What does this do ?
Alone, nothing ! This is like a music album, but you need the music player first : https://mods.factorio.com/mod/PI-house-made-music
Then it adds the music as game music and / or as instrument for the speakers !
Why ?
This way you can select your favourite "album" for each game, and when a new song or a new album is published or an attempt at making the music player better is done, you don't have to redownload everything.
No why this album ?
You should download it if you want to add some uplifting interludes to your game, or use a few speakers to make a party place, or a jukebox on your spaceship.
Those songs are not ambiant music, you can check out the genre in the description, they are motivationnal, less intense than party songs, but more intense, and shorter than the instrumental.
List of songs :
Interludes
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1-Deep-Electronica-1 ( 3 min : 14 sec ) [Aquilo]
Genre : Chill-house / Deep-house
Inspiration : Factorio OST, Deep-house mix that youtube algo keeps showing me probably to try and make me listen to other mix than those from Miss Monique
Comment : Played in FL studio with a plugin that generate melody and the sound of a synth untill i had something that sort of reminded me of the Factorio theme added some effects and kick following youtube tutos and gave the unfinished thing to AIs for them to add things, kepts my favourite parts and mixed them in a song with an intro and outro so it can be either played in repeat mode, or fit as an interlude like the originals from the game. -
2-Echoes-of-the-Desert-1 ( 2 min : 38 sec ) [Fulgora]
Genre : Melodic Techno/ Progressive-house
Inspiration : Scissor Sisters-Invisible Lights
Comment : Not sure if Suno or LimeWire made the original samples which sounded like a copy of a song i really liked when it was released, attempted to do some stem separation and make it sound a bit less emotionnal and a bit more joyful, added intro and outro so it can be either played in repeat mode , or fit as an interlude like the originals from the game with still the energy of a party sound. Not really evocative of the desert despite the name. -
3-Echoes-of-the-Desert-2 ( 2 min : 26 sec ) [Fulgora]
Genre : Deep-House
Inspiration : RILTIM
Comment : Mostly a Suno song slowed down a lot and repitched with some sound added when i saw fit. Made to be relaxing and evocating of the desert with an intro/outro so it can be either played in repeat mode, or fit as an interlude like the originals from the game. -
4-Quietness-1 ( 4 min : 09 sec ) [Space]
Genre : Jazzy-Chillhouse
Inspiration : Places where strangers can play piano and others would clap and it is ok to do so. Video youtube explaning me the context when it was not ok to do so.
Comment : This a relaxing, peaceful song, maybe a bit long for an interlude on paper, but that is not considering the 2 different voices expressing themselves who need some time, the "piano" and the "synth/bass", so you can relax AND keep working. One day i was watching musicians and one gave me a maracas saying i could use it to play with them. I was a kid, but i still remember because it was the first time i used a musical instrument. I like the idea that one can do more than just listening to the music, like singing or clapping or interacting. I think with this music other player can build along the fingerclap, i found it fun. Much of it is AI samples, with some sounds added made into a song. -
5-Quietness-2 ( 4 min : 04 sec ) [Space]
Genre : Nu-Disco
Inspiration : ???
