Soundtrack / Score · 2018

Dragon Fish

Submerged ambient textures and drifting piano melodies. A weightless, liquid journey through quiet digital depths and serene isolation.

August 8, 2018 · Not On Label (C418 Self-released)

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Dragon Fish is an exercise in auditory weightlessness. It captures the specific, muffled silence of being submerged deep beneath the surface, where the sun is a distant memory and the only movement is the slow drift of currents. The album trades the earthy, grounded feel of C418's earlier work for something more fluid and ethereal, utilizing heavy reverb and softened transients to create a sonic environment that feels both vast and intimate.

Moments Worth Listening For

The way the piano notes in the title track seem to hang in the air before slowly dissolving into a wash of reverb.

The subtle introduction of a pulsing, low-frequency synth that mimics the rhythmic breathing of a large sea creature.

The moment in Shuniji where the melody becomes almost crystalline, breaking through the otherwise muffled, submerged production.

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