arrangers: []
catalog: N/A
categories:
- Game-adjacent
category: Game-adjacent
classification: Original Work
composers: []
covers: []
discs:
- disc_length: '50:44'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Xanthous Isle of Xen
    track_length: '1:43'
  - names:
      English: Azureous Isle of Avant
    track_length: '2:04'
  - names:
      English: Welcome Back to Dragon Airlines (feat. jaxcheese)
    track_length: '4:18'
  - names:
      English: Viridescent Isle of Vestiges
    track_length: '2:17'
  - names:
      English: Rubescent Isle of Reincarnation
    track_length: '3:04'
  - names:
      English: the moon is made of water
    track_length: '5:23'
  - names:
      English: Vermilion Isle of Variation
    track_length: '2:03'
  - names:
      English: Lazuline Isle of Lakes
    track_length: '3:23'
  - names:
      English: what slips through the cracks part I - connecting threads
    track_length: '3:54'
  - names:
      English: what slips through the cracks part II - ice shelf
    track_length: '3:15'
  - names:
      English: what slips through the cracks part III - idle time
    track_length: '3:45'
  - names:
      English: what slips through the cracks part IV - golden stardust
    track_length: '4:21'
  - names:
      English: Citreous Isle of Serenity
    track_length: '2:11'
  - names:
      English: Smaragdine Isle of Specters
    track_length: '2:10'
  - names:
      English: Thank You for Flying DragonAir!
    track_length: '2:33'
  - names:
      English: Barhopping on 31st (with doctorn0gloff)
    track_length: '4:20'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/965
  names:
    en: Bandcamp
    ja: Bandcamp
    ja-latn: Bandcamp
  role: retailer
link: album/138558
lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2024-04-19T02:13
  edited_date: 2024-04-19T02:13
  fetched_date: 2026-01-09T18:07
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 351
name: distant islands / HUNTER VAN BROCKLIN
names:
  en: distant islands / HUNTER VAN BROCKLIN
  ja: distant islands / HUNTER VAN BROCKLIN
  ja-latn: distant islands / HUNTER VAN BROCKLIN
notes: '"Distant Islands: 51 minutes of experimental SNES chiptune, treating the soundchip
  like the quirky 8-channel sampler that it is; featuring microtonality, glitches
  galore, heavy manipulation of the chip''s available effects and parameters, and
  unusual, often homegrown sounds. All tracks were recorded straight from a single
  Super Famicom system, with the exception of live drums layered onto "Welcome Back
  to Dragon Airlines".

  Someone once told me that when I write I "leave keys for distant islands" and the
  phrase has stuck with me ever since. This is my first full-length, non-compilation
  album in three years, and I focused on making something that resonated with me personally
  and employed the kinds of sounds I wanted to hear. I also went all-out in exploring
  just how strange, incredible, and absurdly messed-up the SNES could conceivably
  sound. I''d like to think this covers some new, fresh territory in Super Nintendo
  chiptune, and I hope you enjoy it!

  All songs were composed and written to blank SNES ROMs using osoumen''s C700 VST
  (or forks of the VST that add microtonal functionality and extra MIDI tooling),
  then recorded from my Super Famicom. The rendered audio is lightly mastered for
  consistency. The source ROMs (which simply play the song) are included with the
  iiiypad records version of this release (linked above)."

  All music written by Hunter Van Brocklin except where indicated in the titles: Track
  3 features live drums written, performed & recorded by jaxcheese; and Track 16 was
  co-written with doctorn0gloff.

  Cover art by Tomas Præstholm.

  Thank you to osoumen for creating and maintaining the C700 VST, as well as doctorn0gloff
  and blower5 for modifying the software to provide extra functionality. Without all
  of you this album could not exist.

  Extra special shouts out to the other folks making microtonal music for the Super
  Nintendo: sean, doctorn0gloff, and blower5. You all are wonderful and inspiring.

  Additional thanks: amimifafa, albatross, Button Masher, Chimeratio, Cryptovolans,
  DEFENSE MECHANISM, KungFuFurby, Promtastik, Razerek, sergio, and Sintel.'
organizations:
- &id002
  names:
    en: IiIypad records
    ja: IiIypad records
    ja-latn: IiIypad records
  role: publisher
- *id001
performers: []
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picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/85/138558/138558-bb0e6baad1f3.jpg
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/85/138558/138558-bb0e6baad1f3.jpg
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2023-06-02'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: USD
  price: 8.0
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://h-v-b.bandcamp.com/album/distant-islands
  name: Bandcamp (Hunter Van Brocklin)
- link: http://iiiypad.bandcamp.com/album/distant-islands
  name: Bandcamp (IiIypad records)
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/138558?perpage=99999
votes: 0
