My 2023 Playback

composed by dystopian tanuki

commissioned art by Ristarte
https://www.instagram.com/ristellise/

Shapeshifting wonderland

Track: Anonymous
Art: twitter.com/DrawinDev, @user-780418779
Characters Represented: Niko, Richard Cheese

Niko's Sources:
- Songs from games made in RPG Maker
(OneShot, OFF, Yume Nikki)
- Songs related to cats
(Garfield Media, What's New Pussycat, Memory)
- Songs related to light and the sun
(Walkin' On the Sun, Blinding Lights, Battle! Necrozma)
- Songs from media with heavy themes of metaphysical storytelling
(Doki Doki Literature Club, MetaWare High School, Deadpool)

Richard Cheese's Sources:
- Songs featuring Richard Cheese
(My Neck My Back, Creep, Welcome to the Jungle)
- Songs in the Lounge, Swing, and Big Band genres
(The Fragrance of Dark Coffee, Lone Digger, My Way)
- Commonly covered songs
(Wonderwall, Elanor Rigby, Not Megalovania Fuck You)

Sources Used:
Parov Stelar - Catgroove (Both - Cats / Swing)
Caravan Palace - Lone Digger (Both - Cats / Swing)
Smash Mouth - Walkin' on the Sun (Niko - The Sun)
Richard Cheese - Stronger (Richard Cheese - Richard Cheese)
OFF - Pepper Steak (Both - RPGMaker / Swing)
The Aristocats - Ev'rybody Wants to Be A Cat (Both - Cats / Swing)
Richard Cheese - Personal Jesus (Richard Cheese - Richard Cheese)
Weezer - Island in the Sun (Niko - The Sun)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (Richard Cheese - Commonly Covered)
Garfield - Cool Cat (Niko - Cats)
Billie Eilish - bad guy (Richard Cheese - Commonly Covered)
Vance Joy - Riptide (Richard Cheese - Commonly Covered)
The Living Tombstone - My Ordinary Life (Niko - Cats)

Thank you for dining with S.A.L.T.
discord.gg/eyuxVS4

Cats Be Groovin'

a walk in the night rain.. reflection from the city lights blurs the night view creating warm scenery.

artwork by catzz
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/73205835

Night Rain

the artwork used in this track is from a manga called Girls' Last Tour by Tsukumizu

A song for the empty world

A Song for the Empty World

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I forgot the make this downloadable previously.. but now you can download

The Rain that Never Stops

レモンの木

Hints of Winter

The full soundtrack "Dr Kobushi's Labyrinthine Laboratory," an exciting new puzzle game developed by Symbolic Software. 

You can grab the full game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1829450/Dr_Kobushis_Labyrinthine_Laboratory/ (and soon on Switch!) 

All tracks were written to 2A03 + VRC7 limitations, with some post processing.

Visitor Friend

Origami Crane is on a river.
River turns into a Rapid.
Origami Crane goes down a waterfall.

Waterfall

Tsynphonia - 折鶴 on a River

LOVELY BASTARDS w/yatashigang

Little Candle

Untitled ambience - vol1. - 2025 rough mix

drifting in dreamland

Fragment

Original soundtrack for the hit mobile game Monument Valley.

Stafford Bawler - The Labyrinth

I compose music every now and then.
email: dystopian.tanuki@gmail.com
discord: dystopian_tanuki

https://soundcloud.com/midnightcorridor

pfp: kino no tabi

Shapeshifting wonderland

dystopian tanuki

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