CAST · DECK · eight artists, eight cards
Every Noun music artist on the site, as a trading card. Each one has their own kit, their own tempo range, their own mood. Hold them up. Stack them. Print the deck (Cmd+P → landscape).
COMMON
60-80 bpm
Marine Layer
The Patience Kit
"Born of fog and morning quiet."
▶ Morning Fog
▶ Foghorn Letter
When the gulls have not woken and the sailboat is not painted. The patience kit. 60-80 BPM. Soft kick, brush snare, distant bell.
UNCOMMON
100-120 bpm
Block Runner
The Sidewalk-Stepper
"Block Runner finishes first."
▶ Block Runner Funk
▶ Sidewalk Claps
Aggressive 16ths, sidewalk-stepper. 100-120 BPM. Always one beat ahead. Sneakers on Grand, sneakers on Main.
UNCOMMON
78-102 bpm
Release Train
The Five-O-Nine
"Boarding now."
▶ Sunrise on Imperial
▶ The Promise
The reliable 100 BPM cousin. Bright lead lines, steady pad. Five o nine the train is here, five o nine the sun is here.
RARE
60-72 bpm
Night Broadcast
The After-Hours Dial
"The dial-tone of late thinking."
▶ El Segundo at Dusk
▶ Late Station
After hours, after lights. 60-72 BPM ambient pad, bell every fourth bar. Three a m radio. Someone is awake somewhere.
RARE
84-88 bpm
Brass on Main
The Honest Pickup
"Small parade · no permit · no problem."
▶ Brass on Main
▶ Parade Detour
Old man, brass kit, small parade. 84 BPM. Honest pickup. Plays El Segundo summer evenings without invitation.
COMMON
88-92 bpm
Main Street
The Pink Awning
"Pink awning at three."
▶ Boba & Cassette
▶ Pink Awning
The Noun named after a place. Postcards — pink awnings, cassettes, after-school. 88-92 BPM. Soft kick, brush snare.
RARE
124-132 bpm
Friday Five
When Meters Stop
"Nothing subtle. Dance."
▶ Friday at Five
▶ Parking Meter Runs
When the parking meters stop. Loud kit. 124 BPM. Square bell. The bartender said yes, the kitchen said yes.
LEGENDARY
56-60 bpm
Aurora Slow
The Healing Room
"Tide comes slow."
▶ Aurora Slow
▶ Tide Comes In
Tides come slow. 56 BPM, held pads, occasional chime. Healing-room kit. Kelp on the shore, gull at five a m.
RARITY
