#Mind.in.a.box vibes

[astroartmuse]

[archenemyintellegence]

"My life is full of things that were not really here" (27/11/2023)

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I reached a point that I was so depressed because of work. It could've been resolved by a maniac breakdown but I didn't have the energy to do that as I was so drained. I didn't want to let the negativity bother me so much so I vented it out with the only method I know...

There's no plan for this drawing. I was doodling things that I love to draw, which are angel and the feathers on their wings. I didn't know how to make the doodle work but at the end it worked. I really love the vibe of it. It's so honest...

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Alt vers

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This is one of my favourite songs. It's so perfect.

[raivokasmagma]

Albums that I'm waiting to be released in 2023

New year, new tricks. And lots of music.

There are some albums I'm waiting to be released, although not without hesitation. Looking back at 2022, it was quite dry on my bubble. Singles, EPs... Droplets of what's to come. 2021 I had more difficulties deciding what was my favourite of that year :D

But anyways, what I'm waiting for?

VNV Nation - Electric Sun

I respect VNV Nation, even though I'm not the biggest fan. Every album has their moments (Empires still kicks ass as a whole), but I realise the clubby songs are my favourites. Noire from 2018 was bleh.

My biggest fear will be, how pompous the album will be... Considering Ronan Harris has been into those orchestral conserts lately. Noire already had songs heavily influenced by orchestral music.

Neuroticfish - The Demystification Of The Human Heart

Neuroticfish has been active on remix front past few years and those remixes have been good. I still listen Gelb and songs from Sign of Life and Les Chansons Neurotiques frequently. However, their 2018 album Antiodoron is something I've never managed to listen from beginning to end...

I don't know why that album never caught on with me. But I sure hope Sasha and Henning found their mojo again. Instrumental "Sleep" from Velocity N20 has good sound and very techno vibes. But We'll see how they manage to demystificate the human heart.

Blackcarburning – Watching Sleepers

Mark Hockings from Mesh has been busy with the side project of his. Releasing three EPs in 2022, I can say material sounds different enough from "modern" Mesh (sheesh, Looking Skyward came in 2016...), that Blackcarburning is an different entity. I think it has more rougher sound, which reminds on 90's Mesh material though...

What makes me worried though, is that the b-side songs from the EPs have been better (on my ears) than the title songs that are on the album. So how will this album be in the end, when I know it could've had song like "Happiness"? And apparently this album has been ready for quite some time.

mind.in.a.box. in 2023?

I sure hope we get a new MIAB album this year! Broken Legacies was awesome (2017...) and Stefan Poiss has been quiet after that. Some remixes what I gather. Television Nation song came in 2020 and it was okay, apparently quite Nine Inch Nails like song.

New Helix EP in 2023?

Assemblage 23 is my favourite, but I'm not expecting new material until 2024. But side-project Tom Shear has with Mari Kattman (Mari Shear) has been damn solid. Their 2021 EP Bad Dream was close second as my album of the year. What they have in store? How different it will be?

[lunarbrambles]

Repost don’t reblog. Write what you associate with your muse(s) and then tag others. 

CARIAN KNIGHT ADRIAN

ANIMAL: Domesticated dogs, or more specifically, the golden retriever breed.

COLORS: Royal blue, bright silver, midnight blue

MONTH: September (for birthday), October (for vibes)

SONG: "Remember" - mind.in.a.box

NUMBER: 2

DAY OR NIGHT: Night, specifically midnight

PLANT(s): Red roses, clover, hemlock spruce, juniper, oakmoss, jasmine, morning-glory

SMELL: Wet dirt, rain, freshly picked roses, stone, ozone, pine needles, crisp air

GEMSTONE: Sapphire and moonstone (not just because they are the September birthstones, but because they fit ER Adrian particularly well)

