Various Artists - D&D Spelljams: Dungeons & Dragons

Double LP standard color vinyl — 1 red LP and 1 blue LP

Deluxe triple gatefold foil-stamped jacket

Additional artwork, 12" x 24" fold-out poster with lyrics, and printed inner sleeves

Inspired by Dungeons & Dragons Spelljammer gameplay — the multiverse of the world's greatest roleplaying game!

Spelljammer setting is designed to allow the usual sword and sorcery adventures of Dungeons & Dragons to take place within the framework of outer space tropes. Flying ships travel through the vast expanses of interplanetary space, visiting moons and planets and other stellar objects.

For nearly five decades, Dungeons & Dragons has inspired generations of creative people to make movies, novels and, yes, music. Now that relationship is even more distinct with the release today of an album of music created by cutting-edge bands and musical acts all inspired by Spelljammer: Adventures in Space. The far-out storytelling in the world's greatest roleplaying game's latest offering is fertile ground for composing some of the most original songs you'll hear this year from bands like Magic Sword, Shabazz Palaces, Califone, TEKE::TEKE and Osees.

Spelljams features a double LP's worth of tracks from artists all produced by Chris Funk, guitarist from The Decemberists who plays D&D with many folks in the music scene in Portland, Oregon. Chris Perkins, story architect at D&D and lead designer of Spelljammer, worked with Funk to bring the Flash Gordon-esque soundtrack to life.

"You know what they like on the Rock of Bral?" asked Perkins, referring to a location in Spelljammer. "Rock music! The brilliant Chris Funk has assembled a motley crew of bards to create Spelljams-music inspired by our newest Spelljammer adventure, Light of Xaryxis. I encourage Dungeon Masters use Spelljams as background music during their D&D game sessions or listen to it while dreaming up future hijinks. Everyone else: enjoy the music of Wildspace!"

 

Side A

1. Seeds Of Destruction - Magic Sword

2. Arena Of Blood - Osees

3. Space Is A Place - Reggie Watts

4. Visible Lights - TEKE::TEKE

5. Far - Black Marble

Side B

1. Left Hand Path - Mikaela Davis

2. love is the disaster - Lucius

3. Xedalli - Penny & Sparrow

4. Moon Dancer - Y La Bamba

5. Light of Xaryxis - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Side C

1. Spacefighters - MonoNeon

2. Crystalline Climbers - Cardioid & pink paint

3. Me and The Moon - Devon Gilfillian

4. Endless Sea - Red Fang

5. Ghost Of The Nautiloid - Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band

Side D

1. Forgotten Land - Deru & Arooj Aftab

2. Topolah’s Song - Wizard of Waz

3. chaotic.evil.astral.elves - Califone

4. The Door To Endlessness - Shabazz Palaces

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