Hey gang!

Wanted to give some quick thoughts on the album, life updates, and a bit of a trigger warning since Ashworld does contain some heavy themes and I wanted to talk about that. So firstly:

1. I'm doing great right now! Currently studying abroad (its my first time living in a city) and I'm kinda loving it! There's a lot to do but there's also a lot of work to be done in and out of school. So whenever I get the chance I go out with friends and explore, or stay in and play like lethal company, marvel rivals or somethin, depends on how me and my friends are feeling.
2. I feel like Timothy And Change: Chapter 2 (Ashworld) lyrically can be hard on those currently struggling with depression or some other mental health issue robbing them of deserved happiness, but I also think I couldn't have made the entirety of the Timothy And Change vision without this chapter. It's a necessary artistic chapter to show in the process of Timothy and Change and really do it justice, I feel like I would be lying if I didn't include some suffering in Timothy and Change since really the album series at its core is about growing up and what that means to me from my own experiences. So just a heads up, the themes are heavy, but I think it's a good thing that I acknowledged them the way that I did in this album (well, you'll see!).

That's about it, I'm really excited for you guys to hear this! It's my best attempt to showcase the darkness that we all conjure on ourselves and therefore each other from what we believe the world to be, never what it is. I don't think we will ever know that fully, and I think that is part of the fun of it. I think it's the wonder that drives me to keep trying, keep seeking and running after that light on the horizon that never can be understood, only run toward.

So yeah, Timothy And Change: Chapter 2 (Ashworld) comes out at 12:00 AM EST Tomorrow! See you there...

Best,

-Ben (Hevisto)

Oh also, here's the tracklist:

1. Wandering Shadow
2. Lurker
3. ER404_333
4. Soul Control
5. Self Love
6. Mental Eclipse
7. Endless

Hello All,

HAPPY (Belated) NEW YEAR !!!

It has been a long while since I've made a post on here, and that is because of my junior year fall semester I've had at college has probably been the hardest semester yet. I had to conquer A TON of work along with working two part time jobs that occupied the weekends and Wednesdays whilst getting college work done on the off-time and writing long essays, yah-know the usual college shtuff. But I didn't come on to rave and complain, I had to relax and not think about a thing after the crazy schedule of a semester I had but I aim to do a few things under the Hevisto Alias soon!

1. Timothy and Change: Chapter 2 (Ashworld) is very close to done! This project has been quite a challenge and because of all the school and work shenanigans I committed to last semester I hardly had enough time to commit to it. Nevertheless, (love using this word) I plan to make a quick teaser video on the release date once I finish chapter 2 up. One thing I've noticed about my music production is that once I finish a track fully I learn a mixing technique that could have been used to make what I just did sound better, but I have to release it cause I've learned to save my new skills for the next thing I do rather than trying to perfect my whole discography (that is truly grounds for insanity!).
2. I made a fair amount of game osts for classes, some for actual games I made with a team, and some just for theoretical games as an assignment. I do want to share those, but definitely after I finish Timothy and Change 2, and when I get art for them from some visual artist friends I've made at college. So those should be more up the demographic of Newgrounds ally.
3. Once I'm done making T.A.C 2 and the game ost stuff, I may be going back to the trenches again, it all depends on what next semester holds. I did get a few job changes and have much more free time which is incredible so we shall see! Maybe cool stuff around the corner? In the meanwhile I may be doing a few lets plays over here just for fun when I get the time. I haven't played Outer Wilds yet and all of my friends have been wanting me to make a video series on that so stay tuned for that here if that seems like something you'd like! (Link)

Alright I believe that's all I have to share rn, I do have to say it feels really refreshing to be writing these news thingys, it's kinda nostalgic even though I've only been here about 4 years now, but then again 4 years is kinda a long time (for me at least)!

Thanks for reading, see you guys in the near future!

Best,

-Ben (Hevisto)

Hey Peeps,

It's been awhile since I've shared anything on here and would like to announce a new album coming out pretty soon!

There will be a video and announcement Track Posted the 30th of October, and on the 20th of November The album will start to be released (Meaning each track will be posted every four days). Although, the album does include Preserver and Dancing With Magic, and since those are already on here I won't be reposting those. There is a version of Oceania with an altered intro, but other than that its all gonna be new music.

See you guys in two days (and a month after when the album start drops)!

Best,

-Ben (Hevisto)

HUGE NEWS AHEAD!

