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  1. Album: Land of Fans and Music 5
  2. Directory: lofam5
  3. Date: December 19, 2021
  4. Date Added: April 13, 2022
  5. URLs:
  6. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-5
  7. Cover Artists:
  8. - Monckat
  9. Art Tags:
  10. - LoFaM
  11. Color: '#00E5A7'
  12. Groups:
  13. - Unofficial MSPA Fans
  14. - Fandom
  15. Commentary: |-
  16. <i>Makin:</i>
  17. Ok I don’t know how we’re gonna format this but I want to thank Gryotharian and Monckat for doing an absolutely amazing job getting track art done for every remaining track in like, a week. That’s 26 and 17 arts respectively! They can be said unironically to have saved the art part of this album.
  18. The other artists are fine too but they didn’t make 17 track arts and that’s the cutoff for being personally mentioned…
  19. <i>Ucklin:</i>
  20. Thanks: Circlejourney and Makin for helping with management and organization, Kanishka for working a lot to get the booklet ready, Gryotharian for giving feedback to almost every song on the spreadsheet, and everyone else on the team who took on roles to help us get this out in addition to their music and art contributions! Also, everyone who tuned in to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz6uitzoTgU">the livestream</a>.
  21. I thought this would definitely be our final album going in, but now I don’t feel so sure. It really was a team effort, so thank you everyone!
  22. <i>Circlejourney:</i>
  23. (<i>alternate album art</i>)
  24. <img src="media/misc/LOFAM_sketch_paint.jpg" width="400" height="400">
  25. Banner Artists:
  26. - Monckat
  27. - Niklink (edits for wiki)
  28. Cover Art File Extension: png
  29. Banner Dimensions: 1100x180
  30. Banner File Extension: png
  31. Wallpaper Artists:
  32. - Monckat
  33. Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.9;'
  34. Wallpaper File Extension: png
  35. Track Art File Extension: png
  36. Additional Files:
  37. - Title: Bandcamp Banner and Background
  38. Files:
  39. - banner.png
  40. - bg.jpg
  41. ---
  42. Track: Skaian Spirograph
  43. Artists:
  44. - WarxTron
  45. Duration: '2:56'
  46. URLs:
  47. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-spirograph
  48. Cover Artists:
  49. - Circlejourney
  50. Art Tags:
  51. - John
  52. - Rose
  53. - Skaia
  54. Referenced Tracks:
  55. - track:skies-of-skaia
  56. Commentary: |-
  57. <i>Warxtron:</i>
  58. A Skaia song originally made for Haeldral's Felt Mansion 2. One of the two final Homestuck songs I made. I wanted it to sound pretty but epic like Skaia itself but without using the same [[track:skies-of-skaia|Skies of Skaia]] leitmotif as always.
  59. <i>Circlejourney:</i>
  60. Skaia has such pretty colours, I wanted to capture that.
  61. ---
  62. Track: Spacetime Starstriker
  63. Artists:
  64. - Cryptanark
  65. Duration: '2:19'
  66. URLs:
  67. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/spacetime-starstriker
  68. Cover Artists:
  69. - avocado
  70. Art Tags:
  71. - Rose
  72. Referenced Tracks:
  73. - track:doctor
  74. - Gaia Queen
  75. - track:in-the-beginning-canwc
  76. - Muse of Nanchos
  77. - track:aggrieve
  78. - Midnight Suffer
  79. - RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme
  80. Sampled Tracks:
  81. - Bowman's Credit Score
  82. - RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
  83. - track:next-arrow
  84. - GameBro (Original 1990 Mix)
  85. Lyrics: |-
  86. G-G-G-GET REKT
  87. (I'm-)
  88. (Next arrow.)
  89. D-D-D-D-DO IT!
  90. Commentary: |-
  91. <i>Cryptanark:</i>
  92. I made this track in 2017, during high school. Now I’m about to graduate from college. Isn’t that surprising? Time flies.
  93. Spacetime Starstriker was also the second track of its original release platform. It was first published through a different music team (am I allowed to name CANMT here?). At the time, I think I was mainly excited about the track’s aggressive time signature changes.
  94. Over the years, I’ve assembled a laundry list of things I’d change in the piece if I were to start again from scratch. But I’m still proud of the original product, and grateful for the reception thus far. I feel content with this being my last major contribution to the HS fanmusic space. For the time being.
  95. Many of the motifs and quotes in this track are lifted from CANMT tracks. What a fun group! Those folks helped me get into music-making in the first place, and I most certainly would not be here without them. I encourage you to check out some of the more experimental albums we released. They’re more interesting to me than the Greatest Hits compilations, anyhow.
  96. ---
  97. Track: Post-Ironic Radical Child Abuse Anthem
  98. Artists:
  99. - Gryotharian
  100. Duration: '1:57'
  101. URLs:
  102. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/post-ironic-radical-child-abuse-anthem
  103. Cover Artists:
  104. - Gryotharian
  105. Art Tags:
  106. - Dave's bro
  107. Referenced Tracks:
  108. - track:beatdown-strider-style
  109. - Cascade (Beta)
  110. - vs bros
  111. - track:sburban-jungle
  112. Sampled Tracks:
  113. - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
  114. - uh oh
  115. - TEETH AND BLOOD
  116. - hurt2.wav
  117. - Sega Jingle
  118. - Tekkno Pigeon
  119. - All Minions Go To Hell Main Title Theme
  120. - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  121. Lyrics: |-
  122. (Suspect armed with skateboard, requesting backup.)
  123. (dave im going to eat ur baby)
  124. (HIT IT.) (Oo!)
  125. SEEEEEGAAAAA! (HIT IT.)
  126. (Shit!)
  127. Commentary: |-
  128. <i>Gryotharian:</i>
  129. I held a poll among friends for the title of this song, but I couldn’t pick a favorite even after the results were in so i just tried to mash all of them into one title. It worked… alright. The original plan for the song was just going to be a straightforward beatdown remix, but I liked what I made too much to relegate it to that, and also really wanted to reference [[album:the-baby-is-you|The Baby Is You]], so thus was born this shitpost of a song.
  130. I hope the art reflects that energy too. I’ve been told I have a particular talent for ironically bad masterpieces.
  131. ---
  132. Track: InterNep
  133. Artists:
  134. - Tee-vee
  135. Duration: '5:17'
  136. URLs:
  137. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/internep
  138. Cover Artists:
  139. - Gryotharian
  140. Cover Art File Extension: jpg
  141. Art Tags:
  142. - Nepeta
  143. - Equius
  144. Referenced Tracks:
  145. - Olive Rogue
  146. - Walls Covered in Blood
  147. Sampled Tracks:
  148. - Fox Hunt (1996) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGF7cehJkWQ&t=3730s
  149. - OUR $3,400,000 MANSION! (House Tour)
  150. - Louis Cole Drum Beat Tutorials
  151. - Chats, Kwiskas
  152. Lyrics: |-
  153. (Internyet.)
  154. (So what I do is I fill up these buckets and mail them to the government.)
  155. (Les chats c'est vraiment des branleurs.) (<i>Cats are truly wankers.</i>)
  156. Commentary: |-
  157. <i>Tee-vee:</i>
  158. Originally named "Nepcafé", ideas for this song came from wondering how the cat sample from Mario Paint Composer would fare as a funny resonant acid 303 style sound, and puns with "Net" and "Nep". At some point I was reminded of rave and scene aesthetic Nepeta headcanons/AUs etc, loved that and thought it was the best track to riff off from that ! Even though I was inspired by Nepeta I think it could very much fit Meulin as well, it's a very Leijon track in my mind.
  159. <i>Gryotharian:</i>
  160. <img src="media/misc/internep-top-nep.png" width="117" height="134"> I'm sorry for my sins
  161. ---
  162. Track: 'Princess Berryboo and Her Orchestra Present "Friendship is Paramount" ft.
  163. Squishy Tentacle On Piano'
  164. Artists:
  165. - Aradiawithgeese
  166. Duration: '3:44'
  167. URLs:
  168. - >-
  169. https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/princess-berryboo-and-her-orchestra-present-friendship-is-paramount-ft-squishy-tentacle-on-piano
  170. Cover Artists:
  171. - Gryotharian
  172. Art Tags:
  173. - MSPA Reader
  174. - Squiddles
  175. Referenced Tracks:
  176. - Friendship is Paramount
  177. Commentary: |-
  178. <i>Aradiawithgeese:</i>
  179. This one I actually wrote a while ago. At this point I was just challenging myself to make as many homestuck covers in as many different styles as I could and I think this one is particularly special. Squiddles were already one of my favorite little lore spirals from homestuck so to be able to put a little bit more AU weirdness is something Im honored to be able to do.
  180. ---
  181. Track: On an Island Far Away
  182. Directory: on-an-island-far-away-lofam
  183. Artists:
  184. - Circlejourney
  185. Contributors:
  186. - Funk McLovin (trumpet)
  187. Duration: '3:41'
  188. URLs:
  189. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/on-an-island-far-away
  190. Cover Artists:
  191. - paging_possum
  192. Art Tags:
  193. - Jade
  194. - Becquerel
  195. - Frog Temple
  196. - Earth
  197. Referenced Tracks:
  198. - track:on-an-island-far-away
  199. Commentary: "<i>Circlejourney:</i>\nA track about Jade before SBURB, when she was\
  200. \ just a girl playing with her (teleporting space) dog. Jade's story always captivated\
  201. \ me—the way her life was idyllic, lonely, triumphant and tragic in turns. It's\
  202. \ one of my favourite parts of Homestuck, and I wanted to pay her a little tribute.\
  203. \ I included her theme instruments, the flute and bass, as well as howling SFX\
  204. \ in reference to Bec. Many thanks to [[artist:funk-mclovin|FunkMcLovin]] for playing trumpet on the track. "
  205. ---
  206. Track: 24/7 lo fi anime beats to achieve your destiny to
  207. Artists:
  208. - FrostyMac
  209. Duration: '3:02'
  210. URLs:
  211. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/24-7-lo-fi-anime-beats-to-achieve-your-destiny-to
  212. Cover Artists:
  213. - Gryotharian
  214. Art Tags:
  215. - John
  216. - Cats
  217. Referenced Tracks:
  218. - Penumbra Phantasm
  219. - track:doctor
  220. - track:heir-of-grief
  221. - Moshi Moshi?
  222. Commentary: |-
  223. <i>FrostyMac:</i>
  224. I was messing around with this drumkit and it just kinda turned into this.
  225. <i>Gryotharian:</i>
  226. Yeah I don’t think I had another option I had to draw this.
  227. ---
  228. Track: Alpha Admission
  229. Directory: alpha-admission-lofam5
  230. Originally Released As: track:alpha-admission
  231. Artists:
  232. - Pascal van den Bos
  233. Duration: '3:47'
  234. URLs:
  235. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alpha-admission
  236. Cover Artists:
  237. - Monckat
  238. Art Tags:
  239. - Dirk
  240. - Kate's dad (Desynced)
  241. - Imperial Drones
  242. - Earth
  243. - 'cw: blood (abstract)'
  244. - 'cw: body horror (abstract)'
  245. Referenced Tracks:
  246. - Temporal Guardian
  247. - Cooldown
  248. - Daughter
  249. Commentary: |-
  250. <i>Monckat:</i>
  251. In a cross-multiversal display of brotherhood among shades-wearing anime swordsmen, Dirk and Kate’s dad (from [[group:desynced]]) chop up some goons. As a certified MSPFA addict I couldn’t pass up a chance to give an excellent fanventure a shoutout in the art for this track (which originated in its OST).
