#from rotting fantasylands

[nuvamata]

ok so anyone who has read homestuck (or i guess just listens to the soundtrack, if those types of people exist) knows the song “harlequin,” it is a motif that is utilized throughout a number of songs in the earlier acts

it’s a neat little melody.

according to the homestuck music wiki this song released initially august 2009.

in may 2009, the album “from rotting fantasylands” by nero’s day at disneyland came out. on the track “vengeance in cloudland,” you can hear this same melody play at around the 1:00 mark

does anyone know if these songs are both paying homage to some older, circus-y tune? they both came out around the same time, and this isn’t a super well-known album so i wouldn’t assume it was stolen or anything. but it’s something that’s driven me crazy for years.

[orange-calx]

nero's day at disneyland - from rotting fantasylands [clear vinyl]

[mikimeiko]

Albums I listened to in 2024

From Rotting Fantasylands - Nero's Day at Disneyland (2013)

[bugwugg]

THE MORNING STAR.

☀️

[cartoon-angerr]

Loodvigg’s Day at Disneyland: prologue

The Starhenge rose up in the sky, mechanical island built by the Colossals, gigantic creatures as old as the Monster World. On this very island, monsters lived, older than the Monster World and the Colossals. And probably time itself, too… who knows? They were called Celestials, the first beings to ever exist, and considered Gods by every monster living on the islands below.  Hence their name, the Celestials came from the sky… or more exactly, space. The Primordial Cosmic Hush was a time where absolutely nothing existed - just silence. A cosmic void. Then there was the Big Bang, sending sounds into the void, creating elements and twelve beings afterwards. The monster gods came to life, each having a constellation and an element assigned to them. But this was a long time ago, decades now separating the creation of the Celestials from the present.

One of them approached the circle that the monsters had formed and sat down with them. Her name was Galvana, she represented the element of Electricity. She turned her head to her right, where a metallic organ was resting. Her name was Vhamp, she represented the Mech element. Next to Vhamp sat a blue creature named Plixie, the Plasma elementalist.  "Hey Scaratar!" he beckoned a brown bug-looking monster, the Poison element.  "How is your hair shining like that? It’s lovely!" "Thank you! I put some hair shine spray over it," she responded. The Plant elementalist Blasoom, a green bird-shaped monster, approached Scaratar to take a closer look at her hair. "Alright," Galvana started. "As you know, we all gather here every first day of a new month. We are in February, which means Furnoss’ constellation is now shining above us!"  Galvana turned to what seemed to be an oven with a dragon-like head and limbs. He looked at her, nodding. Up in the sky, Furnoss’ constellation was shining brightly, replacing the constellation of Hornacle, the Water element. This one playfully gave a nudge to the Fire elementalist, who returned it back. "Before we start, is everyone here?" Galvana asked.  She looked at her friends, counting them mentally. Furnoss, Hornacle, Scaratar, Blasoom, Plixie and Vhamp were here, followed by Torrt, Glaishur, Attmoz and Syncopite, the Earth, Cold, Air and Crystal elementalists, respectively. And… "WHO THE FUCK TOOK MY HAIR SHINE SPRAY?!" a voice shouted from afar. …Loodvigg.

The Shadow elementalist, an elegant spidery monster with a bold hairstyle, approached the circle formed by the eleven Celestials reunited. An angry expression distorted their skull-like face. "Oopsies." Scaratar whispered. Attmoz sighed and rolled his eye. "Here we go again", he mumbled. "So?!" Loodvigg asked again, their eyes jumping from monster to monster. "Yeah… About that." Scaratar answered - Loodvigg’s angered look went straight to her. "It was me. I’m sorry, I probably should’ve asked you first."  "UGH!" Loodvigg elegantly pushed their hair back with an offended rictus, then bended over Scaratar.  "Damn right you should have. I’m turning your hair into my new personal bathroom carpet next time." Scaratar, surprised by the aggressiveness in Loodvigg’s tone, stepped back, seemingly upset and a little flabbergasted. Galvana quickly intervened, noticing the green bug monster’s discomfort. "Loodvigg, that’s enough. No need to overreact." "But I ain’t! This insect knows I’m not letting ANYONE borrowing MY stuff-"  "ENOUGH!" Loodvigg sighed with annoyance. "Also, you’re late for our monthly meeting again. For the third time in a row. Why didn’t you come sooner?!" Galvana continued. "I forgot!" "We’ve been doing the new month and constellation celebration for decades! Literally! How in all the stars did you forget?!!" Loodvigg skittered from the electric monster to sit on the other side of the circle, between Furnoss and Hornacle. "Listen, I was busy doing much more entertaining activities than something we’ve been doing repeatedly for all these years. Can we start now? I want to get this stupid celebration over as soon as possible."