Comment : This is a relaxing song. It was made using AI trying to emulate the previous one's atmosphere with different prompts for genre to generate many songs and select only those whose audio quality and vibes felt appropriate. It was very slightly edited for intro and outro. The beginning is supposed to match the map view when looking at a platform, and then it start "moving" with the melody and the instrument i imagine the sound of the thruster going on and off :). Hopefully it helps focus during construction and make every travel feel like a breathe. -
6-Quietness-3 ( 3 min : 59 sec ) [Space]
Genre : Jazzy-Chillhouse / Nu-Disco
Inspiration
Comment : This is a peaceful happy song, with similar genre as the other Quietness, also generated using AI, also choosen for its atmosphere and audio quality, with slight touches for intro and outro. The more i play the more i feel space can be this festive and "light" "soft" "aerial" "joyful" ambiance. The kick a little enhanced made me think of song people listen in cars, like when a ship is cruising. It is also supposed to be the more joyful of the 3 Quietness with the idea that when the ship is finally moving, it's time to celebrate ! This song works better for when you have a good ship, so make a good one ! -
7-Quietness-4 ( 2 min : 44 sec ) [Space]
Genre : Nu-Disco
Inspiration
Comment : This is a peaceful relaxed song, with very similar genre as the other Quietness, also generated using AI ;) , also choosen for its atmosphere and audio quality that i found perfectly in line with the others, albeit a little less joyful, more "mindful" , with slight touches of personnal editing for a crunchy destroyed noisy intro that quickly vanishes. I found it appeasing , more like a "meh this is a temporary setback, let's think of what's to come", hopefully that comes to add some depth in the palette of emotion that are represented in the interludes, it's probably the least upfliting of the mod now that it's only "interlude", it's for when you like your spaceship, but you're taking it for the 12th trip back to Nauvis for something you've forgotten, and you start to mmm mmm mmm mmm , at least it's not broken, but when do we arrive ? at least it's not broken keep calm x). tu du tuu du tu here is an ammo for you little turret, here is another one for you, let's go :) -
8-Al-Gleba ( 1 min : 46 sec ) [Gleba]
Genre : Middle-East traditionnal/ Banghra / House
Inspiration Living in French suburbs,Punjabi MC.
Comment : This a short happy song. When i was a kid, i could only find few albums of music from those genre, and i didn't know the artist name. It's thanks to internet that i could document and learn the history of the music. So i tried making something with AI that make me feel the same festive foreign energy. I think music can join people together, or separate them, i tried to do the first one by mixing genre. I think it's a risk because it could be unpleasant for fans of either one or the other genre or both, that's why it's so short. I think listening to music from somewhere else is a sign of positive curiosity compared to other things i got from somewhere else from which i learned the history of throughout my life after being a kid. And i think this music genre is feeling "from somewhere else" for many players so it fits Gleba the most, because it's organic, compared to other electronic sounds, and it's the planet that is forcing players to adapt to different customs, in a way. I hope you like the interlude ! -
9-Al-Gleba-Bhangra-1 ( 1 min : 30 sec ) [Gleba]
Genre : Banghra /Middle-East traditionnal
Inspiration Punjabi MC,Living in French suburbs.
Comment : This is a short dynamic song. Similar to previous song, but with more banghra influence in the percussion rythm. It was also generated with AI and made into a short version. I like when those breaks the flow of monotony sometimes, although they can be distracting, i'm hoping this one act like a motivationnal pause for you too. To me it works with my head that follow the beat and up and down, while my mind/finger are moving like the other instrument. Except for when you are doing combinators, then the clicking needs be done when the beat kicks in. click click click otherwise it's too fast :) -
10-Roots-Rock-Rocket-1 ( 1 min : 57 sec ) [Gleba]
Genre : Reggae/dub Jazzy.
Inspiration Sumac Dub - Le Jardin de Lucy , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljw5eJdO4kQ
Comment : This is a short light happy and positive song, where the first parts are more reminiscent of reggae while the bass in the second part makes me relax like when i listen to dub music, and i've put and example of dub music because that's not dub-step as in the skrillex thing. The song features also what i found sound like a jazzy piano, but it's hard to tell what the AI tried to do there. I found dub to be relaxing on Gleba, made a longer track already , https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Gledub-Music , it's there to say "everything is gonna be all right", i like the compressed sound and approximate play, this is the sound of a small happy farm, of green stuff. I noticed it was the music genre Will Smith listen to in the movie "i am a legend", and i think the situation are similar, you need to focus onto finding a solution to the spoilage in Gleba, and keep calm and relax, and not get angry at biters or smashing things or people, maybe you'll get a little time to watch things grow :)