Loki Project – Game of Life (12’’ Vinyl)

‘Game of Life’ – the forthcoming debut album by Loki Project (out 25 April 2025), available digitally and on 12’’ vinyl.

Tracklisting:

1. Sip of Me
2. Come to my Dream
3. Game of Life
4. Take it Slow
5. Red Eyes
6. Sunflower
7. Ready Now
8. Flower in a Gun

Catalogue number: MINK0034

Game of Life – the forthcoming debut album by Loki Project (out 25 April 2025) – is a collection of tracks that were recorded in an incredible array of places. Having moved home six times during the recording process, Loki says: ‘Inevitably, the diversity of settings are reflected in the record. I recorded in a monastery in France, a windmill in North Holland, the old creative hub Kytopia in Utrecht, and a nursing home in Hilversum. On this album, I collaborated a lot with producer Gino Bombrini, who has travelled much in his life, and has the most impressive collection of curious instruments from all over the world. He is a sort of librarian of sounds, so production wise, there is much versatility.. The various spaces and sounds together formed the building blocks for the record, which in the end, became a symbol for emotional, spiritual and physical transition.’ Single ‘Game of Life’, accompanied by a music video that features Lieke’s ceramic masks came forth from a visual daydream in which Lieke found herself on a chess board – the same dream that led to the founding of community project Tea & Dragons. ‘This dream was related to this coming-of-age phase; you grow up in this transient world and you start questioning the structures on which it is built; your parents, the patterns – and you realise you hold a certain responsibility in it. And so you ask yourself; How do you play this game?’ Other times, a song is birthed from a simple melody or loop, as was the case with Sip of Me, set in a tea salon, like the often frequented Salon Ruigoord in Amsterdam, where many magical spontaneous co-creations evolve. Steamy like a teapot, the track is inspired by Japanese jazz and field recordings of environmental sounds. Another example is Come to My Dream, a one-take, with lyrics that were completely written in the moment. Fight is a protest song, loaded with political and societal elements, translated powerfully by a female choir Lieke put together. ‘During the time of this recording process I think I was aiming for a sound that is somehow familiar and soothing, yet at the same time haunting and alienating. I’m still obsessed with finding the right sound and I believe it’s an ongoing search to find it.’