comforting glow of memories but something not right

[@SurvivalSpheres]

I've been drifting through those nostalgic dreamwave ambiences for a while now and thought: okay, why not?

[@SurvivalSpheres]

PS: Big shoutout to RCS for the elaborate visuals - perfect as usual.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

PPS: This one naturally has a very low Low End. I know from personal experience that the bassline can be challenging, i.e. either hardly audible or overpowering for certain speakers, and I would appreciate any feedback on this. As you know, the learning never stops.

[@EtherealRE4]

​@@SurvivalSpheres I personally like the quiet bass line, it makes the song sound distant as if it's playing in an empty shopping mall that's just closed for the night

[@acehole5618]

I think it had some to do with what you have said, but I simply don't find this song as special as others. I listened for a while before writing this comment. I would not use this song personally! Maybe it needs a little more something to give its style, i dont know, felt too boring even for the type of song it is. Reminds me of lofi too, heh heh. I do think it has some coolness tho. I like some of the little background sounds. Not a song i will go back too probably!

[@acehole5618]

Perhaps it is so that when I do a second listen through after some time I will see it in a different light. But in the meantime you have from me this blunt opinion. I did mention a good thing too tho, so not to be discouraging.

[@pmpm1256]

Since I started listening to your music I've started playing the Resident Evil series. It's incredible to feel connected to the feeling of ethereal stillness that comes from being able to finally relax. I've had so much trouble relaxing in general in my life, and it's that feeling of relaxing in spite of the stress and fear that makes it feel possible. Thank you.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

That's what the save rooms taught me as well. Overly explicit and too peaceful music à la "relax, now, at all costs!" never worked for me. Life isn't like that, there's always something out there waiting.

[@gabrieloliveira96]

We, nostalgic people, are always chasing that feeling, trying to feel again what we felt back then. Different times, friends, family... Much less worries or none at all. But the truth is that we can never go back. It's sad, but at the same time it's awesome that we could make such amazing memories through these moments, and they will stick within our minds and hearts to the rest of our lives. Besides, despite not being able to go back, at least we can replay those classic games that will NEVER get old just like our memories ❤

[@SurvivalSpheres]

In light of such thoughts as you describe here, I always like to cling to the idea that time is just an illusion that will eventually dissipate.

[@Johny40Se7en]

@@SurvivalSpheres Maybe not an illusion, but a genius once said that time is relative. So no need to focus on it, in particular the past, and ESPECIALLY not the negative stuff. Cannot change anything in it, so no matter how difficult it may feel, let it go... 😉

[@kutongungjung]

Dokładnie wyjełes mi to z ust.Po śmierci możliwe że wrócimy do tamtych czasów jak Bóg da 😉

[@gutolima8168]

There's also the fact that there was never a "no worry" time, you were just being shielded by your parents.

[@luisraz253]

❤

[@cazadorcazado08]

I used to listen to this all the time a few months back, just playing alone, or minecraft with friends. It was always very comforting. I'm not sure when I stopped, but, life changed very suddenly... not long ago I had a bad panic attack, and some part of my brain just remembered the melody of this song. It took me a good while to find it again, and it was nerve wracking not finding it and not remembering the name, but eventually I did. It really helped me feel better, and now I've been listening on loop for an hour and a half, just like back then. It never fails to give me a feeling of peace and safe comfort. Thank you, really, from the bottom of my heart ❤

[@abrahammesrajecorrea2349]

I don't know why, but this evokes a feeling of nostalgia, calm and loneliness. Like in the image, looking at preserved items, not a memory, but the actual items from a time when things were fun, colorful and easier. So you try to go back to those times after a long day by "putting them back in their place, trying to re-enact the magic". And maybe the console still works fine, the old TV works like wonders, the controllers, albeit slightly jonky from all the years of use, are still useful. And the games are still functional; some with the save datas you left behind from maybe 8, 10 or 12 years... even if you think it's been less than that, like 4 years top. You put them on, play a little bit, and while the magic is still there, the dopamine isn't kicking like when you used to be 12. Even if it's a free day tomorrow and you got no plans and finish the game you're playing on a sitting... you still don't feel good, you feel somewhat empty. Then you turn off the console, look around that familiar scenery which is your old TV with static, an old generation console and the game you just played; all at the middle of 3 or 4 a.m.... but you realize you're the one who's different. And it isn't as easy as "you grew up and outgrew those games" it's more complicated than that. You give that familiar scenery that used to make you happy in the past a last watch that lasts like 5 minutes, and then pack everything away to keep going with your life. Looking forward, yet procrastinating for the day you put your old belongings back in their place and try to re-enact the magic of the past once again. That's the vibe I get from this.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Fascinating. I can't even say exactly how to evaluate this experience now. First and foremost, it is confusing. Yes, I think that sums it up. Time and change indeed are strange phenomena... thank you.