Although irritated, Galvana kept her thoughts for herself and continued speaking, almost as if nothing happened.

Even if the atmosphere remained tense between the monsters, the ending of the celebration went rather well, Loodvigg's presence not being as terrible as in the beginning. The Celestials all stared at the sky, Furnoss’ constellation still shining brightly. It was only after the meeting that Attmoz spoke to his cousin, Scaratar. Loodvigg was back to the old Observatory, a tall stone construction housing a gigantic telescope, and each Celestial’s designated room. "Hey. You alright?" Attmoz said, visible concern painted on the cyclop’s face. "Yeah! Yeah, I am," she responded. "They just scared me for a second," Scaratar whispered, motioning her head to the Observatory. "Sometimes I even wonder if any thought of basic kindness and empathy still circulate through that brain of theirs", Attmoz chuckled a bit. "I wonder what kept Loodvigg so "busy" to be that late to the monthly celebration… Bet they were trying a new haircut again." "That still doesn’t give them the right to change my hair into a bathroom carpet…" she pointed out, grumpy. "Nope, definitely not!" "They probably wouldn't have done that anyway, but I'm keeping an eye on them," Galvana said, now approaching the two monsters. "We never know with Loodvigg... their behavior is getting stranger with the passing days-" "And meaner," Scaratar added. "Like, way meaner. And for no reason at all, either." "I remember how kind they used to be," Attmoz said, yawning. "But that was such a long time ago... Still wondering what made them the way they are now. Not like we aren't used to their catastrophic behavior anyway... but it's still very annoying," the pink cyclop sighed. "And even worse when unjustitied... Which is... well! Most of the time." "Mmmhm." Galvana nodded, lost in thought. Attmoz yawned again, briefly swinging his head. "Ugh. Sleepy…" "Already?!" surprisingly asked the electric elementalist. "Is it that late?" "Oh, no, no," Scaratar reassured her. "That's just what Mozmoz gets when he stays awake late at night trying to find out if putting paint in water could make his clouds turn purple." "Shut up..." Attmoz grumbled, nudging at his cousin. "At least it worked."

The three said their goodnights, Galvana promising once again to keep an eye on Loodvigg. But for now, a good night rest was welcome for everyone.

A Theme For A Molting Russian Gentleman

[szif]

been obsessing over Nero's Day at Disneyland's "attention shoppers" album so much. i am literally so fascinated by it. i could write a several page essay about it. i love it. i LOVE it.

[babylonbirdmeat]

The best Nero's Day at Disneyland songs are the ones that make you feel like you've found a dying god in a Walmart Parking Lot in the middle of the night and you're the person who has to put it down

[biohazardousgeodez]

why do autism speaks even try when the cure to autism was here the whole time /positive

[hdrnfsh-of-the-great-water-fuzz]

Ok I know I'm waaaaaaaaay fuckin late to the party on this one but I just finished listening to my first Nero's Day At Disneyland album and that shit was fuckin I N C R E D I B L E.

[felidthing]

realized today that if a song has random noise elements to it but its in the "silly" realm of music (ex. 100 gecs) i wont really like it but if its SCARY.. (ex. lauren bousfield) i will absolutely adore it

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

In Aisles • Civilizing People • No Money Down, Low Monthly Payments • Child Protective Services Theme Song • Charging Swarm Of Mouseketeers • Everything Must Go • Death Parade • Action Winter Journey • Stretched Linen Over Contorted Bodies • Eulogy For Nick Galvas • In Keyed Fantasy • Probably End Up Dead In A Ditch Somewhere • Plumes Of ATM Sinew • Vengeance In Cloudland • Sprawling Idiot Effigy

Spotify ♪ YouTube

[sexhaver]

I read once that people should find wine recommendations by looking at prominent sommeliers who already like profiles you like, not because they're objectively correct at wine, but their tastes align with yours and they will likely speak to other wines you would like. I just listened to Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons because you mentioned it and I really like it, do you have any other music recs in general

oh man this is the nicest compliment ive gotten on my musical taste in a minute! if you like the polyrhythmic aspect of Fuck Buttons where they layer sounds on top of each other until it sound like white noise but if you listen from the beginning with headphones you can still pick out every individual layer, check out Lauren Bousfield. her entire discography is good but Avalon Vales and Palimpsest are my personal favs. if you really like those and need more you can check out some of her earlier work under Nero's Day At Disneyland, specifically From Rotting Fantasylands

if you like having Fuck Buttons on in the background as study music, start looking into old Boiler Room sets on Soundcloud. these don't inherently have much in common other than being good background music but you asked me for recs in general so here are some of my fav sets:

Baauer B2B RL Grime at Ray-Ban x Boiler Room SXSW (warning: this set has the best music but also worst hype woman of all time)

