sometimes in ohc

you got a concept that sounds really neat

like 80s rock for this theme seems to gel

but then you get caught up in preset hell

make a decision

just write that line down

trust the process

just get a song out

no one cares if your song is jank

just take a leap of faith

you might think that it sounds bad now

but we think it sounds great

(excuse the rendering error, had a note halfway through that never cut off :P)

Everything was played in live, and it was arranged live as well. Using my 'octatrack scenes' bitwig template/controller mapping/puredata patch. I will have to do a video on this at some point, it is very cool. I don't think I've ever recorded an arrangement live and was not compelled to edit it after. The melody strikes me as familiar but I can't place it. No sooner did I type that, I realized it reminds me of Stitches by Orgy. Do you agree?

You've been thinking about it for a while. You've actually set everything up for this very moment. Stop doubting yourself. It's time. It's now. Go.

i like chiptune

you're falling off a cliff ahhh

and so i closed my eyes

because you told me

took my feet of the ground

because i wanted to

knew the floor was your arms

holding me endlessly tight

gravity pulls and your love kills

and so i hit the bottom

because you were not there

took my eyes off the light

knew the dark was your embrace

shielding me from my own mistakes

gravity pulls and your love kills

i am smashed

i am broken

i am never the same

i'll put myself together

strong better unashamed

you cannot break me

even when i fall

and i will not break

I almost fell into another beat-block, and had to rely on something old, until i remembered a sample of some Turkish instrument i forgot the name off, and decided well if the theme is Leap of Faith, then i need to showcase i can take risks, so i opted for something that is either the coolest thing, or the most painful and annoying, plus i don't want to be known for just doing the same thing, and well, it's nice that a compo of this size allows for freedom for experimentation as well as encouraging harder styles of noise. All in all it's....interesting. It's a Marmite track, you love it or hate it. Have fun!

I made my best leap. Gravity will do the rest.

This was composed entirely within No Man's Sky's Bytebeat system. This is also the first time in ages I have even tried to compose anything with it. But hey, I enjoyed taking the plunge =)

Looking downward, looking in

No way, I’ll stay at the top

But the light shines so bright within

I can’t dive for that secret within

Your gentle smile, a simple nod

Enough to make my heart soar

But I don’t know if I want to go.

The grail glows

Above my head

But it’s not the way

That you make me feel

What blades’ll I find

In the pit of your heart?

Do I take this plunge

Or go back to the start?

You’re so warm

behind the scenes

And so cool

On the cliff’s gleam

Close my eyes

And now I’ll dive

Into your mind

Into your heart’s pool of darkness

Closed to me

Now I’ll see

Dive to your mind

Into your heart’s pool of darkness