All music originally created by C418. Inspired by The Caretaker.
00:00 - All you are going to want to do is get back to that lost world 01:37 - Mining in forgotten caves 04:23 - All the diamonds never mined 06:23 - Trying to remember your first world 09:20 - Memories of old worlds fading 13:52 - Sun falling behind the mountains 17:19 - Dark nights alone hiding from mobs 21:52 - Digging straight down into an unknown abyss 23:34 - All you are going to want to do is get back to that lost world 27:01 - Sun falling behind the mountains for the last time 30:35 - Trying to remember your first world 32:11 - Memories of a block game once played 33:45 - All is lost in the cave
All music originally created by C418. Inspired by The Caretaker.
00:00 - All you are going to want to do is get back to that lost world 01:37 - Mining in forgotten caves 04:23 - All the diamonds never mined 06:23 - Trying to remember your first world 09:20 - Memories of old worlds fading 13:52 - Sun falling behind the mountains 17:19 - Dark nights alone hiding from mobs 21:52 - Digging straight down into an unknown abyss 23:34 - All you are going to want to do is get back to that lost world 27:01 - Sun falling behind the mountains for the last time 30:35 - Trying to remember your first world 32:11 - Memories of a block game once played 33:45 - All is lost in the caveLeopard Print - American LifetimeModel Traitors2024-06-01 | leopardprint.bandcamp.com/track/american-lifetime modeltraitors.bandcamp.com
A tragedy in four movements. A continuation of previously explored themes; digital encompassing of the natural, organic world - spaces of peace and reflection captured and mediated through a digital lens. The relationship of the organic and the inorganic; weaponising the tools of our own obsolescence.
A process of reverse-engineering artificially generated music and refracting it through a human lens; attempting to recreate what a machine can, and pushing the machine into its own autonomous artistic capability. The organic melds with the inorganic, the human with the inhuman, to present a vision of the future.
Organic. 00:00 - 1. Heartbleed 03:28 - 2. The Old World is Dying, and the New World Struggles to be Born 07:33 - 3. Licklider 11:07 - 4. Outsideness 15:12 - 5. Hajime 19:46 - 6. Oppressed Creature
From 'Machines of Loving Grace,' to be released on July 14th, 2023.
A continuation of previously explored themes; digital encompassing of the natural, organic world - spaces of peace and reflection captured and mediated through a digital lens. The relationship of the organic and the inorganic; weaponising the tools of our own obsolescence.
An exploration into the corruption and appropriation of the organic by technology. The familiar becomes unfamiliar; the authenticity of nature becomes a mere simulacra.
00:00 - 1. Black Garden 3:38 - 2. Anthropomorph 7:22 - 3. A Metal Sea 10:55 - 4. Device of Joy 15:03 - 5. Perfect Body 16:34 - 6. Among the Machines
A collection of compositions created around 2017 to 2019.
0:00 - 01. Opus 18 1:54 - 02. Opus 9, "Corsica" 5:25 - 03. Opus 12, "Divination" 6:01 - 04. Opus 16, No. 1 "Ekikyo" 8:28 - 05. Opus 16, No. 2 "Torquay"
12:04 - 06. Opus 23, "The Forest at Dawn" 13:37 - 07. Opus 24, "Rain" 15:56 - 08. Opus 11 18:04 - 09. Opus 25 19:43 - 10. Opus 10, "Trio" 21:35 - 11. Opus 26
Genre: Classical, contemporary classical, minimalism, solo pianoDead The Long Year - Songs for Lost Films (Complete)Model Traitors2021-12-31 | modeltraitors.bandcamp.com
The complete collection of the Songs for Lost films series.
Songs for lost films, a soundtrack to a lost golden age of cinema. The nostalgic, the peaceful, and the somber coalesce into a fragmented soundtrack to a film that never existed. A forgotten golden age. Moments of wistful reminiscing gradually give way to disjointed fragments as the picture becomes more and more lost. Wandering through a cavernous, long forgotten cinema as the still running film echoes throughout its dusty red velvet halls. The film itself decays, burning through with every viewing, scratching and distorting as it lays dormant collecting dust. This is an imagining of that decay, of that slow march to obscurity.
