{"id":2059,"date":"2026-05-21T21:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/?p=2059"},"modified":"2026-05-21T21:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:34:44","slug":"nightbutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/nightbutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightbutter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bryn Schurman - Nightbutter official visualizer\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XOBS-pRgKGA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been messing with an electronica song since May of 2025. I had gotten some new synthesizer VST plugins and was experimenting with arpeggiated, acid\/303 style bass parts, as well as some cool analog synth patches for pads and leads on my Deepmind12D. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just couldn&#8217;t make it flow. I had three or four sections that didn&#8217;t seem to relate to each other, and I was getting frustrated. I knew I had to add vocals to give myself a framework, as well as some forward momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March of this year, I went to make a new text document to throw together some song ideas. In my lyric drafting directory, I found a file I couldn&#8217;t remember anything about, called &#8220;Night Butter lyrics&#8221; and created sometime in 2019. It was a scrap of nonsense that I&#8217;d had rattling around in my noggin, &#8220;I was covering myself with butter, like a man in a dream.&#8221; I don&#8217;t know where I came up with it, probably a fever-dream after seeing the trailer for The Greasy Strangler. I think this was something I&#8217;d played with for an afternoon and then deemed too silly\/stupid\/gross to finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were just nine lines in the original draft, but as a lark, I started chanting it in a goofy voice over some sections from my abortive acid-breaks experiment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh crap, this kind of works!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I revised the lyrics, figured out a structure that worked better, and added more layers with some of my new toys, including a Roli Seaboard M and a Korg modwave Module. At first, I was using them as a placeholder, which I told myself I could rewrite into something less dumb&#8230; like how &#8220;Yesterday&#8221; allegedly evolved from Paul McCartney singing &#8220;Scrambled Eggs&#8221; . But no, I couldn&#8217;t bring myself to change the chorus to &#8220;Net Runner&#8221; and mutilate this masterpiece into some mere Cyberpunk pastiche. Viva Nightbutter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just can&#8217;t decide whether I want to call this genre Churnwave, Electronic Butter Music, or Phospholipid House. <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/causticreverie.bandcamp.com\/track\/nightbutter\">Bandcamp<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3CSsF0Ww3oDO7EFEXTCRtV?si=t7ksu9EASne5VBYsa5zxqg\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/nightbutter-single\/1895819521\">Apple Music<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nightbutter-4-6-26-2500.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nightbutter-4-6-26-2500-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2064\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nightbutter-4-6-26-2500-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nightbutter-4-6-26-2500-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nightbutter-4-6-26-2500-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nightbutter-4-6-26-2500-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nightbutter-4-6-26-2500-1536x1536.png 1536w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nightbutter-4-6-26-2500-2048x2048.png 2048w, http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nightbutter-4-6-26-2500-624x624.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been messing with an electronica song since May of 2025. I had gotten some new synthesizer VST plugins and was experimenting with arpeggiated, acid\/303 style bass parts, as well as some cool analog synth patches for pads and leads on my Deepmind12D. I just couldn&#8217;t make it flow. 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