News and Press

March 7, 2025 | Featuring: Quest Master

Chicago Reader | Feature: Australia’s Quest Master soundtrack your RPG fantasies at the Empty Bottle

tep into the pixelated mists of Quest Master. Australian dungeon-synth artist Lord Gordith (better known among punks as Gordo Blackers of Steröid) launched Quest Master onto the scene in 2017 with a double cassette titled Lost Songs of Distant Realms, which uses Yamaha and Casio keyboards to evoke nostalgia for 90s RPGs and their epic journeys and battles in eight-bit worlds populated by knights and dragons. The release became a sensation among chiptune appreciators and fantasy enthusiasts, and in 2019 it was reissued on CD and vinyl by Out of Season—one of the first American labels to concentrate on dungeon synth.

March 28, 2024 | Featuring: Taraneh

Office Magazine | Taraneh's New Age Prayer

Fresh off the release of her third single, “On Repeat”, from her upcoming record, New Age Prayer, Taraneh is ready for the world. The New York City-based artist tells us that she feels as if she’s stepped into a new era, one defined by power and control. Last Saturday, I sat down with Taraneh in her Chinatown apartment, where we delved into her latest, most expansive project yet. We also talk about the “death” of genre, making music for your younger self, and the joy in exploring louder vocals than her typically softer melodies.