From the bottom of my heart, thank you for this terrific piece of work and all the effort that went into accompanying it. This album will go down in electronic, sound design history! You've lit a fire in the hearts of all producers! ❤
Thank you so much for all the work you do! I use Spotify and found you through its personalized recommendations. I've first heard your music with Polychrome which I saw as some cool chill stuff, but much later found out about Led by Ancient Light, and it really captivated me. It's insane how much is packed in a single album while being so cohesive. Personally for me, I can highlight Anchorite, Ascension, Temple of Fervor and Exigence as tracks that fell the deepest into me, those I could listen on repeat alone. I can't stress enough how the tracks are parts of one story while also being strong independent pieces.
As someone who's struggled with major depression the last few years, this album touched me at a spot that I didn't know was possible. The strive to make it sound so human and the theme of humanity being lost in a cycle of endless technological advancement sums up so much of how I feel and this album portrayed it so well. You guys have created my favorite album and with that many of my favorite songs. This is an incredible piece of art and I will hold it close for a long time. Thank you.
@@CamelliaFlingert everyone dies. What’s your point? What matter is what code you lived by when you were alive. Rule number 1, don’t short yourself in life by thinking anyone else is better than you. Everyone deserves happiness.
@@Kindnessinvokingnetwork there's no point, exactly, i don't care about point, i just don't want to die, life sucks if it ends, i don't want to go through this unimaginable hell
Seeing behind the curtain, finally. After having watched you guys grow through your music for over a decade. This is just glorious and as ever with you guys, words fail me. Stupidly enormous love.
KOAN Sound - Introvert has been my favourite piece of music for the past 10 years. That song is a major contributor to what i am today. I cant even express how close to my heart your music is, or what it means to me. What it has done for me. A light lit up inside me, and i have been chasing mysteries and adventure ever since. And through me, your music moves others. Changes lives, even. You have no idea. Ascension is now my second favorite, because i had just "ascended" myself when it came out. Brilliant piece of music, it would have been my favourite of all time, if introvert didnt hold so much sentimental value due to all the memories i have with it. Thank you. I appreciate your work more than i can ever express. I will keep listening to your music with my entire being for the rest of my life. It has become sort of a companion, and i would feel as if something was missing without it. Led by ancient light is my favourite album to date. It hits different. I love it, and i will use it for recreation and as a tool to build deep understanding of complicated topics, like death.
Yeah, Introvert is one of these tracks that touches you once and it never leaves you. I can't tell that I have some favourite tune by KOAN Sound but Introvert is definitely one of them!
I agree. Introvert and even Sentient has had the exact same affect on me too. Their music has healed and awakened me on levels i could never explain in words. Thank you Koan Sound
Idk if you read comments. Just know guys that your music was there for me when times were really rough. For that, I am very grateful to live in the same weird time as you. Love from France. Thank you a lot.
When i started listening to Bass music about 8 years ago, i was always frustrated that none of the underrated artists i loved were sharing insights into their production and sharing their craft in order to get the exposure they clearly deserved Two of those artists were you guys, and now 8 years later i'm happier than ever to be able to watch this💙
This is one of the most important albums i've listened to. Thank You so much. I can feel the love for sci-fi, classical elements and even jazz. It melds some of my favorite genres. I'm a big fan of your sound design already, but to hear it in sucha. sophisticated context is just next level. Love Love Love, will be addicted to this album for a long time.
I'm seriously blown away by the concept behind the album. The graphics, the story line, the music...i feel for the very first time, i could share this album with everyone i know, no matter the age, nor the musical taste. It is truly amazing what you guys have achieved with this. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much!! ♥
I love that Jim and Will chose to express themselves with piano and cello, respectively. It gives us listeners an opportunity to understand what both of them bring to the table, and how well they work together as goated musicians ❤
Thanks guys, very inspiring, also just stumbled upon a 10 year old post today, where i hadn't realised I had a laugh with ye at your gig, didnt know your face back then!