SEASON: Mid autumn when it still rains and frost is rare

PLACE: Thick, humid, rainy forests, foggy lakes, and overgrown ruins

FOOD: Blueberries, venison stew and jerky, fish

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra

ELEMENT(S): Water

DRINK: Black tea with honey, mulled wine, lavender herbal tea

TAGGED BY: @hexenjagd five million years ago, thank u for the tag and sorry I took so long to do this! TAGGING: @aberrantthornes and anyone else who wants to do this if you see it just steal it and tag me pls this is from months ago and I have no idea who has and hasn't done it

other verses/AUs after the cut

DARKMOON KNIGHT ADRIAN

ANIMAL: Russian wolfhound/borzoi, specifically a pure snow white one

COLORS: Ultramarine blue, tarnished silver, black, indigo

MONTH: September (for birthday), December (for vibes)

SONG: "Leave the Day" - Blutengel

NUMBER: 8

DAY OR NIGHT: Night, specifically dusk or twilight

PLANT(s): Dark red roses, lavender, pine trees, holly bushes, night-blooming jasmine, juniper,

SMELL: Leather, red wine, spruce, fresh roses, freshly fallen snow, crisp air, metal, ozone, juniper berries, blueberries, dried blood

GEMSTONE: Moonstone

SEASON: Early winter, right before everything but evergreens are bare

PLACE: Deep in a snow-blanketed forest, or at an altar bathed in the light of the full moon

FOOD: Blueberries, blueberry merlot pie, freshly baked bread

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra

ELEMENT(S): Air

DRINK: Cabernet sauvignon, milk tea

RINGED CITY/LOSS OF FAITH DS3 AU ADRIAN

ANIMAL: A jackal, specifically one with a pure black hypermelanistic pelt

COLORS: Black, bright gold, white

MONTH: September (for birthday), January (for vibes)

SONG: "My Name is Ruin" - Gary Numan

NUMBER: 1

DAY OR NIGHT: Night, right before dawn

PLANT(s): Black and white roses

SMELL: Fresh and dried blood, leather, black pepper, jasmine, woodsmoke, metal, ozone, feathers

GEMSTONE: Moonstone

SEASON: Mid-winter, when all the foliage has died

PLACE: Ruins far from civilization, moreso than the main DS3 verse he tries to keep away from places many other Undead/Unkindled gather simply because making yourself an enemy of the Divines (especially Gwyndolin and Velka) as well as Londor makes you pretty damn unpopular and it tends to get around when you kill Blades of the Darkmoon as well as pardoners

FOOD: I don't really associate this verse much with food, but if I had to pick it would probably be something like spicy blackened fish

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra

ELEMENT(s): Air

DRINK: Black tea with no cream or sweetener

VILEBLOOD ADRIAN

ANIMAL: Wild boar

COLORS: Oxblood red, black, antique gold

MONTH: September

SONG: "Sins of the Flesh" - Sister Machine Gun

NUMBER: 3

DAY OR NIGHT: Night

PLANT(s): Red roses, black dahlias, mushrooms (especially truffles and a certain recreational kind), poppies

SMELL: Blood, black tea, bitter basil, dried leaves, vetiver, gunpowder, metal, chemicals, musk

GEMSTONE: Moonstone, garnet, not technically a stone but pearls

SEASON: Early autumn when leaves begin to turn

PLACE: A cramped secret makeshift laboratory in a repurposed wine cellar, the streets at night

FOOD: Sea urchin, salt water fish, freshly sliced apples, oat porridge, roasted pistachios

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra

ELEMENT(s): Fire

DRINK: Heavily sweetened milk tea, rosehip and cherry blossom herbal tea, blood, distilled rain water

[s-teinumstein]

Well hello, a tag has appeared...

Many thanks to @anotherotherfan​ for the tag. ^-^

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Nickname: Myu is my family nickname but I’m mostly referred to by my first name. My friends however refer to me by my last name.

