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Track: Beyond the Death of the King
Artists:
- Seth Massey
Duration: '3:41'
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: (composer, booklet commentary)
This was supposed to be a fill in track for a finished trackart for [[album:lofam2|LOFAM2]] about Calmasis and I liked it and pianos
Imagine the plot to Complacency of the Learned and that's what's happening here
Wheals: (album help, booklet commentary)
Likely the oldest art on the album, this dates all the way back to [[album:lofam2|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 him/her rendered in a more dynamic pose than the only canon one, while still clearly recognizable as that same antihero.
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Track: En Masse
Artists:
- The Great Anansi
Duration: '3:38'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/en-masse
- https://youtu.be/NSx06mX8aEI
Cover Artists:
- rawlithmora
Art Tags:
- Doc Scratch
Referenced Tracks:
- Scratch
- English
- Rex Duodecim Angelus
Commentary: |-
The Great Anansi: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 sweeping—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 [[track:scratch|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: (album help, booklet commentary)
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.
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Track: '[GRIEF]'
Artists:
- Nicholas Nakano
Duration: '3:06'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grief
- https://youtu.be/GKwajHc6l4I
Cover Artists:
- Griever
Commentary: |-
Nicholas Nakano: (composer, booklet commentary)
I was listening to [[album:strife-2|STRIIFE]] right when it came out, then I thought, "Hey, this is fucking amazing" so I was inspired to make a [[artist:tensei|Tensei]]-esque song. Its success is still unclear, but I like it. I hope you enjoy.
Griever: (track artist, booklet commentary)
So. Let me just say right now that [[artist:nights|nights]], the one who first thought up these fantrolls and drew them up for the [[album:strife-2|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, [[group:oceanfalls|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](https://mspfa.com/?s=13714)). The background and everything about this picture is made only to look kinda cool, 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 artists about 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 not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend.
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Track: Plethoric Euphoria
Artists:
- 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'
Commentary: |-
Seijen: (composer, booklet commentary)
"how do I make a future bass song without 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 [[track:exsanguinated|exsanguinated]], FL crashes 3/4 of the times I try to open the tracks. RIP the dream.
Trufflemeep: (track artist, booklet commentary)
is this what drugs look like? i hope this is what drugs look like.
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Track: Buffskull
Artists:
- Noisemaker
Duration: '2:33'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/buffskull
- https://youtu.be/UtZZTF8ZMgc
Cover Artists:
- Benedict Ide
Art Tags:
- Vriska
- Lord English
Referenced Tracks:
- Spider8reath
- Spider's Claw
Sampled Tracks:
- track:7-grand-end
Commentary: |-
Noisemaker: (composer, booklet commentary)
An extension of a very, very short segment of a group collaboration ([[track:7-grand-end|7 GRAND END]] from the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]]), it seemed unfitting to leave something like this in its short, unfinished state.
SplitSuns: (album help, booklet commentary)
Buffskull was originally a part of the [[group:canmt|CANMT]] song [[track:7-grand-end|"7 GRAND END,"]] with the music syncing up to the final [[flash:8127|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 interesting twists to the presentation to make it an exciting and engaging image.
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Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (theh0nestman Version)
Artists:
- theh0nestman
Duration: '4:22'
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:
- track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew
Commentary: |-
dodostad: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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
ostrichlittledungeon: (album team, booklet commentary)
After the [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-acapella|acapella]] and [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-post-punk-version|post-punk versions]] of [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew|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 [[artist:what-pumpkin-games|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.
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Track: Crystalendofgames
Artists:
- Jamie Paige
Duration: '6:55'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalendofgames
- https://youtu.be/Hm1ev7TKmSA
Cover Artists:
- Circlejourney
Art Tags:
- WV
- PM
- Skaia
- LoFaF
Referenced Tracks:
- Crystamanthequins
- Sburban Jungle
- Flare
Commentary: |-
Jamie Paige: (composer, booklet commentary)
Well, here I am again. Paige Stanley, closing disc 1 of a LOFAM, [[track:prospitian-lullaby|4 years after I last did it]]. In that time, I technically became an Official Music Team Contributor!! I helped my dear friend [[artist:marcy-nabors|Marcy Nabors]] with creating [[Solar Voyage]] and [[Renewed Return]] from [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Volume 10]]. I got 12 bucks on Paypal from [[artist:what-pumpkin-games|What Pumpkin]] for that! [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew Hussie]] bought me lunch! I got burgs with homestuck money!
Speaking of burgers, Crystalendofgames is a song that I made back in 2012 on a stormy, Autumn night. The power actually went out while I was making the song, even! The version you're hearing is from after I taped my broken ego back together and remade the whole damn thing. It's pretty Neat And Cool? I make cooler things now, though. Either way, I'm glad it could be a part of this wonderful Loaf Man.
Anyways, I'm gay! Bye!
Circlejourney: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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 [[flash:8127|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]].
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Section: Disc 2
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Track: ~~DISC 2~~
Directory: disc2-lofam4
Artists:
- Lambda Elise Merryberry
- keyboard cait
Duration: 0:16
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2-2
- https://youtu.be/eHrtKUpIbWM
Cover Artists:
- Buck
Art Tags:
- LoFaM
Referenced Tracks:
- Jackpot
Commentary: |-
Lambda Elise Merryberry: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 [[album:lofam2|2]] and [[album:lofam3|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]], [[track:cr1m1n4l-cr1m1n4l|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 [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|coloUrs and mayhem]]" song. But, anyway, yeah, we did Jackpot. It's a neat song.
keyboard cait: (album team, booklet commentary)
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.
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Track: Hiatus
Directory: hiatus-lofam4
Always Reference By Directory: true
Artists:
- Kevin Grant
Duration: '2:45'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hiatus
- https://youtu.be/kOKKXW4NsCs
Cover Artists:
- Trufflemeep
Art Tags:
- Gamzee
- Terezi
- 'cw: asphyxiation'
- 'cw: blood'
Referenced Tracks:
- Upward Movement (Dave Owns)
Commentary: |-
Kevin Grant: (composer, booklet commentary)
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: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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](https://www.homestuck.com/story/6838).
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Track: HOMOSUCK. DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION.
Artists:
- keyboard cait
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
- Homosuck
Referenced Tracks:
- Homosuck Swan Song
- Homosuck Anthem
- Upward Movement (Dave Owns)
- Beatdown (Strider Style)
- Showtime (Original Mix)
- Sburban Jungle
- Theme
- Crustacean
- Walls Covered in Blood
- The Lemonsnout Turnabout
- Spider's Claw
- English
- Showtime (Piano Refrain)
- Eternity Served Cold
- Carne Vale
- Warhammer of Zillyhoo
- track:null-vol8
- Hello Zepp
- Rabbunctious!
- The Paradox Paradigm
- Purple Bard
- Swing of the Clock
- Doctor
- Endless Climb
- Atomyk Ebonpyre
- track:frost-vol6
- Homestuck
- Dissension (Original)
- Horschestra
- Jane's Dragon
- Cascade (Beta)
- Aggrieve
- Oh Hi There, Lil Cal
Commentary: |-
keyboard cait: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 metaphor? 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 to Nick and... uh, well, yeah.
Nick Tucker: (track artist, booklet commentary)
I sketched out two versions of this art, the clean one and the "meme one", which was more popular. And that's pretty much entirely understandable. Also, the title bar is based off the spine of a PS1 game.
Unofficial MSPA Fans|CALIBORN: (booklet commentary)
S U C K E R . 
Willow Ascenzo: (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/wellmanicuredman/grimbark))
Happy 4/13, everybody!
Very slightly hints at [[track:penumbra-phantasm|Penumbral Phantasm]]. (thank you [[artist:lambda-elise-merryberry|Xzaz]] for reminding me what song that was!)
Amethyst Barron: (track artist, [Tumblr](https://amethystbarron.tumblr.com/post/165345797882/track-art-i-contributed-for-the-song-grimbark-by))
Track-art I contributed for the song “Grimbark” by Willow Ascenzo, on the recently released Homestuck fanalbum “Land of Fans and Music 4!″
An “evil” version of the character Jade Harley framed by her two very intimidating dogs… had a lot of fun drawing this as spooky as possible!
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Track: Upward Meowvement (Davepetasprite^2 Owns)
Artists:
- LydianChord
Duration: '2:01'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/upward-meowvement-davepetasprite-2-owns
- https://youtu.be/wkbjr98bx9I
Cover Artists:
- CybeR
Art Tags:
- Davepeta
- Green Sun
Referenced Tracks:
- Amen, Brother
- Upward Movement (Dave Owns)
- Nepeta's Theme
Commentary: |-
Kal-la-kal-la: (album help, booklet commentary)
The iconic [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|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.
Kal-la-kal-la: (album help, booklet commentary)
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 particulary lovely.
