Merry christmas everyone! Finally, it's the time where I can take a look at everything that happened this year, for both my music and my -youknow- life.

Without further delays, I present to you the Dimcap '24!

Music-wise, it has been a pretty uneventful year for me tbh, with my only releases consisting of like maybe 2 or 3 ALBUMS?! This has been BY FAR my most productive year ever, having released a total of more than 40 songs! This year was a major turning point for my discography, too, with much-much experimentation to my sound, switching genres literally every few months, breaking out of the speed trance sphere and messin' around with way more sounds, concepts, chord progressions, and expanding on my sound design. I literally locked in.

However, the biggest thing to happen in the Dimscography (yes thats what its called) has to be my first full-full length record, W/A/S/T/E/D. This has been my greatest, most complete work to date, with every song in every chapter following a concept, a story that -I hope- can put you in thoughts, because that's what I believe art should do. Of course, being so cryptic and out-there, I knew that it wouldn't gain much attention, and I have been proven right for the most part. However, everyone who listened through it has been more than intrigued, and that's what matters to me most. If there's anything to listen from me after this, it'd be this record. I truly recommend you give it a chance!

Despite some flops, like PRESS SELECT TO START and W/A/S/T/E/D (people don't seem to like capital letters smh) this year we had some major wins too. For a start, I've been frontpaged (or been in a frontpage) 4 times this year! Well, I guess only one was completely MY song, but that's besides the point. This has been overall a very successful year, more so than 2022.

To embrace this period of radical change, and to characterize my music better, I decided to rebrand my name (once again), as you can see, from Dim-J to dim7ay. The last time I had a rebrand was in 2021, also to characterize that era and style, going by Invisibility. Despite the fact that the word contains 5 damn i's, it was also very forgettable and at the same time very hard to search. I decided to switch back to the original name of Dim-J, a name I came up with at the humble age of -10 years old-, made by having the start of my actual name merged with the word DJ. While I still think that concept was cool, 'specially for back then, the excecution was... bad. The name required you to remember that J in the end, which also seemed kinda out-of-place, and most importantly required a DASH, which isn't available in every method of writing online, further complicating everything.

So there I am in my sketchbook, tryna stylize writing my name, when in a quick scribble I accidentally wrote the J as a 7, and that was that. 7 is one of my fav numbers, the ending of my current age, and most importantly the year I was born ('07 boii), so for it to stylize my nickname so perfectly, giving a deadmau5 vibe, it was perfect for me. As I hope you've already noticed, it is pronounced exactly the same (d-ee-m-j-ey).

With this change, I finally got the push to get to support my fav website, Newgrounds itself, needing so to change my username. I'm really glad this site exists, so it's an honor to be able to support it, even by a tiny bit. If I ever turn a profit out of music, you bet your butt I'm sending my support there first thing!

2024 wasn't only good music-wise, though, because I believe it was one of my better years here on planet earth, loaded with first experiences (as was the case in my past years of high school), good few friends, good ol' laughs, and possibly being my most stable year since 2019, for a lot of reasons (life stability, emotional stability, stabilital stability (stable) ). This year, I've also had the best summer of my life. I'm so glad, even after anything bad, that I got to live such a nostalgic summer as my last before adulthood. I'm glad I got something to reminince of, when I'm 30, and drinking alone in my apartment! (jkjk)

Concluding this -blog?-, I'd like to thank yall for listening to my music throughout the years. I hope or I'm glad you could find enjoyment in my songs, even if it was once, or a multitude of times. I wish you have sum cool holidays, ppl. ;)

That's it for this year. Be tuned for next releases, and have a good day.

Dim's out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaY6Fnw61Is

Enjoy!!

