#octoling rendezvous

[glassesfreekjr]

"You realize that Octo Valley's energy crisis didn't go away when the Zapfish did, right? There are Octarians still scraping by down here — ourselves included. There's not enough power or hospitality to go around." "So what, are ya'll City of Ember-ing up in this beach?" "We're been taken hostage, Callie; please don't make it weird."

(Album cover, logo, and core concept by @aviivix. Thanks for the commission!)

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Composer Notes: All that blistering percussion is from Indian dappankuthu, (lit. “drum punch”) which has grown into the street-pop staple of Kollywood (not to be confused with Bollywood or Tollywood). Since the heavily-processed samples of Octoling Rendevous are so Indian-flavored to begin with, the collapse of the Octavian regime (along with Octo Valley civilization itself, quite literally) means these inspirations are free to finally "let loose," so to speak. (I'm a bit worried that the common interpretation will be that the Octolings this piece is about are "wild" due to all the foreign percussion. Really, they're just trying to get by in a world that has failed them.

the Culture Shock AU is wild, ya'll.)

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[mango-fizz]

From the world renowned splat game splatoon, what’s your favorite non-main idol, band/singer? (This definitely isn’t me finding music to listen to while I play dnd)

from the awardwinning game splatoon i think when it comes to the splatbands i really like chirpy chips and i like rip entry and dont slip and inkoming by wet floor and of course i like clickbait by c-side and the original splattack, and recently i really love ska-blam by yoko and the gold bazookas but i dont really listen to a lot of like. non idol songs im not gonna lie to you like i listen to some of them if i really like them but most of them im just not really big on i think.

[eudico-my-beloved]

sory babe. in my defector octoling test subject at kamabo co. era (superjumps into a room full of veiled grineer)

[aanonymu-s]

@pocket-stars

[lyneytricks]

I love listening to low quality versions of splatoon songs with my half broken headphones

[squidsmakemedelusional]

Ride Home

WRITTEN by my amazing friend @glfry please check out her artblog!! Ship: Four x OC (Haji) -------------------------------------------------------

The wagon was full, it was always at this time; were the tangerine rays of the afternoon sun sort of signal for folks to get up and run to the nearest subway? The dazed octoling voiced this theory to Four, who snorted before realizing she wasn’t joking - she explained this just ‘around the time people get off’. . What people would get off of exactly, Haji wasn’t too sure, her logic told her to continue asking, her fried mind and aching feet told her to just get to the damn train. Just a test trial of an agent mission was exhausting. When they got to the station, they had to make a decision whether to sprint up the stairs to catch the caravan that had just set into the station, or to just wait because it’s not worth the trouble. Actually it was Fours decision because she made use of the energy in her legs (that she still managed to retain after hours of gruelling work? Somehow?) and bolted up the stairs. Haji considered yelling at her to stop, she considered just staying at the bottom and later rendezvous with Four. Yet feeling the burning in her throat, and the idea of having to go home alone with her feet barely able to hold her, she took her chances as she sighed, before gathering her remaining energy left within her and running after the inkling.

And now they were stuck in the stuffy wagon, Four barely managing to stretch her arm far enough to hang onto one of the few remaining strap handles. Haji, being left no real place to grab onto (or to even really stand), grasped onto the shorter, gripping her arm tightly, not trusting her own footing. It was an action that made Four flinch for a brief moment, the contact wasn’t expected, but she definitely didn’t oppose it.

Maybe grabbing onto Four wasn’t the best idea, considering it sent both of them stumbling multiple times, flying into the other passengers, who had started shooting them dirty glances, which showed no signs of seizing no matter how many apologies were ushered. “How much longer until I can sit, you think?” A whisper that Haji didn’t even attempt to hide the desperation of. Her legs ached, her head ached, her back ached, it all hurt and she didn’t know how much longer she could possibly stand, at some point she considered sitting down on the floor. Fours neutral expression grew into a subtle frown, maybe it’d be best to not take her on a test mission next time.

“Not sure — the next plaza isn’t until a couple more stations.” She whispered back, only to be met by a subtle, sad, groan. “You there,” a voice spoke up, Four met the gaze of the source, an older gentleman, an octoling, a strand going over a good chunk of his face, his voice and visage were kind. “Your little lady looks really tired.” Four nodded and hummed in response. “Long day?” “Yeah, real long.” He smiled a little, he looked towards Haji, who still hadn’t noticed him (or at the very least, not looked towards him yet). “I get off in the next couple stops, do you want to let her sit here?” The inkling nodded and hushed out a thanks through a grin. She whispered to the other, getting her attention to move and steer her towards the now open seat. Four stood in front of her and leaned over to grip the fabric behind the dazed girl. “Wait, who even stood up?” Haji asked, holding her forehead. The girl in yellow was about to point at the kind stranger, alas, he had already disappeared into the crowd (somehow?). Fourshrugged “Just some real gentle guy I guess.”

With every station they passed, the subway became less and less breathable, when finally, they passed a plaza, and almost their entire wagon spilled out. The sudden relief of not having to strain herself to even stand let a sigh escape Fours lungs, one she hadn’t realized she was even holding. Now, with each station, it became emptier and emptier. Until finally, it was just them.

