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Album cover art for 'Rhenium' single by Pohokolius released in 2025, featuring an abstract dark photo of distorted gray mesh converging to a dark gray circle in the center. The track name 'Rhenium' and artist 'Pohokolius' appear in white/pale light purple in the middle.
Album cover art for 'Rhenium' single by Pohokolius released in 2025, featuring an abstract dark photo of distorted gray mesh converging to a dark gray circle in the center. The track name 'Rhenium' and artist 'Pohokolius' appear in white/pale light purple in the middle.
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Rhenium

This high-energy track explodes chaotically. It shifts tempo, starting at 110 BPM, peaking at 128, then dropping back to 110.

This was the first time trying a shifting-tempo mix. The production is intentionally rough, mixed by feeling, making it loud, unpredictable, and raw. Compressors struggle, creating weird sounds. It has a very melodic middle section with odd bass synths. The goal was to see what would happen if it was deliberately messed up.


Creative & Technical Details (expand)
  • Beats per minute (BPM): 110-128
  • Loudness: around -13.9 LUFS (integrated)
  • Production Software: Bitwig Studio, Audacity, mastered with LANDR Open-Low + SoundCloud Dolby Thunder (28pct) and Aurora (100pct) + LANDR Open-Low + SoundCloud Dolby Thunder at 22pct + LANDR Warm-High. All in all, mastering salad to make it sound damaged, overcompressed and destroyed.
  • OS: Fedora Silverblue
  • Cover Art: Created in GIMP (drew a lot of lines, changed HUE/Saturation, used Little Planet, used Illusion and Gaussian blur filters)
  • Typography: Montserrat-Alt1 (Custom version of Montserrat, OFL-1.1 License)

Audio stats for nerds

Input Integrated:    -13.9 LUFS
Input True Peak:      -5.1 dBTP
Input LRA:             2.4 LU
Input Threshold:     -24.1 LUFS

Output Integrated:   -23.3 LUFS
Output True Peak:    -10.2 dBTP
Output LRA:            1.5 LU
Output Threshold:    -33.4 LUFS

Normalization Type:   Dynamic
Target Offset:        -0.7 LU
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