glitch ur blues (screen of death)

posted in OHC800 on Feb 08, 2024
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mazedude sent me the source to "Cyborg Blobby" years and years ago. I wanted to make similarly glitchy music but haven't really.

so here's some.

this is for that kid.


also hi. happy round number to those who celebrate

be slapping water like

posted in OHC600 on Apr 09, 2020
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yeah idk lol

i had some ideas but they didnt pan out quite right, especially with the time limit. ohc wow what a concept

anyway, happy 10 years and 9 days since i started doing OHC, @me

2p bouncer

posted in OHC599 on Apr 02, 2020
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it's been 10 years and 2 days since I first started OHC. I haven't been particularly active for a while but I really wanted to hop in for this milestone. (agestone?)
love all yall <3
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oh yeah, entry description. uh... that's a badger in the pic, right? wbl. lol
this also features a script i made that randomly gives me samples from my library. thats where all the drums come from.
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a throwback to OHC105

I just took CJ's entry from 7 years ago and added SFX and music, mostly played live. and also DDRKirby's and usabell's entry from that compo.
it's kinda hard to work with this much material so quickly uhh

whatever i had fun \o/

do not fear

posted in OHC444 on Apr 13, 2017
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if you look in the bible, the description of angels are actually super terrifying
which is why they always introduce themselves with "do not fear", presumably

dont take the stairs

posted in OHC443 on Apr 06, 2017
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the other night, i used a neural network to generate a bunch of drum samples.
that's the source of all percussion in this song.

however, my desire to make a sort of "bossa-chopped staircase" sound didn't mesh so well with AI-generated drums. so uh........OH WELL

scratch'n'lit

posted in OHC432 on Jan 19, 2017
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i wanted to play with some tracker style scratching, kinda got bogged down in details but w/e

i experimented with chord phrasing a bit, too

follin up right

posted in OHC388 on Mar 17, 2016
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i just wanted to hear "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (track 6)" on an upright bass
and i may as well use ohc to kick my butt into doing something, right?

1nderground 8cid

posted in OHC385 on Feb 25, 2016
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more acid sorry
i was actually busy tonight and "couldn't" compo
oh well
this was inspired by "birds on e" by Mike Dearborn
...vaguely.
(this is a mario rmx)

woodwaters

posted in OHC373 on Dec 03, 2015
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i recently rediscovered some liquid dnb song that I only knew previously from kazaa. (of course, they were all mislabeled and 64kbps)

anyway, influence.

dnb. nice.

various scratches

posted in OHC369 on Nov 05, 2015
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trying out misc plugins for scratching
(wave traveler, dyscratch, simpler...)
I am good with none of them :(

i guess you could say I
donut
know what i am doing

skewed summertime memory

posted in OHC363 on Sep 24, 2015
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more epxpirments? YEAH BB
this time I'm using microtonal bs in some 4/4 dnb.
carlos gamma tuning.
each 5th is divided into 20 equidistant tones.
so, a 34.188 note octave.
PRETTY WEIRD, but strangely "normal" sounding

benedryl nap

posted in OHC343 on May 07, 2015
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a collection of sounds from recent.
applied catharsis.
growth, somehow I'm sure.

this is very random, train-of-thought esque.

sample pack theme!

posted in OHC335 on Mar 12, 2015
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all sounds are from the pictures for nights theme
(except I layered a kick because let's face it, pictures don't make for very good kicks)

(I wasn't particularly inspired tonight lol sorryu)

strife rush, reward

posted in OHC328 on Jan 22, 2015
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so I've made another VST. it's called STriFE.
it's pretty neat.
this song was a bit of a test drive for it, and oh god it's not finished yet, half the automatable things don't work :(

but I still made something (the entire second half of the song is 100% STriFE...and drums)

rolokosto

posted in OHC295 on Jun 05, 2014
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ended up scrapping my ideas like halfway in so here's another quickmade cute dumb tune :\
(30 minutes whatver)

4 rapid fire silly songs

posted in OHC294 on May 29, 2014
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the goal: write a bunch of silly songs, one after the other, as fast as I could

naturally I regretted the decision after a few minutes but NOPE CANT TURN BACK, GOTTA MAKE SILLY SONGS

(I managed to make 4.)

touch house

posted in OHC293 on May 22, 2014
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i tried to make something and failed so i made this house tune super quickly in like 15 minutes

(already had two layers sketched out, i just expanded on it + fx + etc but yeah)

lost luvu or smth idk

posted in OHC283 on Mar 13, 2014
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I was a bit slow to get into my groove and then I was late and yeah >_<

but I was able to make it to this compo because spring break hooray

also I released an album hooray:
http://soundsfromsci.bandcamp.com/album/turbojuke-it

don't let it backfire

posted in OHC277 on Jan 30, 2014
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everything was going fine until you were spotted.

now you have a bunch of these goons on your tail. great.

the good news is that you've nabbed the goods, and you just need to escape. in one piece.

good luck.

