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I queued this up for my bike ride home last night, and while it's not winter yet (thank god), the air is starting to get crisp, and this matched the vibe perfectly. Really loved how the melody of the first two songs built up into the beginning of Space Walk before shifting into those slower three-note sequences. Felt like it was building the whole time to something I couldn't put my finger on, which really evoked the unease of being out in space. Since I was riding while I listened, Soundcloud kept playing through the other stuff you've uploaded, and I really dig what you're up to.

Oh yeah, feels like I get several emails/texts a day that say "click here for something free" just kidding you have to come to the livestream. Now I just keep the download page up in the background and check it every once in a while instead of watching.

Appreciate you saying so! Wasn't so sure about adding in the ambient sounds, but I really wanted the song to have more of a diegetic feel and that seemed like the best way to accomplish it, short of writing out a whole narrative. I'm glad you mentioned that it made you feel curious too because, upon reflection, putting this together was its own journey in curiosity. This was my first time using the plugin I used to make that arpeggio (Plinko), and the randomness that came out of that ended up becoming the foundation for the rest of the track. Even with the percussion, I ended up just going through and clipping/moving stuff around until it sounded cool. I'd highly recommend it for inspiration, and it looks like it's getting re-released for free later this month on a Cymatics livestream. I saw on your submission you're big into freeware {same}, so if you can tolerate how long their streams are, there's a lot of free stuff to be had.

I have not listened to Tennyson until tonight, and you're quite right. Absolutely dig their sound, and if this is what came to mind when you listened to my track, then that's high praise indeed.

Great from start to finish. Your summary really helped set a base scene, and the music filled in all of the blanks beautifully. As far as theme goes, I think I preferred the more electronic sounding drums in Common Enemy to the acoustic ones in There's a Lot to Show You and You Will Pay, but that's just personal preference. As individual tracks, they're all absolutely gas. Highest rated submission I've listened to yet, so keep up the good work big dawg.

Loved the violin as well, and the triplets did a great job of pulling everything forward with that urgency you spoke of. The changeup in pace about halfway through threw me off a bit on my first listen, but upon revisiting it, it really evoked what felt like the protagonist finding their footing and moving forward with newfound determination.

Seconded carrot and kaz - I've gotta say Lute Girl was my favorite as well, and Plotting Gnomes had me wondering, "what if all those hours I played Barony were fun instead of stressful?"