Real Name: Emma o/

Zodiac: Cancer >.> Sadly a bit triggering these days & a genuine use of the word triggering btw.  Also hard to vibe with it since you never see it about with all the new wave astrology love, #JustCancerThings #CancerSeason isn’t the most appealing on cute homeware, instagram posts and the likes... o.0

Favorite Musicians/Bands: Aside from the obvious, at the moment I’m digging:  Ghost, Tool, Deftones, KMFDM, Frontline Assembly, mind.in.a.box, Mew, A Perfect Circle, Deichkind, Cro, anything in the Post-Rock & Post-Metal genres (Deaf haven, Explosions in the Sky, Grails, Maybeshewill,  God is an Astronaut, Russian Circles etc.) , Mgla, System of a Down, Magna Carta Cartel, And One, Funker Vogt, Patenbrigade: Wolff, She, Carpenter Brut, anything Psychill/Psybient (Carbon Based Lifeforms, Entheogenic, Solar Fields etc). , Crosses, TiD, Dilly Dally, Dance with the Dead, Misþyrming, Batushka, ... to name a very small few o.0

Favorite Sports Teams: I don’t care for sports :< For a laugh I occasionally get behind teams that would piss British Xenophobes off during tournaments ;)

Other Blogs: main: @emmarealis - ghost blog: @nostro-dis-pater  - might start up an Animal Crossing blog again... Aaaand two anonymous ones ;>

Do I Get Asks: Seldom o.0

How Many Blogs do I Follow: 670 on this account. Had several culls over the years as people have become inactive :(

Lucky Numbers: I don’t associate luck with numbers :(

Dream Vacation: MANY. I’d LOVE to start a vanlife journey and tour most of mainland Europe. I’m aching to tour through Denmark, Sweden, & on towards the Lofoten area of Norway specifically.  I’d love to visit Hawaii, Japan, Seoul, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand also.

Dream Car: I uh, no idea actually. Well, a big ass converted van for the tag above wouldn’t down a miss? :D

Favorite Food: Pizza. Always. Even going plant based, pizza remains my love. Also like to get on down with ramen & a good chocolate cake, again, plant based please. Yum.

Drink of Choice: Cherry coke. I do not care for alcohol, I genuinely get more enjoyment from food.

Instruments: OH. I have a huge soft spot for mid-bass range instruments: love euphoniums, bassoons, alto/tenor/baritone saxophones, bass guitar. oof. Out of those, I only play Alto Saxophone. Also learning the ukulele, guitalele and guitar.

Languages: Yey, shitty British educated here... I learnt French and Spanish at school, sadly not to a fluent level and now my knowledge of them has severely dwindled over the years. Also self taught German while in high school, again suffered the same fate and know little of it nowadays. :< Celebrity Crushes: Our dearest Reesh & Sigourney Weaver were amongst my first and biggest crushes ;) ... I have too many others to list away.

Random Fact: I’m like, 30 this year and have NO LIFE. Don’t be me kids. <3

[mancentipede]

i got tagged by @misterwiggums to list 10 songs im vibing to right now! sorry that i listen to so much video game music!

1. Calenhad Docks -  Inon Zur - okay it’s from origins but it’s also the music that plays at the wounded coast in 2 sometimes, which is what i associate it with. this is my go-to track for capturing that good da2 melancholy

2. Human - Daughter - this i found a few days ago in someone’s anders tag and it’s a great anders song. also a great song in general

3. Just Like the Sea - PigPen Theatre Co. (it’s a live recording sorry this song just doesnt exist on youtube)

4. The Hunter - Ryan Amon

5. The Day I Turned to Glass - Honeycut

6. Down Side of Me - CHVRCHES

7. Whatever Mattered - mind.in.a.box

8. Marielda - Jack de Quidt - hey everyone go listen to friends at the table

9. Fineshrine - Purity Ring

10. Acid Hues - they list Off the Hook as the artist and that’s cute, and a quick google turned up Toru Minegishi as the lead composer for splatoon 2 but they dont attribute by track so Who Knows

uhh here im tagging @noirearrowshoot​, @steampoweredstrawberry​ and @mxrrill but i mean. dont feel obligated