Also look up the fantasy works of Clark Ashton Smith, which is where they got the name for both the album and the songs. I think the image is very fitting with the tone of his works.
@@BaronCemetery The image particularly depicts The Last Incantation, as does also the back cover of the vinyl by the same artist Matt Jaffe, who did such an amazing job on the release!
Top notch album that is unlike 90% of the DS you've listened to/are pointed to via the archives and/or RU-vid. Love it love it love it. Tangerine Dream meets Pink Floyd as performed by your DM.
I have been picking away at the Dungeon Synth genre from the edges, waiting for something to really hook me. It is both incredibly surprising and not at all surprising that the artist to do so would be devotees of the Emperor of Dreams himself, one of my favorite authors, the legendary Clark Ashton Smith.
Music like this seeps to your bones. Edit: Clark Ashton Smith was a master in cosmic horror. No wonder he influences synth enthusiasts. This actually reminds me of the ambient from Carpenter's The Thing's soundtrack to some extent, the movie being an cosmic horror masterpiece.
This album is fucking dope. Fans of Kirkwood will rejoice. Please, take the time to get sucked into this one, it is a journey. Not your run of the mill dungeon synth plagued with repetitive movements, there is depth here.
This is exactly the style I like! Obviously took influences from old german synth music like Tangerine Dream and Popol Vuh, just like Old Sorcery on the 2019 masterpiece "Strange and Eternal". 👍👍👍
This is some of the best music i've ever heard. it's beyond music, it is a work of profound skill and artistry. So glad this genre has not been corrupted and remains niche. Simply amazing.
I swear, you're on a mission to empty my wallet. So much interesting stuff on this channel, and a lot of it is hard to come by in physical formats so I always feel the urge to snatch up a tape when they're available (this one only had a few out of 25 left). Totally love the Jim Kirkwood vibes.
@@yuggothrecordsarchives Yeah, I saw that and am going to buy it without listening to a single track (I like surprises, and can count on these guys to be worth while). It's sitting in my cart until payday.
Other people are making music based on Clarke Ashton Smith's stories?? Awesome! I have a drone track called The City of the Singing Flame on my channel, but this is completely different and cool.
If you like the sound of a siren, and all the distance of something maybe more industrial yet abandoned, listen to Wake by Lycia. It’s been one of my deeply loved songs for over a decade. When it wails it pours.
Hi Caleb! So Berlin School is typified by a lot of processing effects, synthesizers, and a general sort of cosmic/spacey ambiance. These swelling and fading synth sections that give a feeling of mystery, magic, grandiosity -- akin to Vangelis or Tangerine Dream etc. -- are also a big part of the style. I'm being a little reductive, but hopefully that helps! Basically soundscapes from the time of early Moog synthesizers. The name "Berlin School" is just one of several used to describe the genre/style, but it comes from the fact that most of this genre's development happened in West Germany in the late 60s, if I'm not mistaken. Something to do with a generation of musicians/artists/students feeling fed up with the artistic and cultural legacies of WW2-era Germany as well as the encroaching popularity of American pop -- a desire to make their own modern culture. And they did succeed in many ways -- Berlin School style music has had a profound effect on other areas of electronic music, and even game and movie aesthetics, among other things.
Germany produced 2 great styles of electronic music: "Berlin School" and "Düsseldorf School" (also known as "Krautrock") - both in the 70s. Most famous artists of Berln School were Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream. Most famous artists of Düsseldorf School are Kraftwerk.
So to start I will say that I wouldn't classify this as Dungeon Synth. There are so many parts in which the genre kind of changes and I would say it contains Trance/Dark/Space/electro ambient themes, But I think the overall genre title I would give it is electro/space synth. There is a lot of old 80s style or ig classical synths in this, some parts sound like the most generic 80s synth to exist (24:00 literally sounds like the stranger things intro). That being said, I think he juggled all the different genres reasonably well, so I would commend him on that. I think one thing that's wrong with the DS community is how they over-hype everything. now of course it isn't bad to be positive, but the comments of this video paint this as the best music they've ever heard, when although its good, its not that great. Maybe its just a personal preference but I think its better when they stick to one genre, that way it has a better max quality cap. I personally don't like how much it sounds like old 80s synth. A much better space/dungeon synth album is "Ruins of a Celestial Fire" by Midnight Odyssey. Overall all id give this one a 7.
I am quite a newbee in the DS fields but you exacly said what I'm thinking about it,even though not really a point making arguments on what others likes or not. This is a very good and calming album definitely. I will check it out your recommandation too! Thank you!