I adore this album and this video made me adore it even more. This is one of the most incredible multimedia experiences that exists, and is every bit emotional as it is ambitious. Love you and your guys music to death, it was the greatest blessing to briefly meet and watch you perform at Lost Lands - and can’t wait to see ya twice in NY and Philly this winter 🥰
Masterpiece 🏅 You've made me so happy when I was listening + reading the whole story. Every part of every track is different and beautiful. Next level project! This is how its supposed to be! Art.
“To write more meaningful and purposeful music” you guys have been doing that ever since you were releasing stuff like Wide Open, obviously the Sanctuary EP was a huge exploration of your guys musical ear and talent for writing beautiful intricate melodies, especially with pianos and strings. I think I heard Jim say something about this album when it was being written, that the main focus was going to be Piano and Cello, which I’m really glad they stuck too, because the result it just f**king amazing! Great job on the album boys, me and my girlfriend love to sit and listen to it after a long day, it’s also great fun to jam along too on piano and drums! ❤
Also I know exactly what Will is talking about when he says about being isolated, I used to visit his old house in Bristol to see his old housemate and of all the times I visited I only saw him a couple of times, I would occasionally hear some music coming through the house from his speakers, normally a kick drum/snare that he was spending hours fine tuning and processing. Absolutely wish I had more of a chance to speak to you and get to know you a bit but as someone who also suffers from anxiety I completely understand you being completely isolated, but it never changed my opinion of you, I still think you’re an amazingly talented human who deserves all of the attention and respect you’re receiving because of how much you’ve changed the electronic music game! Lots of love Will ❤
I’ve loved KOAN Sound’s music for years, I’ve always found it deep and emotional and could tell they were different to other electronic music producers. LBAL feels like the album they’ve been building towards all this time - amazing concept, sublime instrumentation and great storytelling. Can’t wait to receive the complete vinyl and storybook collection 🙏
You guys are AMAZING! Congrats to both of you and to the whole audio production team and video production team that helped bringing this masterpiece of an Album to this result. 🖤🏴 One of life goals: Work with Koan Sound for at least like 10 sec...
Thank you so much Koan Sound, you inspire us all since so many years. I'm currently making sound design and music for the video game industry and without you guys I will have never found the strenght to follow my dreams to make stories come alive by music. Love u
Guys, thank you so much for the album, it's the first time in years I've sat through an album and simply listened, I was lucky enough to see it as soon as it popped up here! Then I found there was a story to go with it, so I sat down with another beer and a smoke and read the story through with the album on. What a journey! It's funny, I got a lot of the story from the music already some how. I personally put that down to a lot of time playing No Mans Sky at the time, but now I'm not so sure! Thank you again, you guys rock! Oh and Mr Brown is my go to party tune! Love it!!
Narrative and story.there we have it!!! I knew it :))) Thanks vor Sharing your thoughts. Will View again with my fiancee and Show her this one as Well.
I love this documentary, a well needed addition to a project this deep and grounded. I think you two are incredibly gifted artists who have just created something extraordinary for us all to enjoy for years to come! Much love to you both!
Fantastic documentary, its awesome to see all people who put heart and effort into this album. It inspires me to write an review of it and i fall in love even more in every aspect! Hope and believe this will driven forces of movie industry to call Koan Sound to write actually soundtrack to the scifi voyage of experimental art.
If album doesn't somehow get more recognition I don't know what will. It doesn't scream as any particular genre. It's just good music and growls were so tastefully made. I am so glad there arent any like forgotten myths too vowely ones in here. Those could throw off a regular listener I belive. But I also would like to see a full album in the FM direction. Maybe write a fantasy book to go with it? I miss those old monster basses.
what an absolutely stunning album and an equally interesting documentary. KOAN Sound has been at the top of the electronic music game for more than an a decade
Thank you for this fantastic insight to a brilliant project! Seeing how you guys incorporated visual art so heavily into your process made me so happy - genuinely such a pleasure to see some seriously talented creatives all coming together and getting invested in a project of this scale. You should all be very proud of yourselves!
