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[届かない (todokanai)]

Tin3Sn Tesserakoste Talks Part 8:

Absolutely devastating. This piece... I cannot describe how amazing it is.

The music starts with a feeling of powerlessness. Seeing something that you know is going to be lost but you can't save it, and you have to watch it fall further and further into the abyss. The echoes on the piano really reflect the distance well, the lack of accompaniment to me makes this sound almost like a fading light. and there is such an interesting texture here overall. I can't really describe it in terms of just one mood because it's so many. The chord at 0:17 is great, the best example of this. Perfectly captures what being lost means, that is, refusing to give you a way out or clarity.

Then a bittersweet sequence of memories. Memories of something you treasured with all your heart but for far too little time, something you were not ready to let go of. The entrance of the other strings certainly enhances this feel, and the more defined and straightforward melody embed the clearness of these memories into the story of the composition. That is, it provides a contrast to the lost of the previous theme and shows that this is something that is the light of your life. Finally, it fades away though.

In the dying moments come the next section. The arpeggios here sound rather uncannily like something I might have written. I guess a lot of my own music is defined by this same uncertainty, unevenness, and wistfulness, just like in this composition. The harp and glock motifs here emphasize the imagery even further, and the strings give the song a feeling of falling into a bath of light it'll never wake up from. Really beautiful.

And finally, the return of the opening riff. But there is nothing to mourn anymore. It's not trying to save something fading away, it's already gone away. You're left with little else but your own feelings of hollowness. And that is what being vulnerable truly feels like.

What a hauntingly heartbreaking composition. Another one that could not reach me for a long time.

[seed]

Tin3Sn Tesserakoste Talks Part 7:

This is an absolute powerhouse for something under a minute long. The complexity here is nothing short of amazing, especially in the initial theme. Unusual rhythm, lots of crazy instrumentation, even a really smooth key change too. So much happens. it's kind like a plant blooming into a big, messy but ultimately stunning garden. So in that sense it's very much reflective of the theme of "seed" that you described. Then the last part kind of feels like a plea to hope. Softer at first, then growing stronger and presenting the central ideas again. Very pretty!

That's all for now. Trying to keep this review like the piece. A short burst of enlightenment.

[compline]

Tin3Sn Tesserakoste Talks - Part 6.

Effectively a "powered-up" version of Prelude to Contemplation. Like that one, it evokes a lot of starry imagery, but unlike that one, it's a lot more "dense" in a way. Less about pure chords and more about flowing melodies. I'll still give it a five, but this one is harder to put at the top because it feels a bit suffocating sometimes. With that said, the section at 0:46 feels almost like going up to space, and that's probably the strongest part of this piece. It really shifts the entire atmosphere from just being, and it's actually kind of amazing how well one change can affect the impact of the exact same sequence.

Beyond that, this is pretty average Tesserakoste. It's a bit harder to put this above freefalling // becoming the light or prelude to contemplation, but certainly this is a gem of a composition.

[freefalling // becoming the light]

Tin3Sn Tesserakoste Talks Part - 5

Totally surreal in its beauty. Coloured to perfection, where every texture shift feels deliberate. Like seeing the changes of the sky, dreaming in higher dimensions. Abstract and floating yet grounded too. A self-creating story, one that ends where it begins to be repeated all again.

Forgive my little poem. We're trying to keep these reviews a bit diverse, okay?

Let me be serious and say that this is one of the very best full-length tracks from this project. Nothing short of breathtaking and heart-shifting in its beauty. As I said, it's one of the most abstract songs from the set. Even prelude to contemplation feels very grounded and reflective of the world's beauty. This feels like a supernatural experience, full of shifting colors that aren't meant to be understood, just taken in. That change at 2:33 is indescribably moving. It's both forceful and not at the same time, somehow enhancing the impact. What a stunning use of bass and oboe, absolutely masterful.

And the trip-hoppish atmosphere wired in? Totally fabulous. I've heard ambient songs that shift into this before but not that many that incorporate it without a direct shift. Maybe that's just a lack of experience with ambient music, I don't know. But how can I say something bad about a song that can impact you so deeply that it deserves a fave, feeling like something from a higher dimension?

What is this? This is a mini clouds divide.

[pèlerinage]

Tin3Sn Tesserakoste Talks Part 4:

This is the most normal of the pieces thus far, by a fair margin. Thematically and melodically, this is much more of a straighforward composition, but in a way I kind of like that. It's got a lot of lyricism and an extremely powerful use of the oboe as well as what I like to call the wind motif (the glock and strings).

Personally, this one sounds very much like Autumn or Winter to me. Somehow your imagery gave me like desert feels at first, but this is more accurate. It's partly the key, I think it makes it sound like a dark, chilly wasteland of sorts. And I can only imagine strong wind blowing as this happens.

I don't know, there's not as much to say on this one. I'm sure that'll change though. It feels like a piece that represents your faith very deeply, and that's why I think it's so beautiful.

[Kyrie eleison ~ Troisnyx ver.]

Tin3Sn Tesserakoste Talks - Day 3 (Late but who cares?).

