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RPGウィンドウズ ビスタ

death's dynamic shroud

Released on March 15, 2014

Alternative Title: RPG WINDOWS VISTA

Duration: 51:40

juno: “does rpg windows have a premise? or is it just abstract songs”
James Webster: “I was building an RPG Maker VX Ace game at the time and deep into that aesthetic - thinking about how it feels to play RPGs when you’re growing up and imagining all the incredible roads your life might take, and hoping you live a life someone would want to play
“And also being in love lol”
- 04/01/2021

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Tracklist

  1. 狂気を垣間見る

    Alternative Title: I CATCH A GLIMPSE OF MADNESS
    Duration: 02:29
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  2. ヘッドフォン少女

    Alternative Title: HEADPHONE GIRL
    Duration: 05:44
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  3. ファンタシーTREE

    Alternative Title: PHANTASY TREE
    Duration: 05:00
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  4. 「RUNNER'S HIGH」

    Alternative Title: 'RUNNER'S HIGH'
    Duration: 03:18
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    juno: “what was the sample for RUNNERS HIGH”
    James Webster: “Sonic 3D Blast for the Saturn!!
    “one of my favorites - i used to listen to the game disc in my CD player as a kid
    “that special stage music is just unbelievable
    “i never liked the way it sounded on the album tho, i blew it out too much. when i DJ i play it with the clean sample”
    - 03/09/2021

  5. ダークランズ

    Alternative Title: DARKLANDS
    Duration: 03:55
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    juno: “@HCMJ whats the sample on AFTER SCHOOL from? im tryna find it on whosampled but theres like no data for rpg windows vista 😅”
    James Webster: “no idea tbh haha - possibly a song from RPG Maker VX Ace that I slowed down using the in-game editor and recorded onto tape, there were a couple of those on there as I was working on my RPG at that time
    “those are license free samples too! XD
    “but amazingly in VW Ace when adding music they provided pitch control that slowed down the music files
    “it's so cool
    “‘DARKLANDS’ was one of those - that's as slow as you could set it
    “the birdsounds were activated in real time - those were also sound effects I had uploaded to my game file
    “so in essence, I was using RPG Maker like a DAW”
    - 03/01/2021

  6. HEARTクロック

    Alternative Title: HEART CLOCK
    Duration: 01:11
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    whitmusic: “If you don't mind me asking, what song is backmasked in Heart Clock?”
    James Webster: “that is @Tech Honors !
    “it was a cover he did
    “a cover of Say Something I think?”
    - 01/22/2021
    [Say Something cover could be found on Tech Honors Bandcamp and Starmap SoundCloud, was later compiled on XOXO in 2021]

  7. ジョン・ピール・セッション

    Alternative Title: JOHN PEEL SESSION
    Duration: 02:50
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  8. 宇宙空間RPG

    Alternative Title: OUTER SPACE RPG
    Duration: 06:57
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  9. 午後

    Alternative Title: AFTERNOON
    Duration: 02:49
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  10. 5年前のあの日

    Alternative Title: THAT DAY 5 YEARS AGO
    Duration: 03:29
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  11. 息が詰まる

    Alternative Title: SMOTHER
    Duration: 03:26
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  12. 星に願いを

    Alternative Title: WISH UPON A STAR
    Duration: 03:39
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  13. AFTER SCHOOL

    Duration: 03:37
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    juno: “@HCMJ whats the sample on AFTER SCHOOL from? im tryna find it on whosampled but theres like no data for rpg windows vista 😅”
    James Webster: “no idea tbh haha - possibly a song from RPG Maker VX Ace that I slowed down using the in-game editor and recorded onto tape, there were a couple of those on there as I was working on my RPG at that time
    “those are license free samples too! XD
    “but amazingly in VW Ace when adding music they provided pitch control that slowed down the music files
    “it's so cool
    “‘DARKLANDS’ was one of those - that's as slow as you could set it
    “the birdsounds were activated in real time - those were also sound effects I had uploaded to my game file
    “so in essence, I was using RPG Maker like a DAW”
    - 03/01/2021

  14. 実績

    Alternative Title: PERFORMANCE
    Duration: 03:10
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    cathy the stupid: “@HCMJ i've noticed that D.E.S.I.R.E., RPG, #NUWRLD, and MANIA all end with a track with a vocals after being almost entirely instrumental, and i was curious how deliberate that sequencing is, because in the context of a full listen of those albums those tracks have always upset(?) me in some hard to grasp way. (TAISAI is sequenced like that too, but i don't get the same feeling from HALLWAY GODDESS PART 3 as those albums)”
    - 01/05/2022
    James Webster: “tbh it's not something i do consciously, i think it's just my natural instinct to ‘end with a song,’ like the vocal track at the end of a movie with a symphonic score. the end of RPG specifically was intentional. after fist after fist of teenage nostalgia I wanted to capture a certain feeling with the last track (which I erroneously used ‘実績 ‘ which is ‘performance’ like ‘job performance’ and not ‘musical performance’ like I intended) -
    “I have a lot of memories of being a teen wearing an ill-fitting dress shirt and tie watching a symphonic performance, and just realizing that I was young and had all the time in the world - and that night in that moment I was sitting in that chair as the strings surrounded me actively inviting the experience, while also a little sad because I know it will end and I'll resume life as usual the next day.
    “I guess the only other explanation is that a part of my album crafting instinct is to end with a track that reflects on the album experience, rather than adding more to it”
    - 01/07/2022

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