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Gone Gold

by Herrmann Kristoffersen

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1LC 05:09 video
2.
Mud 05:28
3.
PVE 07:30 video
4.
4X 05:49
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AFK 05:59
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Season 07:48
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about

Gone Gold is the second album from Herrmann Kristoffersen, aka Daniel Herrmann (Flug 8) and Kristina Kristoffersen. Mastered by Jörn Elling Wuttke (The Primitive Painter) it is inspired by the world of gaming and the idea of composing an imaginary soundtrack for the classic racing video game Need for Speed, but in their unique style - kosmische techno, ambient soundscapes and gauzy electronica.

Creating an imaginary soundtrack for a game and working apart due to Covid-imposed travel restrictions (Daniel in their house in the Taunus woods outside Frankfurt, Kristina in a summerhouse in northern Denmark), it was logical that the couple would use the shortcuts from the gamers’ world to communicate with each other.

Every title represents an aspect of that, providing an insight into how to interpret the song, creating your own online gaming world while listening. From the early-Autechre/AI machine-funk stylings of 1LC (One Life Clear: playing through a video game from start to finish without ever losing a life) and the soulful, space-age techno of Mud (Multi-User Dungeon: a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based) to the euphoric shoegaze-IDM of 4X (an abbreviation of Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate - a subgenre of strategy-based computer and board games) and the stately, dubbed-out closer Season (a season pass is a form of video game monetisation in which consumers purchase a discounted package for current and future downloadable content).

The term “Gone Gold” (the album’s exceptional title track) comes from “gold master”, which is a version of the game that the publisher has determined is good enough to be shipped to stores. (Back then, recordable CDs were manufactured with gold film.)

However, the album is not just a salute to the gaming industry, Gone Gold also represents an awareness of how it is a growing influence in our lives - for good and bad - especially in these Covid times.

“The computer has taken over from the television,” explains Kristina, who used to work as a composer for Nintendo. "The escape into the gaming world is an open invitation to let out all the worry and problematic things in life. Millions of children and grown-ups are online communicating all over the world with each other every second of the day. That is pretty wild. I could never have imagined that back in the Nineties when I was playing with my Gameboy."

NB: The GLOK remix is only available on the digital album. not the cassette.

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released April 23, 2021

Written and produced by Daniel Herrmann and Kristina Kristoffersen
Mastered by Jörn Elling Wuttke at Klangfabrik
Artwork by Moto Waganari
(c) Bytes 2021

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Herrmann Kristoffersen Frankfurt, Germany

The German/Danish ambient-techno duo comprised of Daniel Herrmann (Flug 8) and Kristina Kristoffersen (Mono Girl).

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