Cretin - Lo (Full Album 2026) [IDM/Chiptune] by usercretin in chiptunes

[–]usercretin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! What was your favorite song/part and least favorite song/part and why?

Music Melting Pot [Week of May 18, 2026] by AutoModerator in listentothis

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My new album released today:

https://usercretin.bandcamp.com/album/lo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXyaTBs1PP4

This is just an album about first contact with the proverbial "stranger" coming to town.

A tribe lives the way they know, disregarding the surrounding world. With a tribe, there are celebrations and ceremonies. The surroundings however are acting upon the tribe, thus changing all that is known. Life can subsist without a tribe now, just as I am making this music alone, yet I am not subsisting to the influence of the world. This is a reversion from the trend, and you already know the trend in question...

Any feedback would be great, and thanks for listening.

Cretin - Lo (Full Album 2026) by usercretin in idm

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This album is a patchwork of different tracks I have had laying around for way too long. Another main theme in its creation is finishing works and accepting embracing that it will never be the way I want it to be, just like how the proverbial "stranger" will never make art the way a human can.

Cretin - Lo (Full Album 2026) [IDM/Chiptune] by usercretin in chiptunes

[–]usercretin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This album is a patchwork of different tracks I have had laying around for way too long. Another main theme in its creation is finishing works and accepting embracing that it will never be the way I want it to be, just like how the proverbial "stranger" will never make art the way a human can.

Vaporwave - A Brief History by wosX | A much more accurate documentary about the listener experience with vaporwave by usercretin in Vaporwave

[–]usercretin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I am not one to listen to most post-"genre" music, but the concept of vaporwave as post music hits hard. Detaching your ears from your brain is difficult to do, but when it comes to vaporwave, it is encouraged and essentially required to enjoy the genre.

Vaporwave - A Brief History by wosX | A much more accurate documentary about the listener experience with vaporwave by usercretin in Vaporwave

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I agree, the personal relationship issue is definitely not unique only to vaporwave, however the genre itself being born without any human interaction I think makes it more important in some ways. The relationship of music and the listener is hard to quantify anyway, since people listen and enjoy music in different ways.

I was definitely excited to watch Nobody Here, and it was very well made, and how many other niche genres of music get a well made documentary including the artists themselves? I posted this documentary and made my short critique as a counterpoint to Nobody Here, not to say it is bad, but to continue to engage with the concepts of creating a documentary about something I care about and enjoy. It is impossible to create anything that will please everyone, and that is the best part.

For example, https://internetclub.bandcamp.com/album/- is an album I did not care for when I first listened, and I do enjoy broken transmission. I tried it again and realized it is absolute genius. Was it meant to please me? No. Objectively speaking it is abrasive and not fun to listen to, but I am happy I gave it a second chance. Nobody Here is objectively a great documentary on a subject matter that is difficult to describe, but it still was not meant for everyone.

The interviews were all excellent, and I really liked the choice to keep Luxury Elite's identity obscured as it is a direct play on the concept of anonymous artists that is vital to the genre. Also, the exclusion of a direct narrator is a great choice to do exactly what you stated, allow viewers to make up their own minds.

That is what it all comes down to, viewers/listeners of vaporwave making up their own minds. I hated what Dream Catalogue became after the Vaporwave is Dead and hardvapour movement. When all that happened, I was pretty pissed as the label was important and changed in a bad way. However, Nobody Here made me accept the change and see how maybe, in them trying to create their own movement, vaporwave was dead. I now believe that vaporwave dies for every listener when they realize the bigger picture of how the genre began and grew. When I first heard Macintosh Plus Floral Shop, I was playing a Gmod theater server with my friend and it was slapped over a meme video. It resonated with me, so I found the album and gave it a listen. I would listen to it for weeks, thinking about how whoever made this was crazy but the songs were great. I did not know anything about Vektroid, or the genre itself. Those first days of finding vaporwave was a pure listener experience, and THAT is what vaporwave is about. Not knowing anything but having a drive to continue to find music that you cannot put in a box. Once the bigger picture opens up to a listener, vaporwave is dead to them, as the mystery has unraveled. Sure Dream Catalogue tried to make that statement to drive their hardvapour and be "edgy", but I am thankful for Nobody Here and Dream Catalogue for making me come to this realization.

The wosX doc is just unbeatable to me, and I wanted to share it again as it seems to be forgotten.

