2018-10-10T14:29:26Z

J98: Adding genres trance, edm, idm, and minimal techno

{{Album infobox
|name=2 years of failure
|image=File:2 years of failure.jpg
|imagewidth=250
|date=2016-09-13
|genre=Ambient, Breakbeat, Chiptune, Electronica, House, IDM, EDM, Trance, Minimal Techno
|time=1:01:56
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/2-years-of-failure Name your price]}}

{{WIP}}

'''''2 years of failure''''' is [[C418]]'s most recent collection of assorted tracks for projects both finished, unfinished, and non-existent. It could be considered the minor album counterpart to ''[[148]]''.

= Official descriptions =

{{Quote
|text=This is a collection of failures, unpublished works, rescued broken song files and things that I simply cannot sell.

These songs were created over the course of the past two years. Those two years haven't been the easiest to me, but I don't do easy. I decided to give this all to you for free. Because I love you.
|sign=C418
|source=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/2-years-of-failure Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote
|text=2 years of failure describes the content of this album aptly. It’s a collection of 2 years of projects that lead nowhere.
|sign=C418
|source=[https://c418.org/albums/2-years-of-failure/ c418.org]}}

= Tracks =

== 90s_in ==

{{Quote|the 90s_ selection of songs is part of a game that was supposed to have a sort of japanese puzzle exchange kinda vibe. I jumped out of that project because I was absolutely not in the right headspace to work on as many projects as I signed myself up to at that time.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/2-years-of-failure/ c418.org]}}

{{Track infobox
|name=90s_in
|time=0:32
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/90s-in Name your price]}}

=== Trivia ===

* The shortest song on ''2 years of failure''.
* All the songs in the "90s_suite" use the same musical theme.

== 90s_tripverse ==

{{Track infobox
|name=90s_tripverse
|time=5:02
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/90s-tripverse Name your price]}}

== 90s_ani ==

{{Track infobox
|name=90s_ani
|time=2:48
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/90s-ani Name your price]}}

== 90s_management ==

{{Track infobox
|name=90s_management
|time=2:12
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/90s-management Name your price]}}

== 90s_nostress ==

{{Track infobox
|name=90s_nostress
|time=3:05
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/90s-nostress Name your price]}}

== 90s_out ==

{{Track infobox
|name=90s_out
|time=2:04
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/90s-out Name your price]}}

== pizza ==

{{Track infobox
|name=pizza
|time=1:55
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/pizza Name your price]}}

=== Trivia ===

* A remix of the song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nebuhj1esN4 "Brise Napolitaine"] by Django Reinhardt & Guerino from 1933.
** C418 also remixed classical tunes with ''[[I forgot something, didn't I.#Something loud, old and scary|Something loud, old and scary]]'' and ''[[one#I glove thy flob|I glove thy flob]].

== house_loneliness ==

{{Track infobox
|name=house_loneliness
|time=2:36
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/house-loneliness Name your price]}}

{{Quote|house_loneliness is part of a project that was very promising, but all team members moved on to do other things and it ultimately lead to nothing.|C418|c418.org}}

=== Trivia ===
* A very small portion of the beginning of ''choice_broken'' can be heard in the last second of ''house_loneliness'', presumably an error in separating the two tracks.

== choice_broken ==

{{Track infobox
|name=choice_broken
|time=5:04
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/choice-broken Name your price]}}

== cr1_meadow ==

{{Track infobox
|name=cr1_meadow
|time=6:00
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/cr1-meadow Name your price]}}

{{Quote|The cr_ songs actually have a home, in crayon physics. It’s just two songs though. I never knew where to fit them. I personally don’t like EP’s that much, even though it’s very modern to release EP’s with just a small selection of things. That seems messy in my mind. I always like to sort my music in big albums that contain it all.|C418|c418.org}}

=== Trivia ===

* Appears in the iPad version of Crayon Physics Deluxe. C418 was confirmed to be creating music for it [http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/crayonphysics/crayon-physics-deluxe-out-now-for-ipad on the developers' blog].
* Ironically, [[C418]] had previously complained about the lack of music in Crayon Physics:
{{Quote|Shame this game hasn’t any more music. Really, I expected a bit more.|C418|[https://web.archive.org/web/20101120170236/http://c418.org/archives/87 C418.org (old website)]}}

== cr2_finl ==

{{Track infobox
|name=cr2_finl
|time=5:56
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/cr2-finl Name your price]}}

=== Trivia ===

* Also appears in the iPad version of Crayon Physics Deluxe.

== 185_pre ==

{{Track infobox
|name=185_pre
|time=9:04
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/185-pre Name your price]}}

=== Connections ===

* An early version of ''[[148#185|185]]'', without Baiyon's additions.

