#15 - The Common Interest // Pop Culture

(INTRUDER 01 - OPAL)

THIS ONE ALREADY LOOKED PRETTY FREAKISH, SO I THOUGHT I'D DO HER A FAVOR. NOW SHE NEVER HAS TO SEE HERSELF IN THE MIRROR! HAHAHAHAHA!

- JACK STAUBER'S DISCOGRAPHY, AS WELL AS OTHER BEDROOM POP ARTISTS
(OH KLAHOMA, TWO TIME, PEPPERMINT)
- STOP MOTION
(THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, FANTASTIC MR. FOX, CORPSE BRIDE)
- DREAMS & IMAGINATION
(DREAMLOVER, IMAGINING YOU, JUST AND ILLUSION)
- SURREAL/PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR
(THE SHINING, SILENT HILL, GET OUT)
- FAMILY & THE LACK OF IT
(OH MOTHER, A SONG FOR MAMA, MY FATHER'S EYES)

Songs used:
Jack Stauber - We See You, Opal (Jack Stauber)
girl in red - bad idea! (Bedroom pop artists)
Jack Stauber - Dead Weight (Jack Stauber)
Ryan Mack - Overwhelmed (Dreams)
Jack Stauber - Buttercup (Jack Stauber)
Grenon - Imaginary Friends (Imagination)

OVERWHELMING IDEAS

THE BOY: Why are we picking a fight with fucking boxes???
REDFOO: -I'll let y'all know Party Rock Anthem was a smash hit with flipnote kids back then.-

[results: https://soundcloud.com/finn-for-a-fish/lr2m1-results]

Locknar - Just After Midnight (Flash media: Madness Combat/house music, The night)
Knife Party - Bonfire (Flipnote media, Drugs: Used in Breaking Bad, Elements, Household Items: Knives/house music)
Missy Elliott - Lose Control (Craziness/Dancing)
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (Flipnote media, songs that are low quality: Roy Koopa/LMFAO)
Electric Man 2 - Second Factory (Flash media, Elements)
Waterflame - Blast Processing (Flash media/"Artificial Intelligence")
Justice & MGMT - Electric Feel Remix (Elements/house music)

[lr2m1 - phase 1] A Bonfire After Midnight

track and art by fifi

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Toby Fox - Another Medium (ralsei smoking weed - oh yknow) 
LOVESONGS M - Untitled29 ~ Will Be Silent (Mothman - Ambient Genres, Weather)
Kid Cudi ft. David Guetta - Memories (TITANIUM - David Guetta)
Flat Eric - Positif (Pop Culture - House, French People [flat eric lol])
Hozier - Take Me To Church (MZD - Religion)
Phyrnna - Into Combat (The Thief and The Rebel)
Hail Mary Mallon - Breakdance Beach (Monoko - Dancing)
Jet Set Radio - Grace & Glory (Dragula - Jet Set Radio)
Harvey Rothman - Oh No (I Wanna Be The Stinky - LeatherIceCream)
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (THE JUNE ARCHIVES - Flipnote Culture)

i don't want to stop now // TEN FUTURE FRIENDS

ep by sword (@swordsadventure)
see the visuals here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2NJEvXAsts
art by fifi

#15 - The Common Interest // Pop Culture

i think mada would   like to hang out
with them
i do, at least
they know a lot that i like…

THEIR FOCUS SOURCES ARE…
- Madeon, artists he's collaborated with/remixed, and House Genres
- Synthpop, Electropop, and Heavy Vocal Sampling/Plunderphonics
- Artists sampled in Pop Culture, Commonly used songs in mashups and Popular Animation Memes
- Music/Audio as a concept
- Launchpad Artists, Live Mashups, and Artists known for either
BUT CAN PULL MUCH MORE THAN THAT!

