Two short animated scenes made in code, same city at two times of day (clip A and clip B). I'm after real critique, not ratings:

1. What place and time does each one feel like? Who lives there?
2. Where does your eye go first? Is there anything that pulls attention in a bad way, or that you never noticed at all?
3. Colour: what works and what feels off? Be as specific as you can.
4. Depth: does the distance from the mountains to the street feel real? Which layer is weakest?
5. Movement: calm, or is anything too fast or distracting?
6. Would you leave it running on a second screen for an hour? Why or why not?
7. One change you'd make to each.

Detailed answers are what I'm hoping for. I'll read every one.

A

B

Hey!

Looking for the best epic and emotive synthwave solos - sax, guitar or otherwise

I tend to prefer instrumental but open to any suggestions :)

Some favourites of mine (no particular order):
- Sun City - Restless Heart
- September 87 - Man Eater
- Pylot - The Return
- Pylot - Breathe
- Volkor X - This Means War
- Volkor X - Stratos
- Zombie Hyperdrive - Red Eyes
- Zombie Hyperdrive - Mare Infinitus
- Zombie Hyperdrive - Nemesis
- The Midnight - Crystalline

Looking forward to more!

-- EDIT --

As much as I love Dance with the Dead - I held off adding them as most of their songs (at least that I know) are wall to wall shredding, rather than stand out solos. But I'd there's any I should add - let me know!

Acrylic on stretched cotton canvas. Inspired by the work of Hiroshi Nagai.

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/track/1cuhG7waNir3HWgIoTqBDt?si=64ed0c827d934ce3

I wrote this immaging me while I'm driving to my favourite arcade. Any tip or suggestion is welcome. Thanks.

I run ORSA, a 24/7 synthwave radio stream, and I'm replacing the background visuals. This is a city skyline drifting sideways, three layers of buildings at different speeds, 2-minute seamless loop. The bright version plays in the morning, the mellow one in the evening. Generated in code, written with an AI coding assistant, no third-party art.

I'm after your vision more than a rating:

1. If this skyline were the opening shot of a movie, what's the movie? What happens next?
2. What's missing that would make it feel like a real place you'd want to be?
3. Is the speed right for something you'd leave on for hours? Anything that gets tiring after a few minutes?
4. One thing you'd add or change, and why. Neon signs, a sun, rain, traffic, something I haven't thought of?
5. Bright or mellow?

Detailed answers are what I'm hoping for. I'll read all of them, and the next version will be built from what you say.

A

B

I welcome feedback as I'd like to get better at this.

Halloween music for coding meets dark electronic rhythms and a haunted cyberpunk workstation. Dead Terminal is a two-hour Halloween special for late-night programming, debugging and focused work, with ghostly whispers, distant screams, chains and haunting-wind ambience woven into the mix.

23 electronic tracks accompany skeleton hands at the keyboard, scrolling terminals, cyan neon, desk mist, candlelight and a moonlit window. From time to time, the code skull pushes out of the screen. This is the darker, seasonal side of Slow Lava Coding.

Think. Code. Survive.
Music made with code. For minds that code.

WATCH NEXT
Data Core — dark cyberpunk coding music with rain and bubbling ambience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9liqQ4c1m4
Night Shift — cyberpunk coding music with keyboard ASMR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl9xf6TyFQg

TRACKLIST / CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:12 Dead Terminal
00:03:37 Midnight Exception
00:07:17 Graveyard Protocol
00:11:33 Spectral Cache
00:15:49 Hollow Circuit
00:19:58 Midnight Backdoor
00:24:08 Blackout Terminal
00:28:37 Ghost Frequency
00:32:27 Last Packet
00:36:22 Haunted Gateway
00:40:51 Empty Socket
00:47:36 Night Watch Port
00:54:21 Silent Exception
01:00:45 Lantern Circuit
01:07:28 Null Cathedral
01:14:12 Whispered Key
01:20:55 Phantom Branch
01:27:38 Neon Seance
01:34:02 Afterlife Protocol
01:40:43 Spectral Relay - Alternative
01:46:03 Spectral Cache - Alternative
01:50:56 Hollow Circuit - Alternative
01:56:03 Deadlock Avenue - Alternative

ABOUT THIS SESSION
• 2:01:07 total, including the familiar Slow Lava Coding introduction and its sound.
• 23 selected tracks, including alternative arrangements, in one continuous Halloween session.
• Occasional horror sounds and an approaching code-skull animation.
• Original Blender scene, with skeleton typing, animated code, light flows, fog, flames and moonlight.
• Original Slow Lava helmet with five red music-reactive bars.

