#striife

[thorne1435]

I genuinely cannot believe they would do this.

I'm thinking about all the tracks that are personal favorites that just...can't be bought now. I'm pretty sure Tensei has his own bandcamp page with Strife! (and STRIIFE! also) so those should be fine technically. But, like...all those amazing concept albums? All the implicit lore concerning the Squiddles?

All the art! Someone think of the god damn art!

Um. Homestuck's bandcamp page has removed a ton of albums now. Most of them were excess, granted, but they also were really fucking good.

I happen to possess a copy of Prospit & Derse, One Year Older, and Strife!

I'm not sure what to do with it. But I feel like it needs to be preserved somehow lest it be lost forever, and I don't trust the YouTube uploads to be permanent either (they often aren't, especially for an ageing webcomic).

Suggestions from the crowd?

[marinapeixes]

Perfect Cascade of the Heart | Strife 2 | Tensei

Happy Cascadiversary, and if you haven’t already, check out Strife 2 on Tensei’s Bandcamp!

[itsnightsyo]

here’s all the art i did for tensei’s new album, strife 2! 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

and the troll designs can be found here. (´・ω・`)

[not-terezi-pyrope]

Tensei’s  “Striife” (Strife 2) Review - Part 1.

I’m excited to listen to this, and interested to hear what sort of music it contains. Obviously it’s a followup to Homestuck’s Strife album, but I notice that the cover art doesn’t look particularly Homestuck-y (is that an ice climber?). Obviously this isn’t an MSPA release, but it is paid for, so maybe it can’t be directly billed as a Homestuck album. But I also wonder if there are some non-Homestuck tracks on here? Obviously a lot of them are Homestuck tracks - you can see that from the titles and also because I knew of some of these songs before the release, but let’s see...

The downloaded version also came with a bunch of beta versions of tracks and some bonus tracks. I’m not sure I’ll be talking much about the beta track specifically, but the bonus tracks, maybe. I’m still not sure how much detail I’m going to put into this.

1. Spirit of Storms

As this is a bandcamp release, this just has the main cover art as the track cover, as it is the first track. So I’m not sure initially what this is about...

Nice piano start... Oooh, there’s the Tensei guitar. Guy has a real gift. This is the sort of music I want to be able to make.

This seems like an intro sort of track so far. More laid back, but hinting at great things. Strings and piano with a rock edge - exactly the sort of style I like Tensei for.

This is a fairly short track overall, but it is the intro track, so so I would expect...

Good ending... let’s see what’s next.

2. Sanguine Panchromatic

Sounds like that’s talking about the hemospectrum if anything. Maybe Rainbow Drinkers? I’m not sure. It might not even be Homestuck at all, so who knows. The track art is just the main cover artwork again, so no clues there.

Oooh, dramatic, heroic start to this. Kinda got a funky groove with that keyboard action. Aaah, now with violin it sounds more like a strifing track. My headcanon is that this is a Kanaya song, and if so it’d fit pretty darn well. Some good synths coming in now. And more guitar!

Somebody once recommended the guitar synth that Tensei uses to me. I should buy it.

Drum work is also fantastic, and I shouldn’t overlook it. Nice diverse patterns.

Another short track, but a fun ending!

3. G4M3 OR D13

A Terezi track by name, but! Interestingly enough, another troll in the album artwork. A new one even, having fun with some games and some paint. Let’s listen!

Funky. It does remind me of one of those early 2000s Sk8er game soundtracks. Oooh, synthy! Gives a nice “game” edge. I’m vaguely reminded of Splatoon for some reason. And hey!!! Chipsynth! Now this is the sort of music I’d love to be able to make. Hey, more keyboard. Tensei has a very consistent instrument set and style, which ties these together pretty nicely. Ayy, back to the chipsynth. I love these melodies, and the polyphony of all those different instruments. The drums are great once more. Tensei has really mastered these particular instrument combinations. Everything he makes sounds so darn professional. Well, I mean, he is a professional, so that should be expected I guess.

