I seem to be writing about dungeon synth a lot these days and I’m not entirely sure why. Admittedly I have been buying a lot of it lately, but it’s not as if plenty of other genres aren’t making it onto the stereo at Life In The Vinyl Lane World HeadquartersTM. But for whatever reason […]
Category: Cassette
Jim Kirkwood, Part II
My original post on Jim Kirkwood is, as of when I’m writing this, the most viewed post on this incarnation of Life in the Vinyl Lane (you can also read about his Eternal Champion Trilogy of albums HERE). This probably shouldn’t be surprising. While dungeon synth (which I’ll be referring to as DS from here […]
R. M. Hendrix – “No Signal” Cassette (2024)
R. M. Hendrix is an American musician, designer, and artist who, per his Bandcamp page, is based in Iceland. His music wanders the land a bit, from dreampop to shoegaze to ambient electronica. No Signal was recorded during a live performance at Reykjavik’s Space Odyssey back in October 2024 and features Hendrix giving a primarily […]
Skhemty – “Sunrise On The Old Kingdom” Cassette (2022)
Skhemty is a dungeon synth project of John Lordswood who, in addition to performing under perhaps a dozen different names, is also the man behind the Ancient King Records label. As dungeon synth has evolved a number of different styles have emerged, from the more standard dark ambient, pastoral, and sword-and-sorcery takes to things like […]
Castle Zagyx – “Oath Of The Dark Chivalry” Cassette (2023)
One of the things I truly enjoy about dungeon synth is the extras some artists add to their releases. Cassettes, being much smaller than records, lend themselves to being packaged in boxes or pouches with all kinds of surprises. There are some in the scene, of course, who think this is dumb and gimmicky and […]