//

Madeon - Miracle
Madeon - Love You Back
Madeon - Dream Dream Dream
Madeon - The Prince
Modjo - Lady
Madeon - All My Friends
Daft Punk - High Life
Madeon - Be Fine

(01) forever faithfully devoted

ep by sword (@swordsadventure),
see the visuals here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2NJEvXAsts
art by fifi

#15 - The Common Interest // Pop Culture

i think mada would   like to hang out
with them
i do, at least
they know a lot that i like…

THEIR FOCUS SOURCES ARE…
- Madeon, artists he's collaborated with/remixed, and House Genres
- Synthpop, Electropop, and Heavy Vocal Sampling/Plunderphonics
- Artists sampled in Pop Culture, Commonly used songs in mashups and Popular Animation Memes
- Music/Audio as a concept
- Launchpad Artists, Live Mashups, and Artists known for either
BUT CAN PULL MUCH MORE THAN THAT!

//

Porter Robinson & Madeon - Shelter
Porter Robinson - Fresh Static Snow
Porter Robinson - Musician
Porter Robinson Ft. Sean Caskey & Breanne Duren - Years Of War
Madeon Ft. Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Only Way Out
Cash Cash - Overtime
Caravan Palace - Lone Digger

(02) alone in the snowstorm

ep by sword (@swordsadventure)
see the visuals here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2NJEvXAsts
art by fifi

#15 - The Common Interest // Pop Culture

i think mada would   like to hang out
with them
i do, at least
they know a lot that i like…

THEIR FOCUS SOURCES ARE…
- Madeon, artists he's collaborated with/remixed, and House Genres
- Synthpop, Electropop, and Heavy Vocal Sampling/Plunderphonics
- Artists sampled in Pop Culture, Commonly used songs in mashups and Popular Animation Memes
- Music/Audio as a concept
- Launchpad Artists, Live Mashups, and Artists known for either
BUT CAN PULL MUCH MORE THAN THAT!

//

Madeon - Beings
Madeon - Together
Madeon - OK
Madeon Ft. Kyan - You're On
Daft Punk Ft. Paul Williams - Touch
Madeon - Imperium
Madeon - Home

(03) it's fun being at the peak

ep by sword (@swordsadventure)
see the visuals here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2NJEvXAsts
art by fifi

#15 - The Common Interest // Pop Culture

i think mada would   like to hang out
with them
i do, at least
they know a lot that i like…

THEIR FOCUS SOURCES ARE…
- Madeon, artists he's collaborated with/remixed, and House Genres
- Synthpop, Electropop, and Heavy Vocal Sampling/Plunderphonics
- Artists sampled in Pop Culture, Commonly used songs in mashups and Popular Animation Memes
- Music/Audio as a concept
- Launchpad Artists, Live Mashups, and Artists known for either
BUT CAN PULL MUCH MORE THAN THAT!

//

Madeon - Pop Culture
Madeon - Cut The Kid
Linkin Park - In The End
Madeon Ft. Zak Waters & Cass Lowe - The City
Martin Solveig - The Night Out
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
Madeon - Technicolor
One-T - Tomorrow's War
Ke$ha - TiK ToK
Daft Punk - Around The World/Harder Better Faster Stronger
Justice - Pleasure

(04) for the culture

art by eno and jade (twitter.com/Enoderen, @renegadejademan)
track by barrel (@friendthebarrel)

#09 - The Savages // HELL IS FULL

 why u so mad… is only a game...
 
THEIR FOCUS SOURCES ARE…
- New Blood Interactive, Edmund McMillen and People They've Worked with/Their References
- First-Person Shooters, Boomer Shooters and Roguelikes/Dungeon Crawlers
- Drum N' Bass, Breakcore, and Metal Genres
- Unholy Religion, Weaponry and Murder/Killing
- Anger, Rage, Blood and Fuel
BUT CAN PULL MUCH MORE THAN THAT!

//

American Dad! Season 14 Episode 3 (The Binding of Isaac: Tainted Samson by incendiary)
mudeth - Innocence Glitched (The Binding of Isaac)
Pendulum - Slam (Drum N' Bass)
Rob Bailey - Try 'n Hold Me Back (Rage)
Snoop Dogg on Sanjay and Craig (Rage)
Misha - SONG FOR ALL HATERS!!! (Anger)
DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya (First Person Shooters: Crossfire X)
The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Killing)
Ridiculon - Living in the Light (The Binding of Isaac)
Slipknot - Psychosocial (Metal)
twomad - Shleep (Rage)

THE INNOCENCE HOLDS ME BACK, BUT I WANT OUT

Track by @tawnybarnowl-does-mashups.
Art by https://twitter.com/Magicullistic.

