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Under the Sycamore
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. Made From the Finest of Nodules (In the Gall of it All)

from Under the Sycamore

October 30th, 2024
9 tracks
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Under the Sycamore
Under the Sycamore
. Made From the Finest of Nodules (In the Gall of it All)
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. Made From the Finest of Nodules (In the Gall of it All)
Waldonian Sounds
Not all of alchemy and brew-craft is just the making of potions, oils, unguents, philters, balms, balsams, and salves. Indeed one of Goodie Grizzlecap’s most prized products is her finest quality ink for scrolls and manuscripts. For this, she carefully cultivates her own oak galls by inoculating small side-branches with a preparation of the very Argot Ergot from which her potions of comprehension are brewed. Harvested each autumn, these she then grinds and mixes with green vitriol, to be bound with beeswax and diluted in sour wine. After no less than three weeks’ maturation, this is certainly the most brilliant black pigment to be found anywhere in the counties Casterbrockland and Casterbreeland, and perhaps the finest as well in the lands of the tallfolk North and South. Blue is also available upon special request.
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For this year's October dungeon shamble, I have composed nine tracks harvested from the gnarliest logs and filtered from the swampiest bogs. Fuzzy overdrive pervades and reverb soaks through these spore-filled grooves and basidiomycelial beats. Come for the dungeon fuzz, stay for the fungal funk, and watch you don't catch the dancing plague...

Prompt Constraints:
Total tracks: 8-11
Total runtime: 15-23 minutes
Style: Halloween/spooky/pumpkin synth
Special: Add at least a little bit of distortion/fuzz/overdrive to each instrument
Theme: A witch needs subjects to test and document the effects of different fungi as alchemical ingredients.

Side Infest
1. In her Hut Beneath the Old Sycamore, Goodie Grizzlecap Grinds her Grain (Can You Believe this Smut?!)
2. Ergot Your Tongue?
3. A Puff of Pink Mold
4. Made From the Finest of Nodules (In the Gall of it All)
5. Bloop!

Side Ingest
6.Culinary Side Effects (How Green is Your Herb Garden?)
7. Morel Miracle
8. Waiting for Estragon
9. Sing a Song for Cider Vinegar

Credits

All music collected from the County Casterbreeland, in the vicinity of Goodie Grizzlecap's hut past the edge of town.

Cover art by the Bard of Fenmoss with help from several gracious Pixabay contributors.
Many thanks to the fine folks of /r/dungeon synth for organizing and participating in the Shamble.

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