#Fluid Funk

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#MixOfDay #Podcast #Radioshow #LiveDjset Traxsource LIVE! #486 with Terry Hunter Chicago's very own Terry Hunter is back on the decks this week for Traxsource LIVE! Terry is part of the legendary Chosen Few DJs and owns T's Box Recordings as well as Mirror Ball Recordings where you will find his latest smash hit with Deon Cole 'Post That' which is out now exclusively at Traxsource! Terry delivers a masterful blend of deep, soulful & funk this week with tunes from Emmaculate, Glenn Underground, DJ Spen, Alton Miller, Orlando Voorn and more. Get ready to vibe! 20+ countries, 80+ radio networks and 10 million+ weekly listeners can’t be wrong. Keep it Traxsource. Keep it underground. Follow us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/traxsource Follow us on Soundcloud: https://ift.tt/e9BCXH3 Follow us on Facebook: https://ift.tt/DSiZJGC Follow us on Instagram: https://ift.tt/oBNG5CW Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/traxsource Terry Hunter - https://ift.tt/nvLI5tz Post That ft. Deon Cole - https://ift.tt/oi9wSOb Mirror Ball Recordings - https://ift.tt/bj2lUiD TERRY HUNTER - TRACKLISTING: JUN 27TH, 2024 01. Trinidadian Deep - Dub U Right - noctu recordings 02. Alton Miller - Light 03. Col Lawton - Ready For The Moment (Terry Hunter Remix) 04. Terry Hunter - When I Fell In Love Remix - Faith 05. Gianni Bini, Karmina Dai - Lately (Emmaculate Remix) 06. Deon Cole, Terry Hunter - Post That - Mirror Ball Recordings 07. Glenn Underground - Orchestra Electronica 08. Digital Native - Goodness Praise Break Remix - B.D.M. Music Group, LLC 09. Aaron K. Gray, DJ Spen, Gary Hudgins - Obey - Quantize Recordings 10. Orlando Voorn - Freedom - Fluid Funk FORTHCOMING GUESTS ON TRAXSOURCE LIVE! • X-Press 2 (July 4th) • Risk Assessment (July 11th) traxsource, Emmaculate, Faith, "traxsource live", "house music", "deep house", "Terry Hunter", "Chicago House", "Soulful House", "Deon Cole", "Post That", "Mirror Ball Recordings", "Glenn Underground", "DJ Spen", "Gianni Bini", "Fluid Funk", "Alton Miller", "Digital Native", "Karmina Dai" www.priokskfm.online https://ift.tt/SQNx7nV

[lj-lephemstar]

Progress Checkup! (Jan. 2025) | Scratchin' Melodii Devlog

Hey guys! Time for another progress checkup; This is actually the first one of the new year! I hope you were all able to enjoy the holidays. I took a bit of a break from working on most stuff last month and have been getting back on things this month. First, I wanna thank everyone who's wishlisted Scratchin' Melodii on Steam! So far, the game's gotten over 17,000 wishlists! Thanks so much for the support!

In the previous devlog, I mentioned some changes to the rhythm system. In the Dragon Funk preview, you can see the new rhythm system and character icons I mentioned in the previous devlog! Actually, let's unpack some of the new things you're seeing in action there:

Hold Notes This is the first song in the game to include hold-notes! They mostly work the same as they would in any other rhythm game. However, since this game has an emphasis on self expression, moving the control stick during these will let you tune the note's pitch-bend for extra expression points! I showed that off in a post here. As for Pow Notes, I've been working on a way to let the player get expression points from these too! I'd like for most of the special notes like these to be not just a gimmick, but a tool that the player can use to their advantage.

Quadruple Lines Yep! The first blue line in this one is extra long and has 4 rows! Fun fact actually, I had to implement this feature after I realized that part of the song was too long to fit in just two rows. It was pretty difficult to figure out both how to do it and how to execute it in a way that doesn't feel too jarring, but I'm pretty satisfied with the results! In fact, barely anyone's even noticed it; I guess that's just how natural it feels! Not sure how much more often I'll be having lines longer than two rows, but it's great that I have the option now.

AutoPlay You might also notice that the player inputs are perfectly timed... TOO perfect... that's because I've developed an autoplay feature for the game! At the moment, it's mostly for debugging and stuff, but if all goes according to plan, AutoPlay Mode and Replays should hopefully be available to players as well in some form when the game comes out!

"Next" Indicator & Other UI Related QoL Some of the top things players said they had trouble with in the demo were related to being prepared for the next line. So, if you look at the right-end of the rhythm bars, you'll see a little tab that shows the color and amount of rows the next line will have! Also, now each line's suggested notes can be seen before the rival performs them. This did take some thought, as I actually kinda still liked the idea of it appearing as if the characters were making it up on the spot, but to put game design first, it makes more sense to have it displayed as soon as possible so the player has more time to react and prepare. This also opens up more possibilities for future mechanics, so in the long run, I think I've made the best choice here.

Now, let's get into what I've been and/or will be working on that you haven't seen yet!

Act 2's Boss The music for the Act 2 Boss is  nearly complete! I'll likely be starting to animate it pretty soon. This song is the longest one I've done so far, clocking at a duration of a little over 3 minutes long!

More Animation Updates for Stir & Mix At this point, I've done even more cleanups on the sequence you saw in the last devlog and I've finished animating the "I wanna" scene of the song, which will probably have the most changes out of any other scene in the song. When I first animated Stir & Mix, I didn't quite have the time or skills to do everything I really wanted to do with it. That scene in particular I felt was WAY too stiff and boring, especially compared to the more dynamic and fluid scenes that appear in some of the other the stages now. I'd say I'm about halfway done retouching all the animations for this one!