The long and the short of it is that I am the sound designer/composer for the game Goblin Mode! I've been gone working on lots and lots of things so I'll put a bulleted list of the summary of what I've been doin:

• I've been working with Crab Tap Studios, an indie studio that me and friends from collage made for fun, and we just released an Alpha for an endless runner called Goblin Mode! I had the pleasure of making all of the music, and a large percentage of the sound effects. Here's the link to the game! (Reminder, its in alpha! So there will be updates coming out in the future) https://www.newgrounds.com/projects/games/4818534/preview
• I've also been working on my album that I have decided to separate into three parts! The entirety of the album is very very VERY long to put in one big album, plus there are three sections to it. So I have decided to separate the parts into three different sections. The whole thing is not entirely done yet but the first part is close to done! So I will be sharing that here when it is completed.
• I've been working on videos over on YouTube for Breakdancing Muffins as usual! https://www.youtube.com/@breakdancingmuffin

And that's about it! This is a very short summarization and oversimplification of months worth of work with a team and other personal projects that I have. Sorry for the silence, but you can expect some cool shit popping up on my account on here because I will be posting the Goblin Mode game ost as soon as I get cover art for it (as well as the first of three albums)! Wish I could share more! But I will be getting to work on projects and lots of cool stuff (plus work and all that), so I'll see you in the next post (Probably when I post the Game ost)!

-Ben (Hevisto)

Hello!

It's been a hot minute since I posted anything on here, I got A-LOT happening right now in-terms of school, creative projects, etc. I'll list them out bellow and answer any questions that may be in the air:

1. I am still working on Trimmersion, and that will probably be out sometime late-summer as I am occupied with not only school work but another project that should be completed in the near future here!

1. The thing I am working on (as mentioned above) has been taking up a lot of my creative time but it is INSANLEY COOL. I am working with a group on something that should be out sooner or later here, and trust me when I say, its most likely not what you expect it to be. When that is out, I will for sure be nonstop talking about it on here and maybe make some videos talking about it when it does.

1. COLLEGE SECOND SEMESTER FINALS! They have been taking up a lot of my time at the moment and have had a hand in the first decision regarding Trimmersion and what-not. So right now (until the summer) I will solely be working on both finals and the mysterious thing that I cannot mention just quite yet that should be out soon.

1. This is just an update on life and such, because it just happens to be amazing right now: I am working on things that I love, creating things on my own and with amazing people whom I had the pleasure of meeting in College, and generally have been living life to the fullest. I don't usually talk about plain just "how I am feeling" but I want to this time because I am genuinely feeling super happy.

I am super excited to showcase and share the projects I've been working on, and a bigger one should be out of the gates here soon! And when it does I will 100% be promoting the shit out of it because everyone who has contributed has done some amazing work, and I am looking forward to promoting them as creators.

Thank you for reading, this has been an endeavors update from Hevisto, I'll catch you later!

-Ben

Hello!

It has been a hot minute since I've posted an update anywhere about what's been going on in general, so here we go we got some ground to cover:

1. I've released a highlight track from the second part of my up and coming album Trimmersion! Listen here: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1185286
2. The next track from the forest (Eclipse) is gonna be take a little bit longer than I expected, it is possibly the most ambitious single track I have created so far, and it is little by little coming together. Super excited to release it soon(ish).
3. I've released a music video (kinda) for Preserver! Its a cool little visualization of what I think the world looks like in the song, here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsU5wSLaWIs
4. Making music takes a long time for me, and I've been thinking about making short term musical videos where it's a single shot with an ambient piece on it and its kinda like a little aesthetic, so I might start doing that in the future because I feel like that has a lotta potential to be something interesting.
5. Whenever I am not making music, I am usually making (fairly) consistent vids over on the breakdancing muffin channel here (yep, the guy you see in those videos is the same guy who makes music over here lol, I make videos and I make music, just under different aliases): https://www.youtube.com/@breakdancingmuffin

Ho boy I think that is all that is on my mind, so now we're on the same page! Eclipse will be out eventually, maybe in a month or two tbh, I really want to take my time with this track until its detailed enough that I really enjoy the full listen (I will know when I am there, I've become a pretty good judge when it comes to my music being done) But that's about all I have to share, so thanks for reading up on it! I will see you in the future sometime...

-Hevisto (Ben)

Hello!