Songs for Films (I)
00:00 - 01. Encased in Joy 02:50 - 02. Empty Seats 04:50 - 03. His Face Was Made of Clay 06:47 - 04. The Jubilant Corridor 07:55 - 05. A Spiral 10:21 - 06. Sounds by the Window 12:09 - 07. In the Margin of Moments 13:50 - 08. She Danced on the Spinning Record 15:52 - 09. Dissolving Into God 20:56 - 10. Bringing Home the Day 23:06 - 11. Gamut of the Void 28:13 - 12. Cylinder 29:36 - 13. Magnificent Futility
Songs for Films (II)
35:32 - 01. On the Black Meadow 40:19 - 02. The Sundays of Life 42:56 - 03. Dislocation of Time 45:48 - 04. I Saw the Ghost of a Pavane 47:20 - 05. Red Velvet 49:31 - 06. Lights Above All So Bright 51:43 - 07. He Sat on the Edge of the Stream 53:39 - 08. Below the Church, There Was the Cavern 55:47 - 09. Encased in Hope 59:54 - 10. Cylinder II 1:01:27 - 11. A Last Dance 1:03:39 - 12. Cylinder III 1:04:47 - 13. And the Fires Raged
And the Fires Raged:
Where the peaceful, nostalgic, and somber at moments, gives way to the unsettling. Where Songs for Lost Films was a cinema at the beginning of the fire; And the Fires Raged is the cinema engulfed in flames. Moments of clarity and peace are interspersed with droning and uneasiness - the reels of film still spinning and decaying in the fire, slowly burning away into nothing. The cycle of Songs for Lost Films is complete.
1:16:08 - 01. The Costume 1:22:30 - 02. Only With Thine Eyes 1:28:48 - 03. One Final Moment 1:36:15 - 04. For All Of Life 1:37:12 - 05. All The Love In The World 1:42:14 - 06. I’m Wishing 1:43:54 - 07. The Swan 1:49:19 - 08. Between The Halls 1:50:44 - 09. It’s Foolish 1:55:14 - 10. Round The World 1:56:18 - 11. Lilac 2:06:00 - 12. Our Home 2:07:40 - 13. Decaying Reels 2:16:21 - 14. One Life, One Love 2:18:57 - 15. The Burning Curtain 2:24:30 - 16. Behind The Silk 2:28:51 - 17. In Music 2:34:01 - 18. When You Were 2:36:33 - 19. And The Fires Raged (Part II)
0:00 - 01. The Costume 6:21 - 02. Only With Thine Eyes 12:41 - 03. One Final Moment 20:08 - 04. For All Of Life 21:04 - 05. All The Love In The World 26:05 - 06. I’m Wishing 27:45 - 07. The Swan 33:11 - 08. Between The Halls 34:36 - 09. It’s Foolish 39:06 - 10. Round The World 40:10 - 11. Lilac 49:52 - 12. Our Home 51:32 - 13. Decaying Reels 1:00:12 - 14. One Life, One Love 1:02:51 - 15. The Burning Curtain 1:08:22 - 16. Behind The Silk 1:12:42 - 17. In Music 1:17:53 - 18. When You Were 1:20:25 - 19. And The Fires Raged (Part II)
A spiritual successor to Songs for Lost Films. Where the peaceful, nostalgic, and somber at moments, gives way to the unsettling. Where Songs for Lost Films was a cinema at the beginning of the fire; And the Fires Raged is the cinema engulfed in flames. Moments of clarity and peace are interspersed with droning and uneasiness - the reels of film still spinning and decaying in the fire, slowly burning away into nothing. The cycle of Songs for Lost Films is complete, thank you all for your support. I am eternally grateful, and may the future hold interesting things for myself and all of us.
Genre: Ambient, dark ambient, plunderphonics, hauntology, samplingDead The Long Year - Encased In Hope (Official Video)Model Traitors2021-09-12 | Songs for Lost Films has been remastered and is now available to listen on all streaming services.
Unfortunately, some tracks have had to be omitted from this release due to copyright and other issues, but fortunately these omitted tracks are still available on YouTube and Bandcamp in their completeness.
