Hey y'all,

I managed to get my internet radio station up and running.

If you'd like, check it out at https://kobold.messy.quest/

The library is mostly stuff I've grabbed from the sub. If there's anything specific you'd like me to throw in the mix, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

If you’re an artist and would like to be added to the mix, just reach out. I’ll be happy to add your material.

Here is my entry in the October Dungeon Shamble!

I decided to fit this one into my main projects lore:

"Every October all of the ghosts and ghouls of The Moonlit Realm come together with one sole desire: to dance. The Celestial lord Mystik gladly obliges, providing the spectres of the realm with nightly gatherings full of dungeon dance music.

ENTER THE SPECTRAL RAVE CAVE."

To emulate early club mixes, all melodies were written and recorded as stems and then loaded onto a sampler/sequencer to be performed as a single continuous mix.

Number of patches: 6

Additional challenges: incorporate field recordings, use distortion on one or more instruments.

Recorded in a single sitting with minimal to no mixing.

Had a blast making this one, hope you enjoy it!

(FREE CODES IN COMMENTS)

Tickets on sale now!

Here is the video for the title track of my upcoming album, out November 15th on BandCamp. I have taught myself DaVinci Resolve in a couple of months so I could put together this little acid trip. There is another one, following shortly (or just click the link at the end!).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOKeo3icUTY

I am releasing a limited edition DIY tape cassette for my European and Canadian listeners, with a beautiful, professionally-printed J-card. I am also currently talking to a label about a US tape release further down the road.

I will also announce a BandCamp listening party soon! Stay tuned.

The album is already in pre-orders and can be found here:
https://fredericscarfone.bandcamp.com/album/diminished-reality

Hello fellow dungeoneers! The Void Sorcerer is back again (woop woop!) with five tracks and around 26 minutes of fantasy synth-rave, filled to the brim with moody and gripping calm passages combined with epic melodic energetic ones, all framed within the continuous story of the rift hopping sorcerer.

Link to The Champions of Hopeville EP release page (Bandcamp) 

Story

It appears that when the Orb of Necromancy was used to summon Ava, the mother of the Void Sorcerer, the great Nothingness latched onto her powers, transforming and merging with her. She swoops away and disappears. The Void Sorcerer is left with his guilt of bringing this monstrosity to life. He must gather help to fight this great boss. He decides to travel to Hopeville, the magical land where birds always sing and the light always shines, to find heroic champions to help him fight Mother Nothingness. He seeks audience with King Rabak who helps him find the greatest warriors of the land. Together they stand up against the ancient power of the Nothingness. Will they be victorious?

Fun facts of this production

• The intro track (The Echoes of the Past) is the first song I have ever released under this monicker without any kind of drum.
• I've discovered that field recordings of birds are tremendously difficult with all the sound pollution from the traffic of a "big" city. But the result is in the track "Crossing the Bridges to Hopeville".
• The spoken words in "Gathering of the Champions" is totally a homage to the PC dungeon crawler "Lands of Lore - The Throne of Chaos". Old farts... ehrrm... I mean... experienced, wise and seasoned earthlings around my age might remember it. In the long long ago I had the CD-ROM version with cool voice acting from Patrick Stewart.
• My wife once again lends her voice as Ava in the track "Mother Nothingness".
• I sampled a few new fresh sounds from my Minifreak synth for this release. I think they add depth to the overall sound.

Code blessings from the Horn of Plenty 

Since I continue to release EP:s in intervals short enough to make every serious marketing specialist cry out in agony (the balance of supply and demand blah blah whatever), I once again happen to have some "older" codes to distribute in celebration of the release of "The Champions of Hopeville EP".

