enter a world of dreams, nightmares, and lost memories. i present, a sonic vaporwave album.
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00:00 seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegggggggggggggggggaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
— the title says it all. at the end, the very beginning of the Sonic Advance intro can be heard.

01:07 y o u c a n d o a n y t h i n g - i n t r o
— the intro to your memories. Sample used: “Sonic - You can do Anything” from Sonic CD, by Naofumi Hataya.

02:51 h i s t o r y
— the first time you became fascinated with sonic, his world, his friends, and the freedom of speed. when creating this track, i couldn’t help but go back to 2nd grade, when my brother introduced me to the Archie Sonic Comics. Sample used: “history” from Sonic Mega Collection, by Hideaki Kobayashi.

04:45 ~ ~ f l y i n g _ w i n d m i l l s ~ ~
— windy valley always brings me back.
Samples used: various sonic adventure sound effects, “Windy Valley: Windy Hill” from Sonic Adventure, by Jun Senoue.

06:47 dreamstone
— i love sonic shuffle, no matter what anyone says.
Samples used: “JINGLE: The Next Precioustone” from Sonic Shuffle, by Ryo Fukuda, Yoshitaka Hirota.

07:37 l o s t _ m y s t i c _ j u n g l e _ r u i n s _ z o n e . s e c r e t
— deep jungles, where secret items and lost civilizations are found. the world of the web. Samples used: “Encarta 99 intro,” “Mystic Ruins,” “Tricky Maze… for Lost World,” from Sonic Adventure.

09:95 learning company MSDOS pirates
Samples used: Windows NT start up, Dreamcast developer boot up, “Emerald Coast” from Sonic Shuffle, “Cave” from Treasure Cove (DOS game), “Hidden Palace Zone” from Sonic & Knuckles.

15:13 h e d g e h o g s _ c a n ' t _ s w i m
Samples used: “Mouth” from Treasure Cove (DOS game), “Tidal Tempest - Bad Future,” “Collision Chaos” by Spencer Nilsen.

16:57 l a n d o f s k y , l a n d o f d a r k n e s s
Samples used: “For the Land of the Sky,” “From the Land of Darkness” from Sonic OVA, by Mitsuhiro Tada.

19:30 frozen zones
Samples used: “Snowy Mountain ...for Icecap,” from Sonic Adventure, “Ice Mountain Act 1” from Sonic Advance, by Hironobu Inagaki, Atsuyoshi Isemura.

22:15 deep lore
The computer I remember most vividly from my childhood was my family’s compaq desktop with Windows 98.
Samples used: Windows 98 boot up

23:43 s a n i c - t e h - h r g d h u o g
this signifies my disillusionment and disturbed sense from sonic over the the years. Samples used: “Robotnik" from Sonic CD, by Spencer Nilsen. “Dark Sharpener” from Sonic Shuffle. Features a sound clip from “The Bizarre Modern Reality of Sonic the Hedgehog” a very insightful video essay by Super Eyepatch Wolf.    • The Bizarre Modern Reality of Sonic t...  

27:21 d4wn funk
Samples used: “At Dawn… for Speed Highway” from Sonic Adventure

28:41 oasis in time
there’s always a place to dream the world away. just close your eyes for a moment.Samples used: “Crystal Knight” from Sonic Shuffle

30:40 running_backwards
my first memories of sonic… playing the first two games. they’ll always be the sweetest, and hardest to remember. Samples used: Dreamcast bios sounds, Sega Saturn boot up, “Special Stage” from Sonic 1, by Masato Nakamura. Audio clip from Sonic Unleashed.

33:14 cosmic eternal future bad (funk)
a future funk chop of sonic CD has been long overdue…
Samples used: “Sonic - You can do Anything,” “Cosmic Eternity,” “Collision Chaos ”G” mix” from Sonic CD, from Sonic CD, the Japanese soundtrack. Original tracks composed by Naofumi Hataya; Masafumi Ogata, featuring Keiko Utoku.

Thank you for coming on this journey with me.