0:00 - 1. The Key To Our Endurance 5:01 - 2. In One Of Earths Attics 7:38 - 3. Out Of Place Artefacts 8:53 - 4. Turning A Cold Shoulder To Time 11:49 - 5. Obsolete Universe 15:42 - 6. Obsession Of The Eternal 16:20 - 7. The Imminent Lie 17:44 - 8. Genesis Of Melancholy
Side II
23:43 - 9. Anemoia 31:07 - 10. When Does A Child Die? 34:33 - 11. Certain Solitudes 37:26 - 12. Ennui Of Conquerors 43:05 - 13. Songs For Lost Dreams
Artificial nostalgia, memories of the digital and distant intertwined. The organic and inorganic synthesized. The receding of the past and the reaching backwards to its neon glow. A past unseen.
Genre: ambient, dark ambient, hauntology, hypnagogic, plunderphonics, progressive electronic, post-vaporwaveAnimal Crossing, but its Everywhere At The End Of TimeModel Traitors2021-01-31 | modeltraitors.bandcamp.com
All music originally created by Nintendo. Inspired by The Caretaker.
STAGE 1 : 00:00 Here we experience the first signs of memory loss. This stage is most like a beautiful daydream. The glory of old islands and recollection. The last of the great days.
00:00 - A1 - It's just a sea bass 04:35 - A2 - We don't have many sticks 07:52 - A3 - Late afternoon fishing 09:47 - B1 - Into each others islands 11:03 - B2 - Islands that are beautiful and transient 13:08 - B3 - My shovel will break in joy
STAGE 2 : 14:46 The second stage is the self realisation and awareness that something is wrong with a refusal to accept that. More effort is made to remember so memories can be more long form with a little more deterioration in quality. The overall personal mood is generally lower than the first stage and at a point before confusion starts setting in.
14:46 - C1 - A losing Bug-Off is raging 16:28 - C2 - Misplaced on mystery tours 17:42 - C3 - What does it matter how my net breaks 19:20 - C4 - Glimpses of money trees in trying times 21:22 - C5 - Surrendering to wasp stings 23:17 - D1 - I still feel as though I am a villager 24:46 - D2 - Last moments of fresh turnips 25:51 - D3 - Bagworm unraveling 27:24 - D4 - The new island ahead feels lonely
STAGE 3 : 29:02 Here we are presented with some of the last coherent memories before confusion fully rolls in and the grey mists form and fade away. Finest moments have been remembered, the musical flow in places is more confused and tangled. As we progress some singular memories become more disturbed, isolated, broken and distant. These are the last embers of awareness before we enter the post awareness stages.
29:02 - E1 - Back there Tom Nook 32:20 - E2 - And fishing rod breaks 34:00 - E3 - Hidden fossils buried deep 35:28 - E4 - Drifting bug misplaced 36:19 - F1 - Internal bewildered Blathers 39:22 - F2 - Burning wasp sting does ache 40:46 - F3 - An empty island beyond this world 42:39 - F4 - Mournful cameraderie of villagers evicted
STAGE 4 : 44:17 Post-Awareness Stage 4 is where serenity and the ability to recall singular memories gives way to confusions and horror. It's the beginning of an eventual process where all memories begin to become more fluid through entanglements, repetition and rupture.
44:17 - G1 - Stage 4 Post Awareness Confusions 47:42 - H1 - Stage 4 Post Awareness Confusions 51:57 - I1 - Temporary bliss state 55:18 - J1 - Stage 4 Post Awareness Confusions
STAGE 5 : 58:11 Post-Awareness Stage 5 confusions and horror. More extreme entanglements, repetition and rupture can give way to calmer moments. The unfamiliar may sound and feel familiar. Time is often spent only in the moment leading to isolation.
