Posted August 14, 20195 yr Hello! Welcome back to Unkown Pleasures. Thank you to everyone for sending your entries — all twenty-five of you. I wasn't quite sure what to expect or how many people would take part, so really, thank you. It's an eclectic mix of songs that I have been selfishly enjoying for the past few days. It's just a shame I have to share them with you all. Rules Once you have listened to all 25 songs at least 25 times (~I'll know~), then it's time to start voting. To vote, please send me a PM (blacksquare) with your favourite 12 tracks in the following order: 20 (Favourite) 15 points 12 points 10 points 08 points 07 points 06 points 05 points 04 points 03 points 02 points 01 (12th Favourite) Unfortunately, not every song gets a vote. Luckily, those who don't will receive a hugging GIF from me. 01 Please don't reveal which song you submitted. 02 You can discuss the songs you have been enjoying, or not, but please don't reveal your votes. 03 The penalty for not voting will be a 20 point deduction from your track, so please don't forget. 04 If you haven't entered but still want to participate in listening and voting — you're more than welcome! Entries I have created a Spotify playlist for those who are more like me and don't tend to use MP3s anymore. However, I have also made a compilation album for those who do. Something for everyone. So accommodating~ 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 American Football ‘Silhouettes' 18 19 20 21 22 23 ' 24 25 Spotify playlist excludes 乌龟tortoise 'Sun Quan the Emperor (Guzheng & Drum Version), which is currently unavailable. Your deadline is 23:59 Sunday 25th August, with the ~results ceremony~ happening within the year. See you then! Edited August 14, 20195 yr by blacksquare
August 14, 20195 yr Author Apologies to most of you for the constant messaging over the past few days for links — we got there in the end!
August 14, 20195 yr Ooh yay. I'm really endeared by the band Flunk, been listening to them for a long time, although I don't know this song v well. Thylacine is another familiar name, I've liked what I've heard from them. Again, I don't think I know this song tho. Edited August 14, 20195 yr by Mattias
August 14, 20195 yr Interesting that we're back at 25 entries (the same number as the contest before last had) after the last contest randomly spiked to 39 entries which was way more than any previous edition had - 25 is still a fine number ofc but a bit of a shame that we've lost so many who participated last time! There are two or three artist names that I recognise (excluding my own ofc) but I don't think I've ever heard any songs by any of those artists so this should all be new to me anyhoo!
August 14, 20195 yr Author Sunglasses *.* (also i'm loving these graphics) Thank you! I much prefer that side of things. I just need a copyrighter to have everything written out for me. Interesting that we're back at 25 entries (the same number as the contest before last had) after the last contest randomly spiked to 39 entries which was way more than any previous edition had - 25 is still a fine number ofc but a bit of a shame that we've lost so many who participated last time! There are two or three artist names that I recognise (excluding my own ofc) but I don't think I've ever heard any songs by any of those artists so this should all be new to me anyhoo! I like to think dandy* scared them all off.
August 14, 20195 yr Other than my own I only recognise 1 artist (don't know the song though!) - looking forward to listening
August 17, 20195 yr I've listened through each song now and a few things stood out: a. there is only one song which I genuinely enjoy (other than my own) b. there appear to be a plethora of instrumental tracks; whilst I do not dislike instrumental music, unfortunately, when you listen to ~10 songs in a row, nearly, which are like this, I tend to switch off. There are a few which I enjoyed but only a small number c. there's also a lot of female artists; in the previous contest which I entered (a number of years ago), I loved the sounds of Beatrice Eli's 'Girls' and Rainsford's 'Too Close', for example, but I have not been enamoured with what I have heard thus far I've been able to eliminate around half of the songs based on the initial listen but the rest I will give another go.
August 17, 20195 yr Some of those titles have me very intrigued, I hope they live up to all that.why did I read this as “some of those titties” I was about to say “what kind of anime are you watching right now???”
August 18, 20195 yr I've listened through each song now and a few things stood out: a. there is only one song which I genuinely enjoy (other than my own) b. there appear to be a plethora of instrumental tracks; whilst I do not dislike instrumental music, unfortunately, when you listen to ~10 songs in a row, nearly, which are like this, I tend to switch off. There are a few which I enjoyed but only a small number c. there's also a lot of female artists; in the previous contest which I entered (a number of years ago), I loved the sounds of Beatrice Eli's 'Girls' and Rainsford's 'Too Close', for example, but I have not been enamoured with what I have heard thus far I've been able to eliminate around half of the songs based on the initial listen but the rest I will give another go. I agree with most of this. I seem to have rated songs I listened to earlier higher. Not sure if that was just the look of the shuffle or that I was just bored by what seems to be a fairly samey playlist and not much to differentiate them.
August 18, 20195 yr I suspect as to the instrumentals and female vocals, a lot of us have tried to go for something unexpected to what would normally be the case in a contest like this, and as it happens we've all gone off the beaten track in the same direction, each thinking this would help our entry stand out :')
August 18, 20195 yr voted. There was one standout actual song/track in a plethora of interesting tracks. The variety was good, but in terms of standard song formats, not a lot going on. I liked the tracklisting though, it was a journey of ups and downs :)
August 18, 20195 yr Author voted. There was one standout actual song/track in a plethora of interesting tracks. The variety was good, but in terms of standard song formats, not a lot going on. I liked the tracklisting though, it was a journey of ups and downs :) I agree with most of this. I seem to have rated songs I listened to earlier higher. Not sure if that was just the look of the shuffle or that I was just bored by what seems to be a fairly samey playlist and not much to differentiate them. I shuffled the entire playlist and then placed each song based on the order they played. It does seem a little all over the place at the beginning, but then the latter half seems to be more of a similar vibe at times.
August 21, 20195 yr Idk who else is interested but potentially I could host a plug for this. Depending on how wild my life gets this week xo
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