The Lighthouse

by Kartmaze

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mayor_eelgrass
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mayor_eelgrass Had known neither the artist, nor the album. Been playing DREDGE and reading 'The Lighthouse at the end of the World'. I searched for something Lighthouse related to do my run this morning. This was this morning's 10K OST. And I dug it so much, that after work, I ran another 10K with my older son so he could hear it too. This was spectacular. Lotsa talk about chiptunes, et cetera, but I'm gonna narrow that percussion and bass right on down: Sol-Feace, baby! I love this entire project. Thank you. Favorite track: Lighthouse pt. VII: The Light.
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Xtra Happy Criminally unknown; this thing's over a decade old, it surely deserves its roses by now.

As someone who grew up with 70s prog rock, and has had a long, deep love and appreciation for chiptune too, this is the perfect melding of both disciplines.

Heavy synth riffs crash down with titanic force in these multi-phased tense epics, packed with a healthy amount of time signature switchups to boot. Add some peaceful interludes and some chip bleeps and bloops to the above, and you've got a masterpiece Favorite track: Lighthouse pt. IV: The Reef.
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KingIsaacLinksr This entire album is an awesome journey through a land of chiptunes. It evokes such wonderful feelings and memories for me and is a really well done album overall. Highly recommended. Favorite track: Lighthouse pt. V: The Sunrise.
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Far west, where the trees have yielded to the howling wind, where the land meets the vast ocean and the scent of seawater thickens the air, you will find it. For hundreds of years the Lighthouse has guided seafarers far from home around the rocky shore, not even once failing its duty. Neither the thickest of fogs nor the blackest of nights are enough to lure the ships towards the treacherous reef.

Waves larger than giants ceaselessly break upon on the rugged brickwork and the raging winds always come back for another battle, but the Lighthouse never succumbs to the wrath of the storms. When the clash between the massive masonry and mighty tempest has settled down, the birds come out to play within the crimson sky. Eternally, like a pillar of fire, even when the air is crystal clear and the waters transform into an endless mirror, the Lighthouse keeps on aiding those in need of guidance.

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released October 12, 2014

Written, arranged and produced by Mads Aasvik
Mixed and mastered by Stein Bratland and Mads Aasvik at Skansen Lydstudio, Trondheim, Norway
Artwork by Nikolai Lockertsen (lockertsen.net)
Published by Ubiktune (ubiktune.com)

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Kartmaze Trondheim, Norway

Kartmaze is a Norwegian synthprog and progressive chiptune composer.

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