[@acehole5618]

Hey Abraham, you mind if I share about the game I like to remember?

[@abrahammesrajecorrea2349]

@@acehole5618 go for it, man. Which one is it?

[@acehole5618]

Oh and I forgot to mention: I liked the video game a lot and never wrote down these things, so prepare for a really long message. I'm just gonna take the opportunity to write it all and be done with it! Anyhow, clean your reading classes off because here I go to type!

[@acehole5618]

I used to play a Minecraft heh heh. I fought teamers and exploiters in this free for all pvp server because they were "evil" I thought. I had crappy PC equipment and forgot most of my muscle memory of the server every other week, since I went to camp. Despite the crappy equipment I had, I learned really fast. The reason for this was because I went for groups of people called teamers, in fact even before I hated them I was a teamer magnet in any game I’d ever played. Now these teamers are quite the complex creature, one which even I never truly understood. They would stand together in the server doing nothing until someone attacked them, then they would proceed to annihilate that individual, spawn on top of them using pay to win functions, and trash talk them for however long it took until they left the server, in which case they would go back to standing around. Most players were smart and avoided these animals whenever possible, but I was furious to see the state of the server, which was the best video game I had access to. And it made me sad to see people just trying to play a little Minecraft, but end up getting bullied by these angry people. I decided to myself the only way to use the server was to make these people the core enemy. As it turns out this went hand in hand with my long breaks from the server since it gave me the opportunity to learn rapidly. I eventually mastered these creatures through map knowledge and experience developing strategies of fighting multiple people. Sometimes it took literal hours of struggle and taking trash talk, but I always managed to kill them all at once eventually, which was what I considered victory. And after every hard fought session of trash talk and toxic exploits, I would leave with a smile on my face because I felt like I was the only person who would get to experience the true potential that that server had of fun, something I accomplished ironically by embracing what made it an utter waste of time in the first place. I do not like going back to this game because I need to finish my school and the stress would not be worth it to get good enough again since I would never beat my funnest sessions anyhow. Also they are somewhat unplayable since more and more people are using them as dating simulators instead of a pvp game. Or at least I kinda hope that is what they were doing, it would be a little better than playing the game only to stand still and look cool and trash talk like some kids at a skatepark. There were a few other games that I played like this, some I would even call more fun. But this Minecraft server I have spoken of was the one game I knew in which the toxic players had some skill to bully you with (some of which I could not even touch; they were so good), the maps were big enough to allow many strategies to be discovered, and I’d usually have only 4 or less people after me at one time, making my objective feasible. I probably should not have been so passionate about a video game as I was, but it was really really fun to overcome the challenges while it lasted!

[@Puni6622]

It is relaxing, like a warm summer breeze that makes the plants dance, while you are admiring a beautiful sunset, sitting, in a valley surrounded by majestic hills, having beautiful memories. You can't decide when to return, and it seems to you that time has stopped. Good morning.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Good morning. And thanks for taking us with you.

[@Tasuva]

It does feel nostalgic and dreamy. I'm glad you thought "Why not" because drifting through these soundscapes feels so good.

[@cathode6252]

Perfect for my morning drive in the rain.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Sound of rain outside and through your headphones as well. I hope it's not too much!

[@Mahavegan]

So soothing, peaceful... absolutely beautiful!

