Style: Classic dungeon synth
Primary Emotions/Themes: Wandering through ancient ruins, exploring epic landscapes
Thoughts: Classic dungeon synth takes me to a better place. It recalls events from my youth that I remember fondly and takes me on adventures like no other genre can. Running through the foothills of the local mountains. Creating forts in places that no one else knew about. Getting lost and magically finding trails to lead me back home. It was a magical time.
One of my good friends recently said that Sequestered Keep is the perfect music to play Dungeons and Dragons to. I agree with them fully. The music is simple, yet captivating. It conjures images of vast landscapes, rich mountainsides, and grand adventure.
Like any good dungeon synth project Sequestered Keep uses keyboards that provide what I can only call a "Casio keyboard" feel. It feels like a synthesizer through and through, yet somehow in those cheesy tones and composition the beauty of the Casio sound comes through.
The lack of refinement in the keyboards is what takes me back. Dungeon synth knows exactly what it is, and it doesn't try to hid behind huge synthesized orchestras, or samples that try to make the music more grand than it is. It fully embraces the terrible sounding attempts to sound like strings, horns, and choirs and works them into the music like no other genre can.
Sequestered keep is one of the better classic dungeon synth outfits active these days. Each of the albums released has been to my liking, with Wandering Far being towards the top of that list. I know whenever I drop the needle I'm going to be in for a wonderful trip down memory lane.
Written August 27th 2023
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