This one has changed from under me since I heard it over a year ago. Then I thought it was just some mediocre filler track that I had to move past. Perhaps at the time it was. I know the first two tracks were so great it made a hard standard to reach. But now things shifted.

Your version of Kyrie Eleison is nothing short of incredible. I'm just realizing as I speak how much of a gem this is, and I'm someone who usually dislikes stuff like this with a burning passion (no offence of course). But you, you somehow made a strangely perfect rendition. This feels soulful, intimate, and dark, not collective, joyous, and pleading, a rarity in hymnal settings. The melody itself, while objectively very simple, works amazingly with these lyrics. The rhythm, the meaning, all of it.

And DaviDorr is right. That part at 0:30 almost has a snowy quality to it, like a wind in the night blowing snow around (synaeasthesia again). It entrances me. The choral vocals are also just so ethereal, they are great!

That ending is the perfect way to seal it off, on the major chord instead of the minor. Congratulations on another religious composition that I have absolutely no reason to love, yet you still, through your own wicked talent, make me fall in love with.

[histoire du long chemin]

Tin3Sn Tesserakoste Talks - Day 2.

Very pretty!

It feels like you're searching... searching for light... for answers. Good job in the very opening of somehow sounding like F was the key to resolve to but it's actually in A minor. Already puts a unique beauty to the composition. Then through the rest, through a big, seemingly endless grey tunnel. By the end, it feels like you can feel the glow more, but even still there's a sense you are not there yet. That chord change at around 2:00 is mesmerizing. It breaks all your expectations, but maybe that's what finding the light is, isn't it? This project certainly was like that for me, a year ago now.

I hope you can find the light at the end of the tunnel of life someday. And I can only wish this one, no matter what colors it radiates, never fades.

[prelude to contemplation]

Tin3Sn Tesserakoste Talks - Part 1. (Happy Lent Trois!)

Magical.

Literally perfect theme representation. This makes me think of when I was a kid and I used to walk through the forest and see exactly that. Stars at night. It was so peaceful, a radiant gem of my childhood. And you capture that perfectly. I can feel the light of these stars, it's wonderful.

Not one note is wasted in this song. Not one. It's one of the most efficient songs I've ever heard, maybe one of the highest in artistic value too just because of how... stunningly each tone is. It makes me wonder about times, times I lived through, times I didn't. You nailed both parts easily.

This is just one of the best beginnings to any project I've ever heard. THIS is how I knew this project was going to be amazing. And it sure as hell was, even a year later. Thank you for such a deeply personally moving piece.

[grotte sous-marine]

GODD*MN AMAZING!

No wonder this was one of the first pieces from you I feel in love with way back in 2022 (how much happens in a few years lol). This does pretty much what everything you cover seems to do, that is taking a flower and making a garden (paraphrased from someone else I know). Here's the Tin3Sn breakdown:

The opening is magic. Both this and the original evoke the shiny surface of the ocean, but then this throws you into the dark, magical depths in the best way possible. You feel like at you're at the bottom and seeing all those shades of water and bubbles (as evoked by the percussive instrument). It feels like it's far eclipsed the cheerful vibes of the original and fits the lyrics really well, yet somehow it doesn't feel all that implausible or distant as a cover. The balance between the two is *really* tight and really well done.

Come the second chorus, and I think to myself, "How can Trois make something sound so damn funky and driving without drums?". It's amazing, I feel like I'm racing down the ocean floor. The chord progression that sounded so carefree once becomes a force of nature here and I'm ALL FOR IT. The arpeggios take on a different feel too, but this is becoming repetitive isn't it?

Then my favourite part, the second chorus at 1:55. What a change in vibes, and that's worth noting. But since it's to something pure magic I'll take it. further The use of autotune here may be the only one I've heard to actually have genuine musical value and the entire section is just absolutely haunting. Note also the vocals being quieter here, it almost gives the impression of something fading underwater, losing its light. That is a chilling image and and the "ahs" in the background just solidify this further. I don't think many people would have thought to include something like it in here, but you clearly knew what you were doing.

And then this song picks up the pace again with remarkable power. Something about the lack of drums actually makes this really striking, as I said. The bass works wonders here. Not too much else to say here beyond ****ing awesome cover of a Phyrnna song!

Not gonna go to deep into processing stuff. I don't know much about it, and I like how this sounds anyway, even if you had gone a bit overboard on the autotune (which I don't think you did and even if you did this rocks so hard I don't care).

I do think I know why you called this sexy, even though this hardly makes me feel romantic, and that lies in the lyrics. Something about them is so dark yet so entrancing, and it feels almost exactly like what you're describing here. Something who "ever still hold in my hands the end of the world", a "beautiful calamity" of sorts. As I write this I still discover new things about why this rules, and that's something.

What an absolute bullet hell of a song from made from a match in bullet heaven. I'm faving this for sure, and Trois, you can take this as a birthday gift too. Thank you for covering this song and bringing me into your fandom!

-Tin.

[Music Doodle]

It's really cute!