  252. ---
  253. Track: Cut the Chain
  254. Artists:
  255. - Sylvarn
  256. Duration: '4:07'
  257. URLs:
  258. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cut-the-chain
  259. Cover Artists:
  260. - Monckat
  261. Art Tags:
  262. - Jack Noir
  263. - Prospit
  264. - Skaia
  265. Referenced Tracks:
  266. - Prospit Dreamers
  267. - Cascade (Beta)
  268. - Midnight
  269. Commentary: |-
  270. <i>Sylvarn:</i>
  271. believe me, if I didn’t know what I was doing nearly 2 years ago when I made this, I sure don’t when I’m writing this commentary. I liked the melody so I made a song, duh
  272. <i>Monckat:</i>
  273. Jack Noir decides Prospit didn’t need its moon anyway. I tried my best to convey Noir’s speed, as well as the scale and chonk of those massive golden chains. And yes the chains really are that long in canon please don’t go check
  274. ---
  275. Track: Firefly Storm
  276. Artists:
  277. - Astro Kid
  278. Duration: '6:46'
  279. URLs:
  280. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/firefly-storm
  281. Cover Artists:
  282. - nagunkgunk
  283. Art Tags:
  284. - John
  285. - LoWaS
  286. Referenced Tracks:
  287. - Firefly Cloud
  288. Commentary: |-
  289. <i>Makin:</i>
  290. As always, Astro Kid manages to turn any track into a rave-worthy bop, no matter how melancholic the original is. This used to be a lost track, and I might have never heard it if Rafe Saltman hadn’t reuploaded it on Youtube, so he deserves our thanks. This art piece was actually inspired by the track a few months after it was made, so I contacted the artist to finally make it official, half a decade later.
  291. ---
  292. Track: Urban Jungle
  293. Artists:
  294. - FrostyMac
  295. Duration: '3:01'
  296. URLs:
  297. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/urban-jungle
  298. Cover Artists:
  299. - V-6
  300. Art Tags:
  301. - June
  302. - Rose
  303. - Dave
  304. - Jade
  305. - John
  306. - Earth
  307. Referenced Tracks:
  308. - track:sburban-jungle
  309. Commentary: |-
  310. <i>FrostyMac:</i>
  311. This song was made up on the spot note-by-note, but I think it turned out well.
  312. ---
  313. Track: Spritely Gardener
  314. Artists:
  315. - Andrew "Rainy" Obeng
  316. Duration: '3:19'
  317. URLs:
  318. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/spritely-gardener
  319. Cover Artists:
  320. - Chesswanderlust-sama
  321. Art Tags:
  322. - Jade
  323. - Jadesprite
  324. - Earth
  325. Referenced Tracks:
  326. - Jadesprite
  327. - The Beginning of Something Really Excellent
  328. - Courser
  329. - Carefree Action
  330. - Snowfall
  331. - Blue Atom
  332. - Softly
  333. Commentary: |-
  334. <i>Andrew "Rainy" Obeng:</i>
  335. This song is is a redo of my very first piece of homestuck fanmusic I ever did. I wanted a remix of a lesser known homestuck song so I decided to do a remix of Toby Fox's [[Jadesprite]].
  336. ---
  337. Track: Special Delivery
  338. Artists:
  339. - Kanishka
  340. Duration: '3:20'
  341. URLs:
  342. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/special-delivery
  343. Cover Artists:
  344. - Circlejourney
  345. Art Tags:
  346. - PM
  347. - Ruined Earth
  348. Referenced Tracks:
  349. - White
  350. - Double Midnight
  351. - Flight of the White Wolf
  352. - Unsheath'd
  353. Commentary: "<i>Kanishka:</i>\nLiberty. Reason. Justice. Civility. Edification. Perfection.\
  354. \ <u>MAIL.</u>\n<i>Circlejourney:</i>\nI listened to the track and just needed\
  355. \ to draw PM with the sentry worm. "
  356. ---
  357. Track: Sunriser
  358. Artists:
  359. - Kusoro
  360. Duration: '3:16'
  361. URLs:
  362. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunriser
  363. Cover Artists:
  364. - Monckat
  365. Art Tags:
  366. - Earth
  367. Referenced Tracks:
  368. - Sunsetter
  369. - Skaian Summoning
  370. - Penumbra Phantasm
  371. - track:MeGaLoVania
  372. - Ascend
  373. - track:conflict
  374. Sampled Tracks:
  375. - '???'
  376. Commentary: |-
  377. <i>Monckat:</i>
  378. The crimson glow of the rising sun falls across the Strider apartment complex, and it looks like Dave’s pulled an all-nighter working on his jams. His neighbors must love him. I made this art pretty quickly but I’m proud of it all the same, managed to capture some vibes.
  379. ---
  380. Track: Aggrieve (Knightcore Mix)
  381. Artists:
  382. - cookiefonster
  383. Duration: '1:53'
  384. URLs:
  385. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-knightcore-mix
  386. Cover Artists:
  387. - Gryotharian
  388. Art Tags:
  389. - Rose
  390. - Doc Scratch
  391. - Kanaya
  392. Referenced Tracks:
  393. - track:aggrieve
  394. Commentary: "<i>cookiefonster:</i>\nAnother song from the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]],\
  395. \ this time for their final album: cool and new volume 3. I pretty much barfed\
  396. \ [[track:aggrieve]] onto Famitracker, changed some chords here and there, and\
  397. \ that's that. I think it came out pretty good.\n<i>Gryotharian:</i>\nUpon Makin’s\
  398. \ suggestion, someone needed to make the art for this Rose pondering her orb.\
  399. \ And that someone was me. I like to think she does this regularly. Has a special\
  400. \ room in her house just for Orb Pondering. And Kanaya just has to deal with it. "
  401. ---
  402. Track: Dreamers
  403. Artists:
  404. - Scorpyus
  405. Duration: '5:29'
  406. URLs:
  407. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dreamers
  408. Cover Artists:
  409. - Gryotharian
  410. Art Tags:
  411. - Dave
  412. - Derse
  413. Referenced Tracks:
  414. - track:atomyk-ebonpyre
  415. - It Looks Back
  416. Commentary: "<i>Scorpyus:</i>\nI did my best to capture the dreamy feeling of the\
  417. \ moons with the slightly sinister undertones. Originally started out as [[Prospit\
  418. \ Dreamers|\"Prospit Dreamer\"]] funnily enough, but then I added the [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre]]\
  419. \ motif and I decided it might fit better as just a track for both the moons.\n\
  420. <i>Gryotharian:</i>\nI originally had very different art in mind for this track,\
  421. \ but every time I heard it, it made me think of someone falling through the center\
  422. \ of Derse. The use of the [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre]] motif decided that that person\
  423. \ would be Dave, and while it didn’t really end up being the center of the planet,\
  424. \ I feel like I captured the vibe well enough. "
  425. ---
  426. Track: F∞ クライミング『CLIMBING』
  427. Artists:
  428. - SplitSuns
  429. Duration: '2:50'
  430. URLs:
  431. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/f-climbing
  432. Cover Artists:
  433. - SplitSuns
  434. Art Tags:
  435. - LoLaR
  436. Referenced Tracks:
  437. - Climbing to Infinity
  438. - track:endless-climb
  439. Commentary: |-
  440. <i>Makin:</i>
  441. This track originates from CANWAVE 3, a vaporwave album for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]]. Yes, we cursed the world with three of them, but it was all worth it if only for this SplitSuns track. For the less leitmotif-aware, this is a take on [[track:endless-climb]] by [[artist:buzinkai]]. Rest in peace.
  442. ---
  443. Track: Pipe Dream
  444. Artists:
  445. - Kanishka
  446. Duration: '4:51'
  447. URLs:
  448. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pipe-dream
  449. Cover Artists:
  450. - Skyplayer
  451. Art Tags:
  452. - LoWaS
  453. Referenced Tracks:
  454. - Litrichean Rioghail
  455. - Firefly Cloud
  456. Commentary: |-
  457. <i>Skyplayer:</i>
  458. You know that old Windows screensaver? No no, not the flying toasters. No, not the maze one! I mean that one that your teachers always used so you just stared at it all period instead of getting work done. Yes, with the pipes! This is that but LOWAS, and also taking 20 minutes to render a frame instead of whatever fps the old screensaver ran at. The cost of beauty. It's an honor to make art for a LOFAM album, I've been listening to the older ones since I was a teenager. You could say that with this art I fulfilled a Pipe Dream.
  459. ---
  460. Track: Stab - Stab - Stab
  461. Artists:
  462. - Interrobang
  463. Duration: '3:56'
  464. URLs:
  465. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/stab-stab-stab
  466. Cover Artists:
  467. - Gryotharian
  468. Art Tags:
  469. - Jack Noir
  470. - Lord English
  471. Referenced Tracks:
  472. - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E)
  473. - Rain
  474. - Flare
  475. - LRAD
  476. - PLUR Police
  477. - Boss Mode
  478. - Destroy Them With Lazers
  479. - Bad Apple!!
  480. - My Sharona
  481. Commentary: |-
  482. <i>Interrobang:</i>
  483. I made this track for the C[[group:canmt|ool and New Music Team]] Felt/Midnight Crew album circa 2018 or so, and it was nominated for “the next LOFAM” long before any actual prep for this album had really started. I actually requested it be taken off of LOFAM5 because I felt it didn’t meet my standards anymore, but due to a miscommunication it stayed on. I found this out about 15 minutes before the release stream, which is happening as I type this - Album is sounding great, y’all! Anyway, hope it sounds better to you than it does to me.
  484. ---
  485. Track: A Dream Of Broken Clocks
  486. Artists:
  487. - Gryotharian
  488. Duration: '6:31'
  489. URLs:
  490. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-dream-of-broken-clocks
  491. Cover Artists:
  492. - Gryotharian
  493. Cover Art File Extension: jpg
  494. Art Tags:
  495. - Doc Scratch
  496. - Felt Manor
  497. Referenced Tracks:
  498. - English
  499. - WORST END
  500. - The Puppetmaster
  501. Commentary: |-
  502. <i>Gryotharian:</i>
  503. This is a really weird one for me. Originally, I started out with the intention to do a remastered and updated version of my track “[[The Puppetmaster]]” from our previous release [[album:friendsymphony|Friendsymphony]], but slowly, I came to realize that the remaster kind of sucked, and all traces of it were eventually wiped from this track. The intro (can you call it in intro if it’s more than half the song?) came to me about half a year after the main body of the song, it was the first thing I ever recorded vocals for, and may well be the last. Not much point in putting lyrics down though, cause all they are is “ooOOOOooo”. I was listening to a lot of Colin Stetson’s music during the time I made it so that probably played some influence in it. Then another half year after that I replaced the main body of the song too, because after listening to it with fresh ears, it was kind of a discordant mess. I kept the original idea behind [[The Puppetmaster]], a distorted mix of [[WORST END|Worst End]] and [[English]], but that’s about it. I might release that version eventually, but it won’t be on this album.
