Arnaud Roy scored this Chinese space strategy game like a slow drift through interstellar fog. Starlike's Vol. 1 runs 12 tracks deep and every one of them breathes, using soft synth pads, Fender Rhodes, and live guzheng to create this texture that's half ambient sci-fi, half something older and earthbound.
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"Light Sea Boundary" floats on these warm analog tones while "The Hover" pulls the guzheng into focus against shimmering electronics. "Moonlight Route" closes the album with this patient, luminous composition that just hangs in the air.
The whole thing feels like staring out a viewport at something too vast to process. If you play strategy games late at night and want music that matches that quiet intensity, this belongs in your rotation.