Smokers Lounge
By Cakes on January 4, 2026 1:15 am
90BPM dark melodic hip hop instrumental. Drafted on MPC One. Stems ported to Reaper for arrangement and FX.
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A decidedly fine, dark vibe here. Something's happening in the alleyways--do we find out what it is? Very good.
Nice vibe, a bit suffocating. Appropriate title. I'd never set foot there. Solid videogame soundtrack material.
This got that meeting my fixer for the next job vibe. just one more run
The seedy underbelly of a cyberpunk dystopia coming through. Love the vocal sample effect, or vocoder?
FardyCakes wrote:
The seedy underbelly of a cyberpunk dystopia coming through. Love the vocal sample effect, or vocoder?
There is some delay on it from within the MPC's effects suite. I think I also bumped it a semitone or two. Then in Reaper it has some Pro-Q 4 EQing on it to get rid of some highs and lows. Then I added reverb with Raum with the "vocal hall" setting.
This is a great track. I love your use of delicate keys as a counterpoint to the bass. So good!
Loving the mild dissonance between the keys and bass, gives the whole track somewhat a dark, sinister vibe. Great aesthetic choices overall, enjoying this one a lot
really nice, I love the MPC one. I haven't updated it, curious what version you are running and if you are running the latest how do you find it?
mzunguko wrote:
really nice, I love the MPC one. I haven't updated it, curious what version you are running and if you are running the latest how do you find it?
I'm on 3.6.0. I'm using it backward though. I'm still learning to sample effectively. Week 2 has some sampling, but less than I should be using. This one is almost exclusively stock AIR plug-in instruments being used to tap out melodies.
I might need some therapy after listening to this one - very dark and overwhelming, nice!
I love how thick this sounds. The "breathe normally" vocal is perfect
MRDRCAT wrote:
I love how thick this sounds. The "breathe normally" vocal is perfect
aseeon wrote:
I might need some therapy after listening to this one - very dark and overwhelming, nice!
SQF wrote:
Nicely done!
cistern stairs wrote:
And now for some bounce
doomscrolling wrote:
Loving the mild dissonance between the keys and bass, gives the whole track somewhat a dark, sinister vibe. Great aesthetic choices overall, enjoying this one a lot
PartiMellow wrote:
Very evocative atmosphere!
geopet wrote:
This is a great track. I love your use of delicate keys as a counterpoint to the bass. So good!
Judgement Act wrote:
This got that meeting my fixer for the next job vibe. just one more run
horatiuromantic wrote:
Nice vibe, a bit suffocating. Appropriate title. I'd never set foot there. Solid videogame soundtrack material.
onezero wrote:
A decidedly fine, dark vibe here. Something's happening in the alleyways--do we find out what it is? Very good.
deeckzeven wrote:
Great vibe, loving that dark bass.
Thanks to you all for listening. I appreciate your time and the feedback. I've been trying to go through everyone else's tracks so no one gets left out. It's a daunting task and really makes me appreciate the time everyone took to listen. Only 200 more to go!
Very moody track! The vinyl noise really works well in setting it up and the vocal is pretty perfect. Really enjoyed the way the melodic elements danced around each other and created the space. Awesome start to the year!
Makes me feel like I'm a detective hard at work solving a case in a dark RPG, putting little puzzle pieces together. Beautiful.
"Breathe normally" and the title? That's cool. Also that bass is sounding THIIIICK.
Judgement Act wrote:
This got that meeting my fixer for the next job vibe.
Came here to say this. Would fit a sneaky malware installation gig in CP77. It's like you were never there.
I am neutralizing the research facilities ICE as we speak... with this playing on full blast. Great track!
deep headbobbing on this one.
That roarring bass is awesome! Everything fits well together!
Great usage of bleepies and tones!
thieves den vibes!
Nice dark vibe.
Some vinyl-scratch-sounds could sound great on this 
Step Saturn wrote:
Nice dark vibe.
Some vinyl-scratch-sounds could sound great on this
Good idea. I will see about that if I revisit this.
XC3N wrote:
This really reminds me of the SNES Metroid soundtrack
Good stuff
Thanks for checking this and the other tracks out!
slick beat and love how the bass and synths dance around it. the vocals give it a hypnotic feel too.
love how dark it is but then there is a little chiptune brightness, like streams of light illuminating the smoke