== egoismus_2016edit ==

{{Track infobox
|name=egoismus_2016edit
|aka=''Egoismus - 2016 Edit''
|time=4:56
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/egoismus-2016edit Name your price]
|soundcloud=[https://soundcloud.com/c418/egoismus-2016-edit Listen for free]}}

{{Quote|egoismus is a remix of the same song in zweitonegoismus.|C418|c418.org}}

{{Quote|This is a blast form ''[sic.]'' the past. The past of 2007. I made this song when I was pretty bummed about life in general, so the mood quite fits my old life haha. I decided to revise this song and add a few extra flourishes, so here's a "modern" rendition of it.|C418|[https://soundcloud.com/c418/egoismus-2016-edit SoundCloud]}}

=== Connections ===

* A remix of ''[[zweitonegoismus#egoismus|egoismus]]''. C418 had previously called it "the only track [on ''zweitonegoismus''] I'm not entirely happy with".

=== Trivia ===

* This track was initially omitted from ''2 years of failure'', but was added in within a day of its release.

== kaneda ==

{{Track infobox
|name=kaneda
|image=File:kaneda.jpg
|imagewidth=175
|time=5:02
|composer=Geinoh Yamashirogumi
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/kaneda Name your price]
|soundcloud=[https://soundcloud.com/c418/kaneda Listen for free]}}

{{Quote|kaneda is a combination of Akira’s soundtrack and my song from “one”.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/2-years-of-failure/ C418.org]}}

{{Quote|A song I made with the AKIRA soundtrack. Obvs I can't sell it or anything, but I wanted to share it anyway.|C418|[https://soundcloud.com/c418/kaneda SoundCloud]}}

== stranger_think ==

{{Track infobox
|name=stranger_think
|aka=''Stranger Think''
|image=File:stranger_think.jpg
|imagewidth=175
|time=4:07
|composer=Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/stranger-think Name your price]
|soundcloud=[https://soundcloud.com/c418/stranger-think Listen for free]}}

{{Quote|stranger think is a song very much reminiscent of Stranger Things, though I hope I didn’t steal too much.|C418|c418.org}}

{{Quote|Here's a remix to the Stranger Things theme song by the incredibly brilliant S U R V I V E. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. Hope you are too, haha.|C418|[https://soundcloud.com/c418/stranger-think SoundCloud]}}

=== Connections ===

* A remix of ''Stranger Things'' by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein (aka S U R V I V E), the theme song for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things Netflix series of the same name].
* C418 also released a mashup using this song as ''[[SoundCloud#strange gambino|strange gambino]]''.
* A currently unreleased remix of ''stranger_think'' was produced by C418 as the theme song for ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things#Beyond_Stranger_Things Beyond Stranger Things]'', another Netflix series that serves as an "aftershow", with discussion from the cast and crew on the second season of ''Stranger Things''.

=== Trivia ===

* C418 previously remixed remixes in ''[[Mixes#20 kards|20 kards]]'' and ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Beginning 2|Beginning 2]]''.

= Album trivia =
* The title of the album is likely a parody on other albums by [[C418]] such as '''''[[72 Minutes of Fame]]''''' or '''''[[Seven Years of Server Data]]'''''.

Excursions

2018-10-10T14:28:15Z

J98:

{{Album infobox
|name=Excursions
|image=File:Excursions.jpg
|imagewidth=250
|date=2018-09-07
|genre=Ambient, Electronica, House, Orchestral, EDM
|time=1:41:41 (16-track digital edition) 1:19:10 (12-track edition) Unknown (vinyl)
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/excursions $8 or more]
|google=[https://play.google.com/store/music/album/C418_Excursions?id=Bslf3kbgq5dve5du7cgcarlhoy4 $9.99]}}

'''''Excursions''''' is the first major, full-length album since 2015's ''[[148]]''. It was also C418's first non-''Minecraft'' album to receive significant press coverage across sites such as [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8466181/c418-beton-minecraft-composer Billboard,] [http://www.factmag.com/2018/07/20/minecraft-composer-c418-announces-new-album/ Fact,] and [https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/minecraft-composer-new-album-1202878121/ Variety].

= Official descriptions =

{{Quote|Excursions, before it was what it is now, was a 30 minute release that I created to, mostly make people know that I still exist. However, I didn’t stop creating until ultimately it became a release that is over 100 minutes in length.

I’ve created this release exclusively only with a 2014 MacBook Pro, which turned out to be a difficult process. Most of the songs use more than 50 individual channels. That’s part due to my creative workflow and part due to me working as fast and as messy as possible. Until recently MacBooks only came with 16 gigs of RAM, which is perfectly fine for most all people, except video editors and people like me. For example, the song Thunderbird, clocking in at 13 minutes, needs around 18 gigs of free RAM to open without a hitch. Shockingly, MacBooks can still open a song like that with 16, because of their weird compression technique. However… it’s also a lucky coin flip on whether the software crashes or not.

