Maidswap
By Ashley Jones.
Cover art by Scarodactyl
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Released 12/15/2013.
Duration: 5:06.
Listen on Bandcamp or YouTube.
Read artist commentary.
Tracks that Maidswap references: Tracks that this one references:
- Havoc by Svix
- Fuchsia Ruler by Kezinox
- 0_0 by Kalibration
- Ugly Betty by Robert J! Lake
- --Empirical by Kalibration
- Rust Servant by Willow Ascenzo
- The Lost Child by Toby Fox
- English by Toby Fox
Artist commentary:
Ashley Jones: (composer, booklet commentary)
I find that a lot of my Homestuck tracks tend to be medleys: One of my first ideas for a track was the Gamzee vs. Dave rap battle with all their motifs as a backdrop (that never really picked off because UGH, LACK OF VOCAL TALENT ON MY PART). This one follows a similar vein; Her Imperious Condescension vs. Lord English's Handmaid. I wanted the track to show how tired of life the Handmaid had become, so a lot of her motifs get cut short quite abrasively by HIC's "attacks", as it were. She puts up a little bit of a struggle sometimes, but eventually she just accepts her fate and lets herself be replaced. So ends the tragic life of the Alternian Ancestors.
Brad Griffin: (booklet editor)
All of scarodactyl's art was actually slightly smaller than the resolution I used for this booklet. Hopefully upscaling it didn't ruin the pixels too much.