C418 – Minecraft Alpha Beta – Limited Edition Double Cassette Box Set

Minecraft is a dreamscape, a limitless world where anything is possible. Minecraft is a tool, a means of bringing the imagination to life. Minecraft is a community, a platform on which inventive minds of all ages can share their creations and ideas. Minecraft, of course, is also a game, the most popular and best-selling video game of all time. Created in 2009 by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson, this cultural phenomenon speaks volumes of our current zeitgeist's love for virtual spaces, but it's unprecedented success couldn't be pinned on one factor alone. Countless layers of thoughtful artistry flow through Minecraft's singular experience, not the least of which is it's transportive soundtrack by C418, the project of German composer and musician Daniel Rosenfeld. Minecraft Volume Alpha, the first installment of a two-part OST, helped breathe life into the game's voxel-based universe. Upon release, fans and critics were universally enamored with C418's beatless, nuanced electronic pieces. Popular gaming site Kotaku named it among The Best Game Music of 2011, calling the music "remarkably soothing." The Guardian compared Rosenfeld's delicate piano and sparse ambient motifs to legendary artists Erik Satie and Brian Eno. Polygon distilled Volume Alpha to it's essence: "It's not bound by the retro aesthetic of Minecraft's graphics. It transcends them. The album is an attempt to uplift the combined game/music experience into the sublime."

Minecraft Volume Alpha
A1 Key
A2 Door
A3 Subwoofer Lullaby
A4 Death
A5 Living Mice
A6 Moog City
A7 Haggstrom
A8 Minecraft
A9 Oxygene
A10 Equinoxe
A11 Mice On Venus
A12 Dry Hands
A13 Wet Hands
B1 Clark
B2 Chris
B3 Thirteen
B4 Excuse
B5 Sweden
B6 Cat
B7 Dog
B8 Danny
B9 Beginning
B10 Droopy Likes Ricochet
B11 Droopy Likes Your Face

Minecraft Volume Beta
C1 Ki
C2 Alpha
C3 Blind Spots
C4 Mutation
C5 Biome Fest
C6 Aria Math
C7 Taswell
D1 Beginning 2
D2 Moog City
D3 The End
D4 Kyoto
D5 Chirp
D6 Mellohi
D7 Stal
D8 Eleven
D9 Far
D10 Intro

Ghostly International – GI-444
UPC: 804297844435
Release Date: 06/13/2025
Original release year: 2011