'In The Dark' Released

[Beatdrop]

Hey folks. As promised, it's April 1st. So here's the album.

Download Disc 1 (http://beatdrop.paletteswap.com/bd-in_the_dark-disc_1.zip)

Tracklist for Disc 1:

1.) Lights Out
2.) Mantra
3.) Smoke
4.) Unrest (feat. Chris Serani)
5.) Freefall
6.) Energy Burst
7.) Afterburner
8.) Sensation of Space
9.) Trip the Breaker
10.) Epiphany
11.) Phase 1
12.) Tinderbox
13.) Here Stand We Who Defy Gravity
14.) Azure
15.) Until Forever

Download Disc 2 (http://beatdrop.paletteswap.com/bd-in_the_dark-disc_2.zip)

Tracklist for Disc 2:

1.) Guilty
2.) Heterodyne Principle
3.) Together / Set To Flame / Hyperion
4.) I Dream of Killing
5.) crush&EXPAND
6.) Mantra (Stompin Edit)
7.) Yume no Kage
8.) Trip The Breaker (Broken Mix)
9.) Eternalizer
10.) Trigger Finger
11.) Style Free
12.) Ransom Rath vs. Beatdrop - Trip The Breaker
13.) When Last Alone
14.) Decimation By Decibels

Enjoy. And obviously, if you enjoy it and think it's worth some money, I would appreciate donations to help me pay some bills. You can donate by Paypal-ing some cash to beatdrop@gmail.com.

Website coming soon.

[zircon]

Congrats on the release, bro!!!

[The Joker]

I've yet to download this, too big for dial-up, but as soon as i get to my friends house, I'm totally getting it! Also, congrats on finally getting this out to the masses!

[The Unsung Plumber]

This IS win.

:nicework: :nicework: :nicework: :nicework:

You know, I like the speakers I have now, why must you make me blow them with your awesomeness?

[Red Shadow]

The site is going slowwwww but man I can't wait for the downloads to finish.

Expect some donation of a sort when i cash my paycheck friday.

[Red Shadow]

oh my goodness yes

[The Joker]

Totally lived up to the promise the demo made! I've been wanting some stuff like this for a while!

[zircon]

Yeah, come on dudes!!! DL this stuff.

Beatdrop; hop on AIM sometime man. If you haven't already signed your life away you gotta license some of this. :)

[sgx]

Downloading this right now.


Do you know about www.jamendo.com ? Pretty sweet site - you should think about posting your album on there. They make great torrents of albums.

[Red Shadow]

Beatdrop; hop on AIM sometime man.

he typically doesnt get online until long after you or i would be asleep

unless you uh usually stay up until 2 or 3 est

[Flik]

Bumping because more people need to download this and make sexy comments on it.

Seriously, this is very worth your time to listen to at LEAST once. I've got this burned and in my car CD changer now. Thankfully I replaced my stock speakers with stuff that doesn't suck because these tracks kick HAAARRRD.
And if you have subs you'll probably have a Beatdropgasm.

[Sole Signal]

Some great stuff here. Trip the Breaker (vs Ransom Path) is especially awesome. Excellent work man. Congrats on the DDR thing too. :smile:

[WesPip]

S e x

[tyrog]

:mrgreen: Epiphany sounds cool. That's my favourite.:nicework:

[Villainelle]

I've been listening to this almost nonstop the past couple weeks. This is so, so good. Both versions of "Trip the Breaker" are easily my faves; such a kickass song. :D

[Red Shadow]

With this album I have realized how grand an investment in an ipod controller for my vehicle really was.

[Chickenwarlord]

This album is awesome. Seriously, it's free. What's not to love?

[Gollgagh]

Request thread move to GenDisc.

Not many people are going to look for a full album release in WiPs, I wouldn't think. (I certainly didn't.)

[Beatdrop]

Heh, well, you might wanna, like, message a moderator about that, because if no one else is going to see it here, who's to say a moderator will? :P

[zircon]

Yes, actually, we do allow these to be posted in Gendisc (though they are moved back to WIP:O with a redirect after a time). Here's a bump for ya and a move to gen disc. AWESOME album and congrats on the DDR placement/contest win!

[Beatdrop]

Cool cool coolio. Thanks a bunch, man. Hopefully anyone who missed this before will catch it now.

[Broken]

I'm looking foward to downloading this. Free Beatdrop tracks; Sounds like a real treat.

I still remember enjoying voilition from your other ablum (it's been a while since I listened to that.)

[Global-Trance]

Ah free music. Let's see if these can potentially be playlisted in my sessions...

[PlastikBag]

Damn, I can't believe I missed this. I was following it for quite some time. Here Stand We Who Defy Gravity is still my favorite track, but this is all freakin awesome.

