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HVB☆damifortune
@samplemance.rs
⚡ composer Hunter Van Brocklin (he/they)
🌊 glitchy experimentalist in chiptune, digital fusion & video game music
🌪️ buy music: https://h-v-b.bandcamp.com
🌋 listen music: soundcloud.com/damifortune
🌱 open for work! portfolio + contact: samplemance.rs
Björk - Biophilia (2011)

incredibly artful pop record; songs that build whole entire worlds each. Björk's sound design and atmosphere are completely unmatched, and her writing is intensely evocative, ethereal, otherworldly while also remaining visceral and arresting. unreal amount of artistry!
January 4, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Sunny Kim & Ben Monder - The Dream of the Earth (2016)

stunningly beautiful "jazz as art song" vocalist + jazz guitarist collab. contemplative ambient meditations punctuated by intimate ballads. a haunting spiritual salve for an ailing planet, a theme that really resonates with me (and my music).
January 4, 2026 at 5:27 PM
This Is Lorelei - Box for Buddy, Box for Star (2024)

it's been years since an indie folk rock album got me this excited! I could not put this one down. direct and catchy songwriting, very well developed lyrics, excellent pacing, just enough experimentation. a cult favorite's deserved breakout hit.
January 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Hank Heaven - Loaded Dice (2024)

jazz guitarist turned indie singer-songwriter... such a cool pipeline! this album became my most-listened of 2025 in Dec alone - the songs are absolute earworms! loosely gambling themed, varied in style and tone, it ultimately feels like a very intimate gaze inward.
January 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
sueter7 - diario (2025)

an endearing, catchy, emotional EP of Argentine glitchy indietronica. everything about this album gels so well and hits so hard! the arrangements are a mix of emo-poppy guitars, synths, electronic drum sequencing, and crunchy bitcrushed vocals. sounds like your best friend.
January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
fl studio has crashed its last 🫡
January 4, 2026 at 12:56 AM
the records are HERE at last!!

preorders will be shipping next week. additionally, more are up for sale on the Past Future Present Memory album page if you missed the preorder!

thanks so much for your patience while all the parts of this package assembled - I'm so excited to send em out : )
December 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I sold my horns when I moved last year cause I hadn't played in many years, but I wound up wanting to get back into it in earnest, and now I have this used vintage yamaha horn from the early 70s. I'm rusty as hell but already having so much fun, it's great to play again for the simple joy of playing
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
wow Past Future Present Memory so pretty
wowow Elemental Fusion so electroacoustical
wowowow Distant Islands so super nintendo

wow!!!!! music
October 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
today I found a photo from 2014 when I had first got my cat and she was very smol, please enjoy it
October 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I got the jackets in for the vinyl of Past Future Present Memory, my new album!!! they turned out so crisp and bright. (artwork + design by the inimitable @aurahack.ca !)

I'm really excited for this to come together - the records themselves are still in production but the test press sounded great 🙌
September 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
reading Mood Machine, a recent book of music journalism about Spotify, and it definitely cuts deep so far

this gives me the grim impression that unless you make music that's comfortable for background/passive "listening", it's not worth having your stuff up on their service. your goals do not align
September 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
yes, plex, that is exactly what we're watching
September 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
happy to finally share some pics of the sleeve I got done over the course of 2025 - a colorful, detailed ode to the works of my favorite animator, Masaaki Yuasa.

my tattoo artist Hanam Mun did an incredible job designing this out of various key art and stills from Tatami Galaxy and Kaiba!
September 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
going to be taking a long drive this week/end - here's all the albums I have added to a giant playlist to listen to...! 40 of them!

I like to assemble a big pile of records that are new to me, then roll dice to determine the order of albums. I've been doing road trips this way for years, I love it.
August 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
went hikin' last weekend!
August 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
hello #portfolioday - I'm HVB and I write music to excite both the head and the heart! I am available for work. here is a brief demo reel of my music!

games, animations, films, character themes, background music and more... get in touch!

website: samplemance.rs
contact: [email protected]
July 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
vinyl preorders for Past Future Present Memory will be closing on AUGUST 1ST! (that's the next Bandcamp Friday!)

thanks so much to everyone who's preordered so far, and huge thanks again to @aurahack.ca for the incredible design.

you can listen & preorder the vinyl here!
July 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I rented a cute old house w/ some others for a surprisingly good price in my last 2 years at USC, and this is what that plot of land looks like now. I noticed they tore the whole damn block down when I drove by in 2020, but this is somehow even worse than I expected
July 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
operation mint simple syrup has been completed, and this spring's mint has been contained, sorta, maybe
June 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
everyone should come to my album listening party this Saturday on 7jam dot io

7jam in its current form is shuttering soon, so this might be the last listening event there! but during the lockdown era it provided a fantastic, fun, homey space for remote jam sessions over MIDI & virtual venue space!
June 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I recently found an iPod at a garage sale for $10 and hadn't realized just how much I missed having & curating a dedicated music player!

in hindsight, the iPod era was a much rosier one for music appreciation than where we've ended up. they made a personal, physical thing just for digital media!
June 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
a collaborative tune that @jaxcheese.bsky.social and I made three whole years ago in PxTone... "in full bloom". time flies 🌸

(also a bonus glimpse at my occasional side hobby, lol)
May 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Static Rain Dance ⚡🌧️🕺☔💃⛈️

an oldie but a goodie! still one of my favorite pieces I've ever written. writing proggy stuff like this is a workout

I had to cut off the first 30 seconds of the song for this to fit in the upload, but if you wanna hear that sweet intro: h-v-b.bandcamp.com/album/the-ba...
May 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
new 2025 demo reel, fresh for bluesky & #portfolioday!

hello - I'm HVB and I write music to excite both the head and the heart! I am available for work in 2025.

games, animations, films, themes, other bespoke commissions - get in touch!

website: samplemance.rs
contact: [email protected]
April 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM