street crossings tend to. I'd push the button, which would evoke a very sharp click (and honestly, it was pretty satisfying to push; the morning ennui pushed me to observe that) and then the walk sign would come on, very rhythmically, stating, “WAIT.” When it came time to cross, it always repeated, “WALK SIGN IS ON. WALK SIGN IS ON. WALK SIGN IS-” at which point it would abruptly cut off and begin counting. The total time for crossing came to about thirty seconds or so, and I'd put my head down and walk along with the other freshman or whoever came to that street corner to walk at that particular time. As the semester dragged on, I started to imagine songs in order to break up the monotony a little, to the point where I would be walking across the street completely absorbed in my thoughts until the beeping of the walk signal, awaiting its next input, would come in and I'd find myself across the street. North Walk/South Walk encompasses the feeling of that 30 second time period, and indeed, the essential spirit of my freshman year in Norfolk. --- Track: Loop 1 Artist: Michael Guy Bowman @@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ Commentary: |- --- Track: Pulse Artist: David Ellis -Duration: '5:47' Contributors: - David Ellis (vocals, rhodes, guitars, synths) - Clouds Haberberg (vocals) - Samm Neiland (violin, viola) - James Ellis (guitar textures) +Duration: '5:47' URLs: - https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/pulse Lyrics: |- diff --git a/album/someday.yaml b/album/someday.yaml index 360ace23..e3c40fc3 100644 --- a/album/someday.yaml +++ b/album/someday.yaml @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ Album: Someday Artist: Clark Powell, Astro Kid -Has Track Art: false Date: November 21, 2013 Date Added: May 12, 2021 +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Kristin Kemper Color: '#efcf96' -Listed on Homepage: false Groups: - Clark Powell - Beyond @@ -12,10 +13,9 @@ Commentary: |- Clark Powell: High Tide is a short film created by Kristin Kemper, and this is the single release of the film's score! It has been remastered for your listening pleasure, and remixed (also for your listening pleasure). High Tide in all its glory lives at vimeo.com/70976988 -Cover Artists: -- Kristin Kemper Wallpaper Artists: - Kristin Kemper +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: Someday Duration: '3:58' diff --git a/album/song-of-skaia.yaml b/album/song-of-skaia.yaml index 897bae63..f8ced5bf 100644 --- a/album/song-of-skaia.yaml +++ b/album/song-of-skaia.yaml @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ Album: Song of Skaia Artist: Mark Hadley -Has Track Art: false Date: January 1, 2012 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: '#02b7ff' -Groups: -- Official URLs: - https://parsecproductions.bandcamp.com/album/song-of-skaia - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFbcZ8PWCeZmXZZw0W9HQ_9T +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - minty +Color: '#02b7ff' +Groups: +- Official --- Track: null -Duration: '2:32' Directory: null-mark-hadley +Duration: '2:32' URLs: - https://parsecproductions.bandcamp.com/track/null - https://youtu.be/86Gfj88184k @@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:skies-of-skaia --- Track: Song of Skaia -Duration: '6:27' Contributors: - Tarien Ainuvë (lyrics/vocals) +Duration: '6:27' URLs: - https://parsecproductions.bandcamp.com/track/song-of-skaia - https://youtu.be/731LkYOajeA +Referenced Tracks: +- track:skies-of-skaia Lyrics: |- In vento cogitatio, spirat in vento
E vacuo lux elucet, lux e vacuo
E somno somnia cre'ta, somnia e somno
In clara umbra creatum versat (Thought blows in the wind, in the wind
Light shines from the void, light from the void
Dreams awaken out of sleep, dreams out of sleep
Creation twirls in a bright shadow) @@ -45,5 +47,3 @@ Lyrics: |- (Music joins light
All is born from a dream
Let it be) In vento cogitatio, spirat in vento (Pel Amar)
E vacuo lux elucet, lux e vacuo (Vinya-onant)
E somno somnia cre'ta, somnia e somno (Feä raniel)
In clara umbra creatum versat (Vilyadessë sira) In vento spiritus flat, spiritus in vento (Lindelë)
In fusco lumen ignescit, lumen in fusco (Sama calad)
E somnis verita nata est verita nata (Oloriello)
E nihil omnia cre'ta sunt omnia creata (Illuvë onant, eä) -Referenced Tracks: -- track:skies-of-skaia diff --git a/album/squiddles.yaml b/album/squiddles.yaml index d0464da0..c57bbc20 100644 --- a/album/squiddles.yaml +++ b/album/squiddles.yaml @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ Album: Squiddles! Date: August 26, 2010 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Banner Dimensions: 1100x205 -Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.6;' +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5UGIMKOXpONMExgI7lVYFwQa54QFp_H Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Cindy Dominguez Color: '#bb44ff' Groups: - Official Art Tags: - Squiddles -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5UGIMKOXpONMExgI7lVYFwQa54QFp_H -Cover Artists: +Banner Artists: - Cindy Dominguez +Banner Dimensions: 1100x205 Wallpaper Artists: - Cindy Dominguez -Banner Artists: -- Cindy Dominguez +Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.6;' --- Group: Main album --- @@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ Contributors: Duration: '2:51' URLs: - https://youtu.be/4PfZu1AWTWI +Referenced Tracks: +- Catchyegrabber (Skipper Plumbthroat's Song) Lyrics: |- (This might not fit my... rude alter ego, but I really love drinking tea and eating broccoli. But don’t tell anyone!) (Yar-har, time for some Squiddle Stew!)
(Come here, Squiddles! Little Squiddles! Ha, ha, har!) @@ -213,29 +215,27 @@ Lyrics: |- (Darn those Squiddles, where are my pants?)
(I am embarrassed that you Squiddles have had to see my naked body.) (I’ll get you yet, you Squiddles!)
(Well, EXCUSE me, Squiddles!)
(Squiddles! Curse you, Squiddles!)
(You have yet to see the power of the Catchyegrabber!) (I wish I had a job! I wish I wasn’t such a- [unintelligible] this! [unintelligible] Skipper Plumbthroat!) -Referenced Tracks: -- Catchyegrabber (Skipper Plumbthroat's Song) --- Track: Squiddles the Movie Trailer - The Day the Unicorns Couldn't Play Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:51' URLs: - https://youtu.be/9lWRGynBNVs +Referenced Tracks: +- Squiddles! Lyrics: |- (But... but where are the unicorns today, Mommy? Where are the unicorns?) (Someday, when I’m older, I’ll— I’ll find Santa Claus. He’ll bring the unicorns back, won’t he Mommy? Mommy? Where are you, Mommy? Are you with the unicorns?) (NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!) -Referenced Tracks: -- Squiddles! --- Track: Carefree Princess Berryboo Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '2:16' URLs: - https://youtu.be/_Z8qT1GBhds -Lyrics: (Well EXCUSE me, Princess Berryboo!) Referenced Tracks: - Carefree Action +Lyrics: (Well EXCUSE me, Princess Berryboo!) --- Track: Mister Bowman Tells You About the Squiddles Artist: Michael Guy Bowman @@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '5:06' URLs: - https://youtu.be/mpn7lahHvEc +Referenced Tracks: +- Squiddles! +Sampled Tracks: +- Squiddles! Lyrics: |- Squiddles are not ordinary friends
They work and play and work again
But they have homes and mommies too
Yes, they have mommies just like you So let them go to bed right now
So they can rest and make cute sounds
Because if they don't, they won't be strong
(If they can't rest they won't be strong)
And they're so small, they won't last long
(Well, they are really tiny) @@ -283,10 +287,6 @@ Lyrics: |- Squeedle dee dee
Squeedle dee dum
Everyone sing a Squiddly song
Let's all be friends
And work as a team
Squiddles for you
Squiddles for me! Tangle Buddies
Let's become
Tangle Buddies
That's right
Tangle Buddies
You heard me
Tangle Buddies
Tangle Buddies
Let's become
Tangle Buddies
That's right
Tangle Buddies
You heard me
Tangle Bu- My tangle[???] Tangle Buddies
Tangle Buddies
Let's become Tangle Buddies -Referenced Tracks: -- Squiddles! -Sampled Tracks: -- Squiddles! --- Group: Bonus tracks --- diff --git a/album/strife-2.yaml b/album/strife-2.yaml index 0c010004..4521f56c 100644 --- a/album/strife-2.yaml +++ b/album/strife-2.yaml @@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ Album: Strife 2 Artist: Tensei Date: March 13, 2017 Date Added: May 25, 2020 -Has Track Art: false -Color: '#a347c5' -Groups: -- Tensei -- Fandom URLs: - https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/strife-2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFbuRKweQO1tS0fWjbYmEFpI +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Marimo +Color: '#a347c5' +Groups: +- Tensei +- Fandom --- Group: Main album --- @@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: --- Track: The King in Red Duration: '3:49' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-king-in-red - https://youtu.be/2_uFQGP7s9k Cover Artists: - nights +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - The King in Red (Beta) - track:crustacean diff --git a/album/strife.yaml b/album/strife.yaml index 57b62ec3..9da6ec47 100644 --- a/album/strife.yaml +++ b/album/strife.yaml @@ -2,13 +2,6 @@ Album: Strife! Artist: Tensei Date: February 16, 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: '#e83240' -Groups: -- Tensei -- Official -Art Tags: -- Dave's bro -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz2a5VxQZME @@ -17,6 +10,13 @@ Cover Artists: - Tauhid Bondia Default Track Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Color: '#e83240' +Groups: +- Tensei +- Official +Art Tags: +- Dave's bro +- Jack Noir --- Group: Main album --- @@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ Duration: '3:28' URLs: - https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/time-on-my-side - https://youtu.be/_zfOKIREJX8 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:beatdown-strider-style +- Liquid Negrocity +- Master of Puppets Commentary: |- Tensei: With