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Trains (weekl5)

By Apticx on February 1, 2026 7:44 pm

Good day everyone, hope you all had a great week. I at least did, so much so that i entirely forgot about writing this weeks weeklybeat until i was at my girlfriends birthday party where we met with friends on the other end of the country.

We had tons of fun and went for some nice photography walks and had tons of fun in general. (Also shoutout to the hosts tantanmen. Its better than any restaurant could make it.

So yeah after traveling around and enjoying the company i suddenly remembered “dang, am i really missing week 5 already?” but i refused to give up, whipped out my m8 on the train ride back and wrote this song in little under 2 hours.

Its quite rough around its edges but with all the emotions of the fun weekend kinda settling down and watching the landscape slowly fading into dark on the way home really inspired this kind of liquid dnb ish uplifting idea.

Hope im not the only one enjoying it!

Absolute banger

That's what the WB spirit is about, right? Sometimes life gets in the way, but you refuse, and then you deliver onto us this banger of a track.

Tantanmen is the best.

Huabun wrote:

Absolute banger

thanks so much!

antler wrote:

That's what the WB spirit is about, right? Sometimes life gets in the way, but you refuse, and then you deliver onto us this banger of a track.

Tantanmen is the best.

i could stuff myself with tantanmen until i explode. also thanks for checking it out! yes sometimes its just about refusing to give up instead of producing something super detailled.

Apticx wrote:

i could stuff myself with tantanmen until i explode.

That sounds like someone's next week's track title.

Yeah, WB helps you get over that perfectionism, and you value it more when you *do* have the time to give a track a bit more love too. smile

antler wrote:
Apticx wrote:

i could stuff myself with tantanmen until i explode.

That sounds like someone's next week's track title.

Yeah, WB helps you get over that perfectionism, and you value it more when you *do* have the time to give a track a bit more love too. smile

bet. the concept is now locked in

This is great! That mix is excellent, and I love how the shimmer shits above everything like another synth. This definitely feels like relaxing on a warm train - the snare even sounds like the clacking of a train as it moves along.

This is excellent! As I said over on YouTube already, I like the slight melancholic nature of this track. With the long, lingering notes. They feel like sunset to me. Other than the ending, I don't hear anything particularly rough about this track or the mix. It's just great all around! I do wish it had a proper ending, rather than just stopping. Something that wraps it up, and actually closes the story of the tune. But that's a minor niggle. Very well done!

dadboy wrote:

This is great! That mix is excellent, and I love how the shimmer shits above everything like another synth. This definitely feels like relaxing on a warm train - the snare even sounds like the clacking of a train as it moves along.

Thanks!

electronic_tiger wrote:

This is excellent! As I said over on YouTube already, I like the slight melancholic nature of this track. With the long, lingering notes. They feel like sunset to me. Other than the ending, I don't hear anything particularly rough about this track or the mix. It's just great all around! I do wish it had a proper ending, rather than just stopping. Something that wraps it up, and actually closes the story of the tune. But that's a minor niggle. Very well done!

Thanks for the comment! Yeah the ending is quite rough but i ran out of time so for the release (i plan on making small eps or albums with tracks that fit together once there are a few) i will definitely expand it slightly more since i had to finish this within a 2 hour trainride

Apticx wrote:
dadboy wrote:

This is great! That mix is excellent, and I love how the shimmer shits above everything like another synth. This definitely feels like relaxing on a warm train - the snare even sounds like the clacking of a train as it moves along.

Thanks!

Ok I'm just re-reading this and I'm very glad you understood that I meant that the shimmer sits above everything smile

dadboy wrote:
Apticx wrote:
dadboy wrote:

This is great! That mix is excellent, and I love how the shimmer shits above everything like another synth. This definitely feels like relaxing on a warm train - the snare even sounds like the clacking of a train as it moves along.

Thanks!

Ok I'm just re-reading this and I'm very glad you understood that I meant that the shimmer sits above everything smile

with the amount of shimmer i put on it shitting would also be a valid way of saying "its there" lmao

speedtreasure

Glad you got to work on this, it flows really well and the sounds gel well together, the mix is surprisingly polished for something done against train traffic noise. Honestly it's all pretty impressive!

And given how quickly you made it, I will forgive the chopped off reverb tail at the end.

You wrote this in 2 hours?!
I'm jealous you can make something like that in so little time. Must've been a great party, I love the vibe

Beautiful song! Downloaded and favorite-d.

RPLKTR wrote:

speedtreasure

Glad you got to work on this, it flows really well and the sounds gel well together, the mix is surprisingly polished for something done against train traffic noise. Honestly it's all pretty impressive!

And given how quickly you made it, I will forgive the chopped off reverb tail at the end.

thanks for forgiving me that crime which i shall not be caught doing again

CTRL DEL wrote:

You wrote this in 2 hours?!
I'm jealous you can make something like that in so little time. Must've been a great party, I love the vibe

i guess im just used to writing liquid dnb. the structure itself is super simple and very repetitive.

Cakes wrote:

Beautiful song! Downloaded and favorite-d.


thanks!

So good, man!
I love how sometimes a short deadline can pull magic out of you.

Like, imagine if you just gave up. Or even if you spent the week crafting something... You wouldn't have ended up with this little gem!

Great job!

GregVK wrote:

So good, man!
I love how sometimes a short deadline can pull magic out of you.

Like, imagine if you just gave up. Or even if you spent the week crafting something... You wouldn't have ended up with this little gem!

Great job!

thank you!

Yeah, deadlines really help my brain focus without getting lost in the details too much so its amazing how much output i can sometimes get done but i really wish i had another hour to work on the transitions and the end a bit more.

i guess thats something to do for the release once thats done

Apticx wrote:
GregVK wrote:

So good, man!
I love how sometimes a short deadline can pull magic out of you.

Like, imagine if you just gave up. Or even if you spent the week crafting something... You wouldn't have ended up with this little gem!

Great job!

thank you!

Yeah, deadlines really help my brain focus without getting lost in the details too much so its amazing how much output i can sometimes get done but i really wish i had another hour to work on the transitions and the end a bit more.

i guess thats something to do for the release once thats done

For sure! Sometimes I think the right way is to speed through the rough draft, and then spend a lot of time on editing/transitions, etc. Haha I just tend to get stuck in the editing phase almost immediately!

But yeah great job, man!
Keen to hear the final release!

This sounds so good heart such a vibe, love the lead smile

such sweet energy
- Ebrit

Coldsushi wrote:

This sounds so good heart such a vibe, love the lead smile

DESLRV wrote:

such sweet energy
- Ebrit


thanks!

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