By Rowyn Berlan YouTube YouTube rowynberlan SoundCloud RowynBerlan Twitter.
Cover art by doctorcorby doctorcorby DeviantArt rookerystudios.com Other blackheartbiohazards Tumblr.
Released 4/13/2020.
Duration: 2:14.

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Tracks that Splinter references:

• Petrichor by Caelan Kier

Tracks that Splinter samples:

• Amen, Brother by The Winstons

Artist commentary:

Rowyn Berlan: (composer, booklet commentary)

If you can't tell I have an addiction to making a Dirk song on every album I can and STLaP 3 is no exception. Splinter is a song based on Brain Ghost Dirk and because of that I tried to make something atmospheric and kinda glitchy. I started by editing a couple of FLEX synths to my liking then bitcrushed them a bit after I wrote the chords and arps with them. I proceeded to render the chord and arp patterns as audio clips so I could easily cut them up and individually edit them. After I laid down the base structure for the song with the cut up audio clips I layered two amen break loops with a basic loop on an 8bit kit and bitcrushed everything for the drums. Then I wrote the leads and finished the song up by making a sweep out of a static sample. This song was probably the hardest for me to make but also the most enjoyable because of all the things I experimented with while writing it. Splinter is definitely out of my comfort zone but I'm glad I made it how I did cause it's given me ideas for future songs. Enjoy!