00:00 - 01. Encased in Joy 02:50 - 02. Empty Seats 04:50 - 03. His Face Was Made of Clay 06:47 - 04. The Jubilant Corridor 07:55 - 05. A Spiral 10:21 - 06. Sounds by the Window 12:09 - 07. In the Margin of Moments 13:50 - 08. She Danced on the Spinning Record 15:52 - 09. Dissolving Into God 20:56 - 10. Bringing Home the Day 23:06 - 11. Gamut of the Void 28:13 - 12. Cylinder 29:36 - 13. Magnificent Futility
Songs for Films (II) 35:32
35:32 - 01. On the Black Meadow 40:19 - 02. The Sundays of Life 42:56 - 03. Dislocation of Time 45:48 - 04. I Saw the Ghost of a Pavane 47:20 - 05. Red Velvet 49:31 - 06. Lights Above All So Bright 51:43 - 07. He Sat on the Edge of the Stream 53:39 - 08. Below the Church, There Was the Cavern 55:47 - 09. Encased in Hope 59:54 - 10. Cylinder II 1:01:27 - 11. A Last Dance 1:03:39 - 12. Cylinder III 1:04:47 - 13. And the Fires Raged
Songs for lost films, a soundtrack to a lost golden age of cinema. The nostalgic, the peaceful, and the somber coalesce into a fragmented soundtrack to a film that never existed. A forgotten golden age. Moments of wistful reminiscing gradually give way to disjointed fragments as the picture becomes more and more lost. Wandering through a cavernous, long forgotten cinema as the still running film echoes throughout its dusty red velvet halls. The film itself decays, burning through with every viewing, scratching and distorting as it lays dormant collecting dust. This is an imagining of that decay, of that slow march to obscurity.
All music originally created by C418. Inspired by The Caretaker.
STAGE 1 : 00:00 Here we experience the first signs of memory loss. This stage is most like a beautiful daydream. The glory of old worlds and recollection. The last of the great days.
00:00 - A1 - It's just a burning nether 04:00 - A2 - We don't have many torches 06:43 - A3 - Late afternoon mining 08:17 - B1 - Worlds that are beautiful and transient 09:55 - B2 - Into each others mines 11:26 - B3 - My world will be deleted in joy
STAGE 2 : 13:02 The second stage is the self realisation and awareness that something is wrong with a refusal to accept that. More effort is made to remember so memories can be more long form with a little more deterioration in quality. The overall personal mood is generally lower than the first stage and at a point before confusion starts setting in.
13:02 - C1 - A losing dragon battle is raging 13:55 - C2 - Misplaced in mines 16:38 - C3 - What does it matter how my diamond pick breaks 17:25 - C4 - Glimpses of diamond in trying times 19:03 - C5 - Surrendering to creepers 20:37 - D1 - I still feel as though I am Steve 21:28 - D2 - Last moments of light before night falls 22:51 - D3 - Tools breaking 23:34 - D4 - The night ahead feels lonely
STAGE 3 : 25:28 Here we are presented with some of the last coherent memories before confusion fully rolls in and the grey mists form and fade away. Finest moments have been remembered, the musical flow in places is more confused and tangled. As we progress some singular memories become more disturbed, isolated, broken and distant. These are the last embers of awareness before we enter the post awareness stages.
25:28 - E1 - Back there Steve 27:44 - E2 - And pick breaks 29:51 - E3 - Hidden caves buried deep 31:12 - E4 - Deleted bewildered World 31:42 - F1 - Dark cave without lucidity 34:10 - F2 - An empty world never loaded 35:44 - F3 - Mournful cameraderie of your dog
STAGE 4 : 38:43 Post-Awareness Stage 4 is where serenity and the ability to recall singular memories gives way to confusions and horror. It's the beginning of an eventual process where all memories begin to become more fluid through entanglements, repetition and rupture.
38:43 - G1 - Stage 4 Post Awareness Confusions 46:06 - H1 - Stage 4 Post Awareness Confusions 49:38 - H2 - Temporary bliss state
STAGE 5 : 50:49 Post-Awareness Stage 5 confusions and horror. More extreme entanglements, repetition and rupture can give way to calmer moments. The unfamiliar may sound and feel familiar. Time is often spent only in the moment leading to isolation.
50:49 - I1 - Stage 5 Advanced plaque entanglements 58:14 - J1 - Stage 5 Sudden time regression into isolation