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Track: Requited (Dirtiest Remix)
Artists:
- 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
Referenced Tracks:
- Requited
Commentary: |-
David Dycus: (composer, booklet commentary)
[[artist:clark-powell|Plazmataz]] is amazing.
For extra fun, play this in sync with the original version of [[Requited]].
Josefin B.: (track artist, booklet commentary)
[[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.
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Track: Expanses of Interstellar Space
Artists:
- Elaine Wang
Duration: '4:14'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/expanses-of-interstellar-space
- https://youtu.be/sMcenyPOHeE
Cover Artists:
- yazshu
Art Tags:
- PM
- Jack Noir
- 'cw: blood'
Referenced Tracks:
- Gold Pilot
Commentary: |-
yazshu: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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: (album help, booklet commentary)
A calmer, somewhat less dramatic remix of [[Gold Pilot]]. I'd imagine it gets pretty lonely exploring the EXPANSES OF INTERSTELLAR SPACE.
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Track: Horizontal Headshot
Originally Released As: track:horizontal-headshot
Directory: horizontal-headshot-lofam4
Duration: '2:51'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/horizontal-headshot
- https://youtu.be/XfBz4kvoU7Q
Cover Artists:
- dazed-squid
Art Tags:
- Dirk
- Jane
- Roxy
- Jake
- Meenah
- 'cw: decapitation (abstract)'
- 'cw: blood'
Commentary: |-
ostrichlittledungeon: (composer, booklet commentary)
Written for the Cool and New Music Team's [[album:cool-and-new-homestuck-2|Cool and New Homestuck 2]], this is an attempt to remix [[Unite Synchronization]] in a way that fits better thematically with [[flash:5238|[S] Dirk: Synchronize]] and [[flash:5252|[S] Dirk: Unite.]] Some of the things I worked in were [[Orange Hat]] when Dirk wakes up, for example, [[track:metamorphic-choices|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 a number 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: (album help, booklet commentary)
An illustration of the events of both [[flash:5238|[S] Dirk: Synchronize]] and [[flash:5252|[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 an pretty neat track art that depicts a lot of the best parts of said flashes.
Unofficial MSPA Fans: (booklet commentary)
References
- [[Orange Hat]] - [[artist:plumegeist]] (0:13–0:27)
- [[track:metamorphic-choices|Metamorphic Choices]] - [[artist:veritas-unae]] and [[artist:marcy-nabors]] (0:27–0:34)
- [[Stay in Touch]] - [[artist:wheals]] (0:34–0:40)
- [[Moshi Moshi?]] - [[artist:discfortune]] (0:41–0:54, 1:08–1:21, 2:32–2:45)
- [[Explore]] - [[artist:buzinkai]] and [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (0:41–0:47)
- [[Sburban Jungle]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (0:47–0:54)
- [[Even in Death]] - [[artist:clark-powell]] (0:54–1:08, 1:37–1:49)
- [[Hate You]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (1:01–1:08)
- [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement]] - [[artist:kalibration]] (1:37–1:49)
- [[track:MeGaLoVania]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (1:37–1:44)
- [[Jungle #3]] - [[artist:cookiefonster]] (1:58–2:03)
- [[Sburban Resolution]] - [[artist:ostrichlittledungeon]] (2:03–2:17)
- [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]] - [[artist:malcolm-brown]] (2:12–2:18)
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Track: One and a Half Midnight
Artists:
- Kusoro
Duration: '2:22'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/one-and-a-half-midnight
- https://youtu.be/Cv6Ca070MPk
Cover Artists:
- Selan Pike
Art Tags:
- Jack Noir
- 'cw: blood'
- 'cw: eye horror'
Referenced Tracks:
- Liquid Negrocity
- Amen, Brother
- Upward Movement (Dave Owns)
- Double Midnight
- track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew
- Showtime (Original Mix)
- Beatdown (Strider Style)
- Freefall
- Terezi's Theme
- Unite Synchronization
- track:moonsetter
- Sunsetter
- Moshi Moshi?
- English
- track:additional-mayhem-universe-a
Commentary: |-
Makin: (album team, booklet commentary)
Here's some beta art by yours truly, the final art is *almost* as good I guess
Selan Pike: (track artist, booklet commentary)
LET THEM FIGHT
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Track: Fractal Flowers Nui
Artists:
- Kal-la-kal-la
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: (composer, booklet commentary)
This piece was originally written for [[album:weird-puzzle-tunes|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"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI) and ["Nardis"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzWpVwLcMps), 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.
"But," I hear you exclaim, "if it's a GPI track then why isn't the track art GPI?"
That's a difficult question to answer, exactly, but somewhere along the way, the track became reinterpreted as a theme for Death and the afterlife. "But what is that figurine that Death is playing with?", I hear you ask. That's the sort of question that invites what is oft known as a "long story", but a simple explanation is as follows:
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 fight 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: (track artist, booklet commentary)
Look, I should never be allowed to draw Bionicles.
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Track: Ringleader
Directory: ringleader-lofam4
Originally Released As: track:ringleader-canmt
Duration: '3:07'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ringleader
- https://youtu.be/pF3yZSQqCFY
Cover Artists:
- nights
Art Tags:
- The Felt
- Felt Manor
Commentary: |-
Discfortune: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 [[group:canmt|cool and new webcomic]] please
nights: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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.)
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Track: Dance of the Dead
Artists:
- Veritas Unae
Contributors:
- Nick Smalley (additional vocals)
Duration: '13:04'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-the-dead
- https://youtu.be/qJii_lbgYN0
Cover Artists:
- Selan Pike
Art Tags:
- Jack Noir
- DD
- CD
- HB
Referenced Tracks:
- Showtime (Piano Refrain)
- Verdancy (Bassline)
- Chorale for Jaspers
- Tall, Dark and Loathsome
- Ballad of Awakening
- Versus
- Skaian Summoning
- Tangled Waltz
- Omelette Sandwich
- A Tender Moment
- Atomic Bonsai
- A Fairy Battle
- Heat
- Beta Version
- Let's All Rock the Heist
- Revelations II
- Aimless Morning Gold
- Core of Darkness
- Escape Pod
- Skaian Birth
- Temporal Shenanigans
- Pendulum
- track:watercolour-pendulum
- Skaianet
- II - Sarabande
- Underfoot
- Pondsquatter
- Red Sucker
- Oppa Toby Style
- Train
- Penumbra Phantasm
- Jack and Black Queen
- Phantom Echoes
- Spider8ite!!!!!!!!
- track:gods-of-the-new-world
- Jade Aubade
- Bathearst's Theme
- For Beforus
- Four Kids and a Game They Play Together
- Monochromatic Shenanigans
- Rouge on the Rox
- JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3
- track:daydreamer-lofam4
- Sburban Metro
Lyrics: |-
(My dear audience, we have a treat for you tonight. One song: every Homestuck album. With the Midnight Crew tonight backed by none other than the beta quartet, I give you: Dance of the Dead.)
(We’re not quite done yet kiddos. Let’s board the fanmusic train and keep it rollin'!)
Commentary: |-
Veritas Unae: (composer, booklet commentary)
I'm really sorry I delayed this album. I hope this is worth it.
Originally, when [[album:lofam3|LoFaM 3]] wrapped up and we were considering how LoFaM 4 could tie everything up, I approached [[artist:catboss|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 [[track:megadancevania|dance]] [[track:dance-stab-dance|tracks]] [[track:emissary-of-dance|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 [[album:act-7|Act 7]], I have to draw lines somewhere; it's here I apologise to anyone expecting me to tackle [[group:canmt|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 have 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 many of those scores were invaluable to me. Also thanks to TheOtherN on musescore for their incredible transcription of [[track:watercolour-pendulum|Watercolour]], [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alex Rosetti]] for the [[Pondsquatter]] MIDI, [[artist:max-wright|Max Wright]] for Gods of the New World sheet music, [[artist:nate-tronerud|Nate Tronerud]] for the [[track:for-beforus|For Beforus]] sheet music, [[artist:tensei|Tensei]] for the [[track:rouge-on-the-rox|Rouge on the Rox]] MIDI, [[artist:circlejourney|Circlejourney]] for the [[track:just1c3-r41ns-from-4bov3|JUST1C3]] MIDI, and [[artist:marcy-nabors|Marcy]] for her incredible melody notating skills.
