#Orange Tulip Conspiracy

[estradasphere]

what the fuck

[bugsnax-community-questions]

Bugsnax Community Questions ~ Poll #25

Put filbo, eggabell and the others in one option because there aren't enough slots to fit everyone.

FILBO: Basic Furniture, Dandelion, Cot (secret), Grumpy Baby Mayor, Pawprint rug, Cloudy paws print, painted hut, Group Photo, Streamers, Garden gnome, snaxburg flag, Golden Strabby, Certificate of completion

WAMBUS: Scarecrow, beechwood, Sauce plant seedlings, Sauce rug, Rustic Bed, Mini Cactriffy, Grow light nursery, Wood panel print, cowboy hats, ceiling fan

BEFFICA: Sleeping bag, Ladder Shelf, bestie print, Bestie (exterior), Fuzzy heart rug, Privacy curtains, Bulletin board, glowing stars, purple lupin, befficas journal, Kiddie pool (technically from floofty)

WIGGLE: Hanging lights, Luxury bed (secret), Gilded (Secret), record player, Palm tree, Platinum Award, Beach Chair + Umbrella, Armoire, Music print, Rock club sign, Psychedelic rug

TRIFFANY: Map of Snaktooth, Drafting Table, Prehistoric Floorcloth, Grumpus Skull, Giant skeleton, Barrel cacti, Dig site print, hanging pots, ancient bugsnax statue 1 (pinkle), ancient bugsnax statue 2 (incherito), Bone and Stone (exterior), Bone and stone bed

GRAMBLE: Lantern, Pink oleander, Weather Vane, Knit Sprout Mat, Hay bales, knit bed, Strabby Hat, Doily Table, knitted (exterior), knit baskets, Strabby print, Bunger bed

CROMDO: Tulips, Police tape (Secret), Bug juice dispenser, Big safe, A single hanging bulb, boombox, money print rug, worn mattress, billboard, Motivational poster, Antique print

SNORPY: Loose Newspaper, Conspiracy board, Blueprint print, Protective coat hangers, Metal plating (exterior), Metalworks flower, Satellite dish, deprivation tank, bookshelf, HAM radio, hot tub

CHANDLO: Red Cedar, Framed jersey, Rock climbing holds, Strong trophy, Hammock, Bean bag, Orange bloodroot, Home gym (secret), Sports print (secret), Gym mats, chandlolier,

FLOOFTY: red ti plant, lab bench (secret), Specimen jar, Pirate ship (exterior), Beheading machine, ecience poster, chemistry rug, test tube lights, science print, Chalkboard

SHELDA: Hanging Planter, Herbology station, Primitive grass, Salt crystal, ebony stained wood, zen garden, Meditation cushion, Prairie grass, wind chimes, desert print, torch

EGGABELL: Family Photos, Eggshell print, medical egg rug, Medicine cabinet, Emergency bell, First aid kit, Draped fabrics, igloo (exterior), snow grump, medical bed

OTHER: Cowboy hat roof (Cactriffy), Planted snak (Cactriffy), Snak print (L), Strabby Shelf (L), Snakgoyle (Snaxsquatch), Matilija Poppy (Snaxsquatch), Eyes (exterior ~ B), Legendary snak rug (B), Snak mobile (C), Sodie Fountain (C)

[forthedancingandthethriving]

"You can't be serious!" Alexis Bian, the Red Minister, curses, slamming her fists on the table.

Behind a purple mask, green eyes narrow. "And if I am?"

Travis Wrede, the Blue Minister, pinches the bridge of his nose. "Adian.. Kaden.. please talk some sense into her..!"

Adian Rivas, the Orange Minister and Kaden Hull, the Yellow Minister, respectively, look at Travis and shake their heads. There was nothing they could do.

Zackary Moreno, the Green Minister, frowns. "Aite.. I don't get it! That girl is more trouble than she's worth. She's the whole reason Renata is like this!"

"I am well aware." Purple gloved hands closed a folding fan with a sharp clack!, making all the Ministers in the room flinch.

