Aptitude by Jory Galdia

Composed, produced and performed by Jory Galdia. Cover art photography by Jory Galdia.

The cover photo is of Sunset Blvrd. in West Hollywood, CA; taken with an OLYMPUS SP-810UZ on April 28th, 2012.

All tracks created in 2013 except for "Black Swan", "Eclipse" & "Above Where..." which were made in 2017.

The track "In Helios" was created in 2013; a ROXIO game capture card was used to record Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved without the background OST music.

The title of the last track was inspired by a title of an art blog post from a website called But Does It Float in the early 2010's: https://butdoesitfloat.com/A-gulp-for-the-whole-of-life

Also on:
· YouTube: https://youtu.be/5Rs09VqKtSk

Thanks for listening.

Samples:
· "This Is Everlasting" contains samples of "Loaded" by Primal Scream; contains samples of dialog from the movie Up in the Air; contains samples of SFX from the game Super Metroid.
· "Until Then" contains samples of "Logan Rock Witch" by Aphex Twin; contains samples of "Golden Diva" by Flying Lotus; contains samples of "So What" by Miles Davis; contains samples of "Smooth Operator" by Sade; samples SFX from the game Donkey Kong Country.
· "Rays Of Light" contains samples of "Voodoo Child" by Jimi Hendrix; contains samples of “Louder Than A Bomb” by Public Enemy.
· "Powered By Darkness" contains samples of "What Does Your Soul Look Like, Part 4" by DJ Shadow; contains samples of SFX from Rival Schools: United by Fate.
· "Over The Edge" contains samples of "Venus As a Boy" by Bjork; contains samples of SFX from the game Eternal Champions.
· "When The Time Comes" contains samples of SFX from the game VectorMan.
· “Eclipse” samples a currently unreleased song.
· "In Helios" contains samples of SFX from the game Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved.
· "The Eliminator" contains samples of "Infinity" by The xx.
· “Above Where The Satellites Beam” contains samples of “Diners Only” by The Avalanches; contains samples of SFX from the game Perfect Dark. All other samples are from various creative commons samples and YouTube video sounds.
· "Metamorphosis" contains samples of "Lust for Life" by Drake; contains samples of SFX from the game Portal 2.
· "Gulp To The Whole of Life" contains samples of "100,000 Years" by Kiss; contains samples of "Is That Enough" by Marvin Gaye; contains samples of "Money" by Pink Floyd; contains samples of "Do While" by Oval; contains samples of "Firth Of Fifth" by Genesis; contains samples of “Hot Poop” by The Mothers of Invention.

Tracklist

1.	This Is Everlasting	4:08

2.	Until Then	5:18

3.	Rays Of Light	2:53

4.	Powered By Darkness	3:12

5.	Over The Edge	3:23

6.	When The Time Comes	3:55

7.	Black Swan	1:49

8.	Eclipse	2:53

9.	In Helios	4:47

10.	The Eliminator	3:29

11.	Above Where The Satellites Beam	3:11

12.	Metamorphosis	5:08

13.	Gulp To The Whole Of Life	7:26

Credits

released December 29, 2024

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