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Release Date
13 May 2013
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Length
22 tracks
Endless Fantasy is the second full-length album from American chiptune band Anamanaguchi, released on May 14, 2013. The album was self-released on the band's own dream.hax label, and subsequently debuted at #1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart and at #2 in the Dance/Electronic Albums category. The album was preceded by the single "Meow," released on January 8, 2013.
Endless Fantasy was written and recorded over the course of three years and was produced by lead songwriter Peter Berkman's former roommate Gabe Liberti, who previously worked with the band as an engineer on their first full-length, Dawn Metropolis. Many others also contributed to the album's recording and production, including Sabrepulse, ex-The Depreciation Guild members Kurt Feldman and Christoph Hochheim, and Infinity Shred's Nathan Ritholz.
The album notably marked a turning point in the band's sound: it included more downtempo songs, supplemented the band's high-energy punk rock roots with EDM, J-pop, and drum & bass influences, and also included collaborations with vocalists—a first for the band. Guitarist Ary Warnaar (who previously penned Dawn Metropolis' "Mermaid") also shared songwriting duties with Berkman; Berkman wrote 8 of the album's 22 tracks, Warnaar wrote 3 and arranged Erik Satie's "Gymnopédie No. 1," and the duo worked together on a further 9 songs. Additionally, drummer Luke Silas wrote the album's second interlude.
The band also started a Kickstarter campaign at the time of Endless Fantasy's release in order to finance additional music videos, tour lighting (made by bassist James DeVito), merchandise, and new collaborations and remixes based on the album's songs. The campaign was wildly successful, earning several times the band's goal amount, even performing the title track on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon making them one of the few chiptune artists to appear on national television.
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