Album of Celestial Abandon
Album of Celestial Abandon is a studio album by Neon and the Argie Bees based on the OG RU/AU of characters created by The-F0X. Currently unreleased, it is an experimental mixture of classical and world music compiled into a "rock opera"-like musical concept album that serves as an unofficial interpretation of events inspired by the lore of that universe.
| Album of Celestial Abandon | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | TBA |
| Recorded | 2023 |
| Studio | Studio RGB-Newt |
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| Length | 55:26 |
| Label | Fishal Project Records |
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| Compiler | NeonWabbit |
The first half of the album mainly focuses on Yin and Yang and the war of the dragons, while the latter half performs a timeskip to the main events of the RU, hundreds of years in the future: first to focus on Kari, Sketch, and the messengers, then even further in time to House Abaddon, where the AU mostly takes place. A bonus, final track on the album wraps up the story from the first half.
Early temp tracks to serve as inspiration were composed by the AI tool AIVA using different generation profiles, then original human-composed tracks with the purpose of sounding similar to these temp tracks, and using the same instruments as them, were manually arranged note-by-note and performed on a MIDI keyboard by Darien Brice Dickinson using Native Instruments instrument libraries and software, with additional human-written lyrics and narration added and performed to most songs, further changing the way they sound to accomodate the recorded vocals, in an attempt to "ethically reduce the amount of AI involvement in the final tracks to zero".
The album is to be made available for free, as it is fanart centred around characters not owned by NeonWabbit, and it was only made as another test of the current process of recording, mastering, and releasing an entire album.
Background
Composition
Production
Album artwork
Release
Reception
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Darien Brice Dickinson.
Original lyrics and narration written and performed by Darien Brice Dickinson.
| No. | Title | Notes | Length |
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| 1. | "Welcome Yin, Welcome Yang" | Genre: Epic World Symphonic | 1:58 |
| 2. | "The Two Would Spin in Circles All Day" | Genre: Mallets & Orchestra | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Rei Begins to Suspect Yin Might Be Evil" | Genre: Strings & Brass | 1:01 |
| 4. | "YIN IS EVIL!" | Genre: Heavy Metal - Djent | 1:51 |
| 5. | "Yang Confronts Yin" | Genre: Ambient Acoustic | 3:01 |
| 6. | "The Fault Amongst the Stars" | Genre: Interstellar | 4:30 |
| 7. | "But I Thought We Were Friends" | Genre: Solo Strings (Fantasy) | 5:21 |
| 8. | "The Gift of a Dragon's Love" | Genre: Christmas | 1:25 |
| 9. | "Queen Yin Summons Her Dark Army" | Genre: Halloween | 0:49 |
| 10. | "Thus Come Marching Yin" | Genre: Epic Dragonborn (Fantasy) | 1:12 |
| 11. | "A Hundred Tears Later" | Genre: Solo Piano (Ambient) | 3:02 |
| 12. | "Our Secret Place" | Genre: Traditional Folk | 1:27 |
| 13. | "There Will Always Be Darkness Where There Is Light" | Genre: Tavern Music | 2:08 |
| 14. | "The Seperation of Twins" | Genre: Solo Piano (Cinematic) | 2:48 |
| 15. | "Flight of the Messengers" | Genre: Solo Strings (Modern Cinematic) | 2:25 |
| 16. | "Spirit Plane" | Genre: Ambient Hybrid | 5:27 |
| 17. | "Poem of the Princess with a Paper Crown" | Genre: Meditation | 0:32 |
| 18. | "A Typical Morning / What the Staff Have for Us Today" | Genre: Strings & Woodwinds | 3:16 |
| 19. | "Academy Induction Ceremony" | Genre: Epic Orchestra (Modern Cinematic) | 5:13 |
| 20. | "Celestial Abandon" | Genre: Solo Piano (Soft Cinematic) | 3:01 |
| 21. | "Vale Yin, Vale Yang" (or "Harmony at Last") | Bonus Track; Based on Welcome Yin, Welcome Yang | 1:41 |
Personnel
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Release history
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