Selan Pike: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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"
Unofficial MSPA Fans: (booklet commentary)
References
- [[album:homestuck-vol-1|Homestuck Vol. 1]] - [[Showtime (Piano Refrain)]] - [[artist:kevin-regamey]] (00:00–00:37)
- [[album:homestuck-vol-2|Homestuck Vol. 2]] - [[Verdancy (Bassline)]] - [[artist:kalibration]] (00:53–01:01)
- [[album:homestuck-vol-3|Homestuck Vol. 3]] - [[Chorale for Jaspers]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (01:01–01:17)
- [[album:midnight-crew-drawing-dead|Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead]] - [[Tall, Dark and Loathsome]] - [[artist:clark-powell]] (01:17–01:49)
- [[album:homestuck-vol-4|Homestuck Vol. 4]] - [[Ballad of Awakening]] - [[artist:malcolm-brown]] (01:25–01:49)
- [[album:homestuck-vol-5|Homestuck Vol. 5]] - [[Versus]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (01:41–02:05)
- [[album:alternia|Alternia]] - [[Skaian Summoning]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (02:06–02:55)
- [[album:squiddles|Squiddles!]] - [[Tangled Waltz]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (02:23–02:55)
- [[album:the-felt|The Felt]] - [[Omelette Sandwich]] - [[artist:mark-j-hadley]] (02:55–03:42)
- [[album:homestuck-vol-6|Homestuck Vol. 6]] - [[A Tender Moment]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (03:09–03:42)
- [[album:strife|Strife!]] - [[Atomic Bonsai]] - [[artist:tensei]] (03:27–04:00)
- [[album:alterniabound|AlterniaBound]] - [[A Fairy Battle]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (03:47–04:00)
- [[album:medium|Medium]] - [[Heat]] - [[artist:clark-powell]] (04:03–04:21)
- [[album:mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido|Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido]] - [[Beta Version]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (04:22–04:39)
- [[album:homestuck-vol-7|Homestuck Vol. 7]] - [[Let's All Rock the Heist]] - [[artist:robert-j-lake]] (04:22–04:39)
- [[album:sburb|Sburb]] - [[Revelations II]] - [[artist:james-dever]] (04:39–04:56)
- [[album:the-wanderers|The Wanderers]] - [[Aimless Morning Gold]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (04:46–04:56)
- [[album:prospit-and-derse|Prospit & Derse]] - [[Core of Darkness]] - [[artist:solatrus]] (04:56–05:27)
- [[album:homestuck-vol-8|Homestuck Vol. 8]] - [[Escape Pod]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (05:03–05:10)
- [[album:song-of-skaia|Song of Skaia]] - [[Skaian Birth]] - [[artist:mark-j-hadley]] (05:10–05:27)
- [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A]] - [[Temporal Shenanigans]] - [[artist:rachel-rose-mitchell]] (05:18–05:27)
- [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b|coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B]] - [[Pendulum]] - [[artist:shandy]] (05:30–06:18)
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- [[track:watercolour-pendulum|Watercolour]] - [[artist:pendulum]] (05:30–06:26)
- [[album:homestuck-vol-9|Homestuck Vol. 9]] - [[Skaianet]] - [[artist:mark-j-hadley]] (06:26–6:58)
- [[album:symphony-impossible-to-play|Symphony Impossible to Play]] - [[II - Sarabande]] - [[artist:clark-powell]] (06:42–06:58)
- [[album:one-year-older|One Year Older]] - [[Underfoot]] - [[artist:erik-scheele]] (06:58–07:16)
- [[album:genesis-frog|Genesis Frog]] - [[Pondsquatter]] - [[artist:alex-rosetti]] (07:16–07:30)
- [[album:cherubim|Cherubim]] - [[Red Sucker]] - [[artist:james-dever]] and [[artist:kalibration]] (07:32–07:49)
- [[album:s-collide|[S] Collide.]] - [[Oppa Toby Style]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (07:40–07:49)
- [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Homestuck Vol. 10]] - [[Train]] - [[artist:buzinkai]] (07:58–09:01)
- 
- [[Penumbra Phantasm]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (08:20–08:38)
- [[album:homestuck-for-the-holidays|Homestuck for the Holidays]] - George the Conductor - [[artist:nick-smalley]] (09:05–09:11)
- [[album:lofam|Land of Fans and Music]] - [[Jack and Black Queen]] - [[artist:miss-prince]] (09:11–09:33)
- [[album:jailbreak-vol-1|Jailbreak Vol. 1]] - [[Phantom Echoes]] - [[artist:andrew-huo]] (09:33–10:05)
- [[album:tomb-of-the-ancestors|Tomb of the Ancestors]] - [[Spider8ite!!!!!!!!]] - [[artist:kalibration]] (09:41–10:05)
- [[album:sburb-ost|SBURB OST]] - [[track:gods-of-the-new-world]] - [[artist:max-wright]] (10:07–10:40)
- [[album:lofam2|Land of Fans and Music 2]] - [[Jade Aubade]] - [[artist:trent-west]] (10:23–10:57)
- [[album:lofam3|Land of Fans and Music 3]] - [[Bathearst's Theme]] - [[artist:eston-schweickart]] (10:49–10:57)
- [[album:beforus|Beforus]] - [[For Beforus]] - [[artist:nate-tronerud]] (10:57–11:24)
- [[album:stuckhome-syndrome-part-one-v1|Stuckhome Syndrome Part 1 V1]] - [[Four Kids and a Game They Play Together]] - [[artist:robert-j-lake]] (11:16–11:24)
- [[album:weird-puzzle-tunes|Weird Puzzle Tunes]] - [[Monochromatic Shenanigans]] - [[artist:kusoro]] (11:24–11:41)
- [[album:strife-2|Strife 2]] - [[Rouge on the Rox]] - [[artist:tensei]] (11:41–11:58)
- [[album:ancestral|Ancestral]] - [[JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3]] - [[artist:circlejourney]] and [[artist:serialsymphony]] (11:56–11:21)
- [[album:lofam4|Land of Fans and Music 4]] - [[track:daydreamer-lofam4]] - [[artist:electric-lantern]] (11:58–12:13)
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- [[Sburban Metro]] - [[artist:veritas-unae]] (12:21–13:04)
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Track: Atomyk Clockwyrk
Artists:
- Marcy Nabors
Duration: '1:56'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/atomyk-clockwyrk
- https://youtu.be/jeStLlyaJ5s
Cover Artists:
- dazed-squid
Art Tags:
- Dave
- LoHaC
Referenced Tracks:
- Endless Climb
- Atomyk Ebonpyre
Commentary: |-
Marcy Nabors: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|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: (album help, booklet commentary)
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 his 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.
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Track: Cleopatra's Cocktail Party
Artists:
- Thomas Ferkol
Duration: '3:45'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cleopatras-cocktail-party
- https://youtu.be/YL9xC_Ft-5s
Cover Artists:
- nights
Art Tags:
- Roxy
- LoPaN
- 'cw: alcohol'
Commentary: |-
nights: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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: (album help, booklet commentary)
During his time as a musician for Homestuck, Thomas 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.
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Track: Quest Crypt
Artists:
- keyboard cait
Duration: '1:19'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/quest-crypt
- https://youtu.be/xl97AV5vxSc
Cover Artists:
- sweetjegus
Art Tags:
- Jane
- Prospit
Referenced Tracks:
- Sburban Jungle
Commentary: |-
keyboard cait: (composer, booklet commentary)
This is by far my oldest song on the album, having been created only a couple of months after [[album:lofam2|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,](https://www.homestuck.com/story/5790) 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|Outer Reaches]] cryptomnesially. The song does not have anything to do with cryptids. That's Quest Crypt.
sweetjegus: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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.
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Track: Noble Ascendance
Artists:
- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES
Duration: '6:31'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/noble-ascendance
- https://youtu.be/L7PcXM_NuqI
Cover Artists:
- Aeritus
Art Tags:
- Jane
- Roxy
- Dirk
- Jake
- Prospit
- Derse
Referenced Tracks:
- Even in Death
- Another Jungle
- Beatdown (Strider Style)
- Unite Synchronization
- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse
- Sunsetter
- Oppa Toby Style
- Hate You
- track:ruins
Commentary: |-
WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 [[track:ruins|Ruins]] only has [[flash:4825|a really tangential connection to Jane]] but I didn't listen to [[album:homestuck-vol-9|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 [[group:canmt|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 [[album:greatest-hits-2|Greatest Hits 2]] album, under the name [[track:two-master-classes-a-knife-enthusiast-and-a-green-dude-walk-into-a-bar|Two Master Classes, A Knife Enthusiast, and A Green Dude Walk Into a Bar]]. Yes, I know it's a shitty name.
WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: (album help, booklet commentary)
After [[track:sunslammer|her fantastic work]] on the Volume 5 Anthology, a project to supply [[album:homestuck-vol-5|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.
