Hi everyone,

Thank you so much for checking our page for Archmage Band III.

This song is a theme song for the Parallel Tales series: Exit of the Exile, which is the first story's theme song featuring the elf Ashara.

It will be on Realm III [Instrumental Prologue].

We're working on a storytelling style for the vocals together now. For that version we'll be sharing more of the story than ever before.

Art by Masha using royalty free Canva flourishes.
Synth work by Masha Solo (@masha-solo) and Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) using Reason Compact and a Korg microKey Midi Controller.

Realm III [Instrumental Prologue]

Exit of the Exile - Instrumental

Exit Of The Exile - Instrumental

A reupload from the first account. A song of ours from early in the band's history, around 2013-2014, reworked in 2022 for the upcoming album 'Mulu Lagoon'. We had a lot of fun with dub, echo and delay effects, and blending chiptunes with synth pop and elements of electroska.

Synth work by Masha Solo (@masha-solo) and Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses)
Pixel Art by Masha using Pixel Studio.

Mulu Lagoon

Daydreams of a Paradise - Instrumental

Daydreams Of A Paradise - Instrumental

A song composed first in 2014 and added to later in 2022. It was one of the first songs that the account ran out of room to host, that we posted onto @archmageband back in 2022. So it's back on this new one. 

Synth work by @masha-solo and @rob-ulysses.
Thanks for listening!

Original Description:

A song set in the 1960s between a lady and her estranged friend, after they had to move to different places and lost touch. She's trying to rekindle the friendship by calling him on the phone after years of not talking enough, but will it be enough of an effort of encouragement after they went their separate paths in life, could that old friendship be built to last? 

A foray into an industrial sound blended with electronic pop.

Pencil art by Masha, the characters are fictional.

Solovei

Distant Friend - Instrumental

A song we composed using the free and open source LMMS DAW, Reason Compact and our Korg microKey midi controller, which features the character Riven Halfwaye from our game/story series in progress called Parallel Tales.

It's meant to sound disturbing, chaotic, experimental, science-fictionesque, and was inspired by the Aperture Science Soundtrack if it had more phonk and hip hop elements.

About Riven: A genius scientist antihero coping with living with insanity in a dystopian world. He would do anything for the one he loves.

Here's the character's main theme song which features Tot. on drums:
https://soundcloud.com/archmageband/riven-halfwaye-w-tot-on-drums-instrumental

Riven is Rob's character, drawn by Masha.
The background optical illusion pattern is from Canva.

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

Plug ins used in LMMS:
HOME Arp by Surreal Music
Phonk Bass by Mastartiq
Bonechimes by Hans Jinneman (maximumharp)

We're making this one remixable according to Creative Commons as long as it's not commercial. It would be fun to hear what people wish to add to it. If you need the stems, don't hesitate to ask in a DM or email.

Temporary Chemical - Instrumental

The story behind this one is that Rob Ulysses of Archmage Band often has a reoccurring dream setting that he calls the "Macabre Coast".

We tried out a new style for this one, a darker more ambient approach with slow, heavy and steady beats and haunting synth bells.

This song is a theme song for our game in progress of the same name. We hope that you like the result when it's ready.

Originally the song is 6 1/2 miinutes long. This is a shorter radio edit version produced by Neons Gone Mad. We think they did an excellent job! ♥

Here is their brilliant music video for this track.  https://youtu.be/dihlEVVSHRg

Neons Gone Mad on Bandcamp: https://profoddfellow.bandcamp.com/

Synth work by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) and Masha Solo (@masha-solo), with additional ocean sfx, Tesla Spirit Radio sfx, and production by Neons Gone Mad (@prof-oddfellow) 

More versions of this track are in the works. We'll post it as an EP when those versions are finalised.