[suzumebachi]

Yeah, come on dudes!!! DL this stuff.

Beatdrop; hop on AIM sometime man. If you haven't already signed your life away you gotta license some of this. :)

Or he could join the ever growing Wardriver Collective! :P GO GO PRO BONO!

IRREGARDLESS, this shit is hot, yo. I'm usually not one for the technos, but I actually enjoyed a lot of this. Mostly because it's actually original, unlike the canned regurgitated shit you hear in clubs these days. Nice work, and make more albums plz.

Speaking of albums plz, where the balls did Ubik go...

[WesPip]

congrats on the DDR placement/contest win!
Shit, I missed that part?
When did this happen? And..what song?

[zircon]

Hold on, making a topic about it.

[Inimitable]

Love it. Excellent work.

[Antipode]

Ah, fantastic. I loved Everlast and somehow missed this thread, so I'm downloading now.

[Benjamin Briggs]

this better not suck, because I paid no money for it or the bandwidth I used downloading it

[atmuh]

LOVE IT
let me get some cash and you will get some cash

[Benjamin Briggs]

well it didn't suck at all

so when I get paid tomorrow I might paypal you a few bucks

might

[Radiowar]

pretty good
i haven't had a chance to listen to it properly but i played it once all the way through and that is usually a good sign especially for double discs.

[JTD121]

I haven't listened to the whole thing, but this is AWESOME! When I get me some more money, I will send you something like $50! If you ever put out physical CDs, I want at LEAST one, signed, to JTD121!!!!

Keep up the awesometacular (it's a word in this case) work!

-Josh

[[\(-_-)/]]

Downloaded, burned, and put in everything that holds more than one CD.

Utterly fantastic.

This has been a good weekend for me concerning music. I got a BT album that ive been missing for a while, and then this.

[Red Shadow]

Dain I never sent you any money like my dumb ass promised, did i.

Shoot me an instant message if you have my new aim address and let me know how much you want. Because I don't really care, I'll send it.

[Beatdrop]

Oh. And artwork.

http://beatdrop.paletteswap.com/in-the-dark_cover.jpg

[WesPip]

Needs more tits.
Still sexy though.

[Antipode]

This is amazing work. I think it's far better than Everlast was. This is classy, polished, and badass. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[wormguy]

Man, this is good.

I honestly don't know why you're not charging for this.

[Beatdrop]

I know. I'm totally nuts. It's CWAZY! Anyway, glad to see everyone's enjoying it.

[GrrDraxin]

Holy Krubeshire, Beatdrop!

To go Pro is good, to be selected by a well known company is better, to be selected by a JAPANESE well known company is Awesome!

Congrats to you.

And I only caught this thread by chance..... and only a month-an-a-half late too. Good for me! Being able to enjoy your sonic awesomeness.

[Coffeeholic]

I'm really enjoying this album. Afterburner is currently my favorite song.
Congratulations!!

[Wiz]

omg you just plain rock ^^ actually it's extremly rare that i appreciate some particular kind of music, including this one. Therefore in my opinion you are very very gifted because i like several of these tracks a lot :mrgreen:
I bow before you ^^ i'd just be so wonderfull if that kind of work could reach clubs and party :-)

[HoboKa]

I'd think that this music, as well as Zircon's, SGX's and many other artists ought to find a good recording company and put their albums up for sale in stores like HMV and whatnot.
I know this is rather naive of me (because it probably costs alot of money), but it may be worth it in the long run.
You'd attract wayy more people, also it may help to further promote VG music awareness.
Anyways, these CD's kicks some major ass, go make money off of it Beatdrop, you've earned it ;)

I'll donate some money once I get a new job (don't worry it won't take too long). Good Luck in the future man.

[Groovemaster303]

I agree, this is really well produced and great to listen to. the time and effort put into this really shows.
respect to you Beatdrop your a real class act. :wink:

[zircon]

I'd think that this music, as well as Zircon's, SGX's and many other artists ought to find a good recording company and put their albums up for sale in stores like HMV and whatnot.
I know this is rather naive of me (because it probably costs alot of money), but it may be worth it in the long run.
You'd attract wayy more people, also it may help to further promote VG music awareness.
Anyways, these CD's kicks some major ass, go make money off of it Beatdrop, you've earned it ;)

I'll donate some money once I get a new job (don't worry it won't take too long). Good Luck in the future man.

