Root5 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Tracklist: 01 Swegüno - Edifice of The Confounded 02 Pselodux - Heymotion 03 Face Culler - Structural Analysis 04 Mr. Rogue - Slow Pan from Left to Right 05 Ascdi - Panes II 06 Owen Gilbride - Suburban Developments 07 William S. Braintree - From Start to Unfinished 08 ChestHeir - Brash Tacks 09 arbee - échéancier 10 Future Image - Empty Ladder Frame 11 Krtek - Load Failure 12 Entogora - Last TPiece 13 Magnet & Steel - Skyscrapes 14 Zephyr Nova - Future Relics 15 cubus - 51° 30' 15'' N, 0° 5' 11'' W Link: http://cytoplantasti...ete-skyscrapers I'm very pleased with how this album turned out. I was surprised by how diverse the tracks were, in terms of musical style and also in terms of interpretation of the theme. I think this diversity will be very apparent to everyone when listening to the album. I really like the way the album pulls together all the different styles and different ideas into one whole. This album really sounds like a compilation, in a good way.The judging process was fairly hard. There were 5 judges, three judges from watmm (including me), and 2 from outside watmm. The judging results were all very different, and so it was challenging to incorporate 5 different opinions and make one tracklist. I think I got everyone's favourites into the album, and the order of tracks is very solid.I'd like to give special thanks to Zephyr Nova for doing the mastering and to slightlydrybeans for doing the album art (and the animated album cover, and for doing individual track art). They both volunteered a lot of time and the results are great. I'm particularly happy about the album art, because, as far as I know, this is a new thing for a watmm compilation. It also looks great.Also thanks to everyone who submitted a track.As with the Christmas album, I put this on bandcamp as a "name your price" purchase. Since this is not my own work, please do not pay for the album. Just plug $0 in when downloading. I put it as a "name your price" album because there is a limit of 200 free downloads a month. If that is used up (which I'm not expecting--July's almost finished anyway) you can download it by paying a penny or whatever.Also, this album is under the Creative Commons Attribution licence. So feel free to sample or re-upload as long as you credit the original source.PS: I also took this opportunity to rename the Christmas album from "North Face on the North Pole" to "A Very WATMM Christmas, 2011". I'd like to do more Christmas albums, and I didn't want to set the precedent of having to come up with a lame IDM/Christmas pun every year.Happy listening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 you also ought to post this up in the New Releases forum as I think a lot of people look there for new music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascdi Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm biased, but yes I think this would rate a NR thread. Holy shit at the artwork. There's track by track art as well? Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm at the 3rd track. Excellent so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 nice cover art. well done there. will check out when i'm done with get the gringo (which is fantastic btw). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eichel Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 topic title reminded me of phnom penh (not really skyscrapers but still...) didnt hear the album now, grats anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 you also ought to post this up in the New Releases forum as I think a lot of people look there for new music. Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Wow, the opening track is pretty fucking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm biased, but yes I think this would rate a NR thread. Holy shit at the artwork. There's track by track art as well? Nice job! yep. :) a composition for each track. You can see them on the bandcamp page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBLA Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Cool. great job everyone! I'm downloading now! I love the animated album art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jimmy McMessageboard Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm biased, but yes I think this would rate a NR thread. Holy shit at the artwork. There's track by track art as well? Nice job! yep. :) a composition for each track. You can see them on the bandcamp page. i don't see them/ please post them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm biased, but yes I think this would rate a NR thread. Holy shit at the artwork. There's track by track art as well? Nice job! yep. :) a composition for each track. You can see them on the bandcamp page. i don't see them/ please post them http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/edifice-of-the-confounded http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/heymotion http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/structural-analysis http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/slow-pan-from-left-to-right http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/panes-ii http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/suburban-developments http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/from-start-to-unfinished http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/brash-tacks http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/ch-ancier http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/empty-ladder-frame http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/load-failure http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/last-tpiece http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/skyscrapes http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/future-relics http://cytoplantastic.bandcamp.com/track/51-30-15-n-0-5-11-w Ya see? Each track has its own cover/artwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 Oh yeah, sorry I should have explained that. When you listen to it as an album, you simply see the album art. If you want to see the track art, just click on the individual tracks. Or download the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 oh shit, i meant to make something seeing as incomplete skyscrapers was one of my suggestions. anyway, checkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Wow, the opening track is pretty fucking good. Thanks very much! I'm Swegüno just in case there's any confusion :) Downloading this now! I am SO excited to hear all the other submissions. And the animated artwork is stellar slightlydrybeans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Wow, the opening track is pretty fucking good. Thanks very much! I'm Swegüno just in case there's any confusion :) Nice! Reminds me of the soundtrack for The Proposition by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlucharski Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Mr Rogue track is very cool, I'm not throu yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 The last track by Cubus is cool as well. The title is clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frankie5fingers Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 damn, i listened for only a couple songs but this is amazing! will definitely be listening to this for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest arbee Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 yes, good job for the artwork, mastering and track selection. those tracks are pretty damn good !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Man, this is fun to listen to! I am up to the Mr. Rogue track; great sample of someone talking shit about architects!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Great track William S. Braintree! I can vividly imagine the frenzied mania of the construction workers as they relentlessly build upward! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I'm biased, but yes I think this would rate a NR thread. Holy shit at the artwork. There's track by track art as well? Nice job! yep. :) a composition for each track. You can see them on the bandcamp page. i don't see them/ please post them http://cytoplantasti...-the-confounded http://cytoplantasti...track/heymotion http://cytoplantasti...ctural-analysis http://cytoplantasti...m-left-to-right http://cytoplantasti.../track/panes-ii http://cytoplantasti...an-developments http://cytoplantasti...t-to-unfinished http://cytoplantasti...ack/brash-tacks http://cytoplantasti...track/ch-ancier http://cytoplantasti...ty-ladder-frame http://cytoplantasti...ck/load-failure http://cytoplantasti...ack/last-tpiece http://cytoplantasti...rack/skyscrapes http://cytoplantasti...k/future-relics http://cytoplantasti...0-15-n-0-5-11-w Ya see? Each track has its own cover/artwork. These are a wonderful touch as well! The one for the Krtek tracks looks similar to the EP7 cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 A couple people mentioned Mr. Rogue's track. I think one of the things about it that makes it so striking is that, while a lot of the other tracks call to mind a newly incomplete skyscraper (in many cases one that's still being built), Mr. Rogue's track calls to mind a really old incomplete skyscraper; one that's become part of the environment, and has been ominously looming overhead for a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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