This one is a little longer, and I’m liking that. It’s looping around but with some variation. It really would be great for a game soundtrack.

Ayyy, chipsynth solo! With drums... yeah! Awesome. Great transitions. And then this final section to take us out. With that awesome chip crescendo and fadeout. Great track!

4. Rouge on the Rox

This is turning out to be a more intensive review than I first thought it’d be, judging by the length of this post. Maybe I’ll divide it into a few parts. I might make this the last track of part one.

Anyway, this has to be a Roxy track. Right? Gotta be. The pun’s right there in the title, even if there’s no unique track art. Let’s listen.

Oooh, sneaky kinda. Wow. I can’t even remember the name for this style. Sounds like a dramatic 80s spy soundtrack, with a playful overtone. Like something out of an early video game. Which is a feel a lot of these have. Roxy stylishly bashing enemies while sipping from a wine glass. Hey, actually, this might suit Mom Lalonde better. Considering her time period and canon sorta secret-agent vibes. I’m not sure.

Jazzy. That’s probably the word I was looking for. Action-jazzy. Boom. Listen to this. I swear I’ve heard this before somewhere but I just can’t recall exactly what I’m thinking of. Some cheesy spy movie or something. Obviously not this exact track but this style and feel. Anyway, it’s building up good. This brass is a really interesting effect. But the staple piano and guitar are there as well. And the end stays true to the theme. Nice! Wasn’t expecting that, but it is a welcome addition.

Anyway, that’s the end of part 1. I’ll listen to the rest of it soon, just as soon as I’m feeling more with it!

Ciao!

[abundantchewtoys]

Strife 2 reaction

Time to listen up on Strife 2! We're pumped to hear what cool tunes Tensei has concocted. We deliberately didn't listen to any of the previews - I don't think Blaperile even heard about those songs' titles before now!

Just looking at the track list, I can see we're in for good stuff. Off the bat, what I expect is a good few remixes (Arachnofunkia), extended versions (Spirit of Storms) and possible shipping songs (Aerosoul - John/Dirk? Or  :P).

I'm glad Tensei was able to create a finished version of King in Red, I'm interested to hear it based on the snippet in White Host, Green Room. I saw Heel Girl as a WIP on his Tumblr, but I don't remember exactly in what way it differed from Of Gods and Witches. Well, it's a Grimbark Jade song, that much I remember.

I wonder if the track art contains a lot of Homestuck references - I saw the artist post the track art they finished on Tumblr but I scrolled over it and don't really remember, but I think so.

HOLY SHIT, Blaperile just unpacked the downloaded album and it contains a MASS load more of songs. I saw "Duet" pass, and he saw "Dance of Thorns", omfg!

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1. Spirit of Storms

Maybe this song won't get extra track art when the artist finishes up the rest, because it's the first song on the album.

... THAT is a lot HIGHER pitched than I thought this remix of Stormspirit would start. Wow. This is a nice rearrangement of the small soundbit we got at the start of Strife.

2. Sanguine Panchromatic

Sufferer song? I think this is gonna be a Sufferer song. Track art TBD.

Oooh, Blaperile's right, it's like it references Iron Knight. So, is it more like a Karkat song? ... Are those violins? Strings in a Vantas themesong? I like it.

3. G4M3 OR D13

Latula song? I'm betting a Latula song.

... Is that Troll Game Grl. Pfffff. Troll Game Grl is a Tealblood, of course!

Awesome track art, sneaky game sprites but we spotted them.

I wonder how Tensei is going to go about this. I mean, 8-bit music combined with his kickass guitar riffs, uhmmm?

... I'm not 100% sure, but I might have heard this song on his Tumblr before, or maybe I did click on the preview at the time... Yeah, that last one. Straight up forgot about it until now, shame on me.