Unfortunately getting physical distribution is very tough. You need to print a lot of copies first, which is very expensive... 1000 CDs with inserts, full color printing, shrink wrap, bar code (etc) can cost nearly $2000 after shipping and taxes. And you will need a lot more than that if you want to get in all the major stores nationwide. Then, consider that most distributors and retailers won't even talk to you unless you're a major label or have some significant credentials. Plus you would need to promote the albums on the radio, TV, in magazines, newspapers, and other forms of media simply to get the name out there - how often do you buy random CDs from artists you never heard of in a store with thousands upon thousands of CDS? Unsigned indie artists like us don't have a chance in the traditional world.

The best we can do is go by word of mouth and promote online, but of course, there are hundreds of thousands of people doing the same thing, so it's a little grim... you guys (fans) are truly our strongest asset.

[HoboKa]

Actually I'm a music buff so I buy tons of random music that's not really popular in the media brain-dead culture of today (curse you MTV!!) - although I do like mainstream heavy metal too.

And it's not totally grim, I blare your guys' music in my car, that's gotta count for something ;-). Plus, you've got lots of fans.

Actually I'm curious how much do you make annually (from your music)?

[Beatdrop]

Hahaha. That's funny.

Uhhhh... on average? Or...

Well, let's just put it this way:

In my 6.5 years of music production and internet distribution of said music, I have made about...

$1150

Give or take maybe $20.

And over a $1000 of that was made just this year, thanks to Konami for licensing one of my songs for DDR.

[HoboKa]

there you have it ;-) not grim at all then :D.

[Machalla666]

I know i shouldn't do that and I know i should stop crying but.........

OMG the downloads are dead my life makes no moresense ......... sobsobsob.

I just came to the idea that maybe Beatdrop could have done something else than videogame ReMixes and was so happy then i discovered that he released some own albums. Then the horror. Nothin is working. I searched everywhere. I also raped google for at last 2 hours.

This is my 1st post and I'm looking like a total leeching ***hole.

But I'm begging you I'm so addicted to his music.

Maybe anyone can help me or suggest what i could do or try next.....

thx in advance

[Beatdrop]

I pulled the free downloads after awhile because I saw no justification in leaving them up permanently when people are ranting and raving about how awesome it is.

So alternatively (and I'm surprised your Google search turned up no results), you can purchase both discs of the album on a track-by-track basis for $.99 a song over at my broadjam page, which can be found here:

http://www.broadjam.com/beatdrop

[HoboKa]

I pulled the free downloads after awhile because I saw no justification in leaving them up permanently when people are ranting and raving about how awesome it is.

So alternatively (and I'm surprised your Google search turned up no results), you can purchase both discs of the album on a track-by-track basis for $.99 a song over at my broadjam page, which can be found here:

http://www.broadjam.com/beatdrop

aw no1 else gave u any donations? bunch of louzy shmucks...

[Machalla666]

I pulled the free downloads after awhile because I saw no justification in leaving them up permanently when people are ranting and raving about how awesome it is.

So alternatively (and I'm surprised your Google search turned up no results), you can purchase both discs of the album on a track-by-track basis for $.99 a song over at my broadjam page, which can be found here:

http://www.broadjam.com/beatdrop

thx .
at least thats something.
actually i searched a free download over google......(damn leeching sickness).
but i think your work is actually worth the 20 bucks

EDIT

sobsobsob u need a credit card to buy songs at Broadjam.........
where in the name of god should i get a freakin credit card?
(i know where to get but in the moment i'm just really pissed of and i don't wanna buy sth. with a credit card since i just started my job)

But its okay I had at least the chance to listen to the songs.

[Beatdrop]

Could get a PayPal card. Works like a Visa, but pulls directly from PayPal. All you do is sign up for one, load money into your PayPal account from your checking account, and then use the card like a credit card. It's a good trade-off. Or just open a checking account at some place that gives you an ATM/Check/Debit card. That should also work the same way.

[WesPip]

aw no1 else gave u any donations? bunch of louzy shmucks...
What?
I did!
Not a whole lot cause my paypal account was virtually empty at the time, but I still threw SOME money at poor ol' Beatdrop. He deserves it, after all!

[Beatdrop]

Of course I extend my thanks to those who DID donate. But the fact of the matter was that it just didn't really work out quite as planned. This thread has 5,700+ views, meaning the album was downloaded PLENTY of times, and I got about $30 total in donations... soooo... yeah. Thought it was time to take a new approach. :)

[HoboKa]

Of course I extend my thanks to those who DID donate. But the fact of the matter was that it just didn't really work out quite as planned. This thread has 5,700+ views, meaning the album was downloaded PLENTY of times, and I got about $30 total in donations... soooo... yeah. Thought it was time to take a new approach. :)

ouch that's harsh...they didn't coin the term starving artist without a reason eh

[Machalla666]

Could get a PayPal card. Works like a Visa, but pulls directly from PayPal. All you do is sign up for one, load money into your PayPal account from your checking account, and then use the card like a credit card. It's a good trade-off. Or just open a checking account at some place that gives you an ATM/Check/Debit card. That should also work the same way.

