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Released 4/2/2012.
Duration: ~1:44:20.

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Side 1: (~44:07)
  1. (0:09) ~~SIDE 1~~ by Toby Fox
  2. (4:48) Rust Servant by Willow Ascenzo
  3. (4:13) Bronze Rebel by Yan Rodriguez
  4. (5:23) Gold Pilot by First Turn Fold
  5. (2:43) Iron Infidel by Samm Neiland
  6. (2:27) Olive Scribe by Bleed Binary
  7. (2:15) Jade Mother by Nathan H.
  8. (2:31) Teal Hunter by Willow Ascenzo
  9. (4:14) Cobalt Corsair by Max Wright
  10. (4:42) Indigo Archer by Rachel Rose Mitchell
  11. (3:50) Purple Tyrant by Kevin Grant
  12. (2:45) Violet Mariner by Willow Ascenzo
  13. (4:07) Fuchsia Ruler by Kezinox
Side 2: (~39:05)
  1. (0:10) ~~SIDE 2~~ by Toby Fox
  2. (2:54) Rust Maid by Plumegeist
  3. (0:57) Bronze Page by Ian White and Eston Schweickart
  4. (3:30) Gold Mage by Decon Theed and repeatedScales
  5. (4:07) Iron Knight by DJ最テー
  6. (4:57) Olive Rogue by Eston Schweickart
  7. (3:50) Jade Sylph by Waif
  8. (2:32) Teal Seer by Kera Jones
  9. (3:22) Cobalt Thief by Ray McDougall
  10. (5:00) Indigo Heir by Paul Tuttle Starr
  11. (3:08) Purple Bard by Eligecos
  12. (3:02) Violet Prince by DJ最テー
  13. (1:36) Fuchsia Witch by David Dycus
Additional Mayhem: (~21:08)
  1. (0:17) ~~ADDITIONAL MAYHEM~~ by Toby Fox
  2. (4:50) Your Universe by Marcus Carline
  3. (2:58) Superego by Yan Rodriguez
  4. (2:17) Made of Time by James Roach
  5. (6:33) Nine Lives One Love by Dallas Ross Hicks
  6. (4:13) Temporal Shenanigans by Rachel Rose Mitchell

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Homestuck: (Bandcamp about blurb) captured 4/5/2012

What Pumpkin Music proudly presents coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A, the first of TWO albums to feature many incredibly fine musicians who haven't had a chance in the limelight until now.

Please don't lick your screen.

Andrew Hussie: (Tumblr, excerpt) captured 1/18/2012

The Next Album: A Contest

The MSPA music team has made exactly 20 great albums since the beginning of Homestuck. For the next album, I thought it would be fun to open the music submissions up to everybody.

There seems to be a large number of musicians in the readership outside the music team, who often work on their own HS fan music or remixes. I've had quite a number of people express interest in submitting music to HS over the years, but to keep the team from ballooning out of control, I've had to draw the recruitment line somewhere. This strikes me as a nice opportunity to give a lot of other creative people a chance to contribute music. The music team was originally assembled just before HS began with the idea that I wanted MSPA stories to largely build and develop through contribution from the readership, and I think this album idea is very much in the spirit of that original premise.

The challenge

If you want to submit music, the idea is simple. Pick a character from Homestuck, and make a song for that character. It can be any character, particularly those in identifiable categories, like the eight human kids, the trolls, ancestors, agents, exiles, Midnight Crew, Felt. If you want to pick a character not in one of those groups, that's fine too. Keep in mind there's a decent chance that if your song is picked, it could be reallocated to a different character, since it's expected we'll get a lot of submission overlap, and it's not going to be "The Album of 50 Karkat Songs!" So picking a character for your song is just a starting point for you, and we'll sort it all out during the selection process.

You can submit up to three songs. No more than that, or they will not be considered! They can be for three different characters, or the same character, whatever you want. You can do remixes, etc. of other HS songs, but we'll have to run it by the original artist, and they'll have some stake in the song's sales.

I am hoping to include as much artist diversity as possible in the final list. Ideally, one artist per song. So while you may submit up to 3, if one of your songs is picked, it'll likely be only one. If you have a lot of music you're dying to send, hopefully the 3 song max will mitigate any agonizing decisions over which to send.

Those details again

  • Pick a Homestuck character
  • Make a song for that character
  • Submit up to 3 songs (for different characters if you like)
  • Attach MP3 files to email (no WAVs!)
  • We’ll get back to you asking for a high quality file if your song is picked

I am hoping to include as much artist diversity as possible in the final list. Ideally, one artist per song. So while you may submit up to 3, if one of your songs is picked, it’ll likely be only one. If you have a lot of music you’re dying to send, hopefully the 3 song max will mitigate any agonizing decisions over which to send.

The Prize

If your song is picked, it will be included with the album! That's pretty much the extent of the prize. You'll get a cut of the album sales, in proportion with how many songs you have in the album to the total number of songs.

Also, if this contributes any motivation for you, I'm going to try to make a point of using at least one song from this album in a future animation.

I think that should be all the info you need to get started. Everybody is already super psyched to hear what you come up with. Happy music makin!

Andrew Hussie: (MSPA news post) captured 4/12/2012

coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A

Here is the first part of the album contest results. We divided it into two albums because we ended up picking a large number of songs, and this seemed like the best way to present so much music, while also giving it all a clear theme related to the story.

"coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B" will be next, scheduled for release on 4/13. It will have the same number of tracks (32).

Thanks to all who submitted music and track art!

Homestuck: (Bandcamp credits blurb) captured 4/5/2012

Includes tracks by:

Willow Ascenzo
Yan "Nucleose" Rodriguez
First Turn Fold
Samm Neiland
Bleed Binary
Nathan "EbonHawk7x" H.
Max 'Imbrog' Wright
Kezinox
Plumegeist
Ian "MyUsernamesMud" White
Eston "silence" Schweickart
repeatedScales
DJ 最テー
Frank Haught
Kera L. Jones
Ray McDougall
Paul Tuttle Starr
Gec
David "Dirtiest" Dycus
Marcus Carline
James "soselfimportant" Roach
Dallas Ross Hicks
Rachel Rose Mitchell

Cover art - Shelby Cragg

Mixing, transitions, and contest management – Toby “Radiation” Fox

Special Thanks – Sarahfu, Liane Behrens

Homestuck and associated characters © Andrew Hussie

Thanks again to everyone who entered the contests, and to everyone who bought this album!

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