  504. This was some of the first non-pixel digital art I ever did, and for that, I think it turned out pretty well. However, I had a real knack for doing things the hardest possible way, and oh my god, I never want to draw another clock again. I did all of this, with a keyboard and trackpad, on a free trial for a photoshop knockoff. That wallpaper? I didn’t figure out how to use the copy-paste tool properly, and had to manually put in every detail on it. This was a nightmare to complete, (albeit a nightmare of my own making), so you all had better appreciate it.
  505. ---
  506. Track: Black (Electro Swing Remix)
  507. Artists:
  508. - Spad3s
  509. Duration: '2:55'
  510. URLs:
  511. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-electro-swing-remix
  512. Cover Artists:
  513. - J-Airshiper
  514. Cover Art File Extension: jpg
  515. Art Tags:
  516. - Jack Noir
  517. - 'cw: blood'
  518. Referenced Tracks:
  519. - track:black
  520. Commentary: |-
  521. <i>Makin:</i>
  522. The art for this track is actually <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okTNlwSViX8">a video</a>, so I had to combine a few frames into one, but you can probably get the gist. Damn it Bandcamp, add APNG support already.
  523. ---
  524. Track: Dance of Entropy
  525. Artists:
  526. - Gryotharian
  527. Duration: '2:08'
  528. URLs:
  529. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-entropy
  530. Cover Artists:
  531. - Gryotharian
  532. Art Tags:
  533. - Snowman
  534. - Jack Noir
  535. Commentary: |-
  536. <i>Gryotharian:</i>
  537. I was surprised by how fast everyone loved this track. I think this is the only one that I didn’t have to make any edits to after submitting it, and it’s one of my oldest submissions too, I made this well over a year ago. Very briefly, it was going to be a Vriska and Eridan track, using all different instruments, but it wasn’t working well, and as soon as I switched it to the piano samples, the rest of the song just basically created itself, becoming a whole new vibe that was very The Felt, and not at all Vriska and Eridan.
  538. ---
  539. Track: Furthest Ringside
  540. Artists:
  541. - Monckat
  542. Duration: '2:38'
  543. URLs:
  544. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/furthest-ringside
  545. Cover Artists:
  546. - Monckat
  547. Art Tags:
  548. - Rose
  549. - Dave
  550. - Horrorterrors
  551. - Derse
  552. Referenced Tracks:
  553. - Switchback
  554. - track:upward-movement-dave-owns
  555. - Core of Darkness
  556. - Ace of Trump
  557. - track:frost-vol6
  558. - At The Price of Oblivion
  559. - track:endless-climb
  560. Commentary: "<i>Monckat:</i>\nA track vaguely themed around Dave, Rose, Derse, and\
  561. \ the lovely eldritch horrors next door. For the most part it emerged from wanting\
  562. \ to remix some lesser-utilized themes such as [[Switchback]], [[Ace of Trump]],\
  563. \ and [[At The Price of Oblivion]].\nRose and Dave chilling on Derse, with some\
  564. \ horrorterrors looming above. (I’ve taken some artistic liberties with the horrorterrors,\
  565. \ in being conjoined into a single mass they kinda resemble the horrorterrors\
  566. \ in my fanventure The Tapestry more than canon Homestuck ones) "
  567. ---
  568. Track: Wayward
  569. Artists:
  570. - Shwan
  571. Duration: '3:06'
  572. URLs:
  573. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wayward
  574. Cover Artists:
  575. - Monckat
  576. Art Tags:
  577. - WV
  578. - Ruined Earth
  579. Referenced Tracks:
  580. - track:upward-movement-dave-owns
  581. - track:endless-climb
  582. Commentary: "<i>Shwan:</i>\nI made this during a recent re-reading of Homestuck and\
  583. \ the upward drumbeat was really catchy and a bop and I wanted to make something\
  584. \ with it. (Hey, maybe WV finds Dave’s turntables and Rose’s violin) \n<i>Monckat:</i>\n\
  585. The Wayward Vagabond seems to have stumbled across the ruins of the NYC Skaianet\
  586. \ Headquarters. And it seems there’s an enticing, delicious green light inside.\
  587. \ Will we ever see what he finds in there? (well none of this is officially canon,\
  588. \ so probably not) "
  589. ---
  590. Track: Upon Whom Sacrifice Calls
  591. Artists:
  592. - Sylvarn
  593. Duration: '4:25'
  594. URLs:
  595. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/upon-whom-sacrifice-calls
  596. Cover Artists:
  597. - Awkward
  598. Art Tags:
  599. - The Psiioniic
  600. - 'cw: body horror'
  601. Commentary: |-
  602. <i>Sylvarn:</i>
  603. Okay so I was like what if I could get the same vibe as [[Gold Pilot]] but not be an exact remix, then I zoned out for 30 hours and this was on my computer.
  604. ---
  605. Track: Sun and Setter
  606. Artists:
  607. - Pascal van den Bos
  608. Duration: '1:29'
  609. URLs:
  610. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sun-and-setter
  611. Cover Artists:
  612. - Circlejourney
  613. Art Tags:
  614. - Dave
  615. - Davesprite
  616. - Earth
  617. Referenced Tracks:
  618. - Sunsetter
  619. Commentary: |-
  620. <i>Circlejourney:</i>
  621. What a rad track! I'm not sure what the original [[Sunsetter]] is about, so I took a cue from the track art fan anthology piece for [[Sunsetter]], and also the backup art choice for this track.
  622. ---
  623. Track: Hippocampus Sea
  624. Artists:
  625. - Levc
  626. Duration: '3:20'
  627. URLs:
  628. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hippocampus-sea
  629. Cover Artists:
  630. - Circlejourney
  631. Art Tags:
  632. - Eridan's lusus
  633. - Alternia
  634. Referenced Tracks:
  635. - Science Seahorse
  636. Commentary: "<i>Levc:</i>\nInspired by the short cover of [[Science Seahorse|science\
  637. \ seahorse]] from [[Rainbow Rumpus Partytown|the medley]] tee-vee did some time\
  638. \ ago (go check it out if you haven’t already), I just wanted to try and do a\
  639. \ short, simple and sweet remix of the song! (that’s really it).\nThe magic of\
  640. \ this track relies on me combining stuff that sounds, at least to me, relaxing.\
  641. \ Just let the ambience kick in while your seahorse lusus just, vibes at your\
  642. \ side…\nAlso this tracks makes me want to eat ice cream for some reason. "
  643. ---
  644. Track: She's a D8ddy L8ng L8gs
  645. Artists:
  646. - Mathias Ramalho
  647. Duration: '5:31'
  648. URLs:
  649. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shes-a-d8ddy-l8ng-l8gs
  650. Cover Artists:
  651. - Scarodactyl
  652. Art Tags:
  653. - Vriska
  654. - Jack Noir
  655. - DD
  656. - CD
  657. - HB
  658. - Felt Manor
  659. Referenced Tracks:
  660. - She's a Sp8der
  661. - Pumpkin Cravings
  662. - track:MeGaLoVania
  663. - Spider8ite!!!!!!!!
  664. - Die.
  665. Commentary: |-
  666. <i>Makin:</i>
  667. I believe this time it’s best to let the art speak for itself.
  668. ---
  669. Track: King Crab
  670. Artists:
  671. - $C4RL3TT
  672. Duration: '2:12'
  673. URLs:
  674. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/king-crab
  675. Cover Artists:
  676. - Gryotharian
  677. Art Tags:
  678. - Karkat
  679. Referenced Tracks:
  680. - track:crustacean
  681. Commentary: |-
  682. <i>Makin:</i>
  683. Damn did you know this track references “[[track:crustacean]]” by [[group:toby-fox|Toby “Radiation” Fox]]???
  684. ---
  685. Track: ALIVE
  686. Artists:
  687. - heir-of-puns
  688. Duration: '3:31'
  689. URLs:
  690. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alive
  691. Cover Artists:
  692. - Circlejourney
  693. Art Tags:
  694. - Aradia
  695. Referenced Tracks:
  696. - Temporal Shenanigans
  697. - track:old-secret
  698. - Rust Apocalypse
  699. - track:MeGaLoVania
  700. Sampled Tracks:
  701. - Temporal Shenanigans
  702. Lyrics: "Going around, going around, going around, going around\nGoing around, going\
  703. \ around, going around, going around\nGoing around, going around, going around,\
  704. \ going around\nNot in circles but in spirographs\n\nFrom now on I know I'll be\
  705. \ more careful where I tread\nI'm alive, I'm smiling, I'm so tired of being dead "
  706. Commentary: "<i>heir-of-puns:</i>\n[[Temporal Shenanigans]] was the first homestuck\
  707. \ song I ever heard outside of the comic, and it's how I first discovered the\
  708. \ full hs music library. Been wanting to do some sort of tribute to it for a long\
  709. \ time. (I also just really really love Aradia)\n<i>Circlejourney:</i>\nThinking\
  710. \ on the inspirations of the track, I wanted the artwork to show Aradia before\
  711. \ and after coming back to life, and the change in her disposition. "
  712. ---
  713. Track: Blood Rite
  714. Artists:
  715. - Scorpyus
  716. Duration: '6:13'
  717. URLs:
  718. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blood-rite
  719. - https://youtu.be/6SEARQyWZ5s
  720. Cover Artists:
  721. - swanfire
  722. Cover Art File Extension: jpg
  723. Art Tags:
  724. - The Condesce
  725. - The Handmaid
  726. - 'cw: blood'
  727. Referenced Tracks:
  728. - English
  729. - Alternia
  730. - 'BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!'
  731. - Terezi's Theme
  732. - '>>DiscThree<<'
  733. Sampled Tracks:
  734. - '>>DiscThree<<'
  735. Commentary: "<i>Scorpyus:</i>\nStarted when I decided the [[track:discthree|Disc 3]]\
  736. \ transition i’d made for [[album:friendsymphony|Friendsymphony]] deserved a full\
  737. \ song. I’ve always loved the whole Alternian vibes, the hemospectrum and the\
  738. \ high bloods and especially and so I decided to make a song about it. I did my\
  739. \ best to capture in the song the grandness of Alternia, its sinister nature,\
  740. \ and Doc Scratch’s effect on the planet and this is what I got.I spent a while\
  741. \ trying to come up with a name and eventually landed on either Blood Rite or\
  742. \ Blood Right, either way it’s sort of a pun so take that how you will. \n<i>swanfire:</i>\n\
  743. Decided to focus on the handmaid and the condesce because of the female laughs\
  744. \ in the track and also because they basically shaped the blood based society\
  745. \ of alternia as it is. With a little nod to doc scratch through the handmaid. "
  746. ---
  747. Track: Madame Controversielle 2
  748. Artists:
  749. - cookiefonster
  750. Duration: '2:43'
  751. URLs:
  752. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/madame-controversielle-2
  753. Cover Artists:
  754. - Gryotharian
  755. Art Tags:
  756. - Vriska
  757. - Karkat
  758. - Terezi
  759. Referenced Tracks:
  760. - Madame Controversielle
  761. Commentary: |-
  762. <i>cookiefonster:</i>
  763. If you remember my song "[[track:the-gemoni-mustard-blood-lofam4|The Gemoni Mustard Blood]]" from [[album:lofam4|LOFAM4]], that was originally from an old [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team (CANMT)]] album I made back in 2016 called "[[album:of-troles-and-chiptumes|Of Troles and Chiptumes]]". While I had a lot of fun making that album, over the years I've come to regard its composition and instrumentation as somewhat amateurish; I was still rather new to Famitracker, the software I used to make all those songs.
