Slothcore Republic
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@elesimo Jan 2022
Heya, fawmily!
Last FAWM (2021) we started a thread inventing new genres, and @candle came up with "slothcore": "very slow (like 20 - 40bpm), dirty & with long pauses to simulate naps. Perfect music for that overworked college/university student in your life."
We liked the idea so much that we ended February with 81 songs with the tag #slothcore!
Once FAWM was over I suggested releasing some of the songs as an album, with the revenue going to sloth conservation orgs. We collected 34 songs, narrowed them down to 6, and we finally release our first album, "Slothcore Republic", this weekend!
You can check it our here: https://slothcore.bandcamp.com/album/slothcore-republic
And this year we'll continue with the #slothcore movement! Everyone is welcome to join: turn down your metronomes, get some comfy pillows, and start composing! -
@tcelliott Jan 2022
*cheer*
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@spikedirection Jan 2022
*slow, dirty cheering with occasional naps*
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@bradbrubaker Jan 2022
Woohoo!
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@nilsjesper Jan 2022
That's awesome. Excited to give this a try!
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@coolparadiso Jan 2022
Will get the album had a teaser listen already. I am considering Beto doing a song! If i find the inspiration i will have a go! But wont do just for the sake of it!
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@fuzzy Jan 2022
Slothcore has really taken off for sure!
Such a flexible genre; during 50/90 I even did an acappella Slothcore tune.
I'd like to emphasize that all the proceeds from that Slothcore album go to sloth conservation organizations in Costa Rica. -
@persaab Jan 2022
Cheers and naps! Slowly growing idea for this years fawm.
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@sw1n3flu Jan 2022
I think my effort last year was 10 bpm.... slushy indeed. May have another go if I hit a brick wall in terms of creativity (likely).
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@candle Jan 2022
Looking forward to lots of new #slothcore this FAWM! And thank you @elesimo for all the hard work you put into the #slothcore comp. Also shout out to @fuzzy for working the conservation org angle.
Now, I think it's time for my nap…
See You In The Shadows…
p.s. I still can't believe this became a thing… -
@moonraccoon Jan 2022
I dug my slothcore tune, despite not getting a recording ready for consideration. I hope to write another this FAWM.
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@beat Jan 2022
N o t ……………… so f a st. This year in an other swamp.
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@sirius Jan 2022
Meow aew hhw. Mrr aew mrrew.
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@elesimo Jan 2022
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@elesimo Jan 2022
@candle you're awesome!
And I think the thing I love the most about the album is how it opens, with that drum hit from @headfirstonly. It *really* sets the mood of the whole album! -
@candle Jan 2022
You're right, @elesimo . @headfirstonly 's drumhit does set the mood.
See You In The Shadows… -
@kenmattsson Jan 2022
I have absolutely no idea how to do this, but I'm going to try to join the slothcore corps this FAWM. @elesimo, I'll be asking you questions!
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@elesimo Jan 2022
@kenmattsson yeaaaaaah! I'm happy to help!
But it's not complicated:
1. Turn your metronome down to 20-40 BPM, or at least as low as it goes — we can fix it later.
2. Write a "dirty" song. "What does dirty mean?", you ask. This is open to interpretation. Dirty words. Dissonance. Tape hiss. Use an instrument that you found on the dumpster.
3. Remember to leave pauses. Long. Pauses. For naps. If your listener finds themselves asking "is the song over?" you're on the right track.
4. [Optional] If your metronome can't go as low as 40 BPM (the maximum allowed by the Sloth Codex established during the IX Slothcore Convention of Warsaw in 1983 — oops, wrong thread!) then you can stretch the final song 2x to reduce the BPM in half. -
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@bachelorb Jan 2022
....also.... anyone else who wishes to geek out, here’s a tempo and pitch-shifting calculator....
http://www.thewhippinpost.co.uk/tools/tempo-pitch-calculator.htm -
@candle Jan 2022
Cool link @bachelorb! Thanks for sharing :D
@kenmattsson, welcome to the #slothcore corps! Looking forward to hearing what you come up with :)
See You In The Shadows… -
@enigma4711 Jan 2022
My only goal this year is to rightfully join this movement. Brilliant!
