Rhyme flight, deck the sixth ( the time, flying … the light years, travelling ) … casting our sights and senses upon the silhouetted vales of a versichromatic soundboard’s signature repertoire — and so, with that, and without further ado, let’s sift said sampling : godspeed, enjoi
: : Rhyme Flight, Deck 6 : “Valley Cast” :
: [ Relative Thread : Terset Crate, ~125 bpm* ] : :
· : : “Valley Cast” Pilot Fleet : Recs On Deck : : ·
| Record | Artist (Vintage) | Album; Label |
|---|---|---|
| “Black Knight” | Mark Dee (2020) | Arcade Nightdrive ; Retrowave Touch Records |
| “The Valley” | Duran Duran (2007) | Red Carpet Massacre ; Epic Records |
| “Go With You” | Toro Y Moi (2011) | Underneath The Pine ; Carpark Records |
| “Painting Skies” | Cold Blue (2020) | Summer Chills ; Black Hole Recordings |
· · ·
: Flight Taste Note Referentials :
| Aspect | Description |
|---|---|
| Modality | Describes intensity and energy in music |
| Valence | Describes the spectrum of emotions in music (e.g. sad, happy) |
| Depth | Describes intellect and sophistication in music |
| Texture | Describes sensory “feel” of music (e.g. organic / natural, processed / engineered) |
| Physique | Describes build, body, silhouette of music (e.g. minimal, full ; angular / rigid, contouring / elastic ) |
| Evocation | Describes experiential or conceptual resonance brought forth in music (e.g. any elemental, essential, emblematic associations) |
“Black Knight” — Mark Dee (2020)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Deep uptempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Nocturnal crusading |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Attuned |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Arcade retro synth |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Full-bodied, NRGtic build, lunar strobe silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Retro action jetpack man en route on a mission-driven midnight pursuit, cruising the 8-bit superhigh flywave … |
· · ·
“The Valley” — Duran Duran (2007)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Gradual undulating uptempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Anxious endeavoring |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Brink epiphanic |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Synthtronic blues, electric feel with a recoil |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Medium bodied, nimble build, nocturnal silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Apocalypquestians go forth on a crimson ride, shadowboxing dollhaus vales … walking beneath limelight, fearing no film reel |
· · ·
“Go With You” — Toro Y Moi (2011)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Mellow midtempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Wanderlust romantic |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Staircase witting |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Shoegaze Eclectitronica |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Full-bodied, neo-psychedelic build, lush life silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Quixote coyote desert dazing on daytripper scene vibes |
· · ·
“Painting Skies” — Cold Blue (2020)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Ambient downtempo |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Atmospheric elevation |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Nonverbal fluency |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Aeriform synth |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Light-bodied, encompassing build, sweeping silhouette |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Seraphim sighs elan vital … exhalation respiration breathing life into waking welkin … primer sky lair coat d’azure |
· · Final Notes and Flight Impressions · ·
| “Record,” Artist (Vintage) | Taste Notes |
|---|---|
| “Black Knight,” Mark Dee (2020) | Synthwave base with italo-disco sensibility, V12 vantage echoing outrun atmosphere … cavaliere notturno |
| “The Valley,” Duran Duran (2007) | New Romantic base with poperatic sensibility, promethean vantage echoing hollywood babylon atmosphere … mulholland canyonero |
| “Go With You,” Toro Y Moi (2011) | Altronica base with dream pop sensibility, dreamcatcher vantage echoing vision questioning atmosphere … wanderomantic |
| “Painting Skies,” Cold Blue (2020) | Ambient base with techno sensibility, firmament fresco vantage echoing dusk before tundra daybreak atmosphere … ambianzure |
| [ On the Whole ] “Valley Cast,” ibid. (2022) | Strong overtones of drifting amidst the synth brigade river styx … Vacillating shades of surrenderesist valence … Bonafide bildungsroman undercurrents, scoring the scene of manifest dreams and phantasm ricochet … Tonal tempo echoes perpetual pursuit … Zenith apexing meridian nadir |
· : Last Call, Maestro Pilot Mix : ·
So … this mix — sort of detouring from the erstwhile standard scope of nostalgic crate pulls from variegated planes of this soundtrekker’s past lives — crossed the radar quite recently, circa, hmm … maybe two or three months ago … stumbled upon alison wonderland’s radio show amidst general researching in the realm of mixing technique and sound curator craftwork … really dug her style and sense of the world, and its creative work therein … originally planned on slotting #256, but #210 already having been deck ready and linked up to the ewetubular, figured why not plot pivot into the wondeland holo collab crate … so, that’s all a roundabout prelude to said kaleidoscopic mix … so, with that, and without any further pretense ado … a sonic slice in the rhyme life of terra rara avis … a toast, to all — enjoi … :
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