path: root/album/palokrai-i.yaml

Album: Palokrai I
Date: December 23, 2010
Artists:
- Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.
Color: '#f14e54'
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/album/palokrai-i
Cover Artists:
- Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.
Default Track Cover Artists:
- Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.
Cover Art File Extension: png
Track Art File Extension: png
Groups:
- Fandom
Commentary: |-
    <i>Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/album/palokrai-i))

    This album is the first in a most likely large amount of albums.

    At first, I didn't think that I was capable of doing any music. But after so much time spent on Homestuck (hereby termed H/S) and hearing their own highly lucrative music (still unable to buy them despite having the money :[) {1} I thought, for the first time, that music may be something I can do.

    And in six months this happened.

    Palokrai, like a lot of things I do, will be in two. This is the first. Its serial number, No. 3.{01 ~ 13}.01, indicates its content, songs one to thirteen.

    [[album:palokrai-ii]] will have 13 songs as well, and should be available next June.

    I'll like to thank H/S in general and its constituent musicians for getting me to do this in the first place. I would have never gone this far to do so.

    {1} As funny as this looks, this isn't a semi-open interval. It's a square mouth followed by a parenthesis.

    <i>Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/album/palokrai-i))

    Inspired by H/S<br>
    Made possible by MuseScore and my unending bathroom composing sessions<br>
    Creation secured by the Pseudoans and their Invention Double Reacharound.

    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 10/1/2025)

    There's a nice bit of commentary on Palokrai that iso shared when we asked about [[track:maibasojen-lofam]], as featured on the very first Land of Fans and Music - the track was a total mystery to us before, and to various other avid fanmusic nerds, too. Go give that a read for some extra introduction, written in retrospect, if you'd like!

    All MuseScore project files were also shared with the wiki by the artist, on an as-is basis. These are from many years back, made in MuseScore 0.9, and might be a little finnicky opened in more recent versions. We opened all of them in MuseScore 2.1.0 apparently without issue. We've also exported PDFs of the sheet music, also using MuseScore 2. The .mscz files are all the originals. There are lots of alternate and earlier versions of tracks - they're a real delight to explore.

    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 9/16/2025)

    This album is dated on Bandcamp with a custom release date of 12/23/2010. As best we can figure from the internal data which Bandcamp makes available in any JavaScript console (`TralbumData.current.publish_date`), the album was actually first published twenty days earlier: 12/03/2010.

    Tracks across this album have custom release dates, which are visible on the track pages on Bandcamp, and reflected here, too. There are some asterisks: see [[track:istojabego]], [[track:cforenso-ii]], [[track:cforenso-iii]]. Also, the final track, [[track:vejisto]], has a notable publish_date, 12/23/2010 - the same as the album's custom release date. (The track is also custom release dated 12/23/2010, and its written lyrics are expressly set on that particular date.)

    All together, this suggests that the album initially had only twelve of its thirteen (main) tracks, and [[track:cforenso-ii]] and [[track:cforenso-iii]] were at the end of the album, the same as bonus tracks typically are. But the tracks still don't self-describe as "bonus tracks", so we're still describing them as just "hidden tracks" here. It's also possible that the album really was published on 12/23/2010 and Bandcamp's internal wires work some way we're not aware, hypothetically e.g. publish_date always recording the earliest publish date, even though an album was un- and later re-published. (That's speculation. We have no record to tell either way, for this album.)
---
Section: Main album
---
Track: Akdoyvonren
Date First Released: June 6, 2010
Duration: 2:13
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/akdoyvonren
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore export
  Files: [Akdoyvonren.pdf]
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 project
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer. This file was nested under two folders, instead of the usual one: "Akdoyvonren + Spinnoffs", then "Akdoyvonren-Original".
  Files: [Akdoyvonren.mscz]
Commentary: |-
    <i>Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/akdoyvonren))

    The first and foremost piece has two versions; this is the second of them.