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Track: Sunslammer (Cement City Remix)
Artists:
- Cement City
Duration: '3:12'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunslammer-cement-city-remix
- https://youtu.be/fL9YfUCMuBs
Cover Artists:
- YoItsCro
Art Tags:
- Jade
- Green Sun
Referenced Tracks:
- track:sunslammer
Commentary: |-
YoItsCro: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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 whole god tiering ordeal, which essentially meant the first guardian bonus pack.
keyboard cait: (album team, booklet commentary)
i think this song speaks for itself so here are some lyrics.
lyrics:
OH LET'S BREAK IT DOWN
NOOT NOOTVAPE NAYSH YALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
I'M GAY
YEAH BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIW h At
W ho Did This Lyrics: |- It's the album commentary, yeah, that was [[artist:nick-smalley]] [[artist:luke-benjamins]], hi [[artist:erik-scheele|Jit]] I am [[artist:robert-j-lake]] And this is [[album:jailbreak-vol-1|Jailbreak]] we're listening to right now (Jailstuck) It's a really good album (Jailstuck) It's all chiptunes (Jailstuck) Jailstuck, the highest quality Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck, the highest quality Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck, the highest— Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck, the highest quality Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck, the highest quality Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck, the highest quality Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck, the highest— Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck Jailstuck But I don't like [[Pumpkin Cravings]] as much as this... Jailstuck (RJ!: That was commentary on [[album:jailbreak-vol-1|Jailbreak Vol. 1]], by Jailbreak. GFD: You're welcome. RJ!: I hope you enjoyed it. Nick: [deep voice] I hope you enjoyed it. Jit: Yeah, next time it updates, we'll make a Volume 2 all about that one update. [collective laughter]—) --- Track: hors Directory: hors-lofam4 Originally Released As: track:hors Duration: '3:17' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hors - https://youtu.be/1Vsulg1rHyg Cover Artists: - Griever Art Tags: - John - Dave - Arquiusprite - Maplehoof - Horses Commentary: |- Hadron: (composer, booklet commentary) I really like Arquiussprite; 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 Griever: (track artist, booklet commentary) 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 Directory: the-gemoni-mustard-blood-lofam4 Originally Released As: track:the-gemoni-mustard-blood Duration: '2:04' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-gemoni-mustard-blood - https://youtu.be/vf9Cwf5OqgE Cover Artists: - Melissa Peebles Art Tags: - Sollux - Bees - Alternia Commentary: |- cookiefonster: (composer, booklet commentary) You know, it's pretty funny that some [[group:canmt|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 [[album:homestuck-vol-10|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 [[album:of-troles-and-chiptumes|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](https://archiveofourown.org/works/30808265/chapters/76051454), a trollfic that starts off funny but eventually becomes truly painful to read. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: (album help, booklet commentary) 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 Directory: reconciled-lofam4 Always Reference By Directory: true Artists: - Shandy Duration: '4:07' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reconciled - https://youtu.be/oTRDtWd5JBM Cover Artists: - Beta Art Tags: - Dave - Dirk - Sawtooth - Squarewave - Lil Cal - SBaHJ - LoTaK Referenced Tracks: - Sburban Jungle - Atomyk Ebonpyre Commentary: |- Shandy: (composer, booklet commentary) A track to celebrate the Striders finally talking and hashing out their differences! Because it's a Striders 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: (album help, booklet commentary) [Dave and Dirk's reunion](https://www.homestuck.com/story/7917) 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 proboscices 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. --- Track: The End of Something Really Excellent Artists: - Rhyselinn Duration: '5:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-something-really-excellent - https://youtu.be/0XRCD67voTo Cover Artists: - Rebecca Peason Art Tags: - Green Sun Referenced Tracks: - The Beginning of Something Really Excellent - Sburban Jungle - Skies of Skaia - Dawn of Man - Doctor - Endless Climb - 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: (composer, booklet commentary) [[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]], [[track:frost-vol6|Frost]]), did a bunch of stuff to salvage their session ([[track:cascade-beta|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 battle for the sake of the session ([[Skaian Skirmish]]), and beat the game of Sburb (reprise of Sburban Jungle), and with it reached the end of the story. And so did the readers. Homestuck has been a heck of an adventure, one that I had the privilege of watching firsthand for some number of years. I am honored to be able to pay a tribute to such a beautiful thing with my comparatively small contribution to this project. A million thanks to [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew Hussie]] and all the artists/musicians who put in so much work to make the comic into what it became. It truly was something really excellent. Rebecca Peason: (track artist, booklet commentary) The End of Something Really Excellent brings a lot to mind. To the end of the story, to the end of the adventure, end of the game, the fighting, the dying, etc. Listening to it I thought of when The Beginning of Something Really Excellent [[flash:1026|played in comic]] and started there. The concepts jumped but in the end, I wanted something that speaks to the end of the harrowing journey playing this game was. What a relief it is that the fighting is over and for now can be left behind. Unofficial MSPA Fans: (booklet commentary) References - [[The Beginning of Something Really Excellent]] - [[artist:robert-j-lake]] (0:00–0:42, 4:00–4:20, 4:32–4:42) - [[Sburban Jungle]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (0:43–1:34, 4:21–4:54) - [[Skies of Skaia]] - [[artist:mark-j-hadley]] (1:19–1:38) - [[Dawn of Man]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (1:38–2:47) - [[Doctor]] - [[artist:buzinkai]] (2:06–2:09) - [[Endless Climb]] - [[artist:buzinkai]] (2:09–2:12) - [[Atomyk Ebonpyre]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (2:13–2:16) - [[track:frost-vol6|Frost]] - [[artist:solatrus]] (2:16–2:23) - [[Cascade (Beta)]] - [[artist:tensei]] (2:23–2:27) - [[Infinity Mechanism]] - [[artist:thomas-ferkol]] (2:27–2:29) - [[Another Jungle]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (2:47–3:02) - [[Even in Death]] - [[artist:clark-powell]] (3:01–3:14) - [[Lotus]] - [[artist:seth-peelle]] (3:08–3:12) - [[Do You Remem8er Me]] - [[artist:malcolm-brown]] (3:17–4:20) - [[Skaian Skirmish]] - [[artist:andrew-huo]] and [[artist:toby-fox]] (3:38–4:00) - [[Homestuck Anthem]] - [[artist:clark-powell]] (4:42–4:54) --- Track: The Sin and the Salvation Additional Names: - Damara's Descent (working title) Artists: - 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 - Calliope - Lord English - Alternate Calliope - Lil Cal - 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - Black Rose / Green Sun - Showtime (Original Mix) - English - Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- psithurist: (composer, booklet commentary) 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! psithurist: (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/psithurist/the-sin-and-the-salvation)) this track has been in the works for a very, very long time (since 2014 i think?). feels good to finally get it out. the longest and most ambitious track i've ever made, telling the story of the cherub siblings in three movements. enjoy, love from jo psithurist, xoxox SmashCooper: (track artist, booklet commentary) 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 Directory: resend-lofam4 Originally Released As: track:resend Duration: '4:48' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/resend - https://youtu.be/ECzDFJ_ACj0 Cover Artists: - yazshu Art Tags: - Caliborn - Gamzee - Rabbit Commentary: |- Noisemaker: (composer, booklet commentary) This track almost didn't see the light of day. I submitted it for the [[group:canmt|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: (track artist, booklet commentary) originally this song was going to be replaced by [ocean man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcaPiiFZu2o), per my request. it wasn't. fuck you [[artist:bambosh|bambosh]] --- Section: Disc 3 --- Track: ~~DISC 3~~ Directory: disc3-lofam4 Artists: - Lambda Elise Merryberry - keyboard cait Duration: 0:26 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3-2 - https://youtu.be/sSXmhZZMDNQ Cover Artists: - Matrosha Art Tags: - LoFaM Referenced Tracks: - Starblaze Commentary: |- Lambda Elise Merryberry: (composer, booklet commentary) Finding a suitable song for a disc jingle from [[album:lofam3|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|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. keyboard cait: (album team, booklet commentary) For the final disc of what could be the final LOFAM... we see that the sky's the limit for this community, its massive catalog of music getting only larger for the comic that's stuck with all of us. We still have a ways more to go, folks. --- Track: Pseudumbra Phauxtasm Artists: - Marcy Nabors - Jamie Paige Contributors: - Matt Martin (guitar) Duration: '6:30' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pseudumbra-phauxtasm - https://youtu.be/zzq3u6unwRg Cover Artists: - Circlejourney Art Tags: - John - Alternate Calliope - Skaia - Green Sun Referenced Tracks: - Penumbra Phantasm - 'Main Theme (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)' - Sunsetter Commentary: |- Marcy Nabors: (composer, booklet commentary) Back in 2016 I got together with [[artist:robert-j-lake|RJ Lake]] and [[artist:james-roach|James Roach]] to compile [[album:homestuck-vol-10|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 [[artist:toby-fox|Toby Fox's]] elusive song [[track:penumbra-phantasm|Penumbra Phantasm]] would finally see release, founded on the rumor that he had agreed to finish it for the album. Around this time, a couple of us on the Vol. 10 project decided to have some fun with the speculation and put together a fake version of the album to "leak" to the fans, so we gathered a few WIPs that'd been cut from Vol. 10 and arranged them at the beginning of the album for an illusion of Authenticity™. Jamie Paige put together a bunch of awful low-effect vaporwave remixes of Homestuck songs, which we gave names to match what the fans were hoping for. Finally, as the keystone piece to tie it all together, we referenced an old Toby Fox piano recording and created a short (but hopefully convincing) song that we titled "Penumbra Phantasm". Christened by Toby's seal of approval and an unholy melding with a vaporwave [[Sunslammer]] monstrosity, this one-minute-and-fifty-second piece quickly became a fan favorite once the [sock?] ruse was revealed, and we [promised](https://shadolith.tumblr.com/post/146397577605/is-it-true-that-you-made-the-fake-penumbra) that this "Pseudumbra Phauxtasm" would see an extended release on LoFaM 4. A year later we've completed this track, and now the latter third of the song is just a power metal cover of [[track:main-theme-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild|the Breath of the Wild theme]], but that's a story for another day. Ask me sometime Jamie Paige|[[artist:jamie-paige|Jamie Paige]]: (composer, booklet commentary) 🅱️ Circlejourney: (track artist, booklet commentary) This is a highly stylised representation of [[flash:8127|Act 7]], with Alt!Calliope creating the black hole that consumes the entire universe, and John reaching for the knob of the door into the new universe. They circle around Skaia, neither pulled into it 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 Pseudumbra 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. --- Track: Crystalmethequins (Broken Bad) Artists: - Riki Tsuji 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' Referenced Tracks: - Crystalmethequins Commentary: |- Riki Tsuji: (composer, [Tumblr](https://dog-noise.tumblr.com/post/53629861790)) YO U HOMESTUX AINT READY 4 DEEZ DROPS DOE
THIS SOME REAL SHIT RITE HERE
[[track:crystalmethequins|CRYSTALMETHEQUINS]] ON THAT OVERDOSE
BRINGIN THAT MOTHAFUCKIN HEISENBERG GAME
UPDATED TRACKART BY [[artist:richard-gung|RICHARD GUNG]] AGAIN
CRYSTALMETHEQUINS: THE REBIRTH
CRYSTALMETHEQUINS 2.22 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE
CRYSTALMETHEQUINS
BROKEN BAD
BY ASTRO KID
([DOWNLOAD THIS SHIT](https://soundcloud.com/astro_kid/crystalmethequins-broken-bad)) Richard Gung: (alternate artwork, for SoundCloud)
tti: (track artist, booklet commentary)
dont do drugs
keyboard cait: (album team, booklet commentary)
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?!?!?)