Technical problems aside, I’ve posed a few challenges to myself to make creating Excursions interesting.

1. I wanted to create the same piece over and over again in as many different places and mood sets as possible 
2. I wanted to use recorded speakers as a means to record room acoustics as much as possible 
3. Excursions is supposed to feel like a journey through the messiest parts of New York, yet still feel tranquil and relaxing 

To achieve number 3, I’ve decided to bake in the sounds of nature with additional grimy spooky places. Surprisingly, it makes the whole record feel very calm even with the most intense songs.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/excursions/ C418.org]}}

{{Quote|This new project, Excursions, has been a trip down my own memory lane before Minecraft, when I aspired to create music I could hear on a commute to dance to. I’ve tried a few weird tricks for the entire record. For one, I’ve recorded the entire finished product through speakers to give it a roomy feel. Or, the mindset I’ve tried to have making each song. I started with "Beton" as my first song, and then tried to recreate this very song over and over again, but in different locations and with wildly different mood sets. Angry, sad or happy. Turns out that creates completely different songs.|C418|[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8466181/c418-beton-minecraft-composer Billboard]}}

= Tracks =

== Excursions ==
{{Track infobox
|name=Excursions
|time=5:47
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/excursions $1 or more]}}

{{Quote|“Excursions” was originally a track for a very early prototype of a game concept, but I felt that it deserves a better place than my dropbox. After a bit of polishing, I think it’s a very lovely way to be an intro into the album.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/excursions/ C418.org]}}

== Cold Summer ==
{{Track infobox
|name=Cold Summer
|aka=''six''
|time=8:10
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/cold-summer $1 or more]}}

{{Quote|“Cold Summer” is probably familiar to some of. you, as it was the first song I created and put out on Soundcloud with no real goal in mind. Only later I decided that there needed to be more.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/excursions/ C418.org]}}

=== Trivia ===

* On 2017-06-20, over a year before ''Excursions'', early versions of the tracks ''Cold Summer'' and ''TXL'' were released on C418's Soundcloud as a single track named ''[[SoundCloud#six|six]]''.
* The original title may refer to ''Excursions'' being the sixth major album (after ''[[72 Minutes of Fame]]'', ''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'', ''[[one]]'', ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'', and ''[[148]]''). It is also possibly a continuation of the numbering scheme of certain SoundCloud-exclusive tracks, following ''[[SoundCloud#005|005]]'' and preceding ''[[SoundCloud#Seven People Locked In A Pitch Black Mausoleum|Seven People Locked In A Pitch Black Mausoleum]]''.

== TXL ==
{{Track infobox
|name=TXL
|aka=''six'', ''Txl''
|time=2:18
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/txl $1 or more]}}

=== Trivia ===
* TXL is the code for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Tegel_Airport Berlin Tegel Airport].

== Tingle ==
{{Track infobox
|name=Tingle
|collab=Kuabee
|time=6:40
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/tingle $1 or more]}}

{{Quote|“Tingle” was created in a weird spot in my life. I just got broken up from a 2 year relationship that I thought was the most important thing in my life, but it really really wasn’t. I spent the summer traveling to close friends. One of them was my good and composer Jukio Kallio, aka Kuabee. I think he dragged me out to his studio mostly to cheer me up. We ended creating this piece and I’ve polished it until I left the country. It did help.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/excursions/ C418.org]}}

=== Trivia ===
*C418 collaborated with the musician [https://jukiokallio.bandcamp.com/ Jukio Kallio] on this track.
* The track is likely named after Jukio Kallio's dog, Tingle. <ref>https://twitter.com/jukiokallio/status/988723201101451265</ref>

== Beton ==
{{Track infobox
|name=Beton
|time=7:48
|date=2018-07-19
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/beton $1 or more]}}

{{Quote|“Beton” was a piece created to distract myself from being sad, as it was the track I created the closest to my breakup. Making music, at least for me, is very much connected to emotions. If I feel awful, I have a very hard time even jotting down a single note. But somehow I managed to create this whole piece without stopping for a minute. This piece was also the creation of the idea of making this album with as many mood sets as I could muster.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/excursions/ C418.org]}}

{{Quote|I started with "Beton" as my first song, and then tried to recreate this very song over and over again, but in different locations and with wildly different mood sets. Angry, sad or happy. Turns out that creates completely different songs.|C418|[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8466181/c418-beton-minecraft-composer Billboard]}}

=== Trivia ===
*The song was [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8466181/c418-beton-minecraft-composer released] as a single on 2018-07-19. This was the first single ever released by C418 to promote an album.
*The track is named after [https://www.bar-beton.nl/ Bar Beton], a café in the Netherlands.