(hi today is a snow day for me so I'm able to make it to ohc! i miss u guys <3 hopefully I'll have a few more days with no thursday classes so I can compo again)

F2FM BASS DEMO 01

posted in OHC269 on Dec 05, 2013
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I have recently aquired a new superpower: making VSTs.

one of my first ventures into this territory has resulted in an instant-dubstep-making synth.

good or evil? well, who am I to decide...

I'm just making cool bass sounds :D

(all synths featured in this song are F2FM. even the chords.)

rainy yesterday

posted in OHC266 on Nov 14, 2013
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tbh it was a rush trying to complete my album before today, so I'm a bit musically drained now.

but here's a little something anyway.

remember, the world today is better than it's ever been.

(also check out my album)
http://soundsfromsci.bandcamp.com/album/a-brief-study-of-science-festivals

permanence

posted in OHC265 on Nov 07, 2013
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a time travel mishap.

it's been two years since you landed here, but looking back on it now....it feels like longer.

you're not going back. you will die here, and your broken machine will rust away long before humans start walking on two legs.

a revelation, an emotional breakdown.

nothing is permanent.

especially not you.

eating dreamers

posted in OHC264 on Oct 31, 2013
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they say that if you're eaten during a dream, you'll never dream again.

(sorry about the weird screamy sounds in the background. most of those weren't supposed to be there. I think there's a stuck note somewhere or something idk whatever sorry)

(also full disclosure: I used this OHC to extend an old sketch of mine. I more than doubled the length during the hour!)

observationalmarinaluminescent

posted in OHC263 on Oct 24, 2013
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dangerous? maybe...
but you can't help but stare at the serene glow...

(kinda bland sorry)
(check out this EP I made it is the complete opposite of this song)
http://soundsfromsci.bandcamp.com/album/free-form-booty-jazz

strange friend

posted in OHC262 on Oct 17, 2013
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upon meeting my evil twin I must say he's really not that bad of a guy.
in fact we're basically exactly the same except he thinks eugenics is morally imperative.

few found sounds

posted in OHC261 on Oct 10, 2013
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wherein I grabbed my microphone and tapped on a bunch of things, then layered it with so much other stuff that you couldn't tell what I did anyway.

(bleh. I really wasn't feeling it tonight. )

DLASHOWDOWN

posted in OHC256 on Sep 05, 2013
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the big show(down)

or at least that's what I was going for. I got a kinda neat "something big is about to happen" vibe but the song has 0 cohesion :(

the spirit of air

posted in OHC254 on Aug 22, 2013
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made using like 90% vocal samples (thanks cats milly, circuitfry, shannon, beardyman)

only the strums aren't vocal samples.

BECAUSE BREATHING = VOCALS, GET IT?
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explanation: my song kinda fell flat on itself half way through but I liked the idea of "let's use stuff from bronycon, which I just got back from!"

...so I actually made a mini-mix of the stuff I made during bronycon (plus the listenable part of my OHC tune)

traxlist:
1. u got a special house (made in my hotel room on day 2!)
2. surprise house (made in the hotel lobby on day 3!)
3. only one house (made during ohc today!)
4. fake trap something idk lol (made in the airport on day 5!)

enjoy! hopefully!

California is 840 milestones long

posted in OHC250 on Jul 25, 2013
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or, "california sunshine (rushed WIP)"

I don't really get angry, but sometimes I get really passionate, which is sort of similar...but perhaps more productive? watever.

this is me "angrily" creating a song

CATHARTIC!!!

temple taste

posted in OHC243 on Jun 06, 2013
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not quite as finished as I'd like this to be, but whatever.

spent 59 minutes and 26 seconds on this! (I know because I recorded the whole thing.)
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I started late and recorded myself making it.
I spent exactly 59 minutes and 28 seconds on this song.
but then my antivirus software decided to spike my CPU, and it's been at 100% for the past 20 minutes now.

augh

but yeah, I've been listening to some dancy bassy something recently idk
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SUMMER BREAK!!!
also HDD BREAK...ING DOWN!!!
...so yeah this a quickmade song on my laptop.

I haven't let a broken computer stop from OHCing, and I won't let it now.

