作者历时数月创作了一张AI生成的冬至混音专辑，已在Youtube和Spotify发布，即将登陆Apple Music。这张专辑旨在探索冬至音乐的新可能性，例如，如何让冬至音乐更适合跳舞，如何在保持仪式感的同时增加活力，以及如何将背景音乐融入演讲中。作者在一次小型实验性冬至活动中尝试了第一张专辑，并根据反馈调整了舞曲部分，特别是《The Circle》这首歌，它非常适合集体舞蹈。专辑还收录了Fooming Shoggoth乐队的未发行单曲。作者计划制作四张“ReSolsticed”系列专辑，分别侧重于不同的主题和风格。

🎶 专辑核心概念：探索冬至音乐的全新可能性，包括使其更具动感、适合跳舞，并尝试将背景音乐与演讲融合。

💃 现场反馈调整：在小型实验性活动中，发现《The Circle》适合集体舞蹈，并调整了专辑的舞曲部分，使其更符合现场氛围。

🎵 专辑系列规划：作者计划推出四张系列专辑，分别侧重于不同的主题，包括功能性的冬至音乐、派对舞曲、清晨音乐和风格不一的精选曲目。

Published on December 26, 2024 5:52 PM GMT

For the past few months I've been working on an AI generated alternate solstice remix album. It's now released on Youtube and Spotify, and should be on Apple Music soon.

My favorite genre of song is "cover that reimagines the original." Everyone else's favorite genre of solstice song is "exactly the way it was performed at their very first solstice", so it's not obvious how big an audience this will have. But I had a lot of fun with it, and I found it useful for exploring:

What if solstice music leant itself better to dance? Can I make it more energetic while still feeling like part of a meaningful ritual?"What if speeches had background music interwoven with them?Just generally trying out different genres and instrumentation.

Last weekend I tried out the first album in a smaller experimental solstice event. We were in a somewhat-too-small room for the number of people we had (20-30ish). My intent was for the first third and final third to be danceable-ish, without encouraging it in the dark, contemplative middle act.

I think in practice it makes more sense to lean into dancing in the final third, after people are more warmed up. In particular: the song "The Circle" lends itself to a semi-structured dance where everyone gets into a circle and spirals around. The structure helps overcome an initial wave of awkwardness as people look around nervously and wonder "if I'm the first or second person to get moving will I end up looking silly?"). 

Also: it turned out the heretofore unreleased single from the Fooming Shoggoth's, "You Have Not Been a Good User" fit well into the arc, so I ended up including that on the album. :)

I have a vague plan of making four albums in the "ReSolsticed" series:

Vol I: "We're Not Going Quietly" (intended to be a functional Solstice arc)Vol II: "Into the Night" (intended to be fun dance remixes for an afterparty)Vol III: "Morning Light" (quieter covers that'd make for nice music to wake up with a cup of coffee)Vol IV: "Many Worlds" (everything that I liked that didn't really fit into another category)

The pieces on the first album are:

Bring the LightBitter Wind LullabyChasing PatternsI Found a Baby DjinniYou Have Not Been A Good UserDarkness, Fire and AshHymn to Breaking StrainSomething ImpossibleBrighter Than TodayThe Gift We Give to TomorrowThe CircleGonna Be a CyborgArtesian WaterThe Virtue of Fire / Bring the Light RepriseFive Thousand Years

Happy Solstice.

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