  764. While I had at one point wanted to remake the entire album using the chiptune skills I know today, the only song I ever ended up remaking was "[[Madame Controversielle]]", the album's song for Vriska. The remake was put on the CANMT album "troleplanet", and the reasoning behind its title was simply to take the original one and slap a 2 on it! So yes, there is indeed a Madame Controversielle 1, but I really don't get why you would want to listen to it over this version.
  765. <i>Gryotharian:</i>
  766. I’m not sure about how this one turned out. All the chiptune and vriska definitely made me think of like, a retro game player select screen, so I went back to my old pixel art style, and tried to fill it with the most vriska that vriska could vriska. But it had been a while since I was working with plain pixel art again, and that probably shows.
  767. ---
  768. Track: Anamnesis
  769. Artists:
  770. - Kanishka
  771. Duration: '3:58'
  772. URLs:
  773. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/anamnesis
  774. Cover Artists:
  775. - ricemilk
  776. Art Tags:
  777. - Vriska
  778. - Jack Noir
  779. - Green Sun
  780. Referenced Tracks:
  781. - Vriska's Theme
  782. - Underfoot
  783. - Dreamers and The Dead
  784. - Cascade (Beta)
  785. - Cobalt Thief
  786. - Superego
  787. ---
  788. Track: Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse (Cement City Remix)
  789. Artists:
  790. - Cement City
  791. Duration: '4:22'
  792. URLs:
  793. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-party-in-sea-hitlers-water-apocalypse-cement-city-remix
  794. Cover Artists:
  795. - dodostad
  796. Art Tags:
  797. - The Condesce
  798. Referenced Tracks:
  799. - Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse
  800. Sampled Tracks:
  801. - meow
  802. Lyrics: |-
  803. Go, go, go, go!
  804. Go, go, go, go!
  805. Go, go, go, go!
  806. Go, go, go, go!
  807. Commentary: |-
  808. <i>Makin:</i>
  809. When I first heard the original version of the song, I didn’t immediately think dubstep would be a good fit, but I think [[artist:cement-city]] has proved us all wrong.
  810. ---
  811. Track: Rex Duodecim Angelus (Remix)
  812. Artists:
  813. - Artisticpolo
  814. Duration: '3:20'
  815. URLs:
  816. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-angelus-remix
  817. Cover Artists:
  818. - Gryotharian
  819. Art Tags:
  820. - BK
  821. Referenced Tracks:
  822. - Rex Duodecim Angelus
  823. - track:black
  824. Commentary: |-
  825. <i>Makin:</i>
  826. Artisticpolo is a legendary remixer, hailing from the very beginnings of the Homestuck fanmusic scene. Tracking him down proved to be one of the best decisions we could have made. Stay tuned for [[track:time-running-by|another track]] of his in this album!
  827. <i>Gryotharian:</i>
  828. It’s hard to make a design like the unprototyped black king seem threatening.
  829. ---
  830. Track: Pondsquatter (Demaster/Demix)
  831. Directory: pondsquatter-demaster-demix
  832. Artists:
  833. - Mathias Ramalho
  834. Duration: '3:52'
  835. URLs:
  836. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pondsquatter-demaster-demix
  837. Cover Artists:
  838. - Radical Dude 42
  839. Art Tags:
  840. - Genesis Frog
  841. - Lotus
  842. Referenced Tracks:
  843. - Pondsquatter
  844. Commentary: |-
  845. <i>Makin:</i>
  846. This is actually the full version of an asset used for the fanventure “Karkat Goes to a Convention”, which I wholeheartedly recommend. This amazing art by Radical Dude 42, an expert in the original MSPA style, suggests the fanventure’s title might be selling it short…
  847. ---
  848. Track: At the Threshold
  849. Artists:
  850. - heir-of-puns
  851. Contributors:
  852. - Tee-vee (guitar)
  853. Duration: '3:16'
  854. URLs:
  855. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/at-the-threshold
  856. Cover Artists:
  857. - Gryotharian
  858. Art Tags:
  859. - Alternate Calliope
  860. - Jade
  861. - Green Sun
  862. Commentary: |-
  863. <i>heir-of-puns:</i>
  864. A song inspired by the way [[album:beyond-canon]] made me feel, even though it ended up nothing like any of the songs on the album. I tried to capture the idea of standing at the threshold of an infinitely expanding universe, both literally and figuratively.
  865. <i>Gryotharian:</i>
  866. Opted for a simple panel redraw on this one, since it was going to be the backup art, and the musicians liked the panel choice.
  867. ---
  868. Track: Scratching Consequences
  869. Artists:
  870. - TirantBacon
  871. Duration: '1:44'
  872. URLs:
  873. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scratching-consequences
  874. Cover Artists:
  875. - Gryotharian
  876. Art Tags:
  877. - Doc Scratch
  878. - John
  879. - Green Sun
  880. Referenced Tracks:
  881. - A Very "O" Christmas
  882. Commentary: |-
  883. <i>Gryotharian:</i>
  884. Some sort of interpretation of Doc Scratch’s manipulations, causing the heroes to create the green sun.
  885. ---
  886. Track: One Hour Later
  887. Artists:
  888. - Kusoro
  889. Duration: '6:54'
  890. URLs:
  891. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/one-hour-later
  892. Cover Artists:
  893. - Monckat
  894. Art Tags:
  895. - Jack Noir
  896. - Dave
  897. - Dirk
  898. - LoTaK
  899. - 'cw: decapitation'
  900. - 'cw: blood'
  901. Referenced Tracks:
  902. - The Thirteenth Hour
  903. - Double Midnight
  904. - track:beatdown-strider-style
  905. - Sunsetter
  906. - English
  907. - Penumbra Phantasm
  908. Sampled Tracks:
  909. - I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Acapella)
  910. Lyrics: Home with the milk in the mo-o-o-o-o-o-
  911. Commentary: |-
  912. <i>Monckat:</i>
  913. The mixture of Jack Noir and Lord English/cherub themes, alongside the [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] reference, brought my mind straight to this scene from [S] Collide. The camera follows Jack English/Union Jack’s head upwards as it begins to blackholesplode, tilting at the mother of all dutch angles in the process.
  914. ---
  915. Track: Viridescent Flare
  916. Artists:
  917. - Shwan
  918. Duration: '2:13'
  919. URLs:
  920. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/viridescent-flare
  921. Cover Artists:
  922. - Gryotharian
  923. Art Tags:
  924. - Green Sun
  925. Referenced Tracks:
  926. - Flare
  927. Commentary: |-
  928. <i>Schwan:</i>
  929. From the artist who made the hit single flarezzzzzzz (from Cool And New Homestuck), bringing you…, another [[Flare|flare]] song.
  930. ---
  931. Track: The Dreamer and the Dream
  932. Artists:
  933. - Kal-la-kal-la
  934. Duration: '4:54'
  935. URLs:
  936. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-dreamer-and-the-dream
  937. Cover Artists:
  938. - bakustrider
  939. Art Tags:
  940. - Jade
  941. - Prospit
  942. - Skaia
  943. Commentary: |-
  944. <i>Ka-la-kal-a:</i>
  945. I had a minute where I wanted to put shakuhachi in everything I did á la [[album:homestuck-vol-6|HS Volume 6]]
  946. ---
  947. Track: Sailing (In The Sea Of Stars)
  948. Artists:
  949. - Circlejourney
  950. Duration: '4:22'
  951. URLs:
  952. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sailing-in-the-sea-of-stars-2
  953. Cover Artists:
  954. - Awkward
  955. Art Tags:
  956. - The Theseus
  957. Referenced Tracks:
  958. - The Doom of the Planets
  959. - Fuchsia Moonrise
  960. - The Thirteenth Hour
  961. Commentary: "<i>Circlejourney:</i>\nA theme for the post-Epilogue crew(s) sailing\
  962. \ through space. \n<i>Awkward:</i>\nI literally painted this furiously out of\
  963. \ frustration as stress relief because I hated absolutely everything I drew that\
  964. \ day, I think that was honestly a good exercise though because it let me work\
  965. \ with less constraints and it turned out neat :>"
  966. ---
  967. Track: She's Out There (In The Sea Of Stars)
  968. Artists:
  969. - Circlejourney
  970. Contributors:
  971. - Ucklin (additional vocals)
  972. Duration: '3:22'
  973. URLs:
  974. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shes-out-there-in-the-sea-of-stars
  975. Cover Artists:
  976. - ricemilk
  977. Cover Art File Extension: jpg
  978. Art Tags:
  979. - Kanaya
  980. - Rose
  981. - The Theseus
  982. Referenced Tracks:
  983. - Sailing (In The Sea Of Stars)
  984. Lyrics: |-
  985. She's out there
  986. Somewhere, somewhere
  987. She's out there
  988. Somewhere, somewhere
  989. She's out there
  990. Somewhere, somewhere (In the sea of stars)
  991. She's out there
  992. Somewhere, somewhere (In the sea of stars)
  993. She's out there
  994. Somewhere, somewhere (In the sea of stars)
  995. She's out there
  996. Somewhere, somewhere
  997. Commentary: |-
  998. <i>Circlejourney:</i>
  999. "She’s Out There, Somewhere In The Sea Of Stars." Kanaya remembers Rose. Many thanks to Ucklin for the additional vocals!
  1000. ---
  1001. Track: Revelations of Self Importance
  1002. Artists:
  1003. - Gryotharian
  1004. Duration: '3:41'
  1005. URLs:
  1006. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-of-self-importance
  1007. Cover Artists:
  1008. - tamajikis
  1009. Art Tags:
  1010. - Dirk
  1011. - Dave
  1012. - Derse
  1013. - LoTaK
  1014. Referenced Tracks:
  1015. - Austin, Atlantis
  1016. - track:endless-climb
  1017. - Unite Synchronization
  1018. - track:eclipse-svert
  1019. - No More Elders
  1020. - Sweet Dreams, Timaeus
  1021. Commentary: |-
  1022. <i>Gryotharian:</i>
  1023. I made this song shortly after reading Detective Pony, when Dirk Strider was fresh on my mind and skyrocketing to the top of my all-time favorite characters. I wanted to do something specifically for the offscreen period between the end of homestuck and the epilogues, his journey to becoming what he is now, his acceptance of becoming the villain, etc. Mainly, just really love Dirk. Also, it’s an excuse to give some love to some of his more underrated songs. (Basically anything that isn’t [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]].) I had never even heard [[Austin, Atlantis|Austin Atlantis]] before I started on this song, and man was I missing out, so it quickly became the basis for the whole thing. In retrospect I wish I could’ve put [[Orange Hat]] in there somewhere, mainly just cause that’s also an awesome underrated song, but by the time I remembered, this was mostly done and it wouldn’t have really fit anywhere. This might be the song I’m happiest with on this album.
