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Album cover art for 'Spectral Gaze' single by Pohokolius released in 2023, featuring a tunnel filled with glowing, interconnected neon tubes creating an immersive experience, evoking the sensation of gliding through a colorful vortex
Album cover art for 'Spectral Gaze' single by Pohokolius released in 2023, featuring a tunnel filled with glowing, interconnected neon tubes creating an immersive experience, evoking the sensation of gliding through a colorful vortex

Spectral Gaze

Bouncy synths meet crushing beats in this psytrance-infused banger
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Spectral Gaze

This track aimed for psytrance but ended up a mix of psytrance and bassy electronic sounds. The first half is full of melodies. The second half shifts to a psytrance bassline, like Vini Vici from 2016-2022. It's a unique but predictable blend of '90s synths and modern production.

Official visualizer: Watch on YouTube


Creative & Technical Details (expand)
  • Production Software: Bitwig Studio, Audacity, mastered on SoundCloud (powered by Dolby; Thunder preset/style at 39pct), revisited with LANDR (Open-High preset; 3-feb-2025)
  • OS: Fedora Silverblue
  • Cover Art: Created in GIMP (drew a few random colorful lines, used Cubism, Little planet, Neon and Vignette filters)
  • Typography: Montserrat-Alt1 (Custom version of Montserrat, OFL-1.1 License)

Technical Analysis (Source Master)

Source: pohokolius_-_spectral_gaze.flac
Format: flac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s32 (24 bit)
Tempo:  127.9 BPM
Dynamics:
  Crest Factor:      9.8 dB
  DC Offset:         0.000001
Loudness Stats:
  Input Integrated:    -13.9 LUFS
  Input True Peak:      -4.6 dBTP
  Input LRA:             6.9 LU
  Input Threshold:     -24.1 LUFS
  Target Offset:        -1.0 LU

Analysis done using ffmpeg and aubio

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