plasmadancer
Freeform Hardcore, NRG DJ/producer for FINRG Recordings (Finland), TYFTH, CODEX, NRGetic Romancer (Japan)
Freeform Hardcore, NRG DJ/producer for FINRG Recordings (Finland), TYFTH, CODEX, NRGetic Romancer (Japan)
Sorry to say that I won't have time for a stream tomorrow, but at least the setlist is just about decided.
TYFTH is probably going to be fairly quiet during August, so I'll do my best to stream 013 asap. That might mean a Friday or Saturday next week, but let's see...
In the meantime there'll be a set from the archives (finally) going up on YT - possibly a Romancer recording this time.
This week's track is Spellhaunt, an experimental Assembly entry by Alek Szahala. I don't remember hearing this at the time!
@RebalLance @Sherkel I'm very excited about this one, looking forward to hearing how the jungle tracks have been used!
@Sherkel It is! Not forgetting Proteus, Guld, Eewol...and I'm still deliberately using an ancient version of Reason that was around then (7, I think).
@Sherkel Ah, still some way off, isn't it? I agree some TFIV style would be great, but suspect most people will be excited for as 90s Megadrive Koshiro-sounding an OST as possible...still, that opening track in the trailer is almost perfect for stage 1, promising signs.
I had a pretty good afternoon's worth of mixing practice, and now things are shaping up well for the next stream. Goa with some NRG is still the plan, but it'll be a full-length set after all!
Goodness, Earthion's looking promising...a lot more to it than just a Koshiro soundtrack. I'll be just too late to make it to Bitsummit in Kyoto, sadly, but this trailer is a good start.
The first of a few mix-related posts is finally up on TYFTH - it's a lengthy but interesting one.
No stream this weekend, but there'll be efforts to get something ready for next week. Sadly the mix for FINRG is still a while off though, as I'm set on including a new track of my own in there somewhere.
There'll also be another non-PD set on youtube in the next few days, so keep an eye on that.
@Sherkel Now that's going back a while! I had to look it up, but now I remember. Funny that the next stream might be another hybrid affair...no Starfall planned as of yet, though.
@RebalLance That's a good description! I much prefer it to his 10s melodic tracks, maybe because of that.
@Sherkel This is FINRG! Also, one of Alek's best for keeping the Reason-grittiness but still sounding impossibly good today.
@Sherkel I went back to listen to Freedom, and glad I did! That breakdown is superb, as well as the grindy Proteus/Pain on Creation filtered sections. It has jumped onto the 'to-play' list for a future stream.
I hope you come back to the WIP eventually too, it has a lot of potential.
Let's at least get a track here to start the week off on the right foot - it's a hard one to fit into modern sets, so Starfall is often a standalone track for me these days. A favourite of Zio's, I have some lovely memories of hearing him play this one at Studio Cube:
TYFTH's enforced absence is almost over! I'm still alive, but with Mastodon not agreeing with my phone, updates anywhere haven't been easy. There are some almost-ready posts behind the scenes of the site, so look out there for the first signs of life this week.
With very limited time lately I was in the market for a shorter shmup, and decided on revisiting Nemesis 2. I had a great time with it, somehow no-missing normal (something I definitely didn't do back in '92). Less success with hard mode - it gets nicely hectic from what I saw yesterday.
For me it's still one of the best Gradius games in the series, and the soundtrack is ridiculously good:
Catching up on TYFTH tracks at the moment, as well as posts and various other bits of admin - starting the week with possibly the most underrated Hannya remix!
@Sherkel TYFTG with some good selections so far! Sad to think that an Alabaster comeback might be the only way we'll hear this style again.