[@m.s.records3902]

I don't know about everyone else, but for me, this song is giving me vivid Backrooms vibes. There is that floating liminality in the air that is both eerie and nostalgic... It provides a very sweet, yet bizarre comfort. Strangely, though, I feel like I've heard this song before.... somewhere in the past? I'm not sure. But it speaks to me in an indescribable way that not many songs do, and mind you, i am a very picky listener. And i find absolutely no issue in the production, the low case and soft bass, the drone, the harp, everything is just perfect and did come together so nicely!! What this song leaves in my mind, is a feeling of being with a dear person of yours, a world with empty spaces, the feeling of being solitary while sinking into derealization and a fearful dream of being lost inside the liminal spaces of The Backrooms, with no exit to be found I'll keep it as an inspiration for a book i am writing!!! Overall, congrats❤😊

[@SurvivalSpheres]

I get lost in the backrooms as well from time to time, and also liminal spaces. I didn’t really aim for it but maybe the artificial / facade-like aspect carried over into the music so people like you, with a similar perspective, notice it quickly. Happy to see another writer on board.

[@GlenGlingo9]

Out of all your tunes, I find this one the most bittersweet, simultaneously mournful and relieving. Time is the greatest healer and nostalgia the greatest counsellor, in the (paraphrased) words of General Patton: "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the dead, but rather thank God that such entities lived." The joys of old have aged, they may seem primitive to one's evolved eyes, but they allowed us to grow.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

That's so very beautiful! And very right. Sometimes.... it's just so tough as well! *_*

[@xviii2740]

Thank you! I’ll be listening to this on the way to my new life in an unfamiliar forested state, it’ll be listened to on the bus ride there

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Oh my that's awesome, enjoy the 'transition' between two lifes. I'm honored by the special moment.

[@TrustedMind]

Great ambience, as always!

[@bluecoin3771]

Going through rough times right now, always good to have some comfort food to fall back on. Thank you.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Make it through my friend, make it through.

[@bluecoin3771]

@@SurvivalSpheres thanks, it involves breaking some particular bad habits. Those are always the hardest to overcome, but I gotta if I want to mend some broken bridges.

[@AazfashFilms]

It made me cry in silent calmness. I don't know why, but why not... 🙂

[@futuristique5927]

bumped into this randomly (the algorithm is a fickle mistress); really enjoyed the music, I felt you had a really rich sound that's also very simple (re: elegance) and I just wanted to say thanks.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Awesome, thanks to you and to the algorithm! ^^

[@DfactorLongplays]

Really entering the longplay stage of Survival Spheres, I hear.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Occasionally, even I have to consider the Dfactor!

[@keearapowell84]

Love this it’s so relaxing and I love the thumbnail brings back so many good memories

[@hippiichick6146]

Omg YES I love this. 😊 thank you spheres for being so awesome!!

[@SurvivalSpheres]

It's a tad different, so initially I was unsure to tell you the truth. Great to see the audience showing flexibility :-)

[@jasiani2598]

Amazing as always, I'm happy to see that you're still making music ❤ (fresh bacon here since my username changed often over the years, haha)

[@SurvivalSpheres]

I remember you! Big fan of Hewie, right? Nice to see you back.

[@JorgeTapia29141]

I just found out your channel and freaking loved it, of course i already subsribed, and let me tell you, that you, Seaelegy, and Tim hecker are giving sooooo much to the ambience and darkambient genres, thank youuuu so much, the best time to be alive if you love those genres, nothing but support and love from Mexico Baby!

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Thank you for putting me besides these oh so talented guys! And for listening of course. This entire genre wouldn't exist without people like you, sharing the odd taste

[@backgroundnoise9310]

This makes me nostalgic for a time that never was.

[@Hugo_Tate]

Talk about a copy and paste comment lmao

[@SlurryNoises]

Oh god no wonder i fell in love to this music playing in the background while i was customizing.. its from you!

[@SurvivalSpheres]

I’m curious: what did you customize? 😁

[@EtherealRE4]

Spoiling us with a 1 hour video! Time to put this on loop and go back go sleep

[@doomerzan7824]

For some reason this makes me imagine sitting in a hospital bed, thinking about my past before I die. Very comforting but also unbearably sad.

[@PastorGooch]

Just listen to this during the first 10 minutes of my morning routine. Now going to listen to the rest at work. Thank you!