the Strife album, I deliberately left a lot of the background to the songs very ambiguous. There are no direct, obvious references as to what song corresponds to which character, though there are quite a few indications: each song uses an instrument that is typically associated with one of the kids in a pretty prominent way: whether it’s the piano lead in Heir Conditioning, the solo violin in Dance of Thorns, the bass and flute (shakuhachi, actually) in Atomic Bonsai, and of course the sampled beats and scratches in Time on my Side. I suppose the titles count as somewhat vague references to the characters as well. @@ -68,10 +72,6 @@ Commentary: |- The original inspiration for this song probably comes from the least likely source imaginable. It’s not The Prodigy or Goldeneye 64 music, but actually the original score to the movie Space Jam. You probably don’t even know or remember it, but a lot of the songs have a very distinct looped hiphop beat, guitars, and orchestral stabs all over the place, much like a large portion of this song. Seriously, listen to this from about 0:50 onward and you should hear the resemblance. That aside, obviously stuff from The Prodigy’s Fat of the Land album bears some resemblance as well, especially with the cheesy bassline. I know that a few Prodigy songs have been used in the otherwise kinda shitty Charlie’s Angels movies whenever shit was about to go down, and that’s really the kind of vibe I was going for as well. -Referenced Tracks: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Liquid Negrocity -- Master of Puppets --- Track: Atomic Bonsai Duration: '4:20' diff --git a/album/symphony-impossible-to-play.yaml b/album/symphony-impossible-to-play.yaml index b416d317..886ce638 100644 --- a/album/symphony-impossible-to-play.yaml +++ b/album/symphony-impossible-to-play.yaml @@ -1,34 +1,34 @@ Album: Symphony Impossible to Play Artist: Clark Powell -Banner Dimensions: 1100x200 -Wallpaper Style: |- - opacity: 0.6; - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto; - filter: hue-rotate(45deg); -Has Track Art: false Date: August 1, 2012 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: '#dd5544' -Groups: -- Clark Powell -- Official URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-impossible-to-play-with-medium - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGj-hDDFktI - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFbZGlJ_NhUuG0yPfBRzFpfv +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Tavia Morra -Wallpaper Artists: -- Homestuck -- Quasar Nebula (edits for wiki) +Color: '#dd5544' +Groups: +- Clark Powell +- Official Banner Artists: - Homestuck - Niklink (edits for wiki) +Banner Dimensions: 1100x200 +Wallpaper Artists: +- Homestuck +- Quasar Nebula (edits for wiki) +Wallpaper Style: |- + opacity: 0.6; + background-repeat: repeat; + background-size: auto; + filter: hue-rotate(45deg); --- Track: I - Overture -Duration: '7:00' Directory: overture +Duration: '7:00' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/i-overture-2 - https://youtu.be/Fi311fNF09w @@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Even in Death --- Track: II - Sarabande -Duration: '2:36' Directory: sarabande-symphony +Duration: '2:36' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ii-sarabande-2 - https://youtu.be/iADicSzT0VE @@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:sarabande-vol5 --- Track: III - Serenade -Duration: '5:44' Directory: serenade-symphony +Duration: '5:44' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iii-serenade-2 - https://youtu.be/wjvxf4QiHfU @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:ruins --- Track: IV - Anthem -Duration: '3:48' Directory: anthem +Duration: '3:48' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iv-anthem-2 - https://youtu.be/FaT8T3030mA diff --git a/album/the-baby-is-june.yaml b/album/the-baby-is-june.yaml index d9306b2a..dfb7d4b1 100644 --- a/album/the-baby-is-june.yaml +++ b/album/the-baby-is-june.yaml @@ -2,23 +2,23 @@ Album: The Baby is June Artist: Funk McLovin Date: November 23, 2020 Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Has Track Art: false -Color: '#00c0ff' -Groups: -- Funk McLovin -- Fandom URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/album/the-baby-is-june - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVNREaFFhdM +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Funk McLovin +Color: '#00c0ff' +Groups: +- Funk McLovin +- Fandom --- Track: Meat Nor Candy -Duration: 0:37 Contributors: - Funk McLovin (Dave) - AE (June) - Bucky Grant (Karkat) +Duration: 0:37 URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/meat-nor-candy Lyrics: |- @@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ Lyrics: |- DAVE: in song --- Track: Dave's Ballad -Duration: '1:54' Contributors: - Funk McLovin (Dave) - AE (June) - Bucky Grant (Karkat) +Duration: '1:54' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/daves-ballad-2 Lyrics: |- @@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ Lyrics: |- JUNE: dave, what the fuck. --- Track: Karkat's Lament -Duration: '2:44' Contributors: - Bucky Grant (Karkat) +Duration: '2:44' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/karkats-lament Lyrics: |- @@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ Lyrics: |- I wish there was a way to express my love --- Track: June's Ode -Duration: '2:44' Contributors: - AE (June) - Funk McLovin (Dave) +Duration: '2:44' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/junes-ode Lyrics: |- @@ -246,11 +246,11 @@ Lyrics: |- DAVE: for the last time its not pee --- Track: Off Brand -Duration: '3:58' Contributors: - AE (June) - Bucky Grant (Karkat) - Funk McLovin (Dave) +Duration: '3:58' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/off-brand Lyrics: |- @@ -360,10 +360,10 @@ Lyrics: |- JUNE: probably for the best. --- Track: Dave's Ballad Reprise -Duration: '1:49' Contributors: - Funk McLovin (Dave) - articulatelyComposed (Rose) +Duration: '1:49' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/daves-ballad-reprise Lyrics: |- diff --git a/album/the-baby-is-you.yaml b/album/the-baby-is-you.yaml index ea0640fa..26595e11 100644 --- a/album/the-baby-is-you.yaml +++ b/album/the-baby-is-you.yaml @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ Album: The Baby is You Artist: Toby Fox -Has Track Art: false Date: September 27, 2010 Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Groups: -- Toby Fox -- Fandom -Color: '#545fff' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfiwU2f-ts4 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZ8yr7acSFrBeUvkA0XlDN6 - https://recordcrash.com/tbiy/thebabyisyou.htm +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- astroliner +Color: '#545fff' +Groups: +- Toby Fox +- Fandom Commentary: |- sanctfarum: (From the Homestuck Sound Test 4/13/2017 Edition release notes:) Simultaneously the worst fucking thing Toby Fox has ever made and his magnum opus that even Undertale cannot surpass, even mentioning this legendary trash opera on the now-defunct MSPA forums was grounds for a ban. Warning: Contains male pregnancy (mpreg), heavy implications of underage sex, implications of incest, time travel, a clip of Karkat saying "MMMMMMMMMMM" that was used in the Act 6 Act 6 Act 1 opening flash, vore, the answer to the Ultimate Riddle, and other absolutely awful shit that has no business being in the Sound Test, or indeed, anywhere. Listen at your own risk, if you dare... -Cover Artists: -- astroliner --- Track: A History of Babies Duration: '1:01' @@ -35,16 +35,18 @@ Track: Throguh Song Duration: 0:43 URLs: - https://youtu.be/KSHPZp33vv4 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-original-mix Lyrics: |- (police sirens) john: hi im john egbert and OH MY GOD DAVE WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THE FLOOR WRITHIN IN PAIN
dave: nothin, john... just ignore me... im not... pregnant
john: OH MY GOD DAVE... WHATS HAPPENED TO YOU
DAVE: im... im lyin.... i am pregnant
john: WHAT!!! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!!! WHOSE THE FATHER
dave: the father... i cant tell you john
john: but... then... WHOSE THE BABY
dave: the baby john... is you
dave: your the baby
dave: all the babies
dave: all of them
JOHN: NO DAVE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
JOHN: WE HAVE TO GET YOU TO A HOSPITAL
JOHN: ARE YOU SERIOUS THOUGH, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING
dave: john i guess the only way you can understand is song -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix --- Track: The Baby is You Duration: '1:36' URLs: - https://youtu.be/BtCsf7tFBIQ +Referenced Tracks: +- Throguh Song Lyrics: |- BUM BUM BUM i was sittin around, in the middle of the night
all bored with nothing to do @@ -64,13 +66,13 @@ Lyrics: |- HAVIN A ABABY AND THE BABY IS YOU
OVARIES ARE OUT THE WAZOO HAVIN A BABY AND THE BABY WEARS SHOES
BABIES FLYIN OUT THE HOO HOO WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO -Referenced Tracks: -- Throguh Song --- Track: bootes Duration: '1:47' URLs: - https://youtu.be/aoDIAbQnV88 +Referenced Tracks: +- Canon in D Lyrics: |- DAVE: OH MY GOD... john... THE BABY... IS A BABY.... IS A BABY
John: dave you're losing your water break, we cant go to the hospital now
DAVE: YOUR RIGHT THERES NO TIME
DAVE: WE MUST GO TO MOUNT PROSPIT
DAVE: where i myself was born
JOHN: you were born in a lab dave and im your lab daddy
DAVE: ok shut up, dad, because your my baby now and youre the one that's going to have mantitties in your face
john: what?
dave: MANTITTIES IN YOUR FACe, MANTITTIES IN YOUR FACE
john: aww, gross! dave put your fucking shirt on
dave: MANTITTIES
john: i'm not even born yet that's not fair
dave: oh my god... someone needs to deliver this baby right now
karkat: I CAN DO THAT
john: karkat what the fuck are you doing
karkat: delivering babies... i did it once i can do it again.......
john: leave it up to me karkat
karkat: no... no i cant... your the baby.....
