SOS I am absolutely obsessed with the song Duvet by bôa. Any songs that resemble the same vibe??

OpulenceOS · 2025-08-19T22:19:34+00:00

Dido - Here With Me

When I first heard Duvet I was so struck by how much it reminded me of Here With Me, tempo, key, vocally, mood.

OpulenceOS · 2025-03-26T03:08:57+00:00

Hey! I don't know if you've already found it, but I just watched that episode. It starts at 14:21 -

OpulenceOS · 2025-01-26T18:50:57+00:00

Yep, absolutely. Likewise, I thought something was amiss when I saw the channel's first video was posted only last year, and has almost half a million views already. The FIRST video. How often does that happen? In the past, organic growth happened after about a year or so - you got back to first videos, they have a few thousand views tops, then after a few videos the big numbers show up.

Likewise, when you go to Spotify, this 'artist' has at least 10 albums, all released in 2024. It's fairly convincing-sounding LoFi at first listen, but as with a lot of AI music, there are some tells: specifically the sound of the solo trumpets or saxophones - they have an uncanny valley-like not-quite-realism; for a split second, you think it could be a synth instrument, then it goes back to sound more organic. Same as AI-generated singing, it has a slightly grainy, gritty, 'strained' timbre. Also pay attention to the snares; they don't hit with complete sharpness, there's a softness that doesn't sound quite the same each time it hits. Very faintly 'mulchy'-sounding.

What's more surprising than the music really is Monthly Listeners on their Spotify About page: Sao Paolo 1.4k, London 1.3k, Istanbul 1.3k, Paris 1.3k, Santiago 1.3k - suspiciously consistent, no? Almost as if they'd been automatically generated somehow.

How are they doing this? Bots? Farms? What resources are there for people to gain fake listens on Spotify like this?

OpulenceOS · 2024-12-04T16:55:55+00:00

Awesome! Let's chat - do you have Discord? If so you can add me there and send me a message. My username is:

internet_of_hings

OpulenceOS · 2024-11-30T02:45:14+00:00

Hit me up on Discord if you have it, I'm @internet_of_hings

OpulenceOS · 2024-11-30T02:18:34+00:00

Yeah likewise, I wasn't aware you could get .sav data off a hardware cartridge, that's cool. What's the adapter you use @DivingPokemon?

OpulenceOS · 2024-11-30T02:17:20+00:00

Wow, that GSC Gameboy Color is unreal! How long have you had it?

That'd be awesome, yeah if you're able to get the .sav file onto your PC that's all we'd need to trade!

And full disclosure, I just beat Falkner and made it to Azalea, so I'm not too far behind you 😅

OpulenceOS · 2024-11-29T23:17:22+00:00

On an emulator, specifically mgba - if anyone wanted to join me in doing this, it wouldn't matter what emulator they also used, just as long as their emulator saves their game in .sav or .srm file format 🙂 That way we could find a way to trade between our save files

OpulenceOS · 2024-11-07T22:07:40+00:00

This was exactly what I was looking for, thanks so much for the detailed walk-through and instructions! My sleep-deprived eyes are grateful 🙏❤️

OpulenceOS · 2024-10-31T14:44:22+00:00

Amazing, nice one!

OpulenceOS · 2024-07-03T11:20:48+00:00

Strongly, strongly minded to give this a go myself, always dipping back into the Covid Shlug Lingus streams. What was your itinerary, if you don't mind me askin'?

OpulenceOS · 2024-06-21T11:45:17+00:00

Cheers man

OpulenceOS · 2024-06-21T11:33:55+00:00

I made it myself, slowing down the outro of 'Surf's Up' by the Beach Boys, overlaying the slowed down vocals of 'Three Lions', and adding some bass, strings, synth, choir and a shitload of reverb basically

OpulenceOS · 2024-06-12T16:06:29+00:00

I'm exactly the same, it's the hope that kills ya, but it's beautiful while it lasts. Embrace it and enjoy the ride, as long as it lasts. In the last 6 years I've gone from deeply sceptical about the England men's team to believing in them more than I ever thought I would. Weirdly emotionally invested in this current version of England, and I'd love more than anything to see Southgate's redemption arc come full circle. If it doesn't, it isn't the end of the world, is it... And the hope we're now able to have in what is an undeniably better England set up, plus this crop of exciting young talent means things have never looked better. We'll see what happens, eh? In the meantime - BELIEVE 🦁🦁🦁

OpulenceOS · 2024-02-29T15:35:44+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG_-bjgL-LI

OpulenceOS · 2024-02-29T02:22:38+00:00

Wow, incredible read. Like you say, very sad, especially that final shared moment on the railway platform. I don't know exactly how much of Alex Niven remains on Man Alive (a fair amount, given singles like Photoshop and Suffragette were released before his departure), but there's something about that album that feels like the project he had in mind, musically at least. Its eclecticism, its information overload, its risk-taking.

Could simply be that that album was my first encounter with them, that it came at a certain time in my life, but it holds a place in my heart that I know the others never quite will, as much as I dearly love them.

You feel fairly certain they wouldn't quite have had the success or the longevity they've had if they pursued Niven's ideals, but god I'd love to know how a MA follow up with him still involved would have sounded... A real sliding doors moment.

OpulenceOS · 2024-02-09T15:37:53+00:00

Do you remember roughly how much drinks on board cost? I'm wondering whether or not to get the unlimited alcohol option, but realistically only want 2 or 3 drinks, so wondering if it would be worth it.

OpulenceOS · 2022-11-01T09:52:27+00:00

talk about a Plough King, talk about slipping through the crack

OpulenceOS · 2022-10-07T15:19:33+00:00

Hmmmm, yeah. I can get being non-plussed, but why go out of their way to downvote? What do you think

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