    UCN/Index: No. 3.01.04.
---
Track: Baptikonyen
Date First Released: June 7, 2010
Duration: 1:14
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/baptikonyen
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore export
  Files: [Baptikonyen.pdf]
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 project
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer.
  Files: [Baptikonyen.mscz]
---
Track: Istojabeȝo
Directory: istojabego
Duration: 1:14
Date First Released: July 4, 2010
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/istojabe-o
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore exports
  Files:
  - Istojabeȝo-2.pdf
  - Istojabeo-2.pdf
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 projects
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer. The folder for this track came with three project files; "Istojabeȝo.mscz" is 5155 bytes but all zeros, probably a lost file. The two remaining files are mostly the same, with a moved "Fine" marker in "Istojabeo-2.mscz", dated from October instead of July.
  Files:
  - Istojabeȝo-2.mscz
  - Istojabeo-2.mscz
Commentary: |-
    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 9/16/2025)

    Most of Palokrai's tracks have custom release dates on Bandcamp, which we represent here, despite the tracks within the albums themselves actually being released all or almost all at once. This track is missing a custom release date! However, its lime label fits [[track:maibasojen-lofam|the numbering system]] used across Palokrai: 3.03.02 places it after 3.02.02 ([[track:baptikonyen|the previous track]]) and before 3.04.02 ([[track:saltovahr|the next track]]).

    Unfortunately, since the custom track dates on Bandcamp are the *only* source for these track dates (the numbering system does *not* represent specific dates, and the album was prepared on Bandcamp mostly after its tracks were created), the date used for this track is arbitrary. <s>So... this track has no date at all. Eep!</s>

    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 9/18/2025)

    We emailed the artist and received file-modification details for all the tracks from Palokrai I. Since there are multiple files for each track (including MP3, MuseScore, and occasionally alternate versions), there are also multiple dates. The clearest standouts are for <code class="filename">Istojabeȝo.mscz</code> (7/4/2025) and for <code class="filename">Istojabeȝo-2.mscz</code> (7/7/2025). Both of these place this track between the two adjacent ones, as expected. For the wiki we're using the first.
---
Track: Saltovahr
Date First Released: July 24, 2010
Duration: 2:09
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore exports
  Files:
  - Saltovahr.pdf
  - Saltovahr-2.pdf
  - GelsiSaltovahr.pdf
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 projects
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer. The third of these files is the latest, from October and December. The first one's titled "Saltovahr, Version 2.0"; the latter two are both "Saltovahr, Version 2.5".
  Files:
  - Saltovahr.mscz
  - Saltovahr-2.mscz
  - GelsiSaltovahr.mscz
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/saltovahr
---
Track: Xastorojo
Additional Names:
- Name: A Vaguely Romantic Duet with a Vaguely Alien Name
  Annotation: sheet music subtitle
Date First Released: August 5, 2010
Duration: 3:11
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore export
  Files: [Xastorojo.pdf]
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 project
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer. Though you can ignore and bypass it, there is a "file corrupted" warning opening this file.
  Files: [Xastorojo.mscz]
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/xastorojo
---
Track: Zerehanda
Date First Released: August 26, 2010
Duration: 2:01
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/zerehanda
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore exports
  Files:
  - Zerehenda-Preliminary.pdf
  - Zerehanda.pdf
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 projects
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer.
  Files:
  - Zerehenda-Preliminary.mscz
  - Zerehanda.mscz
Commentary: |-
    <i>Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/zerehanda))

    The very first using the pentatonic scale. I guess that should be poignant because I'm Chinese be begin with!
---
Track: Kastoronda
Date First Released: August 25, 2010
Duration: 1:37
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore export
  Files: [Kastoronda.pdf]
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 projects
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer.
  Files: [Kastoronda.mscz]
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/kastoronda
---
Track: Quensindara
Additional Names:
- Name: An agglutination of Three Pieces that Start with QU
  Annotation: sheet music subtitle
Date First Released: October 4, 2010
Duration: 3:13
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/quensindara
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore exports
  Files:
  - Quistrodose.pdf
  - Quelesósta 2.pdf
  - Quelesósta.pdf
  - Test.pdf
  - Quensindara.pdf
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 projects
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer. These files were nested variously, [[media:misc/quensindara-files.png|see image]]. Though you can ignore and bypass it, there are "file corrupted" warnings opening Quelesósta.mscz and Quensindara.mscz.
  Files:
  - Quistrodose.mscz
  - Quelesósta 2.mscz
  - Quelesósta.mscz
  - Test.mscz
  - Quensindara.mscz
Commentary: |-
    <i>Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/quensindara))