The Macabre Coast

The Macabre Coast - Instrumental - Produced by Neons Gone Mad (Radio Edit)

Macabre Coast - Instrumental - Produced by Neons Gone Mad (Radio Edit)

"And now for something completely different" from our last track 'Macabre Coast', in mood:

A song to do game development or storywriting to, designed to be fun while building a world with some uplifting chiptunes melodies.

Composed in 2016 and finalised in 2024, this one has been on the backburner for a while with the strange code name "Doramumu" which was a name that came from Figure App's song name generator. :D

It will be on the album 'Arcane Arcade'.

Hope you enjoy, and thank you for listening.

The photo by Masha is of Australian tropical rainforest mountain ranges.
Synth work by Masha Solo (@masha-solo) and Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses)

Arcane Arcade

World-Building - Instrumental

The story behind this one is that Rob Ulysses of Archmage Band often has a reoccurring dream setting that he calls the "Macabre Coast".

We tried out a new style for this one, a darker more ambient approach with slow, heavy and steady beats and haunting synth bells.

This song is a theme song for our game in progress of the same name. We hope that you like the result when it's ready.

Synth work by @rob-ulysses and @masha-solo, Lyrics by Masha and Craig Conley of Neons Gone Mad @prof-oddfellow, Vocals by Michael Warwick of Neons Gone Mad and Masha, additional ocean sfx, Tesla Spirit Radio sfx, and production by Neons Gone Mad

Archmage Band Bandcamp: https://archmagemusic.bandcamp.com/
Neons Gone Mad on Bandcamp: https://profoddfellow.bandcamp.com/ 

Here is Neons Gone Mad's brilliant music video for this track.  https://youtu.be/dihlEVVSHRg

More versions of this track are in the works. We'll post it as an EP when those versions are finalised.

Lyrics:

Recurring dreams
Of foreshores

Galloping foam
White horses

Mercury depths
Sorcerer's

Rime, as in hoarfrost
Wizened verses

As I watch the ocean's waves breaking through,
I ponder what such ancient waters must know
Witness valuable scenes far beyond the ship’s bow
While my own vague accounts may be false when anew
For what knows the ocean, and so much of it true,
Humankind bears no proof and the ocean no woe.
Its waves disregard with an infinite flow,

Why is a thought
like the sea?

An idiosyncrasy?

Tied to the moon's
apogee?

Why is a thought so
like the sea?

Knowledge left on the sand before swept away too.
And when the ageless heart of the tide
Would listen to questions that were asked by the best
Inquiries of paradox, of life and of death
It knows not whether to heed and abide

It's a notion
It's an ocean

It's a notion
It's an ocean

[Spirit radio voice]
Because we are connected through that droplet we are able to go back to that ocean through our dreams and can connect all the information that we need and bring it back with us through our sacred dream doors.

Macabre Coast

Why Is A Thought Like The Sea? (The Macabre Coast) w/ Michael Warwick and Masha Solo on vocals

Macabre Coast - Masha Solo ft. Michael Warwick of Neons Gone Mad

We just finished an album outro for our next album 'Realm III [Instrumental Prologue]. The album composition is going well. We hope you enjoy our latest preview from it. Thank you for your support!

This is an older composition from 2015-2016 which we finished in August 2024.

It features the elf Ashara walking from travels through the forest into the sea, one of the first scenes written for the Parallel Tales series. 

Our song "From The Forest To The Sea (Vivika) features the previous scene. https://soundcloud.com/archmageband/from-the-forest-to-the-sea-vivika-instrumental
https://archmagemusic.bandcamp.com/track/from-the-forest-to-the-sea-vivika-instrumental

We took a different take or approach to the ancient name meaning.

According to Nameberry:
"The name Asherah is a girl's name meaning "she who treads on the sea". Asherah is probably one of the most ancient of mother goddess symbols, recorded in the pantheons of several civilisations from the tenth century BCE."

According to Google:
"Both the Greek and Latin translations of the Bible, moreover, render the words asherah and asherim as “grove” or “wood.”

