This one's been a long time in the making.  It started in late 2017 after playing a good portion of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.  There were a few tracks (Tarrey Town in particular) that I just HAD to sample.  The experience of that game moved me to mine the entire soundtrack (and sound effects) for inspiration. Before I knew it I had and albums worth of beats I really loved.  I sat on em for a while, knew they needed refined and was thinking I would do my usual remix thing with em and put other artists vocals over top.  But as I began refining the beats, something about them overwhelmed me with the desire to write and perform again...and so a very long process began.

From around 2019 - 2023 I wrote, recorded, re-wrote, re-recorded, edited, scrapped, produced, mixed, mastered, and tried to make every one of the songs mean something to me and sound like something I was proud of.  The vibe all started to come together when I decided to lift some Robin Williams quotes to introduce and close out the album.  Robin and I were born on the same day, and he was a noted Zelda fan after all.  When I stumbled across his lines from "August Rush" in my search, I knew it was a perfect fit.  Then I decided it needed some vinyl scratch style vocal stabs to really round out the some of the songs.   I taught myself how to emulate sound that with my synth and scoured the ENTIRE original Zelda 90's cartoon for some great clips, and I certainly found them.

I could've called it good, and released this album over a year ago, but it wasn't good enough for me.  I started studying mixing and mastering theory and practice so I could create something that sounded more professional and aurally cohesive.  The final product is much better for the patience and effort I gave to it.

So now comes the hardest part.  Setting it free into the universe. Letting go of it and moving on to the next.  I wish I could hold onto it forever, but it won't grow that way, and neither will I.  Can't wait to see what I come up with next.

MASTER OF THE END

HESITANCE

REQUISITE INTUITION

NOBODY'S FAVORITE NOBODY

LET ME GALLAVANT

SURE SEEMS SUS

EPILOGUE'S PRECIPICE

VILLAIN VANQUISHED

prod. 555kenichi+fumiko

Lyrics🙄🙄:

Here we are, it's tearing me apart
I need a hero now, who's gonna save my life?
It doesn't feel so real, what's happening to me?
But there's an evil elf, we should get rid of him

Hop on my horse - I'm gonna be your saviour
They wanna take your soul, hold it in and savour
And If I am your Link, then you're my princess Zelda
I will save you from Calamity Ganon

Wait for me, I wanna be with you
I'm gonna beat them all and travel through Hyrule
(I'm gonna)
Wait for me, I wanna be with you
I'm gonna beat them all and travel through Hyrule
(I'm gonna)

They're lurking near us
Don't let them see you
The shield won't help it
Just stay with me now

Hearing your voice when I'm in too deep
After a hundred years that I've been asleep
It doesn't feel so real, what's happening to me?
But there's an evil elf and he might be my twin 

Hop on my horse - I'm gonna be your saviour
They wanna take your soul, hold it in and savour
And If I am your Link, then you're my princess Zelda
I will save you from Calamity Ganon

Wait for me, I wanna be with you
I'm gonna beat them all and travel through Hyrule
(I'm gonna)
Wait for me, I wanna be with you
I'm gonna beat them all and travel through Hyrule
(I'm gonna)

princess zelda

Sources:
Clarence Clarity - Adam & The Evil (Glitch Pop)
Yasuaki Iwata - Shrine (Ambient, The Apocalypse)
Björk - It's In Our Hands (Glitch Pop, Art Pop, IDM)
Lemon Demon - Touch-Tone Telephone (Neil Cicierega, Mystery, The Unknown)
OMORI - CHAOS ASSEMBLY (Horror, Chaos, Internal Struggles)
Death Grips - Lord Of The Game (Internal Struggles, Aura)
Manaka Kataoka - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild Main Theme (Ambient, The Apocalypse, Hype Moments)
Manaka Kataoka - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom Main Theme (Scary Moments in Non-Horror Media, Ambient, The Apocalypse)
nxhna - ToeWalker (Psychedelic, Mystery, The Unknown, Apocalypse)
Manaka Kataoka - Hyrule Castle Interior (Ambient, The Apocalypse, Hype Moments)
Glass Animals - Gooey (Psychedelic)
Dan Salvato - Sayo-nara (Horror, Education System: School Club)
Koji Kondo - Zelda's Lullaby ()
Manaka Kataoka - Chasm Diving (Ambient, The Apocalypse)

ART BY @trueandrealmel AND me

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█FINAL FOUR - MELMEL█

█ABOUT THIS CONTESTANT█
although many will claim contrarily: not much is actually known about MELMEL, suddenly appearing and tearing through bracket with seemingly no regard for the opposition, and mere moments before finals, vanishing in an instant as quickly as the initial apparition. reappearing once more now claiming to "truly understand the meaning of it all" in a much more grotesque figure, could they seize the day as SQUIDIZM's time bottoms out, or will the sun set in this reign of terror with no one left to rule it?

█SOURCELIST█
-Neil Cicierega / His Associated Artists and Media
-Horror / ARGs / Scary Moments in Non-Horror Media
-Experimental Media / Chaos and Internal Struggles
-VALVᴱ / IDM / Ambient and Psychedelic Genres

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█FINAL FOUR - ragnarok█

█ABOUT THIS CONTESTANT█

ragna "Mystery is my middle name" ragnarok was a highly intelligent, highly proficient individual in his field: solving crimes! and now, using his great detective abilities, hes here to solve SQUIDIZM's greatest, bloodiest, most convoluted, most complicated, most daunting, most haunting, most spine-chilling, most mysterious mystery... will his efforts climax into resolution, or will this be his last investigation? 

█SOURCELIST█
-Art Pop / Glitch Pop / Glitch Hop
-Crime / Murder / Mystery / Detectives
-Knowledge / The Unknown / Educational system
-The Apocalypse / Hype Moments / Aura

[SQUIZM WINNERS FINALS] Clues Sunken in Gloom and Malice

i draw for tourneys
discord is fuckingRagnarok

It is magic.  I am magic.  All is magic.

sirhynoon@gmail.com

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