There's no need to dwell on the previous match for now. How about we try to pick up the pace a little bit?

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B03 - Rush E

- Sheet Music Boss, their injokes, and the letter E
- Songs prominently featuring the piano, and Black MIDIs
- Songs featuring BPM changes

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Sheet Music Boss - Rush E (Sheet Music Boss, E, Piano, Black MIDIs, BPM changes)
Edvard Grieg - In The Hall Of The Mountain King (BPM Changes)

[BOSS 03 APPROACHING] - 🅰️ccelerando

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track by @jt-my-beloved
art by @enoderen and @cymancyan

CONTESTANT 07 - Bank Robber Darkie (Render by Eno, Stock by Cyan)

- Lil Darkie, Spider Gang and Their Collaborators/Producers
[ AMV, The East End, CXRPSE, LORD SAKU, Wendigo, SOLSA ]

- Industrial, Trap and Hardcore Hip-Hop
[ Nine Inch Nails, Death Grips, Playboi Carti, Denzel Curry, Tech N9ne, JPEGMAFIA ]

- Organized Crime and Infiltration
[ PAYDAY, Run The Jewels, Persona 5, Smooth Criminal, Bed Intruder Song, Home Invasion ]

- Money, Valuables and Toxicity
[ Loadsamoney, Money in the Bank, Diamond Girl, String of Pearls, IDGAF, Fuck You Bitch ]

Songs Used:

Denzel Curry ft. JPEGMAFIA & ZillaKami - VENGEANCE (Trap, Hardcore hip-hop)
Freddie Dredd - Killin’ On Demand (Hardcore hip-hop)
Run the Jewels - Legend Has It (Hardcore hip-hop, Organized crime, Valuables)
Lil Darkie - COLOSSAL CONFLICT (Lil Darkie)
JID - NEVER (Trap)
DJ Electrohead - Hit The Floor (Infiltration)
Ski Mask The Slump God ft. Juice Wrld - Nuketown (Trap, Organized crime)
Kendrick Lamar - N95 (Trap, Toxicity)
Denzel Curry - ZUPER ZA1YAN ZUPERMAN (Trap, Hardcore hip-hop)
clipping. - Blood of the Fang (Industrial, Hardcore hip-hop)
Lil Darkie - SATAN LIVES IN HOLLYWOOD (Lil Darkie)
Kendrick Lamar ft. Jay Rock - Money Trees (Trap, Money)
Busta Rhymes - Look At Me Now (Hardcore hip-hop, Money)

GIMME EVERYTHING

GIOVANNI: ...

GIOVANNI: It truly is fascinating that I am here again. It was, what, just over a year ago since I emerged from the depths of this town? Just over a year since I set off to achieve my magnum opus, gaining power unseen, only to falter? Perhaps it was longer for you, but for me, it was just one year. A year where everything changed. A year ago, a foolproof plan ended in failure. Luckily, it seems the universe itself decided to do some... Remodeling.

[Giovanni takes out two Beast Balls, and drops them to the floor. Out come the Pokémon that were formerly his Persian and Mewtwo.]

ALOLAN PERSIAN: Purrrrrrrrr...

[The feline, now with much darker fur, paces around Giovanni. The cinnabar jewel on his forehead is now replaced with a cerulean one, and his head is much rounder.]

UB-DUSK: ...

[The brute grunts. The experiment's new form is an anomaly, covered with fur, crystalline markings and cosmic patterns that resemble the embodiments of light itself. Suddenly, it is enveloped in light, as its form changes to one much leaner, sharing the same incomprehensibility.]

UB-DAWN: ...

[The creature remains silent, before returning to its Pokéball.]