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Track: Thyme on My Fries
Directory: thyme-on-my-fries-lofam4
Originally Released As: track:thyme-on-my-fries
Duration: '3:24'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thyme-on-my-fries
- https://youtu.be/IYZCJAMCWLg
Cover Artists:
- Ephemerald
Art Tags:
- Dirk
- Jake
- HB
- DD
- Ace Dick
- Pickle Inspector
- Carapacians
- Earth
- Derse
- 'cw: blood'
- 'cw: decapitation'
Commentary: |-
SplitSuns: (composer, booklet commentary)
This track was originally made for the Cool and New Music Team's ["Cool and New Homestuck"](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMXVVm-BDvr9G2C_sk0OSKpZuxGzsIAh-) project, remixing and parodying the various Homestuck Flashes. In case you can't tell, this song is a parody of [[track:time-on-my-side|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 [[track:axel-f-crazy-frog|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 [[artist:tensei|Tensei]] to say "this is pretty good," so make of that what you will.
Ephemerald: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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 [[artist:nights|Nights]] for finding the image of the sun for the line in the middle.
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Track: Raise of the Conductor's Baton
Additional Names:
- Rise of the Conductor's baton (booklet commentary)
Artists:
- Hadron
Duration: '3:02'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/raise-of-the-conductors-baton
- https://youtu.be/8NgabIloI9U
Cover Artists:
- Hadron
Art Tags:
- Alternate Calliope
- Green Sun
Referenced Tracks:
- track:formation
- Skaia Voyages
- Cascade (Beta)
- Sburban Jungle
- Another Jungle
- Celestial Fantasia
- Homestuck Anthem
Commentary: |-
Hadron: (composer, booklet commentary)
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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgw1yxGLStI) of CANH. I knew from the start that I wanted to do an upbeat EDM-styled track, and I thought a remix of [[artist:seth-peelle|Beatfox's]] original [[Creata]] would be spectacular.
Makin: (album team, booklet commentary)
This track was made way back in November for the [\[S] Finale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgw1yxGLStI) animation, a culmination of [[group:canmt|Cool and New Web Comic]] lore Hadron had been working on for a long time. The track features a bunch of obscure little references like [[track:skaia-voyages|Skaian Voyages]] and [[Celestial Fantasia]], both amazing [[artist:seth-peelle|Beatfox]] songs you should probably look up, and [[track:formation|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"](https://www.homestuck.com/story/307) ought to be used when they fit the content (and indeed, Rose raises her wand... conductorly... in the animation mentioned above. Seriously, [go watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgw1yxGLStI) [S] Finale when you're done with this album).
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Track: Radness from Concentrate
Artists:
- Whimsy
Duration: '3:19'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radness-from-concentrate
- https://youtu.be/ruD5hcRqhIs
Cover Artists:
- piskomil
Art Tags:
- Dave
Referenced Tracks:
- Beatdown (Strider Style)
Commentary: |-
Whimsy: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 [[track:beatdown-strider-style|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: (track artist, booklet commentary)
Radness is a rad song so it needed a rad track art and what is more rad than alpha dave soaring 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.
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Track: Conflict!
Directory: conflict-lofam4
Originally Released As: track:conflict
Duration: '1:07'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/conflict
- https://youtu.be/Duj1TbqQ4Bs
Cover Artists:
- yazshu
Art Tags:
- Horses
Commentary: |-
Emelia K.: (composer, booklet commentary)
made for redditstuck. homestuck is bad
yazshu: (track artist, booklet commentary)
since july 20th, 2016 i have made trackart for many variations of this song. i helped [[artist:discfortune]] create [[track:conflict-question-mark|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.
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Track: Solar Momentum
Artists:
- Nicholas Nakano
Duration: '2:51'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/solar-momentum
- https://youtu.be/rV9WHJyx30A
Cover Artists:
- Mags
Art Tags:
- PM
- Jack Noir
Referenced Tracks:
- Pushing Onwards
- Sunsetter
Commentary: |-
Nicholas Nakano: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 is now one of my favorite games of all time (the music being especially good). I hope y'all enjoy.
Mags: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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.
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Track: -Omega- Timeline
Artists:
- ostrichlittledungeon
Duration: '3:07'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/omega-timeline
- https://youtu.be/qAG2vYH3gzA
Cover Artists:
- cobaltmoth
Art Tags:
- Terezi
- LoPaN
- 'cw: blood'
Referenced Tracks:
- Gold Pilot
- English
- Gunshow 2 Theme (Instrumental)
- track:intro-canwave-2
- Of Gods and Witches
- Science Blaster
- Formation
- Sburban Jungle
Commentary: |-
ostrichlittledungeon: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 [[track:blind-pilot|seven]] [[track:pilotwave|other]] [[track:expanses-of-interstellar-space|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 [[track:gunshow-2-theme-instrumental|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-
keyboard cait: (album team, booklet commentary)
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.
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Track: Emerald Cinders
Artists:
- Grace Medley
Duration: '5:12'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-cinders
- https://youtu.be/XpIc_vizYRw
Cover Artists:
- sonotcanon
Art Tags:
- Snowman
Referenced Tracks:
- Rhapsody in Green
- Afraid of the Darko
- Carne Vale
- English
Commentary: |-
Grace Medley: (composer, booklet commentary)
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: (track artist, booklet commentary)
snowman a la mal from inception. credit to [[artist:grace-medley|power]] for the concept!
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Track: Sugar Cubes
Artists:
- Kusoro
Duration: '1:44'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sugar-cubes
- https://youtu.be/DZd5TAXggSA
Cover Artists:
- fuchsi
Art Tags:
- Cats
- LoLCaT
Commentary: |-
keyboard cait, Lambda Elise Merryberry|[[artist:keyboard-cait]]: (album team, booklet commentary)
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.
"the more mario paint meows i can cram on this album the better" -[[artist:lambda-elise-merryberry|lambda]] 2017
WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: (album help, booklet commentary)
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.
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Track: Fond Regard
Artists:
- Lark Mordancy
Duration: '3:51'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fond-regard
- https://youtu.be/_C0iTqg5JFo
Cover Artists:
- Selan Pike
Art Tags:
- Pickle Inspector
- Gate
- Lotus
Commentary: |-
Lark Mordancy: (composer, booklet commentary)
This song was inspired by the cosmogonical aspects of the MSPA universe(s), and by those universes' cryptic curators.
