On Friday, November 27, 2020, Debaser releases Mood Ring Vol 2, a mixtape and interactive online experience that guides the player to discover one of eight tracks from a curated collection of new music. Designed as a playful way to discover new music online, the quasi-introspective web experience may also reveal something about the player through the process. Each turn at Mood Ring Vol. 2 allows you to discover new paths and results, depending on how you respond to the game.
Mood Ring, Vol 2 features new music by sci-fi turntablist SlowPitchSound, ambient beat designer Mas Aya, power pop rainbow band Century Egg, electronic groove collective Bucko Art Machine, synth pop dreamer Orchidae, electro-jazz mission commander Klapshmock!, avant-pop visionary Deidre, and a special collaboration by electro-acoustic composer duo Melody McKiver & Thomas Goguelin.
This project is the second in Debaser’s curated mixtape series that started with Mood Ring Vol 1 in 2015. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the indefinite hiatus on Debaser’s regular live programming, the non-profit music presenter sought an innovative way to adapt its programming and create magical musical experiences within a digital space. Thanks to support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the project was brought to life by experimental game designer Marie Claire LeBlanc-Flanagan, visual artist Robin Richardson-Dupuis, and composer Emily McQuarrie.
Details
On Friday, November 27, you can:
Enter the web experience at www.mood-ring.ca
Listen/Buy on Bandcamp, or stream on any platform
Join the Virtual Launch Party (8 PM EST)f
If you’d like to support us, donate to the project - 100% of all sales and donations go to the musical artists
Tracklist
1) Klapshmock! - Attack Zone X
2) SlowPitchSound - You Betta Change featuring Distant Dust
3) Deidre - Numb
4) Orchidae - Love (bedroom version)
5) Century Egg - I Will Make Up a Method
6) Mas Aya - Pasiva/Activa
7) Melody McKiver & Thomas Goguelin - Berlinale Duet
8) Bucko Art Machine - PRO TESTING (3AM edit)