art by @fibbermcgee123 !
many of you probably already know that i did music for hbomberguy (it premiered on this video that apparently the entire internet saw), including this end credits theme–i’m currently in the process of getting it on streaming, but here it is on bandcamp for now!
‘Meanwhile’ is an album about the passage of time. It’s a collection of piano and chiptune duets that have bloomed gradually over the last 10 years of our lives.
We always intended to release a sequel to our first album, ‘The Black Box’, but life kept getting in the way. Slowly but surely, we found little in-between moments to write personal music together. These songs are like our stolen musical kisses.
To be able to commit to something for 10 years and finally see it through is an incredible feeling. Thank you for listening to ‘Meanwhile’. We hope you enjoy this chronicle of our voyage.
—a&s ♥
— ALBUM PREVIEW —
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“Time Travel”—a new song from ‘Meanwhile’ by Aivi & Surasshu, coming on 9/28.
Video alt: A crystal clock. Inside the clock are glowing dots representing chiptune notes and glowing lines representing piano notes. The album artwork appears: “Meanwhile” by aivi & surasshu. A robot and human wearing a crystal clock earring, standing side by side.
from our new album “Meanwhile”, available for preorder on bandcamp now!
periphery’s solo took an extremely long time to get right, i spent sooo many iterations on it. i wanted to challenge myself by making it very dry and clean and up front, to play to the strengths of a tracker solo and demonstrate what it can bring to the table 😄
Our second album after 10 years, “Meanwhile”, is now available for preorder! Check out the first track, Periphery–the full album will release on September 28th on Infloresce Records.
Art by Genie Ink
Character designs by Julian De Perio
video alt: Album trailer #2. Black Infloresce Logo on white background. a music visualizer depicting the notes being played on piano as well as the drums and bass in chiptune is scrolling by in black on a mostly-white background. Then, the cover art is revealed, showing surasshu, a blue-grey robot wearing an iridescent holographic hoodie, and aivi, a girl with short blue-ish hair and a large earring featuring a clock motif. Both are in profile, facing to the left. On the left is written vertically: “Meanwhile, aivi & surasshu”. Text reads: Out 9/28. Preorders Open. infloresce.bandcamp.com.
“Meanwhile” The spiritual sequel to “The Black Box” Coming 9/28 on Infloresce Records
Art by Genie Ink
Character designs by Julian De Perio
Video alt: Album trailer. Infloresce Records logo. Abstract art relating to clocks & time floating across the screen. Backside of Surasshu, a robot wearing a holographic hoodie. Up-close of Aivi’s face, a human with a timepiece earring. Text: “Meanwhile by aivi & surasshu. 9/28.”
video alt: music visualizer showing MIDI note data. aivi’s tonal contributions are shown in pink and purple colors. surasshu’s percussive contributions are shown in green. to the side is an illustration of a branch of mai flowers, small yellow blossoms with five petals.
aivi and i wrote this song last year for “floral folklore”, the debut compilation on aivi’s new digifu label, infloresce. this piece was inspired by the vietnamese legend of the yellow mai flower (sự tích hoa mai vàng). this section of our song narrates the tragic battle between a heroine named mai and a giant snake beast.
🌼 music 🌼 @aiviwave - tonal (pink/purple) surasshu - drums (green) feat. michaela nachtigall on violin
🌼 art 🌼 @aggelic-yiok (illustration) @milesmorkri (animated background)
meanwhile…
(video alt: a music visualizer with simple black circles that show what notes were input into a chiptune tracker, and a background gradient of airy colors that evoke a morning sky.)
I posted a little while ago about my remix for the PC launch of Ian Stocker’s excellent game Escape Goat. Well, at the time the song was only available through the June Bug bundle, and of course that one has since passed. So now with a little delay, the remix album has been made available on Bandcamp, for free! Go grab it, all the tracks are truly excellent.
Crossposted from surasshu-sound.com
Ian Stocker’s second awesome retro-style puzzle type game, Escape Goat, was added to the latest indie royale bundle, the June Bug Bundle. Ian once again asked me to do a remix for him, which is featured exclusively (for now) on the bundle. Go check it out, the bundle is amazing value, and the other games are really great too!
Crossposted from surasshu-sound.com
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