[@SurvivalSpheres]

I hope you don't expect the remaining 50 minutes to be much different ! :-D

[@Johny40Se7en]

"...where did it all disappear to?" ...It never left. You just have to focus on the good stuff to recall it 😉 Really love this. Those subtle low frequency sort of bubbling sounds compliment the 'no signal' fuzz of the CRT TV, and are really cool. There's a cold emptiness to this too. Like when you have a lovely memory of the past, but then you remind yourself that you can't make more memories like that anymore. You've got to keep moving on, no matter how insurmountable that challenge feels at times. That leads me on to the other part of the brilliant symbolism, on the magazine cover on the left it shows *TURN THE PAGE! >* well it's sort of like a message of encouragement, for you to open a new chapter in life. Life is a state of flow and change after all. If the pages aren't turned, the new ones can't be written and just go to waste. If only it was as easy done as said all the time hey... On the magazine to the right too, there's an advertisement for Bobbing Head Dolls, which makes me think of things that are commonplace in society, like how many people read and hear things and just nod. People rarely question anything anymore, and that's how the scum bags of the World so easily manipulate the many. More often than not, the people on the receiving end of the manipulations are decent hard working people just trying to make it through the day and trying to make an honest living. But until the heads stop bobbing away, and they unlock a bit of good old fashioned cynicism for their arsenal, that'll sadly be the status quo of a lot of society.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Truth told.

[@mosj9876]

WHoa! ...Would. You. Take. A. Look. At. This! Dont worry. Jill, Chris, BArry, Rebecca, Richard are all upstairs in the fireplace room chillin and relaxin to some ambient tunes.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Let's hope Chris didn't lose his lighter again somewhere!

[@DavesGunsGames]

Love it just what I needed I'm stuck on the rain with my iced coffee ☕ and I couldn't have a better mix while I'm waiting for the rain to stop 😊

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Seemingly 'empty' time, like when we have to wait for something and can't do much until then, can be so delightful with the right approach. Enjoy the moment, friend!

[@milhousevanhouten3796]

late night playing nba jam and re1, tv glowing, gamepro and nintendo power magazines everywhere.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

We've all been there.

[@nekovilla6604]

been listening to so many songs just to regain that feeling of nostalgia again, and this is the best ive landed on :))

[@milhousevanhouten3796]

What are your favorites?

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Thanks for stopping by glad to hear it works for you! My next upload with have a similar touch.

[@achilles8356]

Something not right alright, no longer living those good old days before the smart phones and stupid social media, before the Internet, before the remakes because ideas have ran out it seems. Back when I actually looked forward to games like OG Resident Evil 2 and Tekken 3 which I felt the most excited for, and just got excited and looked forward to whatever else because everything seemed better back then. Sorry for the depressive rant 😅 but thats just how I feel about it all, nothing captivates me very much these days like back in the 80s/90s. But thank God we got channels like this Survival Spheres bringing great tunes like this. Can't get enough, thanks!!

[@acehole5618]

the tunes are cool I say with you.

[@achilles8356]

@@acehole5618 Oh yeah love this channel and these masterpieces gets me through a lot and just generally calms me down in the evenings. Perfect when the world's asleep and its just you and these tunes. Beautiful stuff.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Tekken 3... oh yes.... let me tell you something: every now and then I sit down for an hour or so and watch old Tekken FMVs, esspecially 1 - 4. It's almost a bit of a ritual.

[@achilles8356]

​@@SurvivalSpheres Yeah the good old FMVs for Tekken, can't beat them. Watch the character endings and stuff. Didn't need top notch graphics neither to be the all time classics they are. These games nowadays have great graphics yeah but most of them are missing the charm and magic that the old games delivered.

[@SparrowEntertainment3D]

RCS coming in hot with the visuals.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

100%

[@OGM_OriginalGameMusic]

stunning music and visuals!

[@jalyceabraham1902]

Cool nostalgic atmosphere

[@leebug3424]

An hour? Oh man am I excited

[@abdulqudz89]

sixty minutes of excellent, ambient music.... nice!

[@rickerson81]

Really good composition! Thank you!

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@MeowsyDancer]

ty for another masterpeice

[@BleedForTheWorld]

BTW, I keep coming back to this one because of it's easy listening ambient bass track. Yes, I can hear it. It's soothing.