"Yet, she's valuable to the longevity of this nation."

Alexis scoffs, falling back into her chair and raising a hand. "Valuable how? As a battery? Definitely. I mean, do you see the-"

CRACK!

Alexis quickly covers her mouth, wide eyes looking towards the end of the meeting table. There, the Purple Minister had somehow slammed her folding fan through the wood, causing a large crack to splinter through the table.

The Prime Minister yanks it and dusts the wood chips off. "Tulip, as.. eccentric.. as she is now, is still very valuable. She was going to become the next head of the Orpheus Trading Company, and yet she now runs her own successful engineering business." She leans back in her chair. "On top of that, even if these changes have impacted our nation in both a positive and negative way, it's also impacted all of you in the same way."

A cold narrow of eyes came through the mask. "Or dare I bring up the Alar Incident?"

The Ministers in the room all avoided her gaze, sweating buckets. She huffs. "Exactly."

"However."

The room slowly began to grow icy cold.

"Should I find that any of you have sent letters to her, harassing her into coming to one of these parties.."

Aite Tyron, the Purple Minister, grips the edge of the table. "I'll have you arrested for conspiracy against the government and given the death penalty."

With that, the Prime Minister raises from her seat and goes to the door. "This meeting is over."

The door opens, and her heels click as she leaves.

"Fucking hell.." Kaden groans softly.

"Sometimes she gives off the impression that she's looking after Tulip spefically." Zackary frowns.

○●○

Heels clacking against the floor, and she narrows her eyes. Her feet ache, but it was dull. Something she'd gotten used to.. who knows how long ago.

She arrives at her office, but in reality, it's more like her home. She doesn't own a house, merely sleeping in a hidden room she commissioned.

Aite Tyron locks the office door behind her before scurrying over to the bookshelf. She pulls away some books and gently pushes a small panel of wood. It opens, and then there's a hand scanner. She places her hand against it, then pulls away when a ding comes.

The bookshelf slides, and she walks into the hidden room. Touching her hand to another scanner inside of it, the bookshelf closes, jostling the books back into place.

With a sigh, Aite slips off her heels and sets them by the entrance. She tugs off her mask and walks past a wooden table, throwing it onto there. With that, she also tosses on her long gloves. She gets to the bathroom and grips the sides of the sink, staring intensely into the mirror.

She then exhales and reaches up to her eyes. Carefully, she take out green contacts and sets them back in their containers. The Prime Minister then looks at the top of her head and frowns.

"My roots are showing.." She mumbles.. gently brushing her hands over the light brown, almost cream-colored roots slowly growing. She'd have to order more hair dye.

She takes off her dress and then frowns, looking at her reflection. Spreading from where her heart was were purple scars, almost like wireframe. They merely dully ached, never too bad.

Aite places a hand over her heart before sighing softly.

There was nothing she could do about it now. She needed to stop moping.

Shaking her head, she slips into a more comfortable t-shirt and sweatpants before heading back out to the living room of her private space. She plops down on the couch, turns on the TV, and grabs some blueprints.

"Now what the hell did they want me to approve?.."

A beat of silence.

".. I'd approve it if it didn't use the shiba inus side-eyes as a power source.."

[daily-spotify-finds]

Orange Tulip Conspiracy - Orange Tulip Conspiracy - 2008

Spotify monthly listeners at time of post: 443

[maquina-semiotica]

Orange Tulip Conspiracy, "Rendezvous"

[wavetapper]

erin for the playlist ask :3

Exploding Head - A Place To Bury StrangersRiot in Time - Morning TeleportationIgnis Fatuus - Orange Tulip ConspiracyNeoprene Byzantine - Closure In Moscow

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbK2wv_mJe7rVdSoUbhWF9asbW2WNqhVq

[thegreatdamfino]

Orange Tulip Conspiracy, The Bourbon Theater

[estradasphere]

Untitled hidden track at the end of Orange Tulip Conspiracy - was originally a song Estradasphere occasionally performed live 2001-2003, titled Lasting Impressions. Written and sung by Jason Schimmel.