Synth work by @masha-solo and @rob-ulysses. Art by Masha. Ocean SFX from Pixabay (royalty free)

Ashara Reaches The Sea (Album Outro)

We're happy to announce that we have a new song ready to show the world. This one is more in the melodic techno style, spooky yet uplifting.

"Sonder - (neologism) The profound feeling of realizing that everyone has a life as complex as one's own."
Title named by Katya Solo: (@katyasolo)

Feel free to remix this one (non-commercially) if you like.

Thanks for listening!

Art by Masha using free Canva resources.
Synth work by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) and Masha Solo (@masha-solo)

Hauntingly Beautiful Sonder

Hauntingly Beautiful Sonder - Instrumental

We're happy to announce that we have a new song ready to show the world. This one is more in the melodic techno style, spooky yet uplifting.

We were joined on this version by the talented synth player Bruce Parsons. Here is his soundcloud page: @blankreg
Bruce added around 7 additional parts to the beginning part of the song. We think it turned out lovely, very nice job, Bruce! Thanks for joining us!

"Sonder - (neologism) The profound feeling of realizing that everyone has a life as complex as one's own."

Title named by Katya Solo: (https://soundcloud.com/katyasolo)

Feel free to remix this one (non-commercially) if you like.

Thanks for listening!

Hauntingly Beautiful Sonder ft. Bruce Parsons - Instrumental

Our friend Tot. suggested we do an emotional ballad song next time we collaborated - so we decided to finish a song of ours from 2018 that had no drums and invited him to drum over it. He added some amazing funk energy in the beat to our unconventional (chiptunes influenced) pop ballad. Thanks so much for joining us Tot.!! You can find Tot.'s music here: (@tot-beat / @user-288513022)

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

Art by Masha.

A version with vocals is in the works! Stay tuned.

Thank you for listening!

I Have Changed w/ Tot. on drums - Instrumental

I Have Changed - w/ Tot. on drums - Instrumental

Cloud Vectors (Alexander Gilmartin) made this amazing remix/rework of Havium, The Lost Wizard.
The original is here on Soundcloud: 
https://soundcloud.com/archmageband2/havium-the-lost-wizard-instrumental
Or here on Bandcamp:
https://archmagemusic.bandcamp.com/track/havium-the-lost-wizard-instrumental

We love this creative rendition of our track. Thanks again, Alex!

Original song by Archmage Band - Rob (@rob-ulysses) and Masha (@masha-solo)

Remix and Song Art by Alexander Gilmartin.
Please check out more of his music here on SoundCloud: (@cloudvectors)
Or his YouTube channel, here: https://www.youtube.com/@cloudvectors

Havium, The Lost Wizard (Cloud Vectors Remix)

We hope that you like this new version of "I Have Changed" with synth work by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) and Masha Solo (@masha-solo), vocals by Masha, and production and drums by Tot.  (@tot-beat / @user-288513022)

You can find the instrumental here:
https://soundcloud.com/archmageband3/i-have-changed-w-tot-on-drums-instrumental

Description from the instrumental version:

Our friend Tot. from Japan suggested we do an emotional ballad song next time we collaborated - so we decided to finish a song of ours from 2018 that had no drums and invited him to drum over it. 

He added some amazing funk energy in the beat to our unconventional chiptunesque pop ballad. Thanks so much for joining us Tot.!!

Art by Masha. 
Lyrics by Rob and Masha.

Thank you for listening!

