Daniel Rosenfeld

Daniel Rosenfeld

Rosenfeld, 2011
Background information
Also known as C418
Born (1989-05-09) May 9, 1989
East Germany
Genres
Occupation(s) Independent musician, sound engineer
Years active 2004–present
Labels Mojang, Ghostly International[1]
Website c418.org

Daniel Rosenfeld (born May 9, 1989)[2] is a German musician and sound engineer best known as the composer and sound designer for the computer game Minecraft. His music is generally published under the name C418 (pronounced "see-four-eighteen").[3]

Rosenfeld was born and grew up in East Germany after reunification, and the economic realities of the region limited his resources to learn audio composition . He says he learned on early versions of Schism Tracker and Ableton Live in the early 2000s, which were both rudimentary tools at the time.[4] Learning under such restrictions turned out to help the young composer when he began collaborating with Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson. The sound engine in the game was not very powerful, so Rosenfeld had to be creative in his approach to sound effects and music.[4]

As a freelance artist, Rosenfeld was not on staff at Mojang,[5] the game company behind Minecraft, which was sold to Microsoft in 2014. Rosenfeld says he still owns the rights to all the music in the game,[6] having released two albums featuring songs from the soundtrack.[5] The first soundtrack, Minecraft - Volume Alpha, was released on March 4, 2011. The video game blog Kotaku selected the music of Minecraft as one of the best video game soundtracks of 2011.[7] On November 9, 2013, Rosenfeld released the second official soundtrack, titled Minecraft - Volume Beta, which includes the music that was added in later versions of the game.[8] Minecraft - Volume Alpha found its first release in physical format on Ghostly International in 2015.[1]

Persson and Rosenfeld worked together again after Minecraft's success in the creation of a new game titled 0x10c, but the game was never released, with Persson halting production in August 2013. Rosenfeld released an album featuring his work on the project in September 2014. The album was released digitally with little publicity; Rosenfeld simply sent out a tweet stating that it was available.[9]

In addition to game soundtracks, Rosenfeld composes his own independent music. He has released a large amount of music on his Bandcamp page, but of which he has only officially released four LPs other than the Minecraft soundtracks: 72 Minutes Of Fame (along with "I forgot something, didn't I") in 2011, Seven Years Of Server Data in 2011, One in 2012, and most recently 148 in 2015.[8] He says he does not seek fame and he struggles with public attention, such as critical comments from his large group of followers on Twitter.[6] The Guardian has compared his compositions to those of Brian Eno and Erik Satie because of their ambient quality.[4]

Discography

Albums

Album name Release date Length
Circle 2006-03-22 00:35:54
The whatever directors cut 2008-01-27 00:50:07
Mixes 2008-05-23 00:25:35
Zweitonegoismus 2008-12-16 00:41:04
Bushes and Marshmallows 2009-08-01 01:02:55
Life changing moments seem minor in pictures 2010-08-12 01:11:53
Minecraft – Volume Alpha 2011-03-04 00:58:48
I forgot something, didn't I. 2011-07-18 00:37:17
72 Minutes Of Fame 2011-07-19 01:11:58
Seven Years of Server Data 2011-11-03 00:50:45
One 2012-12-23 01:35:28
Minecraft – Volume Beta 2013-11-09 02:21:08
148 2015-12-18 01:58:47

EPs

Album name Release date Length
bps 2007-12-23 00:15:32
Sine 2008-09-02 00:19:42

Miscellaneous

Album name Release date Length
A Cobblers Tee Thug (C418 and SMN co-release) 2010-01-05 00:41:40
Little Things (mini-album/misc. discarded & unfinished projects) 2011-01-16 00:27:38
Catacomb Snatch Original Soundtrack (C418 and Anosou co-release) 2012-03-20 00:22:11
The Driver - Savlonic (C418 Remix) 2012-04-01 00:05:38
0x10c 2014-09-15 00:03:08

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