  1024. ---
  1025. Track: Strain
  1026. Artists:
  1027. - TirantBacon
  1028. - WarxTron
  1029. Duration: '2:27'
  1030. URLs:
  1031. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strain
  1032. Cover Artists:
  1033. - Monckat
  1034. Art Tags:
  1035. - Dirk
  1036. - LoTaK
  1037. - SBaHJ
  1038. Referenced Tracks:
  1039. - Five-Four Stress
  1040. - Apexhalation
  1041. Commentary: |-
  1042. <i>Makin:</i>
  1043. Do you know the track “[[Stress]]” from [[album:homestuck-vol-9|Homestuck Volume 9]]? It was based on an [[Five-Four Stress|ancient unreleased track]] by the legendary [[artist:buzinkai]], and TirantBacon and WarxTron put their music making hands together to the task of remixing the original once more.
  1044. <i>Monckat:</i>
  1045. Dirk finds himself in a mildly spooky, straining situation deep in the depths of the Land of Tombs and Krypton.
  1046. ---
  1047. Track: Death Minute in Duodecimal ~ Regicide Demonica
  1048. Artists:
  1049. - Tee-vee
  1050. Duration: '5:27'
  1051. URLs:
  1052. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/death-minute-in-duodecimal-regicide-demonica
  1053. Cover Artists:
  1054. - Monckat
  1055. Art Tags:
  1056. - BK
  1057. Referenced Tracks:
  1058. - Rex Duodecim Angelus
  1059. - Scratch
  1060. Commentary: "<i>Tee-vee:</i>\nI was listening to Demetori as I usually do and once\
  1061. \ thought \"What if the source material for their arrangements wasn't Touhou ?\"\
  1062. \ and of course the first thing that came to my mind was Homestuck, so I thought\
  1063. \ I could actually run with the idea ! [[Rex Duodecim Angelus]] in all it's dark\
  1064. \ neo-classical glory seemed like the perfect track to arrange in this style,\
  1065. \ though I only kept the original melodies and ideas from it so I wouldn't have\
  1066. \ to go down a rabbit hole of character themes that could derail the intent of\
  1067. \ the arrangement. The ending section is inspired by another IP entirely (if you\
  1068. \ can guess what it is I did a fine enough job), but it seemed appropriate given\
  1069. \ the context. Very happy with how it turned out! Also the title is pretty long\
  1070. \ winded but I wanted to fit the Touhou/Demetori naming format haha.\n<i>Monckat:</i>\n\
  1071. Tried my best to create something as complex and intimidating as the track itself.\
  1072. \ The idea here was for the art to initially seem like random organic noise, with\
  1073. \ the Black King only popping into view on a closer look. Originally I was planning\
  1074. \ on using a lot more shading on this, some gradients and blur/glow effects too\
  1075. \ maybe. But I ultimately found it was more striking to restrict myself to only\
  1076. \ two colors. I like the idea that this is simultaneously my simplest track art\
  1077. \ in terms of color range and my most complex in terms of detail. "
  1078. ---
  1079. Track: Black Hole's Dozen
  1080. Artists:
  1081. - Monckat
  1082. Duration: '3:25'
  1083. URLs:
  1084. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-holes-dozen
  1085. Cover Artists:
  1086. - Monckat
  1087. Art Tags:
  1088. - Alternate Calliope
  1089. - Green Sun
  1090. Referenced Tracks:
  1091. - The Lyrist
  1092. - The Thirteenth Hour
  1093. Commentary: |-
  1094. <i>Monckat:</i>
  1095. [[The Lyrist]] is one of my favorite Homestuck tracks, with its main melody being in my humble opinion the most hauntingly beautiful refrain on the whole soundtrack. Which is why it’s always driven me slightly mad that said melody only appears in the first 45 seconds and never returns. And while the rest of the track is wonderful in its own right, it’s never stuck in my brain quite as much.
  1096. So the idea with this track was to attempt in my own flawed way to extend those first 45 seconds into a full track, and for the most part the way I chose to do that was to work in pieces of [[The Thirteenth Hour]] (along with adding in some original stuff). Hope you guys like it!
  1097. The title is in reference to a baker’s dozen (13), which alludes to the use of [[The Thirteenth Hour]].
  1098. The teal and purple orbs are intended to be the orb things Alt Calliope uses to create the black hole in Act 7. My little headcanon for those orbs is that they're genesis frog frogspawn, basically embryonic universes. The idea being that since it took two universes to create the Green Sun, perhaps it takes three to destroy it.
  1099. ---
  1100. Track: PAST FUNK IS WORSE THAN FUTURE FUNK
  1101. Artists:
  1102. - artist:kobacat
  1103. Duration: '2:19'
  1104. URLs:
  1105. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/past-funk-is-worse-than-future-funk
  1106. Cover Artists:
  1107. - cloudie
  1108. Art Tags:
  1109. - Karkat
  1110. - Prospit
  1111. - Felt Manor
  1112. Referenced Tracks:
  1113. - saoidfisd
  1114. - HEY MAN VOLUME 10 MAN HEY CHECK IT OUT
  1115. Sampled Tracks:
  1116. - saoidfisd
  1117. - HEY MAN VOLUME 10 MAN HEY CHECK IT OUT
  1118. - feeling right
  1119. - Love Taste
  1120. Lyrics: |-
  1121. (THAT BOX RIGHT THERE UH, CLICK IT I'M KARKAT Y-YOUR FAVORITE- I'M-I'M THE MAIN CHARACTER OF HOMESTUCK I C- I CREATED HOMESTUCK I'M UNDERTALE MY NAME IS KARKAT LISTEN, TO THIS-)
  1122. [Sampled vocals from "feeling right" by Moe Shop]
  1123. (I want your everything, every single part of you)
  1124. (If you think you can fuck with me, you're going to lose)
  1125. (I want to taste your love, anything you want to do)
  1126. (And I'll kill you if you try to run, you're mine and mine alone)
  1127. [Heavily glitched]
  1128. (They don't love you like I do, they don't love you like I do)
  1129. (They don't love you like I do, they don't love you like I do)
  1130. (CLICK IT AND BUY IT, DON'T EVEN LISTEN TO IT, UH BUY IT AND-AND BURN A CD AND TH-THROW THE CD ON THE GROUND AND SPIT ON IT AND THEN BUY IT AGAIN AND THEN TELL YOUR MOM YOU WANNA MOVE OUT, JUST- I'M KARKAT, HEY UH HOMESTUCK VOLUME... IT'S SQUIDDLES TWO IT'S, IT'S VOLUME X, VOLUME TEN, IT'S THE NEW YEAH, DOT COM.)
  1131. Commentary: |-
  1132. <i>koba:</i>
  1133. i made this song back in 2017 originally and then changed it a bit in 2019 (i think), i have not seen the project file since, it is a mystery on where it has gone, if someone finds it please put it on a usb drive and get it to me via pigeon
  1134. sleep peacefully, my beloved witch, karkatrice
  1135. <i>cloudie:</i>
  1136. what’s a homestuck
  1137. ---
  1138. Track: Infinite Zest
  1139. Artists:
  1140. - Noisemaker
  1141. Duration: '6:00'
  1142. URLs:
  1143. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/infinite-zest
  1144. Cover Artists:
  1145. - Monckat
  1146. Art Tags:
  1147. - Jade
  1148. - WV
  1149. - Earth
  1150. - Green Sun
  1151. - Horrorterrors
  1152. - Sans
  1153. Referenced Tracks:
  1154. - RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme
  1155. - Greenhouse
  1156. - Moonsetter
  1157. - Slamdown
  1158. - Mayorlovania
  1159. - Cascante
  1160. - Even in Death
  1161. - Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse
  1162. - track:showtime-original-mix
  1163. - Tick
  1164. - track:doctor
  1165. - track:MeGaLoVania
  1166. - Broom Temperature
  1167. - Title (Mega Man 3)
  1168. Sampled Tracks:
  1169. - Let The Squiddles Sleep (End Theme)
  1170. - Mayor Maynot
  1171. Lyrics: '[Mayor Maynot samples set to Megalovania]'
  1172. Commentary: "<i>Makin:</i>\nOriginally known as “you have got to be SHITTONG me (temp\
  1173. \ title)”. No further commentary. \n<i>Monckat:</i>\nI really wasn’t sure what\
  1174. \ to draw for this one at first, and I’m not sure it’s even possible to capture\
  1175. \ everything going on here in a single image. But hey, I think any piece of art\
  1176. \ that contains a watermark of Sans WV superimposed over a pumpkin-guzzling black\
  1177. \ hole can’t be too bad."
  1178. ---
  1179. Track: TEETH AND BLOOD
  1180. Artists:
  1181. - Gryotharian
  1182. Duration: '4:29'
  1183. URLs:
  1184. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/teeth-and-blood
  1185. Cover Artists:
  1186. - Gryotharian
  1187. Art Tags:
  1188. - Caliborn
  1189. - Earth
  1190. Referenced Tracks:
  1191. - English
  1192. - Eternity Served Cold
  1193. - track:sburban-jungle
  1194. - An Unbreakable Union
  1195. - Carne Vale
  1196. - track:MeGaLoVania
  1197. Lyrics: >-
  1198. (WELCOME, FEMALES AND GENTLEMEN, TO THIS MUSICAL MASTERPIECE, THE FIRST HIT SINGLE
  1199. SONG PRODUCED BY YOUR LORD, FOR YOUR LORD, ABOUT YOUR LORD. HIT IT.)
  1200. Commentary: |-
  1201. <i>Gryotharian:</i>
  1202. There was a lot going on in the production of this, and none of it had to do with the final track. A long, long time ago, before any of my other submissions, I was going to do a Caliborn track, with the intent of being presented as a track that Caliborn himself produced. But at that time, there weren’t many other submissions for this album yet, and a disturbingly high percentage of them were cherub related, so I dropped it. A year later, I was working on a remix of the afterword theme from Pesterquest, but it wasn’t really clicking right. The heavy bass synths and bitcrushed drums weren’t working for the style of the track. Around the same time, I finally got my hands on the incredibly elusive midi of [[Carne Vale]], which has been my favorite homestuck song since the first time I heard it, and has yet to be dethroned. So I had the crazy notion, that the instruments I was using for my Pesterquest remix would work fantastically if I decided to go back to a Caliborn track, now that I could properly reference [[Carne Vale]]. (I had been trying to figure out that bassline by ear for, oh lord, something like 3 years.) And, I ended up with what might be one of my favorite compositions of mine to date. Had it stuck in my head for months. Cleaned up the mixing over the next little while, and the rest is history. I had two names for it for a while, Teeth and Blood, and Space Crusader. Originally I was going to go with both, have one of those little ~ things in between, but I decided that Space Crusader, while it fit the vibe of the song, didn’t really fit the vibe of Caliborn, so I dropped it.
