Potentially the most interesting band when it comes to lore Considering we know nothing atm we can only speculate and given what we know either Free Association is a group of Octolings that Marina found to make music for the Memverse or Free Association is an ai that was either built in by Marina or was made when Order overtook things I think the idea of it being an ai is more neat
Until I am proven wrong by lore updates, I like to imagine Free Association as the following: A robot (that has an appearance similar to members of the parallel cannon) built by Marina to create nice, orderly music for the memverse to put the sanitised octarians at ease while they undergo whatever treatment they need. Marina decided to base the artificial intelligence for this robot on her own memories so that the music had a sense of relatability to the octarians. This worked well at first, as the robot (her name from now on is “Order.mus_creator”) created orderly music like all the 1 tracks and the boss themes for those rare floors which went for a more intense approach. Unknown to Marina however, the exposure to the memories of other people and her brain being an artificial intelligence eventually led to a moment of self awareness. Order.mus_creator created more tracks that imitated previous ones (the 2s and 3s) but the more she became self aware, the more the tracks fell into more panic and disarray. This kept going until she had the ultimate enlightenment, realising that she is a robot that is based off Marina instead of being biological Marina. This realisation would go on to fracture her worldview and regress into a more shy and low-spirited character, not even wanting her face to be seen even on the album covers. She even gave up making music temporarily thinking that what she did doesn’t matter since she is purely virtual and a (what she thought) worthless imitation of a kind genius. What brought her back to making music was the peace and contentedness she feels when listening and creating orderly music. It’s obviously just a pre-made program designed off Marina’s joy from creating music, but it was still real to her. It made her feel free. So go back to making it she did. The new tracks were a bit different from her old works (like the postgame foyer originally being jammy for the octarians waiting, to newer tracks that had a more introspective tone like both Order Sector themes), but still felt orderly and right to her. Order.mus_creator remained a shy yet calm woman, but did feel better about herself by being different from Marina. Imposter syndrome hurt less for her by being less of an imposter (in her eyes) of Marina. She let her tentacle hair drape over an eye, prioritised grey with red accents over black with green accents, and wore berets and beanies. However, her wish to be biological Marina still existed deep down to some extent, which is why she wears Marina’s order splatfest outfit and has a preference for brellas. During the events of Side Order, she hides away in a secret hideout located in the Order Sector, creating some tracks to play in the tower to assist agent 8 in mentally getting in the right frame of mind. Comforting through the failure theme, and getting serious with “New World Order” and the foyer themes are Order.mus_creator’s way of helping from the unseen backlines. In the end, her alias “Free Association” comes from her newfound acceptance of herself, being her own woman who is allowed to freely associate herself as Marina in private sometimes.
By the way, I like to imagine “Unsconscious” as Order.mus_creator’s first track after her enlightenment. It being about the misery she feels over being artificial, believing that her consciousness is both hollow and a curse to experience. Not even wanting to be conscious, she desperately wishes she could be the “real” Marina but cannot due to being a “fake doppelgänger” as she sees it. As such, the music is moody and sorrowful sounding. The vocals in it are believed to be Marina’s by everyone, but in actuality is the only use of her voice in a track. Her voice is identical to Marina’s, but is slightly muffled and echoes now and then. The onward melody is also used to represent the memories that do not “belong on her”. The entire piece is essentially an imposter syndrome-induced bout of misery channeled into orderly music, which is why she plays it for the Marina Agitando boss fight, it shows how it’s not truly Marina behind this despite being about her.
Definitely my new favourite band/artist. I can’t believe my favourite genre got into a Splatoon game (ambient). Most of the less ambient tracks are pretty great too, with a lot focusing on being more quiet and tone-setting.
Free Association is so... interesting. BUUUUUUT, they make great music soooo.... But still, I hope we learn more about them like we did with Acht (dedf1sh) because her connection with Marina is REALLY cool.
any chance we could get a 30 minute extended cut of the "Foyer 3D Mix?" i can't find any other versions of it on youtube and its so relaxing to listen to
Its the foyer, kinda lobby before enter the game but before entering the 30 floor tower from memory This area had like 3/4 song that evolve during game One at the ealiest, after the tutorial, one after beating marina ida, one after postgame
Potentially the most interesting band when it comes to lore
Considering we know nothing atm we can only speculate and given what we know either Free Association is a group of Octolings that Marina found to make music for the Memverse or Free Association is an ai that was either built in by Marina or was made when Order overtook things
I think the idea of it being an ai is more neat
Until I am proven wrong by lore updates, I like to imagine Free Association as the following:
A robot (that has an appearance similar to members of the parallel cannon) built by Marina to create nice, orderly music for the memverse to put the sanitised octarians at ease while they undergo whatever treatment they need. Marina decided to base the artificial intelligence for this robot on her own memories so that the music had a sense of relatability to the octarians.
