Excursions
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Excursions | |
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Release date | 2018-09-07 |
Running time | 1:41:41 |
Bandcamp | $8 or more |
This article is missing trivia. The basic details are all here, but if you know some fun facts on these tracks, you should add them. |
Excursions is a major, full-length album. It was released on September 7, 2018 on Google Play Music. The album was C418's first non-Minecraft album to receive significant press coverage across sites such as Billboard, Fact, and Variety.
Official descriptions
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, Billboard
Tracklist
Excursions
Excursions | |
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Length | 5:47 |
Cold Summer
Cold Summer | |
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AKA | six |
Length | 8:10 |
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 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 005 and preceding Seven People Locked In A Pitch Black Mausoleum.
TXL
TXL | |
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AKA | six, Txl |
Length | 2:18 |
Trivia
- TXL is the code for the Berlin Tegel Airport.
Tingle
Tingle | |
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Length | 6:40 |
Additional artist(s) | Kuabee |
Trivia
- C418 collaborated with the musician Jukio Kallio on this track.
- The track is likely named after Jukio Kallio's dog, Tingle. [1]
Beton
Beton | |
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Release date | 2018-07-19 |
Length | 7:48 |
Bandcamp | 1$ |
YouTube | {{{soundcloud}}} |
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, Billboard
Trivia
- The song was 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 Bar Beton, a café in the Netherlands.
AMS
AMS | |
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AKA | Ams |
Length | 2:38 |
Trivia
- AMS is the code for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Thunderbird
Thunderbird | |
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Release date | 2018-08-20 |
Length | 13:27 |
SoundCloud | Listen for free |
YouTube | Listen for free |
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, Magnetic Magazine interview
Trivia
- The track receives its name from the café it was created in, Thunderbird Coffee.[2]
- At over 13 minutes in length, Thunderbird is the longest track of Excursions.
- It is also the fifth longest C418 track ever, after Seven People Locked In A Pitch Black Mausoleum (32:49), BAM #42 - The C418 (25:37), BAM #27 - The EP (15:34), and The End (15:04).
- The song was released as a single on 2018-08-21.
- С418 uploaded the song to his YouTube channel a day before.
Aviva
Aviva | |
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Length | 3:17 |
Figure 8
Figure 8 | |
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Length | 8:57 |
Fake Triplets
Fake Triplets | |
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Length | 8:02 |
Nest
Nest | |
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Length | 8:22 |
Home
Home | |
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Length | 3:44 |
ATX
ATX | |
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Length | 3:31 |
Trivia
- ATX is the code for Atbasar Airport.
Leak
Leak | |
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Length | 7:50 |
Trivia
- The trackname refers to the album's leak that occurred on July 12. For more information please check the Album trivia.
The President Is Dead
The President Is Dead | |
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Length | 7:48 |
Hope
Hope | |
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Length | 3:22 |
Album trivia
- An early version of Excursions containing unfinalized tracks was released on 12 July 2018 due to a clerical error.
- Excursions first appeared on most platforms on 4 June 2018, available for pre-order with a scheduled release date of 13 July 2018. The pre-order never received any acknowledgement from C418, and within a few days the album had disappeared. On 12 July 2018 the album released on Spotify, Google Play, and a few other platforms, still receiving no acknowledgement from C418. Within a day the album had been taken down, and C418 revealed it had been released by mistake due to a clerical error. The album later was re-revealed amid press coverage and official statements from C418 on 19 July 2018, with its final release date set to 7 September 2018.
- On the release day, C418 added 4 more track to the album, ATX, Leak, The President Is Dead and Hope.
- The album cover for Excursions features the same yellow border used for the Dief album cover, but the border is slightly thinner than Dief's.