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1. Weird Flex-A-Tone, but Okay [Rhythm Heaven] (0:00)
2. RIGHT Twice a Day [Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time] (2:24)
3. DOWN to a Fine Art [Drawn to Life] (5:35)
4. You Must B Fun at Parties [Mario Party DS] (8:23)
5. Double Cross X-Amination [Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney] (11:08)
6. Simian Sound SELECT [Diddy Kong Racing DS] (14:45)
7. Power UP, Buttercup [Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS] (18:00)
8. Might as Well Jump START [Mario Kart DS] (21:40)
9. Ellie Has LEFT the Building [Monster Tale] (24:49)
10. Palms R Sweaty [WarioWare D.I.Y.] (28:20)
11. Give ‘Em L-Spin [Tetris DS] (31:43)
12. Deep and Y’d [Yoshi’s Island DS] (34:41)

Zackery Wilson’s DSQUE — the third installment in the ESQUE series — is the intersection of Nintendo DS soundfonts (collections of samples from original Nintendo DS video games) and present-day audio production (e.g. EQ, delay, reverb, filters, etc.). DSQUE features “modernized retro” (i.e. simultaneously nostalgic and progressive) composition and sound design, while maintaining the formula laid out in the original SNESQUE albums.

The ESQUE concept: “Each [track] was created using only one soundfont (exclusive to each respective game), again, only taking liberties with audio production and some creative sample manipulation (i.e. pitch-shifting, time-stretching, etc.); the structure of each track limited to roughly a minute’s worth of music, looping once (in the tradition of standard video game ‘level’ music) before fading out.”

Note: DSQUE is wholly original (read: not a remix album). The parenthetical in each respective track’s title simply denotes the instrumentation (i.e. soundfont used) for that particular track.

released May 5, 2023

Tracks 1-12 written and produced by Zackery Wilson (2023). https://www.zackerywilson.com

Cover artwork by Corey Stephen Design. https://www.coreystephen.com

Created with FL Studio 11: https://www.image-line.com/flstudio; soundfonts (by iteachvader, M. Reza Khadafi, Ricardo Rojas): https://www.youtube.com/@iteachvader & https://musical-artifacts.com

Track 4 (“You Must B Fun at Parties [Mario Party DS]”) features an audio sample created by Miles Morkri, featured on the album B-SIDE: https://milesmorkri.bandcamp.com/album/b-side

Website: https://www.zackerywilson.com
Bandcamp: https://zackerywilson.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1pbYpYC2oioJXUHVT8yc8d
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/zackerywilson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zackerywilson
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