Bonobo Boiler Room DJ Mix (this one was playing as i wrote most of my essays in college)

Purity Ring 45 Minute Mix Boiler Room Montreal (please please please skip to 22 minutes in if you listen to nothing else here, that segment singlehandedly gave me so much more respect for Purity Ring than actually seeing them live in 2012 did)

XXYYXX 60 Minute Set Boiler Room Los Angeles (whole thing is good but skip to 24 minutes in lol)

okay this last one isn't Boiler Room at all but uh. umru ♭⒉♭ fraxiom at Lavapalooza is Umru and Fraxiom doing Minecraft parody covers of hyperpop songs at a concert that happened in Minecraft itself. but it's unironically kind of good at certain points if you have the same kind of brain damage i do where you enjoy Fuck Buttons

[cetitan]

I will admit I have not listened to Nero's Day at Disneyland until right now because I've always thought Nero's Day at Disneyland was a horrible name for a musical artist. Even if now as I listen to From Rotting Fantasylands I admit it is a fitting one

[album-cover-battle]

WRITTEN BRACKET BELOW THE CUT!

Polls start April 3rd at 3:00 pm EST!

LEFT SIDE, UP TO DOWN

1. I Hired A Clown For My Birthday And All I Got Was This Stupid Album !! - Gum Disease VS Hansel And Gretel - Sodikken

2. From Rotting Fantasylands - Nero's Day At Disneyland VS anarchy!! - STOMACH BOOK

3. Melodrama - Lorde VS maybe i will see you at the end of the world - Sydney Sprague

4. Another Light - Red Vox VS Dog Police - Dog Police

5. Oil Of Every Pearls Un-Insides - Sophie VS The Electric Lady - Janelle Monáe

6. Fear Of Death - Tim Heidecker VS Yellow Magic Orchestra (USA) - Yellow Magic Orchestra

7. Is This It (USA) - The Strokes VS Four-Calendar Cafe - Cocteau Twins

8. Ditzy Scene - Cardiacs VS I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love - My Chemical Romance

9. Hypnotize - System Of A Down VS Subliminal Sandwich - Meat Beat Manifesto

10. The Eternal Struggles Of The Howling Man - Rob Zombie VS Willoughby's Beach - King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard

11. Transcendental Youth - The Mountain Goats VS Oceanborn - Nightwish

12. Odyssey - Valiant Hearts VS Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins

13. Hosannas from the Basements of Hell - Killing Joke VS Blood Fire Death - Bathory

14. Irratics - Irratics VS Tago Mago - CAN

15. Fragile - Yes VS The Mollusk - Ween

16. Snakey Wake - The Residents VS Out Of The Blue - Electric Light Orchestra

RIGHT SIDE, UP TO DOWN

17. They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants VS Weezer (Blue Album) - Weezer

18. Sigma - REOL VS Soft Sounds From Another Planet - Japanese Breakfast

19. By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers VS In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson

20. Plastic Beach - Gorillaz VS Alpocalypse - Weird Al Yankovic

21. Titanic Rising - Weyes Blood VS Wasteland, Baby! - Hozier

22. How To Be A Human Being - Glass Animals VS Axis: Bold As Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

23. Bitchboy - The Oozes VS Insomnia - Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards

24. 3d Virtual Buddies - Dream Puzzles VS Elsewhere - Set It Off

25. Tmp2 - Graham Kartna VS ABSOLUTE EARRAPE 99999 - Algorithm Dude

26. The Ugly Art - Machine Girl VS Jill's Psychedelic Sunday - Paul Shapera

27. Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan VS Life In Cartoon Motion - MIKA

28. Prequelle - Ghost VS Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo

29. OK Go - OK Go VS La Culpa - Los Bunkers

30. Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum - Tally Hall VS Dinosaurchestra - Lemon Demon

31. Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues VS A Kiss In The Dreamhouse - Siouxsie and the Banshees

32. Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails VS Dance Fever - Florence and the Machine

[dracolizardlars]

finally getting around to listening to music that Lauren Bousfield put out under her own name (as opposed to, as Nero's Day At Disneyland). yesterday I saw my friend's brother and we ended up talking about her music and he reccomended his favourite album, Avalon Vales. so far sounds exactrly like the Nero's album From Rotting Fantasylands which means it's like the music equivalent of crack cocaine for my brain 100000/10

[riinzler]

🎶 - What kind of music does your muse listen to? Do they have a favorite genre? Do you think the aux cord would be taken away from them?

i know in my heart rinz is a breakcore fan or at least the grid version of breakcore specifically the album from rotting fantasylands by nero’s day at disneyland type shit but i don’t think he’d like the songs with more prominent vocals just b/c i don’t think he’d vibe w it

i do 1000000% believe he’d have the aux cord taken away in SECONDS if he ever played it around other ppl tho