RIKE: Full EP
Ages worth of lies, delusions and deceptions.
In such difficult times someone will rise, to shine a guiding light through the darkness.
Someone, who will see the deception and who will seek the inception of a better era.
In a quest to bring new age, freed from lies and illusions, one can get tangled in them. As the goal is moving closer, so does the breaking point. The tangles of fraud and artificial truth manipulate and help one to develop its own deceptions. When the end is closer than its ever been, ones mental corruption will make sure, that it is how close the end will ever be. And thus a new era is born, mirroring its predecessor. A sad reflection of what was sought to be destroyed.
It can be asked, how come a journey with such noble start have an end that is as bitter and unconclusive as this.
What follows is ages worth of lies, delusions and deceptions.
However in such difficult times someone will rise...
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COMMENTARY
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Timestamps:
[!]Disclaimer[!] 0:00
Echochamber 0:21
Monochrome 4:03
Depths of the Digital Sea 6:20
System Breaker 11:46
Hardwired Takeover 15:11
This took me way longer than it should have :/
A project that was made for school at first, then evolved into a being of its own. It took me quite a while to get some stuff right (still doubt if i did).
This whole EP is a bizarre one for many reasons. It started as a silly experiment with sound design, then became a school project and finally an overhyped exhausted EP. The latter is a matter of perspective and does not imply that im not happy with the results. I really am :D
During 4 months of development i finally got to step away from the orchestral style and into new territory. This EP was made in exactly that goal in mind: to try and make an electronic music collection that is actually electronic. Many ideas and consepts were utilized, that i previously just couldn't due to the themes i was going for before.
A little bit about the visualizer. In short i dont think i will ever try to make something like this in the future. The bugs were immense and the workflow was tedious, not mentioning the rendering. There are many flaws even in the finalized version that you see. Framerate issues, unpolished animation, clipping etc. Im glad i tried, but i doubt it was worth the effort. I will probably still utilize blender in my future visualizers to an extent, but i wont rely on it this much as i did here.
With all my complaints over with, i would be happy to read yours in the comments :D
Hope you enjoy!
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DETAILS
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Time taken: 26 + 9 + 17 + 16 + 29 = 97 h
Size (.mp3): 8.56 + 5.19 + 12.4 + 7.88 + 11.8 = 45.83 mb
Size (.wav): 75.6 + 45.8 + 109 + 69.7 + 104 = 404.1 mb
Length: 3;59 + 2;16 + 5;26 + 3;26 + 5;10 = 20;17
Genres: Ambient dubstep, Dubstep, Electro-ambient, Chiptune, Hybrid
Program: FL Studio 20
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LINKS
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Sample pack: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QKf...
(COMING SOON AFTER PREMIERE)
Bandcamp: https://foggysunday.bandcamp.com/albu... (lossless download and artist support)
Newgrounds: https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/...
Soundcloud: / rike-ep