    This is a three-in-one medley consisting of Quistrodose, Quenzeyodu and Quelesósta.
---
Track: Degrutos
Date First Released: September 19, 2010
Duration: 1:33
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore export
  Files: [Degrutos.pdf]
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 projects
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer. Though you can ignore and bypass it, there is a "file corrupted" warning opening this file.
  Files: [Degrutos.mscz]
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/degrutos
---
Track: Galsordokan
Additional Names:
- Name: The Impossible Song
  Annotation: sheet music subtitle
Date First Released: October 8, 2010
Duration: 3:13
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore exports
  Files:
  - Galsordokan.pdf
  - Galsordokan-2.pdf
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 projects
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer.
  Files:
  - Galsordokan.mscz
  - Galsordokan-2.mscz
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/galsordokan
---
Track: Tikijona
Additional Names:
- Name: Almost Canon but not quite
  Annotation: sheet music subtitle
- Name: SesiTikijona
  Annotation: version with lyrics, title
- Name: Absolutely silly!
  Annotation: version with lyrics, subtitle
Date First Released: November 13, 2010
Duration: 3:49
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore exports
  Files:
  - Tikijona-Prelim.pdf
  - Tikijona-1.pdf
  - SesiTikijona.pdf
  - Tikijona - Copy.pdf
  - Tikijona.pdf
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 projects
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer. These files are all flat together, in one folder, sorted here by date modified (which lines up with apparent completion).
  Files:
  - Tikijona-Prelim.mscz
  - Tikijona-1.mscz
  - SesiTikijona.mscz
  - Tikijona - Copy.mscz
  - Tikijona.mscz
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/tikijona
Lyrics: |-
    <i>Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.:</i> (SesiTikijona sheet music)

    Sollux Captor was down the street one day when he tripped and fell into a manhole;
    In there he saw his friends Tavros and Feferi sitting alone in the dark for a while.
    He ask them what ii2 the matter with you guy2 you siit here doiing ab2olutely nothing
    Feferi said itś a sign and a certainty and all of them will fall w)(en this day ends.

    Sixteen people will fall down this manhole and no one can do anything about that
    Sixteen people will fall down this manhole and soon they will find out something no one knows!

    Not very long later Kanaya met the same fate that Sollux has befallen before;
    She too ask Whats Going On In Here and Feferi told her the whole thing.
    They sat in silence as they wait for next victim and soon Vriska tumbled down into the dark;
    Eridan Ampora fumbled down as well his scarf has a loose thread but it doesn't matter.

    Sixteen people will fall down this manhole and no one can do anything about that
    Sixteen people will fall down this manhole and soon they will find out something no one knows!

    The rest came down pretty quickly after all that Nepeta belly flopped into the dark;
    Karkat pushed Aradia down but snagged on a rock and he fell with her: 10 out of 10!
    Equius, idious wore his glasses on a dark day and broke yet more of his teeth;
    Gamzee and his Faygo simply floated down 'cos of all of his big mIrAcLeS.

    Sixteen people will fall down this manhole and no one can do anything about that
    Sixteen people will fall down this manhole and soon they will find out something no one knows!

    After Tereze came down with a flump the trolls thought who could be the remaining four;
    Sudden arrival of Mister John Egbert confirmed that this world is trying to screw them.
    Rose Lalonde came down with a flump as well followed swiftly by Dave Strider;
    Jade Harley flumped down too and with that all of the sixteen are present they started to walk.

    Sixteen people will fall down this manhole and no one can do anything about that
    Sixteen people will fall down this manhole and soon they will find out something no one knows!

    For fifteen minutes they walked down the samey old brick walls and damp floors and aligators;
    An hour passed and they saw some light and finally they found some unusual light.
    They found a glowing box and they blew it open and what they saw was a sight to behold;
    A letter; a letter an invitation of a new story that will start today.

    Sixteen people will fall down this manhole and no one can do anything about that
    Sixteen people will fall down this manhole and soon they will find out something no one knows!
---
Track: Cforenso
Additional Names:
- Name: Two Worlds
  Annotation: sheet music subtitle
Date First Released: December 2, 2010
Duration: 2:09
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/cforenso
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore export
  Files:
  - Cforenso.pdf
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 project
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer.
  Files:
  - Cforenso.mscz
---
Section: Hidden tracks
---
Track: Cforenso II
Additional Names:
- Name: 'Two Worlds: of which the Second'
  Annotation: sheet music subtitle
Date First Released: December 2, 2010
Duration: 2:09
Cover Art File Extension: jpg
Referenced Artworks:
- Cforenso
Referenced Tracks:
- Cforenso
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore export
  Files:
  - Cforenso II.pdf
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 project
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer. Though you can ignore and bypass it, there is a "file corrupted" warning opening this file.
  Files:
  - Cforenso II.mscz
Commentary: |-
    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 9/16/2025)

    Since these two tracks are hidden on Bandcamp and only available as part of the album download, they don't have custom on-site track release dates. However, the artwork for [[track:cforenso]] indicates multiple parts to Cforenso itself, <s>so we're going out on a limb and reusing the date for that track, here.</s>

