la petite mort - spark x jegasus
By jegasus on December 15, 2024 10:12 pm
Hellooooooo there!!!!
I'm so immensely proud of this week's submission!!!! I actually teamed up with mwmwmw to make this piece of pure destilled art, hahahaha... Please be sure to also drop a comment on the song on his side as well since he did most of the heavy lifting on this one:
https://weeklybeats.com/mwmwmw/music/la-petit-mort
This collab actually started out with someone posting this image on the WB Discord group:
mwmwmw then responded to the image saying "no jegasus and I are making a track for sure, I will hunt him down". And just a few weeks later we exchanged a few DMs about ideas and voilá!!!
What's also funny here is that mwmwmw originally suggested we write a song about how the James Webb Space Telescope possibly has disproven dark matter. He even wrote some of the lines that made it into the intro - the whole "you ever look into you soul" and "you ever look into the universe to find the darkness?" part was all him!!! But then, instead of focusing on dark matter, I found myself writing about dark matters in a more philosophical sense. mwmwmw was a fantastic co-conspiritor in this and was super down with the change in direction.
It's worth noting that the lyrical content of the song is 100% real. This is something I honestly struggle with often, so getting to talk so bluntly and crudely about it like this has been quite nice.
I also need to shout out an amazing podcast called "Old Gods of Appalachia". The voice I use for the intro and the content warning are a bald-faced shameless rip-off of that podcast's narrator's voice. Also, the podcast itself is incredible and you should DEFINITELY give it a listen, especially if eldritch horror and folklore tickle your fancy.
Regarding who did what: I wrote most of the lyrics, performed the vocals and did one or two tiny instrumental bits here and there. mwmwmw created the beat, and produced the entire track, adding a bunch of effects and placing everything in the mix. He also took care of the final mixing touches, too.
To mwmwmw, I need to say: thanks for being an awesome partner in this. You created something REALLY fucking dope out of this thing and I feel really lucky to have teamed up with you on this. You FUCKING ROCK.
This community kicks ass so fucking hard. Can't believe the year is almost done!
Looking forward to listening to your submissions, too!!
Peace, y'all!!!
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. Very fun collab, it's definitely a wrap.
y'all are crazy haha. You had me at "hold on to your buttholes." Fascinating and effective balance of goofy/serious, super fun listen. 