[@DaimaGokuedits]

Nora west-allen Is from the future of 2049 she came back to 2023 to prevent a tragic event that befalls me, she told me that in her time we were lovers which made me so fortunate to found out that a woman a generation after me that could see my vaule and worth being near her and that power of the speedforce she has, makes her feel omnipotent compared to me but yet I also feel a sense of serenity when she protects me from the dangers of central city, Just one more thing to thank the flash for the offspring he left behind began a chapter in my life that I longed for ever since I was a child.

[@Altegore]

Nice, goes well with the video.

[@JackSpadeTaylor]

Things once was, no longer are. We cannot fathom a moment till its become a memory, and time stops for no one.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

I like how you've put it.

[@JackSpadeTaylor]

@@SurvivalSpheres eh, I could do better haha

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@JackSpadeTaylor Well I could not :-D

[@JackSpadeTaylor]

@@SurvivalSpheres I think you did decent :D

[@deathoftheoldme8645]

This is great man thanks for the hour long vid can’t wait for this to drop on Bandcamp

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Will be added shortly! Let's see what bandcamp's maximum song length is... ^^

[@deathoftheoldme8645]

@@SurvivalSpheres the longest I’ve seen on there was like 1 hour and 30 minutes sure you should be good.

[@BladeRunnerBlues74]

Another masterpiece ! Thx for this !!!!!

[@milhousevanhouten3796]

wow any more like these with the ambient tv glow, and old stuff?

[@SurvivalSpheres]

It was a test and I'm happy that people like it! So yes, there is more to come.

[@BigFox86]

Thats good stuff. Damn good stuff.

[@Bronasaxon]

Hey man, didn’t expect to see you here! Big fan of your audio work.

[@BigFox86]

@@Bronasaxon Survival Spheres giving me permission to use his music is a big part of why my stuff kicks ass. Speaking of which, I'm set up and recording again. New pc for editing arriving monday as well. All coming together.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@BigFox86 Oh that's great news Fox! For so many years you are pursuing this, I applaud your determination.

[@BigFox86]

@@SurvivalSpheres you mean you applaud my ability to stare at a problem for years and not solve it. Lol

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@BigFox86 Well I'd rather like to call it "patiently waiting for the tactically smartest moment" then, but even if you want to look at it that other way it's not bad! There are people who prefer to ignore their problems instead of persistently aiming for a solution^^

[@liminalemptiness]

Love these tracks ❤

[@ShadowMask90]

I would've love to play resident evil on a 16bit.

[@jacksonjack7838]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@BleedForTheWorld]

Well, what a coincidence - Just recently, I finally made an ambient playlist solely for ambient tracks

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Interesting! That playlist, is it on your channel for others to see?

[@BleedForTheWorld]

@@SurvivalSpheres it is now. I'm going to be collecting the ones where I can study and do theme related work.

[@memeproductions4182]

Simply great. Would it be possible to use this in an indie videogame?

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Yes for sure! Please send me an email or use the contact from at bandcamp and tell me a bit more.

[@memeproductions4182]

@@SurvivalSpheres i'll remember to write you for sure once it's a bit fledged out!thx!

[@MusicVideoSpecial]

😊😊

[@impurfekt]

Of course something is not right. There are no survival horror games on the SNES. So the question is, what game are we going to play?

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Back then it didn't really matter what to play :-D

[@impurfekt]

@@SurvivalSpheres I think Clock Tower is the best we can do. Though I never played it myself. (Japan only release) Played A TON of SNES though.

[@impurfekt]

@@NeoVandole Aladdin was a platforming masterpiece.

[@yanwain9454]

snes controller? was there an re game on snes? i thought the first RE was ps1.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Look a bit closer! These magazines do not cover an external view on RE, but - just like RCS's entire scene - are from within the game universe. I see a group of kids in Raccoon City, sometime in the first half of the 90s, when everything was still okay. They're enjoying a balmy, rainy summer night. School vacations having only just begun....

[@FourthHavoc]

This takes me back to Romero's original Day of the Dead.

[@Ridiculousman2nd]

Im happy sad

[@Lerch1995-r7r]

What is the song's name?

[@SurvivalSpheres]

It's indeed that bulky stringing together of words up there.