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Shortly after sunrise, an autumn storm rose above the forest and turned the sky black.

Time Rival

@timerival.net

This album is just over a year old!

Shortly after sunrise, an autumn storm rose above the forest and turned the sky black

Dark but hopeful, chilled, somewhat experimental

Pick it up on @mirlo.space

mirlo.space/timerival/re...

An album by Time Rival Released Thu Nov 14 2024 14:58:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was considering coming up with a release strategy for this album, but I decided to just put it out ther...

mirlo.space

November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

Subscribe to my music on Bandcamp and get a bunch of cool stuff

timerival.bandcamp.com/subscribe

Subscribe to Time Rival

Instantly get everything Time Rival makes, and then some. Get all the new music I release, plus 47 items from my back-catalog, subscriber-only specials, and exclusive access to my fan community.

from the album SKETCHBOOK 25

November 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

New music up on Bandcamp

Echidna

Warm & Fuzzy ambient

timerival.bandcamp.com/track/echidna

Echidna, by TIMERIVAL

November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

New on Patreon

Secret Room

Ambient / cinematic with piano and field recordings

www.patreon.com/posts/secret...

Secret Room | Time Rival

A City Made From Negative Space, by Time Rival

November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

Free this week:

A City Made From Negative Space
Sample Based Lo-Fi Ambient with electronic treatments

timerival.bandcamp.com/album/a-city...

8 track album

Time Rival - Sky Blue, Pale Rose

November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM

Reposted by Time Rival

Clayton is c. soûle

@csoule.bsky.social

Live now!!! Heaven Utensil, by c.soûle (that’s me ya lovely goofballs). One hour of gloom and error, with a dappling of beauty mixed in.

Come give it a listen. I’m pretty pleased widdit. Cover art by @cdbunker.bsky.social

mastered by @timerival.net
wileysoule.bandcamp.com/album/heaven...2

November 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM

Reposted by Time Rival

Fringes of Sound

@fringesofsound.bsky.social

Today’s review has us checking out a new album from @timerival.net on @triplicaterecords.com

www.onthefringesofsound.com/2025/11/time...

#ambient #downtempo #idm #cinematic #idm #drone #musicreview #bandcamp

Covering new ambient, experimental, noise and more. New posts daily.

www.onthefringesofsound.com

November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM

Reposted by Time Rival

Clayton is c. soûle

@csoule.bsky.social

I very, very much appreciate having my little musical grumblings treated with such care.

If you haven’t had your music mastered by @timerival.net , I very much suggest you give it more than just a think. Really great to work with!

Time Rival @timerival.net · 4d

One of my recent mastering jobs is out now, from @csoule.bsky.social

"Heaven Utensil"

wileysoule.bandcamp.com/album/heaven...

heaven utensil, by c.soûle

2 track album

wileysoule.bandcamp.com

November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

New on Patreon

Encoded in the Waves
Cinematic ambient with field recordings
www.patreon.com/posts/encode...

Encoded in the Waves | Time Rival

heaven utensil, by c.soûle

November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

One of my recent mastering jobs is out now, from @csoule.bsky.social

"Heaven Utensil"

wileysoule.bandcamp.com/album/heaven...

2 track album

wileysoule.bandcamp.com

November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

XtraChill 449

My track "Also Yes" is the opener. Check it out, great tunes on here!
soundcloud.com/xtrachill/xt...

XtraChill 449

Der November dümpelt so vor sich hin, heute, am 15., und bevor wir alle in die üblichen Herbstdepressionen verfallen, schickt der liebe Andreas einen warmen Lichtstrahl in die immer früher einsetzende

soundcloud.com

November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

Who wants a sample pack full of a bunch of weird sounds from a little esoteric synth that you've likely never heard of? Hint: You do!

timerival.gumroad.com/l/ellitonems

Ellitone Multi-Synth Sample Pack

The Ellitone Multi-Synth is a semi-modular digital synthesizer with four knobs, four buttons and a patch bay. There are 6 different sound synthesis modes accessible via the patch bay. This instrument ...

timerival.gumroad.com

November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

If you haven't checked it out yet, my latest album "Sky Blue, Pale Rose" is out and, I don't want to oversell it, but it will cure all of your ailments.
timerival.bandcamp.com/album/sky-bl...

Sky Blue, Pale Rose, by Time Rival

9 track album

from the album SKETCHBOOK 25

November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

Another new SP404 experiment. Tongue drum, ukulele, percussion & flute

timerival.bandcamp.com/track/spexp1...

SPExp1119, by TIMERIVAL

November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

New on Patreon

Sarasa
Minimal downtempo electronica with cinematic elements

www.patreon.com/posts/sarasa...

Sarasa | Time Rival

Instantly get everything Time Rival makes, and then some. Get all the new music I release, plus 47 items from my back-catalog, subscriber-only specials, and exclusive access to my fan community.

November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

My Bandcamp subscription is a great place to get all of my music. I have over 100 albums on there spanning decades. There are also some sample packs as well as early access on new stuff

timerival.bandcamp.com/subscribe

Subscribe to Time Rival

SKETCHBOOK 25, by TIMERIVAL

November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

Check out what I'm working on right now:

SKETCHBOOK 25

This isn't an album. It's a way to share what I'm currently working on. I continuously add songs as I record them and remove older ones to keep things fresh:

timerival.bandcamp.com/album/sketch...

25 track album

The best in unsigned and independent electronic music

November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM

Reposted by Time Rival

Xylander

@xylander.bsky.social

I'm back with a new episode of #forgottenfutures to showcase exciting and varied electronic music. There's #ambient, #experimental, #techno and #noisemusic.

If you enjoy discovering new music by unsigned and independent artists you're in for a treat.

www.audiointerface.org/shows/forgot...

Forgotten Futures

www.audiointerface.org

November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

New on Patreon

Valley Chorus
Cozy ambient with reverb soaked field recordings

www.patreon.com/posts/valley...

Valley Chorus | Time Rival

November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

This week's free / pay what you want album is:

Mineral
timerival.bandcamp.com/album/mineral

Written & recorded between December '24 and March '25. "Mineral" marks the midpoint between chaotic and chill.

Mineral, by Time Rival

8 track album

Love 80's 110, by Fields of Few & Melorman

November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM

Reposted by Time Rival

Triplicate Records

@triplicaterecords.com

Great little EP from @fieldsoffew.bsky.social and Melorman from earlier this year

Love 80's 110

melorman.bandcamp.com/album/love-8...

4 track album

melorman.bandcamp.com

November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

I have a new track on @trevlad.bsky.social's compilation "Murmurs in the Mist"

Pick it up here:
trevlad.bandcamp.com/album/murmur...

Murmurs in the Mist, by Trevlad

45 track album

trevlad.bandcamp.com

November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

New on Patreon

SPExp1112

Another SP404 experiment

www.patreon.com/posts/spexp1...

SPExp1112 | Time Rival

from the album SKETCHBOOK 25

November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM

Time Rival

@timerival.net

New ambient track up on Bandcamp

Monotreme

timerival.bandcamp.com/track/monotr...

Monotreme, by TIMERIVAL