== AMS ==
{{Track infobox
|name=AMS
|aka=''Ams''
|time=2:38
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/ams $1 or more]}}

=== Trivia ===
* AMS is the code for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Airport_Schiphol Amsterdam Airport Schiphol].

== Thunderbird ==
{{Track infobox
|name=Thunderbird
|time=13:27
|date=2018-08-20
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/thunderbird $1 or more]
|soundcloud=[https://www.magneticmag.com/2018/08/premiere-minecraft-composer-c418-thunderbird-album-excursions/ Listen for free]
|youtube=[https://youtu.be/H3QP2TX-U28 Watch for free]}}

{{Quote|“Thunderbird” is the longest piece. Created in its namesake coffee shop in Austin, I got obsessed for a week or more just creating and creating and creating more until it stopped making sense. I was so obsessed with creating this song that I’m not actually sure what this monster is that I’ve created. I think it’s a bit of a case of staring at something too closely for too long.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/excursions/ C418.org]}}

{{Quote|Whenever I obsess over a piece of music, I am out of commission for weeks until I decide that I am done. That doesn’t happen very often, but it did with "Thunderbird." I created it in a coffee shop in Austin, called, well, Thunderbird. They have fiber wire internet and that’s really useful if you compose 13 minute songs and have to wait and test listen for long stretches of times.|C418|[https://www.magneticmag.com/2018/08/premiere-minecraft-composer-c418-thunderbird-album-excursions/ Magnetic Magazine interview]}}

=== Trivia ===
* The track receives its name from the café it was created in, [http://thunderbirdcoffee.com/ Thunderbird Coffee].<ref>https://www.magneticmag.com/2018/08/premiere-minecraft-composer-c418-thunderbird-album-excursions/</ref>
* At over 13 minutes in length, ''Thunderbird'' is the longest track of ''Excursions''.
**It is also the fifth longest C418 track ever, after ''[[SoundCloud#Seven People Locked In A Pitch Black Mausoleum|Seven People Locked In A Pitch Black Mausoleum]]'' (32:49), ''[[Mixes|BAM #42 - The C418]]'' (25:37), ''[[bps|BAM #27 - The EP]]'' (15:34), and ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#The End|The End]]'' (15:04).
* The song was released as a [https://www.magneticmag.com/2018/08/premiere-minecraft-composer-c418-thunderbird-album-excursions/ single] on 2018-08-21.

== Aviva ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Aviva
|time=3:17
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/aviva $1 or more]}}

{{Quote|“Aviva” was originally a present for someone, but I didn’t want to hide it.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/excursions/ C418.org]}}

== Figure 8 ==
{{Track infobox
|name=Figure 8
|time=8:57
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/figure-8 $1 or more]}}

=== Trivia ===

* The title of this track may refer to [http://www.figure8coffeepurveyors.com/ Figure 8 Coffee Purveyors] in Austin, fitting with how ''Beton'' and ''Thunderbird'' are also named after the cafés where they were made.

== Fake Triplets ==
{{Track infobox
|name=Fake Triplets
|time=8:02}
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/fake-triplets $1 or more]}}

== Nest ==
{{Track infobox
|name=Nest
|time=8:22
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/nest $1 or more]}}

{{Quote|“Nest” is a celebration of tracker music. I got fascinated with trying to transfer the feeling and sound of it into modern software, which is why it essentially is two songs in one. Most tracker music uses 8 bit sample files to save space, which gives them all this low bitrate feeling. The hum of old files. It felt very appropriate for Excursions.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/excursions/ C418.org]}}

== Home ==
{{Track infobox
|name=Home
|time=3:44
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/home $1 or more]}}

=== Trivia ===

* ''Home'' was originally the ending of the album until the tracklist was expanded to sixteen on release day.

== ATX ==
{{Track infobox
|name=ATX
|aka=Atx
|time=3:31
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/atx $1 or more]}}

{{Quote|Starting with “ATX” until “Hope”, these tracks were kept hidden until the official release date on September 7th. The reason for such an unorthodox release window was a technical leak from the music publisher that I’ve used for this specific release. The unfortunate leak led me to create four more tracks, which ultimately made me feel way happier about this album.|[[C418]]|[https://c418.org/albums/excursions/ C418.org]}}

=== Trivia ===
* ATX is the code for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atbasar_Airport Atbasar Airport], but it more likely refers to Austin, one of the cities where ''Excursions'' was made.
* Along with ''Leak'', ''The President is Dead'', and ''Hope'', this track was revealed on 2018-09-07, shortly before the album was released. These four tracks were not included in the [[Excursions#Prerelease|accidental early release]].

== Leak ==
{{Track infobox
|name=Leak
|time=7:50
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/leak $1 or more]}}

=== Trivia ===
* This track's title possibly refers to the version of the album that was accidentally released early. As ''Leak'' was not included in this version, it may be acknowledging that the extra four tracks are a bonus for those who waited for the official release.