Hahaahh, so yeah, he does it masterfully, 8-bit + riffs right there.

I gotta say, I love how Tensei's songs have, like, chorusses and crescendos. (That's about all music creation lingo I master, though.)

Pure golden awesomeness.

4. Rouge on the Rox

... Roxy song, hands down.

N'aww, track art TBD.

... Samba!! Pfffff. What, Walls Covered In Blood remix somehow? :P ... Loungey music, I dig it.

If Roxy was a James Bond-esque spy as well as the classy superhacker she already is, this would be her themesong. Heh, the first part of the leitmotif on the guitar reminded me of the Kid Next Door opening theme, actually, probably intensifying the spy impression I got.

5. Perfect Cascade of the Heart

Somehow I doubt Tensei is remixing Total Eclipse of the Heart, but I don't even know the motif of that song, so who cares?

So, yeah, Cascade remix FTW? Potentially rewritten for Dirk?

... Pffff, Elevatorstuck 2.0 wasn't what I was expect-----

NEVER MIND.

There's the Cascade-esque sounds. AND SAXOPHONES OMG. Oooh, and the windy-music from Knife's Edge, I think!

Now this is song fit for "lösgehen", niiice.

The last three songs have been salacious.

6. Hope Strikes Eternal

Now, I don't want to hope that Tensei would remix Eternity Served Cold, but I also don't want to NOT hope, you know? :P

... That is not Jake in the track art, that kind of looks like a Jade-troll. With cherub wings and antler horns. WTF. The colours are Hope, but the symbol of the outfit is like a feather, heheh. Like the feathers in the wings.

Well, okay, an angel is part of the Hope-aspect's theme. Skaian clouds in the background.

... That piano opening, wow. It reminds me of the Rose-meteor shower song from Vol 10, I think.

At 1:15, that little bit reminds me of one of Tensei's songs, maybe Atomyk Bonsai?

I think Tensei had a whole original story to tell, perhaps not linked to a specific Homestuck kid but more like, the Hope aspect itself and how powerful it is?

7. Aerosoul

So yeah, what, John song? John/Dirk song? Erisolsprite song? What is it going to be? ... Maybe a Tavrosprite song out of left field. Or (Tavros) song, since "soul".

The feeling I get from it is kind of a grimmer Heir Conditioning. So, what, like a grimdork John song? :P

8. Arachnofunkia

Serket song on Number 8 FTW!!

So yeah, how's this going to sound versus Spider8reath? I'm pictuing something more closer in spirit to Midnight Spider, but who knows.

Heheheh, track art with a four-horned troll on the guitar, which reminds me of the track art for ... MeGaLoVaniac from LOTAM. So yeah, I have to wonder, also seeing as to how it's Arachn-O-Funk-Ia, whether it might contain a MeGaLoVania reference, or at least be similar in spirit?

... That sure is a funky spider right there.

Even though none of the songs so far were remixes of anything besides Tensei original sounds, I like how there's still that FEEL about them that makes them spiritual remixes.

Bit around 2:40 reminds me of Heir Conditioning's piano bit, which is again an example of what I was saying.

9. The King In Red

Of course this makes me think of the Red King from the Alice Through the Looking Glass story, but also of a blood-drenched king. So this could really go a lot of ways. But I distinctly remember a choir from the bit in White Host Green Room, so I'm leaning towards the latter...

... Wow that track art. It's like a combination of the Grand Higblood's throne room, and the White Queen's throneroom. Prospit Dreamer gone mental?? Is this supposed to be, like, a brownblood troll Mirthful Messiah follower or something?

... "REMIXES 'CRUSTACEAN'" WTF???

Pipeorgan opening for dramatic effect.

... Well this sure would fit nicely with a king gone mad, that's for sure. (If King Lear was a Prospit dreamer.)

Oh yeah, I recognize the Crustacean part on the piano.

Dear God I get the (positive) goosebumps from the dreadful feeling in this song. I understand fully well that Tensei's been toiling on this song for so long!