Thank you guys for your art, I'm glad to see how you are working on it. It's great! So exciting and inspiring. Will be waiting for new things from you. The album is magic. Cheers!
Thank you so much for this, it was everything I had been waiting for and an absolute pleasure to watch. You guys have come a long way and this album is a true testament to that fact ❤ On a side note, that "candid" part at the end was so well deserved. I don't know why, but seeing you two smiling about the next album put such a big grin on my face 😅
Thank you both for this very in-depth look behind the curtain! You really made something very special with this album and I can't wait to hear what you will come up next!
Thank you so much for creating and expressing this immaculate music! The story, the sound, the art, EVERYTHING. FLAWLESS. And this "Making Of" is perfect, we really appreciate these kinds of insights. ❤❤❤
I appreciate Will so much. You can clearly tell, that he is so invested in the projects the both of them are putting out, yet he struggles so much with keeping up apperances. If you see this Will: Stay strong, be yourself and realize it. I love you both very much
I don't know, guys, it honestly seems to me that you've run out of ideas and are dragging things out looking for internal and profound meanings. But if you spend 25 minutes having to explain your music, maybe your music doesn't speak for you. It's not ambient music, it's not music to dance to and you can't sing. Maybe I'm just behind and you are "x" years ahead, but the number of plays and views proves me right. I love you, mind you
It's cinematic music (like Hans Zimmer making his music for films, yes I feel guys are on same level IMO) and of course you can't dance or sing to it. But you can listen through and enjoy every moment of it, you can experience total immersion by just listening it. Sometimes music is just about only listening and enjoying ❤ P.S. views/listens were always not that big for KOAN Sound, since their fan base is super low, but it makes them even more unique 😉
You should really do you research into classical music....back in the day it was almost all written in this same style: thematic, narrative. What KOAN Sound has essentially written here is a new-age symphony without realizing it, however the popular modern world will not see it as so because the popular modern world doesn't understand what a symphony is. Classical symphony is even presented the same way, if you go to the symphony(I have been attending the Chicago Symphony and Indianapolis Symphony) you will notice that they explain the themes and conceptual ideas of the piece either before the performance or contained within the program which you are intended to read(because there is more to the music than what you will ever hear upon your initial listen) Music does not require language to get its point across, it is the only universal form of communication across cultures. Despite this, sometimes the music can be misinterpreted, and the artists wants the audience to have a clearer picture. There's nothing wrong with that! They just wanted to make something more than dance music for once, and they absolutely smashed it out of the park!
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for this terrific piece of work and all the effort that went into accompanying it. This album will go down in electronic, sound design history!
You've lit a fire in the hearts of all producers! ❤
Thank you so much for all the work you do! I use Spotify and found you through its personalized recommendations. I've first heard your music with Polychrome which I saw as some cool chill stuff, but much later found out about Led by Ancient Light, and it really captivated me. It's insane how much is packed in a single album while being so cohesive. Personally for me, I can highlight Anchorite, Ascension, Temple of Fervor and Exigence as tracks that fell the deepest into me, those I could listen on repeat alone. I can't stress enough how the tracks are parts of one story while also being strong independent pieces.
As someone who's struggled with major depression the last few years, this album touched me at a spot that I didn't know was possible. The strive to make it sound so human and the theme of humanity being lost in a cycle of endless technological advancement sums up so much of how I feel and this album portrayed it so well. You guys have created my favorite album and with that many of my favorite songs. This is an incredible piece of art and I will hold it close for a long time. Thank you.
Me too bro, me too. It'll get better if you choose to live deliberately and face your fears little by little. You got this
@@Kindnessinvokingnetwork thanks man
@@Kindnessinvokingnetwork facing fears will not save you from death
@@CamelliaFlingert everyone dies. What’s your point? What matter is what code you lived by when you were alive. Rule number 1, don’t short yourself in life by thinking anyone else is better than you. Everyone deserves happiness.
@@Kindnessinvokingnetwork there's no point, exactly, i don't care about point, i just don't want to die, life sucks if it ends, i don't want to go through this unimaginable hell
Seeing behind the curtain, finally. After having watched you guys grow through your music for over a decade. This is just glorious and as ever with you guys, words fail me. Stupidly enormous love.