karkat: i must do this... i must be the... the midwife
karkat: john... theres some things you cant know
john: like what
dave: please just reach inside me
KARKAT: LETS SING A FUCKING SONG ONCE UPON A TIME ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN
A BABY WAS SITTING IN A WATER FOUNTAIN @@ -78,13 +80,13 @@ Lyrics: |- AND THAT STORY TODAY IS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT
I'M A TROLL AND JOHN I WANT TO FUCK YOU OUT OF HATE MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM dave: please stop this singing shit, i need to have this baby... now...... MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM -Referenced Tracks: -- Canon in D --- Track: rose pragnant Duration: '1:11' URLs: - https://youtu.be/l6BDUDe4eQo +Referenced Tracks: +- Showdown Lyrics: |- JOHN: dave you need to hang in there
DAVE: AEAAAEEAAA
karkat: i dont get it... the baby just wont come out
dave: IM NOT READY... there are some things I have to clean up first (car) @@ -97,13 +99,13 @@ Lyrics: |- dave: it's... its only fair.... rose: besides singing is passe for those of a caliber like ours. let us engage in that ancient art far superior..... rap -Referenced Tracks: -- Showdown --- Track: the rose rap Duration: '2:45' URLs: - https://youtu.be/o3rJTGHgYTk +Referenced Tracks: +- rose pragnant Lyrics: |- roserap: strider let me break it down like this for you @@ -129,8 +131,6 @@ Lyrics: |- (worst makeout sounds ever) karkat: im going to throw up
john: gross!!! everyone cover your eyes!!! the two naked incestuous pregnant teenagers are..... KISSING!!!!!! mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm -Referenced Tracks: -- rose pragnant --- Track: uh oh Duration: 0:07 @@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ Track: vs bros Duration: '1:27' URLs: - https://youtu.be/ustNt1bH9JQ +Referenced Tracks: +- Can You Feel the Love Tonight +- Versus Lyrics: |- dave: bro i dont want to fight you. i just want to have my baby in peace. bro: hah! too bad, ash ketchum! im gary motherfucking oak and i'm hungry for babies so get goddamn shoveling! @@ -161,14 +164,13 @@ Lyrics: |- dave: actually this is [*]
im going to bed bro: YOU CANT GO TO BED actually im out of batteries so i'm going to die -Referenced Tracks: -- Can You Feel the Love Tonight -- Versus --- Track: a baby is born Duration: '1:30' URLs: - https://youtu.be/jCfE_6pTN8A +Referenced Tracks: +- rose pragnant Lyrics: |- KC GREEN: HEY KIDS,,, THIS IS KC GREEN AND IT'S TIME FOR THE GUNSHOW SINGALONG SHOW I HOPE YOU ALL GOT YOUR FACES READY TO SING A LITTLE TUNE HERE LETS GO @@ -189,5 +191,3 @@ Lyrics: |-     mia: i came as fast as i could -Referenced Tracks: -- rose pragnant diff --git a/album/the-felt.yaml b/album/the-felt.yaml index d32d2479..7236ef12 100644 --- a/album/the-felt.yaml +++ b/album/the-felt.yaml @@ -1,12 +1,6 @@ Album: The Felt -Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.25;' Date: December 2 2010 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: '#33aa55' -Groups: -- Official -Art Tags: -- Snowman URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76TAd1ExFE @@ -15,8 +9,14 @@ Cover Artists: - Molly Gur Default Track Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Color: '#33aa55' +Groups: +- Official +Art Tags: +- Snowman Wallpaper Artists: - Molly Gur +Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.25;' --- Track: Jade Dragon Artist: Robert J! Lake @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Duration: '5:58' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/swing-of-the-clock-2 - https://youtu.be/kEGailT_BHs +Referenced Tracks: +- Three in the Morning Commentary: |- Solatrus: (original commentary) @@ -59,8 +61,6 @@ Commentary: |- Now For Some Trivia! Swing of the Clock was the second to last of a very long stretch of original songs I did in the key of F minor. It’s my favorite key to write music in, but I’ve barely touched it since Chartreuse Rewind. (Which is next week..! Er.. I guess this week, since I was late on this. Oops.) Why? Well, too much of a good thing is a bad thing. Secondly, Lexxy really dug this song and it made me flip the fuck out when I found out she liked it, because she’s an amazing person! -Referenced Tracks: -- Three in the Morning --- Track: Rhapsody in Green Artist: Clark Powell @@ -79,17 +79,17 @@ URLs: Track: Clockwork Reversal Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '1:41' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-reversal-2 - https://youtu.be/b9BtuKqfPkY +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' +Referenced Tracks: +- Clockwork Apocalypse Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: Clockwork Reversal was my second contribution to the Felt. I love the melody of Endless Climb. I loved the music box-esque remixes on Volume 5 even more. Before I got on the team, I had written Clockwork Apocalypse, an orchestrated version of Clockwork Melody. After realizing Audacity could reverse music, I started experimenting. Since the Endless Climb melody was so memorable and it had served as good sort of interlude tracks on Volume 5, I decided to try to make something in a similar vein. Oddly enough, I think the reversed version of the Clockwork Reversal sounds even better than both Clockwork Reversal and Clockwork Apocalypse. -Referenced Tracks: -- Clockwork Apocalypse --- Track: Chartreuse Rewind Artist: Solatrus @@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: Track: Trails Artist: Mark Hadley Duration: '2:29' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trails-2 - https://youtu.be/rzL0-oyDy7s +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- Mark Hadley: At its heart, Trails is basically a fugue, with a melodic line being repeated and played over the previous one. Trace and Fin follow past and future trails, so I made the first melody in the first half hollow and somewhat indistinct, since it is a "future trail" for the second melody that will come in a few bars later. In the second half I reverse this and have the indistinct melody come afterwards, a "past trail" of the melody that just played. @@ -172,28 +172,28 @@ Commentary: |- Track: Temporal Piano Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '3:49' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/temporal-piano-2 - https://youtu.be/rzNIMmObP3k +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: Time Paradox Artist: Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:06' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' -- 'cw: corpse' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/time-paradox-2 - https://youtu.be/96HRN6bFYqU +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' +- 'cw: corpse' +Referenced Tracks: +- Westminister Quarters Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: This was the first piece I submitted for an album once I got on the team. Basically what happened was: I am visiting somewhere in Chicago with only my phone’s connection to the internet, check the MSPA forums and find a message notification waiting for me. Radiation congratulates me on getting on the team. After some moments of sputtering disbelief, I read on. He says if I want to get started on something, the Squiddles was being finished up and the Felt was on the table. So, for the next couple hours I was invigorated, consumed wholly during the car ride and time in the hotel before I finally fell asleep with working on a track for the Felt. Time Paradox was made. Originally, I made it imagining the recruitment of the Felt, picturing Doc Scratch warping across time and space, assembling the green goons from who knows where, and then witnessing the construction of the Felt manor. It’s a fun track, more energetic than a lot of things I had worked on and definitely influenced by Radiation’s style. The last two sections are still some of my favorite phrases that I’ve written. -Referenced Tracks: -- Westminister Quarters --- Track: Eldritch Artist: Alex Rosetti @@ -205,11 +205,11 @@ URLs: Track: English Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '3:30' -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/english-2 - https://youtu.be/6zMnNCDaKuE +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: Variations Artist: Robert J! Lake diff --git a/album/the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience.yaml b/album/the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience.yaml index c39f936f..80f7ccf7 100644 --- a/album/the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience.yaml +++ b/album/the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience.yaml @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ Album: The Funk McLovin Homestuck Experience Artist: Funk McLovin Date: April 13, 2020 Date Added: April 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/album/the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Funk McLovin Color: '#a5f0a7' Groups: - Funk McLovin - Fandom -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/album/the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience -Cover Artists: -- Funk McLovin --- Track: Introduction Duration: 0:50 @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Now please, enjoy: Funk McLovin's Homestuck music album. --- Track: The Strider Rap-Off +Date First Released: April 9, 2020 Duration: '3:16' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/the-strider-rap-off @@ -139,20 +140,22 @@ Lyrics: |- DIRK: Fucking sick. (Credits to Vinyl for transcription.) -Date First Released: April 9, 2020 --- Track: Jade Defender +Date First Released: February 21, 2020 Duration: '2:21' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/jade-defender - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0jzBu7IZWU -Date First Released: February 21, 2020 --- Track: GameGoth +Date First Released: January 28, 2020 Duration: '1:42' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/gamegoth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLHdyAM4ujs +Referenced Tracks: +- GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) Lyrics: |- (Welcome, mortals, to the best - and last! - game of your life. Mwahahahahahahaaaa!) @@ -188,11 +191,9 @@ Lyrics: |- I'd say "better luck next time" but that won't be the case Another victim claimed to the darkest gaming ace Hahahaha! -Referenced Tracks: -- GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) -Date First Released: January 28, 2020 --- Track: Less Pale, More Pail +Date First Released: February 10, 2020 Duration: '2:03' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/less-pale-more-pail @@ -224,30 +225,30 @@ Lyrics: |- (Oh, baby. Please don't make me beg. 'Cause I will beg. I don't wanna beg but I will. I definitely will beg. If you make me.) -Date First Released: February 10, 2020 --- Track: 'Steel Bastille: Heart of Light, Crown of Thorns' +Date First Released: February 26, 2020 Duration: '2:58' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/steel-bastille-heart-of-light-crown-of-thorns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DDPym9XkRk -Date First Released: February 26, 2020 --- Track: Vrissy's Theme +Date First Released: January 2, 2020 Duration: '2:29' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/vrissys-theme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w86Mq0kLnwQ -Date First Released: January 2, 2020 --- Track: Vogue Rogue +Date First Released: January 6, 2020 Duration: '2:09' URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/vogue-rogue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttk-q7BonIE -Date First Released: January 6, 2020 --- Track: Ult!Dirk Can't Rap +Date First Released: April 3, 2020 Duration: 0:59 URLs: - https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/ult-dirk-cant-rap @@ -287,7 +288,6 @@ Lyrics: |- I wonder how Jane's doing? God I miss Jake (--Rose get the fuck out of here!) -Date First Released: April 3, 2020 --- Track: Vriska's Theme (Off The Shits Edition) Duration: '3:50' diff --git a/album/the-genesis-project-vol-1.yaml b/album/the-genesis-project-vol-1.yaml index da54d030..2db91899 100644 --- a/album/the-genesis-project-vol-1.yaml +++ b/album/the-genesis-project-vol-1.yaml @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ Album: 'The Genesis Project: Volume 1' Directory: the-genesis-project-vol-1 -Has Track Art: false Date: July 31, 2019 Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Color: '#e10a0b' -Groups: -- The Genesis Project -- Fandom URLs: - https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/album/the-genesis-project-volume-1 +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Radical Dude 42 (background) - Musical Panini (logo) +Color: '#e10a0b' +Groups: +- The Genesis Project +- Fandom --- Track: In the Beginning Artist: lostCursor diff --git a/album/the-grubbles.yaml b/album/the-grubbles.yaml index f179762a..9f4d971c 100644 --- a/album/the-grubbles.yaml +++ b/album/the-grubbles.yaml @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ Album: THE GRUBBLES Artist: James Roach -Has Track Art: false Date: September 14, 2017 00:00:04 Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: '#dd0000' -Groups: -- Official URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost-with-the-grubbles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo6jbRGXGrtjQOs-3_TbJ6SvFBUEhztgj +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - The Grubbels +Color: '#dd0000' +Groups: +- Official --- Track: Broom Temperature Duration: '1:58' diff --git a/album/the-wanderers.yaml b/album/the-wanderers.yaml index 61be3e13..39f9e89b 100644 --- a/album/the-wanderers.yaml +++ b/album/the-wanderers.yaml @@ -1,13 +1,10 @@ Album: The Wanderers -Banner Dimensions: 1463x270 -Wallpaper Style: |- - background-size: auto; - background-repeat: no-repeat; - background-position: top left; - background-color: #83bace; - opacity: 0.75; Date: July 14, 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF3092FD8EA59F218 +Cover Artists: +- Lauren Ross Color: '#ffcc66' Groups: - Official @@ -17,68 +14,75 @@ Art Tags: - AR - WQ - WK -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF3092FD8EA59F218 Commentary: |- Homestuck: 413 years in the future, all is devastation. Great lakes are now empty pits, sprawling cities are now rubble, and humanity is now extinct, fossilized under the endless blanket of sand that covers the Earth. However, all is not lost. Exiled to our world through gates in space and time, a few brave, carapaced individuals toil to give our planet new hope. They are... The Wanderers. -Cover Artists: +Banner Artists: - Lauren Ross +Banner Dimensions: 1463x270 Wallpaper Artists: - Lauren Ross -Banner Artists: -- Lauren Ross +Wallpaper Style: |- + background-size: auto; + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-position: top left; + background-color: #83bace; + opacity: 0.75; --- Group: Main album --- Track: Carapacian Dominion Artist: Seth Peelle Duration: '7:20' +URLs: +- https://youtu.be/bhG6zJpC60c +Cover Artists: +- Sarah Fu Art Tags: - WV - PM - AR - WQ - Serenity -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/bhG6zJpC60c -Cover Artists: -- Sarah Fu --- Track: Aimless Morning Gold Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '3:48' -Art Tags: -- AR -- Serenity URLs: - https://youtu.be/KrimTgZi5uk Cover Artists: - Leondra +Art Tags: +- AR +- Serenity --- Track: Endless Expanse Artist: Erik Scheele Duration: '5:59' -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -- AR URLs: - https://youtu.be/TktueKyYBKs Cover Artists: - Guy +Art Tags: +- WV +- PM +- AR --- Track: Gilded Sands Artist: Nick Smalley, Solatrus Duration: '4:00' +URLs: +- https://youtu.be/i5gsRSo3sMo +Cover Artists: +- Nyanface Art Tags: - WV - Serenity -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/i5gsRSo3sMo +Referenced Tracks: +- Stone Tower Temple Commentary: |- Solatrus: That was an episode of shenanigans with me and Mr. Nick Smalley. @@ -89,14 +93,14 @@ Commentary: |- Nick Smalley: Take one night goofing off with Jeremy; add FamiTracker, Jeremy’s newfound love for Grossbeat, and Majora’s Mask, and you pretty much have Gilded Sands. Seriously. -Cover Artists: -- Nyanface -Referenced Tracks: -- Stone Tower Temple --- Track: Years in the Future Artist: Robert J! Lake Duration: '4:35' +URLs: +- https://youtu.be/CadBaY2j6pE +Cover Artists: +- Shad Andrews Art Tags: - WV - PM @@ -104,18 +108,20 @@ Art Tags: - WQ - WK - Carapacians -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/CadBaY2j6pE -Cover Artists: -- Shad Andrews --- Track: Mayor Maynot Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '3:20' -Art Tags: -- WV URLs: - https://youtu.be/d9KVN4WfHHc +Cover Artists: +- Shad Andrews +Art Tags: +- WV +Referenced Tracks: +- Mailtime +Sampled Tracks: +- Judge Dredd Lyrics: |- MAY YER MAY YER MAYER MAY MAYER MAY
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MAY YER MAY YER MAYER MAY MAYER MAY
MAY YER MAY YER MAY YERMAYYERR~ @@ -133,81 +139,79 @@ Lyrics: |- MAY YER MAY YER MAYER MAY MAYER MAY
MAY YER MAY YER MAY YERMAY YER MAYER
MAY YER MAY YER MAYER MAY MAYER MAY
MAY YER MAY YER MAY YERMAYYERR~ HERE’S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS
(MAY YER MAY YERMAY MAYER MAY YR-YR-Y-Y)
IT MAKES ME WA-AN-NA wwwWAG MY TAIL tail
(MAYER MAYER MAYERMAYMAYYERMAY MAYMAYYERMAY YER YER~)
HERE’S THE MAIL, IT NEVER EVER FAILS (boo)
(MAY-MAY-YER-MAY MEH-MEH-YR-ME MAY-MAY-YER-MAY M-M-MAY-YER-MAY)
it MAKES ME WA-AN-N-N-N-NA W-WAG MY TAIL-TAIL-TATA-T-T
(MAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYO YER-MAY-YER-MAY YERRRRRRRRRRR~) YER. MAY, YER, MAY YER. (TAIL. MAIL, MAIL, MAY TAIL.)
MAY, YER, MAY YERRRRR~! (MAIL, MAIL, MAY MAILLLL~.) -Cover Artists: -- Shad Andrews -Referenced Tracks: -- Mailtime -Sampled Tracks: -- Judge Dredd --- Track: We Walk Artist: Steve Everson Duration: '2:42' +URLs: +- https://youtu.be/0DILZ3Qi_Wg +Cover Artists: +- Emi Art Tags: - WV - PM - AR - WQ - Serenity -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/0DILZ3Qi_Wg Commentary: |- Steve Everson: My most recent contribution to Homestuck’s music, and another of my favourites. This piece is actually pretty old, going back to before Volume 5, where it was much simpler (playing out more like a round) and with poorer sound quality in general. Like most of my music it was inspired by a similar piece from somewhere else - in this case, the original Bionicle flash adventure game that used to be on the Lego website way back. If you’ve played it, you might notice the similarity, at least as far as instrumentation goes. It had been many years since I’d last even seen the game, long after it fell off the site, so I couldn’t recognise what I liked about the piece and so the imitation I’d made was pretty poor! Fast forward a year or two. Some discussion with internet friends had led me to find that old flash game again, and I heard my old favourite tune in all its glory (significantly less glorious than I remembered; nostalgia does that to you). Still, it showed me the main place I was going wrong, which was that I’d neglected harmony. All of the three or four lines of music that piece had were monophonic, making a really drab sound, while what I needed where chords. A stupid mistake? Sure, it was, but then, I wasn’t that good a musician when I first wrote the piece. I started over, applying all the experience I’d got both from writing music and simply listening to it with a critical ear to get my main contribution to the Wanderers album, and something I could be proud of. -Cover Artists: -- Emi --- Track: Requiem for an Exile Artist: Solatrus Duration: '2:01' +URLs: +- https://youtu.be/aAphwUVKFm4 +Cover Artists: +- Zilleniose Art Tags: - WV - PM - AR - WQ -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/aAphwUVKFm4 +Referenced Tracks: +- track:requiem Commentary: |- Solatrus: I made James’s great composition sound, well, better. Imagine it without the panning, without the reverb, etc. I’d be a bit flat sounding! -Cover Artists: -- Zilleniose -Referenced Tracks: -- track:requiem --- Track: Raggy Looking Dance Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '3:28' -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM URLs: - https://youtu.be/kHSVHbxBEHU - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/raggy-looking-dance Cover Artists: - Zilleniose +Art Tags: +- WV +- PM Referenced Tracks: - Squiddles! --- Track: Riches to Ruins Movements I & II Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '2:20' -Art Tags: -- WK URLs: - https://youtu.be/K7WRrBG6BM8 Cover Artists: - Khoroshonov +Art Tags: +- WK --- Track: Litrichean Rioghail Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '5:00' -Art Tags: -- PM URLs: - https://youtu.be/RtzNs4pH11Y +Cover Artists: +- Hanni Brosh +Art Tags: +- PM +Referenced Tracks: +- track:explore Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: Aaah this one. This caused me a bit of unexpected grief, but we'll get to that. @@ -219,33 +223,35 @@ Commentary: |- As a few people pointed out when they first heard it, that the notes starting from 0:20 onwards by the sitar are viciously close if not identical to the start of Schala's theme from Chrono Trigger. And yes, yes they are. There is a subtle difference but the majority of the phrase matches. Depending on who you ask this ranges from either an atrocity or an inevitability given the limited nature of conventions and structure of music. Personally, the reference was unintentional. Let's get this straight also, I'm a ludicrously huge Yasunori Mitsuda fanboy. I'm not fully ruling out that at some level I was remembering ST when making LR, but I honestly could not recall the song until someone linked a video, and even afterwards I don't recall the song from the game. There are tonnes of tracks from CT that I recall fondly but ST just isn't one of them. This all said, there was no malevolence nor deceit intended when writing LR and I apologise to anyone offended by it. That's really all I have to say on the matter. -Cover Artists: -- Hanni Brosh -Referenced Tracks: -- track:explore --- Track: Ruins Rising Artist: Michael Guy Bowman Duration: '5:00' -Art Tags: -- WV -- Jack Noir URLs: - https://youtu.be/pDYCL68d3wI Cover Artists: - Raizor +Art Tags: +- WV +- Jack Noir Referenced Tracks: - track:ruins --- Track: What a Daring Dream Artist: Alex Rosetti Duration: '2:46' +URLs: +- https://youtu.be/qtt0o-v2yco +Cover Artists: +- Noot Art Tags: - WV - Serenity - 'cw: blood (abstract)' -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/qtt0o-v2yco +Lyrics: |- + What a daring dream, to combine the finest qualities of humanity with the elegance and nobility of the animal kingdom. How you wish you could know their world. To hear one night those muted pawpads traipse up your stairs. A low but friendly growl unsettles your slumber, and as the sopor seeps from your eyes they detect a sharp pair of ears cutting moonlight. A mysterious wolven tongue invites. Wouldn't these ears suit you? Would not this proud long snout assist you in the hunt? + What a daring dream... + (Just what do you think you're planning on doing with that ring?)
(Whatever it is forget it)
(The Slayer is miiiiiiiine)
(Now w8ke up)
(I said W88888888KE!) Commentary: |- Alex Rosetti: The Wanderers is my favorite Homestuck album. Its focused premise, interesting takes on a theme, and general aesthetic all appeal to me. Not to mention the fact that it contains some of the best songs in the Homestuck discography. This song is not one of those. @@ -254,22 +260,22 @@ Commentary: |- I wanted the music to be very hazy and meditative, very much like a dream (naturally). Unclear sounds fading in and out, soft messages you’re not quite sure you’re hearing. The use of Morse code was an obvious choice, though I did not have the patience to translate every single line of code in that sequence. I just used the same sample repeatedly, altered it a bit, and panned the two versions of it to each side of the mix. I did, however, think it would be worth my time to whisper the English translation of the Morse code, so throughout the piece you hear my voice narrating ever so slightly in the background, even up to Vriska’s dialogue. The instrumentation was a lucky coincidence since I modeled parts of it off the Evangelion score, and those happened to fit the very broad “Eastern music” theme we were going for for the most part. So the piece turned out to be a great candidate for the album and I worked on it a lot more before submitting it to be on there. Overall it was one of the most fun songs I’ve had the pleasure of making for Homestuck, and the fact that it spooked some people is an added bonus. Speaking of bonuses, Noot did the art we used for this track. It was one of a few pieces of track art that weren’t commissioned. I happened to be looking around for artists and saw this, and I already knew it was perfect. -Lyrics: |- - What a daring dream, to combine the finest qualities of humanity with the elegance and nobility of the animal kingdom. How you wish you could know their world. To hear one night those muted pawpads traipse up your stairs. A low but friendly growl unsettles your slumber, and as the sopor seeps from your eyes they detect a sharp pair of ears cutting moonlight. A mysterious wolven tongue invites. Wouldn't these ears suit you? Would not this proud long snout assist you in the hunt? - What a daring dream... - (Just what do you think you're planning on doing with that ring?)