== The President is Dead ==

{{Track infobox
|name=The President is Dead
|aka=The President Is Dead
|time=7:48
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/the-president-is-dead $1 or more]}}

{{Quote|"The President is dead” is a reference to an old movie soundtrack. Which one exactly I’ll let you figure out.|[[C418]]|[https://c418.org/albums/excursions c418.org]}}

=== Trivia ===
* C418 confirmed via Discord that the track name does not refer to any living or dead political leader.

== Hope ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Hope
|time=3:22
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/hope $1 or more]}}

= Album trivia =

* The album artwork for ''Excursions'' features a similar pale yellow border to the ''[[Dief]]'' album cover, but the border is slightly thinner than ''Dief'''s, and is also a solid colour instead of having the noise the ''Dief'' cover does.

* C418 has alluded to there being more to ''Excursions'' than just the album. It is unknown if these hints were intended to refer to the four extra tracks revealed on release day, or if there is still something more to announce.

* It was [https://twitter.com/C418/status/1033402042251862018 teased on C418's Twitter] that the download code included in the vinyl release of ''Excursions'' may contain tracks other than just the album itself. This hasn't been confirmed as true yet as no one that has pre-ordered their copy of ''Excursions'' has received their copy and confirmed this is true.

* The back of the CD release does not list ''Fake Triplets'', ''ATX'', ''Leak'', ''The President is Dead'', and ''Hope'', so it is unknown if these tracks are included on it. C418 has also confirmed that the vinyl release, as with ''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'', contains only a limited number of tracks due to capacity restrictions.

* Additionally, the back of the CD release notes that ''Excursions'' was created in the following cities:
** '''Berlin''' (Germany)
*** ''TXL'' was named after the Berlin Tegel Airport.
** Chemnitz (Germany)
*** Daniel Rosenfeld was born in Chemnitz in 1989, when it was under the name Karl-Marx-Stadt.
** Amsterdam (Netherlands)
*** ''Nest'' is possibly named after a bar in Amsterdam.
** Utrecht (Netherlands)
*** ''Beton'' was named after Bar Beton at the station in Utrecht.
** Schiphol (Netherlands)
*** ''AMS'' was named after the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
** Vinnytsia (Ukraine)
*** The release of ''Beton'' as a single was first announced on Instagram while Daniel was visiting Vinnytsia for his brother's wedding. One of the buildings in the album artwork has also been identified as being from the city.
** Valetta (Malta)
** Lisbon (Portugal)
** Helsinki (Finland)
** Oslo (Norway)
** Reykjavik (Iceland)
** '''Austin''' (USA)
*** ''Figure 8'' was named after Figure 8 Coffee Purveyors in Austin.
*** ''ATX'' was named after the city itself, which is commonly shortened from '''A'''ustin, '''T'''e'''x'''as to ATX.
** New York (USA)
** Los Angeles (USA)
** San Francisco (USA)
** Seattle (USA)

== Prerelease ==

* On 2018-09-06, the day before ''Excursions'' released, C418 was interviewed [https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/09/06/c418-minecraft-excursions-interview/ on Bandcamp Daily] for the first time.

* On 2018-07-12, an early version of the album was accidentally released to some platforms.
** While C418 had previously teased ''Excursions'' on Twitter as an upcoming non-''Minecraft'' album, the first knowledge of it was when it was accidentally made available for preorder on Google Play Music on 2018-06-04, with a scheduled release date of 2018-07-13. The preorder was not officially acknowledged, and was removed after a few days. On 2018-07-12 the album was released on the same platforms, as well as Spotify. Later that day, C418 came onto the [https://discord.gg/c418 C418 Discord server] to confirm that the release was unintentional and that it would be removed shortly.
** The album was officially announced on 2018-07-19 with the release of ''Beton'', with Daniel confirming the album's title, cover art, and the original twelve-song tracklist. The final release date was revealed to be 2018-09-07.

* On 2018-09-07, C418 revealed in a tweet that ''Excursions'' would be released with an additional four tracks, ''[[Excursions#ATX|ATX]]'', ''[[Excursions#Leak|Leak]]'', ''[[Excursions#The President is Dead|The President is Dead]]'', and ''[[Excursions#Hope|Hope]]''. The [[Bandcamp]] listing was updated to sixteen tracks, and the album was released on most other platforms shortly afterwards. However, this release was listed separately to the original twelve-track version, which still displayed a release date of 2018-09-09.

= Gallery =
<gallery>
excursions-additionals-3.jpg|Image used for background on [https://c418.org/albums/excursions/ C418.org]
Excursions CD 1.png|Promo images of the ''Excursions'' CD physical release
Excursions CD 2.png
Excursions CD 3.png
Excursions LP 1.jpg|Promo image of the ''Excursions'' LP physical release
</gallery>

Minecraft - Volume Alpha

2018-10-10T14:24:17Z

J98: Adding songs that the Minecraft theme can be heard in.

