Alder
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Post by Alder on Jun 20, 2017 18:24:55 GMT -5
Fellow Dungeon Dwellers - Here is the first release for my project Alder Deep. These are murky dungeon sounds recorded live. Feedback is greatly welcomed. alderen.bandcamp.com/album/chapter-1-the-descentꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ EDIT 7/12: Tapes are now available for Chapter 1.EDIT 7/22: Chapter 2, digital & tapes now out.ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ--ꚛ This project tells the tale of delving into Alder Deep, an extensive subterranean network reaching far beneath the surface. A magnificent treasure is fabled to rest in the deepest darkness...if one can survive the murky passages and that which dwells within. Chapter 1 describes entering Alder Deep and travelling farther and farther into the darkness as the pressure of the gloom builds upon the mind. At first, claustrophobia begins to creep into the mind of the Delver until the cave suddenly opens into a great cavern filled with the pale skeletons of unknown creatures. Panic and fear drives the Delver deeper into the darkness until encountering a subterranean lake. The placid waters lend a sense of resolute calmness and the Delver pushes on with determination, despite the progressive dimming of their source of light. The first chapter ends as a faint glow is spotted in the passage ahead and the Delver extinguishes their own light, slowly descending into a stupor as warped memories of the surface world begin to overwhelm... Current plans are for 5 chapters in total to tell the full story. This is a particularly personal project, heavily influenced by my own real-world experiences in cave diving and subterranean exploration. There's a certain indescribable aspect to the way the darkness and underground space encloses the mind and begins to alter your perceptions of reality. I've been thinking about creating a music project on this subject for quite some time, and I'm rather pleased with the first segment. This album was recorded live (no post-processing) in a single take, which is also a method I'm keen to keep developing for additional chapters. Let me hear your thoughts!
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Post by thekeeper on Jun 20, 2017 18:41:51 GMT -5
This is insane. I love this. I'm only three minutes into the first track, but it's so immersive and original. Really like the almost horror-tinged somber tone of the composition. The synth warping, things breaking into a loop, the percussion noticeable at times, at others washed by the dreadful confusion. Just brilliant. I'll give more feedback later on.
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Tyrannus
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Post by Tyrannus on Jun 20, 2017 21:50:17 GMT -5
Fucking amazing. Not even through track 1 and it's knocking nearly everything I've heard this year out of the god damn park
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Alder
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Post by Alder on Jun 21, 2017 12:17:05 GMT -5
This is insane. I love this. I'm only three minutes into the first track, but it's so immersive and original. Really like the almost horror-tinged somber tone of the composition. The synth warping, things breaking into a loop, the percussion noticeable at times, at others washed by the dreadful confusion. Just brilliant. I'll give more feedback later on. Such a positive response is really encouraging! This is deeply music that I've made for myself, so it's pretty exciting to see that it appears to be resonating with others. I look forward to your review and thoughts on the rest of the album. Horror (or perhaps "dread") was a definite theme I wanted to capture. I absolutely love the emotional "high" that comes in the beginning of a dungeon setting - descending the steps with a torch in your trembling hand, with no idea what lurks in the shadows ahead...
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Alder
Magic User
Murky dungeon sounds: alderen.bandcamp.com
Posts: 228
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Post by Alder on Jun 21, 2017 12:21:19 GMT -5
Fucking amazing. Not even through track 1 and it's knocking nearly everything I've heard this year out of the god damn park Thank you so much! You've been a big inspiration to me in thinking about noise in the dungeon setting and gaining the confidence to share my own take.
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Post by setfiretostrawmen on Jun 21, 2017 12:24:45 GMT -5
I'm in full agreement with the above. An original, scuzzy sound--in a good way.
Awesome stuff!
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Tyrannus
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Jun 21, 2017 12:33:04 GMT -5
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Post by Tyrannus on Jun 21, 2017 12:33:04 GMT -5
Fucking amazing. Not even through track 1 and it's knocking nearly everything I've heard this year out of the god damn park Thank you so much! You've been a big inspiration to me in thinking about noise in the dungeon setting and gaining the confidence to share my own take. What I'm loving about dungeon noise is that no one is copying anyone and they're all doing pretty amazing, unique stuff. I'm so excited to see where this movement heads and to hear more great music
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Post by nahadoth on Jun 21, 2017 18:40:58 GMT -5
This is one terrifying record godDAMN. I want to listen to it again with headphones but I don't think I possess the fortitude.
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Alder Deep
Jun 21, 2017 18:55:45 GMT -5
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Post by nebulosa on Jun 21, 2017 18:55:45 GMT -5
This is an insane debut, an excellent dungeon noise release: super dynamic and the way the synths and noise blend together and weave around the tracks sounds so organic. Love the direction dungeon noise itself seems to be going in as well.