Refined Model Sheets I don't talk about these very often, but sometime around 2023 I started using model/reference sheets for the characters. (I might show them off someday, but for now they're staying private!) Before this point, the designs are pretty inconsistent from shot to shot, so this helped a lot with that. Recently, I've done some revisions I'm really pleased with. Their designs are finally becoming... well, final! I'll be reworking the affected characters' hub world sprites at some point to reflect these changes.

Slight Reworks for some Act 1 Songs On the sound side, Stir & Mix's vocals have been reworked again! As I've mentioned in the previous devlog, 2cada's tuning style and techniques have evolved a bit since we first started working together, so we thought it'd be fun to go back and incorporate some of that into it. We'll also probably be reworking the structure of Nami's song a little bit at some point just to make it a feel a bit more solid, which may require a new line or two from her voice actor, Meggie-Elise! So funnily enough, it seems some of the songs will have end up having TWO unused beta versions after this.

Also, a quick PSA: Please note that beta versions of content will NOT be included in the full game. I've heard people ask for them to be "brought back" or toggleable, but in my situation something like that is both easier said than done and I also just... don't want to LOL. With as many directions I can take this game, I know I can't satisfy everyone, but I can make a game that satisfies me, so I'm aiming for that! And hey, maybe other people will like it too.

I think that's all I wanna talk about for now! Thanks so much for reading. It can be a bit of a daunting task to write these at times, but I'm glad to keep you up to date on the project when I can.

-LJ

[scaredshadowsswap]

Hey! Hope you're doing alright. What do you think the staffs general music taste would be?

Hey, thanks! I got a minor bout of finals flu and had to do research on a bunch of different music genres so forgive me for my tardiness XD

Clef:

Clef seems like he’s well-listened, and pretentiously so. Most likely a fan of classic rock, but he can also lecture you about the reason a particularly crunchy jazz chord was significant to the meaning of the piece. He also seems like the type of guy who can name the album that a song is from and the year it was released. Clef just really likes music.

Despite this, I don’t imagine he can play very well. Maybe a few songs on the ukelele, but Clef seems like the type to get good at something and then drop it a few weeks later, so I don’t imagine they’ve stuck with anything long enough to play super well.

Favorite artist: Has too many to choose one; depends on the day.

Kondraki:

I think it’s cheating to say I came up with any ideas for Kondraki, because it says on his personnel file that he thinks classical music is ‘‘the only kind worth listening to”. However, while I do think he’ll make comments about Draven’s music being “noise” occasionally, I think he holds back a lot because he wants to listen to Draven’s music with him.

I don’t know if they canonically say that Kondraki plays any instruments, but I imagine he plays piano very well and is proficient in violin (less so than piano, though).

Favorite artist: Chopin

Gears:

Gears seems like he’d enjoy smooth jazz. Just the mellow vibes that he can tune out a little bit more easily when he needs to lock in. Despite this, I imagine he really secretly enjoys the music Iceberg plays. Just because he doesn’t express emotions often doesn’t mean he doesn’t like feeling stuff sometimes.

I think Gears could’ve been forced to play piano as a kid and been really good at it, but the emotion was never there. He could play Rachmaninoff particularly well, but was never able to be creative or fluid enough for jazz.

Favorite Artist: Mary Lou Williams

Iceberg:

Iceberg, as cold as he is, has a very fiery personality and I think he’d be into metal, although he tries to pull back a little and sticks to hard rock when playing music around Gears because he doesn’t think Gears enjoys the extremity of it. One of his favorite genres is symphonic doom because it makes him feel cool when he’s running explosives tests. He wears thick headphones to block out any loud noises from the explosions, and then blasts his music at full volume.

Definitely did not play any instruments except for maybe a few self-taught songs on guitar. This man can sing Wonderwall at you.

Favorite Artist: Lethian Dreams

Shaw:

Shaw has heard it all, they are over music at this point. They just feel neutral about all of it, honestly, and not much music really speaks to them anymore. Shaw also seems the most likely to be the type to listen to one song on repeat until they get sick of it. If anything at all, they miss the disco era and still occasionally listen to funk.

They have been around long enough to play most instruments with reasonable skill. They can carry a tune on 30+ instruments easily.

Favorite artist: Although they feel pretty neutral now, they were into The O’Jays.

Glass:

Glass gets overwhelmed by music very easily, but I imagine he likes pop music generally. Generally only listens to whatever’s on the radio or whatever is playing, although he will take the time to listen to any song request given by patients.

I think Glass probably played a woodwind in middle/high school. Clarinet maybe? Not good at it, but never got rusty in terms of skills.

Favorite Artist: Taylor Swift

Rights:

Rights doesn’t have a specific genre, dabbles in lots of places, but that’s exactly how she likes it. She also likes the mysterious vibes that come with not telling people what she listens to, so she’ll never clarify. She goes through phases, but punk rock was a long one spanning 8 months.

I don’t think she ever played an instrument, but I think she’d be a quick learner if she ever decided to.

Favorite Artist: Destroy Boys

Strelnikov:

Strelnikov doesn’t listen to music in English because he likes to be able to relax while listening, and spending all day translating is well…not easy. Despite this, I don’t think he’s into the gopnik stuff like dubstep. He’s a military man through and through, so old songs from his childhood are usually what he plays.

I really like the idea that he plays guitar. The picture of Strelnikov on the wiki looks like a man who could play guitar. Can do fingerstyle Russian lullabies or just play the chords and sing along.

