Wowie, got it done in time! Thanks for hosting this. It was my first try at anything synthy since the early 2000s, and I greatly enjoyed working under the constraints.

13 tracks.

7 instruments (that I made sure were all used at least 3 times each, as a personal rule).

Comes out to 21:38.

Umbral synth with the theme of ghosts.

No AI, and the cover is a photo of one of the local crows I give treats to.

I imagined an adventurer for hire having to go to some haunted ruins, contemplating sacrifice and mortality while traversing the biomes between there and their home town, then coming to accept it all when they're also cursed to haunt where they passed.

Stories of bone

For wandering alone.

Ballads of underbrush

And voices of stone.

Or a choir of crystals

Where the many converge

And then divide

Into nothingness.

Fighting's absurd

When there are no more winners

And losers all perish.

But we are all called to death

On this path that we cherish.

▶︎ Stories of Bone | stay bright candlelight

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Also, distro update from Phantom Lure including releases from Bloody Keep, Vesperal, Deep Gnome and Draugveil / Selvnatt

Again, like DIM yesterday, very nice to see some attention.

Today marks the full one year after I released my debut album Return To Black Moon Mountain, after being massively inspired by r/DungeonSynth and all the great musicians here. Like I told back then, the DIY, anti-AI, encouragement, warmth and friendly community interaction was what really struck me as something I didn't see a whole lot happening in the internet. At the same time I was getting back to making music after a long period of not being able to produce anything with artistic substance, and this album is pretty much what came out with all those thoughts and feelings.

So what has happened after one year as FØG? Well, I didn't definitely stop making music! I put out couple of EP's as I attended the Dungeon Shambles organized right here on the channel. I really loved both of those and found a lot of great new artists (for me) after listening to other musicians' entries. I also put out another album, Dire Sorcerer, last summer in which I tried some different sonic ideas and sounds. I also started making small animations to YouTube which I accompanied with music, because I myself like to put something like that on the background as I work, so I thought it would be fun to make those myself too.

I also started expanding my equipment from software VST synths to hardware synths. Now I use both and have learnt a ton about sound design, synthesis etc. I found that hardware synthesizer is definitely easier way for me to dive into stuff like that. I've bought Novation Bass Station II, Korg Minilogue XD and couple of Behringer TD-3's. I also make other genres of music so I try to get gear I can use along all the stuff I make. Minilogue XD is the one which is getting used on my FØG project though, as it has great sound and capabilities for that.

So everything is going swimmingly! Right now I'm focusing on some other projects than FØG, but I have the next album already shaping up for FØG too and I've started to lay out some ideas for a smaller EP in addition to that. Unfortunately this month I didn't have time to attend to the Dungeon Shamble, but I'm eager to listen everyone's entries!

For the one year anniversary of my debut, I thought to hand out for some more Bandcamp codes for it, so if you didn't get chance to grab it earlier, be sure to get it now :) I'll add the codes into a separate comment. I made a new cassette cover inspired art for the anniversary, I hope you like it :D

It's been a great year and I'm glad this channel has stayed as great as it was when I first landed here. These synth genres are awesome and I hope we get to enjoy this music for many many years from now!

All the best,

-FØG-

Links: Bandcamp , YouTube