Ice, otherwise known as Iceloki, is a Hong Kong musician, and the ex-music director who worked under the game company Rayark. He is mainly known for his musical work in the EDM genre, whilst also keeping a couple of very solid tracks that are mainly or partially orchestrated.
Those of you who had played games released by Ryark would probably recognize this name. Much like M2U, one of the artists that I had covered a few posts prior, he is practically a household name, assuming you played any of the games released by Rayark. Some of his most memorable tracks include Entrance, “L”, Pandora’s Box, etc etc. Each track having their very own kind of bravado, yet very similar to each other.
If you're looking for aggressive EDMs, Ice has you covered. Want a whole original orchestra? Yeah, my man has it. How about a whole album featuring 1 violin, and is named 1 letter? Come on, try harder.
His unfortunate resignation from his position in Rayark came about when he released a track under his own brand titled “Telegraph : 1344 7609 2575”, a somber track that featured a string of morse code near the start of the track. The contents which, you can guess the nature of.
Controversies aside, I believe that amongst his work, you might find a liking towards a fair amount of tracks he had released either under Rayark, or under his own name, weather is one of many driving EDMs, or the few but brilliantly composed orchestral tracks. I’m sure you’ll find something to add to your list.
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A rhythm game music artist, this one however has not only the skillset to create music, but a personality that pushed his name to greater reach. His music is something that is tailored for rhythm games, yet 1 single release has broken him from being known as such. Cheezie bountie and Fur War Pur War from Ice’s nekomimi syndrome is a great example of such, these songs are released for deemo really shows for itself. Having not only consistent beat and progression throughout the whole song, it even has sufficient downtime for the player to catch a breather before moving on to the climax, a prime example of what a rhythm game map would be like.
Then comes Telepathy 1344 7609 2575, an impressive piece of work, not only from a composition standpoint, but also thanks to the time of its release, (treading into controversial stuff from here on out) . Prior to the release of telepathy, it was the high of the HK protest, the anti CCP protest, and knowing chinese(mainland) cancel culture, what Ice did was truly a daring move, releasing a song with a somber backtone, which resonated with a lot of the HK protestors at the current time. As it talks about a HK that is not under CCP rule and having the freedom of expression.
Political stuff aside, the song itself is beautiful. The pace is slow and it has a somber backtone, the mix of chatter and radio waves in the background harmonizes with the song, making it feel meaningful even to those that are out of the know about HK’ s situation. And much like the purpose of this song, which is Ice trying to send a message through morse code, the radio waves fit the theme and the morse code blends perfectly with the instruments.
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