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Artist: Hyparpax
Genre: INDUSTRIAL DOWNTEMPO
7KEYS:
- BEGINNER 1
- NORMAL 4
- HYPER 9
- ANOTHER 11

I originally made this song in 2 days before the end of the first sign-up period, because I didn't have time to finish what I was originally going to submit but still wanted to participate. That said, I ran out of time to keysound, so I ended up going for the second registration period after touching up the song a bit (grace periods have been very helpful for me recently).

Since the song was made on a whim, I didn't have any image going in, but I wanted to make something slow and loop-based that built on itself. The song evolved into the more standard narrative BGM-style song that I usually do, though. As the atmosphere developed I went with the image of a smoggy factory found in a town at the heart of a cold, snowy climate. The surroundings are dreary, but there's a futuristic sound here, too, representing the high-tech inside of the factory. Overall I'm just making dungeon BGM again since that's what I like to do...

Historically my workflow has been very slow when it comes to making music, so it's fun to continuously challenge myself to work faster. I didn't have any elaborate plans for the BGA so it's just a collage of modified stock footage. As simple as it is, it matches the imagery I had in mind quite accurately. Likewise I wasn't sure what I was going to do for the charts so I ended up just making what I felt like with a few weird sections like the trills in the HYPER. Also I opted away from using LNs this time because I tend to use them as a crutch when I can't think of an interesting way to chart a song with not much going on besides the lead. There's a beginner chart too this time. (How many people actually play beginner charts in BMS?)

I think the bursts of fast notes in the keysounds are maybe enough for higher level sabuns if anybody wants to try. It's a song that's unorthodox for BMS charting, but I'm fond of this style because it seems like something only I'd make.