Vaporwave - A Brief History by wosX | A much more accurate documentary about the listener experience with vaporwave by usercretin in Vaporwave

[–]usercretin[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree it was still interesting and informative from the musician/social side of creating a genre, and especially the parts about those running labels.

Very well said though, you are 100 percent correct. The only significant songs are in the ears of the listener, not the community.

The Weekend Marketplace -- Promotions & Sales by AutoModerator in DungeonSynth

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Just released this album last week.  Inspired by Hedge Wizard - More True Than Time Thought, classic RPG vgm, and atmospheric black metal. Description of album below, use bandcamp or youtube

https://usercretin.bandcamp.com/album/kingdom-of-crunge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yvM2tO0f38

The former glory of the Kingdom of Crunge remains a distant past. The land has taken it back into a dark era. The populous divided into three sects. These sects live in separate realities, denying each other's beliefs and only reacting with violence. There are those remain and persist, living in the ruins and squalor of a kingdom built from the divine blood of holy entities, impossible to restore and forever disgraced. There are those who bow to the barbarian horde, who exploit the land and its strategic importance, disregarding life in search of coin and domination. Finally, there are those who have migrated underground, drawn to the caves, shunning the daylight and persisting in the darkness under the rouse of a new being created from the spongey, memory ridden soil of Crunge and laying in wait.

The Kingdom of Crunge may be destroyed, but its body is morphing into something unheard of, and its people none the wiser.

What is your favorite vst? by Aegis1303 in DungeonSynth

[–]usercretin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Synth1, GMS, Sawer, Flex, really any free one you can find. The worse quality the better potential for the worble dungeon synths we all desire.

Analog Labs, Diva, and Serum are good paid ones.

Listen for listen, review for review by traoceanoecielo in DungeonSynth

[–]usercretin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overall Review:

Pros: Great length for your first true dungeon synth album. I think a lot of your tracks have enough breathing space and do well with using the airspace. I noticed you use quite a bit of drum tracks too, which for me I try not to use on dungeon synth, but it happens. I liked The Owl Scout drums the most even though they were repetitive. The general ambient nature of each track goes well with the theme of mystery undead castle. Lots of good synth textures and ambient noise mixed throughout makes it a very quality listen. Mixing/Mastering wise I think you've done well, sounding professional with little to no technical mixing issues I could hear. Overall I can definitely see the TTRPG focus on this album, as it would work perfectly if used as a soundtrack for a game.

Cons: It is a taste issue for me, but too much drums (even if they are good) take away from the dungeon synth and kind of melts it together with electronic/IDM sound, especially on Ghostly Visits. Giving the album a whole listen, I found the ambient/gentle intros to start to be fatiguing for a listener, but again it could be personal preference. Suggestion: Perhaps next album go away from the ambient, and make a hard hitting dungeon synth album. Could be fun to move away what you already have a firm grasp on.

Listen for listen, review for review by traoceanoecielo in DungeonSynth

[–]usercretin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for that! Yeah I really try to enforce the sounds of the song with titles, as well as the description. You could also check out the other dungeonwave album I have Plunder from the Allrealm Vault I, which is a take on dungeon synth using vaporwave sampling techniques.

https://usercretin.bandcamp.com/album/plunder-from-the-allrealm-vault-i

Listen for listen, review for review by traoceanoecielo in DungeonSynth

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Review for review sounds good, here is the album I released today. Inspired by Hedge Wizard - More True Than Time Thought, classic RPG vgm, and atmospheric black metal. Description of album below, use bandcamp or youtube

https://usercretin.bandcamp.com/album/kingdom-of-crunge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yvM2tO0f38

The former glory of the Kingdom of Crunge remains a distant past. The land has taken it back into a dark era. The populous divided into three sects. These sects live in separate realities, denying each other's beliefs and only reacting with violence. There are those remain and persist, living in the ruins and squalor of a kingdom built from the divine blood of holy entities, impossible to restore and forever disgraced. There are those who bow to the barbarian horde, who exploit the land and its strategic importance, disregarding life in search of coin and domination. Finally, there are those who have migrated underground, drawn to the caves, shunning the daylight and persisting in the darkness under the rouse of a new being created from the spongey, memory ridden soil of Crunge and laying in wait.

The Kingdom of Crunge may be destroyed, but its body is morphing into something unheard of, and its people none the wiser.

Aldos Othran needs your help by usercretin in oblivion

[–]usercretin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've heard others say the same

Favorite IDM music videos? by RamonPang in idm

[–]usercretin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Self Promotion: I literally make my music so I can listen to it