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Posted: 1/19/2025

Astronaut (arr. observer (​@​Sad​)​)

by Sadao Enoki / observer / ​@​Sad​

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A good arrangement to a very good song by Dorkus64.

It's kind of difficult to explain exactly how this song makes me feel. It feels very somber and contemplative: like walking down a dimly lit street during a foggy, wintry night while being lost in your thoughts.

At 1:40 in the song, a wandering and graceful piano melody comes in and catches your attention. At 2:40, the melody leads into a section that hits you like a beautiful moment of clarity where the fog lifts for just a moment.

The "colder" electronic sounds in the song contrast really well against the "warmer", "natural-er" instruments like the piano and the bass.

Overall, I really like it.


I believe that the arranger's name is Sadao Enoki. It was difficult to figure it out with just the names "observer" and "@Sad", but I'm reasonably confident. They don't appear to be active on the internet, so this is the best that I got. Kind of a shame because I wanted to see more of their work.