Mastodawn

Off to a great start with Bonk Fonk by Sonic Walker. Vocoded robot vocals is always a good idea!

Both spacey and groovy.

And now “But… does it bonk?" by the one and only @axwax! I will try and tag people as I can. I'm not surprised by how much groove this has.

And now an appropriately titled track with "Autumn" by @ordosmarkzero. I really like the idea of doing compilations that are inspired by the seasons. It's a great wya to bring people together around sharing their perspective on something we all experience in our own way.

This one is the most cinematic of the tracks so far. The way it is broken up into sections so far I can see this backing a short film and setting the mood.

There's a tension building!

But, wait it's chilling out. Everything is probably gonna be okay.

Now for “Barely Clap" by @james and we are back to grooving! Great guitar track to liven things up.

@james Fuzzy guitar and some glitchy rhythm. Love it.

Next track up is “Abstrações contraintuitivas" by taconi. A lo-fi mellotron kind of thing going on here that feels like a Gameboy soundtrack. I dig this.

Kind of an 8-bit dub vibe happening and I'm here for it.

And we are on to “Bonkwaveousness" by @CCirco! This intro!

The bonk is alive and well!

I'm losing my mind here. What a rad track.

I'm sad that one had to end, but now we are on to track 7 with “Fire We Keep” by Bandstahl. Beautiful pads building up hope!

And then the drums come in! Let's do this!

New age drum n bass melting my face off here.

dAVE Inden || attks th drknss

We are at track 8 with “Adapt (Exodus Three)" by @ordosmarkzero. The bits of radio static sounding bits coming in under the pads is a lovely touch.

@ordosmarkzero Another cinematic vibe with the movements across the track taking the listener on a journey. It's like listening to a character development arc.

During the beautiful fade out I want to give props to the folks who put this record together and coordinated the release. Great work by all involved!

Now we got “From Astana to Almaty" going by @keefmarshall. This is a super fun one. It is over much too soon. Great stuff.

Track 10 is “bones" by alfadeo. Equal parts groove and feeling erratic. A nice blend of sitting in the pocket and not conforming.

This one is the kind of track I'd love to make. A blend of experimental and dancey fun. Really great stuff.

And track 11 “You make me the best me" by Marcus Bointon coming hot.

This is coming out nowhere in the best way. Awesome stuff.

Track 12 “Fallen" by @axwax and @socool! A great combo.

This has video game vibes and I dig it. I could explore a world to this for sure.

Track 13 “Leafjumper" by @Undercat keeps the video game feel, but livens it up. This could be the “you beat the final boss” music or end credits even.

Track 14 “The Peacock That Fell in Love with a Lexus” by divaSwitch gives us another one with vocals. Beautiful voice!

The vocal arrangements are great as well. Plus, the outro is great. I love it when most tracks dorp out for just piano and vocals. Always fun for me.

Track 15 “acid donkeys” by @bazkie bringing the grooves! Face melter!

@bazkie Hell yes this rules!

And now track 16 with “co-repetitor” by würzl + pdp8. Some fun old timey piano vibes with random noise? Yes, please and thank you.

Tape warble and bursts of static are my love language.

And we finish it out with track 17 “Goin' Nowhere” by Secret Deal. Funky bass is a great way to go out.

The lyrics feel like a kids song made by Daft Punk.