Wooden Vessels is a dungeon synth project led by Aveline and based in Minnesota, USA. Wooden Vessels is part of the Great Lakes Dungeon Synth collective.
Aveline’s Cave Bird Records also hosts three other projects. An atmospheric black metal project called awren, a funeral doom project called Gloomthread, and an ambient guitar project called chrysanthemum.
Synth1 is one of my favorite VSTs. I’ve used it in almost every ‘digital’ Wooden Vessels album. Today I am officially releasing a Synth1 preset bank of patches I’ve made and used in past albums. You can preview the sounds on Bandcamp. There’s lots of strings, pads, bells, and plucky sounds as well as some other odds and ends.
If you use it I’d LOVE to be listed in your album credits. Something like
Featuring Synth1 presets by Aveline Baudelaire of Wooden Vessels. Link: https://cavebirdrecords.bandcamp.com/album/avelines-synth1-dungeon-synth-bank
Enjoy! 💜
I’m leading another Dungeon Shamble challenge. It runs from October 1 through October 31. I’d love for you to participate.
Tapes for A Sunless Winter, my winter synth split with Hibernal Harvest, are now available through Fiadh. Links: Fiadh tape, Ampwall, Bandcamp, Spotify.
Also available through Fiadh is my first 'live keyboard' dungeon synth album, Rise of the Woodland Empire. Links: Fiadh tape, Ampwall, Bandcamp, Spotify.
Thanks for listening!
The Dungeon Shamble has officially wrapped! Here’s the list of people who participated. Kaptain Carbon put together a neat little DJ-style compilation of most of the participants. Listen to my album on Ampwall, Bandcamp, Spotify, etc. Huge thank you to everyone who participates in these fun little challenges <\3
Cave Bird Records is on Youtube! For now one song will be uploaded each week. In the future there may be more content. This is my first time exploring video editing, so it’s a slow process.
I’m leading another Dungeon Shamble challenge that runs from May 1 through May 31. Would love to hear your interpretation.
Kaptain Carbon led a compilation where each artist submitted a song based on a character. Together with Fenmoss an OSE game based on the compilation was created. Each character has its own stat block. Check out the compilation. The game will release later this year through Fantasy Audio Magazine.
I built a big list of live dungeon synth events. You can find it here. Feel free to submit your upcoming shows!
My Dungeon Shamble album is complete! You can listen to it here.
I’m leading a Dungeon Shamble challenge that runs from Oct 1 through Oct 31. Feel free to participate!
Ampwall is live! Artist copies of Meadowtrek Woods: Life and Ecology are only available on the Wooden Vessels Ampwall page. Come show your support for this wonderful new site!
Cassettes for What Lies in Wait, The Beloved Emperor, and To Slumber Beneath a Blanket of White are available for purchase. Each is limited to 25 tapes. There’s also a bundle with all three tapes.
The Dungeon Synth Guide & Resources site is live! It’s geared towards newer community members, but Kaptain Carbon and I have added all sorts of stuff to it, including a pretty deep history that includes ‘Proto DS.’