Favorite Artist: Definitely doesn’t remember the names of artists at all, but he’ll say he “like music from old soviet movie”. his favorite movie soundtrack is by Aleksandr Zatsepin

[dry-yellow-marker]

hashira gender & sexuality headcanons!!

please keep in mind i am an anime-only viewer (but have had substantial spoilers) & that these are headcanons, you don't have to agree with me. this is just for fun!

tomioka giyuu

he/they graysexual; no specific label for his gender but it's very fluid

kanroji mitsuri

she/her cis woman

unlabeled sexuality but equally attracted to all genders

iguro obanai

he/him by default. has some issues with his gender but if he tries to think about it for more than two minutes he gets nauseous

sexuality: mitsuri /j

shinazugawa sanemi

bisexual with a preference for women

he/him transmasc (i have seen some people hc'ing him as transfem and i can get behind that too tbh)

himejima gyomei

he/they but he the way you would use it to address an animal of ambiguous gender

asexual

tokito muichiro

questioning his sexuality. stuck in the 14-year-old "damn what am i" funk, but it's not a big priority for him at the moment (demons.)

doesn't care about what pronouns you use

kocho shinobu

MEAN LESBIAN!!

she/her cis woman

rengoku kyojuro

"i'm probably nonbinary but i have a job so idrc about that rn"

queer

uzui tengen

polyam bicurious

he/him but if you threw in a they he wouldn't object

+ bonus: kocho kanae

she/her transfem!

aroace

[blue-lollipops-and-ice-clouds]

Sleep Token's "The 100 Songs That Changed Our World" Article.

(Source - photos courtesy the lovely jawsofeden)

Transcript:

100 - Sleep Token

The Summoning

(Take Me Back To Eden, 2023)

The meteoric rise of Sleep Token caught us all by surprise. At the start of 2023, the mysterious masked band were one of the metal underground's buzziest names. Led by enigmatic vocalist Vessel, they were a band to watch, for sure, but firmly attracted the niche passion of a cult following.

Then came the song that would change everything. On consecutive days in early January, the band released two singles from their third album, Take Me Back To Eden: the burning, crashing Chokehold, followed by The Summoning - and it was the latter track that would turn them into an Earth-conquering, expectation-shattering phenomenon.

Veering between depraved tech metal, soulful vocals and shimmering electronics, an enormous, hymnal chorus gave way to an Earth-shifting breakdown and screams. Intricate and groove heavy, The Surmoning was more like three songs seamlessly crafted into one genre-fluid modern masterpiece. And it still had its trump card to play: a bendy, thirst-trap, funk outro that went viral on TikTok, turning the internet intoalusty Take1 puddle. Suddenly, Sleep Token were the most talked-about band on the planet.

"THERE ARE HINTS OF EARLY SLIPKNOT THERE."

COREY TAYLOR

"It took me three listens of [The Sumroning] to realise that when they do that whole psychedelic section at the end, that it's actually the same chorus as it was before, only in a completely different way," Evanescence's Amy Lee told Revolver. "And I love it even more that. I thought they just went a whole new direction and wrote a new part, and then I was like, 'Wait, that's the same...but not at all'."

Sleep Token weren't the most obvious choice for a commercial breakthrough. The success of The Summoning, an unconventional, seven-minute, brutal shapeshifter, bucks just about every music industry trend there is.

"It's going to a lot of different places, and I think there isn't any other band out there right now that's able to do that," Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford said earlier this year.

The Summoning set a chain reaction in motion that was unprecedented in modern metal. In just a few weeks, the band saw their Spotify figures jump from the thousands into the millions. To date, the track has been streamed more than 123 million times on Spotify and 19 million on YouTube. On release, Take Me Back To Eden went straight in at No.3 in the UK and was the most streamed metal album of 2023. When the band announced a show at Wembley Arena, tickets sold out in 10 minutes.

Earlier this year, they left the metal-heavy roster of Spinefarm Records for RCA, the home of mainstream megastars Justin Timberlake and rapper Doja Cat.

"In heavy music, or even in just rock, even in the last decade or 15 years, there's so few stories of bands ever breaking through," says Health bassist and producer, John Famiglietti, who supported the band at Wembley and sees Sleep Token's success as proof metal still can resonate on a massive scale. "This is one of the few times I've seen a band go from a fucking club to an arena in six months. And I don't know the last time that happened."

It's worth pointing out that in the social media era where celebrities and artists are more accessible than ever, Sleep Token have achieved all of this on their own terms. To date, they've barely done any press, while their masked mystique is all part of the allure. Last year, fans reacted with outrage when bassist III's identity and birth certificate were allegedly leaked online, seemingly leading to a decision to wipe the band's Instagram.

"There are hints of early Slipknot there," Knot vocalist Corey Taylor told The Allison Hagendorf Show in 2023, thinking back to the early internet days before Slipknot removed their masks. "At first, we were like, 'Nope. You get nothing. This is what you get, you figure it out. We'll let the music speak for ourselves.

Today, Sleep Token are being mentioned in the same breath as potential future Download headliners Ghost, Gojira, and Architects. The only difference? Sleep Token have managed to ascend to the same level as those bands in a fraction of the time. Metal needs new superstars who will push things forward, innovate and keep the scene relevant - and with Sleep Token we have a band we can believe in. DL

[ecargmura]

Oblivion Battery Episode 11 Review - Tearing Down Walls

Are my eyes playing with me or did the animation quality drastically improve for the penultimate episode? There’s so much fluid movements from running to batting. There’s a lot of fast transitions that make doesn’t make it look awkward. Is MAPPA increasing the budget since this is the second-to-last episode for this show? I’m assuming yes.