..but I will miss the listening party due to this failed hdd.
trying to fix it.
wish me luck. >_

space eldridge hoedown

posted in OHC237 on Apr 25, 2013
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there's a giant monster about to devour our planet, and you want to boogie?! what is this, japan???

oh, wait. it is.

welp, I guess you're our only hope. now go dance that monster away. in space.

(whatever.)

spicy cali-funk roll

posted in OHC235 on Apr 11, 2013
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discoooooooooooo house!!!#$^#!$^#

this has no cohesion though, I ran out of time whoops

check out my EP it's full of tunes in this style:
http://soundsfromsci.bandcamp.com/album/3s-polytope-ep

Barizougrooven

posted in OHC224 on Jan 24, 2013
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I always did kind of want to remix this tune...but didn't bother until now.
Somehow I thought it fitted the theme, actually starting (+ finishing?) a remix.

but then I was like "ok this isn't going anywhere, time to give up"

BUT THEN I DIDN'T, because theme. good thing, too.

all2max

posted in OHC221 on Jan 03, 2013
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at first I tried breathing new life into an old song/idea of mine (a cover of the krakken battle music from Earthbound)
then I was like "yeah this isn't working for me"

so I tried working in a new DAW instead.

with guitars (also new to me)

sadly the song itself is not as fresh as this description.

but, IQ care...

posted in OHC216 on Nov 29, 2012
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so I guess I ended up working on a remix for some contest???
also I guess this qualifies as trap maybe? ?? ? ? ? ? ?
idk

also, I started on this yesterday so the total time spent is an hour and a half. so yeah.

downtime before tomorrow

posted in OHC211 on Oct 25, 2012
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have you ever been scared of something that was about to happen, but knew you couldn't do anything about it?

that feeling when you just want to sit down and wait and enjoy the relatively pleasant time that you have left until ______ happens.

idk...
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you uncover a secret chamber in an ancient temple.

walking inside, you notice something strange: this technology is millennia ahead of everything else from the time period, despite having the same coat of dust.

you found an ancient PWM synth.
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yeah, that bout of depression/confusion/whatever...it was pretty bad.
but strangely, I feel new and different now.
I can't really explain it other than through this song.

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also, I'd like to plug my latest album/EP/thing.
it's absolutely nothing like this song (but it's fun!!!)
http://soundsfromsci.bandcamp.com/album/an-open-letter-to-awesome-musicians
http://soundsfromsci.bandcamp.com/album/an-open-letter-to-awesome-musicians
http://soundsfromsci.bandcamp.com/album/an-open-letter-to-awesome-musicians
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people mock and fear me all the time, calling my creations abominations just because they're made from chopped up pieces of whatever I can find lying around.

but that's rediculous.

maybe, soon, they'll see that it's better this way. that what I'm doing is their best hope.

maybe...
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you know how sometimes, you can remember a few details about someone (or something), but only a few?
a vague memory, in other words?

all of the parts you forgot usually end up in this valley.

if you're lucky, you can find the other half of your memories.

shadow slices

posted in OHC197 on Jul 19, 2012
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some listeners may recognize this as a chop'n'screwed version of Renard's "Sunfall Valley (Open Fire)".

.......I like this new drumsynth I found >_>

(RIP 42's ears)

RAVA4

posted in OHC192 on Jun 14, 2012
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free for all?
freedom of the mind
the power of three.
the power of e
this is a test
don't forget
enjoy yourself
E

old tapes

posted in OHC189 on May 24, 2012
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I recently found some old tapes. Recordings of myself before I was even thinking about music.

It put me in a weird mood, but not a bad mood.

"old school" by a different definition of the word.

musical memory album

posted in OHC183 on Apr 12, 2012
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reflecting back on this compo...I've made some good friends, found some good music, and had many, MANY good times.

even if I still can't make a decent song in an hour, after 2 years. (or at least...I can't keep my songs from falling apart from EXPERIMENTS AND IDEAS)

trippin on vibrant edges

posted in OHC182 on Apr 05, 2012
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long story short, I found an old notecard from highschool and it drained me of my musical ability. So this was kind of hard to make, and such.

obviously that fits the theme.

obviously.

jazz cannon

posted in OHC180 on Mar 22, 2012
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what if you mixed jazz with brostep? what if this were a common thing?
what a crazy (but wonderful) world that would be.

blitzed moonshine

posted in OHC177 on Mar 01, 2012
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uhh....whoops?

made entirely of songs by Blitz Lunar, and also a TR808.

because YOU CAN'T TELL ME TO NOT SAMPLE STUFF, or something, I guess? iduno

paranoid prophecy people

posted in OHC176 on Feb 23, 2012
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this is about a town full of people that are worried about the end of the world.
VERY worried.
They spend their days in a drug-induced haze, trying to squeeze the best out of what they believe to be the last of the world.

sadly they never seem to realize that each week's new prediction is wrong, and the world is doing fine.