Haji leaned on the Inklings shoulder, she could’ve easily leaned back on the fabric of her seat, but that didn’t have the same warmth as the other. Nor did it have the same musk of sweat, which wasn’t a positive on its end actually. “How many mooreee.” Haji slurredout. “Uhhh, I dunno.” Four looked up and squinted at the timetable, “A little more than 12 I think? I counted real quick so, y'know, give or take.” Haji yawned. “Good, that means I got time.”

Before Four could ask what she meant, the Octoling buried herself a little more into the Inklings neck, her hand intertwining with hers. In any other situation, Haji would’ve been flustered just thinking about doing something as bold as this, she would’ve been a mess and stumbled over her words just doing one of those actions, rationalizing it in her head and having to justify it out loud with light hearted mockery and banter to Four.

Yet in her tired and exhausted gaze she let her instincts and feelings take charge over any possible incentive to hold back. The inkling watched as the light bathed the other’s face in an amber hue, her soft subtle breathing was a motion Four subconsciously started following. She hoped they could stay like this for a while, forever maybe (is that what you hope for with a friend?). With hesitancy, she moved a hand to move the tentacle out of Hajis face, careful not to wake her. The girls features were a lot softer close up, her unnaturally sharp ears for an Octoling and pointed tentacles definitely would give the impression the rest of her was just as pointy, alas it was not. Her button nose and rounded chin felt unfitting compared to her rough and bold façade she put on during her shows, some who don’t know her as well might’ve said that it didn’t match with her rough-around-the- edges kinda personality. But behind that, there was a deeply vulnerable person. Her heart, her emotions, everything else was as delicate as the rays that tickled her skin. Four squeaked as something moved around her arm, she thought it was some kind of bug at first, but as she shot her appendage a glance she couldn’t help but let out a sigh. Haji seemingly had more control over her tentacles than Four did (either an octoling thing or a ‘Haji just being weird' thing), as it had wrapped around her, seizing her arm tightly. She didn’t want to let go as much as Four did. It charmed her. A ding followed by soft chime came on over the intercom, announcing the next station - their stop! The inkling softly ruffled the others head, it was time to go, she murmured as Haji barely had her eyes open. The octoling groaned, only leaning into her friend further, she didn’t wanna get up.

Four shook her a little. “Hatch we have to get up, or stop is coming up.” “Mm… don’t careee” The inkling sighed, “Then I’ll have to leave you here.” “Nooooo,” she whined like a child, wrapping an arm around her, “you stay here…” The sigh evolved into a groan, the next stop was coming up worryingly quick, and she wouldn’t wait for the next train just to go back one station.

“Fine, we'll do this the hard way,” she announced, positioning her back in front of Haji and picking her up as if she were a backpack. The Octoling let out a peep, yet had no energy left to object, succumbing to her fate easily enough and wrapping her arms loosely around the others neck. Four had actually bet on Haji getting flustered and admitting defeat or whatever but she supposed this worked too. The way home was filled with a lot of bemused stares. Four didn’t care, Haji didn’t care, this felt good

[zaptap]

also the fact that these ingame concerts largely use existing live arrangements of the songs makes me wonder--will ordertune have them? they've repeated some songs before (like non-live versions of the songs on the first couple albums with concert songs, and octoling rendezvous, for instance)

but that doesn't mean they will, even if they're technically different (no audience noise as far as i can tell, and muck warfare cut out the part where each member of the band gets a solo). they're pretty similar, and they've done alternate versions of songs before that didn't get on albums (like when final fest's announcement used a looping version of that octo expansion cutscene theme, or when the final fest battles had octo canyon/expansion music reworked into battle themes)

BUT some of these songs didn't get performed at the irl concerts. liquid sunshine, tomorrow's nostalgia today, we're so back--those would all be brand new (technically the new arrangements of city of color and color pulse too). so unless they do have plans to do another concert and include those it would be kind of weird to hold off on that now. and in that case maybe they'd have all the others too for completeness or whatever

they also have to fit it with all the side order music, all the bands that got introduced since fresh season 2023, the special splatfest music, the grand big run music, and the second bankalive concert. like i guess it could fit (4 disks is the same as splatune 3, which also included a concert. octotune took one disk for octo expansion, idk off the top of my head if side order has more or less music though. 2 disks for the rest is uh.... maybe enough?) but i could see them simply not having room to put 15 extra songs in there on top of that, idk. they might skip them especially if they have a live album planned that'd include approximately the same thing as the stuff that hasn't been on previous live albums

[elysiaskz]

now I’m considering cooking up a splatoon shifting sub with splatoon music cause I could listen to that for HOURS

Thinking about trying to make my own subliminals because there are few sounds and songs i will comdem myself to listen to on loop and BROWN NOISE 8888HRZ and RANDOM CLASSICAL MUSIC are not those!!!!!! i need subliminals with REAL BANGERS like FLY OCTO FLY and SAINT MOTEL and UNDERGROUND BY TOM WAITS and VOCALOID