The match with Hikawa High continues as Kotesashi is struggling now that amnesiac Kei has returned. The sudden change caused the group to have some discord, which was why Haruka’s pitches got hit and that Kazuki couldn’t catch it well. While Kei coming back did cause the team to have some funk, it’s dissipated once Kei ensues words of wisdom to Haruka who eventually apologizes to Kazuki for getting the wrong idea of assuming he was mad at him. It’s interesting to see Kei be the voice of reason of the team for this match. He’s usually the goofball and the one who has to get babied the most, but he has always been insightful.

The star of this episode is Shunpei, whose backstory is shown here. He was someone who always tried to find ways to overcome his insecurities. For Shunpei, his biggest insecurity was his height. Due to family genetics, he was the type who wouldn’t get any taller or muscular, so he resorted to overeating to gain weight, but that didn’t work too. All he could do was find ways to make up for his lack of height; he read books in order to gain knowledge since that was something he could gain other than weight. He overexerted himself when it came to eating so that he could be apt to play baseball and be on par with those taller than him. However, his insecurities got the best of him to the point that he quit baseball and lied saying he hated it. The reason why he became insecure was because he was trying to delude himself into believing he was fine with the way he was and he’d never feel jealous of others until he made an offhand remark about Makita’s physical growth that his insecurities increase. He’s a liar because he still loves baseball. That’s why he joined the team. While I still think Aoi’s backstory is the best, Shunpei comes at a close second. I love the wall metaphor used in his story. Even though he overcame the wall of playing baseball with his height, he made up for it by making ways he can play baseball that’s best for him. However, other walls start showing up—the walls are a metaphor for his insecurities. The more he has, the more they appear. His backstory also helps me understand why he acts like a smart aleck at times. It’s because knowledge was the only weapon he could wield when it came to baseball. He needed to learn about the sport in order to find a way to his style of playing, which he did.

This episode also cements my dislike for Makita even more. He looks down on others a lot, especially Shunpei. It’s annoying to see his arrogance. He keeps saying that he finds Shunpei’s style of baseball boring and he’s never understanding of it. All he does is gloat and have a temper. Heck, his frustration even affects his pitching. I just hope Kotesashi wins so that Shunpei can put him in his place.

I’m still awed by the increase in animation quality. I hope that the quality stays the same for the finale. What are your thoughts about this episode?

[sonicandvisualsurprises]

70's

Apagya Show Band - Ma Nserew Me

"Ma Nserew Me" is a fantastic representation of the golden era of highlife.

I love the intricate yet fluid instrumentation and its pulsating groove!

The Apagya Show Band were "a Ghanaian music group which was arranged by Ebo Taylor. They fused jazz, funk and highlife. Apagya means "a spark of fire".

Information from : Discogs

[deepdreamnights]

Corvid Morbidities

When a psychopomp dies, there is little to hold it in the afterlife beyond the honor system and a general trend toward retirement. This rarely has much impact, save when the creature falls to disease. The ghosts of bacteria and the spectres of viruses cling to feathers and fluids alike.

The only thing worse than the bird flu, is being haunted by it's phantasm.

Prompt: an abstract graphic featuring an image of a sloth, in the style of psychedelic overload, portraiture with emotion, daz3d, multi-layered collage, colorful moebius, emotive gestures, psychedelicpunk:: a poster for the horror film the raven, in the style of funk art, blink-and-you-miss-it detail, frenzied action painting, neogeo, spiky mounds, realistic hyper-detail, extremely gendered

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #353 - Jorge Ben, A Tábua De Esmeralda, 1974

Tutti noi conosciamo una canzone di Jorge Ben, straordinario musicista e cantante brasiliano, anche conoscendo per niente l'artista. Perchè è autore di una delle canzoni più famose di tutti i tempi, e simbolo della musica brasiliana: Mas Que Nada! (1964 dal disco Samba Esquema Novo) portata al successo da Sergio Mendes e i Brazil '66 e poi divenuta uno standard jazz, una canzone dalle centinaia di cover, una sorta di cartolina musicale della musica brasiliana. Ma Jorge Ben (che fino al 1989 userà questo nome d'arte, ma poi lo cambierà Jorge Ben Jor, scritto anche BenJor, per frenare l'incidente legale che attribuisce parte dei suoi diritti editoriali al cantante e chitarrista statunitense George Benson) è uno dei grandi autori di musica carioca, e uno dei pochi non "bossanovisti" a travalicare gli argini internazionali con dischi importantissimi.

Bravissimo chitarrista, dalla fine degli anni '60, quando ottiene altro successo importante con il disco Jorge Ben, che contiene altre due canzoni famose come País Tropical e Charles, Anjo 45, inizia un percorso sperimentale musicale che lo porterà nel decennio successivo a scardinare le strutture classiche della musica sudamericana, intrecciando le influenze delle musiche occidentali come il soul, il funk, ma anche ribaltando completamente la traiettoria, rifacendosi alla radici africane della musica brasiliana. Questa ricerca si traduce in tre dischi, eccezionali, che pubblica tra il 1974 e il 1976: sono A Tabua De Esmeralda, la scelta di oggi, Solta O Pavão del 1975 e África Brasil del 1976. Non hanno il successo commerciale dei precedenti, ma sono unanimemente considerati tre capolavori.