Selan Pike: (track artist, booklet commentary)
GPI: Fondly regard Selan spending too much time fiddling with the background
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Track: Prospitian Monody
Artists:
- Viko Riféo
Duration: '2:04'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-monody
- https://youtu.be/DvWBb8vi4-I
Cover Artists:
- Jas
Art Tags:
- Carapacians
- Battlefield
- 'cw: blood'
- 'cw: corpses'
- 'cw: decapitation'
Referenced Tracks:
- Cascade (Beta)
- Rhapsody in Green
- Rex Duodecim Angelus
Commentary: |-
Viko Riféo: (composer, booklet commentary)
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.
Prospitian Monody started life as a techno/ambient fusion with acoustic instruments in for fun too, which is a fancy way of saying I have no idea what genres actually mean. It also had a completely different melody. People told me the piano didn't fit so I made it synth, people told me the melody was aimless but couldn't explain why so I just rewrote it and blindly hoped, and they liked it but then production sucked again so I made it orchestral, and then the whole thing became synth instruments, which I kind afound bland but also it works well and I don't know what else to do. ANYWAY ENOUGH RAMBLING ABOUT USELESS FEEDBACK LETS GET TO THE SONG ITSELF
A monody is essentially a dirge, except that it's not a dirge? It's dirgeish anyway. (fucking hell ost) This is like a funeral hymn for the White King, but the Dersite army is slaughtering all the Prospitians that try to mourn, so in the end the funeral ends up being held by some Dersites who aren't sympathetic to Prospit, but do respect tradition and politeness and etiquette and so on, so to compensate for it being a funeral for their enemy they make it all imposing and evil. (The Black King is too busy ending the world to notice.) You could sort of view it as a counterpart to [[track:broken-dreams|Broken Dreams]] on the SBURB OST, but focusing more on Derse's triumph than on Prospit's downfall.
Wheals: (album help, booklet commentary)
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 almost ended with the tree being put in at 8% transparency.
[[track:airtime-assault|Also johndave is a bad ship suck it viko]]
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Track: Shatter
Directory: shatter-lofam4
Always Reference By Directory: true
Artists:
- Kanishka
Duration: '1:58'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shatter
- https://youtu.be/dxjSHHDLekQ
Cover Artists:
- Andiavang
Art Tags:
- Prospit
- Skaia
Referenced Tracks:
- Double Midnight
- Amen, Brother
- Penumbra Phantasm
- A Baby Legend - The Baby is 2
- Dirgeish
Commentary: |-
Kanishka: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 [[album:the-baby-is-you|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: (track artist, booklet commentary)
"Boom boom boom boomI 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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llyiQ4I-mcQ) --- Track: Denizen Directory: denizen-lofam4 Always Reference By Directory: true Artists: - Kouta Duration: '5:46' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/denizen - https://youtu.be/Avz8eRHnoDA Cover Artists: - AS Art Tags: - Denizens - John - LoWaS Commentary: |- Kouta: (composer, booklet commentary) 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 material. AS: (track artist, booklet commentary) [Typheus may not be pretty to look at, but he is not a bad guy at all!](https://www.homestuck.com/story/3953) --- Track: Ultimate Alchemy Artists: - Interrobang Contributors: - Seijen (mastering) Duration: '2:20' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ultimate-alchemy - https://youtu.be/0mYCTAeiHGw Cover Artists: - Circlejourney Art Tags: - Skaia - LoTaK Referenced Tracks: - Bilious - Earthsea Borealis - English - Umbral Ultimatum - Endless Climb - Even in Death Commentary: |- Interrobang: (composer, booklet commentary) 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 [[artist:viko-rifeo]] pointed out that what I had thought was the original melody throughout the song was in fact [[Bilious]], which is a great song from the [[album:genesis-frog|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 [[artist:viko-rifeo]] and [[artist:kusoro]], who both had some really great ideas on mastering and percussion that ultimately didn't make it into the final song; to [[artist:wheals]] for giving it a final name, and ESPECIALLY to [[artist:seijen]], whose mastering made the final product much better than I could have ever thought. And of course many, many, many thanks to [[artist:circlejourney]], whose art is indescribably fitting and amazing. Finally I'd like to thank the LOFAM team for all their help and support, y'all are a bunch of great people and its been an honor to have this opportunity Circlejourney: (track artist, booklet commentary) 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 image formed of the covers of this, [[Crystalendofgames]], and [[Black Hole / White Door]]. --- Track: The Sock Ruse Artists: - Alex Votl Contributors: - Facetious (Alex Votl) & Friends Duration: '3:06' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sock-ruse - https://youtu.be/id6W02iqdwk Cover Artists: - Nick Tucker Art Tags: - SBaHJ Lyrics: |- Bro have Bro have you seen my socks around anywear No dude again with the socks What is it even with you and socks man its like you Must be tokin up on a Joint to make you stoned or Something I can't even think of who Leaves all there socks lyong around like that Sock ruse was a distaction The sock ruse was a distaction The sock ruse was a distaction (Woah woah, I have the car) The sock ruse was a distaction (Woah woah, I have the car) The sock ruse was a distaction (Woah woah, I have the car) The sock ruse was a distaction (Woah woah, I have the car) Bro have, bro have Bro have you seen my socks around anywear Bro have, bro have Bro have you seen my socks around anywear It's like you must be tokin up on a joint to make you stoned or something (Again with the socks what is it even with you) I can't even think of who leaves all their socks lyong around like that (Again with the socks what is it even with you) The sock ruse was a distaction The sock ruse was a distaction The sock ruse was a distaction (Woah woah, I have the car) The sock ruse was a distaction (Woah woah, I have the car) The sock ruse was a distaction (Woah woah, I have the car) The sock ruse was a distaction (Woah woah, I have the car) Woah woah, woah woah Woah woah, woah woah Commentary: |- Alex Votl: (muisc, booklet commentary) this project was pieced together over the course of 5 years with tons of help from my friends. it started out as an inside joke from the homestuck tinychat community around 2011, but i see it more as an homage to the series and the fandom. thanks for the memories everyone. it was a blast. Nick Tucker: (i HAVE the arts, booklet commentary) The most common way of perceiving the passing of time into a concept that humans can understand often involves the idea of moving forward through time, as if we foresee what is in our path, and approach it in a straight line. A more accurate way of looking at it is that we are reversing into the events of tomorrow, with no real idea of what awaits us. When we look ahead, we see our past, and that informes our actions. The Maori turn of phrase, "ka mura, ka muri" means to walk backwards into the future. 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 desires 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. --- Track: Juju Breaker Artists: - keyboard cait Duration: '4:10' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/juju-breaker - https://youtu.be/W46m0Qyes5g Cover Artists: - Griever Art Tags: - The Felt Referenced Tracks: - Purple Bard - Sburban Jungle - Explore - English - Eternity Served Cold Commentary: |- keyboard cait: (composer, booklet commentary) 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 around 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.](https://www.homestuck.com/story/1273) [Slick steals the crowbar](https://www.homestuck.com/story/1275) and [opens the Felt vault,](https://www.homestuck.com/story/1322) [distorting spacetime.](https://www.homestuck.com/story/1337) [Kurloz finds the crowbar in a memory and hands it to Gamzee.](https://www.homestuck.com/story/5308) [The meteor reaches B2,](https://www.homestuck.com/story/6278) and [the crowbar is given to B2 Jack Noir.](https://www.homestuck.com/story/5804) [He destroys his prison,](https://www.homestuck.com/story/5816) [then fights some kids and himself on top of a building.](https://www.homestuck.com/story/8036) [He and the crowbar are sucked into a black hole.](https://youtu.be/Y5wYN6rB_Rg?t=948) [The juju is thus brought to a dead Earth.](https://www.homestuck.com/story/5441) [Gamzee again hands the crowbar to his lord, Caliborn.](https://www.homestuck.com/story/5492) [With the crowbar in his possession,](https://www.homestuck.com/story/5495) Caliborn trudges through his Sburb session, planet by planet. [He builds an ensemble of loyal leprechaun people,](https://www.homestuck.com/story/6192) [including Crowbar himself.](https://www.homestuck.com/story/6022) Finally, the crowbar is given back to Crowbar, [who will later lead the Felt on Alternia.](https://www.homestuck.com/story/1273) 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: (track artist, booklet commentary) 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, to. Makes my job easier. Oh right, on another note, Crowbar's pretty sweet, I guess. Enjoy. --- Track: Tragic Heights Artists: - Thomas Ferkol Duration: '3:02' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tragic-heights - https://youtu.be/9_IU46cLUq4 Cover Artists: - nights Art Tags: - Dirk - LoTaK Commentary: |- nights: (track artist, booklet commentary) 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: (album help, booklet commentary) This is one of Ferkol's 3 tracks [[track:highland-thunder|that were]] [[track:cleopatras-cocktail-party|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 soundcloud.](https://soundcloud.com/eidolonorpheus/highland-thunder) 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. --- Track: Waltz for Calliope Artists: - Shandy Duration: '3:03' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/waltz-for-calliope - https://youtu.be/o3hdT6bOXvk Cover Artists: - Quietserval - Circlejourney Art Tags: - Alternate Calliope - Dream Bubbles Commentary: |- Shandy: (composer, booklet commentary) 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. Quietserval: (track artist, booklet commentary) A representation of alternate Calliope's journey to achieve her ultimate goal. Circlejourney: (track artist, booklet commentary) 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 with this drawing from talking to them, and tried to realise that in its fullest. --- Track: Everlasting Directory: everlasting-lofam4 Always Reference By Directory: true Artists: - Joe Ouellet Duration: '4:40' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/everlasting - https://youtu.be/oDwdsffF2yk Cover Artists: - PatManDX Art Tags: - Roxy - Dream Bubbles Referenced Tracks: - Sburban Jungle - Doctor - Endless Climb - Even in Death Commentary: |- Joe Ouellet: (composer, booklet commentary) 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: (track artist, booklet commentary) When I hear the song, it's a no brainer that it was about Roxy in the dreambubbles, being a remix of [[track:even-in-death|'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 [[flash:4486|'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 Artists: - Willow Ascenzo Duration: '5:42' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalline-repose - https://youtu.be/-3Cld2xx2gI Cover Artists: - dodostad Art Tags: - Aradia Referenced Tracks: - Corridors of Time - Crystalanthemums Commentary: |- dodostad: (track artist, booklet commentary) I was just trying to capture Aradia to the sweet tunes of the song! keyboard cait: (album team, booklet commentary) 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 Artists: - 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 - Dave - Jade - Jane - Roxy - Dirk - Jake - Karkat - Kanaya - Terezi - Calliope - Victory Platform - Skaia Referenced Tracks: - Black Rose / Green Sun - Chorale for Jaspers - Courser - Black Hole / Green Sun Commentary: |- Circlejourney: (track artist, booklet commentary) This track was reassigned to me after the original artist dropped out. I decided to further extend the image formed of [[track:crystalendofgames|Crystalendofgames']] and [[track:ultimate-alchemy|Ultimate Alchemy's]] track illustrations after several people expressed assent when I aired the idea on the LoFaM server. *(continued below)* Circlejourney: (complete illustration)
Circlejourney: (booklet commentary)
*(continued from above)*
While brainstorming illustration concepts, I immediately to 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: (album help, booklet commentary)
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.
