Disasterpeace – Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar
A small band of galactic travelers are bound together by mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile, in the darkest reaches of the universe, an unparalleled force dwells on ambiguous intentions.
Artwork by Graham Lackey.
Songs Copyright to Rich Vreeland. Remixes encouraged!
January 1st, 2011 at 4:58 am
Probably the best chiptune album I’ve ever heard. It has left me utterly speechless…
January 1st, 2011 at 6:06 am
Fantastic work, Rich!
January 1st, 2011 at 5:46 pm
I agree with Norrin_Radd. Disasterpeace has outdone itself. Great album.
January 2nd, 2011 at 7:16 pm
Utterly brilliant from start to finish. I have to agree with Norrin that after my first listen, I was left completely bereft of words. By turns nostalgic, energizing, whimsical, reflective, and epic you have created what is quite honestly one of the best chiptune albums ever produced. “Counter of the Cumulus” is worth the price of admission alone, as far as I’m concerned. “Ensis”, “The New Formation”, and “Submerficul” are equally awe-inspiring in their melodic sparkle and polished harmonic bliss.
It was well worth the long wait to hear this masterpiece. As “Prologue” wrapped up and “Jump Error” began during my first listen of the album, I uttered just three words: “Welcome back, Rich”.
Welcome back, Disasterpeace.
January 3rd, 2011 at 10:12 am
This feedback is pretty interesting. Honestly, I don’t quite see eye-to-eye with this extremely high level of praise… but I myself am not a longtime Disasterpeace fan like (evidently) the rest of you, so I don’t hold quite as high an opinion. For example, if a new Pixelh8 album suddenly hit, I would probably be far more excited and interested in it than the rest of the chiptune community would.
That’s not to say I think “Obsidian” is a bad album, of course; but I wouldn’t go quite so far as to declare it the best chiptune album ever made.
All things considered it’s a solid effort–I purchased it day one. Congratulations on the record, Mr. Peace–and good luck with future projects.
January 3rd, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Damn, best Disasterpeace release yet. Keep up the good work, man!
January 3rd, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Perfect way to start the year off.
January 4th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Wow, what a great album. Solid all the way through. One of the best things I’ve heard in a long while.
January 8th, 2011 at 10:58 am
I have a new favorite artist.
January 16th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
So good . So nice. So great!!!!!!
Awesome!
January 24th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
I remember Ensis from the Heartcode comp. I remember looking up more Disasterpeace songs at the time and being disappointed because Ensis was my favorite from the comp, besides Get Pumped. but now, this album is awesome. really, it’s great. I didn’t even recognize Ensis by name, but as soon as I heard it I got even more stoked on this. I would buy this if I wasn’t currently in a free-music-only phase (sure the album’s not that much, but I have an addiction, if I buy one album I won’t be able to stop, and I can’t afford that right now). but I’ll buy it eventually! like I keep telling myself about Xoc’s non-free albums…
but anyway, this is really good! I hope to hear more like this one, even though it took so long to finish…
January 24th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Holy shit. Breathtakingly awesome. Bought the CD on track 5. You, sir, have a new fan.
February 3rd, 2011 at 9:34 am
My good sir you have a new fan as well, just bought the album… it’s marvelous! it’s indeed a trip…
beautiful.
D.
March 14th, 2011 at 9:52 am
Been listening to this for quite awhile now. One of my favorite albums. It was a pleasure to hear some of this live yesterday!