10. Heel Girl

So if this is supposed to be Grimbark Jade song, what's the track art going to show since it seems like all original characters each time? (I was already reminded a few times of the track art on Sburb OST.) Some other corrupted character? ... Oh, track art TBD.

... Well, at least I should be right that it's Jade-themed, it remixes Courser.

This song is definitely old though, I just realized that I first listened to it before Songs Unsung was even out.

... Yes that sure is what I remember!!

Atomyk Bonsai meets Knife's Edge.

2:00 Oooooh, instrumental intermezzo! No, I'm wrong, the rest of the song is the Courser remix, Tensei style! Awesommmmmme.

Boy these last two songs are jawdroppingly good. Together with the 3rd to 5th songs they make up my top favorites so far.

11. Unite Division.

So in what sense would this song reference Unite Synchronization, I wonder?

"Remixes 'Liquid Negrocity'"! OMFG, what, is this going to be kind of more like a counterpart to Time On My Side, specifically written for Dirk this time??? Or something else entirely.

We know he can do great things with the Liquid Negrocity riff, in any case.

Maybe it's the song to officially fit with the track art?

... This ALSO sounds like it could fit a character gone mad. So, maybe more like a Jack song still. I'm not 100% sure, but maybe Tensei had posted this as a nameless WIP soundbit on his Tumblr as well. Years and years ago, that is. (That I remember, speaks to the memorability of his songs, doesn't it?)

12. Spirit of Storms (reprise)

Well, this sure is going to be a reprise of Spirit of Storms. I wonder how it will sound now that it's the closing part of the album versus the opening part.

... Wow that sure is festive ^_^

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And that's all 12 official songs, now on to the bonus!

Well, actually, we'll listen to it at a later date, it's been enough.

^-- A later day turned out to be the next day... --v

Part 2!

I wonder what bonus songs could be on here. We spotted Dance of Thorns, so I wonder if he remixed it, if so how, or extended it, if so how. Also, what was that thing I saw regarding a "duet" - Tensei doesn't sing AFAIK, not in his Homestuck songs anyway, so, like, is it a collab song?

13. The King in Red (Beta)

Oooh, coool! Just like how Volume 8 contained the "beta" (aka original) version of Cascade as a bonus track, it seems some of the bonus songs here will be beta versions of pieces on the album! (That may or may not have been said on the funding page, bluh, I don't want to go check at the moment.) So, what, that includes Dance of Thorns?? I wonder how a 1.0 version of it would sound, taking into account the difference between Anbroids and Anbroids 2.0, for instance.

So, here's the familiar choir and pipeorgan in any case, it's not like the instruments are different.

Ooh, there is (something akin to) that choir piece that came in White Host Green Room! (somewhere between 01:00 and 01:30). And a small quoting of Crustacean's already in this version, too.

Well, that sure is a shorter version of the final song, I'm glad he extended it.

14. Unite Division (Beta)

I spotted another few (Beta)'s underneath the listing of the previous song, heheh. So, if the previous song is anything to go by, the quoting of Liquid Negrocity in this bit should be smaller.

Hmm, this beginning kind of reminds me of the Lemonsnout Turnabout, heh. Wow, sudden snaring bits.

Maybe it was this version of Unite Division Tensei posted that time on his Tumblr...

Hmm, the start of this song was very different from the original, I liked it a lot as well!

16. Arachnofunkia (Beta)

Well, as long as we're in this beta zone, might as well :P

I wonder what the differences here will be. There were more differences to the final version with Unite Division than the King In Red, will this one fall somewhere in the middle?

... I think Tensei removed some of the blaring basses to get that 'funk' feeling in the final version. ([s]That certain je-ne-sais-quoi[/s])

17. Heel Girl (Beta)

So I figure this is the version I heard of this song on Tumblr as well.

I think this might be the closest to the end product of all beta's so far.