Led by Ancient Light is a masterpiece! Thank you!
KOAN Sound - Introvert has been my favourite piece of music for the past 10 years. That song is a major contributor to what i am today. I cant even express how close to my heart your music is, or what it means to me. What it has done for me. A light lit up inside me, and i have been chasing mysteries and adventure ever since. And through me, your music moves others. Changes lives, even. You have no idea. Ascension is now my second favorite, because i had just "ascended" myself when it came out. Brilliant piece of music, it would have been my favourite of all time, if introvert didnt hold so much sentimental value due to all the memories i have with it.
Thank you. I appreciate your work more than i can ever express. I will keep listening to your music with my entire being for the rest of my life. It has become sort of a companion, and i would feel as if something was missing without it.
Led by ancient light is my favourite album to date. It hits different. I love it, and i will use it for recreation and as a tool to build deep understanding of complicated topics, like death.
Yeah, Introvert is one of these tracks that touches you once and it never leaves you.
I can't tell that I have some favourite tune by KOAN Sound but Introvert is definitely one of them!
I agree. Introvert and even Sentient has had the exact same affect on me too. Their music has healed and awakened me on levels i could never explain in words. Thank you Koan Sound
Idk if you read comments. Just know guys that your music was there for me when times were really rough. For that, I am very grateful to live in the same weird time as you. Love from France. Thank you a lot.
When i started listening to Bass music about 8 years ago, i was always frustrated that none of the underrated artists i loved were sharing insights into their production and sharing their craft in order to get the exposure they clearly deserved
Two of those artists were you guys, and now 8 years later i'm happier than ever to be able to watch this💙
Enlightened
Absolute masterpiece, thrilled to look into the minds behind this incredible album
Thanks for this! Thanks for your Patreon! Thanks for you music! Thanks for you guys being you!
This is one of the most important albums i've listened to. Thank You so much. I can feel the love for sci-fi, classical elements and even jazz. It melds some of my favorite genres. I'm a big fan of your sound design already, but to hear it in sucha. sophisticated context is just next level. Love Love Love, will be addicted to this album for a long time.
I'm seriously blown away by the concept behind the album. The graphics, the story line, the music...i feel for the very first time, i could share this album with everyone i know, no matter the age, nor the musical taste. It is truly amazing what you guys have achieved with this. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much!! ♥
My heroes since 2011 ❤
I found you guys through Sanctuary, and those last two albums have really helped me stay focused when studying/doing homework in college. Thanks!!
I love that Jim and Will chose to express themselves with piano and cello, respectively. It gives us listeners an opportunity to understand what both of them bring to the table, and how well they work together as goated musicians ❤
Absolutely love your work. I'd love for you to bring back some of the 'Movember' collaborations you did back in the day!
Thanks guys, very inspiring, also just stumbled upon a 10 year old post today, where i hadn't realised I had a laugh with ye at your gig, didnt know your face back then!
This project means so much to me on so many different levels, i cant thank you guys enough for creating this piece of art. Much love!
thank you for being passionate with what you do, it truly is an inspiration for the majority of us
I adore this album and this video made me adore it even more. This is one of the most incredible multimedia experiences that exists, and is every bit emotional as it is ambitious. Love you and your guys music to death, it was the greatest blessing to briefly meet and watch you perform at Lost Lands - and can’t wait to see ya twice in NY and Philly this winter 🥰
Masterpiece 🏅 You've made me so happy when I was listening + reading the whole story. Every part of every track is different and beautiful. Next level project! This is how its supposed to be! Art.
Amazing album and documentary !
Very nice Documentary
Some great pre text to the making of the album, Led by Ancient Light. IMO the best album Koan Sound have made to date.
I finally got to see yall live and just thinking about this while remembering the show. well done yall.
Thanks for your work Sarah ❤
Stunning work.
Thank you
Thank you so much for everything you do
i loved the album. thank you for producing such great music
Y’all seriously created a masterpiece with this whole album!!