[progosaurus-rex]

Orange Tulip Conspiracy - Fall Creek

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[maquina-semiotica]

Orange Tulip Conspiracy, "The Bourbon Theater"

[virgil-caine-blog]

Orange Tulip Conspiracy - "Nembutals"

[estradasphere]

started listening to high castle teleorkestra because of you and IM LOSING MY MIND. this Fucks so Hard

do you have any more band recs??

YESS ANOTHER HCT FAN theyre working on another album rn btw :]

as for music recs... hmmm ... im not very good at those cuz i dont listen to a ton of different bands LOL... if you know HCT you probably already know about Estradasphere / Mr Bungle / Umlaut too, but i'll still rec those here just in case you havent (in particular, Palace of Mirrors / California / self-titled are their most HCT-like albums respectively and fuck super hard. Umlaut is pretty different from the other two, more quaint and electronic-y, but their influence on HCT's sound shines through in some places, especially the title track / aramchek accusation / valisystem A imo)

what else...... if you dig the traditional romanian influences on the sound of HCT and Esphere then check out Fishtank Ensemble; the esphere guitarist's band Orange Tulip Conspiracy(later known as Atomic Ape) is very HCT/Palace of Mirrors esque, proggy and eclectic; and oh yeah check out The Deserts of Traun too. wait this just turned into me listing Estradasphere satellite groups sorry i have brainworms. I guess the problem is that not much else sounds like HCT, theyre super unique!!

branching out a bit, if you're just looking for more eclectic experimental shit in general... Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is fucking awesome, very dark and heavy avant-metal sound, essential listening imo, I'd start with their album Of Natural History; similarly, check out The Book of Knots too (especially Garden of Fainting Stars); Fantomas (esp. The Director's Cut) and Kaada/Patton also have this kinda dark and heavy orchestral cinematic sound; Sebkha-Chott is a truly bizarre avant-prog/metal/jazz(???) fit that never sticks to one musical idea for more than like 60 seconds, they're awesome, I'd say start with Tapisseries Fines En... etc, long album title; OH OH check out öOoOoOoOoOo and Pin-Up Went Down too for more French experimental metal/jazz shit (though they're also pretty poppy and catchy!), I love them a lot; X-Legged Sally is some awesome Belgian jazz/prog/occassionally-metal-ish stuff; and if you want something lighter and simpler to cleanse the palate then Tin Hat is some beautiful chamber jazz/klezmer, my fav album of theirs is Book of Silk.

You may also like bands like Dog Fashion Disco, Polkadot Cadaver, Stolen Babies, and ESPECIALLY Secret Chiefs 3 - i've seen those as avant-metal recs a lot, but they don't really click with me personally, unfortunately! I hope you end up liking them though!

HOLY SHIT I WROTE SO MUCH IM SO SORRY I JUST LOVE PRETENDING I KNOW THINGS ABOUT MUSIC LOL

[estradasphere]

songs written by esphere and performed live but never made it onto any of their albums:

harlodic tendencies (john)

king solomon (john & george)

nnamreh fo abakrem (tim) (not entirely by him; based on bernard herrmann's vertigo (which they would notably later cover outright as part of their palace era shows))

piledriver (john)

poochie pie (tim) (? actually this may be on an ISS album under a different name)

when i'm 73 i'll still love high school girls (tim)

lift your skirt (tim)

written by esphere but Did make it onto an esphere live album (no studio tho):

aunt nellie's love gravy (jason)

the ventriloquist choir (jason)

techno in the style of burning man (credited to the entire band)

tugboat (? unsure if original)

graze-a-holic (? unsure if original)

written by esphere and performed live, but only appeared on a non-esphere album:

say your prayers (john, probably) (on mojow and the vibration army - undivided, under the name 'there is no spoon')

lasting impressions (jason) (on orange tulip conspiracy's self-titled album, as an untitled hidden track)

[progosaurus-rex]

Orange Tulip Conspiracy - Holy Roller

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[progosaurus-rex]

Orange Tulip Conspiracy - Fall Creek

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