Cover art by Rangzhe.
Banner art by Rangzhe, Rebecca Peason reasonpeason Tumblr, Circlejourney circlejourney Bandcamp circlejourney SoundCloud Circlejourney YouTube circlejourneyart Tumblr circlejourney Twitter circlejourney.net Other machinasolis SoundCloud (asset organizing), and Niklink (edits for wiki).
Released 8/27/2017.
Duration: ~4:27:24.

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Disc 1: (~55:53)

1. (0:29) Disc One by Corona Sanctus
2. (3:41) ♈Reality Theatre♈ by Navochao
3. (4:28) ♉W1th W1ngs♉ by irl-porrim-maryam
4. (3:02) ♊Propulsion♊ by Sean William Calhoun
5. (5:12) ♋️A Peace Worth Fighting For♋️ by Nate Tronerud
6. (4:47) ♌On The Hunt For Something Unknown♌ by The One Music Maniac
7. (4:34) ♍Theotokos♍ by SerialSymphony
8. (2:49) ♎H3R HONOR4BL3 V3NG34NC3♎ by Seren Mist
9. (10:00) ♏Spider's Eclipse♏ by Blackhole
10. (3:17) ♐Broken Strings♐ by psithurist
11. (3:51) ♑His Demented Mural♑ by Zan Beaver
12. (3:51) ♒Tumescent♒ by Seijen
13. (5:52) ♓Greatest -Empress♓ by Mathias Ramalho

Disc 2: (~2:32:49)

14. (0:32) Disc Two by Corona Sanctus
15. (5:24) Ancestral Anthem by Rhyselinn
16. (2:33) BATTERWITC)( ASC-ENDANT by Seren Mist
17. (1:21) Rampage by Mathias Ramalho
18. (4:14) Orphaner's Ocean by Acyl
19. (2:40) cerulean seas, misery machine by smear
20. (3:59) Nothing Will Ever Be The Same by Nate Tronerud
21. (6:12) Protector by Sean William Calhoun
22. (1:01) In The Forest by WC
23. (2:10) PRII2M BREAK by David Burkee
24. (2:54) The Disciple's New Beginning by Nevaeh Drexler
25. (3:51) C9me T9gether by TempiTunes
26. (4:11) Sufferer's Suite by Toris Crow
27. (4:44) Black Heart, Green Dress by psithurist
28. (3:53) Expatri8's March by Nymelord
29. (3:53) Release Me by not-the-kind-you-save
30. (1:46) E%ile by keyboard cait
31. (3:56) Legacy by aeolianChemist
32. (2:02) Terminal Aeon by WC
33. (3:42) Vwigor8us by Llyona Fang
34. (4:58) Lady of Sorrows by Dallas Ross Hicks
35. (2:46) Dualscar's Lament by not-the-kind-you-save
36. (2:23) Court of Miracles by irl-porrim-maryam
37. (4:09) Violet Means to a Violent End by Acyl
38. (2:36) Paint The Walls by The One Music Maniac
39. (4:09) The Pursuit of Justice by SerialSymphony
40. (3:08) The Confront8ion by Circlejourney
41. (4:13) JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 by SerialSymphony and Circlejourney
42. (2:30) The Demise of Neophyte Redglare at the Hands of the Unruly Mob by SerialSymphony
43. (3:23) The Mechanism by not-the-kind-you-save
44. (2:19) Summon the Cavalreapers by The One Music Maniac
45. (3:30) Last Lovers by Mathias Ramalho
46. (4:33) pyrrhic rust by smear
47. (5:30) Mutiny by Zan Beaver
48. (2:12) Black Flag Stained 8lue by Navochao
49. (2:45) A Rebel's Requiem by Seren Mist
50. (3:11) In Condescent Darkness by Nate Tronerud
51. (2:30) Die For Me by Ducky Senpai
52. (3:31) The Doom of the Planets by Circlejourney
53. (1:25) Rusted Wench by miraculouslollipop
54. (6:01) Handmaiden's F(l)ight by SerialSymphony
55. (3:20) Of Rust and Royalty by Grace Medley
56. (3:03) The Handmaid's Lament by Sara Stebbins
57. (5:33) (Her Imperial) Ascension by SerialSymphony
58. (4:13) Crockercorpse by Sean William Calhoun

Disc 3: (~39:40)

59. (0:30) Disc Three by Corona Sanctus
60. (5:02) the mother, a child by smear
61. (2:59) Space Serenade (A Lullaby for a Restless Sleeper) by Navochao
62. (2:31) Sweet Baby Tr9ll Jegus by potato-sollux
63. (2:06) Tomorrow There'll Be More Of Us by Navochao
64. (2:27) Signless Protection Squad by Navochao
65. (1:47) Purple And Purple by WC
66. (3:54) Sandswept Schismatic by Acyl
67. (2:28) lazutrix by smear
68. (4:08) Leftovers by psithurist
69. (2:19) Cardinal Fyre by Zan Beaver
70. (3:19) Preach by Seijen
71. (2:38) Swan Song by Navochao
72. (3:32) The Doom of the Planets (Reprise) by Circlejourney

Bonus tracks: (~19:02)

73. (4:44) Black Heart, Green Dress (Instrumental) by psithurist
74. (4:01) Release Me (Instrumental) by not-the-kind-you-save
75. (2:47) Dualscar's Lament (Instrumental) by not-the-kind-you-save
76. (3:22) The Mechanism (Instrumental) by not-the-kind-you-save
77. (4:08) Leftovers (Instrumental) by psithurist

Added to wiki 6/12/2020.

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Artist commentary:

Circlejourney:

Josefin B and the Ancestral Music Team present;
ANCESTRAL
A collaborative Homestuck fan album in three discs.

Track commentaries are authored by their respective fan musicians and fan artists. Track art is the property of the credited visual artists.

The Ancestral Album and related media are brought to you by Josefin B and the Ancestral Music Team, and are unofficial fan works based on Andrew Hussie's Homestuck. Homestuck is a property of Andrew Hussie and What Pumpkin.

Josefin B.:

Special Thanks

I would like to thank Blackhole for having helped and guided me through this entire process. Couldn't have done it otherwise. Circlejourney for assembling the booklet and thus ensuring there would be one. Everyone who jumped in at a second's notice when I needed a track done. Everyone at the LoFaM team for having helped me and for managing a lot if not all the final workload. It's been fun.

Rangzhe:

As it is the cover of the album, I wanted to make it dramatic as much as to my ability. I wanted to put them in order of the zodiac at first but I realized that it didn't look as great, so I put the Signless and his associates as one and the other highbloods on the other side, and to show the Handmaid vs Condesce I made them top and bottom, as polar opposites. I felt like this was the best way to put them to show their interactions in the stories. The background was inspired by the actaul Homestuck album "Alternia" and the pixel-y title font is also because of the ancestor's role to prepare the descendants for the game.

Josefin B.:

To some extent, I consider Ancestral to be a little sister album to Beforus. We share many contributors and this project was largely inspired by Beforus. The reason we asked Rangzhe to make our cover was to tie it in. The very last track of Beforus, Motions of Infinity, ending with the ancestors being created, was drawn by her. Isn't it fitting how she begins this story after having ended the last? That, and her art is hella.

Ngame:

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