A Tabua De Esmeralda deve il suo titolo all'interesse di Jorge Ben per la teosofia, il misticismo e le arti magiche alchemiche: in copertina c'è una riproduzione della tabula smaragdina di Nicholas Flamel, grande alchimista e massimo studioso del XV secolo della pietra filosofale: la tavola smeraldina è un testo sapienziale che la leggenda vuole opera di Ermete Trismegisto (la fortuna della tavola smeraldina e del suo potere magico ha avuto ultimamente una rinascita con la serie Netflix Dark, che prende spunto dal testo). Musicalmente il disco, dominato dalla sua chitarra gioiosa e variabile (sarà l'ultimo disco dove la suona, prima di trovare difficile le registrazioni dello strumento rispetto alle sue aspettative sonore) ebbe un'enorme influenza sui musicisti brasiliani dell'epoca e contribuì in larga misura ad accendere l'esplosione creativa che ebbe luogo nelle scene samba rock e samba soul brasiliane durante gli anni '70. Il sound di questo particolare album è molto semplice, dominato dalla atmosfere acustiche, con le canzoni guidate dalla caratteristica chitarra acustica di Ben suonata insieme a un basso e percussioni, in una sorta di brazilian folk, anche per gli innesti che Ben mette nelle canzoni: cori, arrangiamenti di archi e un contrabbasso che rendono le melodie magnificamente realizzate, fluide, vibranti e con quel tocco magico che sia la lingua che la stessa atmosfera danno alle composizioni. Tra le tracce, quella apertura è l'allegra e bellissima Os Alquimistas Estão Chegando, con i suoi divertenti testi sugli alchimisti. Altri momenti particolarmente belli sono Errare Humanum Est, a tema spaziale, Zumbi, con i suoi testi ispirati all'Africa e che anticipano il lavoro profondo ed essenziale che farà con Africa Brasil, Cinco Minutos e Magnolia. C'è spazio per le canzoni d'amore come Eu Vou Torcer e Minha Teimosia, Uma Arma Pra Te Conquistar. Brother è cantata in inglese ed è uno spiritual carioca, O Homem Da Gravata Florida è un brano diverstissement che parla di un uomo dalla bellissima cravatta, in pieno stile realismo magico. Molti critici hanno notato che in realtà alcune canzoni sono riferimenti simbolici a personaggi storici: l'uomo della cravatta potrebbe essere Paracelso, O Namorado Da Viúva, l'innamorato di una vedova, è lo stesso Flamel.

Ben è stato una grande fonte di ispirazione, anche a volte "incosapevole": una sua canzone Taj Mahal, che riprenderà nel fenomenale Africa Brasil, fu la base per quella canzone di grande successo che fu Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? di Rod Steward nel 1979: portato in tribunale il cantante scozzese, Ben vinse la causa sui diritti e donò il ricavato dei diritti del singolo all'UNICEF. Ben scrive e suona ancora adesso, portando sul palco l'energia magica e indimenticabile della sua musica e del suo paese.

[angelhummel]

finished season 1 tonight cried lots and lots here's my updated s1 ranking uwu

Laryngitis

Preggers

Journey To Regionals

Theatricality

Throwdown

Wheels

Mattress

Bad Reputation

Pilot

Dream On

Home

The Power Of Madonna

Vitamin D

Ballad

The Rhodes Not Taken

Sectionals

Showmance

Hairography

Funk

Mash Up

Acafellas

Hello

i think the top 7 and the bottom 4 are pretty solid but the others are fluid like it just depends on the day but i really love them all

[lazlolullaby]

temporal temp work, a Batman Beyond and WFA style fluid comic canon crossover (but mostly Bruce amnesia recovery/character study)

Bruce lost his memory. He has no idea who Batman is, or what he's done for the past 30 years of his life.

Bruce is still a detective, despite the holes in his memory. He keeps noticing little tells, bruises, signs of lying. He knows he did something in his spare time, he's not sure what.

The batfamily decide that if it's not going to come back easily, then they should treat it as a retirement for Batman. They all came to an agreement, that they would be "as civilian as possible" around Bruce as to not put pressure on him to perform as Batman when he's not ready.

Alfred and Dick had gently explained that they won't tell him anything until he comes to a conclusion by himself and tells the family. If he gets it correct, then they can talk about it. If he doesn't, they can't. The Batcave is still open for him to find.

(he's in the world's most elaborate detective game, basically.)

in the meantime, Bruce focuses more on the company, on bonding with his suddenly large brood of kids, and legal methods of fixing Gotham.

Everyone's backstories remain similar to what the press knows. Jason's case is special, as he's dead. So Jason explains that he did survive, he was mad at Bruce for a while, so he got out to get his own place. They are slowly repairing their relationship.

Damian also flat out goes: "Yeah I was grown in a jar for the League of Assassins." and everyone nods and goes along with it. Jason even says he's seen the jar.

He even starts to bond with Tim, Jason, and Duke again over investigating crime. (well. More for the kids to solve it.)

The ones that fight the most for Batman to come back, the ones that make the most progress in getting Bruce to remember are Tim and Terry, since they were the ones that got him out of his funks in canon.

Bruce has nightmares. Despite losing the context of the fears, he still has them, he still can remember some Caped Adventures. He blames that for his nocturnal sleep schedule.

The Justice League dropped by in capes, trying to get him to remember.

Bruce gets totally suspicious that he's funding an entire space station. It takes him a week to crack every. single. founding JL member's ID, and even some sidekicks...Except Batman and his merry brood of birds and bats. (It doesn't help that the Dark Knight has been missing. no new data.)

The Gotham Rogues are starting to get gutsy. The Batfamily is stretched thin. It gets to the point where either scientists or magicians step in and try to "Summon Batman".

This is where Terry comes in. He gets summoned with Ace the Bathound. They survive on the streets of Gotham, then find Nightwing and Red Robin facing off against a Joker that's "pining for his eternal rival"

Tim is barely in danger but Terry's instincts go full throttle and he starts to roast. They see Ace has a harness with a Wayne Security badge and a license that are both dated for decades in the future.