(Whatever it is forget it)
(The Slayer is miiiiiiiine)
(Now w8ke up)
(I said W88888888KE!) -Cover Artists: -- Noot --- Track: Nightmare Artist: Malcolm Brown Duration: '4:13' +URLs: +- https://youtu.be/CVxTL43Czuc +Cover Artists: +- Left Art Tags: - WV - Carapacians - 'cw: blood (abstract)' -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/CVxTL43Czuc +Referenced Tracks: +- Liquid Negrocity +- Rex Duodecim Angelus +- Carapacian Dominion Commentary: |- Malcolm Brown: This one was a bit weird, and went through several revisions trying to figure out what to do. It's loosely designed to be a bit of music for WV's dream in which he effectively turns into Bec Noir and starts killing everything before Vriska turns up disguised as Serenity and makes the whole sequence even weirder. @@ -279,34 +285,30 @@ Commentary: |- The ending (3:50 odd) attempts to mimic the beginning of Carapacian Dominion, to act as a kind of bookend for the album. It doesn't do it perfectly, but that's my fault :P I quite like this one. I'm not fully sold on the odd sound effects since they're always a bit gimmicky, but the overall theme kinda works. The name was fairly obvious - I did attempt to call it "What a daring Nightmare" but Alex Rosetti beat me to it. Also hey, 4:13. Love it when that happens. -Cover Artists: -- Left -Referenced Tracks: -- Liquid Negrocity -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- Carapacian Dominion --- Group: Bonus tracks --- Track: Vagabounce Remix Artist: David Ko Duration: '1:55' -Art Tags: -- WV URLs: - https://youtu.be/P_pCaNbhExo Cover Artists: - Noot +Art Tags: +- WV Referenced Tracks: - track:vagabounce --- Track: Tomahawk Head Artist: Toby Fox, Tensei Duration: '3:29' -Art Tags: -- AR URLs: - https://youtu.be/vqs4yf_Fs4I +Cover Artists: +- Lexxy +Art Tags: +- AR Commentary: |- Tensei: I always felt like this song was in a bit of an unfortunate position, being a bonus song on the Wanderers album, which basically meant that only people who bought the album or those who specifically scoured youtube for it would get to hear it. @@ -317,5 +319,3 @@ Commentary: |- When you think about it, it’s pretty silly to assume that Jade has to be Asian because some songs associated with her use ethnic instrumentation. In that sense, I might as well claim that Rose has to be Italian, because hey, that’s where violins originally came from! At the end of the movie Kill Bill, there’s a final showdown between The Bride and O-ren Ishii. They’re both wielding katanas and the setting is a very stereotypical, snow-covered japanese garden. You would THINK that you’d at least get some taiko drums as a backing, but nope. The song that plays is “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by Santa Esmeralda, which can best be described as a flamenco/disco hybrid. And it fits PERFECTLY. In that sense, I think that this song too fits AR very well, even though his character has fuck-all to do with Native American culture. -Cover Artists: -- Lexxy diff --git a/album/theres-no-place-like-home.yaml b/album/theres-no-place-like-home.yaml index 55198707..ac5dadf9 100644 --- a/album/theres-no-place-like-home.yaml +++ b/album/theres-no-place-like-home.yaml @@ -2,15 +2,17 @@ Album: There's No Place Like Home Artist: Tee-vee Date: April 15, 2020 Date Added: January 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://teeveemusic.bandcamp.com/album/theres-no-place-like-home-a-homestuck-prog-rock-medley +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0YkQn_zLU Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- tricky_goddess Color: '#957aff' Groups: - Fandom Art Tags: - Jade -URLs: -- https://teeveemusic.bandcamp.com/album/theres-no-place-like-home-a-homestuck-prog-rock-medley -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0YkQn_zLU Commentary: |- Tee-vee: Free download mirror link : Google Drive @@ -19,8 +21,6 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck is a webcomic by Andrew Hussie
www.homestuck.com
www.homestuck2.com Cover art by tricky_goddess
Instagram : www.instagram.com/tricky_goddess/ Thanks to PotatoBoss for his feedback and help with credits checking
HP : potatoboss.net
Twitter : twitter.com/potatomoosik
Youtube : www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8RbZLXx8lcr-yBHPEr_vA
Bandcamp : potatoboss.bandcamp.com -Cover Artists: -- tricky_goddess --- Track: Confined Duration: '4:04' diff --git a/album/tomb-of-the-ancestors.yaml b/album/tomb-of-the-ancestors.yaml index 390f7779..eca719b3 100644 --- a/album/tomb-of-the-ancestors.yaml +++ b/album/tomb-of-the-ancestors.yaml @@ -1,72 +1,74 @@ Album: Tomb of the Ancestors Artist: Kalibration -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Wallpaper Style: |- - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto 100%; - background-position: 0 center; - opacity: 0.8; Date: November 17, 2011 Date Added: December 12, 2020 +URLs: +- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/tomb-of-the-ancestors-unofficial-album +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFaoCCJD-nHrIKng1K7Y8PRm +Cover Artists: +- GaMZ Color: '#ff2433' Groups: - Homestuck Gaiden - Fandom Art Tags: - The Signless -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/tomb-of-the-ancestors-unofficial-album -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFaoCCJD-nHrIKng1K7Y8PRm -Cover Artists: +Banner Artists: - GaMZ +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Wallpaper Artists: - GaMZ -Banner Artists: -- GaMZ +Wallpaper Style: |- + background-repeat: repeat; + background-size: auto 100%; + background-position: 0 center; + opacity: 0.8; --- Group: Main album --- Track: ETERNAL SUFFERING Duration: '2:51' -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/eternal-suffering - https://youtu.be/et-ljHKub-w -Lyrics: (THROUGH FIRE, JUSTICE IS SERVED!) Cover Artists: - Brianne +Art Tags: +- The Signless +- 'cw: blood' Sampled Tracks: - Mischief Makers +Lyrics: (THROUGH FIRE, JUSTICE IS SERVED!) --- Track: twoward2 the heaven2 Duration: '2:22' -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/twoward2-the-heaven2 - https://youtu.be/tar3HCaKjME Cover Artists: - Pride +Art Tags: +- The Psiioniic --- Track: wwretched wwaltz Duration: '3:47' -Art Tags: -- Dualscar URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/wwretched-wwaltz - https://youtu.be/5xzeCPsJfnI Cover Artists: - Amanda Bautista +Art Tags: +- Dualscar --- Track: --Emperical Duration: '2:04' -Art Tags: -- The Condesce URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/empirical - https://youtu.be/GGUUHNslK1g +Cover Artists: +- runesby +Art Tags: +- The Condesce Commentary: |- runesby: (Tumblr) @@ -75,39 +77,39 @@ Commentary: |- the album canon, for those who don’t know, is actually different from the actual canon (i believe it’s because the album was actually finished before the ancestors were revealed, but don’t quote me on it)! i was told to draw the empress in my own image, and after listening to her track i came up with this. once you hear it, i think you’ll agree??? anyway, sorry for the long-winded explanation but i hope you guys enjoy the album as much as i did!!! p.s. i’d also like to thank kiddy for doing a couple of color adjustments. <3 -Cover Artists: -- runesby --- Track: Dishonorable Highb100d Duration: '3:00' -Art Tags: -- The Expatriate URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/dishonorable-highb100d - https://youtu.be/bd8wZxw8DDI Cover Artists: - Allie Carrino +Art Tags: +- The Expatriate --- Track: aN UNHOLY RITUAL, Duration: '2:45' -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -- Pyralspite URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/an-unholy-ritual - https://youtu.be/BPflUVnQfs0 Cover Artists: - Sylladexter +Art Tags: +- The Summoner +- Pyralspite Referenced Tracks: - Spider8ite!!!!!!!! --- Track: Immaculate Peacekeeper Duration: '3:03' -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/immaculate-peacekeeper - https://youtu.be/xYrs4oVTZmo +Cover Artists: +- Elly Beck +Art Tags: +- The Dolorosa Commentary: |- Elly Beck: (Tumblr) @@ -127,54 +129,51 @@ Commentary: |- This was a huge challenge artistically! My mom and I puzzled over some fabric trying to figure out how the heck drapery like that veil/cloth thing would even work! The colors and background were a specifically challenging element as well! I really wanted it to be good track art, where you would be able to recognize it at a glance on an mp3 player or computer or something else. And I wanted the picture as a whole to feel like the Dolorosa's character, which I imagine as being solemn and peaceful The song ended up beautiful! I didn't actually get to hear ANY of it until the album was released, so I'm really glad that kali and I were on roughly the same wavelength about her :) I hope you all like it! I was an honor and a privilege to get to do this. I'm so grateful ;w; -Cover Artists: -- Elly Beck --- Track: 0 Directory: 0 Duration: '3:00' -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/0-0 - https://youtu.be/uQH6icFzl8I Cover Artists: - graveweaver +Art Tags: +- The Handmaid --- Track: SUBJUGGLATION Duration: '2:48' -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood -- 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/subjugglation - https://youtu.be/07B6QQR8QYU Cover Artists: - GaMZ +Art Tags: +- The Grand Highblood +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: pawnce! Duration: '1:58' -Art Tags: -- The Disciple URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/pawnce - https://youtu.be/nqktX5KMmYE Cover Artists: - Yapoos +Art Tags: +- The Disciple --- Track: R3DGL4R3 Duration: '3:02' -Art Tags: -- Redglare -- Pyralspite URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/r3dgl4r3 - https://youtu.be/R6yYhnBLA0E Cover Artists: - Cycloptic +Art Tags: +- Redglare +- Pyralspite --- Track: Spider8ite!!!!!!!! -Duration: '4:13' Contributors: - Kalibration (composition, choir) - Natalie Thomas (choir) @@ -187,11 +186,14 @@ Contributors: - Abi (choir) - Kebs (choir) - JP Stanley (choir) -Art Tags: -- Mindfang +Duration: '4:13' URLs: - https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/spider8ite - https://youtu.be/k91QIJ7uvm0 +Cover Artists: +- Grue +Art Tags: +- Mindfang Lyrics: |- In this world there is no Place for people like you @@ -240,8 +242,6 @@ Lyrics: |- (I'll exterminate you) (With my spider bite) (In my world there...) -Cover Artists: -- Grue --- Group: Bonus tracks --- @@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ Track: Spider8ite (Thief of Lounge Mix) Duration: '3:31' URLs: - https://youtu.be/K7GUBOtJmwo +Has Cover Art: false +Referenced Tracks: +- Spider8ite!!!!!!!! Lyrics: |- In this world there is no Place for people like you @@ -317,6 +320,3 @@ Lyrics: |- (I'll exterminate you) (With my spider bite) (In my world there...) -Has Cover Art: false -Referenced Tracks: -- Spider8ite!!!!!!!! diff --git a/album/triassic-slump.yaml b/album/triassic-slump.yaml index f90f28ff..4d3f4115 100644 --- a/album/triassic-slump.yaml +++ b/album/triassic-slump.yaml @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ Album: Triassic Slump Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Has Track Art: false Date: November 5, 2019 Date Added: April 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://what.bandcamp.com/album/triassic-slump +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Ephemerald Color: '#29fd37' Groups: - what is lost in the mines? - Beyond -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/album/triassic-slump Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: thanks to all of the people who supported this project throughout the year including but not limited to: splitsuns, kal-la kal-la, grace medley, anthony parfilko, elxy, and ephemerald. I couldn't have done this without you folks -Cover Artists: -- Ephemerald --- Track: What's Inside Duration: 0:47 @@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ Track: Keep It Going Duration: '5:40' URLs: - https://what.bandcamp.com/track/keep-it-going +Referenced Tracks: +- Super Mario Bros. (The Movie) Lyrics: |- gotta keep the boogie going [repeated] @@ -142,8 +144,6 @@ Lyrics: |- gotta keep it going [repeated] gotta keep it, keep the boogie going, going -Referenced Tracks: -- Super Mario Bros. (The Movie) --- Track: Rabbit and Squirrel Duration: '3:59' @@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ Track: Daily Routine Duration: '4:47' URLs: - https://what.bandcamp.com/track/daily-routine +Referenced Tracks: +- Jurassic Park Lyrics: |- so you think you're all alone on this journey towards forever and a half @@ -334,8 +336,6 @@ Lyrics: |- OOOOOOH, FOREVER AND EVER OOOOOOH, FOREVER AND EVER ... -Referenced Tracks: -- Jurassic Park --- Track: I'm Not Real Duration: '3:21' diff --git a/album/undertale-soundtrack.yaml b/album/undertale-soundtrack.yaml index f0ce8dd1..d42d885e 100644 --- a/album/undertale-soundtrack.yaml +++ b/album/undertale-soundtrack.yaml @@ -1,23 +1,23 @@ Album: UNDERTALE Soundtrack Artist: Toby Fox -Wallpaper Style: |- - image-rendering: pixelated; - image-rendering: crisp-edges; -Has Track Art: false Date: September 15, 2015 Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: '#b962b9' -Groups: -- UNDERTALE & DELTARUNE -- Toby Fox -- Beyond URLs: - https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/album/undertale-soundtrack - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpJl5XaLHtLX-pDk4kctGxtF4nq6BIyjg +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Toby Fox +Color: '#b962b9' +Groups: +- UNDERTALE & DELTARUNE +- Toby Fox +- Beyond Wallpaper Artists: - Toby Fox +Wallpaper Style: |- + image-rendering: pixelated; + image-rendering: crisp-edges; --- Group: Main album --- diff --git a/album/unreleased-tracks.yaml b/album/unreleased-tracks.yaml index 33728450..6832823e 100644 --- a/album/unreleased-tracks.yaml +++ b/album/unreleased-tracks.yaml @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ Album: Unreleased Tracks -Has Track Art: false Date: November 11, 1111 Date Added: March 16, 2020 -Color: '#ff7bf7' -Canon: Fanon +Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Homestuck +Color: '#ff7bf7' +Canon: Fanon --- -Group: Tracks featured in Homestuck Color: '#ff5599' +Group: Tracks featured in Homestuck --- Track: Problem Sleuth Theme Artist: Mark Hadley @@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9We2XsVZfc --- Track: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing +Directory: i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith Artist: Diane Warren Contributors: - Aerosmith (performance in Armageddon) Duration: '4:54' -Directory: i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkK8g6FMEXE --- @@ -417,8 +417,8 @@ URLs: Referenced Tracks: - Horschestra --- -Group: Tracks featured in Hiveswap Friendsim Color: '#78df56' +Group: Tracks featured in Hiveswap Friendsim --- Track: Single Female Lawyer Artist: Alex Rosetti @@ -455,8 +455,8 @@ Duration: '1:03' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc5iruoYLXM --- -Group: Tracks featured in Pesterquest Color: '#71daff' +Group: Tracks featured in Pesterquest --- Track: Friendvangelion Rebuild Artist: James Roach @@ -464,13 +464,13 @@ Duration: '2:55' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/the-note-desolation-plays - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnBMOTxQfJ4 -Commentary: |- - James Roach: - how mysterious Cover Artists: - Homestuck Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck +Commentary: |- + James Roach: + how mysterious --- Track: sometimes i call andrew hussie 'andy' and so far he hasn't corrected me Artist: James Roach @@ -478,15 +478,15 @@ Duration: '4:34' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-sometimes-i-call-andrew-hussie-andy-and-so-far-he-hasnt-corrected-me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSrT-SDN-uA -Commentary: |- - James Roach: - SO! PesterQuest is out. We've been sitting on this one for a while. This first route has been done for a while. It was supposed to come out back on 6/12 but our new publisher had us sit on it for reasons that are beyond even me. Anyway, big ups to Malcolm and Mark for letting me use their themes. - I don't know if I'll have as much time or energy to do the tracks for pesterquest like i did for friendsim since i got a new job. I will try my best. Cover Artists: - Homestuck Referenced Tracks: - track:showtime-piano-refrain - Homestuck +Commentary: |- + James Roach: + SO! PesterQuest is out. We've been sitting on this one for a while. This first route has been done for a while. It was supposed to come out back on 6/12 but our new publisher had us sit on it for reasons that are beyond even me. Anyway, big ups to Malcolm and Mark for letting me use their themes. + I don't know if I'll have as much time or energy to do the tracks for pesterquest like i did for friendsim since i got a new job. I will try my best. --- Track: please support The Trevor Project Artist: James Roach @@ -494,6 +494,10 @@ Duration: '3:19' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-please-support-the-trevor-project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbot0kfsz8 +Cover Artists: +- Homestuck +Referenced Tracks: +- track:endless-climb Commentary: |- James Roach: I wasn't certain how to approach this one. I knew if I was going to use the theme from endless climb it wouldn't feel right accepting any money for it. These things don't exactly pay well to begin with tbh, so i thought I would use the platform i've been given to try and do something... even a little positive. @@ -501,10 +505,6 @@ Commentary: |- suicide is something that is hard for me to talk about. its very personal. i tend to internalize feelings in order not to.. bother anyone. a few months ago i called a suicide hotline when i hit a really low point and i think just the act of calling made me feel... in charge somehow? feelings are fucked up. don't be afraid to talk to someone. even if it is a stranger at the other end of a call. take that step. you're not bad for feeling that way. so anyway. endless climb was one of the very first homestuck songs that really drew me in, and doing a cover of it all those years ago really got me back into taking composition seriously. it could easily be argued that this song changed my life for the better. if you want to know more about the trevor project, or just suicide prevention in general visit thetrevorproject.org -Cover Artists: -- Homestuck -Referenced Tracks: -- track:endless-climb --- Track: 2chords Artist: James Roach @@ -523,14 +523,14 @@ URLs: - >- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-ill-probably-just-name-this-one-something-normal-oh-no-wait-oh-jeez-aw-beans - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DREQ4rJUXXQ -Commentary: |- - James Roach: - well cats outta the bag i did the dave route. when andrew approached me about writing it i had very little writing experience outside of my personal projects. im glad andrew had faith in me and i hope you guys like it. itll come out at 11 AM EDT. - for this one and the next routes music im gonna try and keep with the tradition of uploading it the morning of. Cover Artists: - Homestuck Referenced Tracks: - Davesprite +Commentary: |- + James Roach: + well cats outta the bag i did the dave route. when andrew approached me about writing it i had very little writing experience outside of my personal projects. im glad andrew had faith in me and i hope you guys like it. itll come out at 11 AM EDT. + for this one and the next routes music im gonna try and keep with the tradition of uploading it the morning of. --- Track: 24/7 lo fi anime beats to question your sexuality to Artist: James Roach @@ -538,16 +538,16 @@ Duration: '2:51' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-247-lo-fi-anime-beats-to-question-your-sexuality-to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I2ufAhRbf0 -Commentary: |- - James Roach: - i just wanted to do more than one song so i did two and a half. hope you like it. thanks for all the support! also im in this image can u find me LMAO - Pesterquest art of the inside of an Olive Garden, packed with Homestuck team members. Cover Artists: - Homestuck Referenced Tracks: - 2chords - track:upward-movement-dave-owns - track:sburban-jungle +Commentary: |- + James Roach: + i just wanted to do more than one song so i did two and a half. hope you like it. thanks for all the support! also im in this image can u find me LMAO + Pesterquest art of the inside of an Olive Garden, packed with Homestuck team members. --- Track: CAREFREE VICTORY (REMIX) Artist: James Roach @@ -557,13 +557,11 @@ Duration: '6:02' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-james-roach-ft-speak-n-say-carefree-victory-remix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8aZFD8ic9A& -Commentary: |- - James Roach: - jades theme! wow we've really come a long way huh fellas? - i always really liked carefree victory and its really one of the only songs that felt like uniquely hers. towards the end i try and do something that like... every homestuck musician i think tries at least once: getting all 4 of the kid's instruments to play something nice together. i think i did alright, i subbed in beatboxing for daves turntables cause its not like you can just carry those anywhere. i guess as opposed to johns piano?? LMAO - musically i have jade start on bass, and as more of her friends come in she gets a little more confident in her basslines. anyway thats my fanfic. - this is the last new piece i'll be doing for the forseeable future, or until i feel like doing another one which might be immediately. ive been doing this on a largely volunteer basis for a while since the budget constraints were tight and we need to pay the bg and sprite artists a reasonable amount. I wanted all four kids to have music by me and i think we'll be digging into the homestuck archive for other stuff. - anyway i hope you've enjoyed the ride! its been a little bittersweet at times for me but i'll miss posting new stuff every two weeks. +Cover Artists: +- Homestuck +Referenced Tracks: +- Carefree Action +- track:carefree-victory Lyrics: |- (Arf) @@ -598,11 +596,13 @@ Lyrics: |- (Arf) Bark -Cover Artists: -- Homestuck -Referenced Tracks: -- Carefree Action -- track:carefree-victory +Commentary: |- + James Roach: + jades theme! wow we've really come a long way huh fellas? + i always really liked carefree victory and its really one of the only songs that felt like uniquely hers. towards the end i try and do something that like... every homestuck musician i think tries at least once: getting all 4 of the kid's instruments to play something nice together. i think i did alright, i subbed in beatboxing for daves turntables cause its not like you can just carry those anywhere. i guess as opposed to johns piano?? LMAO + musically i have jade start on bass, and as more of her friends come in she gets a little more confident in her basslines. anyway thats my fanfic. + this is the last new piece i'll be doing for the forseeable future, or until i feel like doing another one which might be immediately. ive been doing this on a largely volunteer basis for a while since the budget constraints were tight and we need to pay the bg and sprite artists a reasonable amount. I wanted all four kids to have music by me and i think we'll be digging into the homestuck archive for other stuff. + anyway i hope you've enjoyed the ride! its been a little bittersweet at times for me but i'll miss posting new stuff every two weeks. --- Track: CRUSTacean Directory: crustacean-pq @@ -611,13 +611,13 @@ Duration: '5:28' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-crustacean - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hdPSPGCK3Q -Commentary: |- - James Roach: - there are a handful of people out there who really thought we were just gonna put karkalicious in there. Cover Artists: - Homestuck Referenced Tracks: - track:crustacean +Commentary: |- + James Roach: + there are a handful of people out there who really thought we were just gonna put karkalicious in there. --- Track: the drone rhythmic motif which can be found in act 1 and act 2 Directory: drone-pq @@ -632,13 +632,13 @@ Duration: '4:19' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-terezis-theme-ch3ck-th3-m3t4d4t4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGQM9YsyXo -Commentary: |- - James Roach: - dont actually do that you clowns Cover Artists: - Homestuck Referenced Tracks: - The Lemonsnout Turnabout +Commentary: |- + James Roach: + dont actually do that you clowns --- Track: it's a cover of 'made of time' Artist: James Roach @@ -657,14 +657,14 @@ Duration: '5:41' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-aradias-theme-yeah-it-is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDqXkGBFPg0 -Commentary: |- - James Roach: - big ups to Tamara "TOTALSPIFFAGE" Fritz for really knocking it outta the park with these vocals. Cover Artists: - Homestuck Referenced Tracks: - it's a cover of 'made of time' - track:MeGaLoVania +Commentary: |- + James Roach: + big ups to Tamara "TOTALSPIFFAGE" Fritz for really knocking it outta the park with these vocals. --- Track: IT'S NOTHING Artist: James Roach @@ -687,6 +687,8 @@ Duration: '3:58' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-this-time-its-eridan-i-forgot-what-i-named-this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw8smnspCmU +Cover Artists: +- Homestuck Commentary: |- James Roach: (SoundCloud) @@ -694,8 +696,6 @@ Commentary: |- (Tumblr) Originally there was a troll in act 2 code named "Busker" that was the alternian version of those like.. one man bands you see when you go to venice beach or like on the subway or w/e. Just him and his weird accordion that also somehow made all these extra sounds. Anyway if you went up to him and did the right dialogue he would play you his song, which was this. I think he got written out because he was kind of a one note character ',:^] -Cover Artists: -- Homestuck --- Track: i guess Artist: James Roach @@ -724,9 +724,9 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Riches to Ruins Movements I & II --- Track: 'this is like... what was it... > [S] MSPAR: Remember' +Directory: mspar-remember Artist: James Roach Duration: '1:06' -Directory: mspar-remember URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osip3rTivjM Cover Artists: @@ -741,9 +741,6 @@ Artist: James Roach Duration: '1:56' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/afterw-rd-theme-normal-song-name#t=0:00 -Commentary: |- - James Roach: - its over Cover Artists: - Homestuck Referenced Tracks: @@ -755,9 +752,12 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:MeGaLoVania - Homestuck Anthem - WORST END +Commentary: |- + James Roach: + its over --- -Group: Tracks featured in Namco High Color: '#f0650a' +Group: Tracks featured in Namco High --- Track: Namco Theme Artist: Ryan Francis @@ -825,6 +825,8 @@ Contributors: Duration: '2:43' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuWdIDEwjRk +Referenced Tracks: +- Namco Theme Lyrics: |- Be true to yourself
Namco High Please have a good time
Be satisfied with life
Take the high road
Remember the moon is watching us @@ -832,11 +834,9 @@ Lyrics: |- (Hey!
How's it going?
Good! How 'bout you?
Geometry's really hard, I think I need help
Oh, well, I'm really good at it, so... if you need help just hit me up!
Awesome! Yeah, I'll do that) Be true to yourself
Namco High Be true to yourself
Namco High -Referenced Tracks: -- Namco Theme --- -Group: Other Homestuck tracks Color: '#ff7bf7' +Group: Other Homestuck tracks --- Track: 暗闇の中の光 Directory: canwave3-track6 @@ -844,13 +844,13 @@ Artist: SplitSuns Duration: '7:45' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/splitsuns/light-in-the-darkness +Referenced Tracks: +- Voidlight Commentary: |- SplitSuns: ...When the hell did I get 100 followers?? I give my thanks to all of you for listening to my shitty music, haha. This is one of my tracks for the CaNMT's almost-vaporware all-vaporwave album, CANWAVE 3. In its current iteration it's a take on 2814's sample-free approach to the vapor aesthetic through ambient and techno albums such as 新しい日の誕生 and Rain Temple. It's one of my most complex songs yet and it took a lot of work to make, but the end result is something very awe-inspiring, even to me. (Originally this song was a straight-up cover of Voidlight that was much more laid-back and repetitive, but I scrapped it in favor of this version. Maybe I'll upload that old version somewhere along the line.) -Referenced Tracks: -- Voidlight --- Track: A Baby Legend - The Baby is 2 Directory: a-baby-legend @@ -858,6 +858,8 @@ Artist: Toby Fox Duration: '1:37' URLs: - https://youtu.be/j_AHimPxR40 +Referenced Tracks: +- A History of Babies Lyrics: |- A HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS AGO...
far in the depths of paradox space
a new lifeform is about to be created
one whose origin is as enigmatic as the glimmer of a musclebeast's teat some are carried in by storks
some are recreated from paradox slime
others appear wet out of their best friend's magical nonexistant vagina @@ -866,8 +868,6 @@ Lyrics: |- this is the story of one man's search for love and truth
in a universe forgotten by time the story of those fearful creatures
those that we call BABIES -Referenced Tracks: -- A History of Babies --- Track: A Very "O" Christmas Artist: @@ -910,11 +910,11 @@ Artist: Tensei Duration: '2:58' URLs: - https://youtu.be/wouDFje3RY8 +Referenced Tracks: +- Arisen Anew Commentary: |- Tensei: The original release version of this song had been mastered at a fairly low volume level in order to match the other songs on the Alterniabound album. I felt that a bouncy electronica song like this warranted a lot more volume and dynamic range compression though, so this version is the song as I had originally intended it. The difference might not be all that noticeable unless you're comparing the versions side by side. -Referenced Tracks: -- Arisen Anew --- Track: Before Before the Beginning Artist: Robert J! Lake @@ -946,24 +946,24 @@ Artist: PoisonedElite Duration: '2:13' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/poisonedelite/calming-quartz-beta/s-2FvRp +Referenced Tracks: +- Land of Quartz and Melody Commentary: |- PoisonedElite: The first Version of Calming Quartz, my song for the album Xenoplanetarium, a Homestuck Fan Album. I wasn't happy with this version so I redid the entire song. This song references Land of Quartz and Melody by Thomas Ferkol. -Referenced Tracks: -- Land of Quartz and Melody --- Track: Cascade (Director's Cut) Artist: Tensei Duration: '4:20' URLs: - https://youtu.be/Ejw-E2HBtlY -Commentary: |- - Tensei: - A slightly updated/different version of my section of Cascade. The most notable differences are the altered melodies at the start and numerous production improvements such as rerecorded guitars, improved string sections, etc. Referenced Tracks: - Cascade (Beta) - track:sburban-jungle - track:beatdown-strider-style +Commentary: |- + Tensei: + A slightly updated/different version of my section of Cascade. The most notable differences are the altered melodies at the start and numerous production improvements such as rerecorded guitars, improved string sections, etc. --- Track: Cascante Artist: Noisemaker @@ -1145,15 +1145,15 @@ Duration: '3:26' URLs: - https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/19774190658/download-flare-cascade-i-have-recut-and - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT0ijIKJkbE +Referenced Tracks: +- Flare +- Cascade (Beta) Commentary: |- Clark Powell: I have recut and remastered my track Flare, as it was presented to you in the Cascade flash (rather than the calmed-down album version). I get asked a lot for this, so I decided to give it some extra love and attention. I have attempted a number of times to put together a mix of Flare that utilized the distinctive crescendo that is recognizable from Cascade, but it never seems to work well without the cinematic context. The buildup sort of leads to nothing, and then the track either ends awkwardly or fades out, and I have something personal against fade-outs. Maybe I’ll talk about that someday. But not now. I gave it another go, this time trying a decrescendo to bring the song back down from all the energy it riles up, then ending it on kind of a creepy note. I had more success here than I ever have in past attempts to cut the song together in this way. Flare was a pretty big hit in its own right, so there’s always the pressure coming from the responsibility to handle this properly. I hope you enjoy it! -Referenced Tracks: -- Flare -- Cascade (Beta) --- Track: Flare (Green Sun Remix) Artist: Clark Powell @@ -1372,9 +1372,9 @@ Duration: '1:53' Has URLs: false --- Track: 'null' +Directory: null-toby-fox Artist: Toby Fox Duration: 0:08 -Directory: null-toby-fox URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIgtSvgERB4 Referenced Tracks: @@ -1399,12 +1399,12 @@ Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '3:14' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/wellmanicuredman/rust-piano +Referenced Tracks: +- Rust Servant Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: I'm a little late for 6/12, I know, but I just finished some piano arrangements ([[Rags of Rust]], [[Teal Wings and Scales]], [[Violet Sea Breeze]]) of my tracks from [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a]]. I composed the originals back in January 2012--two and a half years ago! My, how time flies when you're having fun. I have to thank my piano professor from last semester for these. No, I can't play these pieces live, not yet at least--but taking a piano course really improved my level of comfort and familiarity with composing for pianos. I just might make sheet music available, though! -Referenced Tracks: -- Rust Servant --- Track: Rematch Artist: Pascal van den Bos @@ -1576,12 +1576,12 @@ Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '2:50' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/wellmanicuredman/teal-wings-and-scales +Referenced Tracks: +- Teal Hunter Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: I'm a little late for 6/12, I know, but I just finished some piano arrangements ([[Rags of Rust]], [[Teal Wings and Scales]], [[Violet Sea Breeze]]) of my tracks from [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a]]. I composed the originals back in January 2012--two and a half years ago! My, how time flies when you're having fun. I have to thank my piano professor from last semester for these. No, I can't play these pieces live, not yet at least--but taking a piano course really improved my level of comfort and familiarity with composing for pianos. I just might make sheet music available, though! -Referenced Tracks: -- Teal Hunter --- Track: Temporal Virtuoso Artist: Pascal van den Bos @@ -1644,12 +1644,12 @@ Artist: Willow Ascenzo Duration: '3:01' URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/wellmanicuredman/violet-sea-breeze +Referenced Tracks: +- Violet Mariner Commentary: |- Willow Ascenzo: I'm a little late for 6/12, I know, but I just finished some piano arrangements ([[Rags of Rust]], [[Teal Wings and Scales]], [[Violet Sea Breeze]]) of my tracks from [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a]]. I composed the originals back in January 2012--two and a half years ago! My, how time flies when you're having fun. I have to thank my piano professor from last semester for these. No, I can't play these pieces live, not yet at least--but taking a piano course really improved my level of comfort and familiarity with composing for pianos. I just might make sheet music available, though! -Referenced Tracks: -- Violet Mariner --- Track: Void Session Artist: Ducky Senpai @@ -1677,8 +1677,8 @@ Duration: '4:35' URLs: - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/windwielder --- -Group: Other tracks originating outside of Homestuck Color: '#90c000' +Group: Other tracks originating outside of Homestuck --- Track: リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー Directory: lisa-frank-420-modern-computing @@ -1743,14 +1743,14 @@ Duration: 0:58 URLs: - https://youtu.be/wa2K_8Ff41M?t=149 - https://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/13528293577/improvised-touhou-music-with-annoying-commentary +Referenced Tracks: +- Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station Lyrics: |- AN APPLE DISASTER!!
