๐๊ฆ๊โแปแญ โแฉ็ช๐ญ๊ฌ - โ๏ธ SNOWFALL ISLAND EXPEDITION ๐
4Hello everyone and welcome to the refined version of โ๏ธ SNOWFALL ISLAND EXPEDITION ๐!!! For those who missed the original upload, I shall copy over the description from that video so you know what exactly this is. So, 2 years ago I became quite a big fan of the vaporwave movement and the idea of re-contextualizing existing music to tell your own story. Eventually I got the inspiration to do just that, it was the 4-part Endless Megatower saga by deathโs dynamic shroud.wmv that really captivated me, I wanted to create an adventure of an even larger scale. So I went ahead and laid out a tracklist, an outline for the entire thing, which as of right now I am intending to be 100 tracks long across 4 albums/arcs, and each of those 4 will be split up into 3 CDs worth of music. Very ambitious but a fun prospect. Iโm doing all of this with Ableton and its very fun. Anyway, I wanted to set this saga in a fantasy world, and I settled on Fillory from Syfyโs TV show The Magicians, I love the show and its characters, plus its quirky nature works quite well due to a certain quirky outside character who is going to show up.
But I digress, letโs talk about this behemoth youโre listening to right now. It isnโt actually one of the 100 tracks on the album cycle, but it is an โexpansionโ of an event from one of the tracks on the 4th album. At this particular point, the characters split up in order to search for keys to enter a temple to find an ancient spellbook. And some of them go off to a mysterious island where it always snows, except for one area that is supposed to be a green paradise amidst the frozen wilderness. It is suspected that one of the keys is there. But this place cannot be accessed from the outside, one must traverse through the islandโs interior areas to reach it. And thatโs essentially what happens in this suite, I intentionally made it an instrumental to give it a more casual feel. All in all, I think itโs an enjoyable listen. I am very new to vaporwave so there isnโt much difference between the original songs and what Iโve done to them, but the first half of this piece has some cool surprises tbh. I mainly want to just create cool vibes with what I create. Iโll list out the different sections down below. All of the cool thumbnails can be found here:
https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Photography-Trees-in-snowstorm/776938/2825229/view
https://diamondpaintingbliss.com/products/log-cabin-in-the-snow
https://pixels.com/featured/ice-castle-philip-straub.html
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/wiiman86/frozen-lake
https://wikioo.org/paintings.php?refarticle=AQRSXV&titlepainting=Melting+Snow&artistname=John+Elwood+Bundy
Iโll likely commission an artist to do a proper drawing for this piece at some point. But anyway, I hope you all enjoy listening to this auditory adventure!!!
โ๏ธ SNOWFALL ISLAND EXPEDITION ๐
0:00 INTRO: A BRIEF BLIZZARD
0:50 INTERLUDE: RESCUED BY THE SNOW-ELVES
1:21 I. LOG CABIN VILLAGE
5:17 INTERLUDE: FACING THE COLD/APPROACHING THE PALACE
5:46 II. RUINS OF THE ICE PALACE
10:12 INTERLUDE: NORTHERN LIGHTS/BRIEF SHELTER/AN ANTI-FREEZE SPELL
10:51 III. CROSSING THE FROZEN LAKE
15:20 INTERLUDE: QUIET STILLNESS/THAWING SNOW
16:22 IV. THE NORTH GROVE
21:40 OUTRO: THE KEY-GUARDIANโS CABIN