this sound sounds familiar yet not like anything I heard.

I love how comically bizarre this sounds, it just oozes pleasant goofball personality!

Very nice and cozy, sounds like i'm in a happy place

Yes it's meant to sound like this.

I've been on a big Naked Flames kick lately, and so I wanted to make a lo-bit EDM track in the vein of his recent albums. A 40-second sketch turned into a 6 and a half minute rager. Hope you all enjoy and the sound doesn't weird you out too much. This will be on a future Vast Error album so stay tuned for that!

Jettison

Slow burn

Story: In this world, clowns aren't simply a matter of makeup; they embody inherent traits reflected in their physical appearance. What might seem like makeup is actually a result of peculiar deformities that have developed over time through anomalous adaptations. These adaptations have occurred over thousands of years, allowing them to better blend into their environment. Before the emergence of clowns, there were monsters inhabiting the skies. To survive, the clown people had to undergo genetic changes to mirror the designs of these monsters and the clouds above.

Our story unfolds in a country known as Ballutopia, with its bustling capital, "Downtown Clowntown." This vibrant city attracts a myriad of clowns, jesters, jokers, magicians, and fools from all corners of the world, making it a major tourist destination and a hive of activity.

Life in Downtown Clowntown operates according to clown logic. Commutes to work involve riding elephants, peculiar bikes resembling small cars, or traversing tightropes for quicker travel. While conventional air transportation like airplanes is rare, clowns utilize cannons to launch themselves across vast distances, gently descending with the aid of travel balloons (not recommended for the faint-hearted).

Entertainment reigns supreme, with lucrative careers in the performing arts, although traditional jobs in retail, business, farming, and engineering also exist. The skies above Downtown Clowntown exhibit a consistent color palette, transitioning from purple in spring to yellow in summer, orange in fall, and blue in winter. These curious anomalies stem from unique atmospheric elements influenced by the position of the sun and the planet, yet their exact cause remains a mystery.

Despite its outward appearance of joy and festivity, Downtown Clowntown harbors countless untold stories beneath the surface. Beyond the city's confines lie endless opportunities for exploration, reminding residents that Clowntown is but a small fraction of the vast world beyond.

Downtown Clowntown (Town Theme)

waiting...

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A product of the not-so-underground, genre-bending melting pot that is Naarm (Melbourne, Australia), producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Don Glori (AKA Gordon Li) prepares to unleash his forthcoming album ‘Don’t Forget To Have Fun’ via DeepMatter Records. The third single to be unveiled from the record, ‘All Seeds’, highlights Don’s delicate touch. It sees him build a warm arrangement around an intoxicating bossa nova groove, complimented by fluttering saxophone pads, soft vocal murmurs, and flowing nylon stringed guitar. 

Following the release of his much-heralded 2022 LP ‘Welcome’, a subsequent sweep of the Australian festival circuit and an EU / UK tour, Don found himself straight back in the studio but coming up short this time around. He explains: “Don't Forget To Have Fun was initially recorded in mid 2022 after several months touring my first album Welcome and at a semi-tumultuous time in my life. Add in a tough 3 days in the studio - broken equipment, illness, burn out from the touring, 40-degree Australian summer heat, a bike accident, and I was left finding it quite hard to enjoy the music. All these things combined made me decide to put the DFTHF session recordings on ice indefinitely.”

Following his relocation to London, UK in 2023, Don managed to tap into a potent creative current, by taking himself to a place of discomfort, and taking his creative back to basics - allowing additional room for experimentation. He says “I revisited the album after moving to London in May 2023, I was living in a tiny room with barely any equipment and my only income was from the slight bit of touring I was doing which was all going towards rent and groceries. It was a good opportunity to redefine the songs from the DFTHF sessions and inject some new life into them. I had just finished touring Europe, moved to a new city, didn’t know anyone, and had all the free time in the world to experiment with wacky, zany ideas. In the end I re-recorded a lot of the parts on the record in the kitchen of my Whitechapel flat while my housemates were at work. (You can hear the ambulances in the background when you isolate some of the tracks)”.

This invigorating approach helped distil the initial album sketches into a compelling and intoxicating listening experience - with all tracks sharing similar subtle themes and commonalities running throughout. Lead single ‘First Touch’ found widespread support across Triple R, PBS-FM and community radio across Australia, seducing listeners with a trance-inducing groove and soundscape channelling the energy of late-night soul and instrumental cuts from the likes of Lynda Dawn, Sade, and John Carrol Kirby. On the album’s title, Don explains: ‘The name Don't Forget To Have Fun is a nice reminder to myself about the journey of the album. How you can change the narrative by keeping a positive attitude, trusting the process and continually experimenting.’ A true work of art, traversing jazz, funk, soul, RnB, samba and beyond, this record is hard to describe, but even harder to forget. 

Don Glori will release ‘All Seeds’ on May 10th and ‘Don’t Forget To Have Fun’ on June 7th via DeepMatter Records.

Don't Forget To Have Fun

PREMIERE: Don Glori - All Seeds

Thrifty Pete is out of prison and back in business. He’s learned from his mistakes, and he won’t rest until YOU, the customer, get the best deals imaginable. 

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thrifty Pete's dirt Cheap deals can't be Beat

I wanted this to be a shop theme but it sounded a little bit less like that oops lol

Panic shopping

All composed, arranged, and produced by me.

d o n ' t   l e a v e   m e

original intro to lovely. didn't use it cus too long for my tastes

EyeDrip

I found this old cover i was working on and finished it

Linne's Theme (GENESIS VERS.)

May have another album out by summer! This time one of actually finished songs; not like Jungle Bumble where losing half the audio files kind of forced my hand to release those tracks. But yes, a jolly synthetic romp though space soaking in those electromagnetic waves!

Soundcloud's audio compression gets worse every day. Those poor drums! It sounds better on Newgrounds: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1005116?updated=1613390885

Kaleidoscopic Bubbly

Daft synth tunes of varying jazzy-to-bangin' ratio.

Kaleidoscopic Bubbly

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