zweitonegoismus

zweitonegoismus is probably the most concise and least eclectic album I created. If you scrub through it, you probably notice that it generally sounds brooding and depressing. I created this album to describe my mood, being a worker bee in an assembly line factory. zweiton egoismus translates to “two tone egoism”. If I remember correctly, I was trying to imply that I wanted to make an album purely for myself and nobody else. I was ashamed of being too repetitive and not being varied enough. So here’s an album that has about two different kind of changes of tones. And a lot of “egoistic” minimalism.

You can probably hear that the most in “kopfmusic,” which is a song that essentially describes an average workday. From waking up, to having the grueling walk to work, the dull work day itself and finally the walk back home.

“egoismus” was my attempt at making minimalistic house music, at the time. I was always kind of jealous of composers that were able to accomplish so much with so little. It was also really hard for me to do as little as possible when composing. I feel like if I repeat a phrase too often, it looks like I’m lazy. I think that’s why I named the track “egoism”.

“phlips” was a challenge a friend I hold very dear gave to me. He gave me a set of samples and I had to create a song with it. This is the result. I still like it to this date.

Similarly in “phleps” he recorded a simple guitar strum, and I made a song based on that with another old friend, “sohnemann”. He’s responsible for all the lyrics on this album. Contrary to popular belief I didn’t sing on this album. At least I think I didn’t, haha.

Again with “plastik,” sohnemann provided the lyrics, while I created a song based around it. He didn’t even sing the notes. I completely modified his vocals, haha. Probably the first time I tinkered around with melodyne.

zweitonegoismus is a short album, but I think it’s good that it doesn’t waste anyone’s time. When I showed it to a coworker, they asked why the hell I am still working there. That kinda stuck with me. Years later I quit that job to be a full time composer. Thank you, coworker friend.

专辑简介1：Zweitonegoismus可能是我创作的最简洁最不折衷的专辑。如果你仔细倾听，你可能会注意到它听起来通常是沉思和沮丧的。我创作这张专辑是为了描述我的心情，作为一个流水线工厂的工蜂。Zweitonegoismus翻译成双音利己主义.如果我没记错的话，我是在暗示我想为自己而不是别人制作一张专辑

丹尼尔本人回应过c418源于他哥哥的昵称c818，丹尼尔觉得这个名字很神秘很酷且不代表任何含义(正经)

C418是一个水稻选育品种。本申请品种是以晚轮422为母本，以密阳23为父本杂交，经多代系统选育而成。(被打飞)

C418 最具实验风格的专辑。