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Spacecraft - 2000-2100 AD

By Kedbreak136 on July 31, 2022 1:17 pm

It would be untrue to call this track a speedtrash as I spent some time on it during Sunday and tried to make something out of it. "Unpolished" is a better qualifier. After multiple aborted attemps on Saturday at doing a track (some heavy guitar stuff, some jazz stuff, etc), I decided I could not make it work. And then for some reason, I was checking the artwork of Peter Elson, a famous visual artist of the 70s and 80s who made a lot of scifi book covers, and I was taken back to a book I had when I was a kid and that I'd devour on a regular basis: Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD (the French version though).

It really is a compilation of Peter Elson's wonderful spaceship paintings and stories made around them. He had such a unique design sense and his paintings were so inspiring.

ANYWAY

Back to the track, inspired by that, I thought i'd go back to the bread and butter of my tracks as I was not able to do anything else. An insisting bass, some breakbeats, spacecraft sound effects, speed, energy, big impacts, Japanese percussion, pew pew, etc. I think I have made this track a dozen times already, but at least it's a track and it works for its genre.

Your pew pew tracks are always fun to listen to. I especially like the part at 0:55 where you pare everything back to its basics then bring it back in roaring kedbreak fashion.

Nothing wrong with your bread and butter, they're tasty. It really feels like a space adventure.
- Devieus

Sounds good! But like you said, seems like you've made similar tracks before. That's fine, and it's still a new track and a cool tribute to the book you loved when you were a kid! It is nice to get inspired from some visuals to make a piece. You should try some AI generated pics and make some music for those!

the picture of the spacecraft on the magazine is really something special and an inspiring artwork. you catched its beauty and gigantic force very well in the music you wrote for it. keep up that power.

Super track. Ca marche bien, c'est grandiose, le fit est excellent avec the thème. C'est parfait re-faire le même genre de track de temps a autres. smile

I'm glad you shared the inspirational picture because I really can visualize that spaceship zipping through space as I listen to this. 

such a vortex of excitement and energy, makes me wanna dance, but in a way that might hurt myself big_smile

You've definitely got a solid grip on the genre! This track's got awesome energy and a great sense of narrative.

Love the energetic feel the breakbeats give the whole track especially on that fill halfway.  I'm always a fan of your pulsing basslines as they create the backbone of these tracks.  I like the warp speed outro too smile

I was grooving along from the start, but at 1:31 I lost my mind. This one’s going into permanent rotation on my “get it done” playlist.

I'd love a narrator during the intro.  WELCOME TO KEDBREAK.  PLEASE KEEP ALL HANDS INSIDE THE SPACECRAFT AT ALL TIME.  DRINKS AND SNACKS ARE ONLY PERMITTED IN THE DOCKING AREA.

the drum breakdown was actually really sick.  great middle section.  then the craft goes into WARP DRIVE.

really really great stuff!

Banger confirmed -- all the good bits already been well-mentioned here. I like the sparse breakdowns w/ the violin, it's a weird effect and it works. (inspiration!)

Love the super cool intro and pulsing scifi synth sounds. The earthy organic sounds of that solo violin works so well.  The second half is intense.  Cool drum fill that rocks it in.  Another excellent audio adventure!

I find it both earthly and spacely somehow, despite the inspiration. Slam packed with great energy as per usual, a sonic bliss!

Nailed the vibe. Space breaks for the journey. Violin is awesome, unexpected, nice juxtaposition to the more intense sounds. Cool to see the art work inspiration. I just started the sci fi book The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet and enjoying it. This made me think of it.

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