“To write more meaningful and purposeful music” you guys have been doing that ever since you were releasing stuff like Wide Open, obviously the Sanctuary EP was a huge exploration of your guys musical ear and talent for writing beautiful intricate melodies, especially with pianos and strings.
I think I heard Jim say something about this album when it was being written, that the main focus was going to be Piano and Cello, which I’m really glad they stuck too, because the result it just f**king amazing!
Great job on the album boys, me and my girlfriend love to sit and listen to it after a long day, it’s also great fun to jam along too on piano and drums! ❤
Also I know exactly what Will is talking about when he says about being isolated, I used to visit his old house in Bristol to see his old housemate and of all the times I visited I only saw him a couple of times, I would occasionally hear some music coming through the house from his speakers, normally a kick drum/snare that he was spending hours fine tuning and processing. Absolutely wish I had more of a chance to speak to you and get to know you a bit but as someone who also suffers from anxiety I completely understand you being completely isolated, but it never changed my opinion of you, I still think you’re an amazingly talented human who deserves all of the attention and respect you’re receiving because of how much you’ve changed the electronic music game!
Lots of love Will ❤
I’ve loved KOAN Sound’s music for years, I’ve always found it deep and emotional and could tell they were different to other electronic music producers. LBAL feels like the album they’ve been building towards all this time - amazing concept, sublime instrumentation and great storytelling. Can’t wait to receive the complete vinyl and storybook collection 🙏
You guys are AMAZING! Congrats to both of you and to the whole audio production team and video production team that helped bringing this masterpiece of an Album to this result. 🖤🏴
One of life goals: Work with Koan Sound for at least like 10 sec...
This was a great watch & I'm still listening to the album on repeat! It is currently my dream/goal to have you guys do the OST for a game I make 😊
Thank you so much Koan Sound, you inspire us all since so many years. I'm currently making sound design and music for the video game industry and without you guys I will have never found the strenght to follow my dreams to make stories come alive by music. Love u
You guys smashed it out the fkin park, holy LORD that sound sculpting.
Thanks for the hours of listening pleasure. Can't wait for the next release!
lovely to see some of the process behind this masterpiece 💜
Guys, thank you so much for the album, it's the first time in years I've sat through an album and simply listened, I was lucky enough to see it as soon as it popped up here! Then I found there was a story to go with it, so I sat down with another beer and a smoke and read the story through with the album on. What a journey! It's funny, I got a lot of the story from the music already some how. I personally put that down to a lot of time playing No Mans Sky at the time, but now I'm not so sure! Thank you again, you guys rock! Oh and Mr Brown is my go to party tune! Love it!!
You guys looks so happy presenting this...and it reflects into our listening experience!
thank you for this piece of art..truly thank you.4
You guys continue to inspire myself, and Im sure many many others every time you share your music with us. Thank you for trusting us with your art ❤
I'm really happy for both of you. I think I speak for everyone when I say the album conveys your story really well.
This is honestly one of my favourite albums, thanks so much for your incredible work!
Narrative and story.there we have it!!! I knew it :)))
Thanks vor Sharing your thoughts. Will View again with my fiancee and Show her this one as Well.
I love this documentary, a well needed addition to a project this deep and grounded. I think you two are incredibly gifted artists who have just created something extraordinary for us all to enjoy for years to come! Much love to you both!
Just wanna say that we can't thank you enough for all you have done for us through your music. Thank you Will and Jim, Goat status.
Awesome, been following you guys since funk blaster, sanctuary is my favorite album 🥹
Fantastic documentary, its awesome to see all people who put heart and effort into this album. It inspires me to write an review of it and i fall in love even more in every aspect! Hope and believe this will driven forces of movie industry to call Koan Sound to write actually soundtrack to the scifi voyage of experimental art.
Phenomenal. Listening to this album I was thinking "they should score movies" and you mentioned it in this documentary.
