Style: old school dungeon synth, dark dungeon music
Primary Emotions/Themes: This album truly embraces the origins of the genre: one dude in a basement with a Casio keyboard
Thoughts: We need to protect Quest Master. His ability to create dungeon synth is rare these days. This sounds like it could have come straight out of the early 90's with the way this is composed and produced. It's a true gem of an album.
Anyone listening to this may think that it's too simple, or too childish. They could be forgiven for thinking that... in reality this is one of the greatest tributes to the origins of the genre, before it even had a name. This is Mortiis' dark dungeon music, neowave, Berlin school... all the phrases that were being used to describe dungeon synth before it was crowned with it's genre name.
This album needs to be enshrined and cherished forever. It so perfectly encapsulates the sound of yesteryear that I can't help but find myself wanting to listen to it for hours on end. Is it simple? Yes, of course it is. There's hardly anything going on besides basic melodies and counter melodies throughout the entire thing. The sound design is straight out of the 80's keyboards that so many of these early albums were written on... all of this is what makes this album a treasure.
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