music for underwater people by TAP [web]
Music For Underwater People EP
(2009/2012 music disk edition, incl. bonus track)
One upon a time, several zillion years ago (ok, 2005),
I released the "music for underwater people" EP, a
small collection of nine badly mixed tunes with a deep
sea / underwater exploration theme.
The release went largely unnoticed, since the only
places I posted a note about it, were the psycle forums
and, if I remember correctly, an even more obscure place:
The pouet.net oneliner.
Since then, this small package of distorted space
underwater dub (alternatively i'd like to call it "punk-ish
ambient weirdo melo-swing") is rotting away on archive.org
and according to last.fm there are apparently still four(!)
brave souls on this planet who listen to this thing every
now and then.
Maybe even five. Not everyone is using last.fm after all.
This is in fact the third incarnation of the music disk
version of the EP and I figured at least one version should
be released after all. I would have almost forgotten about this,
if it wouldn't be for the "work in progress" thread at pouet. :)
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Some keys you may want to try:
[s] take a screenshot and save it in PNG format
[b] switch background on and off
[x] lowest/highest volume (aka mute/unmute)
Alternatives to clicking around the menu:
[up]/[down] or [1]..[9] to quick-switch between songs, [0] for the bonus track
[+]/[-] volume control
[left]/[right] to quick-switch between colo(u)r schemes
Try all the color schemes. And wait for the jellyfish to
appear in the background. It's fun. :) There are some other details
like the "depth meter" etc.
The config.txt file can be edited for different window sizes and some
other minor options.
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Requirements:
Not-so-slow CPU/GPU compo. Won't work well on netbooks.
A Java Runtime is required also. No, those things are not really related.
Processing sources are available in case the lack of optimization really
bothers you. Also, if you really want a Mac version.
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Software used:
- Interface coded using Processing (v1.5.x), a JVM-based language/IDE
> www.processing.org
- GLGraphics Library
> http://glgraphics.sourceforge.net
- Music recorded using a broken version of Psycle in 2002/3
> http://psycle.pastnotecut.org
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- The original 2005 release, incl. cover art, but without the bonus track
can still be found at:
> http://www.archive.org/details/music_for_underwater_people
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Credits:
- Music, interface code and design by Thomas "tomaes" Gruetzmacher
> web: http://tomaes.32x.de
> email: tomaes [at] 32x [dot] de
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Licence:
- CC-BY 3.0:
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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