CREATION / NO AI MUSIC OR VISUALS
Music is arranged, mixed and processed with code in Slow Lava, our custom Python studio, using NumPy, SciPy, SoundFile and FFmpeg. The original 3D scene was built and animated in Blender. Studio toolkit: Slow Lava, Blender and DaVinci Resolve Studio; this edition was assembled and exported with Slow Lava and FFmpeg. No generative AI music or image models are used to create these arrangements or visuals. Some audio comes from licensed musical recordings and sound-effect libraries.

COPYRIGHT & CREDITS
© 2026 Slow Lava Coding — original visual creation, music arrangements, editing and video production. Third-party samples, recordings and assets remain the property of their respective owners and are used under their applicable licences.
Musical source libraries: Mobile Music Pro, Ghosthack and Oversampled — CYBERPACK 2077.
Halloween sound effects: u_6dbry9y6qd, DRAGON-STUDIO, AlesiaDavina, Alex_Jauk, JuliusH, Jusatti890 and Universfield, via Pixabay; additional CC0 effects by VishwaJai and qubodup via OpenGameArt.
Haunting-wind ambience: DRAGON-STUDIO, “Haunting Wind” (asset 515270).
3D assets: Blender Studio Human Base Meshes (CC0); Poly Haven models, materials and HDRI, including Brass Candleholders by Tina. Moon: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio / Ernie Wright, CGI Moon Kit, LRO/LROC/LOLA; no NASA endorsement implied.
Source/licence references:
https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/
https://opengameart.org/content/dragon-flap-0
https://opengameart.org/content/ghost-monster-voice-moaning-growling
https://opengameart.org/content/ghost-breath
https://polyhaven.com/license
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4720/
Full production sources and visual credits are retained with the local video export.
Woodlouse by .hapto GmbH, created in cooperation with Senckenberg Museum fuer Naturkunde Goerlitz / museum4punkt0. CC BY 4.0. Model: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/woodlouse-fae04aa296f844c18675f6ae50aefe77 Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Adapted in Blender: scale, lighting, walking timing and placement on window glass.

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#CodingMusic #HalloweenMusic #CyberpunkMusic

1991 is basically the 80s ;)

If you wanna follow me on IG:

www.instagram.com/daveadrounie

I'm also available for production and session guitar work for hire.

Thank you for listening!

Hey everyone! Just wrapped up my 8th annual Horrorwave mix, something I've been doing every October for the past eight years.

This year I went back through my previous seven mixes and picked out some of the darkest, hardest-hitting tracks from artists like Carpenter Brut, Gost, DEADLIFE, and two of my own original tracks.

I went a little heavier on the visuals this year too, with a full DJ performance, creepy effects, and plenty of old-school horror vibes.

Definitely recommend watching on a big screen with the lights off, but it's a fun listen on its own too.

Hope you enjoy it, and happy Halloween! 🎃

I’ve spent a lot of time carefully curating the sound for this project, focusing heavily on the moody, analog synth atmospheres and deep vocals of the 80s—drawing a lot of inspiration from the darker side of Tears for Fears and Depeche Mode among others.

The first track on this playlist, 'You Can Call Me Anytime', captures exactly the vibe I wanted. I'm actually exactly 41 streams away from hitting my first-ever Spotify royalty payout on that specific song.

If you are a fan of that classic dark-synth era, I'd love for you to give the playlist a spin and let me know if it hits that nostalgic sweet spot.Playlist Link

You know what day it is!

Feel free to talk about music general stuff here. Please report offending posts - it's the easiest way for moderators to get alerted to rulebreaking content. Artists, don't forget to use the OC tag. Thank you, and have a wonderful day!

Yours,

/u/netrunnernobody

Collection of golden hour movie scenes.

High contrast inversion, chromatic separation, and the complete removal of organic indicators.
Functions as a high-signal mood board anchor or chapter separator.

[ Entry from the AetherIndex open repository. Free for creative study. ]

I produced this track thinking about night driving, outrunning something that changes continuosly

Jason Youth - Shadow Valley. Artwork by: Davide Picardi