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PS, it's never easy

By roboctopus on January 4, 2026 7:25 pm

I am once again attempting Weekly Beats! I did not try in 2024, but I've attempted every other year since 2012 and never completed the challenge lol. Still always fun to try, so hello again fellow WBers!

This is kind of repetitive and is like, super generic roboctopus music I feel lol.

1xLSDJ, recorded with a real DMG running a lil hot into a Tascam 414 because that is what is hooked up to my audio interface right now, and seeing a game boy plugged in to a 4-track tape machine brings me joy.

I added a smidge of reverb for some reason.

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hot damn! this is fantastic!

great stuff, especially love the half time feel around 2 mins in!

mmm warm and crunchy is a comforting vibe smile nice work! gambate wb 2026!

if you don't complete all 52 weeks this year, i'm telling your family.

great to hear again the trademark style but with the additional rough-and-tumble "hardware tools in a butter cookie bin" textures!

Love the fuzzy keys, always so cool when melodic same are played through the Wave channel in LSDJ

Classic Roboctopus sound! Simple but lovely progression. Good luck this year!

Trying is what it's all about smile Welcome back.

Yea half time section with what I'm guessing is some half speed sampling has a really effective "pay attention to this" narrative.

This *is* classic Roboctopus, but that ain't a bad thing! Lovely smooth vibes going on here.

Did I ever tell you one of my first lsdj favs was Jelly? Brings me back to those days.

yesssss, ur still killing it i see...

im loving the sample use in here. I remember using one of those 4 track tape tascams back in the early 2000s. such a neat warm sound! really fits with the gameboy big_smile

Great stuff!

u still got the sauce !

It's like a bunch of different retro video games all had dinner together.

i love this!! the crunchiness is so comforting

This is so nostalgic and satisfying, tickles my brain right from the start

Always happy to see you around! Cool little life actually is easy vibe ; P

(ps: it's never easy)

A very fun tune, I like it!

ocean palace wrote:

hot damn! this is fantastic!

defensem3ch wrote:

great stuff, especially love the half time feel around 2 mins in!

Jamatar wrote:

mmm warm and crunchy is a comforting vibe smile nice work! gambate wb 2026!

Perhaps Bry wrote:

if you don't complete all 52 weeks this year, i'm telling your family.

great to hear again the trademark style but with the additional rough-and-tumble "hardware tools in a butter cookie bin" textures!

rayjkayj wrote:

Love the fuzzy keys, always so cool when melodic same are played through the Wave channel in LSDJ

ENC_ wrote:

Trying is what it's all about smile Welcome back.

ONE HIT KILL wrote:

Yea half time section with what I'm guessing is some half speed sampling has a really effective "pay attention to this" narrative.

antler wrote:

This *is* classic Roboctopus, but that ain't a bad thing! Lovely smooth vibes going on here.

Did I ever tell you one of my first lsdj favs was Jelly? Brings me back to those days.

muzak_efron wrote:

yesssss, ur still killing it i see...

spry wrote:

im loving the sample use in here. I remember using one of those 4 track tape tascams back in the early 2000s. such a neat warm sound! really fits with the gameboy big_smile

zpeisman wrote:

Great stuff!

tac wrote:

u still got the sauce !

52beats wrote:

It's like a bunch of different retro video games all had dinner together.

dreekydreeks wrote:

i love this!! the crunchiness is so comforting

.exe wrote:

This is so nostalgic and satisfying, tickles my brain right from the start

XC3N wrote:

Always happy to see you around! Cool little life actually is easy vibe ; P

(ps: it's never easy)

Nik Novo wrote:

A very fun tune, I like it!

Thanks everyone! Looking forward to hastily making music with you all haha.

SOLID! If this is your typical track then congrats for a job WELL DONE! Groove is excellent, the repetition is made interesting with voices that tell each their story, but the core track keeps moving and doesn't get boring. Actually idk what u talking about, there is not so much repetition cause there's really cool sections breaking things apart and exploring the melody from different angles! this is a really cool production and also mix and everything is clearly defined and nicely crunchy. I love this, please give us 51 more! heart

Uhm, where is this repetitiveness you talk of?
What a banger!

Gorgeous song, man! I haven't heard your other work, but this is killer. Looking forward to hearing more!

This is so vibey! Love the melody and the patchwork of wav channels and samples.

heck yes, love your music no matter how many WBs you do or don't!

cheers

These are some very nice melodies.

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