{{triviastub}}

{{Album infobox
|name=Minecraft - Volume Alpha
|aka=''Minecraft Volume Alpha''
|image=File:Minecraft - Volume Alpha.jpg
|imagewidth=250
|date=2011-03-04
|genre=Ambient, Orchestral, IDM, Minimal Techno, Soundtrack
|time=58:51 (digital and CD) 38:13 (vinyl)
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-alpha $6 or more]
|spotify=[https://open.spotify.com/album/3Gt7rOjcZQoHCfnKl5AkK7 Ad-supported]
|newgarbage=[https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/minecraft-volume-alpha/id424968465 $9.99]
|google=[https://play.google.com/store/music/album/C418_Minecraft_Volume_Alpha?id=Bqp3qxmhaptotal5qblrf5l74fm $9.99]
|ghostly=[https://www.theghostlystore.com/collections/music/products/c418-minecraft-volume-alpha $10 (digital)] [https://www.theghostlystore.com/collections/music/products/c418-minecraft-volume-alpha $12 (CD)] [https://www.theghostlystore.com/collections/music/products/c418-minecraft-volume-alpha From $18 (vinyl)] [https://www.theghostlystore.com/products/c418-minecraft-volume-alpha-international From $21 (vinyl, international)]}}

'''''Minecraft - Volume Alpha''''' is an album by [[C418]] containing the original soundtrack to ''Minecraft'', although several other songs never used within ''Minecraft'' are also included.

''Minecraft - Volume Alpha'' was [[C418]]'s first album to be released outside of [[Bandcamp]], additionally being released to [[iTunes]], [[Spotify]], and [[Google Play]]. To date it is [[C418]]'s most successful album due to the popularity of ''Minecraft'' and its soundtrack.

= Official descriptions =

{{Quote|This is probably why you’ve come to this website! Minecraft is one of the most popular video games in recent history, and Volume Alpha is the first official soundtrack to the game. Critics like to compare the style of my album to Erik Satie, Roedelius, and Brian Eno. Aphex Twin also once said I stole his style.

Minimalism was and is definitely key when it comes to the soundtrack. Although Minecraft in and of itself is a very frantic and wild experience, I wanted to give the game a contrast by essentially giving the player a pentatonic chill pill. Some fans actually like to listen to this album while they go to sleep, which is just as well another interesting use for it.

Volume Alpha has been released in 2011 and was the first commercial release I’ve ever published, and luckily also the most successful, kickstarting my career as an independent composer and game dev. There is a lot that I have to thank Minecraft for, and there will be much more that I can thank it for.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/minecraft-volume-alpha/ C418.org]}}

{{Quote|This album contains most of the songs in Minecraft! It also contains even more unreleased music! In high quality! Meaning FLAC if you want!

If you have a problem or just want to chit-chat, mail me under myself@c418.org !

Also, if you're wondering where the other songs are, those will appear in Volume Beta!

[...]

The OFFICIAL soundtrack of the critically acclaimed multi award winning indie block game!

Features 15 additional soundtrack exclusive minutes of music you haven't heard before!

Features Cat! In STEREO!

Features CD quality music! No more extremely low bitrate youtube videos of the soundtrack!

Features a high quality image of the album cover!|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-alpha C418.org]}}

= Tracks =

== Key ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Key
|aka=nuance1
|time=1:05
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/key $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|opens|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/key Bandcamp]}}
{{Quote|''key'' is the song that sort of introduces you to the album, whereas ''door'' is a little bit of a small medley that welcomes you to the world of Minecraft.|C418}}
{{Quote|With “key” I had the thought of getting some more background’ey music into the main world. In technicality it’s just “Subwoofer Lullaby”, but slower and with a ton of more echo, but it effectively sounds wonderfully creepy, and I just enjoyed that.|C418|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160901160158/http://c418.org/?p=257 Dear C418]}}

=== Connections ===

* Also appears on ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' as ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Ki|Ki]]'', using a different second half.

== Door ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Door
|time=1:51
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/door $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|Welcome!|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/door Bandcamp]}}

== Subwoofer Lullaby ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Subwoofer Lullaby
|time=3:28
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/subwoofer-lullaby $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|Imagine a forest with a subwoofer on overdrive...|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/subwoofer-lullaby Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|''Subwoofer Lullaby'' is a song I named that way because I always imagine a big speaker somewhere far far in a forest blasting this odd little melody.|C418}}

=== Connections ===

* Briefly remixed at the end of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Floating Trees|Floating Trees]]''.