18. daet with roze

... Is this something from the perspective of Roxy? LMAO. Or... Drunk Rose, pffffff. Actually, Blaperile immediately thought of SBaHJ, and Drunk Rose gets her Roxy on with regards to spelling and such, so yeah.

A date with Drunk Rose. Aka Jasprosesprite's precursor. Welp.

... Wow, blues-y. Jazz is... Well, it kind of is fitting for Jazz-prose (sorry not sorry), but also brings that Midnight Crew/Felt feeling along. (9-in-the-evening dress FTW!)

... Wow, those... I don't know what to call them, 8-bit-trumpet-blares? Sound good - by the end a bit silly, but yeah, seeing as how Rose gets when she's drunk...

19. Dance of Thorns (Karaoke)

... WUT.

I...

WUT.

BUT DANCE OF THORNS HAS NO LYRICS!!!! (When suddenly, it does.)

I... I guess this means it's a whole new instrumental version??? Fit for singing to in a bar. Well, given what I said earlier in this reaction post, Tensei's songs often sound to me like they could have a chorus and verses, Dance of Thorns is certainly no exception.

I'm intrigued...

... It sounds like it might start a bit more bitty, I'm not sure???

... Ooooh, after the start it suddenly goes a whole nother way!! IT'S A REMIX!!!

Aww, no violins in that one part that's the same as in the original version...

... You know, I'm suddenly wondering if this Dance of Thorns without the violin parts??? Pffff, as in, BRING YOUR OWN VIOLIN KARAOKE NIGHT! Hahahahah.

Yeah, that MUST be it, wow... Hahah. Awesome. It sure sounds like a remix this way, so different in parts.

(Also,I suppose there was no 'duet' in this list, I just misread 'daet'.)

19. Bound in Blood (Beta)

Oooh, a song he didn't put in the final version. The name doesn't ring any bells, in any case. (Unless it was made into the Sanguine song.) I wonder why, did he just not see it fit in, or was it difficult to extend the original bit?

It starts out instrumental, and then that... dancey... leitmotif from Doctor, I think, comes in, wow. (Or well, Penumbral Phantasm more like.)

... WOWWWW. Rock on.

This went a whole other way than we're used to from Tensei.

20. Duet

*tableflip* Okay, so I WAS not mistaken, hahahahah.

But uh, duet between who? I kind of think there won't be a guest artist collaborating on this song, but I don't know?

I don't really have an immediate thought between which characters this could be a duet, either. (Wild unsubstantiated guess: Bicyclopsdad's two heads. :P)

... Piano bit start is John's, probably. Then the violin starts... And I think I heard this one before on his Tumblr, too!

This just goes to show how varied Tensei is in the genres he can do. Like Blaperile points out, this is reminiscent of Jit's style of songs, like October on One Year Older!

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Wow. Cool album, that's for sure.

He's did it again. There's guaranteed to be a few ear wurms in this batch, I can tell you that.

[habitrabbits]

this is painfully accurate and it’s funny

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[sometipsygnostalgic]

Just finished Homestuck? Here's what to do next.

A tumblr repost of something I just made for the Homestuck Reddit. 

The Reddit version is going to be the one I update. It may get reposted by a HS Reddit Admin if they want to use it. 

EDIT: Reddit version has been taken down and will be replaced this weekend.

Put in any further recommendations in the comments below and I may add them to the main post.

Problem Sleuth - The MS Paint Adventure that Hussie completed before Homestuck. It's 1000 pages, and the only actually high effort adventure he made before his colossal webcomic.

Homestuck but in its original format

The Unofficial Homestuck Collection - This is the go to for all original Homestuck content. They reworked all the flashes so you can see them in their original crisp HD rather than compressed Youtube or the really awful VIZ flashes. Also has the in-comic videogames as they originally were!!!

Contains lost music and other media by the original teams that worked on Homestuck. Look at it, it's worth your time, especially if you want to do a reread.

