Root5 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 The winner of this year's MOST IDM tournament is Mycorrhizae! As is the custom of our people, we should put together a tribute album for Mycorrhizae. So let's get those knobs a'twiddlin' and make some sweet sweet music about those sweet symbiotic fungii. The deadline for submitting tracks is June 30thJULY 3RDCLOSED Instructions for submitting a track (please follow these): 1. Write track(s) 2. Send tracks to cytoplantastic [at] gmail [dot] com. I prefer email to PMs, because it's easier for me to keep track of all the submissions. Use dropbox or something because the files will probably be too big to attach. 3. In the email, please include your artist name and the track title. Also, please indicate which is the artist name and which is the track title, because it's sometimes hard to tell. Rules about the tracks (please also follow these): 1. These must be unreleased original tracks. No previously released material please. We want the album to be fresssshhhhh. 2. Please send uncompressed audio (AIF or WAV files). No mp3s. Also avoid flacs, but if you absolutely have to it's not a deal-breaker. 3. Please send unmastered tracks. The winning tracks will get mastered together so that they blend. 4. You can submit as many tracks as you like. I like to be flexible about including multiple tracks by the same person. I don't want one person to dominate the album (it's a compilation after all) but I don't want to turn down awesome fungus related material because of a strict arbitrary rule. So don't be shy. Send as many as you like. 5. Collaborations are encouraged. Other stuff you should know about how this process works (read this if you're new): 1. The tracks will be judged by a panel of judges, some watmmers, some non-watmmers. The judging will be reasonably anonymous, meaning that I won't include your artist names in the judging process. Please abstain from showing your tracks to other watmmers before the comp is out. Also, do NOT post your tracks in this thread! 2. The tracks will be judged based on their relevance to the theme as well as how much the judges like your tracks. If you submit a really good track, but it's obviously about caves or broken GIFs, it probably won't make it. Make the tracks sound like fungal internets. 3. You can make the tracks of any length. But, a 12 minute jam session might not work well on a compilation album so keep this in mind. 4. The winning tracks will go on an album up on bandcamp. The album will be under a creative commons attribution license and free to download. Album art stuff Every year a different watmmer volunteers to do album art. If you'd like to do album art, send me an email or post in this thread. I encourage you to come up with an example of the type of thing you'd do. Past albums have had excellent album and track art, and it's really contributed to the experience. A brief history of IDM: 7th MOST IDM winner: The rogue planet named CFBDSIR_2149-0403 freely drifting in outer space after being ejected from orbit 6th MOST IDM winner: Incomplete Skyscrapers 5th MOST IDM winner: Nikola Tesla 4th MOST IDM winner: The Large Hadron Collider 3rd MOST IDM winner: Antarctica 2nd MOST IDM winner: Black Holes 1st MOST IDM winner: Beards (but Deep Sea Creatures wound up getting more attention for some reason) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Cool, I'll try to submit something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Going to get writing soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptowen Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 gettin more of a psychedelic folk vibe from this i'll see if i can get ahold of an acoustic guitar & some flange pedals in time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I have ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 gettin more of a psychedelic folk vibe from this i'll see if i can get ahold of an acoustic guitar & some flange pedals in time Mmm.. mellotron vsts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Awesome stuff guys. Can't wait to here the music. Also, a friendly reminder: The deadline is far away, but it sneaks up. Get started now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 gettin more of a psychedelic folk vibe from this i'll see if i can get ahold of an acoustic guitar & some flange pedals in time looking forwards to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 gettin more of a psychedelic folk vibe from this i'll see if i can get ahold of an acoustic guitar & some flange pedals in time Mmm.. mellotron vsts.. I'm very fond of tweakbench's tapeworm: http://www.tweakbench.com/tapeworm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I have ideas. about symbiotic onychomycosis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I have ideas. about symbiotic onychomycosis? Yes, combined with the general idea of the X-Files episode the Field Trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th555 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 This is a great theme for a comp, will start experimenting right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I have ideas. about symbiotic onychomycosis? Yes, combined with the general idea of the X-Files episode the Field Trip. just don't walk barefoot near to it yes, i could make somezthing myself. i hope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Going to compose a track about Myco-heterotrophic plants; the somewhat creepy achlorophyllus plants that parasitise Mycorrhizae: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggy Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I'm in! Going to go for physical sounds, maybe will do a bit of field recording in Epping Forest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 .. maybe will do a bit of field recording.. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 I'm getting started on a duet between two polysynths. Romance is coming from my headphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I'm getting started on a duet between two polysynths. Romance is coming from my headphones. Love is in the air, and soil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A/D Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 This comp is going to rule. Thanks Root5 for doing this! And the deadline is my birthday (= pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I'm gonna make a sick psy trance hardstyle track. MUSHROOMS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 gettin more of a psychedelic folk vibe from this i'll see if i can get ahold of an acoustic guitar & some flange pedals in time Mmm.. mellotron vsts.. Going to compose a track about Myco-heterotrophic plants; the somewhat creepy achlorophyllus plants that parasitise Mycorrhizae I'm in! Going to go for physical sounds, maybe will do a bit of field recording in Epping Forest I'm gonna make a sick psy trance hardstyle track. MUSHROOMS! Dig all of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foresense Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 thinking about doing a generative thing, something with networks and trees. something with a mushy sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Ya I'm in too. :) Have some stuff already cooking. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 i'm gonna keep my mouth shut for now but when you hear my track you'll immediately scream (loud, over 90 dB) and say: ''My God! Mycorrhizae! He's so right; spot on!'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhylumZunami Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 are there any sample restrictions? like if i wanted to sample fungus among us, would that be ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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