Lyrics:

Everything goes through changes
Differences and alterations
Things are different, life moves on
Truth is former times are gone
x4

I am grateful that you still believe in me
But there's something that we really should confer
Every time we talk it's tumultuous as can be
Every time we talk it's tumultuous as can be

Every time I think of you
I know inside
That between us now
There is a great divide

If you knew me even better then you'd say
That I've changed too much and I've been led astray
I have changed, I'm not the same
You'd only say that it's a shame
Things are different, life moves on
Truth is my old self is gone
I tried but I couldn't do
Everything you wanted me to
Can't go back to who I used to be

You want the idealised version of the past self me
That person isn't here, that person isn't me
If you knew me even better then you'd say
That I've changed too much and I've been led astray
x4

(I am grateful that you still believe in me)
(But there's something that we really should confer)
(Every time we talk it's tumultuous as can be)

I hope that you don't mind that
The Real Me
Is exactly what you see 
Before you today

Realm III

I Have Changed - w/ Tot. on drums

Our indie game developer friend Josh "Cheeseness" Bush made a game called 'Wink Commander' about making friends while traveling through space. During a game jam event in December 2024, he invited us to participate in creating songs for the soundtrack. It has been an honour, Josh - Thank you so much for letting us in on this fun project.

Thank you for listening, we hope that you enjoy our contribution.

Here is a link to the game's website.
https://cheeseness.itch.io/wink-commander

Here is the Bandcamp release: https://archmagemusic.bandcamp.com/album/celestial-quest-ep

Synth work by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) and Masha Solo (@masha-solo).
Art by Masha using free Canva resources.

Celestial Quest EP/Wink Commander OST

Celestial Quest - Instrumental

Light Speed - Instrumental

A fun, positive, hopeful dance song to start off the year, made for the Jamuary challenge (jamming lots in January).

Synth work by Masha @masha-solo using lmms DAW and Reason Compact.
Art by Masha using royalty free resources from Canva.

This time Rob was too busy to join me in synth composition, but I still consider it a band project.

It will be up Bandcamp at the end of the month, when we have enough to make it into a proper compilation and when it has more polish done to mixing/mastering.

Wishing you all a very happy, healthy, 2025 that's creative/productive (when you want it to be) otherwise I hope your time is fun & relaxing! Much love from Archmage Band.

Jamuary2025

Meadow Dance - Instrumental - For Jamuary2025

Meadow Dance - Instrumental (For Jamuary2025)

Made for the Jamuary challenge (jamming lots in January).

We finished a song from 2018 for this entry. It will be up Bandcamp at the end of the month, when we have enough to make it into a proper compilation and when it has more polish done to mixing/mastering.

Synth work by Masha (@masha-solo) and Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) using a combination of the Roland Gaia SH-01, the app called Figure, and Garageband for iOS.
Art by Masha using royalty free resources from Canva.

Wishing you all a very happy, healthy, 2025 that's creative/productive (when you want it to be) otherwise I hope your time is fun & relaxing! Much love from Archmage Band.

Wonder - Instrumental (For Jamuary 2025)

Made for the Jamuary challenge (jamming lots in January).

We finished a song from 2020 for this entry. It took years to finish this one, not ever sounding quite finished enough until today when we worked on it for half a day to finish the old work. It's a strange combination of various genres we admire, in this case gothic/chiptunes/and phonk inspirations, aiming to be both spooky and uplifting. To us, the 808 cowbell sound always reminded us of the ancient Egyptian culture.

It will be up on Bandcamp at the end of the month, when we have enough to make it into a proper compilation and when it has more polish done to mixing/mastering.

Synth work by Masha (@masha-solo) and Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) using a combination of the Roland Gaia SH-01, the app called Figure, and Garageband for iOS, and the lmms DAW.

Art by Masha using royalty free resources from Canva.

Wishing you all a very happy, healthy, 2025 that's creative/productive (when you want it to be) otherwise I hope your time is fun & relaxing! Much love from Archmage Band.

Hieroglyphs - Instrumental

Hieroglyphs - Instrumental (For Jamuary 2025) (demo)

Made for the Jamuary challenge (jamming lots in January).

We finished a song from 2020. It will be up on Bandcamp at the end of the month, when we have enough to make it into a proper compilation and when it has more polish done to mixing/mastering.

Synth work by Masha (@masha-solo) and Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) using a combination of the Roland Gaia SH-01 and Garageband for iOS.

Art by Masha using royalty free resources from Canva.