  1203. ---
  1204. Track: Predomination
  1205. Artists:
  1206. - Kal-la-kal-la
  1207. Duration: '4:13'
  1208. URLs:
  1209. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/predomination
  1210. Cover Artists:
  1211. - Monckat
  1212. Art Tags:
  1213. - Lord English
  1214. - Calliope
  1215. - 'cw: blood'
  1216. Referenced Tracks:
  1217. - Voidlight
  1218. - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E)
  1219. - The Lyrist
  1220. - Reverie
  1221. - Carne Vale
  1222. - Archagent Everlasting
  1223. Sampled Tracks:
  1224. - Let The Squiddles Sleep (End Theme)
  1225. - Mayor Maynot
  1226. Commentary: "<i>Monckat:</i>\nCalliope alone, haunted by visions of her other half’s\
  1227. \ future. "
  1228. ---
  1229. Track: The Power of RETCON
  1230. Artists:
  1231. - Levc
  1232. Duration: '2:49'
  1233. URLs:
  1234. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-power-of-retcon
  1235. Cover Artists:
  1236. - Gryotharian
  1237. Art Tags:
  1238. - John
  1239. Commentary: "<i>Levc:</i>\nTIME, SPACE, MAGIC, HANDS, UHHHH NARRATIVE?\nRETCON\nA\
  1240. \ melody that encapsulates the powerful nature of the retcon powers John has.\
  1241. \ Really tried to capture the style and vibes of old homestuck songs, re-make\
  1242. \ the mental image I had of some of them and just, express those feelings of adventure\
  1243. \ and wonder. something grand and fun.\nPersonally, the melody in this is one\
  1244. \ of my favorite pieces I have ever wrote. Modulations are fun. "
  1245. ---
  1246. Track: Heir of Grief (Sax Cover)
  1247. Artists:
  1248. - subversiveasset
  1249. Duration: '4:00'
  1250. URLs:
  1251. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/heir-of-grief-sax-cover
  1252. Cover Artists:
  1253. - Monckat
  1254. Art Tags:
  1255. - PM
  1256. - Green Sun
  1257. Referenced Tracks:
  1258. - track:heir-of-grief-sax-cover-youtube
  1259. Commentary: |-
  1260. <i>Monckat:</i>
  1261. You guys all remember that iconic moment in [S] Collide where PM finally steals the sax that Jack’s been using to play Black all this time and uses it to perform a haunting sax rendition of [[track:heir-of-grief|Heir of Grief]], right? Yeah me too, thought it was a perfect fit.
  1262. ---
  1263. Track: Collapse Reprise
  1264. Artists:
  1265. - Pascal van den Bos
  1266. Duration: '5:44'
  1267. URLs:
  1268. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/collapse-reprise
  1269. Cover Artists:
  1270. - Gryotharian
  1271. Referenced Tracks:
  1272. - Distortion Navigator
  1273. - Temporal Virtuoso
  1274. - track:d-break-the-bow
  1275. - Fate of the Heir
  1276. - Gentle Heat
  1277. - Dwelling Among the Dream Bubbles
  1278. - Miasmic Decay
  1279. - Windwielder
  1280. - Blankest Stare
  1281. - More Real than Kraft Mayo
  1282. - All Alone
  1283. - Jittery Optimist
  1284. Commentary: "<i>Pascal van den Bos:</i>\nI originally wrote this song in 2019 for\
  1285. \ Stable Time Loops and Paradoxes 3 but i ended up scrapping it and completely\
  1286. \ redoing it, i'm not exactly sure why i did that but either way i felt really\
  1287. \ bad about that because IMO i ended up ruining the song LOL. So anyway this is\
  1288. \ the 3rd and proper final version of Collapse AKA \"The Descend of the PMT\"\
  1289. \ because it references so many songs. "
  1290. ---
  1291. Track: Shattered Spacetime
  1292. Artists:
  1293. - Gryotharian
  1294. Duration: '5:01'
  1295. URLs:
  1296. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shattered-spacetime
  1297. Cover Artists:
  1298. - Cratmang
  1299. Art Tags:
  1300. - Lord English
  1301. Referenced Tracks:
  1302. - English
  1303. - track:upward-movement-dave-owns
  1304. - Ruins (With Strings)
  1305. - Do You Remem8er Me
  1306. Commentary: "<i>Gryotharian:</i>\nThis was another one that I made surprisingly quickly,\
  1307. \ and didn’t need many edits afterwards. In a weird way it was inspired by David\
  1308. \ Wise’s ambient synth style, cause I’d been listening to a lot of the Donkey\
  1309. \ Kong Country soundtrack, especially Stickerbrush Symphony. For a game about\
  1310. \ a monkey fighting a crocodile over a pile of bananas, that game has a surprisingly\
  1311. \ amazing soundtrack. Once I had a chord progression down I felt like it should\
  1312. \ be about the cracks in the universe, with a similar vibe to [[Do You Remem8er\
  1313. \ Me|Do You Remem8er me]], and then I eventually ended up just referencing it\
  1314. \ at the end of the track. It didn’t really end up very DKC or very [[Do You Remem8er\
  1315. \ Me|Do You Remem8er me]], but both those things are far outside of my usual style\
  1316. \ so I’m not all that surprised, and what it did turn out as is something I like\
  1317. \ a lot.\n<i>Cratmang:</i>\nWhen you think about it, Caliborn/Lord English is\
  1318. \ kind of a tragic figure. Multiple universes of emotions, and the only one he\
  1319. \ can understand is rage and hatred. I almost feel bad for him. Almost. Where\
  1320. \ was I going with this? Oh yeah. Presenting, \"Lord English throws a tantrum\
  1321. \ in a glass room.\" "
  1322. ---
  1323. Track: Consonant Conquest
  1324. Artists:
  1325. - Interrobang
  1326. Duration: '4:22'
  1327. URLs:
  1328. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/consonant-conquest
  1329. Cover Artists:
  1330. - Monckat
  1331. Art Tags:
  1332. - Caliborn
  1333. Referenced Tracks:
  1334. - Constant Conquest
  1335. Commentary: |-
  1336. <i>Interrobang:</i>
  1337. I wanted to make what’s probably the last Homestuck song I’ll ever release publically something special, and I think the final product here fits that bill. This track began as an experiment with the layering of different-length loops on each other in a way that would never exactly repeat itself, which you can hear in pretty clearly the first section - it’s something one encounters often in minimalist and ambient music, and I’d like to do more with the technique in the future. Hope you enjoy!
  1338. <i>Monckat:</i>
  1339. I like to think Caliborn worked really hard on this one, maybe it’s hanging over a mantelpiece in Lord English’s manor somewhere. He’s added some tasteful JPEG artifacts and plastic wrap filters to his style, I’m so proud of him!
  1340. ---
  1341. Track: Reunion
  1342. Artists:
  1343. - Aradiawithgeese
  1344. Duration: '3:14'
  1345. URLs:
  1346. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reunion
  1347. Cover Artists:
  1348. - Gryotharian
  1349. Art Tags:
  1350. - John
  1351. - John's dad
  1352. - Skaia
  1353. Commentary: |-
  1354. <i>Aradiawithgeese:</i>
  1355. A father and son reunite. With this song I played with one of my favorite lofi ambient tricks that being recording the song to a weird audio format. In this case the song was recorded directly to a wire recorder. (the small skips and hitches you hear is the thin steel wire that will snag on the play head every now and again)
  1356. As for the Content recorded to the wire Its a semi improvisational piece that was made to reflect John’s mindstate when he reunites with his dad after the long road that was most of the comic.
  1357. ---
  1358. Track: Crystalschalasthemequins
  1359. Artists:
  1360. - Momora
  1361. Duration: '5:06'
  1362. URLs:
  1363. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalschalasthemequins
  1364. Cover Artists:
  1365. - swanfire
  1366. Cover Art File Extension: jpg
  1367. Referenced Tracks:
  1368. - Crystalmethequins
  1369. - Schala's Theme
  1370. Sampled Tracks:
  1371. - Schala's Theme
  1372. Commentary: |-
  1373. <i>Makin:</i>
  1374. There’s a Homestuck continuation fanventure named “Act 8”, and this amazing track scored part of it! You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hQSOfOIkJw">check it out here</a>.
  1375. ---
  1376. Track: Sburban City
  1377. Artists:
  1378. - $C4RL3TT
  1379. Duration: 0:54
  1380. URLs:
  1381. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-city
  1382. Cover Artists:
  1383. - Monckat
  1384. Art Tags:
  1385. - Underlings
  1386. - Prospit
  1387. - Derse
  1388. - LoWaS
  1389. - LoLaR
  1390. - LoHaC
  1391. - LoFaF
  1392. - Consorts
  1393. Referenced Tracks:
  1394. - track:sburban-jungle
  1395. Sampled Tracks:
  1396. - track:sburban-jungle
  1397. Commentary: |-
  1398. <i>$C4RL3TT:</i>
  1399. In order to really progress much further I think they'd have to start a new sburb session in Homestuck^2. So I thought I'd try to make a theme for that.
  1400. <i>Monckat:</i>
  1401. Based on the box art for SimCity 4. The instruments used here made my mind jump to the idea of a Maxis-made SimCity style sandbox version of Sburb, so I spoke it into existence. I have no idea how such a game would actually play but I need it now.
  1402. Man, drawing this has made me sad there’s no Spore 2 again. Dammit.
  1403. ---
  1404. Track: Gold Mage [Playtime is Over Mix]
  1405. Artists:
  1406. - repeatedScales
  1407. Duration: '4:07'
  1408. URLs:
  1409. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gold-mage-playtime-is-over-mix
  1410. - https://103records.bandcamp.com/track/gold-mage-playtime-is-over-mix
  1411. Cover Artists:
  1412. - Gryotharian
  1413. Art Tags:
  1414. - Sollux
  1415. Referenced Tracks:
  1416. - Gold Mage
  1417. Commentary: |-
  1418. <i>repeatedScales:</i>
  1419. Oh boy. I feel the best way to justify this mix of the song's entire existence is with the following; the original [[Gold Mage]] had a very barren and empty arrangement, designed to facilitate a vocal track that never actually got made, and though the lack of vocals probably helped it make [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|coloUrs & mayhem Vol. 1]] in the long run, a lot of people picked up on how empty the song felt. This mix was kind of my way of making up for that, but in the process I created the opposite problem of having TOO MUCH going on, especially in that first 'verse' section. Oh dear god, that first 'verse' section; I am baffled as to how I could possibly have thought that sounded good at the time. Technically speaking the cutting and looping on that guitar sample is very well done, but it doesn't work with the vibe of the beat, and it REALLY doesn't work with the bassline. The second 'verse' isn't much better, in that itself it's a nice chilled out rework of elements from the original, but it jars with the rest of the "GET PUMPED" vibe the tracks got going on. Also, man oh man, [[group:toby-fox|Toby Fox]] felt the solo from the end of the original song was boring; the solo on this song is utterly lifeless. It can barely be called a solo. Ok, ok, some positives; though the chorus is somewhat cluttered, I do like how punchy the chords sound using a more typical "rave stab" type sound (hell, in general the synth stabs on the cut are often the better elements), the stock sawtooth bass synth actually works quite nice with the bassline, and though it gets buried in a lot of the mix, the main drum machine beat over the 'verses' and the solo is actually quite punchy, and has a real late 90s game soundtrack vibe to it that I like. The original is definitely the better version of the song in the long run, though.
