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The Snaking Path

by Malfet

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iokanaan
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iokanaan A beautiful album of music. Definitely, Malfet is one of my favourite composer.
Thanks for these moments of poesy. Favorite track: The Shadows' Dance On Cavern Walls.
mitula
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mitula I love their music. I listen to it while playing Fantasy RPG games where the soundtrack isn't just as good. I listen to it while working, writing, reading or relaxing. All the time really
sjöhäxan
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sjöhäxan An enchanting union of rhythmic elements, nature soundscapes, and classic DS atmosphere. I love returning to this for deep forest dwelling. Favorite track: Edenic Reflections.
menegroth
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menegroth This mixture of fantastic melodies and nature is simply sublime, I'm a fan! Favorite track: The Snaking Path.
Lord Tetrarch
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Lord Tetrarch Soothing and ethereal.

Quite uplifting, memories of summer.
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The project title “Malfet” refers to a nickname taken by the fabled Sir Launcelot, the “Ill-Made Knight” - a description of both the aesthetically unappealing physical characteristics of the knight as well as his inner moral struggles. “The Snaking Path” does not emanate ugliness, but describes the long, lonely, and often treacherous journey from inner turmoil to peace and fulfillment.

This is a rhythmic dungeon synth album that, like many of its predecessors, carries with it a sense of progression and narrative thrust: from darkness into light. Subdued mellotron, harps, flutes, and organ synthesis meet manipulated field recordings and percussion to summon a decidedly high medieval pastoral atmosphere that is both pensive and driving.

The “Chevalier Mal Fet” of Arthurian legend meets a tragic end - the fantasy of The Snaking Path is far more optimistic; as we traverse the dark dreams of the first side of the tape, we know there is a light at the other end of this tunnel. From ruminations to jubilance, from solemnity to merriment - this is The Snaking Path.

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released March 30, 2018

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