Fast Koto Music

Bandcamp: https://autodidactic.bandcamp.com/track/koto-breaker
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2T8MFBPGaSerfTKhKLqM5s
Newgrounds: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1101169
YouTube: https://youtu.be/9EjR3kv6wXc
Music is royalty-free depending on use. See: https://www.autodidactic.ai/music/

This track was a nightmare to get finished and is basically the most Frankenstein collab ever - everything from project tempos being off by fractions of BPM to random source files being panned off-center - but it was definitely worth it, and we feel like we pulled out all the stops in making this feel like an epic koto music battle - like something out of a Japanese anime. Almost everything you hear from the string plucking to knuckle/wood percussion is koto with the exception of obvious additions like the flute, kick drum, and bass guitar that come later as the song progresses. This will be ear candy to those who have really good earphones/headphones - tons of detail and lots of frills, scratches, sub-melodies the more closely you listen. Funny thing is this probably has more influence from psytrance music like DNA (ie Angel Dust has that plucky sound), so it's like if you took that and merged it with something like East Wind / Uttara-Kuru. Enjoy and happy new year!

Koto Breaker (Waterflame vs pftq)

Chaotic, over-the-top plucky guitars with tons of scratches/scrapes and lots of ear candy! This one is mainly Waterflame doing the drums and pftq playing the guitar as if it were a koto, although there are obvious moments where styles converge. In some ways a spiritual successor to the Koto Breaker song (or a warmup to Koto Breaker 2). Some inspiration from Osamuraisan for how much plucking and scraping his guitar has.

We couldn't agree on the ending, so Waterflame also has an alternate, more electronic/rock-ish version on Spotify/Bandcamp!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6kZTm8BkQHjSRaYzp3wYOk
Bandcamp: https://autodidactic.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-chronicle-waterflame-vs-pftq
Newgrounds: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/project/1934204
YouTube: https://youtu.be/dqYq4xDm7mk

Music is royalty-free depending on use. See: https://www.autodidactic.ai/music/

Thanks Makoyana for the cover art!

Guitar Chronicle (Waterflame vs pftq)

Japanese flute and koto music inspired by the hichiriki in Silent Hill f's trailer! pftq actually has a real hichiriki he plays, so we weren't going to let that one go! We ended up pulling elements from all the collab tracks we've been making this year - Koto Breaker, Anime Medley, Guitar Chronicle, etc with this one taking a much more eastern/new-age/Uttara-Kuru feel than any we've done so far.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1QyiStckbzzy1Uqa11fpPn
Bandcamp: https://autodidactic.bandcamp.com/track/koto-mangetsu-waterflame-vs-pftq
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2XvexXMYAM

Music is royalty-free depending on use. See: https://www.autodidactic.ai/music/

Koto Mangetsu (Waterflame vs pftq)

Accidentally had two tabs playing for Goa Codex and Koto Mangetsu, thought it sounded cool and ended up making this in a couple nights. Will try not to make mashups a habit lol

Very niche even for goa-trance listeners, so huge warning upfront - this is strictly what appeals to me personally (tons of plucky sharp sounds, million details all around).

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6YssXm8RJxDrfWGKsAq5z2
Bandcamp: https://autodidactic.bandcamp.com/album/goa-codex-waterflame-vs-pftq
Newgrounds: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1183580
YouTube: https://youtu.be/vTyXPtjdTYk

Original tracks by me and Waterflame (collab):
- Goa Codex: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1125991
- Koto Mangetsu: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1169171

Music is royalty-free depending on use. See: https://www.autodidactic.ai/music/

Koto Goa Mangetsu

Dragon Roost Island (from "The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker")

Alternate version of Waterflame and pftq's Lunar Fractals with full koto instrumentation! We ended up liking the koto parts so much that pftq remixed the whole thing with koto as a bonus track! 

Original piano and techno version by Waterflame and pftq here: https://soundcloud.com/pftq/sets/lunar-fractals

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4DZiZDBQ7qyGxFLON5NfxV?si=5B_nzs05Rp6FH2e6XjL6yA
Bandcamp: https://autodidactic.bandcamp.com/album/lunar-fractals-waterflame-vs-pftq
Newgrounds: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/project/4556328
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3szElQP3aM8&list=PLsKWgfWtIc5pKQYJizdOpM3Hy_uvxBW6F&index=2

Royalty-free as background music, depending on use.  See: https://www.autodidactic.ai/music/

Art by makoyana

Lunar Fractals (Koto Mix) (Waterflame vs pftq)

AC S3 E2

These days are repetitive, everything feels pretty monotonous, a little upbeat tunes never hurt

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Dreamers

Obsession

More unused score (and koto music) from the "Legend of Chongyue" Arknights animation we helped on! This one is based on the ED song made by Lappy & Diana Garnet, so credits to them for the original themes/motifs.

Check out the full soundtrack here:
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6c1Yjh6yh2ryrgcESNkW9U
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsKWgfWtIc5pvT1V9YUMagIxckGTCOo7C

And of course, thanks Dillon Goo as always for inviting us to help with his project - check out his full animation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gg_rZ6fpao

Chongyue's Reprise (Unused Score)

Chongyue's Reprise (Waterflame vs pftq)

Insolent Creations (wip)

Stream on Spotify, and buy the album here! 
https://fanlink.to/tSeK

To Be Hurt, a soul wounded, and beaten.
A feeling of insurmountable pain... turned into a catastrophic misunderstanding.

[Lyrics]

The locks begin to break 
Your burning hands left scars
This body could not heal
Now aren't you happy?
Life to living hell
A moment full of fear
I'm scared to even breath, behind this mask.


Its hard to keep control of myself
I find some peace and you think I'm bad?
Stop Pretending like you know me, you just met me, give it time. 
Stop believing all these stupid lies. 
I'm getting tired of living in shadows, and preaching in gallows. 
I moved to the shallows, but you won't listen now.

O.D.I.U.M

To Be Hurt

Stream/Buy

subway station

The collabs continues! Rutra asked me over a year ago to do a collab, and it finally happened! This was a blast to make. I personally dig this track - techno meets chiptune in the 00s!

🤝

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/38lokeXfgfloaiO5g48QdB?si=XbVwwcJERqyBIpe7cowJZg

Graphics by Airtime: https://www.instagram.com/airtimevisual/

Pixel War - Waterflame x Rutra

Hey guys! Here's an instrumental version of my song, "Jump Start."

You can utilize this instrumental for music covers, background music, or in any non-commercial projects. :)

*Please note: Do not re-upload any of my video or music content as-is/by itself/unmodified. Promoting my music with your own creative touches is fine as long as you give credit to the original artist/s.*

See this track visualized: https://youtu.be/Qykm5ThCsHs

Check me out on YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/MrKoolTrix

- MrKoolTrix

OrangeGrooves II

Jump Start (Instrumental)

Stargazer

I can't play an instrument to save my life, but I can keep pecking at those notes until I get them right! :P

Chongyue's Reprise (Waterflame vs pftq)

pftq

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