Dick and Tim take Terry home. Say he's a friend in a tight spot, but Bruce sees right through it. Terry is the seventh black haired kid to be sheltered by Bruce and he knows it's a ploy to jog his memory. He's not having it. Terry also isn't interested in playing along with that either, instead loudly acknowledging he's got family already.

Ace gets along well with lots of the Batfamily. Terry makes a comment that he was trained as a PTSD-support dog. He knows how to sit and block people from getting into your space, how to use his weight as a grounding method. Bruce starts researching getting one for the house.

The batfamily train Terry on the streets for a few nights just in case. Nightwing goes back to Bludhaven. Dick does as well, and Bruce figures the connection quickly. The Justice League is seen with a new Batman.

Terry decides to annoy Bruce into becoming Batman again. Being ever so slightly off kilter, but still dedicated to helping. Always saying "If the guy I'm temping for doesn't like it, he can come out and do the job again."

Terry sees Bruce's psych profiles and list of Batman and Batman II suspects and makes a comment. "You writing a murder mystery or something?"

"Or something."

"What's the seventh rule of Knox's 10 commandments of detective fiction?" Terry asks.

"The detective must not commit the crime?"

"Mmm-hmm. Good thing you're not writing."

Bruce is getting tired of not knowing. Not getting better. Terry talks about how he was an assistant to an old man. That he also had trouble with being less active than he used to be.

Batman II shows up to save a hostage Bruce Wayne, and Bruce plays 20 questions. "why are you here in Gotham?"

"someone has to. And I already promised that I would."

"who did you promise? Why does it have to be you?"

"What makes this work is that I chose it. I work so I won't destroy this legacy. Me. My choice."

"You didn't say who you promised."

"The last guy who wore the bat...he got swallowed up by it. Didn't even think of himself as anything but Batman at the end." He shrugged. "Separating yourself from the mask is important. You know about Superman, yeah? He needs that job. He needs his friends and family, if not to feel human, just to be the best he can. Bruce. You have your friends and family. What are you willing to do to protect it?"

idk i can't figure out a suitably appropriate and dramatic emotional situation where Bruce figures it out. But he does.

Bruce gathers all of the family in the Wayne Study for a Classic Detective Reveal. He goes through the Batfamily one by one an unmasks each of them correctly, even confirming the ones who had other identities.

Bruce takes up the Cowl again, this time with a little more restraint and respect to his Bruce Wayne identity.

Terry goes back to Neo Gotham, stronger and happier that he knows the Batfamily.

[reggiejworkshop]

P-Fluid

Real name; Peter Forrest, the original vocalist and frontman of the 80's funk metal group 24/7 Spyz. 1961-2025

With his energetic stage presence, politically charged songwriting, and his aggressive but soulful voice he helped make the group stand out on it own from the other black rock groups they were constantly compared to such as Bad Brains and Living Colour.

Since we are deep into Black History Month, I thought I would pay tribute to a lesser-known musician from one of my favorite bands, especially due to Forrest's untimely passing from a homicide earlier this past January.

Since there is no fanart out of this guy that I know of, and since I've already drawn one of the other bandmates form this group a few years back, Eddie Hazel, I wanted to do another one to celebrate an underrated musician that should've gotten a lot attention than he did.

Also, decided to use regular ol Crayola's markers for this one

[neverlostmycrown]

#30daysmusicchallenge2024 for Daughters of Darkness!

Day 5: A song that reminds you of a loved one:

Evanescence: Far From Heaven

this is a completely different style than I did before and I love how it came out. love over all! ^^

Amy about FFH:

"It’s about questioning my faith. And it’s not like it’s the first time, but it’s just very raw, real and in the hardest way I ever have. Having to really look at it and wonder, ‘Is anybody out there?’ That’s a real question I’ve been asking over the past couple years, through everything, and I don’t have the answers. I never have had the answers. That’s the whole thing that makes belief belief. We just can believe, we don’t know. But it’s not just about that. That’s part of the reason it was so hard to write, I spent two or three weeks just stuck in this funk, like in this depression, trying to get it off my chest because it’s not the way that I feel all the time. But it is a feeling that I have that comes up in me regularly: wondering where the people are that I’ve lost, and thinking about time in a more fluid way." (x)

[acourtjayster]

🃏︎ — a court jayster.

ntwali mutanguha, found at @grymmrp.

basics.

FACECLAIM Ncuti Gatwa

CHARACTER NAME Ntwali Mutanguha

NICKNAME(S) J, Mr. J, Walli/Wally if Ntwali sees someone sweating over saying their name

GENDER/PRONOUNS Non-binary, they/them

SEXUALITY Fluid

HEIGHT 1.78 m (5'9"?)

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES Closely shaved head and beard, but sometimes they'll wear a fro because it's the After

APPEARS (THE AGE AT TIME OF DEATH) 34

BIRTHDAY 10/20

PLACE OF BIRTH Kigali, Rwanda

NATIONALITY Scottish

FAMILY INFORMATION Da, Mum, and two younger siblings

CAUSE OF DEATH Alcohol poisoning

TRAITS

POSITIVES: Energetic, Imaginative, Astute

NEGATIVES: Selfish, Dishonest, Self-Deprecating

LIKES Pulp fiction, mandazis, neeps and tatties, dance halls, disco, funk music, spiffy clothing

DISLIKES Busybodies, tryhards, and anything they used to be Before, golfing, classical music, getting involved in someone else's business

HOBBIES Going to the pubs and "buying" people a round, electric guitar, watching Near Vane's live theatre shows, staying in their lane

HABITS Talks with their hands, finger guns, tongue clicks, lots of winks, and eyebrow wags. Leg shakes when they're restless, sneezes when they're stressed

optionals.

