This album has been in the works since 2015 although at the start we thought it would be called 'Realms'. At the last minute we decided that it would be a series of albums instead, and we kept adding more and more tracks - so stay tuned for Realm II which is also arriving later in 2024.

The premise is all about the story series we're brewing up called 'Parallel Tales' which is a fantasy story mixed with sci-fi themes, featuring world-hopping magicians and their adventures to save the fate of multiple dimensions.

This is an instrumental prologue version of the album, in the future we'll release a version that has vocals for each track.

Thank you to the guest musicians who joined us in the creation of this album, in particular Davy Vance (@skub1955) on guitar for the first track, and Mike Donnelly of Music For Magicians (@music-for-magicians) on the final track. We had a great time working with you two talented people.

Art by Masha (the brick wall sketch is a royalty free drawing from Canva.)

Released December 12, 2023. All Rights Reserved.

Thanks for listening, and have a great rest of the year 2023.

Realm I - [Instrumental Prologue]

A collaborative whimsical dream pop project which turned out so fun. It is going to be the 'Realms' album's first track and the theme song for our game in development 'Exit of the Exile', as well.

Dedicated to @katyasolo.

Music Credits:
The guest guitarist on this track is Davy Vance at @skub1955. Thanks for the collaboration Davy, great job, your guitar playing rocks! We hope to collaborate again sometime.

Art Credits:
Midnight On Mars: www.deviantart.com/midnight-on-mars 
He drew Masha's elf character Ashara Vayla in the forest.

The unicorn is by JL G (ractapopulous) from Pixabay.

For the teaser trailer, the photo of the forest is by stafichukanotoly from Pixabay.

Thanks, everyone, for the beautiful song and artwork we created together. And thank you for listening!

Realms

Enchanted Forest ft. Davy Vance - Instrumental

Enchanted Forest with Davy Vance on guitar - Instrumental

'Realms' is one of the first tracks we envisioned would be on an album by the same name back when we started composition of the track in 2015. In 2022 Masha mixed and mastered the song.

Later on there will be a version with lyrics and Masha's singing.

The song art was first designed by Robert this time, who drew Masha a surprise whiteboard sketch back in 2016, which was left on the whiteboard for a whole year after that. In 2022, Masha recreated the design from memory using royalty free photography from victoria-rt, buddy-nath, and merlinlightpainting on Pixabay.

We hope you enjoy the listen. Thanks for stopping by.

Realms - Instrumental

We're happy to announce that we're back with a new song. Thanks so much for listening and continuing to support us even though we were on hiatus.

Composed to be part of the soundtrack for our story series 'Parallel Tales'. This song is essentially the theme song for the elf enchantress 'Ashara'. Written in 2023 to be part of the upcoming album called 'Realms'. Art by Masha.

Synth work by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) and Masha Solo (@masha-solo)

A High Ranking Elf Of The Lavrinian Court - Instrumental

Composed to be part of the soundtrack for our story and game series 'Parallel Tales'. This song is the theme for the legendary wizard named 'Havium'. Written in 2016-2023 to be part of the upcoming album called 'Realms'.  Art by Masha.

Masha at first created the main melody in 2016, over the years we both added more new parts, most notably when Masha composed a new synth intro and Rob bit-crushed the outro in 2023.

Synth work by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) and Masha Solo (@masha-solo)

Thanks for listening!

Havium, The Lost Wizard - Instrumental

Composed in April 2023 during an improvisational jam session, it is now part of our upcoming album 'Realms'. Art by Masha using royalty free Canva resources.

Synth work by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) and Masha Solo (@masha-solo)

Ley Lines - Instrumental

One of the last tracks on the upcoming album 'Realms', this song is a character theme song for Rob's character named Lord Banshie, drawn by Masha, for our novel and game series Parallel Tales. 

It's meant to be a companion song to 'A High Ranking Elf at the Lavrinian Court' - https://archmagemusic.bandcamp.com/track/a-high-ranking-elf-of-the-lavrinian-court-instrumental, but strange sounding as if warped by inter-dimensional forces.

Synth parts and drum machine parts, plus the composition of the 2nd half of the song's phonk inspired mood by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) of Archmage Band. Synth bells, 2nd half of the song's drum machine parts, main melody design and production undertaken by Masha Solo (@masha-solo) of Archmage Band. Additional synths, transition noises, drum and bass guitar parts by Mike Donnelly (@music-for-magicians)  

It was truly cool and magical working with Mike. He really understood what we were going for with this track's mood and storytelling features. Thanks again for joining us, Mike!

We hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening to our first collaboration with Music For Magicians!

Art by Masha Solo.
Character Design by Rob Ulysses.

A Hidden Past, Unravelled ft. Music For Magicians - Instrumental

Archmage Band was founded in 2013 by Rob and Masha, who are a musician couple and synth pop duo from Australia.

Our Albums:
Realm I [Instrumental Prologue]: https://archmagemusic.bandcamp.com/album/realm-i-instrumental-prologue 
Realm II: https://archmagemusic.bandcamp.com/album/realm-ii-instrumental-prologue-2

Gear:
We use a synthesizer (Roland Gaia SH-01), a midi controller (the Korg microKEY), Reason Compact, Figure, and Garageband to make all our sounds.

All art by Masha unless stated otherwise on the release.

For enquires, collaboration or remix ideas, or just to get in touch with either Rob or Masha, contact Archmage Band at mail@archmagemusic.com

Additional Accounts:
@archmageband (2020-2022)
@archmageband3 (2024-onward)

Solo Accounts:
@masha-solo
@rob-ulysses

Thank you all for listening to our music, we hope that you have a great day.

A Hidden Past, Unravelled ft. Music For Magicians - Instrumental

Archmage Band II