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Washington, D.C9933 Posts
HELLO TL! i'm really happy with how this turned out, download and listen to this shit guys!!! let me know what you think, even if it's "intrigue ur stuff sounds sooo snobby and pretentious LMAO!" i don't mind, i'm always thankful because that means you actually listened!!
really though let me know!
ok much love,
asa
DOWNLOAD
if that link doesn't work, try this mediafire link, or stream from soundcloud or last.fm
castles - Indifference:
genre: instrumental, alt/post.rock, 8bit, electropop (but not the nauseous, incessant "dance" beats i hope)
Track List:
01 you are not alone - energetic and from an old EP. explodes a minute or so in
02 nations - from an old EP, laid back. kinda like EITS or kaki king i think
03 still pretty cool - 8bit electronic pop. samples fred flintstone selling cigarettes.
04 pom pom - a more orchestral song. guitars and xylophones
05 box petals - quirky pop, almost jazzy? what is this
06 ovary montage - straight up disney sounding pop. this one mesmerizes me
07 wintermute - atmospheric glitchy tune with strings
08 k - yup
09 goat - postrock, baby. mood changes a lot throughout. haunting ending
10 panvertigo - my personal favorite. reminds me of being a kid, happy just doing stupid shit
all songs by jan z and me
album art by jared tarbell (complexification.net)
mastering by airbuz
you may recognize a few tracks from my old blogs =P
 
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I have the you are not alone EP I didn't realize I had gotten it from here. Neat  I'm downloading.
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To bad the music industry is DEAD
+ Show Spoiler + jk, I'm trying to be a writer, jokes on me. My sister is a musician, stay strong! edit: yes, my family will starve.
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Album cover is pretentious, and actually a turn off in terms of thematic/intrigue/appeal to make me buy. I don't get if there is any connection to the name of CD/album cover/individual song to a central theme, type of music (other than in general, electronic), a message or anything. I like the fact that it's available for download in all kinds of formats, and I don't like that last.fm "cuts-off" the song.
Going by the track names and descriptions this seems like a hodgepodge of someone tinkering with the knobs and controls of recording/looping software. Production value is a bit better than a home recording (that's meant as a compliment). Overall theme would be, "happy just doing stupid shit," from what I am gathering.
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Washington, D.C9933 Posts
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No insightful comments here, but I listened to the first two tracks so far and I think they sound great. Definitely something I wouldn't mind listening to when I'm just relaxing in my room.
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South Africa4316 Posts
On October 09 2010 08:02 ffdestiny wrote:
Album cover is pretentious, and actually a turn off in terms of thematic/intrigue/appeal to make me buy. I don't get if there is any connection to the name of CD/album cover/individual song to a central theme, type of music (other than in general, electronic), a message or anything. I like the fact that it's available for download in all kinds of formats, and I don't like that last.fm "cuts-off" the song.
Going by the track names and descriptions this seems like a hodgepodge of someone tinkering with the knobs and controls of recording/looping software. Production value is a bit better than a home recording (that's meant as a compliment). Overall theme would be, "happy just doing stupid shit," from what I am gathering.
Your comment seems to lack a central theme to me  I'm still trying to figure out if you've actually listened to the music or not. Are you critiquing the album, or just the cover and song names?
Anyway, I like the album. I especially like the songs where you mix the 8bit/chiptune sounds with postrock. Really nice fun sound 
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Sounds really nice but a lot of the random staticy sounds(simulated wind/random 8bit static/etc) you put in your songs seriously detract from them in my opinion. I think the best way to approach electronic music is to focus primarily on melody and only add sounds that support your melody rather than barraging people with them. Notice that most of the complements on soundcloud occur in the parts of your songs that most closely fit what I'm talking about.
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Nice music. It's very melodic.
