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At the Grave-Hoard

By rplktr on January 13, 2024 5:44 pm

It's been hundreds of years.

You're looking at a strange artifact from another era. You can't even begin to imagine how it was made and what function it served.

I welcome all critical feedback.

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I'd call this "dungeon synthwave". 118 BPM, C-minor. Analog Rytm loaded with TR-707 samples. A pair of Mother-32s serves as the chorus-y bass. Iridium doing most of the other heavy lifting.

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Nailed the vibe. Analog goodness. heart

I love this piece! it brought back good memories of Jean-Michel Jarre's 80's music but without falling into the obvious copy, good job!

sounds great!! love the little bit of story

Hell yeah, love how you managed to smash together two kinds of sounds i wouldnt normally associate as making sense together. Could absolutely see this in the soundtrack for a megaretro vampire hunter or something project

Nice, some great moments here - love when the snare kicks in. Love the atmospheric vocals and bass pads. Also that synth lead in the second half is fantastic!

haha, 'dungeon synthwave', yes! or maybe even 'dark reverie synthwave' heart

Love this! Takes me back but also sounds contemporary

Yes to dungeon synthwave, sounds spot on. Full lush sound, nice!

This is hauntingly beautiful. Ancient computers, derelict machines, and digital ghosts haunt this place.
- Devieus

judy wrote:

Analog goodness. heart

It keeps my bones warm in the winter!

Zatelite wrote:

it brought back good memories of Jean-Michel Jarre's 80's music but without falling into the obvious copy, good job!

Wow, I haven't really thought it sounded like JMJ but now that you said it... there's something there indeed!

FloatingMuskie wrote:

ove the little bit of story

Thanks! I try to keep those short not to bore the reader. But I do put some context in because I find it makes things more interesting.

Judgement Act wrote:

Hell yeah, love how you managed to smash together two kinds of sounds i wouldnt normally associate as making sense together.

It's the in-betweens where the magic happens!

emily wrote:

Exactly!

ddmm64 wrote:

Nice, some great moments here - love when the snare kicks in. Love the atmospheric vocals and bass pads. Also that synth lead in the second half is fantastic!

Thank you for listening!

RajaTheResidentAlien wrote:

or maybe even 'dark reverie synthwave' heart

Daymarecore.

george bowles wrote:

Love this! Takes me back but also sounds contemporary

I like that, thanks for listening and commenting!

Devieus wrote:

Ancient computers, derelict machines, and digital ghosts haunt this place.

Perfect, this is what I was going for. Thank you for your input.

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Wow, the magic of Weekly Beats really is that people take their time listening and expressing how they feel about each others' work. This engagement is definitely motivating. I'm very grateful for that!

I love the chords and synths in this. Big and moody and ethereal and all that good stuff.

Couldn't find a decent "Hyper Light Drifter" GIF that conveyed the vibe, so I stuck with Rainworld...

The ruins of a world long forgotten. Were the machines dangerous so people fled in mass... or they became feral and dangerous because of all those centuries of loneliness?

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