EXTRAS  Remember 8tracks? Here's 8 tracks for Ntwali

Mr. Blue Sky - ELO, Houdini - Foster the People, Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz, Smoke and Mirrors - Gotye, Supermassive Black Hole - Muse, Still Feel - half•alive, A Good Song Never Dies - Saint Motel, The Winner Takes It All - ABBA

CHARACTER TROPES The Con Man, Bavarian Fire Drill, The Charmer, Large Ham, Mistaken for Badass

CHARACTER INSPIRATIONS Reigen Arataka, Saul Goodman, Phoenix Wright, Spamton, Mickey Haller, Bugs Bunny

MEMES

MORAL ALIGNMENT True Neutral

ZODIAC/NATAL CHART Libra

MBTI ENTP

ENNEAGRAM 3w4 I think

[dustedmagazine]

Rail Band — S-T (Mississippi)

“Marabayasa” is a groove that transcends time and geography, a monstrous monolith of funk that follows a pied piper’s sax through strutting, swaggering, stop-motion syncopation. The singer, Malian legend Mory Kant�� leads an exuberant call and response, his fluid, note-bending salvo met with an echo so rhythmic, so hip swaying that it commands motion. The guitars are high and golden-toned, the piano insistent on the offbeats. When Kanté launches an instrumental break with a reverberating “waa-aa-aah,” you feel that you’re there in the heat of it, sweating and grinning.It’s the standout track on the Rail Band’s 1973 debut, a record of scorching power and body-tingling joy, performed train-side at the Buffet Hotel de la Gare. The Rail Band, you see, was the state-sponsored musical outfit of the Malian railroad.

That 1970s band included both Kanté and Salif Keita singing, Tidiani Koné on trumpet and saxophone, Djelimandy Tounkara on guitar and numerous drummers, merging traditional African sounds with mambo from Cuba, and funk, soul and jazz from America. They played five nights a week at a café in the rail station in Bamako to locals, expats, visiting businessmen and travelers. To judge by this album, it was a hell of a way to while away the hours until departure, much better than airport CNN feeds, so good that you might decide not to leave.

Consider, for instance, the fluid big-band wallop of “Moko Jolo,” this one with Koné on trumpet and sax both, both horns floating in a haze over an impacted, side-shifting beat. Percussion, on the kit and played by hand, takes the foreground in “Nantan,” setting a wandering rhythm for guitars to snake through, a shifting, phantasmagorical foundation for shadowed group vocals, the sound of distance, heat and longing baked in. It’s all very fine, intricate but physically stirring, full of skill but inflamed with feeling. Still after a while, you might find yourself turning to “Marabayasa” again, because it cooks so hard.

Jennifer Kelly

[theforbiddeneden]

Metal Hammer issue 388 (18/05/2024) - The 100 Songs that Changed the World

100 SLEEP TOKEN

The Summoning

(TAKE ME BACK TO EDEN, 2023)

The meteoric rise of Sleep Token caught us all by surprise. At the start of 2023, the mysterious masked band were one of the metal underground's buzziest names. Led by enigmatic vocalist Vessel, they were a band to watch, for sure, but firmly attracted the niche passion of a cult following.

A ascensão meteórica do Sleep Token nos pegou de surpresa. No início de 2023, a misteriosa banda mascarada era um dos nomes mais badalados do metal underground. Liderada pelo enigmático vocalista Vessel, eles eram uma banda para ficar de olho, com certeza, mas atraíam firmemente a paixão de nicho de seguidores cult.

Then came the song that would change everything. On consecutive days in early January, the band released two singles from their third album, Take Me Back To Eden: the burning, crashing Chokehold, followed by The Summoning – and it was the latter track that would turn them into an Earth-conquering, expectation-shattering phenomenon.

Então veio a música que mudaria tudo. Em dias consecutivos no início de janeiro, a banda lançou dois singles de seu terceiro álbum, Take Me Back To Eden: o ardente e estrondoso Chokehold, seguido por The Summoning – e foi esta última faixa que os transformaria em um fenômeno avassalador e quebrador de expectativas.

Veering between depraved tech metal, soulful vocals and shimmering electronics, an enormous, hymnal chorus gave way to an Earth-shifting breakdown and screams. In intricate and groove-heavy, The Summoning was more like three songs seamlessly crafted into one genre-fluid modern masterpiece. And it’s still hard to turn out to play: a bending, first-trap, funk outro that went viral on TikTok, turning the internet into a lusty puddle. Suddenly, Sleep Token were the most talked-about band on the planet.

Oscilando entre o metal técnico depravado, vocais soul e eletrônicos cintilantes, um enorme refrão himnal deu lugar a uma quebra de ritmo que abalou a Terra e gritos.

Intrincado e cheio de groove, The Summoning era mais como três músicas perfeitamente elaboradas em uma obra-prima moderna e fluida de gênero. E ainda é difícil não dançar: um outro* funk envolvente que viralizou no TikTok, transformando a internet em uma poça de desejo. De repente, o Sleep Token era a banda mais comentada do planeta.

*Outro: indica que a música está chegando ao fim*

“THERE ARE HINTS OF EARLY SLIPKNOT THERE” Corey Taylor

“HÁ TRAÇOS DO INÍCIO DO SLIPKNOT ALI”

Corey Taylor

“It took me three listens of [The Summoning] to realise that when they do that whole psychedelic section at the end, that it’s actually the same chorus as it was before, only in a completely different way.” Evanescence’s Amy Lee told Revolver. “And I love it even more for that. I thought they just went a whole new direction and wrote a new part, and then I was like, ‘Wait, that’s the same… but not at all.’”