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Track: Strife Mayhem
Originally Released As: track:strife-mayhem
Directory: strife-mayhem-lofam4
Additional Names:
- Metallic Mayhem (original name)
Duration: '5:39'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strife-mayhem
- https://youtu.be/dZ7CuLWkK74
Cover Artists:
- Scarodactyl
Art Tags:
- John
- Rose
- Dave
- Jade
- Jane
- Roxy
- Dirk
- Jake
- Karkat
- Aradia
- Tavros
- Sollux
- Nepeta
- Kanaya
- Terezi
- Vriska
- Equius
- Gamzee
- Eridan
- Feferi
- WV
- PM
- AR
- WQ
- Jack Noir
- DD
- CD
- HB
- Davepeta
- John's nanna
- Davesprite
- The Condesce
- Lord English
- The Handmaid
- Snowman
- Jack Noir
- Underlings
- The Felt
- AH
- LoWaS
- LoLaR
- LoHaC
- LoFaF
- LoCaH
- LoMaX
- LoPaN
- LoTaK
- Prospit
- Derse
- Skaia
- Green Sun
- Dream Bubbles
Commentary: |-
Musical Panini: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 in motifs, then into what is now apparently my most popular by far!
Scarodactyl: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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 [[track:medium-lofam3|Medium]] and the handmaid from [[Maidswap]]. The GUI is also a bit of a reference to [[track:strife-mayhem|the previous track art]] for this song on Cool and New Volume 7.
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Track: Moonsetter (Strider Remix)
Artists:
- 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'
Referenced Tracks:
- track:moonsetter
- Mad About the Boy
Commentary: |-
Grace Medley: (album help, booklet commentary)
Cement City doesn't normally do much 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: (album help, booklet commentary)
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...
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Track: Exsanguinated
Artists:
- Seijen
Duration: '4:26'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/exsanguinated
- https://youtu.be/_X8T8PjS8N4
Cover Artists:
- Kate Griffith
Art Tags:
- Kanaya
- 'cw: blood'
Commentary: |-
Seijen: (composer, booklet commentary)
time and time again I make a drum and bass song and im never satisfied with the drum mix. Like the time before 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: (album help, booklet commentary)
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.
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Track: Premortem
Originally Released As: track:le-canrival
Duration: '2:12'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/premortem
- https://youtu.be/5cJNegoYjuU
Cover Artists:
- 0ysTezy
- EllenZarael
Art Tags:
- Gamzee
- Kurloz
- LoTaM
Commentary: |-
Noisemaker: (composer, booklet commentary)
If some of you thought this was [[track:le-canrival|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.
0ysTezy: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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.
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Track: Fruitjam
Artists:
- keyboard cait
Duration: '3:34'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fruitjam
- https://youtu.be/kKKh0izriyc
Cover Artists:
- sweetjegus
Art Tags:
- John
- Rose
- Dave
- Jade
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
- Upward Movement (Dave Owns)
- Calamari Inkantation
- Feel (Alive)
- Hopes and Dreams
- Theme
- September Pumpkin
- Theme of Eastern Story
- Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station
Commentary: |-
keyboard cait: (composer, booklet commentary)
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" [[track:an-apple-disaster|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. [[flash:830|Remember when they'd collaborate on songs and post it to each other on FreshJamz?]] Good times.
Fun fact: each of the happy fruits correspond to a beta kid. Really! You've got the red apple for Dave, which is fitting because it's his text color and because he loves apple juice. Then the green lime for Jade, also because of text color. The orange is Rose, because, uh, Roxy says she's similar to Dirk who types in orange I guess? Then the last fruit is the yellow lemon which has to be for John, because... uh actually you know what, forget it.
Ok, here's another fun fact then. The title of the song is a play on the FreshJamz player which has the fruits on its interface, the Homestuck song [[Hauntjam|"Hauntjam"]], actual fruit jam, and the fact that it is a song (i.e. "jam") about fruits. Neat!
sweetjegus: (track artist, booklet commentary)
Open your heart to the fruity embrace of Apple Girlington! I have the fondest memories of Jade's fruit mishaps back in Act 3 and a soft spot for fun and twangy tracks, so Fruitjam was the perfect storm. Her outfit is drawn from cubewatermelon's [absolutely adorable Apple Girlington design](https://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/33361755348/cubewatermelon-happy-birthday-to-toby-radiation), and I've kept to the Touhou art tradition of contorted angles within a dramatic flying object vortex - but updated, now, for a lurid fever dream ft. the chlorine-headed personification of an apple.
Lambda Elise Merryberry: (album organizer, booklet commentary)
she says lofam team but this song is [[artist:mark-ciocca|mark's]] and my fault
Unofficial MSPA Fans: (booklet commentary)
References
- [[Your Best Friend]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (0:00–0:33, 2:45–2:48)
- [[Softly]] - [[artist:robert-j-lake]] (0:20–0:26)
- [[Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall]] - [[artist:zun]] (0:26–0:31)
- [[Safe Return]] - [[artist:the-track-team]] (0:39–0:43, 0:53–0:56)
- [[The Beginning of Something Really Excellent]] - [[artist:robert-j-lake]] (0:49–1:03)
- [[An Apple Disaster!!]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (1:03–1:29)
- [[Ryuunosuke Akutagawa's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend]] - [[artist:zun]] (1:09–1:14)
- [[Bad Apple!!]] - [[artist:zun]] (1:29–1:42)
- [[Native Faith]] - [[artist:zun]] (1:52–1:55)
- [[The Primal Scene of Japan the Girl Saw]] - [[artist:zun]] (2:12–2:14)
- [[Menu (Full)]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (2:16–2:35)
- [[Sleeping Terror]] - [[artist:zun]] (2:22–2:35)
- [[Homestuck Anthem]] - [[artist:clark-powell]] (2:29–2:35)
- [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement]] - [[artist:kalibration]] (2:35–2:38)
- [[Calamari Inkantation]] - [[artist:shiho-fujii]] (2:39–2:48)
- [[Feel (Alive)]] - [[artist:luke-benjamins]] and [[artist:robert-j-lake]] (2:49–2:51)
- [[Hopes and Dreams]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (2:52–2:55, 2:59–3:02)
- [[Theme]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (2:55–2:58)
- [[September Pumpkin]] - [[artist:zun]] (3:02–3:05)
- [[Theme of Eastern Story]] - [[artist:zun]] (3:05–3:27)
- [[Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (3:18–3:29)
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Track: Lightfall
Originally Released As: track:rozepiano
Duration: '1:47'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lightfall
- https://youtu.be/Wmop6vIepPs
Cover Artists:
- nights
Art Tags:
- Rose
- LoLaR
Commentary: |-
nights: (composer, booklet commentary)
This piece was originally [[track:rozepiano|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.
nights: (track artist, booklet commentary)
I envisioned the scene of Rose playing on LOLAR for this art as well as the song. I can't count how many times 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
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Track: Blanc
Artists:
- Sean Gorter
Duration: '5:00'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blanc
- https://youtu.be/_q2ox0WK1g4
Cover Artists:
- Daniel McDonald
Art Tags:
- Jack Noir
- DD
- CD
- HB
Referenced Tracks:
- Black
Commentary: |-
Sean Gorter: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 [[artist:toby-fox|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 sounds 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: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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.