Wishing you all a very happy, healthy, 2025 that's creative/productive (when you want it to be) otherwise I hope your time is fun & relaxing! Much love from Archmage Band.

Jamuary 2025

Dimly-Lit Surroundings - Instrumental

Dimly-Lit Surroundings - Instrumental (For Jamuary 2025)

This started off as a project that Mike of Music For Magicians had composed last year. When we discovered it, we asked if we could join in on the jam and ended up extending the song and adding new mystical synth parts.

Thank you so much Mike for working with us on this fun project!

There is a vocals version in the works too, featuring Masha and a guest voice actor. Stay tuned!

Original song and production by Mike Donnelly (Music For Magicians @music-for-magicians)
You can find it here: https://soundcloud.com/music-for-magicians/the-turning-point
Extended cut and additional synths by Archmage Band (@rob-ulysses and @masha-solo)
Australian forest photo by Masha.

Realm III - [Instrumental Prologue]

The Turning Point - Instrumental (Extended) ft. Music For Magicians

'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 instrumental version.

In 2024 we released "Realm I [Instrumental Prologue]" where you can find the instrumental version. https://soundcloud.com/archmageband/realms-instrumental

This song will be on our upcoming album "Realm I" (when all the songs have vocals). 

Vocalist: Masha Solo (@masha-solo)
Synths by Rob Ulysses (@rob-ulysses) and Masha Solo
Art by Masha using free Canva resources. 
Lyrics by Masha.
Produced by the lovely Tot. from Japan: (@tot-beat, @user-288513022)
We love what you've done with it, Tot.!~

Thanks so much for listening!

Lyrics:

(Hey)

All of these realms 
That we haven't yet seen for ourselves
They could be somewhere right next to me, 
I can tell

And my smallest decisions
Could mean quite a lot, possibly
There could be 
Countless versions of me

Hey! Don't stand in your own way,
Of achieving greatness and success
If it's from dreams that
Make your heart soar so high

There is always something more,
About this very moment,
In your present time
In your future,
You will look back upon these
As the best times

And my smallest decisions
Could mean quite a lot, possibly
There could be
Countless versions of you and me

I feel grateful that we're in the same place
Of all the chances that it wasn't the case
We're together in this realm,
We're together in this realm,

All of these realms 
That we haven't yet seen for ourselves
They could be somewhere right next to me, 
I can tell

And my smallest decisions
Could mean quite a lot, possibly
There could be
Countless versions of me

Hey! Don't stand in your own way,
Of achieving greatness and success
If it's from dreams that make your heart soar so high

There is always something more,
About this very moment,
In your present time
In your future,
You will look back upon these
As the best times

Realms Single

Realms - Produced by Tot.

A character theme song for our game series in progress 'Parallel Tales'. Composed March 2025. Synth work by @masha-solo and @rob-ulysses. Art by Masha. Gradually we're finding more time for making the next album that this song will be on: Realm III [Instrumental Prologue].

Made using Reason Compact and lmms DAW. Background photo from Canva.

Thank you so much for listening.

Reigus - Instrumental

This song was on our original profile @archmageband that ran out of room. Back by popular demand, it's being re-uploaded here.

This song was begun in 2015 and in 2016 we released a demo of it in 2016 on "The Bonfire Party" demo collection. Re-imagined in 2022 with more parts.

Our intention with this one: an emotional journey through a heartfelt melodic structure, designed for our 'Parallel Tales' game in progress.

We've decided it could fit well onto the Realm III [Instrumental Prologue] upcoming album.

Thanks so much everyone for stopping by and checking out our tunes.

Synth work by @masha-solo and @rob-ulysses, Art by Masha.

From the Forest to the Sea (Vivika) - 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 [Instrumental Prologue]: 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, the LMMS DAW, and Garageband for iOS 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 Music)
@archmageband2 (2022-2023 Music)

Solo Accounts:
@masha-solo
@rob-ulysses

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

Archmage Band III

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