Amazing work! Congratulations guys! Can't wait to hear more!
everything pointed out in the beginning could well be heard in the album beautiful and clean piece of music from start to finish :)
If album doesn't somehow get more recognition I don't know what will. It doesn't scream as any particular genre. It's just good music and growls were so tastefully made. I am so glad there arent any like forgotten myths too vowely ones in here. Those could throw off a regular listener I belive. But I also would like to see a full album in the FM direction. Maybe write a fantasy book to go with it? I miss those old monster basses.
what an absolutely stunning album and an equally interesting documentary. KOAN Sound has been at the top of the electronic music game for more than an a decade
Thank you for this fantastic insight to a brilliant project! Seeing how you guys incorporated visual art so heavily into your process made me so happy - genuinely such a pleasure to see some seriously talented creatives all coming together and getting invested in a project of this scale. You should all be very proud of yourselves!
Great stuff!
Thank you guys for your art, I'm glad to see how you are working on it. It's great! So exciting and inspiring. Will be waiting for new things from you. The album is magic. Cheers!
Some of the most important electronic artists of all time.
Thank you so much for this, it was everything I had been waiting for and an absolute pleasure to watch. You guys have come a long way and this album is a true testament to that fact ❤
On a side note, that "candid" part at the end was so well deserved. I don't know why, but seeing you two smiling about the next album put such a big grin on my face 😅
Thank you both for this very in-depth look behind the curtain! You really made something very special with this album and I can't wait to hear what you will come up next!
You are so inspiring! Love your music since i have heard mosaic
Thank you so much for creating and expressing this immaculate music! The story, the sound, the art, EVERYTHING. FLAWLESS. And this "Making Of" is perfect, we really appreciate these kinds of insights. ❤❤❤
Amazing work, thank you, I absolutely adore this album already.
One question, where can I find more music like this?
So glad to see this
Thats how a musician describes their piece of art
I appreciate Will so much. You can clearly tell, that he is so invested in the projects the both of them are putting out, yet he struggles so much with keeping up apperances. If you see this Will: Stay strong, be yourself and realize it. I love you both very much
"next album" mofos just dropped the biggest bomb in years and are already on the next one 😱😱
Koan Sound would do such a good job on a soundtrack for an Indie game!
Will you please release the album on cd? Would be an instant buy!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
😊
Voices of dissent being only chelo is nuts
I don't always man crush on two dudes but when I do.. KOAN Sound!
Cute
I don't know, guys, it honestly seems to me that you've run out of ideas and are dragging things out looking for internal and profound meanings.
But if you spend 25 minutes having to explain your music, maybe your music doesn't speak for you.
It's not ambient music, it's not music to dance to and you can't sing.
Maybe I'm just behind and you are "x" years ahead, but the number of plays and views proves me right.
I love you, mind you
It's cinematic music (like Hans Zimmer making his music for films, yes I feel guys are on same level IMO) and of course you can't dance or sing to it.
But you can listen through and enjoy every moment of it, you can experience total immersion by just listening it.
Sometimes music is just about only listening and enjoying ❤
P.S. views/listens were always not that big for KOAN Sound, since their fan base is super low, but it makes them even more unique 😉
@@Vasy2310 Maybe they no longer know how to make people dance, and they leave this job to people who are worse than them at the beginning.
You should really do you research into classical music....back in the day it was almost all written in this same style: thematic, narrative. What KOAN Sound has essentially written here is a new-age symphony without realizing it, however the popular modern world will not see it as so because the popular modern world doesn't understand what a symphony is.
Classical symphony is even presented the same way, if you go to the symphony(I have been attending the Chicago Symphony and Indianapolis Symphony) you will notice that they explain the themes and conceptual ideas of the piece either before the performance or contained within the program which you are intended to read(because there is more to the music than what you will ever hear upon your initial listen)
Music does not require language to get its point across, it is the only universal form of communication across cultures. Despite this, sometimes the music can be misinterpreted, and the artists wants the audience to have a clearer picture. There's nothing wrong with that! They just wanted to make something more than dance music for once, and they absolutely smashed it out of the park!
this was truly hjertevarmende