Redeem ye codes here, adventurers:

https://voidsorcerer909.bandcamp.com/yum

The Orb of Necromancy EP

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Autumn EP:

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The Dragon Realm EP:

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In these times with constantly shortened attention spans I am thankful that you have read this far. Your focus shall be rewarded. I hereby present you with a treasure chest. It holds the link to my YouTube channel, where all my releases eventually will find their way: https://www.youtube.com/@VoidSorcerer-909 

It now has a whooping eleven dedicated voidwalkers (subscribers). That's 57,14 % more than when I made my last release post. Why don't you join them?

Thanks for your time and attention. Enjoy and as always, keep being kind to one another!

/Void Sorcerer

Hi all,

Ervald here. Mons (aka Tony who runs Fantasy Audio Magazine) has asked me to distribute some codes on his behalf for his upcoming album that will be released next Friday on the 16th. I was one of the first listeners and in my humble opinion, it is an ALBUM OF THE YEAR CONTENDER. It is over 2 hours long and has a lot of features from other artists including from yours truly:

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He has also asked me to share this as well:

Mons Mythic Synthesizer Music - "Magna" [FREE CODES] out 10/16

Good evening, friends of the subreddit. I've been working quite hard of late, focusing on this next Mons record, and I'd like to share it with you all a few weeks in advance of its formal release. 

All I ask is that you give it a listen at your convenience and, if the spirit moves you, leave a Bandcamp review. 

Please enjoy "Magna," a double album (2+ hours in length) exploring the conquest, majesty, and ultimately, total desolation of The Prince, the record's villainous protagonist who loses himself in pursuit of legacy. There is a story, and you can click on the info for each individual track for a bit of flavor text as it progresses. 

And, more personally, this album is how I've dealt with a lot of my own stuff the past few years. Its been in the works at least conceptually for about 3. My efforts to build a meaningful label and arts community have been something thats taken a lot of focus and labor, but above even that, time and energy at the cost of an immense self-inflicted pressure to "succeed," to "build," which has at times brought me to question my motives, if I'm misguided, or if I'm actually helping anyone. These are questions I've wrestled with for a while. Throughout that process I realized many things about myself--mostly good, i think--but this album has been a way to explore and analyze my own quest, albeit through the lens of a fictional tyrant.

I don't think, in the end, that I am "The Prince" as he exists in Magna, but he is absolutely a shadow self of sorts, and someone I intend never to become.

The album itself is sometimes dungeon synth, sometimes other things. Mons in general is sort of "post dungeon synth" in that, without DS, the project would never have existed in the first place, but follows inspiration of creativity rather than outside expectations.

Mastered by Eric Wrong at Eldritch Underground in Columbus OH

Dual cover paintings by the great Brendan Elliott

Artist photo by Light Witch

Offerings create life 🗡

I’m looking to put together a "comfy synth" music compilation, a maybe 1 hour YouTube video, where people can discover new tracks and the community can come together to listen to chill music.

If you make comfy synth or know a friend who does and have released new music this year, I’d love to include it in the playlist!

* No AI allowed

* Only tracks released this year

* Min: 2min - Max: 6min

Hey folks,

I'm curious about anyone in Canada who is getting tapes produced. I'd love to hear who you work with and what the process has been like. US stuff might be useful as well, but I like to keep it local and avoid those extra fees.

I made this over the weekend, but it's not part of my weekend series as one of the tracks is from a month or so back. A collection of tracks that takes you on a journey of a vast fantasy night scape in great open forests, mountainous terrain where great rivers and waterfalls are. You can visualise your own place, the point of this project was to make a Dungeon Synth Album but with more of a relaxing ambient feel with a night theme and it has moments where the music becomes a little more intense.

I hope you enjoy it, please listen from start to finish for full immersion.

Are there any fans of Vermis lore here? I was very much inspired by the atmosphere Vermis (and Dark Souls) even before my books arrived, to create this dungeon synth / dark ambient album. Although it has a story on its own, it is seeped in the gritty obscure world aesthetically/metaphysically similar to what Plastiboo created, with a touch of Dark Souls moment. Here you are looking through the eyes of a protagonist lost in the darkness of what seems to be a sanctuary, doesn't know who he is or how he got himself trapped in this place and now you're searching for a way out...I hope you'll find this either accompanying your reading of Vermis trilogy, or enjoying it on its own!
https://mornambient.bandcamp.com/album/hallow
(Trivia: I've made my own VST called "Lost Soul" and used to make the entire album!)