My biggest and most experimental project is now public as a whole on YouTube, without ads (i think) nor empty space between tracks. The closest listening experience to that of a CD. Enjoy! (good luck)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TajUKSjy0gI

embrace Her. luv you all ;)

Thank you for the support throughout the years, and I hope you enjoy my latest record, that's STILL free for download 😁 As a gift, I'm thinking about giving out some CD's to anyone who wants to :D Write down if you are interested!

https://youtu.be/RQDJnDXJy6I?si=O3fZKm5TcIm0E0gf

My darkest and grandest project thus far, W/A/S/T/E/D, is now available for a limited time as a free download on Bandcamp!

Enjoy.

First song of my sophomore album, W/A/S/T/E/D: https://youtu.be/OVe8KWGJTkI?si=wgHE4QF4Ne_gIPA9

Released also on NG of course :D

Please consider giving it a listen, I'm very curious to hear your thoughts on this style!

The album itself is most probably going to be released in 7/12, so be ready for that! Physical releases are to be announced later:D

It's been a whole year since the day I released "Friendships"... Time flows so fast!

... and It was then one of my most personal pieces I made at the time, yet now it doesn't even come close to the deep deconstruction of my psyche that my upcoming album has, which will be my most introspective project I've ever made, and for that reason, probably the most hard for anyone to get into.

The style is a mix of all my personal music preferences, from Hip-Hop to Rock to Ambient to straight up noise. It's really different from what I've ever made before, way more simplistic, loop-y, and overall darker, and because of those preferences it was all around way more fun to produce too. If there is a name for this, it'd be Dimcore, because it's THAT unique.

The album itself is more of an experience than a bop, and it's based around a concept, that splits the LP into 4 chapters. That means that the majority of the songs in this album aren't shuffle-able. If you were to buy a CD of it and play it on shuffle, You would hear a Hip-Hop-y trance bop, followed by a 5 minute ambient noise that sounds like it was recorded in hell, and after that a Video-Game sounding Rock riff... It's just...

As I mentioned above, the project will be very hard for most to enjoy. I think I subconsciously stopped trying to reach a general audience, because it did never satisfy my soul. That means that if you were to like this album, you would need to like most of the things I like, which is very hard, because every human is different, and so I'm trying to accept that this album may never reach that many people, but at least I want everyone who is reached out to understand and enjoy this project at least a bit like I enjoyed making it.

Now, to the practical stuff. The album should be around less than an hour long (47 minutes are done) and it's gonna be released after the release of the single(s), which are coming this summer! As for the physical releases, I'm not sure yet if I go through with them, but I'd really like to! The release, all 'n' all, should be around late summer to September, I'll announce it, along with the title, in a future update...when I think of a title.

Have a great day,

DimDim

Hello, individuals,

For the 16 Spotify listeners, I've started to publish my latest music officially in all of the known platforms, including Apple Music and Spotify, with the first release being 'Friendships' on April 16!

Next song to get a release may be either:

-the 2024 megacollab, as an EP with the rest of the 3 previous collabs, that are for now exclusive to Newgrounds only

-Through a distorted mirror

-Probably not, but I may release the chiptune mix, even though it performed badly.

After these releases, I'm looking to complete my sophomore album, which I maybe shouldn't make promises about, but the making of it, so far, is actually looking good! It definitely leans towards some new influences, and some darker compositions, but I think it rocks so far. I'd call this new style as a mix between Trance and Hip-Hop, or at least that is how it's sounding at the moment. However the record is very early in it's production, and I wouldn't count on expecting it to release in this first half of 2024 sadly. I'll still try to create some singles in the meantime, though, and maybe releasing a few from the record itself before its release.

I'm really hoping for the best with this one, in terms of popularity, and I maybe should try to advertise my music a whole lot more before it. Of course Listens and Plays don't mean anything in terms of satisfaction with my music, but I'd really like to reach an audience that is looking for music like mine. Maybe it's the sin of pursuing pride. Maybe it's just logical to want your creation to affect people in a good way. I don't want to create a name, and neither a brand, I'd like to create art that people can find a part of themselves in.

Well, good life, and be ready!

-DimDim

"Through a distorted mirror" released!