Homestuck.net is a fandom archive of all sorts of HS stuff, full of official resources and fan content and lost Homestuck media.

Followup material

The Homestuck Epilogues - "Post-canon" splinter that takes place after the main timeline. Written by members of WhatPumpkin. Be warned - this is not a serious work and if you expect it to be an amazing sequel to Homestuck, you'll be disappointed. It's also, rightfully, got a million content warnings.

Homestuck^2: Beyond Canon - Comic sequel to the Homestuck Epilogues. Was put on indefinite hiatus last year.

Homestuck Patreon Content - There was some content posted on the Homestuck Patreon which is available on homestuck.net. 

Supplementary official content

Paradox space - A bunch of comics made by creators like KC Green and Zack Morrison which were posted 3-5 times a week between 13th April 2014 and 13th April 2015. Comes in hardback, but is out of print and extremely pricey to get second hand.

Vrisky 8usiness - A comic about Vriska getting her robot arm by Andrew Hussie that was only posted in the hardback version of Paradox Space 2, which is now too overpriced to buy.

The VIZ Collection - VIZ Media printed books of Homestuck acts 1-5 (finishing a little before Cascade) which contains page-by-page commentary from Andrew Hussie.

The VIZ Collection Commentary - if you just want the commentary from Hussie and don't want to shell £300 on books.

Homestuck 2.0 - Was originally going to be a Youtube video series hosted by Dante Basco. Was cancelled abruptly before it took off, but this video is still fun to watch. "Step on my neck tadpole mom!"

Video games

Hiveswap - A point-and-click visual novel which follows Joey Claire, the neglected daughter of Grandpa Harley, as she finds herself in Alternia long before the events of Sburb. A prequel to Homestuck which has 2 parts right now and is unfortunately on hold again.

Friendsim - A "friendship" simulator where you play as MSPA Reader and meet all the trolls from Hiveswap act 2, perhaps having some timeline fuckery and existential crises along the way. Can be played separately from reading epilogues/HS^2.

Pesterquest - A followup to Friendsim where you befriend the main 20 kids from Homestuck itself. WARNING: This one does contain HS Epilogue and HS^2 spoilers.

Official Music

Official Bandcamp - Official way to buy high quality HS Music. Used to have the albums split up properly, was condensed some time after the VIZ Takeover for unknown reasons.

The Unofficial Homestuck Collection - Once again this contains all of the music.

Unofficial Team Music

The Baby is You - Toby Fox creates something utterly insane.

STRIIFE/Strife 2 - Unofficial Homestuck album by former Homestuck musician Tensei

Let me know if any more exists outside of LOFAM.

The Homestuck Fan Musicians/Land of Fans and Music

The LOFAM collection - Dozens of albums and hundreds of songs. The four LOFAM albums are of their highest quality. LOFAM was a major recruitment pool for the official Homestuck music team. You should absolutely give it a listen, especially their latest major release, LOFAM 4.

Cool and New Music Team - A collection of shitposty music made to honor the SBAHJ-style fan story Cool and New Webcomic. Some of it is actually good.

"Let's Read Homestuck" - Voice acted video version of Homestuck

VOXUS/Let's Read Homestuck - Currently ends at some point before the Retcon. Still ongoing. Fully voice acted with different actors for each character, as well as tons of effort to make it entertaining to watch.

Some significant fan content

[s] Rex Duodecim Angulus - An epic 8-minute collaborative fan animation of the Trolls defeating their Black King.

A Brief History of Homestuck - 2 hour long video by Sarah Z explaining the massive fan hype of Homestuck, its history over the past 12 years, and some investigative work into what happened with Hiveswap.

Homestuck Sent Me a Legal Threat, and Then it Got Worse - The followup video where Sarah does further investigation into WhatPumpkin's downfall after they threatened to sue her for the first video.

You can't fight the Homestuck - A Rite of Passage.