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Track: Collision Course (Davepeta's Movement)
Originally Released As: track:collision-course-davepetas-movement
Directory: collision-course-davepetas-movement-lofam4
Duration: '4:05'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/collision-course-davepetas-movement
- https://youtu.be/sIJW6g2kygU
Cover Artists:
- Shadok
Art Tags:
- Davepeta
- Lil Cal
- Earth
Commentary: |-
SplitSuns: (composer, booklet commentary)
This song was originally made for the [[group:canmt|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 [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement]] and change it into something more EDM and techno, so I chopped and screwed traditional strings and mixed them with 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 [[track:core|CORE]] in the song because of that one scene in [[flash:8087|EOA6]] ([you know the one.](https://youtu.be/Y5wYN6rB_Rg?t=670)) 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: (track artist, booklet commentary)
this used to be [[track:collision-course-davepetas-movement|a normal edit]] of [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|the Upward Movement cover]] but [[album:greatest-hits-2|greatest hits 2]] happened on the cool and new music team so i decided [[track:collision-course-davepetas-movement-greatest-hits-2|to redo it]]. i experimented a lot with the shading but in the end, i kept something simple
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Track: Revisit/Rewind
Originally Released As: track:revisit-rewind
Directory: revisit-rewind-lofam4
Duration: '6:13'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/revisit-rewind
- https://youtu.be/2Tm2S88RlCg
Cover Artists:
- nights
Art Tags:
- John
- Aradia
- Skaia
Commentary: |-
ostrichlittledungeon: (composer, booklet commentary)
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 [[group:canmt|CANMT]] discography and pick the most iconic songs over time. If you're unfamiliar with its discography, I highly recommend you at least [[group-gallery:canmt|go give it a glance]]. I roughly settled on using [[track:cascante|Cascante]], [[track:tick|Tick]]/[[track:tock|Tock]], [[Fruity Pebbles Redux]], [[album:gunshow-singalong|Gunshow]], [[Rex Mille Geromius]], [[Doctor]] and [[Penumbra Phantasm]] ([[album:cool-and-new-volume-v|cool and new vol V]]), [[track:contra-canmt|Contra]] (from [[album:cool-and-new-homestuck|Cool and New Homestuck]]), [[track:moshi-moshi|Moshi Moshi]], [[Final Confrontation]], [[Unintentional Touhou]], [[track:in-the-beginning-basement-tale|In the Beginning]]/[[track:contact|Contact]], [[Formation]], [[track:jungle-3|Jungle #3]], [[Muse of Nanchos]], [[track:meet-the-flintstones|Flintstones]], [[track:gunshow-2-theme-instrumental|Gunshow 2]], and of course, [[track:rollercoaster-tycoon-theme|the RCT theme]] and [[track:bowmans-credit-score|Bowman's credit score]]. Shoutouts to [[artist:difarem|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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UTMPTX45F8).
Wheals: (album help, booklet commentary)
This art was made in like five hours on Christmas 2016 when i yelled at nights to make some John/Aradia art for Revisit/Rewind (it being based off [[Ascend]], with its iconic John/Aradia art). That's basically the plot of The Christmas Carol and by writing this seven months later I'm now the Ghost of Christmas Future. I'll let Past Nights (the Ghost of Christmas Past) fill you in on the rest:
nights: (track artist, booklet commentary)
Unofficial MSPA Fans: (booklet commentary)
References
- [[Doctor]] - [[artist:buzinkai]] (0:07–0:29, 1:30–2:18, 2:26–2:48)
- [[Cascade (Beta)]] - [[artist:tensei]] (0:15–0:44)
- [[Sburban Jungle]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (0:16–0:42, 3:06–3:17, 3:42–3:50)
- [[Tick]] - [[artist:discfortune]] (0:30–0:44)
- [[Lord Spanish]] - [[artist:discfortune]] (0:45–0:59)
- [[Fruity Pebbles Jingle]] - [[artist:scott-stutzman]] (0:45–1:14)
- [[Potato Knishes]] - [[artist:ryan-dorin]] (1:00–1:14)
- [[The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] - [[artist:neil-cicierega|Lemon Demon (Neil Cicierega)]] (1:15–1:29)
- [[Rex Mille Geromius]] - [[artist:cookiefonster]] (1:22–1:29)
- [[Penumbra Phantasm]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (1:34–2:03)
- [[Even in Death]] - [[artist:clark-powell]] (2:03–2:18)
- [[Space Jam]] - [[artist:quad-city-djs]] (2:03–2:18)
- [[Chorale for Jaspers]] - [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]] (2:03–2:10)
- [[track:at-the-price-of-oblivion|At the Price of Oblivion]] - [[artist:malcolm-brown]] (2:11–2:14)
- [[track:contra-canmt]] - [[artist:noisemaker]] (2:18–2:48)
- [[track:MeGaLoVania]] - [[artist:toby-fox]] (2:50–3:05)
- [[Moshi Moshi?]] - [[artist:discfortune]] (2:50–3:05)
- [[track:unintentional-touhou]] - [[artist:discfortune]] (3:05–3:20)
- [[CONTACT]] - [[artist:difarem]] (3:20–3:50)
- [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement]] - [[artist:kalibration]] (3:35–3:50)
- [[track:formation]] - [[artist:hadron]] (3:50–4:20)
- [[track:jungle-3]] - [[artist:cookiefonster]] (4:13–4:20, 4:28–4:35)
- [[Muse of Nanchos]] - [[artist:cookiefonster]] (4:20–4:35)
- [[Meet the Flintstones]] - [[artist:hoyt-curtin]], [[artist:joseph-barbera]], and [[artist:william-hanna]] (4:35–4:49)
- [[track:gunshow-2-theme-instrumental|Intro (Gunshow 2 Theme)]] - [[artist:ostrichlittledungeon]] (4:50–5:29)
- [[RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme]] - [[artist:allister-brimble]] (5:33–6:12)
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Track: Homestuck Sonata
Artists:
- David Ellis
Contributors:
- James Ellis (production)
Duration: '7:46'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-sonata
- https://youtu.be/XSVpRK_L7mg
Cover Artists:
- Sozzay
Art Tags:
- John
Referenced Tracks:
- Homestuck
- Penumbra Phantasm
Commentary: |-
David Ellis: (composer, booklet commentary)
Homestuck Sonata was written around the time we were submitting pieces for [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Volume 10]]. The idea was to write a piece that loosely followed the sonata form with [[Homestuck Anthem]] being the first main 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: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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.
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Track: Wicker Kingdom
Artists:
- Kurtis Burton
Duration: '3:58'
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wicker-kingdom
- https://youtu.be/ZawHf_JbItw
Cover Artists:
- PatManDX
Art Tags:
- WQ
- WK
- Gate
- Prospit
- Skaia
Referenced Tracks:
- White King
Commentary: |-
PatManDX: (track artist, booklet commentary)
[[artist:kurtis-burton|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 [[track:white-king|a certain other song]]. There is a great emphasis on texture and desaturated colors, to help make the piece feel almost like a worn tapestry. I added a bloom filter to add to this effect.
Kal-la-kal-la: (album help, booklet commentary)
Musing upon the king 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.
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Track: Skaian Rebirth
Artists:
- 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
- LoWaS
- LoLaR
- LoHaC
- LoFaF
Referenced Tracks:
- Skies of Skaia
- Aggrieve
- Showtime (Original Mix)
- Gardener
- Upward Movement (Dave Owns)
- Beatdown (Strider Style)
- Even in Death
- Homestuck Anthem
- 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: (track artist, booklet commentary)
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 homestuck would kind of look like.
keyboard cait: (album team, booklet commentary)
There were a few possible choices for the last track on this truly HUGE album, but none quite felt so conclusive or right as [[artist:kris-flacke|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 spectrograms are... now would be a useful time to learn.