[vg-soundtrack-showdown]

Playlist of Splatoon song recommendations

Playlist of Final Fantasy song recommendations

List of songs below

Splatoon: [1] Splattack!, Ink or Sink, Kraken Up, Now or Never, Split and Splat/Quick Start, Sucker Punch, High-Color Evolution/City of Color, Ink Me Up, Eight Legged Advance, Tentacular Circus, Cephaloparade, Tacozones Rendezvous/Octoling Rendezvous, I Am Octavio, Calamari Inkantation, [2] Inkoming!, Rip Entry, Now or Never (Wet Floor), Shipwreckin', Fins & Fiddles, Seafoam Shanty, Broken Coral, Riptide Rupture, Happy Little Workers, Deluge Dirge, Fishing Frenzy, Color Pulse, Ebb and Flow, Acid Hues, Muck Warfare, Now or Never (Off the Hook), Low Tide, Octo Eight-Step, Buoyant Boogie, Shooting Starfish, Octarmaments, Bomb Rush Blush, Tidal Rush, Spicy Calamari Inkantation, Nasty Majesty, Telephone's Theme, #0 shell, #1 progress, #9 party, Shark Bytes, #8 regret, #14 crush, #13 shade, #11 above, Splattack! (Octo), Fly Octo Fly, Into the Light, Blitz It!, Wave Prism, [3] Anarchy Rainbow, Anarchy Poison (Bird/Boar/Snake Mixes), Fins in the Air, Til Depth Do Us Part, Splattack!, Clickbait, Headhammer, Paintscraper, Triple Dip, Sea Me Now, Sandy Side Up, Candy Colored Rocks, Tentacle to the Metal, I'm Octavio (FE4RME Remix), Nine Out of Tension, Underwater Neon, Flop to It, Smoke and Mirrors, Ride or Fry, With Flying Colors, Seep & Destroy, #35 caught, Surprise and Shine, Hide and Sleek, Smeared Canvas, Bear With Me, Calamari Inkantation 3-MIX, Frothy Waters, Toxic Anoxic

Final Fantasy: [V] Battle on the Big Bridge, [VII + Remake] Opening ~ Bombing Mission, Tifa’s Theme, Those Who Fight, Electric De Chocobo, Let the Battles Begin!, Tightrope, J-E-N-O-V-A, One-Winged Angel, [XIV] To The Edge, Flow, In The Balance, Shadowbringers, Carrots of Happiness, Triumph, Twilit Terraces, Return to Oblivion, Answers, Black Wolf Stalks Again, Footfalls, Fiend, A Long Fall, Painted Skies, Neath Dark Waters, Full Fathom Five, Teardrops in the Rain, Flow/Flow Together, [XV] Valse di Fantasticsa, Somnus

[splatoon-confession-box]

Octronica (especially Octoling Rendezvous) helps me focus and it genuinely has become something that I need during these trying times (writing essays and doing anything in general) but it's like the only splatoon ost that does this like. I love the Splatoon osts in general but should I listen to them while doing anything other than like drawing or something I will not be able to work as it overly hypes? excites me? dunno what the term is but erm anyways. It almost always leaves me unable to focus and I have to pace around or rock in my chair for a solid minute or two to calm down but while still having hype octronica helps me focus and actually makes me feel more calm. Dunno what exactly is the cause for this strange phenomenon but I'm very glad it has this effect. Thank you DJ and Turquoise October

[lesbian-salamander]

had a dream were there was a secret boss in octo expansion that was a sanitized octoling with a black & white arm

i don't really remember much about how the fight itself worked but the music was an unholy fusion between Strange Wiggles from spookys & Octoling Rendezvous

[splatoonsongpolls]

Omitted songs are the boss fight themes, and the "onward" songs, due to their inclusion in previous polls. I'll take the winners of a few polls and put them together sometime.

The Octoplush songs from Splatoon 3 are here

[mango-fizz]

ok imo from easiest to hardest

not octoling rendezvous

bola

that thing

[sapphicjigsaw]

So all music in splatoon is diegetic.

The only possible exceptions being victory themes and considering how much they are referenced (fly octo fly is built on the Thang collection theme) I believe they are likely diegetic too

WHO THE FUCK MADE THE ALTERNIA MUSIC

Multiple tracks incorporate squid vocals so they cannot be ancient human songs and nobody has been down there for a long time (excluding grizz)

The possible options are

1. ORCA made them (I do not like this option)

2. They are made by Grizzco Industries (despite the low production quality of happy little workers and the like [and there’s no way mr grizz budgets anything if even the bare minimum for music])

3. Turquoise October got mammalized and work for grizz, and between the time of splatoon 2 and 3 they made all the songs (also compelling because Octoling Rendezvous plays in 2 levels)

4. There is a new band we know literally nothing about

And the best part about this is that we know nothing until they either release Splatune 3 or decide to randomly publish it in Japanese and a fan decides to translate it.

I love splatoon lore

[ranidspace]

i was caught up in the excitement of octarians not being the main enemies in a story mode, that i forgot that means Octoling Rendezvous won't be in side order.