That's the name of her song
And her name is Apple Girlington
She's the personification of
An apple This spell card is called THE APPLE WIZARD OF MOUNT FUJI
It's part of important Japanese folk lore
The pre-battle dialogue goes like this: You should taste my wonderful apples
No, sorry, I'm watching my weight recently
No!! You have to try the apples or I won't let you through!
Oh, well, I'll give you a diabetes bow tie
[UNTRANSLATABLE JAPANESE IDIOM] Then you have a weird chord change
Because it's a newer Touhou song Then they make a joke about apple pie -Referenced Tracks: -- Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station --- Track: Arms Outstretched Artist: Griffin McElroy @@ -1873,9 +1873,9 @@ URLs: --- Track: Careless Whisper Artist: George Michael +Duration: '5:01' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ -Duration: '5:01' --- Track: Carol of the Bells Artist: Mykola Leontovych @@ -2027,8 +2027,8 @@ URLs: - https://toriscrow.bandcamp.com/track/featherlight --- Track: Fever -Artist: Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell Directory: fever-cooley-blackwell +Artist: Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell Has URLs: false --- Track: File Select (SM64) @@ -2253,9 +2253,9 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg --- Track: Jet Black +Directory: jet-black-jawbreaker Artist: Jawbreaker Duration: '5:14' -Directory: jet-black-jawbreaker URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn3_YzLi_2A --- @@ -2537,9 +2537,9 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFfLCuHSZ-U --- Track: Prana Ferox +Directory: prana-ferox-the-mountain-goats Artist: The Mountain Goats Duration: '3:59' -Directory: prana-ferox-the-mountain-goats URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2NwP64RoG8 --- @@ -2777,9 +2777,9 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um6KR1rYZ3A --- Track: Swan Song +Directory: swan-song-set-it-off Artist: Set It Off Duration: '4:14' -Directory: swan-song-set-it-off URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzSoICQLf-Q --- @@ -2972,9 +2972,9 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIZ12EQ2SFg --- Track: Tomorrow There'll Be More Of Us +Directory: tomorrow-therell-be-more-of-us-hamilton Artist: 'Hamilton: An American Musical' Duration: '1:00' -Directory: tomorrow-therell-be-more-of-us-hamilton URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsbx9MBFAYM --- @@ -3109,8 +3109,8 @@ Duration: '2:56' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_Rxqtq3ng --- -Group: Other works originating outside of Homestuck Color: '#8ccaf1' +Group: Other works originating outside of Homestuck --- Track: 0.5x A Presses Artist: pannenkoek2012 @@ -3197,8 +3197,8 @@ URLs: --- Track: You have got to be about the most superficial commentator on con-langues since the idiotic B. Gilson. +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOWcRvYq9Fs&lc=UgghJn8puEKm23gCoAEC Artists: - Anthony McCarthy - jan Misali -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOWcRvYq9Fs&lc=UgghJn8puEKm23gCoAEC diff --git a/album/vaporwave-2016.yaml b/album/vaporwave-2016.yaml index fe469086..e71e7d76 100644 --- a/album/vaporwave-2016.yaml +++ b/album/vaporwave-2016.yaml @@ -1,23 +1,23 @@ Album: 『H☯MESTUCK VAP☯RWAVE 2016 RUH-RUH-RUH-ＲＥＭＩＸ』アンドレア・ヒューシー・グーグル翻訳 Directory: vaporwave-2016 +Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley Date: June 8, 2017 Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: '#fb90b4' -Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/h-mestuck-vap-rwave-2016-ruh-ruh-ruh +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLXRkkntti0ouC-uCzrznphz Has Track Art: false -Art Tags: -- SBaHJ +Cover Artists: +- Jamie Paige Stanley +Color: '#fb90b4' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans - Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/h-mestuck-vap-rwave-2016-ruh-ruh-ruh -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLXRkkntti0ouC-uCzrznphz +Art Tags: +- SBaHJ Commentary: |- Jamie Paige Stanley: the album title was supposed to say andrew hussie but google translate sucks -Cover Artists: -- Jamie Paige Stanley --- Track: －私はあなたを騙しました－( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Directory: vaporwave-2016-track1 @@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ Duration: '6:43' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--2 - https://youtu.be/F24thk49xfk -Lyrics: |- - yo, what's up
comin' at you live from the virtual plaza
it's homestuck twenty sixteen vaporwave ruh-ruh-ruh-remiiiiiiiiiix
yeah
take it away
toby "fox" bowman - disclaimer: the song that you just heard is most certainly not the real penumbra phantasm, and had little to no involvement from toby fox. the rest of this playlist is homestuck vaporwave. anyway, here's wonderwall. - [wonderwall] Referenced Tracks: - Pseudumbra Phauxtasm - track:lisa-frank-420-modern-computing - Sunslammer - Wonderwall +Lyrics: |- + yo, what's up
comin' at you live from the virtual plaza
it's homestuck twenty sixteen vaporwave ruh-ruh-ruh-remiiiiiiiiiix
yeah
take it away
toby "fox" bowman + disclaimer: the song that you just heard is most certainly not the real penumbra phantasm, and had little to no involvement from toby fox. the rest of this playlist is homestuck vaporwave. anyway, here's wonderwall. + [wonderwall] --- Track: ＧＡＭＩＮＧブラザー９６ Directory: vaporwave-2016-track2 @@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ Duration: '4:42' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--9 - https://youtu.be/CsXVWLdI6UU +Referenced Tracks: +- Squiddles in Paradise Lyrics: >- yo what's up
it's me again
fuckin' squiddles in paradise
we're on some motherfuckin'
kokomo beach beach boys shit
right now
oh shit
squiddles
fuck
homestuck
vaporwave
twenty sixteen
remix
remix remix
fuck -Referenced Tracks: -- Squiddles in Paradise --- Track: $H☯W✝IM€－420－( ▽ ` )ﾉ Directory: vaporwave-2016-track9 @@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ Duration: '2:43' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/h-w-im-420 - https://youtu.be/w7wyVTTCFag +Referenced Tracks: +- track:showtime-original-mix Lyrics: >- yo what's up
it's me again
chiptune vaporave?
that's a new thing
i'm pretty sure
i dunno
somebody probably already remixed undertale
to be vaporwave
i dunno
homestuck vaporwave twenty sixteen ruh-ruh-remix -Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix --- Track: 魚娘ドキドキ Directory: vaporwave-2016-track10 @@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ Duration: '5:29' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--12 - https://youtu.be/II7xYMkx0lM -Lyrics: '(see: [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-post-punk-version]])' Referenced Tracks: - I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Post-Punk Version) +Lyrics: '(see: [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-post-punk-version]])' --- Track: ４ちゃん • プロスピット Directory: vaporwave-2016-track14 @@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ Duration: '3:46' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--13 - https://youtu.be/IwBwhoqNd0M +Referenced Tracks: +- Chain Of Prospit Lyrics: |- yo what's up
how you doin'
havin' fun yet?
here's a little track
from my boy
mikey b
homestuck
vaporwave
twenty sixteen
ruh-ruh-ruh-remix
woo (see: [[track:chain-of-prospit]]) -Referenced Tracks: -- Chain Of Prospit diff --git a/album/we-are-all-satellites.yaml b/album/we-are-all-satellites.yaml index 95d314d7..d44c4a03 100644 --- a/album/we-are-all-satellites.yaml +++ b/album/we-are-all-satellites.yaml @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ Album: We Are All Satellites Artist: Clark Powell -Has Track Art: false Date: October 4, 2012 Date Added: May 12, 2021 +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- Richard Gung Color: '#b4bdc6' -Listed on Homepage: false Groups: - Clark Powell - Beyond -Cover Artists: -- Richard Gung +Listed on Homepage: false --- Track: Harrigan Duration: '4:32' diff --git a/album/weird-puzzle-tunes.yaml b/album/weird-puzzle-tunes.yaml index d295c41d..1bd51f2c 100644 --- a/album/weird-puzzle-tunes.yaml +++ b/album/weird-puzzle-tunes.yaml @@ -1,20 +1,20 @@ Album: Weird Puzzle Tunes Date: March 10, 2017 Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Color: '#9e80c0' -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/weird-puzzle-tunes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLUxZUDvVDm4AuJurtELW-B6 Cover Artists: - Selan Pike - XenoZane (concept) +Color: '#9e80c0' +Groups: +- Unofficial MSPA Fans +- Fandom Banner Artists: - Selan Pike - ndividedbyzero (asset organizing) +Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 --- Group: Main album --- @@ -146,25 +146,25 @@ Cover Artists: --- Track: Go Back Artist: nuclear333 -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' Duration: 0:57 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/go-back - https://youtu.be/QEv025OWqpQ Cover Artists: - Selan Pike +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: DEVILHEAD RISING Artist: Grace Medley -Art Tags: -- 'cw: blood' Duration: '2:20' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/devilhead-rising - https://youtu.be/8wqr9uFdpUU Cover Artists: - XenoZane +Art Tags: +- 'cw: blood' --- Track: Bonehead Destiny Artist: Grace Medley diff --git a/album/what.yaml b/album/what.yaml index d1848e72..ff91bcb2 100644 --- a/album/what.yaml +++ b/album/what.yaml @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ Album: WHAT Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Has Track Art: false Date: May 20, 2018 Date Added: April 12, 2021 +URLs: +- https://what.bandcamp.com/album/what +Has Track Art: false +Cover Artists: +- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Color: '#cf67f6' Groups: - what is lost in the mines? - Beyond -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/album/what Commentary: |- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: a bit of rest never did anyone any harm -Cover Artists: -- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES --- Track: Dreaming of Living Duration: '2:06' diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml b/album/xenoplanetarium.yaml index 9b33b7de..09348dd5 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