This worked well at first, as the robot (her name from now on is “Order.mus_creator”) created orderly music like all the 1 tracks and the boss themes for those rare floors which went for a more intense approach. Unknown to Marina however, the exposure to the memories of other people and her brain being an artificial intelligence eventually led to a moment of self awareness.
Order.mus_creator created more tracks that imitated previous ones (the 2s and 3s) but the more she became self aware, the more the tracks fell into more panic and disarray. This kept going until she had the ultimate enlightenment, realising that she is a robot that is based off Marina instead of being biological Marina.
This realisation would go on to fracture her worldview and regress into a more shy and low-spirited character, not even wanting her face to be seen even on the album covers. She even gave up making music temporarily thinking that what she did doesn’t matter since she is purely virtual and a (what she thought) worthless imitation of a kind genius.
What brought her back to making music was the peace and contentedness she feels when listening and creating orderly music. It’s obviously just a pre-made program designed off Marina’s joy from creating music, but it was still real to her. It made her feel free. So go back to making it she did. The new tracks were a bit different from her old works (like the postgame foyer originally being jammy for the octarians waiting, to newer tracks that had a more introspective tone like both Order Sector themes), but still felt orderly and right to her.
Order.mus_creator remained a shy yet calm woman, but did feel better about herself by being different from Marina. Imposter syndrome hurt less for her by being less of an imposter (in her eyes) of Marina. She let her tentacle hair drape over an eye, prioritised grey with red accents over black with green accents, and wore berets and beanies. However, her wish to be biological Marina still existed deep down to some extent, which is why she wears Marina’s order splatfest outfit and has a preference for brellas.
During the events of Side Order, she hides away in a secret hideout located in the Order Sector, creating some tracks to play in the tower to assist agent 8 in mentally getting in the right frame of mind. Comforting through the failure theme, and getting serious with “New World Order” and the foyer themes are Order.mus_creator’s way of helping from the unseen backlines.
In the end, her alias “Free Association” comes from her newfound acceptance of herself, being her own woman who is allowed to freely associate herself as Marina in private sometimes.
By the way, I like to imagine “Unsconscious” as Order.mus_creator’s first track after her enlightenment. It being about the misery she feels over being artificial, believing that her consciousness is both hollow and a curse to experience. Not even wanting to be conscious, she desperately wishes she could be the “real” Marina but cannot due to being a “fake doppelgänger” as she sees it. As such, the music is moody and sorrowful sounding.
The vocals in it are believed to be Marina’s by everyone, but in actuality is the only use of her voice in a track. Her voice is identical to Marina’s, but is slightly muffled and echoes now and then. The onward melody is also used to represent the memories that do not “belong on her”. The entire piece is essentially an imposter syndrome-induced bout of misery channeled into orderly music, which is why she plays it for the Marina Agitando boss fight, it shows how it’s not truly Marina behind this despite being about her.
its an AI ( specifically the fishes in the background of levels)
Definitely my new favourite band/artist. I can’t believe my favourite genre got into a Splatoon game (ambient). Most of the less ambient tracks are pretty great too, with a lot focusing on being more quiet and tone-setting.
You and Nintendo deadass just put me on a new genre. Thanks!
Free Association is so... interesting. BUUUUUUT, they make great music soooo.... But still, I hope we learn more about them like we did with Acht (dedf1sh) because her connection with Marina is REALLY cool.
Ive been waiting for this since Side order came out thanks you man 🙏
Your welcome ! Next might be off the hook or dedf1sh update !
Thank you sercate was waiting for this banger
next might be Off the hook or dedf1sh wich I will updated
any chance we could get a 30 minute extended cut of the "Foyer 3D Mix?" i can't find any other versions of it on youtube and its so relaxing to listen to
The pre-tower clear Order Sector music is sooo good
aaaaaaaaaaaaah sercate tes albums sont trop cool quand tu t'ennuie
The Order Sector 2 looks peacefully to me, Right Guys?
vibe:)
can we please get an hour loop of foyer 3d mix.... i use your channel all the time as bgm for my work and drawing!!! great channel
Can someone please tell me where “Foyer 3D mix” plays, it’s my favourite out of all Free Association’s tracks.
Its the foyer, kinda lobby before enter the game but before entering the 30 floor tower from memory
This area had like 3/4 song that evolve during game
One at the ealiest, after the tutorial, one after beating marina ida, one after postgame
@@SercateSo, it plays when fails their first climb after Marina and goes back into the foyer to try again?
When does BGM sdodr play?
Cutscene after saving marina ! ^^
I love sdodr is so yummy 😊
On les entend où les musiques 2 et 3?
Cutscene apres avoir sauver coralie
@@Sercate a,ok j'ai toujours crue que c'était Origin of Orders qui se jouait😅