Originally released 10/14/2015 on BSOD666
Happy holidays everyone! As a little gift this year, I wanted to re-release from the depths of the lost Valet Girls records vault a project from 2015!
BATTLE.NET is dedicated to all things Starcraft/Brood War, my fave game to play growing up. These track names I actually pulled from old metadata of multiplayer map names I played on
Battle.net back in the day <3
I've decided not to remaster these files or alter them in any way. The label they were initially released on has shuttered and took the only place to stream this album with it since I never uploaded it to my personal BC. Looking back, there are PLENTY of parts I would've cleaned up or redone, but that's a project (or follow-up sequel project?) that I'd have to embark on at a later time. Who knows what 2022 will bring.
You can hear some ideas burbling that would later get expressed differently in other tracks of mine (like parts of "Dirty Tank Defense {STRIP SAKURAAA}" that ended up on Savage Beauty's "No More Shame"). It's also really interesting to look back and see how much of my early VG output was heavily leaning towards video game music and ambient tropes, which isn't something I've worked on in a while. Listening to this again, I can also tell I was listening to Garden of Delete a LOT.
Anyways, hope y'all enjoy! If you were an original listener, sorry for not jumping at this sooner. If it's your first, enjoy listening to some formerly-lost VG music! Take a listen and go build additional pylons.
released December 25, 2021