GIOVANNI: These two are just the tip of the iceberg. For the last year, I thought my plans of universal domination were over. But today? Today, it's time to get back on track.

Track Name: Living on an Island
Character(s) Represented: Rainbow Rocket
Musician: bluez
Writing: SportsFan
Portrait: 5Kids
https://soundcloud.com/bluez04
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6E6egZC3yHIpZrQHLIWD4w
https://twitter.com/Beat5Kids

Sources Used:
Vitamin C - Vacation (Pokémon, Tropics)
Amine - Charmander (Pokémon)
Three 6 Mafia - Poppin' My Collar (Organized Crime)
Pokémon Sun & Moon - Pokémon Center (Pokémon, Tropics)
Paul Engemann - Scarface (Push It To The Limit) (Organized Crime, Tropics)
Childish Gambino - Feels Like Summer (Summertime)
Yakuza 0 - 24-Hour Cinderella (Organized Crime)

Rainbow Rocket
- Songs from and related to the Pokémon series, or Game Freak properties
(It Will All Be Mine, Battle! Island Kahuna, 2.B.A Master, Lavender)
(Pulseman, Tambo the Badass Elephant, Drill Dozer)

- Songs from creature-collecting media
(Digimon, Yo-kai Watch, Lilo & Stitch, Slime Rancher)

- Songs related to organized crime and gang/mafia culture
(Gangsta's Paradise, the Sopranos, Yakuza, m.A.A.d. city)

- Songs related to the tropics and summertime
(La Bamba, Since I Left You, Almost Paradise, Vacation)
(Every Summertime, Cruel Summer, Saturday in the Park)

Living On An Island

Track: swoldow
Art: weh
Character Represented: Lou Albano
https://soundcloud.com/weh-makes-the-funnies
https://twitter.com/crack_frost_

Lou Albano's Sources:
- Songs from pre-N64 or non-VG Mario media
(World 1-1, Rainbow Road SNES, Go Mario Go, Star In Love, Hotel Mario)
- Songs from video game adaptations
(Walk the Dinosaur, Happy Together, Speed Me Up, Techno Syndrome, Carry On)
- Songs from anti-drug media, or songs with anti-drug themes
(Straight Up!, Master of Puppets, I Surrender, Sleeping Powder, N.A.R.C.)
- Songs related to wrestling/wrestlers, or songs featuring Cyndi Lauper
(My Time is Now, I Am I Am, El Chupa Nibre, Face Off, Wrestling Rock 'n' Roll Girl) 
(Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, When You Were Mine, Change of Heart, I Drove All Night, Into the Nightlife, The World is Stone)

Sources Used:
Super Mario Bros Theme (VGR Remix) - Videogame Remixes (Pre-N64 Mario)
No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys (Videogame Adaptations)
Do The Mario - Super Mario Bros Super Show OST (Videogame Adaptations)
Course Clear Fanfare - Super Mario World OST (Pre-N64 Mario)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cindi Lauper (Cindi Lauper)
Walk The Dinosaur - Was (Not Was) (Videogame Adaptations)

Thank you for dining with S.A.L.T.
https://discord.gg/uwqpWpbdaw

Victory! Lou Albano (Final 4) - S.A.L.T.

Track by: Fang
Art by: Fang

012 - B12 Fever (THE INSATIABLE AILMENT)
A sickness takes hold of this one, compressing heart and soul,
Frenzied fanaticism devouring all like a black hole,
For this hyperinfection, there is but a single cure,
All twelve eccentric boys professing love to only her.

T̲h̲e̲i̲r̲ g̲u̲i̲d̲a̲n̲c̲e̲ s̲o̲u̲r̲c̲e̲s̲ a̲r̲e̲:
-Adult Animation, Seth MacFarlane, & Artists featured in American Dad
-Hyperpop, Nightcore, & Happy Hardcore
-Boy bands, "Fake" artists, and absurdly large groups
-Obsession, Toxic Fandoms, and things you can't get out of your head
-Healthcare, Doctors, Viruses/Disease, and symptoms of sickness
B̲u̲t̲ t̲̲h̲e̲y̲ c̲̲a̲n̲ d̲̲o̲ m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲o̲r̲e̲.