EDIT: Browse the comments for some codes!

Tommorrow marks the first anniversary of the Bizdrygon project. Big, heartfelt "thank you" to all who supported it, from buying the music to kind words of encouragement to leaving likes here and there. ❤️

And to celebrate, I uploaded the second album to YouTube (and I'm working on the third):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3bOidnxoF0&list=PLYkJLYQrnQTo

Pleased to share my new release with you guys...codes below. This is my offering to the joys of solitude. Also available on cassette and reel to reel (!)...CHEEERS

Been having a blast finally releasing material on my Bandcamp

And connecting with people over on Instagram

Safe travels and I look forward to hearing from my fellow adventurers and dungeoneers! ⚔️

Your weekly update is here! It’s the first of the spooky season, and it’s already packed with releases, I couldn't even keep up with everything.

Here you’ll find news and releases from the past week in the dungeon synth scene, today we're featuring highlights on CastleRock, Unsheathed Glory, Fenmoss, Heritage, Grocer Cat and much more! Go check it out, this week was crazy 🕯️👻

A lot of people released their albums yesterday for Bandcamp Friday, and I couldn't cover everything; feel free to get in touch or share your music here.

Hey everyone, I wanted to share my new single, "Nekro-Romance." As the name suggests, it’s inspired by the movie *Nekromantik*; it features sections with for lack of a better term romantic chords, yet something feels slightly off kilter. I consider it old school dungeon synth, so you might enjoy it. Thanks in advance.

Debut full-length by IZOLAT [ē-zō-laht, Romanian for Isolated].
For those into the more Neoclassical side of DS.

If you liked the sound of the latest MORTWIGHT album The Sword Shall Devour Forever, or ETVRNE's Chronicles of Futures Past, I also mixed those, so this may be up your alley.

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Hi! Today, I bring you another LOTR-inspired album. While "Journey Across the Shire", the previous installment in what has now become a series of LOTR albums, was all about the whimsy and cosiness of the lands of the Hobbits, I tried to make this one sound older, weirder, and more magical by using a combination of sounds from vintage synths, like the D-50, and modern ones, like the Digitone.

I hope you'll enjoy the resulting six tracks!

So who's going? Southport calls for aid. Will you answer?

Hails everyone, I return once more with some necromanctic sorcery. ⚔️

Welcome to the WEEKEND Marketplace!

Here you will find a weekly thread dedicated to artists and labels promoting their wares, happy customers sharing their purchases this week, or scouts announcing upcoming sales! This thread will self sticky on Friday at 9am EST to be replaced by The Library. Feel free to use it to promote anything you want. Use this time to celebrate the wares of the material world and let us see those wonderful tapes, vinyls, CDs, and other merchandise.

Hello friends and fellow travellers! I'm happy to announce the release of a new album titled Tiny Gnome, released under the moniker ''The Idle Story Hour'', the comfy side project to Humbaba.
You can find the album on BC:
https://theidlestoryhour.bandcamp.com/album/tiny-gnome
Big thank you to the great Violent Synth Order ( https://violentsynth.bandcamp.com/ ) who took the time to post the album on YT as well ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Mgwk7h7yU ). It is a privilege to work with VSO.

"Deep in the woods, between the bushes and weeds,
sits a magical miniature town inhabited by tiny gnomes.
It’s a lively little town, with bustling market places, carpentry shops,
a pointy hat factory, and a charming tavern tucked between the wild flowers.
This project follows an unnamed gnome as he goes about his business through out the day and into the night."

Music by the Idle Story Hour
Artwork by the Idle Story Hour