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Dude! I heard 'you are not alone' on Roffles (or was it Boesethius') stream one night, and HAD to know where it came from. He linked me to your soundcloud and I downloaded every track in there. This is SERIOUSLY good stuff man, I really enjoy it and listen to it more than one time (which is more than I can say about most self-made music people post on TL). I really hope you go far with this, I know a lot of people don't get/understand this kind of music.. but I love it. Reminds me a bit of Pretty Lights/Trentemoller in some aspects.
Thanks for this album :D
edit: The sound quality/mastering could use a little touching up, and 320kbps/FLAC format download would be nice too.
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On October 09 2010 08:02 ffdestiny wrote:
Album cover is pretentious, and actually a turn off in terms of thematic/intrigue/appeal to make me buy. I don't get if there is any connection to the name of CD/album cover/individual song to a central theme, type of music (other than in general, electronic), a message or anything. I like the fact that it's available for download in all kinds of formats, and I don't like that last.fm "cuts-off" the song.
Going by the track names and descriptions this seems like a hodgepodge of someone tinkering with the knobs and controls of recording/looping software. Production value is a bit better than a home recording (that's meant as a compliment). Overall theme would be, "happy just doing stupid shit," from what I am gathering.
I agree with this. That's what the songs sound like. A bit pretentious and drawn out with no real technical skill, just stuff that sorta sounds good playing with additional instruments / sounds for decoration, especially "still pretty cool". Just an honest opinion
Unlike this guy though, I love the cover. I've seen plenty of covers that are random and have little conection to the band or album (meddle, court of the crimson king, and led zeppelin 3 come to mind) and they still worked well.
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Man I've been searchin for this for months!! heard it first on Boesthius' stream, 'goat' is incredible downloading now ^^
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On October 09 2010 09:03 SubtleArt wrote:Show nested quote +On October 09 2010 08:02 ffdestiny wrote:
Album cover is pretentious, and actually a turn off in terms of thematic/intrigue/appeal to make me buy. I don't get if there is any connection to the name of CD/album cover/individual song to a central theme, type of music (other than in general, electronic), a message or anything. I like the fact that it's available for download in all kinds of formats, and I don't like that last.fm "cuts-off" the song.
Going by the track names and descriptions this seems like a hodgepodge of someone tinkering with the knobs and controls of recording/looping software. Production value is a bit better than a home recording (that's meant as a compliment). Overall theme would be, "happy just doing stupid shit," from what I am gathering. I agree with this. That's what the songs sound like. A bit pretentious and drawn out with no real technical skill, just stuff that sorta sounds good playing with additional instruments / sounds for decoration, especially "still pretty cool". Just an honest opinion Unlike this guy though, I love the cover. I've seen plenty of covers that are random and have little conection to the band or album (meddle, court of the crimson king, and led zeppelin 3 come to mind) and they still worked well.
I guess I'm just not one of you fancy music people but personally I kinda like "stuff that sorta sounds good playing with additional instruments / sounds for decoration." But yeah, I would completely agree with that assessment of the songs, I just feel differently about it.
It's the kind of music you can just have quietly in the background. Just so chill.
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I was wanting to hear some sort of melody or singing voices, listening to ambient and repetitive beats gets kind of depressing for me, sorry :C
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Nice job on creating the album! I listened to some of the songs, and I feel that I enjoy certain songs over others. ^^;
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I really like them. Thank you for sharing.
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WHAT do you think this is? move along...
Seriously tho, been digging the shit out of this. I upmix the channels to 5.1 and play through dolby headphone. Sooooo lost in this. I wish Nations was longer =/
Some parts of the album remind me of old The Good Life. That's a good thing
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United States11637 Posts
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Heard several of these a few months ago, and still dig the "slidey" guitars, ambience, and beats. Congrats on finishing the album, the cover fits pretty well also. "Hoping" to finish mine in the near future (lots of tweaking and vocals still needed..) Been so lazy lately
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listened to a few songs... I like it. when did you start writing this, how long have you been working on it, what's your process, what's your music background etc?
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