02 - Ms. Miku After Dark (THE LONGING OCCULTIST)
The hours passing slowly by, into the dead of night,
Behind her hair her tired eyes see visions beyond sight,
A ritual, an elegy, a song reborn anew,
A deep and dark desire for the bliss she knows is due.

T̲h̲e̲i̲r̲ g̲u̲i̲d̲a̲n̲c̲e̲ s̲o̲u̲r̲c̲e̲s̲ a̲r̲e̲:
-Astrophysics, their covers, and well as vocal synth originals/producers
-80s aesthetics and synth genres
-Darkness, nighttime, and eldritch/cosmic horror
-Religion, cults, and the loss of oneself
-Passion, desire, and craving
B̲u̲t̲ t̲̲h̲e̲y̲ c̲̲a̲n̲ d̲̲o̲ m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲u̲c̲h̲, m̲̲o̲r̲e̲.

Sources Pulled:
longestsoloever - Open The Door (Desire, Craving / ""Fake" Artists")
bignic - Scream (American Dad S14E1 "Fantasy Baseball")
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (Boy Bands)
frog96 - Lost Delusion (Vocaloid / Things you can't get out of your head)
Vane Lily - Paparazzi Murder Party (Vocaloid, Craving / Obsession)
GHOST - End-World Normopathy (Vocaloid, The loss of oneself / Disease)
The B-52s - Love Shack (Passion / American Dad Artists, Obsession, Bands that are just a B and a number)
Mystery Skulls - Hellbent (Nighttime, Desire, The Loss of Oneself / Obsession, "Fake" Artists)
The Vincent Black Shadow - Dig Dig Dig (Darkness / Obsession)
Glass Animals - Pork Soda (Things you can't get out of your head)
Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You (Passion / American Dad Artists)

OPEN THE DOOR TO YOUR HEART <3

Hush Hush

DISCORD: https://discord.gg/fTHWj2qYNV
SECOND ACCOUNT: https://soundcloud.com/tintn-2
THIRD ACCOUNT: https://soundcloud.com/tintn-3

(// Note, this is NOT a tournament, rather a mashup and art project I'm doing with a couple of friends for warmups, practice, and general fun with ideas, art, and tracks. 
No voting, no source lists, just mashups! That's why There's No Tournament Name! )

~{ CHARACTERS }~
#00 - the host // me (void)
#01 - The Flip-Side // Fresh D-Sides
#02 - The Indescribable // Subconscious Insanity
#03 - The Helpline // Jake From Statefarm
#04 - The Phoenix // Imagine Dragons Springtrap
#05 - The Outdated // GHST+
#06 - The Everyman // bill wurtz
#07 - The Loyalist // BIGIKEFAN7000
#08 - The Melody // Shawty
#09 - The Savages // HELL IS FULL
#10 - The Funny // IFunny
#11 - The Wish and The Shadow // MZD
#12 - The Stinky // I Wanna Be The Stinky
#13 - The Unending // Dragula Non Oscillas
#14 - The Tumbling // Monoko
#15 - The Common Interest // Pop Culture
#16 - The "Archivist" // THE JUNE ARCHIVES
#17 - The Omen // Mothman
#18 - The Janitor // Todd The Turnip
#19 - The Prince // ralsei smoking weed
#20 - The Thief and The Rebel // Matt & NoLegs
#21 - The Wonder // Wallspin
#22 - The Remorseful // YonaYonaYona
#23 - The Extraterrestrial // Andromedako
#24 - The Fleek // drip too much
#25 - The Exiled Champion // S!3V3N
#26 - The Saint // Pilot’s Ultimatum
#27 - The Torment // Skater Knight
#28 - The Fresh // Galactic Hole
#29 - The Melancholy // Mystery Meat
#30 - The Inkbrush // Quote
#31 - Papa Smurf
#32 - The Dreamer // OMORI

(01) forever faithfully devoted

there is no tournament name // null and void

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