Octopimp Collection - Octopimp was a Homestuck fan who voice acted a bunch of fan comics drawn by other artists. It's old as hell, but very fun.

Karkalicious - A short, absolutely legendary video where Karkat sings about how much people want to suck his dick. You're welcome.

Cool and New Webcomic - A shitpost version of Homestuck, with many twists and turns. Has many flashes, a dedicated fanbase and tons of fan music.

Act Omega - A fan continuation diverging just after act 7 which uses flash animations. Notable for its high quality art.

Double Death of the Author- A fan continuation diverging just after John does the Windy Thing. A fix-it fic by someone who didn't like the retcon. Notable for being, well, complete.

A 143 page fan comic of Hiveswap act 2 made for the Hiveswap Comics Contest.

Fan Communities

The Homestuck Discord - a 20,000 member discord full of Homestuck fans.

MS Paint Fan Adventures - a website where you can make your own Homestuck fanventures, which has thousands and thousands of fanstories on it!

And that's it for now.

[windsweptfrostbites]

they driink coffee so they can do theiir 48 hrs streams.... anyway fuck yeah updated triisar ref sheet wooooooo (iit iis also iin use iin artfiight) iimagiine not haviing phonekiind allocated iin ur striife speciibus (btw hii tumblr) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce9fjS1IF69/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[allthesetrolls]

Virtus whats your strife?

)=( T)=(e only strIIfe II )=(ave ever needed.

Strife: Psionic Blasts - A well kept secrets is how powerful Virtus' psionics really are. Capable of stunning foes and melting though steel, the only thing keeping Virtus out of Fleet hands is the fact that he's a good liar (and hates flying.)

[out-of-jams]

Cloud Striife is my fictional husband. Idc he’s hot asf

[heir-of-puns]

oh shit i get to download Striife right now because I backed the project

I’ll let ya know my thoughts

[moonpaw]

How do you listen to striife? I can't find it :(

sorry for such a late reply but you can listen to it here!

[sanctferum]

why isn't [S] Duet from Tensei's youtube on the sound test? or did i just completely overlook it? or did you just completely overlook it? or is it supposed to not be on there? or something else?? thanks. and also thanks in general for the sound test. i pretty much cried when i got to the snippets and whatnot of the elusive Penumbra Phantasm. you are one rockin dude! :^)

It’s on Tensei’s Striife/Strife 2 album as a bonus track.

I try not to put stuff on the Sound Test that is on an album being currently sold. For example, once RJ Lake gets more Stuckhome albums out, I’ll be taking the corresponding tracks off of the Sound Test. This is also the reason I didn’t end up including “Collide” from A6A6A6; each part of Collide is available for sale individually, on the [S] Collide album, so even though I have the full thing all in one file, it wouldn’t be legally or morally right to put that file on the Sound Test.

And thanks! Credit for finding Penumbra Phantasm go to TirantBacon and Kozeid.

[poinsciuri]

strife is probably one of my favorite homestuck albums so striife is pretty cool

[abundantchewtoys]

With Dance of Thorns (A Cappella), I seek to bring the violin and lute tracks* that are part of the original Dance of Thorns to the foreground.

Where they are normally drowned out by the intense basses*, I used the karaoke version that is part of the extras of Strife 2 to make them stand out.

Both versions of the song are made by the amazing Dutch musician Tensei.

When listening, I imagine Rose recording herself practicing for a performance in her bedroom, while on her laptop she plays the supporting basses, hence the latter sound slightly muffled and metallic.

Alternative titles:

Dance of Thorns (Unplugged)

Dance of Thorns (Bedroom Rehearsal)

Dance of Thorns (Sound Check)

Related songs: Blackest Heart (Vast Honks)

*I take no responsibility regarding the accurate naming of instruments in this post

[ainaraoftime]

StrIIfe is out!!!

strwhatnow?

oh, it’s a tensei thing