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MAINTAIN

By mukti on February 8, 2026 6:28 pm

I recently heard a few different tracks with tempo variation, so I wanted to try to mess with tempo for this weeks submission. Its a pretty trivial switch, but I think it mostly works. This is another track I didn't start until the weekend, but after finding a vocal sample to chop up a bit, I kinda got into a groove and made this track. I went pretty bass heavy, especially at the down tempo part, and went all over with the higher pitched synths. Everything gets a bit lost in the bass towards the middle, but I still kinda like how it turned out.

Synths and start/end drums are all from the M8, but the drums switch to a few samples towards the downtempo part.

First appearance of Spool for WB26 as my track artwork:

I appreciate any and all feedback!

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February 10, 2026 3:55 pm

MRDRCAT

HI SPOOL!!!
Great deep sound overall & I love the opening bass. Solid vocal chops. Love the tempo change - it works really well and creates a darker mood for the B-section. The ramp back to original tempo creates a nice anticipation.

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February 10, 2026 10:13 pm

dadboy

DUDE.

I loved where this started, but that slowdown was freaking nuts! This started as a "cool, this is neat" and quickly became a "favoriting now!"

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February 11, 2026 12:25 pm

mukti

MRDRCAT wrote:

HI SPOOL!!!
Great deep sound overall & I love the opening bass. Solid vocal chops. Love the tempo change - it works really well and creates a darker mood for the B-section. The ramp back to original tempo creates a nice anticipation.

Thanks!! Definitely got a bit messy towards the middle/end of the b-section; but I liked the way someone at WeeklyMeets described it, "almost like a fever dream" - I think it fits lol.


dadboy wrote:

DUDE.

I loved where this started, but that slowdown was freaking nuts! This started as a "cool, this is neat" and quickly became a "favoriting now!"

Thank you! That means a lot to me that you'd favorite it! Definitely want to try with some more subtle tempo changes in the future

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March 10, 2026 10:46 pm

orangedrink

this art is like the movie about the cat that became a drug user and is trying to MAINTAIN

the slowdown into death drums + chopped n screwed was actually really really really really good.

and chopped n screwed works with the aforementioned drug movie plot lol

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March 15, 2026 8:53 pm

mukti

orangedrink wrote:

this art is like the movie about the cat that became a drug user and is trying to MAINTAIN

the slowdown into death drums + chopped n screwed was actually really really really really good.

and chopped n screwed works with the aforementioned drug movie plot lol

Thanks! It was my first time doing something like this so I wasn't sure how it would work out. I think the vocal samples really helped, and chopping them up for this track was easier than I expected - definitely helped pull this one together!

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