love that gradual speed up and speed down. Adds a lot of tension. I for one, welcome weird! Dig this one

love that gradual speed up and speed down. Adds a lot of tension. I for one, welcome weird! Dig this one

The story about the speed-runners is fun and provides a good explanation for the speed-ups and slowdowns.  I kind of liked hearing it at the different tempos as they have different vibes.  You can grasp a little more of what's going on at the slow speed, but it sounds exhilarating at the fast speed.

The story about the speed-runners is fun and provides a good explanation for the speed-ups and slowdowns. I kind of liked hearing it at the different tempos as they have different vibes. You can grasp a little more of what's going on at the slow speed, but it sounds exhilarating at the fast speed.

so back in the dark ages when we had to DJ with weird plastic circles and couldn't just grab whatever we wanted off the interwebs, one of my favorite things were tracks that were intended to be DJ tools. it'd be something like... this is a decent enough house track, but over the course of things it slowly moves from 4 on the floor at 124bpm to like a 170bpm breakbeat. the tracks were rarely super memorable, but it took away that jarring moment of like... well I'm just going to backspin out of this track and slam things up to light speed.

something I've never considered is going, well, back to the start. the bpm rise and fall is so fun. you push it hard enough that it goes to full white knuckle aggression at the top, and fairly calm at the bottom. love it.

so back in the dark ages when we had to DJ with weird plastic circles and couldn't just grab whatever we wanted off the interwebs, one of my favorite things were tracks that were intended to be DJ tools. it'd be something like... this is a decent enough house track, but over the course of things it slowly moves from 4 on the floor at 124bpm to like a 170bpm breakbeat. the tracks were rarely super memorable, but it took away that jarring moment of like... well I'm just going to backspin out of this track and slam things up to light speed. something I've never considered is going, well, back to the start. the bpm rise and fall is so fun. you push it hard enough that it goes to full white knuckle aggression at the top, and fairly calm at the bottom. love it.

This is fun concept, and an interesting experiment.  I tend to use similar, but very very subtle tempo automations in my sampled orchestral and piano pieces, to give them a more human feeling.  This seems like a fun challenge though, to have really dramatic tempo changes, but still make something musical... which I think you've accomplished... I might give it a try myself at some point. 

This is fun concept, and an interesting experiment. I tend to use similar, but very very subtle tempo automations in my sampled orchestral and piano pieces, to give them a more human feeling. This seems like a fun challenge though, to have really dramatic tempo changes, but still make something musical... which I think you've accomplished... I might give it a try myself at some point.

This is a really interesting way to challenge yourself! To make a song that works at such a range of tempo seems not so easy. You're inspiring me to try some tempo shenanigans in a future track! But the other qualities of this are beautiful too, cool sound design, nice melodies, punchy kick, etc, etc, it's just easy to focus on the tempo since it's somewhat novel. Awesome creation!

This is a really interesting way to challenge yourself! To make a song that works at such a range of tempo seems not so easy. You're inspiring me to try some tempo shenanigans in a future track! But the other qualities of this are beautiful too, cool sound design, nice melodies, punchy kick, etc, etc, it's just easy to focus on the tempo since it's somewhat novel. Awesome creation!

whoa, this is a fun and disorienting track! a lot of cool sounds going on, all playing well together even though they've had too much sugar 
i could see this being frustrating if i was trying to dance along, but thankfully i was sitting flat on my ass...

whoa, this is a fun and disorienting track! a lot of cool sounds going on, all playing well together even though they've had too much sugar :D i could see this being frustrating if i was trying to dance along, but thankfully i was sitting flat on my ass...

I laughed out loud at the concept for this track. And it works! The tempo modulations are really fun, love how the mood changes and how it goes from a more somber tone into frenetic happy hardcore tempo and back. This is great

I laughed out loud at the concept for this track. And it works! The tempo modulations are really fun, love how the mood changes and how it goes from a more somber tone into frenetic happy hardcore tempo and back. This is great

gradual tempo changes are something I've never played with, and it really works here!

gradual tempo changes are something I've never played with, and it really works here!

Those changes of tempos are wild. I really like the composition there.

Fun track.

Those changes of tempos are wild. I really like the composition there. Fun track.

Cradle to grave low% no glitch.

Really digging the arp.
- Raioh

Cradle to grave low% no glitch. Really digging the arp. - Raioh

The tempo changes really captures the speedrunning feeling of losing 4 minutes on a split and still getting a pb by 4 minutes.

The tempo changes really captures the speedrunning feeling of losing 4 minutes on a split and still getting a pb by 4 minutes.

The great thing about creativity is that we can break the rules whenever we want. Heck, I never play to tempo in my tracks, and usually have to go back and use automation to adjust the tempo of various parts. Sometimes, I use subtle tempo changes to add dramatic flair to a section. While your changes are more extreme, I think they work for the overall theme you are expressing here. Nicely done.

The great thing about creativity is that we can break the rules whenever we want. Heck, I never play to tempo in my tracks, and usually have to go back and use automation to adjust the tempo of various parts. Sometimes, I use subtle tempo changes to add dramatic flair to a section. While your changes are more extreme, I think they work for the overall theme you are expressing here. Nicely done.

Haha the concept is very fun! A solemn funeral of a speed runner but the people in the attendance cannot help trying to find the fastest way, run all around, and try to bump their heads into brick wall in order to do out of memory errors to rewrite the program and maybe even revive their friend. The variations of rhythm this track are really fun - like they catch themselves trying to cool back down but their nature always takes over and they speed up again and again!

Haha the concept is very fun! A solemn funeral of a speed runner but the people in the attendance cannot help trying to find the fastest way, run all around, and try to bump their heads into brick wall in order to do out of memory errors to rewrite the program and maybe even revive their friend. The variations of rhythm this track are really fun - like they catch themselves trying to cool back down but their nature always takes over and they speed up again and again!

I love this! So much electronic music is just LOCKED IN to a steady beat that getting to hear how the texture and feel changes in a track with a gradual tempo change feels like a hidden treat. The story you added is a wonderful bonus (like they all are). Creative and lots of fun!

I love this! So much electronic music is just LOCKED IN to a steady beat that getting to hear how the texture and feel changes in a track with a gradual tempo change feels like a hidden treat. The story you added is a wonderful bonus (like they all are). Creative and lots of fun!

Really cool concept especially as the tempo gets into the gabba bpm territory for a bit.  Could see the procession taking the long route to the burial just to bounce off walls and platforms   Also love the slowed down brassy pad sounds alongside the arps.  Nice work!

Really cool concept especially as the tempo gets into the gabba bpm territory for a bit. Could see the procession taking the long route to the burial just to bounce off walls and platforms :) Also love the slowed down brassy pad sounds alongside the arps. Nice work!

This is wild. I hadn't thought about using tempo so aggressively as a compositional tool. The speed ups and slow downs are wild.

This is wild. I hadn't thought about using tempo so aggressively as a compositional tool. The speed ups and slow downs are wild.