“Levei três audições de [The Summoning] para perceber que quando eles fazem aquela seção psicodélica no final, na verdade é o mesmo refrão que era antes, só que de uma maneira completamente diferente.” Amy Lee, do Evanescence, disse à Revolver. “E eu amo ainda mais isso. Achei que eles simplesmente tinham ido em uma direção completamente nova e escrito uma nova parte, e então fiquei tipo, 'Espera, é a mesma coisa… mas não é.'”

Sleep Token weren’t the most obvious choice for a commercial breakthrough. The success of The Summoning, an unconventional, seven-minute, brutal shapeshifter, bucks just about every music industry trend there is.

O Sleep Token não era a escolha mais óbvia para um avanço comercial. O sucesso de The Summoning, um metamorfo brutal e não convencional de sete minutos, desafia praticamente todas as tendências da indústria musical.

“It’s going to do a lot of different places, and I think there isn’t any other band out there right now that’s able to do that,” Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford said earlier this year.

“Vai a muitos lugares diferentes, e acho que não há nenhuma outra banda agora que seja capaz de fazer isso,” disse Rob Halford, vocalista do Judas Priest, no início deste ano.

The Summoning set a chain reaction in motion that was unprecedented in modern metal. In just a few weeks, the band saw their Spotify figures jump from the thousands into the millions. To date, the track has been streamed more than 110 million times on Spotify and 19 million on YouTube. On release, Take Me Back To Eden went straight in at No.3 in the UK and was the most streamed metal album of 2023. When the band announced a show at Wembley Arena, it sold out in 10 minutes. Earlier this year, they left the metal-heavy roster of Spinefarm Records for RCA, the home of mainstream megastars Justin Timberlake and rapper Doja Cat.

The Summoning desencadeou uma reação em cadeia sem precedentes no metal moderno. Em apenas algumas semanas, a banda viu seus números no Spotify saltarem de milhares para milhões. Até o momento, a faixa foi transmitida mais de 110 milhões de vezes no Spotify e 19 milhões no YouTube. No lançamento, Take Me Back To Eden estreou direto no número 3 no Reino Unido e foi o álbum de metal mais transmitido de 2023. Quando a banda anunciou um show na Wembley Arena, esgotou em 10 minutos. No início deste ano, eles deixaram o elenco pesado de metal da Spinefarm Records para a RCA, casa de megastars do mainstream como Justin Timberlake e a rapper Doja Cat.

“In heavy music, or even in just rock, even in the last decade or 15 years, there’s so few stories of bands ever breaking through,” says Health bassist and producer, John Famiglietti, who supported the band at Wembley and sees Sleep Token’s success as proof metal still can resonate on a massive scale. “This is one of the few times I’ve seen a band go from a fucking club to an arena in six months. And I don’t know the last time that happened.”

“Na música pesada, ou mesmo apenas no rock, nos últimos 15 anos ou mais, há poucas histórias de bandas que se destacaram” diz o baixista e produtor do Health, John Famiglietti, que apoiou a banda no Wembley e vê o sucesso do Sleep Token como prova de que o metal ainda pode ressoar em grande escala. “Esta é uma das poucas vezes que vi uma banda passar de um clube de merda para uma arena em seis meses. E não sei a última vez que isso aconteceu.”

It’s worth pointing out that in the social media era where celebrities and artists are more accessible than ever, Sleep Token have achieved all of this on their own terms. To date they’ve barely done any press, while their masked mystique is all part of the allure. Last year, fans reacted with outrage when bassist III’s identity and birth certificate were allegedly leaked online, seemingly leading to a decision to wipe the band’s Instagram.

Vale a pena destacar que, na era das redes sociais em que celebridades e artistas são mais acessíveis do que nunca, o Sleep Token alcançou tudo isso em seus próprios termos. Até agora, eles quase não deram entrevistas, enquanto seu misticismo mascarado é parte de todo o charme. No ano passado, fãs reagiram com indignação quando a identidade e a certidão de nascimento do baixista III foram supostamente vazadas online, levando aparentemente a uma decisão de apagar o Instagram da banda.

“There are hints of early Slipknot there” Knot vocalist Corey Taylor told The Allison Hagendorf Show in 2023, thinking back to the early internet days before Slipknot removed their masks. “At first, if we were masked, you just got nothing. This is what you get, you figure it out. We’ll let the music speak for ourselves.’”

“Há traços do início do Slipknot ali,” disse o vocalista do SlipKnot, Corey Taylor, ao The Allison Hagendorf Show em 2023, lembrando os primeiros dias da internet antes do Slipknot remover suas máscaras. “No começo, se estivéssemos mascarados, você não recebia nada. Isto é o que você tem, você descobre. Vamos deixar a música falar por nós mesmos.”

Already, Sleep Token are being mentioned in the same breath as potential future Download headliners Ghost, Gojira and Architects. The only difference? Sleep Token have managed to ascend to the arena level those bands are in a fraction of the time. Metal needs new superstars who will push things forward, innovate and keep the scene relevant – and with Sleep Token we have a band we can believe in. DL

Já se fala que o Sleep Token está sendo mencionado no mesmo nível de potenciais futuros headliners do Download como Ghost, Gojira e Architects. A única diferença? O Sleep Token conseguiu ascender ao nível das arenas em uma fração do tempo que essas bandas levaram. O metal precisa de novas superestrelas que impulsionem as coisas adiante, inovem e mantenham a cena relevante – e com o Sleep Token temos uma banda na qual podemos acreditar. DL

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