SNOW WAY - Upbeat DnB / happy hardcore music soundtracking Brook the frosty Alaskan Malamute as she shreds down Snow Way - her favourite snowy mountain resort!
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🔊 Stream this on other sites: https://hyperfollow.com/moule/snow-way
👕 Snow Way Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/studio/promote/158428693
🎥 Snow Way Cover Art Timelapse: https://youtube.com/embed/hU--tXKWvVk
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Here's my latest track I finished called "Snow Way"! During a summer heatwave we've had here in Perth, Australia where temperatures reached as high as 43ºC (109.4ºF), I felt like making something winter-themed. It's also got a holiday cheer to it, so I've set the release date to be all the way on December 6th!
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This track began on December 27, 2021, immediately after I finished making Twosday (https://moule.bandcamp.com/track/twosday) as I really enjoyed this fast-paced style I've developed. It started as a remix of a popular song that I can't share yet because of copyright. Snow Way is a completely reworked version based off that remix made during the aforementioned heatwave on February 20, 2024, as I couldn't come up with a snowy-themed track idea in three new projects made from scratch.
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There were two main influences for this track:
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1. @djomnimaga's track "Jingle Bells Before Halloween", which I highly recommend listening to and listening to the rest of his music if you love happy hardcore rave music: https://djomnimaga.bandcamp.com/album/single-jingle-bells-before-halloween-v20
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2. wasteofblood's track "Chroma Tundra / Frosty Highlands", commissioned for the Super Mario 64 B3313 Unabandoned ROM hack as a happier version of their music for the same level from their own Super Mario 64 mythos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAk26M6gVRE (you can check out their Bandcamp here: https://wasteofblood.bandcamp.com )
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For MOULE WORLD lore, Snow Way is the snowy mountain resort in which Brook, the frosty Alaskan malamute shown in its cover art, loves skiing (and as of recently, snowboarding) down! Snow Way is located by the Brooks Range in Alaska, where Brook was born and where she got her name! The Aurora Borealis always adds a magical charm to it! It's also where Arctic's cover art takes place: https://moule.bandcamp.com/track/arctic
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As for its cover artwork, it took me about 5 hours to design Brook alone starting with Æmber that I made for Æmberlance's cover artwork (https://moule.bandcamp.com/track/mberlance) and Brook that I made for Fediverse's cover artwork (https://moule.bandcamp.com/track/fediverse).
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It's also my first attempt at giving my characters more realistic noses and mouths as opposed to the spherical head designs I usually make. Here's a preview of Brook I posted my Mastodon server on February 16th: https://mastodon.moule.world/@MOULE/111936952440079964
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The background were surprisingly easy by comparison. I thought it'd take me longer to design the aurora and mountains in the background than Brook.
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[email protected] into your own instance's search bar), and visit https://MOULE.WORLD for all MOULE links!
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