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Post by thekeeper on Jun 21, 2017 19:35:55 GMT -5
This is insane. I love this. I'm only three minutes into the first track, but it's so immersive and original. Really like the almost horror-tinged somber tone of the composition. The synth warping, things breaking into a loop, the percussion noticeable at times, at others washed by the dreadful confusion. Just brilliant. I'll give more feedback later on. Such a positive response is really encouraging! This is deeply music that I've made for myself, so it's pretty exciting to see that it appears to be resonating with others. I look forward to your review and thoughts on the rest of the album. Horror (or perhaps "dread") was a definite theme I wanted to capture. I absolutely love the emotional "high" that comes in the beginning of a dungeon setting - descending the steps with a torch in your trembling hand, with no idea what lurks in the shadows ahead... Some thoughts, track by track: Mouth of the Deep - Utterly terrifying and crushing track. Everything synchronizes perfectly. Paints a great image for rest of the album. Into the Crevasse - I felt this track was pretty similar to the last. While this seems intentional, it feels weird because it's so similar. If the intention was to build like a feeling of endlessness, I can understand that, but I felt like the track needed some more variation in the haunted key melody that drives it. The ending sound overload is wonderful, though. Encompassing Darkness - This one kind of takes the main lead idea from the last two and spikes it, swirling a lot of weird and unsettling noise around it in a few different phases of intensity. This one and the last two I think could've been like part I, II, and III within a larger track. They have some of their own things going on, but I see them more as phases of a something singular. The Narrow Passage - I love this track. This has a much stronger kind of ultra dark noisy noir jazz thing that the previous played with, but this one revolved around that feeling. Kind of has an organ-ish feel to the keys, reminds me a little of Bohren & Der Club of Gore. Chamber of Pale Bones - This is like the second phase of the previous track. The synth organ kind of sound evolves more into a noisy saxophone and it turns everything into a depressive death jazz. I know this is a subterranean themed album, but I can get a sense of like an industrial urban thing with this track and the last, moreso this one with the percussion. The Fear - Odd track. Something of an interlude track in my eyes that starts to form the pulse of the next track and those ahead. Is this supposed to be a bit like a rushed scared pulse? I could see that but it didn't seem too fearful to me. Subterranean Lake - There's a weird stillness to this track, as if I'm looking in the dark at a motionless body of dark water. Probably the most skeletal track. A good song and successful in its imagery but probably not in my top picks. Faltering Torchlight - This really does feel like you're being eerily guided by what little light you have. There's something about the mixing that creates like an emotional reverb, resonating against the broke noise pulse and the wandering synth. Love this track. A Faint Glow Ahead - The beginning of this sounds like the burn of the mysterious glow. First track that's somewhat hopeful, that dread may not be the only thing below. The simpler minimal keys lessen that dread a bit, the lack of minor key shifts that give much of the previous its eeriness. Memories of the Distant Surface - The noise plummets downward in key and it feels like it shouldn't, not in the musical sense, but in the "I'm not out of here yet" sense. Something about this reminds me of the end of Doom games where you learn that despite all your efforts wading through hell, you're only going to be facing more. It leaves a feeling of it not being over, which I think is fitting as this is only Chapter 1. The lighter keys at the back of things in the 3-4 minute span reminded me of the creepier Pokemon gen 1 and 2 GB tracks. In it's entirely, it's a wonderful album that I honestly don't have a much criticism about. Everything worked, hardly a dull moment. I did think the first three tracks were a bit too similar, where at some points getting into the third I thought "ah, is it just going to keep doing this", but it became more dynamic after that. It was interesting how the tracks grouped into separate album phases, the noisy and horrifying first three, then some industrial depressive jazz, leading to a pulse that carries the some more stripped down elementally focused tracks that eventually lead off into a pair smoldering quasi-hopeful reminders that there will be more but it won't be nice. I think the live recording of this really worked well for its overall cohesion. Patiently awaiting Chapter 2.
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Post by Carl Shoemaker on Jun 21, 2017 21:39:54 GMT -5
I caught wind of this release on the FB page, mainly bc carnith and Isaac, thought it was a great release. I'm listening to it now, and I'm definitely not a fan of dungeon noise, this sounds pretty good to me as far as that goes, not too over bearing,. Keep up the good work. I look forward to the next chapters, but will definitely listen to this one alot!
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Tyrannus
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Post by Tyrannus on Jun 21, 2017 21:45:05 GMT -5
I caught wind of this release on the FB page, mainly bc carnith and Isaac, thought it was a great release. I'm listening to it now, and I'm definitely not a fan of dungeon noise, this sounds pretty good to me as far as that goes, not too over bearing,. Keep up the good work. I look forward to the next chapters, but will definitely listen to this one alot! That's me! Are you in the facebook group, Alder?
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Post by Carl Shoemaker on Jun 21, 2017 21:57:39 GMT -5
I'm relatively new to the FB group and DS in general, I'm Carl Shoemaker.
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Post by Tyrannus on Jun 21, 2017 22:08:02 GMT -5
I'm relatively new to the FB group and DS in general, I'm Carl Shoemaker. Hey I've seen you around! I post in that group and here all the time haha potentially an excessive amount. I'm really just online way too much in general haha. I'm just curious to see who makes what, and that kind of thing, although it does seem to demystify things a bit. I find the community quite fun so hey that's what counts
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Post by Carl Shoemaker on Jun 21, 2017 22:17:27 GMT -5
I heard about this site from seeing you reference it on the FB page in reference to "fantasy synth" I love to get recommendations for good zDS from both sites, and Im sure a lot of the people are cross-overs.
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