    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 9/18/2025)

    We emailed the artist and received file-modification details for all the tracks from Palokrai I. The Cforenso tracks together have a handful of dates and files, sorted earliest to latest here:

    - 11/21/2020, 00:04:49 <code class="filename">CforensoP1.mp3</code>
    - 11/27/2010, 21:45:37 <code class="filename">CforensoP2.mp3</code>
    - 11/30/2010, 17:45:39 <code class="filename">Cforenso.mscz</code>
    - 11/30/2010, 19:07:24 <code class="filename">Cforenso.mp3</code>
    - 12/02/2010, 23:12:02 <code class="filename">Cforenso II.mscz</code>
    - 12/02/2010, 23:12:16 <code class="filename">Cforenso III.mscz</code>
    - 12/02/2010, 23:19:21 <code class="filename">Cforenso II.mp3</code>
    - 12/02/2010, 23:20:16 <code class="filename">Cforenso III.mp3</code>
    - 12/18/2010, 18:33:38 <code class="filename">Cforenso No Echo.mp3</code>

    It looks like these tracks were in continuous production for a week or two, and were finalized or exported more or less at the same time. That date is the same as [[track:cforenso]] is custom given on Bandcamp, so this affirms these tracks sharing the same date.
---
Track: Cforenso III
Additional Names:
- Name: The hidden Third
  Annotation: sheet music subtitle
Date First Released: December 2, 2010
Duration: 4:17
Cover Art File Extension: jpg
Referenced Artworks:
- Cforenso
- Cforenso II
Referenced Tracks:
- Cforenso
- Cforenso II
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore export
  Files:
  - Cforenso III.pdf
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 project
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer.
  Files:
  - Cforenso III.mscz
Commentary: |-
    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 9/16/2025)

    See [[track:cforenso-ii]]! Since the artwork for [[track:cforenso]] indicates multiple parts to Cforenso itself, we're reusing the date for that track, here.

    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 9/18/2025)

    File modification dates received from the artist also affirm these tracks sharing the same date.
---
Section: Main album, continued
---
Track: Vejisto
Additional Names:
- Name: Vejisto/December 23
  Annotation: sheet music title
- Name: Addressing a non-existent problem
  Annotation: sheet music subtitle
Duration: 6:02
URLs:
- https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/vejisto
Sheet Music Files:
- Title: MuseScore exports
  Files:
  - Vejisto - Prelim.pdf
  - Vejisto.pdf
MIDI Project Files:
- Title: MuseScore 0.9 projects
  Description: >-
    Shared with the wiki by the composer. Though you can ignore and bypass it, there is a "file corrupted" warning opening Vejisto.mscz.
  Files:
  - Vejisto - Prelim.mscz
  - Vejisto.mscz
Lyrics: |-
    <i>Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.:</i> ([artist's lyrics](https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/vejisto))

    Intro

    1 December 23rd, December 23rd,<br>
    There was a man inside a giant office building<br>
    Outside a light snow begins falling from the inky pitch black sky,<br>
    December 23rd, it's cold as cold can be.

    2 December 23rd, December 23rd,<br>
    It was a cold uncaring world out in the outside,<br>
    Inside was the same old coldness, yet another different kind,<br>
    December 23rd, what a life to be there.

    Chorus Where is the fairness of this world when you can't ever enjoy yourself,<br>
    Why can't they ever understand your prediactment,<br>
    Your collegues went off to everywhere leaving you all alone,<br>
    December 23rd, how it burns in your heart.

    3 December 23rd, 11:59,<br>
    He's tired and there's still much to do,<br>
    The pile of paperwork goes far beyond his ability,<br>
    He cannot take no more, he leaves without fanfare.

    \[[Chorus]]

    Solo

    \[[Chorus]]

    4 December 24th, December 24th,<br>
    He trudges up the same old giant office building,<br>
    When he got there he found that all his work had disappeared,<br>
    Replaced with a small note, with these words written down.

    5 My dear subordinate, I knew that you worked hard,<br>
    I've decided that you need a break that you deserve,<br>
    So I done all the work for you and now you can go home right now,<br>
    Don't worry about pay, you get it to. Yours, Boss.

    6 December 24th, December 24,<br>
    Maybe the world is not so cruel after all,<br>
    He thought as he drives home for his holiday has now begun,<br>
    December 24th, he's gonna have some fun.

    Outro
Commentary: |-
    <i>Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://isoraqathedh.bandcamp.com/track/vejisto))

    This is the first time I added any lyrics. Don't get to excited though -- I haven't sang any.