Labyrinth

Labyrinth is everything I love about synthwave and chipmusic: chunky staccato bass lines, soaring melodies, oceans of spacious reverb and heavy, pumping drums. It was written between daydreams of androids, brain-hacking, and digital kingdoms fraught with the monsters in the machine. It was the most fun I've ever had working on music, and I hope that shows in each and every track.

Written gradually over the course of a year and a half, Labyrinth turned out to be the biggest musical challenge I've faced so far. It incorporates a wide array of instruments, from synths like Plogue’s Chipsounds VST and u-he’s Diva, to live guitar on a Fender Telecaster. My main goal after Quite Operational was to create an album where each song had a unique character, not only in the composition but also in the arrangement, production and mixing. This led to a lot of new territory for me, which was both exciting and terrifying, but I’m extremely happy with the end result and... more
credits

Mastering by Bill Mueller
Design and layout by Rufus Blacklock

Uses the following samples from Freesound.org:

"tibetan chant falsalama 3 med wet" by Falsalama - CC Sampling+ License

"Scream 01" by adriancalzon - CC Attribution License

"MAN SCREAM" by queen_westeros - CC 0 License

"heartbeats" by patobottos - CC 0 License

"Clock ticking" by Mortifreshman - CC 0 License

"Mechanical alarm clock is ticking (SLAVA)" by ST303 - CC 0 License

Included in the $3+ tier of the Chiptune + Charity 7 bundle from Groupees.