Broadjam seems to only accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.
I didn't find anything about PayPal or the Paypal sign on the side.
But dude don't overdo it. If i can't get your stuff thats ok. I'll just catch up on your next album. You are working on it right now, aren't you? Some titles are on myspace and its called "Revolution" or am I wrong?

[Beatdrop]

Nope, you're correct. It's coming along, slowly but surely. Looks to be a pretty... ENERGETIC album. And "Revolution" is the tenative title, really. I have a few others I'm tossing around in my brain.

EDIT: Oh, and PayPal cards are run by MasterCard, so they're good most places that take credit cards in general.

[RealityRipple]

Okay, this is gonna be a rather large bump, but I don't suppose the lyrics are available to some of the songs? In particular, the words to Tinderbox... I can't make them out clearly, and I'm not entirely sure it's all words even...

[Beatdrop]

Wow, yeah, hella large bump. But it's all good :D Especially with me. Didn't think this thread was even on the boards still, but I guess things are slow going in the WIP boards.

"Tinderbox":

You're my
You're my
You're my
You're my
You're my
You're my tinderbox

[Repeat]

Archaic mystic
Toxic technic
Styptic ethic
Lovesick tactic
Photic gothic
Scenic psychic
Karmic music
Epic traffic

Disastrous fullness
Mindless focus
Faithless goddess
Mirthless venus
Leaseless nexus
Nameless virus
Voiceless temptress
Needless menace

Crimson vixen
Pagan vision
Sodden omen
Hidden marksman
Shotgun session
Chosen fission
Barren nation
Solution stricken

[Chorus]
You're my tinderbox
My triggered tripwire
Just one spark
And you ignite my fire

You're my
You're my
You're my
You're my
You're my
You're my tinderbox

[Repeat]

Hateful gospel
Forceful sparkle
Fragile puzzle
Thermal satchel
Vigil kestrel
Total neutral
Glacial needle
Tonal angel

Vulcan cannon
Frozen demon
Poison reason
Asian ruin
Risen dragon
Heightened motion
Broken haven
Urban siren

Fairer creature
Fire eater
Fervor mortar
Minor fluster
Harder, sleeker,
Meaner, faster,
Smarter, cleaner,
Finer, stronger

[Chorus]

"Trip The Breaker":

Behind my eyes I'm clawing at the tissue
I keep my sight switched off so I can miss you
How do I feel now that I have these issues?
My mind still works and one thought: that I miss you

But now that it works I don't even think I know you
Clarity engulfs like light, drowned in full view
Close my eyes once again, back to one hue
Black as the darkest night, reminds me of you

[repeat]

Open up my eyes to the light
And it takes her
Synapses burst under pain
And under pressure

Take my last bit of will and lay to sunder
Allow my apathy to boil and render
From herself I no longer will defend her
Cleansed of emotion I'm now thinking clearer

Burn through my flesh with the heat of a Solar
Radiate with light intense enough to trip the breaker

"Unrest":

Not tired
Or wired
From the words
That I heard
Something stirred
And now I hurt
Waiting for
Disclosure

Can you see
What I mean
That I mean
To be here
You've suffered
I suffer
But now can't
Shed a tear

I wait in
This unrest
True wording
From my chest
Put me to
The one test
To prove it's
For the best

Here you've been
Unnoticed
For what feels
The longest
Idle by
My lenses
While you're brought
In focus

[Repeat, faster]

[RealityRipple]

Danke! Danke! Oh, and just in case you didn't know, I've started making themes for programs, all inspired by this album! Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6284), Trillian (http://www.trillian.cc/downloads/detail.php?item=429), and soon Windows XP...

[Beatdrop]

Oh, you're that guy! Haha, I ran across one of those two (I think it was the Trillian one) after someone linked me to it. Cool stuff.

[case]

I somehow missed the original release, is there somewhere I can still get this from?? Always enjoyed your tunes, it'd be awesome to have a couple CD's for while I'm in the car.

[Beatdrop]

http://beatdrop.paletteswap.com

[case]

Couldn't help but check out some of the pics on there too, and I have to say that anyone who owns Oldboy, the Firefly DVDs, Spaceballs, AND Equalibrium is possessed by epic win. :D

Thanks for the updated link!

[Liontamer]

Here you go, bro: http://vgmdb.net/album/10184

[SomeMacGuy]

i registered on this forum just to say thanks for your work, beatdrop. i have been a big fan of your work. they are easy to get into and enjoy