DSQUE, by Zackery Wilson

DSQUE

by Zackery Wilson

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Joel Hands-Otte Man, this is one FUNKY album! I really love how these snippets of DS games are woven into the music, it's super catchy! Favorite track: RIGHT Twice a Day [Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time].

jake d good music, i like buttons Favorite track: You Must B Fun at Parties [Mario Party DS].

Note This is a very fun and diverse album! The songs are great on their own, but it also feels nice to hear familiar samples getting reworked into such wonderful tunes, bless ESQUE! Favorite track: Ellie Has LEFT the Building [Monster Tale].

Blue Navi His work speaks for itself. From his attention to detail, solid production, playfulness of all his tracks, to the respect of the source material, Zackery proves that his “Esque” series is an unstoppable force. I can’t wait to see where he journeys next. Favorite track: Power UP, Buttercup [Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS].

pennypenpen This is one of—if not his best—works. From the first track of the album to the last one, the variety and overall production quality is top-notch.

If you're familiar with Zackery Wilson's work, then MON DIEU please give this album a listen; and if you're not, I promise you, you'll be blown away from this album (with the extra recommendation of checking out SNESQUE I & II)! Favorite track: Double Cross X-Amination [Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney].

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1.	Weird Flex-A-Tone, but Okay [Rhythm Heaven] 02:24	buy track
2.	RIGHT Twice a Day [Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time] 03:11	buy track
3.	DOWN to a Fine Art [Drawn to Life] 02:47	buy track
4.	You Must B Fun at Parties [Mario Party DS] 02:45	buy track
5.	Double Cross X-Amination [Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney] 03:36	buy track
6.	Simian Sound SELECT [Diddy Kong Racing DS] 03:15	buy track
7.	Power UP, Buttercup [Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS] 03:39	buy track
8.	Might as Well Jump START [Mario Kart DS] 03:09	buy track
9.	Ellie Has LEFT the Building [Monster Tale] 03:30	buy track
10.	Palms R Sweaty [WarioWare D.I.Y.] 03:23	buy track
11.	Give ‘Em L-Spin [Tetris DS] 02:57	buy track
12.	Deep and Y’d [Yoshi’s Island DS] 04:14	buy track

about

Zackery Wilson’s "DSQUE" — the third installment in the "ESQUE" series — is the intersection of Nintendo DS soundfonts (collections of samples from original Nintendo DS video games) and present-day audio production (e.g. EQ, delay, reverb, filters, etc.). "DSQUE" features “modernized retro” (i.e. simultaneously nostalgic and progressive) composition and sound design, while maintaining the formula laid out in the original "SNESQUE" albums.

The "ESQUE" concept: “Each [track] was created using only one soundfont (exclusive to each respective game), again, only taking liberties with audio production and some creative sample manipulation (i.e. pitch-shifting, time-stretching, etc.); the structure of each track limited to roughly a minute’s worth of music, looping once (in the tradition of standard video game ‘level’ music) before fading out.”

Note: "DSQUE" is wholly original (read: not a remix album). The parenthetical in each respective track’s title simply denotes the instrumentation (i.e. soundfont used) for that particular track.

credits

released May 5, 2023

Tracks 1-12 written and produced by Zackery Wilson (2023). www.zackerywilson.com

Cover artwork by Corey Stephen Design. www.coreystephen.com

Created with FL Studio 11: www.image-line.com/flstudio; soundfonts (by iteachvader, M. Reza Khadafi, Ricardo Rojas): www.youtube.com/@iteachvader & musical-artifacts.com

Track 4 ("You Must B Fun at Parties [Mario Party DS]") features an audio sample created by Miles Morkri, featured on the album "B-SIDE": milesmorkri.bandcamp.com/album/b-side

"DSQUE" featured on:
The Ongaku: www.theongaku.com/posts/dsque-album-bandcamp

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Zackery Wilson Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Composer, pianist, and music educator.

discography

DSQUE

May 2023
DIGIFOOD

Dec 2021
SNESQUE II

Dec 2020
Chip off the Old Block

Jul 2018
SNESQUE

Sep 2014
LOGOS Original Soundtrack

May 2012

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