  1420. <i>Makin:</i>
  1421. This amazing redux version of the [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|Colours and Mayhem: Universe A]] track was hidden away in the musician’s <a href="https://103records.bandcamp.com/">bandcamp</a>, known to few. It’s time it saw the light of the mainstream and knocked your socks off.
  1422. ---
  1423. Track: Black ($C4RL3TT Remix)
  1424. Directory: black-sc4rl3tt-remix
  1425. Artists:
  1426. - $C4RL3TT
  1427. Duration: '2:36'
  1428. URLs:
  1429. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-c4rl3tt-remix
  1430. Cover Artists:
  1431. - Monckat
  1432. Art Tags:
  1433. - Derse
  1434. Referenced Tracks:
  1435. - track:black
  1436. Commentary: |-
  1437. <i>Monckat:</i>
  1438. Some minimalist 3D art, vaguely inspired by the sort of 90s cgi stuff you see on youtube compilations of jungle/d&b music.
  1439. ---
  1440. Track: Harley-Claire Retro Time!
  1441. Artists:
  1442. - FlareDragon
  1443. Duration: '2:59'
  1444. URLs:
  1445. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/harley-claire-retro-time
  1446. Cover Artists:
  1447. - crabaqqle
  1448. Art Tags:
  1449. - Joey
  1450. - Jude
  1451. - Earth
  1452. Referenced Tracks:
  1453. - Half-Harley Manor
  1454. ---
  1455. Track: Snake Case Closin' '18
  1456. Artists:
  1457. - Tee-vee
  1458. Duration: '3:35'
  1459. URLs:
  1460. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/snake-case-closin-18
  1461. Cover Artists:
  1462. - Cratmang
  1463. Art Tags:
  1464. - Joey
  1465. - Xefros
  1466. - Earth
  1467. Referenced Tracks:
  1468. - That's How I Beat Snake
  1469. - SERPENT GENESIS
  1470. Commentary: |-
  1471. <i>Tee-vee:</i>
  1472. Surf rock/metal arrangement of [[That's How I Beat Snake|That's how I beat Snake]] / [[SERPENT GENESIS|Serpent Genesis]] made in 2018 a few months after the release of Hiveswap Act 1, along with a video playthrough on my Youtube channel. It's slightly dated but I'm still happy with what I did with it back then!
  1473. "can homestuck truly be an anime if it doesn't have a beach episode" —Tee-vee
  1474. <i>Cratmang:</i>
  1475. Fun Fact: I had the cursed idea of making this image as a 3D scene in Blender. But only got partway through modelling Xefros when I realized that I didn't have enough time or patience for it.
  1476. ---
  1477. Track: Minor Manor
  1478. Artists:
  1479. - L4Vo5
  1480. Duration: '1:48'
  1481. URLs:
  1482. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/minor-manor
  1483. Cover Artists:
  1484. - Gryotharian
  1485. Art Tags:
  1486. - Joey
  1487. - Earth
  1488. Referenced Tracks:
  1489. - Half-Harley Manor
  1490. Commentary: "<i>Gryotharian:</i>\nWanted to go for a sort of Luigi’s mansion type\
  1491. \ thing at first, but then style-wise switched up to like mid-90s low budget MS\
  1492. \ paint edutainment game, and ended up with this. "
  1493. ---
  1494. Track: 'Joey: Play Haunting Melody'
  1495. Artists:
  1496. - Erik Scheele
  1497. Duration: '2:47'
  1498. URLs:
  1499. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/joey-play-haunting-melody
  1500. Cover Artists:
  1501. - Gryotharian
  1502. Art Tags:
  1503. - Joey
  1504. Commentary: |-
  1505. <i>Erik Scheele:</i>
  1506. Or maybe it should’ve been called Play Dramatic Melody? I dunno, either way.
  1507. Because why not have a piano refrain? People stop paying attention to meteors falling from the sky to dick around on their instruments all the time, don’t know why monsters attacking should make a difference.
  1508. ---
  1509. Track: Keep Your Head Down, Rustblood!
  1510. Artists:
  1511. - subversiveasset
  1512. Duration: '3:41'
  1513. URLs:
  1514. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/keep-your-head-down-rustblood
  1515. Cover Artists:
  1516. - Gryotharian
  1517. Cover Art File Extension: jpg
  1518. Art Tags:
  1519. - Xefros
  1520. - Imperial Drones
  1521. - Alternia
  1522. Referenced Tracks:
  1523. - Keep your head down, Rustblood! [Sax Cover Story]
  1524. ---
  1525. Track: Final Spice (Remix)
  1526. Artists:
  1527. - Kusoro
  1528. Duration: '2:07'
  1529. URLs:
  1530. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/final-spice-remix
  1531. Cover Artists:
  1532. - Mmueoul
  1533. Art Tags:
  1534. - Joey
  1535. Referenced Tracks:
  1536. - Final Spice
  1537. ---
  1538. Track: Sburban Fall
  1539. Artists:
  1540. - WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES
  1541. Duration: '2:38'
  1542. URLs:
  1543. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-fall
  1544. Cover Artists:
  1545. - Gryotharian
  1546. Art Tags:
  1547. - John
  1548. Referenced Tracks:
  1549. - track:sburban-jungle
  1550. Commentary: |-
  1551. <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i>
  1552. This track was made for Homestuck’s 10 year anniversary back in 2019, in the span of about an hour. [[track:sburban-jungle]] always felt to me like the “core” of Homestuck’s extremely varied soundtrack, so I always wanted to do a take on it in some form. This didn’t end up very similar to the original song, and I wasn’t intending it to sound so melancholy, but neither is a bad thing.
  1553. <span style="color:#288857">matthiuss1988:</span> these music will make you shit hard!!!
  1554. ---
  1555. Track: All Alone (Redux)
  1556. Artists:
  1557. - Andrew "Rainy" Obeng
  1558. Duration: '2:32'
  1559. URLs:
  1560. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/all-alone-redux
  1561. Cover Artists:
  1562. - swanfire
  1563. Cover Art File Extension: jpg
  1564. Art Tags:
  1565. - Damara
  1566. Referenced Tracks:
  1567. - All Alone
  1568. Commentary: "<i>Andrew \"Rainy\" Obeng:</i>\nRedux of All Alone from PMT's \"Beforusbound\"\
  1569. \ album.\n<i>swanfire:</i>\nDamara is such a dense character with her story being\
  1570. \ told at the edges and words of everyone else with barely any exposition coming\
  1571. \ directly for her, the music is inspiringly striking in capturing that, the one\
  1572. \ time the spot light is shined on her is when she is under the influence of LE\
  1573. \ and thus i shined the spotlight on her in the focus of the art. "
  1574. ---
  1575. Track: Time Running By
  1576. Artists:
  1577. - Artisticpolo
  1578. Duration: '2:39'
  1579. URLs:
  1580. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/time-running-by
  1581. Cover Artists:
  1582. - Gryotharian
  1583. Art Tags:
  1584. - Dave
  1585. Referenced Tracks:
  1586. - track:upward-movement-dave-owns
  1587. - track:beatdown-strider-style
  1588. - Sunsetter
  1589. Commentary: "<i>Makin:</i>\nI remember looping this track over and over back in 2011,\
  1590. \ and Kanishka helped me get back in touch with the musician. There’s something\
  1591. \ about it that brings the Homestuck Act 4 feelings back, like how a Faygo smell\
  1592. \ can bring you back to your amazing and smelly experience at the 2009 “Clown\
  1593. \ Killaz” Insane Clown Posse concert.\n<i>Gryotharian:</i>\nSorry he’s not running.\
  1594. \ Just standing there. Give him a break, it’s hard to run on a clock. "
  1595. ---
  1596. Track: Event Horizon/Barium Starlight
  1597. Directory: event-horizon-barium-starlight
  1598. Artists:
  1599. - Grace Medley
  1600. Duration: '3:48'
  1601. URLs:
  1602. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/event-horizon-barium-starlight
  1603. Cover Artists:
  1604. - Sozzay
  1605. Art Tags:
  1606. - Rose
  1607. Referenced Tracks:
  1608. - Black Rose / Green Sun
  1609. - Black Hole / Green Sun
  1610. - track:endless-climb
  1611. - Song for Rose Lalonde
  1612. - Exploring the Depths of Sburb
  1613. Commentary: |-
  1614. <i>Makin:</i>
  1615. This track art actually depicts Rose in her Lord of Space outfit from [[group:canmt|Cool and New Web Comic]], since this track originates there. I cropped it a bit to not blow people’s minds too much. Wait, what is that drop OH MY GOD
  1616. ---
  1617. Track: '[S] ==>'
  1618. Directory: s-next-arrow
  1619. Artists:
  1620. - heir-of-puns
  1621. - Ucklin (vocals, final mastering)
  1622. Contributors:
  1623. - Circlejourney (harmonies)
  1624. Duration: '5:21'
  1625. URLs:
  1626. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/s
  1627. Cover Artists:
  1628. - Circlejourney
  1629. Art Tags:
  1630. - John
  1631. - Rose
  1632. - Dave
  1633. - Jade
  1634. - Skaia
  1635. - LoWaS
  1636. - LoFaF
  1637. Referenced Tracks:
  1638. - '[S]ynchronize'
  1639. - Cascade (Beta)
  1640. Lyrics: "[[[S]ynchronize]]\n\nI’m still wondering\nWhere to go now\nWe have seen the\
  1641. \ highest peak but there was \nNothing there no truth and how\nI’m wandering\n\
  1642. Through all these places\nLands of Little Cubes and Tea \nOf Wind and Shade, these\
  1643. \ null spaces\n\nI’ve stared at the stars, how they shine verdant dreams\nI’ve\
  1644. \ looked through the void, seen it crack at the seams\nI fought every challenge,\
  1645. \ these devils and gods\nThey won’t know what hit them\n\n[S]ynchronize, with\
  1646. \ every breath resounding\n[S]ynchronize, we’ll see the light astounding\n[S]ynchronize,\
  1647. \ time keeps our heartbeat pounding\n[S]ynchronize, now witness space surrounding\n\
  1648. \nI’m still wandering\nIn this [[Cascade]]\nSee this universe we made, [[Do You\
  1649. \ Remem8er Me|will you remem8er me]]?\nThese games we played?\nOur plundering\n\
  1650. Boonbucks and grist, [[album:prospit-and-derse|Prospit and Derse]]\nIn the end\
  1651. \ we gave them\nEverything, our final verse\n\nI’ve sang with the muses, dead\
  1652. \ timelines denied\nI’ve hunted the wolf and seen planets [[album:s-collide|Collide]]\n\
  1653. I’ve witnessed the end of these gods and their tiers\nAnd no one could save them\n\
  1654. \n[S]ynchronize, see this new life we’re founding\n[S]ynchronize, now with the\
  1655. \ void confounding\n[S]ynchronize, it’s all our hearts still sounding\n[S]ynchronize,\
  1656. \ infinite hope abounding\n\n[[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime!]]\n\n[S]ynchronize,\
  1657. \ with every breath resounding\n[S]ynchronize, we’ll see the light astounding\n\
  1658. [S]ynchronize, time keeps our heartbeat pounding\n[S]ynchronize, now witness space\
  1659. \ surrounding\n[S]ynchronize, with every breath resounding\n[S]ynchronize, we’ll\
  1660. \ see the light astounding\n[S]ynchronize, time keeps our heartbeat pounding\n\
  1661. [S]ynchronize, now witness space surrounding\n\nThis will be the end\nCome with\
  1662. \ me and we’ll [[Ascend]]\nSolving puzzles universal\nIn our [[Sburban Reversal]]\n\
  1663. All these [[track:ruins]] we [[track:explore]]\nCould it be there’s something\
  1664. \ more?\nPester me, I’m not alone\nI’m just stuck inside my home"
  1665. Commentary: |-
  1666. <i>heir-of-puns:</i>
  1667. So [[track:synchronize]] is just…really really good and it makes me feel a lot of things. Yeah it’s vocaloid and that’s funny but god DAMN it gives me chills every time I listen to it. I’ve been working on this cover for maybe two and a half years now? Since the Before Times definitely. It has gone through a lot of tweaks but I’m pretty proud of it overall. HUGE thanks to Ucklin for final mastering and vocals, and to CJ for the harmonies! Pronunciation of the title is up for ~interpretation~ I guess. I wanted it to be a tribute to the original title, and also just seeing the [S] in front of the next arrow always gave me a rush of adrenaline since something amazing was probably about to go down. So you click on that arrow with anticipation and launch yourself into the experience and then freak out about it on the internet afterward. Here I go getting emotional about homestuck again, wild.
