Water Levels, by Cudighi Records

Water Levels

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1.	Fred Thomas - Water Level 01:40	buy track
2.	Ellemetue - Hic Sunt Dracones 04:45	buy track
3.	Heta Bilaletdin - Lummetunneli 03:39	buy track
4.	Horseface - Simpukka 03:20	buy track
5.	Living Drum - Drum They Told Me 02:33	buy track
6.	Pullaherra - Kenttä joen pohjassa 02:58	buy track
7.	Riow Arai - Dolphin 06:49	buy track
8.	Kanttoripoika - Rakkautta viemärissä 02:56	buy track
9.	Norman Bambi - sin(surface)x_falling 04:10	buy track
10.	Le Matin - Sea Coupons 03:09	buy track
11.	E Ruscha V - Leonora's Lagoon 03:47	buy track
12.	Tim Patton - Dragoon Lagoon 02:57	buy track
13.	Bryce Hackford - Wrong Moses 04:23	buy track
14.	Trientalis Europaea - Typpihappo-party 02:07	buy track
15.	Manoir Molle - Epilepsi 04:34	buy track
16.	Natalia Beylis - Crow & Owl Vs. Banshee At the Meeting of the Wells 05:42	buy track

about

For me, the water level music always stands out on video game soundtracks. It ranges from serene to stressful, placid to panic-inducing, capturing the feeling of marine melancholy with MIDI synths and bit-crushed beats. It can evoke the terror of a ticking clock or the coziness of an evening soak, sometimes within the same song.

Jams like Aquatic Ambiance and Dire, Dire Docks inspired the crazy concept behind this here compilation. Essentially, I asked each artist to think up a fake video game and then compose the water level music for said game. What you'll find here are lovely interpretations of that central idea that span genres and countries. From the frenetic maximalism of sin(surface)x_falling to the waterlogged warmth of Leonora's Lagoon, each track conjures nostalgia for imagined worlds.

Sit back and submerge yourself in pixelated psychedelia. Just keep an eye out for sharks.

"Jam-packs a wooz-doozy plundering of aquatic sounds from fritzy synthpunk to beloved aquatic jazz."
- Tabs Out

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released November 25, 2022

Mastered by Yan Hart-Lemonnier
Art by Zad Kokar

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