Lights Shimmering on the Ocean
By 4ntler on January 18, 2026 2:50 pm
Gas lanterns lights are reflected on the ocean waves, as you sit on the quay and stare out at the horizon.
Originally I was working on something else this week—some Krautrock dystopian thing—but I wasn't really content with it. I decided to scrap it on Sunday and started afresh with the track you're hearing now.
Again, something in the style of VGM (my big love). The instrumentation's channeling some N64 water levels and Super Mario Galaxy/3D World stuff, and the imagery I had in my mind was something along the lines of FFV8's Fisherman's Horizon: serene and silence while watching the waves slosh against a low-poly harbour.
Last year I spent quite some time ~playing~ trying to play jazz piano. I feel like that's paying off as well.
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