== Death ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Death
|time=0:41
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/death $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|Totally worth it though|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/death Bandcamp]}}

== Living Mice ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Living Mice
|time=2:57
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/living-mice $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|Yes, I mean you.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/living-mice Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|''Living Mice'', or the opposite would be deadmau5, hah. Joel did help me a bit with making this album, so there’s that reference.|C418}}

=== Trivia ===
* The track title is a reference to Joel Thomas Zimmerman, better known as [https://deadmau5.com deadmau5].
** C418 and deadmau5 would later collaborate on several other songs, one of which can be found on '''''[[Seven Years of Server Data]]''''' as ''[[Seven Years of Server Data#mau5cave|mau5cave]]''.

== Moog City ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Moog City
|time=2:40
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/moog-city $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|Imagine that!|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/moog-city Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|''Moog City'' is a fun track. Moog actually contacted me on it, telling me how much they liked it. I’m glad they never found out I actually didn’t make it with a Moog device. I kinda created this song because I ordered a Moog, but I didn’t have it yet.|C418}}

=== Connections ===

* Remixed on ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' as ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Moog City 2|Moog City 2]]''.
* Also remixed as part of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Alpha|Alpha]]''.

== Haggstrom ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Haggstrom
|time=3:24
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/haggstrom $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|MHG MHG MHG|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/haggstorm Bandcamp]}}

=== Trivia ===
* This track's title likely refers to game soundtrack-producer Mattias Häggström Gerdt, also known as [https://anosou.bandcamp.com/ anosou].
** [[C418]] would later collaborate with anosou on '''''[[Catacomb Snatch Original Soundtrack]]''''' and also remix one of anosou's tracks as ''[[Seven Years of Server Data#Cobalt Something Something|Cobalt Something Something]]''.

== Minecraft ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Minecraft
|aka=calm1
|time=4:15
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/minecraft $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|The very first and last song.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/minecraft Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|''Minecraft'' is by far the most minimalist song and also the first song I created for the game. It’s purely pentatonic in scale, builds up very slowly, and then slowly fades away. This is kind of what I built the entire soundtrack around on.|C418}}

=== Connections ===

* Technically predated by its first remix, ''[[life changing moments seem minor in pictures#Minecraft is acid|Minecraft is acid]]'', though this track made its first appearance [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIFkQMEz9X8 in a video on 2009-06-07] testing sound in the game ''Minecraft''. The version shown is Classic 0.0.14a_08, from 2009-05-28.
** It also made an early and very brief appearance in a [http://web.archive.org/web/20101026123050/http://c418.org/minecraft.mp3 2010 preview] of the Minecraft soundtrack.
* Remixed on this album as ''Beginning''.
** The theme also appears on this album in ''Door'', ''Chris'', and ''Beginning'' .
* Remixed on ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' as part of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Alpha|Alpha]]'' and ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#The End|The End]]''.
** It was also remixed directly there as ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Mutation|Mutation]]''.
** Remixed by extension in ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Beginning 2|Beginning 2]]''.
** The theme also appears in the music discs. It can be heard towards the end of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Far|Far]]'', the middle of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Strad|Strad]]'', and in parts of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Chirp|Chirp]]'', .

== Oxygène ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Oxygène
|time=1:05
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/oxyg-ne $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|Accidental reference obviously.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/oxyg-ne Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|“Oxygène” and “Équinoxe” are naturally references to Jean Michel Jarre.|C418}}

=== Trivia ===
* This track title and the following track ''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha#Équinoxe|Équinoxe]]'' are references to French electronic and ambient composer [https://jeanmicheljarre.com/ Jean Michel Jarre]
** ''[https://jeanmicheljarre.com/music/oxygene Oxygène]'' and ''[https://jeanmicheljarre.com/music/equinoxe Équinoxe]'' are two of Jarre's most influential and popular albums

== Équinoxe ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Équinoxe
|time=1:54
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/quinoxe $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|No reference in here!|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/quinoxe Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|“Oxygène” and “Équinoxe” are naturally references to Jean Michel Jarre.|C418}}

== Mice on Venus ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Mice on Venus
|time=4:41
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/mice-on-venus $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|Or mars.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/mice-on-venus Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|''Mice on Venus'', or Mouse on Mars. MOM is a definite inspiration for me, and this album directly. It’s a highly experimental German musician duo that has been super active in the late 90’s and early 2000’s and I obsessed over their work. The song started as a piano solo, but as game development went on, I added a kind of, uh, addendum to it. A little cheeky piece that kind of says, Minecraft is also quite silly.|C418}}

{{Quote|''<nowiki>[Mice on Venus]</nowiki>'' evolved into more and more stuff, really. I started with the super simple piano solo, and then added everything else to it. Back then people complained that there was too much depressing music, so I tried to make something optimistic.|C418|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160901160158/http://c418.org/?p=257 Dear C418]}}

=== Trivia ===
* The track title is a reference to the German electronic music duo [http://www.mouseonmars.com/ Mouse on Mars].