It's a hectic place.

popular pony distcore

posted in OHC174 on Feb 09, 2012
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because I'm the pony everypony wants to...something something dance something bassdrums

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by the way, album release! it's absolutely nothing like this song! check it out!
http://soundsfromsci.bandcamp.com/album/practicing-retrocognition

the last surviving compo entry

posted in OHC165 on Dec 08, 2011
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previously only known from heartfelt stories of the great accomplishments of musicians that once partook in the event, archeologists discovered an ACTUAL song from a thasauce OHC.
what they found was quite surprising...and actually kind of sad

mental regression

posted in OHC162 on Nov 17, 2011
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wherein everything gets stranger and stranger...

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this is part of no-save november, where all of the music I make this month will be part of a really large mega-song!
this would be track 6.

German Dream Factory

posted in OHC159 on Oct 27, 2011
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the factory looks more like an aircraft hangar, but with an intangible fog.

they always have interesting, if eccentric, dreams for you.

the really sad part is that most people forget the dream by the time they wake up, but at least they wake up in a good mood.

Castle Race

posted in OHC153 on Sep 15, 2011
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defeat the castle from the evil princesses that kidnapped your robot, only to find that the mastermind were in another elements of harmony.

at this point, hope is the only thing going for you.

Don't give up!

That One Show

posted in OHC148 on Aug 11, 2011
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everyone's talking about it...so why aren't you watching it?

(actually it's probably because of this song. so terrible tonight...whoops lol)

Shakey Time Machine

posted in OHC143 on Jul 07, 2011
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the scientist was trying out his time machine...and accidentally lost control!
he's lucky to have survived.

(or something I guess)

(really I got nothing.)

stupidlanche

posted in OHC137 on May 26, 2011
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so you create an avalanche from being too crunk, or something.
now you have to run away from it.

WITH THE POWER OF BASSLINES

20 Seconds of Panic

posted in OHC128 on Mar 24, 2011
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that you don't notice meteorites until they're about just about to hit means you don't have to worry for very long.

or rather, you don't have very long to worry. ;)

GIotHFoGW

posted in OHC127 on Mar 17, 2011
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"Gravitational Influences on the Hydrodynamic Forces of Ground Water"

Stare at a waterfall for too long, and you might get sucked in.

I am OK with this Jump

posted in OHC126 on Mar 10, 2011
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you are surrounded by robot agents.
There is no way out except down.

But then you look down and realize it's a ball pit (of hastily-constructed melodies).

Everything turned out better than expected. :)

Ritualistic Homicide

posted in OHC117 on Jan 06, 2011
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after looking at a scene of a murder that no human should be forced to witness, our hero realizes: now is the time to act.

...I guess. (kind of uninspired tonight.)

Two Steps

posted in OHC115 on Dec 23, 2010
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giving a gift is a two step process very similar to receiving a gift:
first is the anticipation
second is the feeling of joy

Dev Hell

posted in OHC110 on Nov 11, 2010
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everything is working perfectly until...fatal, program-ruining bug!
Luckily, it is easily fixed. Just a misspelled variable.
Back to perfection in no time! :D

Beautiful Dangers

posted in OHC103 on Sep 23, 2010
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Our lonely astronaut fell into a cavern, and was just barely able to send a signal to be rescued.

Not sure if the signal made it past the walls, he paused for a moment and looked around: it is actually incredibly beautiful in here.

The Wrong Voices

posted in OHC100 on Sep 02, 2010
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Way to go, "hero". You've all but completely destroyed the world.
Those voices you said you heard in your head? Yeah. You should have ignored them.

A Night beneath the Machines

posted in OHC098 on Aug 19, 2010
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It's not as good as a night under the stars, but I'll take what I can get.
You don't really have room to be picky after crash landing on a planet like this.

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this is also a kind of continuation of my previous entry.
red alert --> crash ---> hollow planet! :D

detuned geodome

posted in OHC095 on Jul 29, 2010
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tried to use a guitar sample...which was really, really detuned. baaad idea. :(

so, enjoy some noodling. Also, greetings from minnesota.:)

Forced Fight

posted in OHC094 on Jul 22, 2010
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We met in the lobby, darkened from the power outage. I didn't want to fight him, and he didn't want to fight me. But this was a fight that needed to be fought.

Keep your Stairs

posted in PRC174 on Jul 17, 2010
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This did not turn out at all like what I was aiming for, but then it grew on me...and so I rolled with it. Such is the nature of remixes, I suppose.

hopefully the source is still somewhat recognizable.
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