First off, if you have not listened to Dancing With Magic, GO ZOOM NOW!: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1170586

and second, now that all of the title tracks for the meadow are released, the next few songs you are getting from me will be from the second world in my up and coming album Trimmersion, "The Forest". Now just a reminder, the three tracks you have heard from The Meadow (the first world, songs like "Oceania", "Preserver" and "Dancing With Magic"), are not all of the songs in the meadow, just the ones I wanted to show people before the full album dropped. But, with that aside, I am INSANLY EXCITED to show you guys what I have in store for The Forest. Here is a description for the world and a reveal for the title tracks that I will be showing in that world before the album drops.

The Forest is a sinister world, dark and evoking feelings like fear and paranoia, but it also has some epic aspects to it as well. This world is mysterious, visceral, and often extremely adrenaline inducing. The two title tracks coming from this world will be "Lurker" and "Eclipse".

I hope to see you guys there and I can't wait to show people the contrast between the worlds in Trimmersion. I am insanely grateful for the feedback on my stuff, it always means a lot to me to have this place to share my work.

Thankful forever,

-Ben (Hevisto)

Welcome back to the Meadow!

Ok firstly if you have not listened to Preserver, GO ZOOM NOW! - https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1161379

Other than that, lots of love to those listening to Preserved and Oceania recently, Dancing With Magic will be out in the same time interval that Oceania had with Preserver. Also, thank you so much Newgrounds peeps for the frontpages on both those tracks! Really appreciate the love for my new personal project, it's always heartwarming and makes me realize how lucky I am to have the power to get my art showcased here.

Alright, so future plans are a-rolling! Dancing With Magic will be the next title track to come from the Meadow, then it's on to the Forest. I want to remind folks that the Meadow contains much much more tracks other than the three I'm sharing now, but I want all of those to come out with the entirety of the Album, so for now, the first three are all you're going to get, the full context will come out when Trimmersion drops!

Also another thing that I wanted to share, I'm in college at the moment studying game sound design, so if I ever seem absent or not active on here, it's most likely because I got classes. Other than that, college has been really fun, feeling like I settled in nicely and I have meet a lot of really cool people here.

Thank you all as always for listening, and Dancing With Magic will be the next thing to look forward to! Oh also, I may be making a video for Preserver, so when I find the time I will begin shooting that and then I'll edit it up like I usually do and share it on the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQFXLE7RhPdsTU5r8FOnveg

See you all at Dancing With Magic!

-Ben (Hevisto)

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Hello all!

The next track for Trimmersion will be out soon! I just scheduled it for release so we shall see where it lands and then it will be out late September! Sorry for the late date, been prepping for college for awhile, but now that I am here I should have some time in between classes as what I am studying (Game Sound Design) will be fairly parallel to what I am doing here. If you have any questions as to what I am up too (other than making the new album) feel free to ask!

Also, THANKS A TON FOR THE FRONTPAGE ON OCEANIA! I really appreciate the peeps pulling those strings for me, as Trimmersion is the next thing I am super proud of (once it fully comes out) and to be able to start it off with a bang is awesome! Thank you to all who may have used it in a creative project, and to those who have just been listening for fun.

Lots of love to all as always, and I will see you guys in September!

-Hevisto (Ben)

P.S. The next track (Preserver) will feature me singing, so heads up! Not the first vocal mix I have done but the first recording for vocals I have done, proud to say it turned out pretty descent and I am happy with the lyrics as well.

Welcome To The Meadow!

The first highlight track, Oceania, is out now to listen too! Super excited to be able to share the entrance into the Meadow, but also would like to dive deeper into explaining what "The Meadow" is for anyone curious.

The Meadow, is the first of three parts of Trimmersion (new album in the works) and Oceania, is the first of three highlight tracks, I will be releasing before the rest of the album. In total, the Meadow will have about... seven tracks? (Like I said album still in the works) including Oceania. All of these tracks form a bigger picture as to what this first world world will be. Bright, Triumphant, Dreamy, Nostalgic, and Lively. I couldn't think of a better track I am working on to showcase the beginning of the Meadow.

ALSO, I made a video showcasing the wonder of Oceania! I had a ton of fun working on in and I recommend it if you want to immerse yourself deeper into The Meadow.

If you haven't listened to Oceania, I recommend it highly: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1148478

If you would like to view the video I made on Oceania, you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d45lQTZL7hI&t

Thank you so much if you have listened to/watched Oceania, and I hope you enjoyed the Start of The Meadow, and Trimmersion. Much much MUCH more to come!

-Ben (Hevisto)

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Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6lEf1CikPP6mnvMBK2kxi6

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