  1668. <i>Ucklin:</i>
  1669. I wanted to put a lot of emotion and expressivity into the vocals even if that made them a bit weird! Puns was really cool and waited a long time for me to finally record them while stuff was going on in my life. I’m glad I got to work with him!
  1670. <i>Circlejourney:</i>
  1671. You can just hear the love and effort that went into the track, it brings the nostalgia rushing back so I tried to create an art piece that would do that justice.
  1672. ---
  1673. Track: Abstract
  1674. Artists:
  1675. - Kusoro
  1676. Duration: '2:02'
  1677. URLs:
  1678. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/abstract
  1679. Cover Artists:
  1680. - Monckat
  1681. Art Tags:
  1682. - The Theseus
  1683. Referenced Tracks:
  1684. - Moonsetter
  1685. - Despot
  1686. - track:upward-movement-dave-owns
  1687. Commentary: "<i>Monckat:</i>\nFeatures a sort of on-a-whim redesign of the Theseus,\
  1688. \ to be closer to the sorts of spaceship designs I usually draw. Admittedly though,\
  1689. \ most of the spaceship designs I draw aren’t smashing through gigantic versions\
  1690. \ of Dirk’s shades so I maybe don’t have a leg to stand on there. "
  1691. ---
  1692. Track: Saccharine Slumber, Strider
  1693. Artists:
  1694. - Shwan
  1695. Duration: '3:05'
  1696. URLs:
  1697. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/saccharine-slumber-strider
  1698. Cover Artists:
  1699. - Gryotharian
  1700. Art Tags:
  1701. - Dirk
  1702. - Dave
  1703. - Horses
  1704. - SBaHJ
  1705. Commentary: "<i>Shwan:</i>\nInspired by [[Sweet Dreams, Timaeus]]. I like the chill\
  1706. \ instruments and atmospheric chords from the original and wanted to do something\
  1707. \ similar.\n<i>Gryotharian:</i>\nThis ended up being some of the most work I’ve\
  1708. \ ever put into an art piece. I had the original idea for it long before it was\
  1709. \ finished, of Ult Dirk holding the broken lantern over a sleeping younger version\
  1710. \ of himself. At some point the skull got added, and the whole piece became very…\
  1711. \ I dunno how to describe it, like classical? Archetypical? Something like church\
  1712. \ stained glass, or a tarot card, and I gave Ult Dirk a halo type thing. Then\
  1713. \ a very unfinished version of it sat on my desktop for several months, just the\
  1714. \ rough outline with the colors blocked in. I slowly chipped away at it, adding\
  1715. \ details like each poster and book and the window, until finally I decided that\
  1716. \ I’d better finish this up, and did all the shading and lighting and everything\
  1717. \ in one incredibly long day. There’s an alternate version without the highlight\
  1718. \ sketching, which I was unsure about, but Shwan said they liked this version\
  1719. \ better, so this is the version on the album. "
  1720. ---
  1721. Track: Somnambulist
  1722. Artists:
  1723. - heir-of-puns
  1724. Duration: '3:35'
  1725. URLs:
  1726. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/somnambulist
  1727. Cover Artists:
  1728. - Awkward
  1729. Art Tags:
  1730. - Roxy
  1731. - Dream Bubbles
  1732. Referenced Tracks:
  1733. - Even in Death
  1734. - Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse
  1735. Commentary: "<i>heir-of-puns:</i>\nThis is like the third entirely redone version\
  1736. \ of this song but I think it's finally getting there. Not perfect by any stretch,\
  1737. \ but better. Anyway, Roxy is great.\n<i>Awkward:</i>\nSo if anything was pushed\
  1738. \ off to the last moment, it was this haha. This was probably the first one I\
  1739. \ started and the one I reworked the most when it came to the concept. In the\
  1740. \ end I basically scrapped it completely because I liked this idea better, even\
  1741. \ if it was less complex. "
  1742. ---
  1743. Track: Crystallized Flowers DX
  1744. Artists:
  1745. - salex_r3kt
  1746. Duration: '4:25'
  1747. URLs:
  1748. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystallized-flowers-dx
  1749. Cover Artists:
  1750. - Monckat
  1751. Art Tags:
  1752. - Jade
  1753. - LoFaF
  1754. Referenced Tracks:
  1755. - Crystalanthemums
  1756. - Crystalanthology
  1757. - Crystamanthequins
  1758. - track:sburban-jungle
  1759. - Crystalmethequins
  1760. Commentary: |-
  1761. <i>Monckat:</i>
  1762. I love drawing gnarled, twisted trees so much. Almost as much as I love drawing things half-buried in snow. Today must be my lucky day!
  1763. Please do not eat the bright red crystal flowers, no matter how tasty they look. They are deadly poison. Thousands have died already this year.
  1764. ---
  1765. Track: I Am Bigger Than This Story
  1766. Artists:
  1767. - FrostyMac
  1768. Duration: '4:15'
  1769. URLs:
  1770. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-bigger-than-this-story
  1771. Cover Artists:
  1772. - crabaqqle
  1773. Art Tags:
  1774. - MSPA Reader
  1775. - Green Sun
  1776. Referenced Tracks:
  1777. - Flare
  1778. - END OF FRIENDVANGELION
  1779. - Homestuck Anthem
  1780. - track:old-secret
  1781. - Embittered Shore
  1782. - Penumbra Phantasm
  1783. Commentary: "<i>FrostyMac:</i>\nI loved the ending to Pesterquest and wanted to do\
  1784. \ a track on it. "
  1785. ---
  1786. Track: A Story That Consumes Itself
  1787. Artists:
  1788. - Circlejourney
  1789. Duration: '3:02'
  1790. URLs:
  1791. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-story-that-consumes-itself
  1792. Cover Artists:
  1793. - piskomil
  1794. Art Tags:
  1795. - Skaia
  1796. - Horrorterrors
  1797. Lyrics: |-
  1798. Ten
  1799. Nine
  1800. Eight
  1801. Seven
  1802. Six
  1803. Five
  1804. Four
  1805. Three
  1806. Two
  1807. One
  1808. Zero
  1809. Commentary: |-
  1810. <i>Circlejourney:</i>
  1811. An ending after all endings and before all beginnings. Alternate titles that I considered: "Apocalyptic Waltz" and "Ouroboros".
  1812. <i>piskomil:</i>
  1813. Inspired by the alternative title Ouroboros.
  1814. ---
  1815. Track: Ophiuchus (Full Suite)
  1816. Directory: ophiuchus-full-suite-lofam5
  1817. Originally Released As: track:ophiuchus-full-suite
  1818. Artists:
  1819. - WarxTron
  1820. - David Ellis (Takeover / Havoc organ solo)
  1821. - Fabricio Podestá (Takeover / Havoc guitar solo)
  1822. Contributors:
  1823. - salex_r3kt (shreddage samples)
  1824. Duration: '28:27'
  1825. URLs:
  1826. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ophiuchus-full-suite
  1827. Cover Artists:
  1828. - dromswell
  1829. Art Tags:
  1830. - Caliborn
  1831. - Calliope
  1832. - 'cw: body horror (abstract)'
  1833. Commentary: |-
  1834. <i>dromswell:</i>
  1835. calliope and caliborn's skulls sitting in the heroic/just grandfather clock
  1836. forgot to mention this in the artist commentary, but the coloring & linework is based on The Magician's Birthday
  1837. ---
  1838. Track: Swan Song/Until Next Time
  1839. Directory: swan-song-until-next-time
  1840. Artists:
  1841. - Gryotharian
  1842. Duration: '2:11'
  1843. URLs:
  1844. - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/swan-song-until-next-time
  1845. Cover Artists:
  1846. - Chesswanderlust-sama
  1847. Art Tags:
  1848. - LoFaM
  1849. Referenced Tracks:
  1850. - Homestuck Anthem
  1851. - track:theme
  1852. Commentary: "<i>Gryotharian:</i>\nDecided if this was going to be the last LOFAM album,\
  1853. \ it needed a good closing track. Not a full huge song (that honor definitely\
  1854. \ goes to and belongs to [[track:ophiuchus-full-suite-lofam5|Ophiuchus]]), just like a short\
  1855. \ little thing, the last few notes for the fandom, to wrap everything up. I think\
  1856. \ I went for a more hopeful tone, that maybe this won’t be the end for homestuck’s\
  1857. \ era on the internet. Maybe in another 4 years there’ll be another album. Personally,\
  1858. \ I doubt it, I think the song I made is more hopeful than I am. But who knows.\n\
  1859. Maybe. \n<i>Makin:</i>\n4 years is quitter talk."