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@majormajormajormajor Jan 2022
I'm so glad this went somewhere! Listening to the album right now. As a fan of doom metal, I am so down with this. I didn't manage a contribution last year but I'm hoping to fit this within my selected structure for this FAWM once I finally figure out what that is
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@elesimo Jan 2022
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@headfirstonly Jan 2022
Wait, there are *shirts*????
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@elesimo Jan 2022
T-shirts here: https://teespring.com/slothcore-republic-t-shirt?pid=46&cid=2739
[100% of the proceedings from sales will go to The Sloth Institute (www.theslothinstitute.org) and The Sloth Conservation Foundation (slothconservation.org) in Costa Rica, to help with sloth conservation.] -
@headfirstonly Jan 2022
Ordered!
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@dzdandcunfsd Jan 2022
@elesimo Is a nice lookin shirt! Had to grab one myself. Thanks again for all the work you've put into this!
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@persaab Jan 2022
Wow nice shirt.
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@fuzzy Jan 2022
Definitely gonna order one today!
(Bumping this thread right now, though! ) -
@w1n Jan 2022
I’ll definitely give this a go, and see how slow one can go.
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@persaab Jan 2022
I think this is only one I try this year. I just but my flossing sloth dance and do something. We have already packed half house for the move and computer goes down soon. Well I end my Fawm in new place.
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@coolparadiso Jan 2022
I will give it a go [@elesimo ] Goodness knows what will come out!
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@elesimo Feb 2022
Bump! It's Bandcamp Friday — the best day to buy the Slothcore Republic album, since 100% of your money will go to the cute sloths!
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@tuneslayer Feb 2022
I just bought the album after listening to half of the first track.
Now I need to see if I can come up with some slothcore of my own. After all I've told people for years that the sloth is my spirit animal. -
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@tuneslayer Feb 2022
OK, here's my slothcore shot for today.
Journey to Nairobi
https://fawm.org/songs/127201/ -
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@headfirstonly Feb 2022
Slothcore goes synthwave: https://fawm.org/songs/129969/
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@fuzzy Feb 2022
Here's mine; "The Seductiveness Of Decay".
https://fawm.org/songs/130078/ -
@gubna Feb 2022
Here's mine, inspired by the title of the book I'm reading.
https://fawm.org/songs/130486/ -
@tuneslayer Feb 2022
Did you ever wonder why it is that sloths don't rule the world? Well neither did I until recently
https://fawm.org/songs/129046/ -
@spirulence Feb 2022
I don't experiment much with distortion on my synthesizers - this challenge was a good excuse to do so
https://fawm.org/songs/131295/ -
@fuzzy Feb 2022
Here's a Slothcore track put together by @andygetch and myself, "COELACANTH". It's named after a deep sea creature, cos they can't ALL be about sloths, right?
https://fawm.org/songs/131369/ -
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
Here is mine - "Slothinia" https://fawm.org/songs/133302/
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@jess Feb 2022
Just discovered the Slothcore concept this year!! Love it !!!!
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@hmorg Feb 2022
Here's my first effort, "Arms of Andromeda"
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@candle Feb 2022
Finally got around to doing my #slothcore track for this FAWM. it also features the infamous Slackbot on lead vocals. What a ride!
https://fawm.org/songs/133860/
See You In The Shadows… -
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@elesimo Feb 2022
Here's my slothcore song: https://fawm.org/songs/134431/
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@beat Feb 2022
More slow movement.
https://fawm.org/songs/134904/ -
@heuristicsinc Feb 2022
I realized I haven't done a slothcore song yet... I better get to it tonight!
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@andygetch Feb 2022
Here is mine https://fawm.org/songs/136039/
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@majormajormajormajor Feb 2022
Finally made it to the slothcore- this was the first song I wrote this year, but story-wise it took some time to get to it. At 40bpm I apologize it's so peppy, but it was necessary, mostly for technical reasons. In the end it feels it belongs there anyway. Cheers to all! I'll make the rounds on the 1st.
https://fawm.org/songs/136678/ -
@heuristicsinc Feb 2022
Ok here's mine: https://fawm.org/songs/136879/
Kind of disturbing, I think. -
@nancyrost Feb 2022
I've done my first slothcore song, within a swing collab with srcoops
https://fawm.org/songs/136898/ -
@calumcarlyle Mar 2022
It is excellent to see this sloth benefit album up and available. It would be amazing if this was the first in a series of sloth benefit compilations. I really love the fact that slothcore songs can sound so different from each other.