== Dry Hands ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Dry Hands
|time=1:08
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/dry-hands $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|Yep!|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/dry-hands Bandcamp]}}

== Wet Hands ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Wet Hands
|time=1:39
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/wet-hands $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|And cold too.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/wet-hands Bandcamp]}}

== Clark ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Clark
|time=3:11
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/clark $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|<3|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/clark Bandcamp]}}

=== Trivia ===
* This track title and the following track title ''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha#Chris|Chris]]'' are a reference to English electronic musician [https://throttleclark.com/ Chris Clark].

== Chris ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Chris
|time=1:27
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/chris $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|He likes it.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/chris Bandcamp]}}

== Thirteen ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Thirteen
|time=2:56
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/thirteen $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|No human was harmed in the making of this recording.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/thirteen Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|''Thirteen'' is a creepy little record you can find in Minecraft. I always wanted the player to find it somewhere deep within a cave, because it’s being played by a device, creating a creepy atmosphere. But it turns out it’s just a creepy song being played. We never actually did that in the game though.|C418}}

== Excuse ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Excuse
|time=2:04
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/excuse $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|...|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/excuse Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|''Excuse'' was originally intended to be a song for Minecraft’s hell world, the “Nether”. However when I started creating this album, I wanted it to be more than just carbon copies of what’s in the game. I wanted to give people more. So I ultimately decided that ''Excuse'' would be one of several exclusive songs only to be found on this record.|C418}}

== Sweden ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Sweden
|time=3:35
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/sweden $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|Wonderful country|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/sweden Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|''Sweden'' is by far the most popular song, and I think it’s because of it’s very minimalistic chord progression that you can follow very easily. It is also based on the principle the song ''Minecraft'' is built on. Slow buildup, slowly fading away.|C418}}

== Cat ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Cat
|time=3:06
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/cat $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|You know what they say - curiosity killed the cat.|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/cat Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|''Cat'' is a whimsical little track. People seem to like it a lot! I don’t know why!|C418}}

== Dog ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Dog
|time=2:25
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/dog $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|I don't know about dogs though...|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/dog Bandcamp]}}

== Danny ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Danny
|time=4:14
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/danny $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|All his fault|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/danny Bandcamp]}}

=== Trivia ===
*The track title is named after fellow game soundtrack-composer [https://dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com/ Danny Baranowsky].

== Beginning ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Beginning
|time=1:42
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/beginning $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|All his fault|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/beginning Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|''Beginning'' because the end is always just the beginning. And with Minecraft, now we do know that this is not the last album and there is more to discover. That’s why I named it that.|C418}}

=== Trivia ===
* C418's [[Bandcamp]] comment of "All his fault" was probably added as this track's description in error.

=== Trivia ===
* A remix of ''Minecraft''.
* Specifically remixed on ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' as ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta#Beginning 2|Beginning 2]]''.

== Droopy likes ricochet ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Droopy likes ricochet
|time=1:36
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/droopy-likes-ricochet-2 $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|Featured in the video on minecraft.net|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/droopy-likes-ricochet-2 Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|''Droopy Likes Ricochet'' and ''Droopy Likes your Face'' are both songs from [[life changing moments seem minor in pictures|'''''life changing moments seem minor in pictures''''']]. It’s a song I haven’t created for anything in particular, but the first Droopy song ended up in the first official Minecraft game trailer.|C418}}

== Droopy likes your face ==

{{Track infobox
|name=Droopy likes your face
|time=1:56
|bandcamp=[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/droopy-likes-your-face-2 $0.99 or more]}}

{{Quote|Not featured in the video on minecraft.net but nontheless completes the song|C418|[https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/droopy-likes-your-face-2 Bandcamp]}}

{{Quote|I get a lot of questions on what Droopy says. To be fair, I don’t know. It’s a sample library that you receive if you buy Kontakt. As far as I know, it’s a toy you could buy in the 80’s or 90’s which says random phrases about itself.|C418|[https://c418.org/albums/minecraft-volume-alpha/ C418.org]}}

= Vinyl tracks =

The vinyl version has a different tracklist to the main release due to limitations of the format.

== Side A ==

# ''[[#Subwoofer Lullaby|Subwoofer Lullaby]]''
# ''[[#Living Mice|Living Mice]]''
# ''[[#Moog City|Moog City]]''
# ''[[#Haggstrom|Haggstrom]]''
# ''[[#Minecraft|Minecraft]]''
# ''[[#Clark|Clark]]''

== Side B ==

# ''[[#Mice on Venus|Mice on Venus]]''
# ''[[#Dry Hands|Dry Hands]]''
# ''[[#Wet Hands|Wet Hands]]''
# ''[[#Sweden|Sweden]]''
# ''[[#Cat|Cat]]''
# ''[[#Danny|Danny]]''