Cardioid & pink paint - Crystalline Climbersġ5. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Light of Xaryxisġ2. in which they could practice their combat skills and the art of forging powerful swords. Each artist was given a character or plot prompt from the storyline, then challenged to write an original composition based on Light of Xaryxis. The band consists of The Keeper (red, keyboard, audio-visual), The Seer (blue, guitar), and The Weaver (yellow, drums). Through the forging of beautiful swords tempered with Magic. With this bold return to Spelljammer we were excited to push the boundaries deep into Wildspace, working with artists from diverse musical backgrounds that could challenge what music in the multiverse of the world’s greatest roleplaying game might sound like. "I am of the opinion when people think of Dungeons & Dragons that there is a preconceived underscore of what these worlds might sound like. “Helping facilitate bringing this world to life through music and the amazing artists' visions that were selected was an honor of a lifetime," said Funk.
Everyone else: enjoy the music of Wildspace!” I encourage Dungeon Masters use Spelljams as background music during their D&D game sessions or listen to it while dreaming up future hijinks. "Rock music! The brilliant Chris Funk has assembled a motley crew of bards to create Spelljams-music inspired by our newest Spelljammer adventure, Light of Xaryxis. “You know what they like on the Rock of Bral?" asked Perkins, referring to a location in Spelljammer. Chris Perkins, story architect at D&D and lead designer of Spelljammer, worked with Funk to bring the Flash Gordon-esque soundtrack to life. Spelljams features a double LP’s worth of tracks from artists all produced by Chris Funk, guitarist from The Decemberists who plays D&D with many folks in the music scene in Portland, Oregon. The far-out storytelling in the world’s greatest roleplaying game’s latest offering is fertile ground for composing some of the most original songs you’ll hear this year from bands like Magic Sword, Shabazz Palaces, Califone, TEKE::TEKE and Osees. Now that relationship is even more distinct with the release today of an album of music created by cutting-edge bands and musical acts all inspired by Spelljammer: Adventures in Space. As with the first volume, all releases were packaged with comic books.For nearly five decades, Dungeons & Dragons has inspired generations of creative people to make movies, novels and, yes, music.
The same label issued the third and final chapter, the full-length Endless, in 2020. Mini-album Awakening, the second chapter, was released by Joyful Noise in 2019. The first, Legend EP, appeared in 2016, issued by Swedish label Size Records. Volume 2 of the Magic Sword saga was presented in three chapters. Additionally, they opened for the Orb in Portland, Oregon, in 2016, and performed with members of the Boise Philharmonic at the city’s Treefort Music Fest the following year. Two of the album’s tracks were included on the soundtrack to shooter game Hotline Miami 2, furthering the group’s fan base, and they toured with synthwave acts like Carpenter Brut and Dance with the Dead. Tender Loving Empire reissued the record on vinyl, packaged with a comic book by illustrator Shay Plummer. Their first album, Volume 1, was self-released in 2013, and quickly sold out of its first pressing, as the duo began creating a buzz in the synthwave world with their theatrical performances. The Boise-based group formed in 2013, initially consisting of the Keeper of the Magic Sword (keyboards) and the Seer of All Truths (guitar), and were later joined by a drummer known as the Weaver of All Hearts and Souls. The vinyl themselves are of incredible quality, they hefty and durable. Producing retro-futuristic electronic music with arpeggio-heavy dance beats and wailing guitar and keyboard solos, the band’s recordings, such as 2020’s Endless, detail the saga of the Keeper of the Magic Sword on his quest against the evil forces of the Dark One. Just the artwork alone has earned this album a space on one of my display shelves. Magic Sword is a fantasy synthwave trio whose members, true identities unknown, don black cloaks and neon masks. Dance With The Dead is a music duo from Orange County, CA.
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