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Yugo en FuegoSynthThis time out I wanted to dispense with melody and chords changes and play with more noise and textures although Im not sure the album ended up being as noisy as I had originally planned This is just my second completed RPM Challenge Im now 2 for 4 and Im happy to have completed the projectAlbumPortlandOregonUSALINK
Melancholic ZombieRockBass goes boom and guitars go brrrrr I was planning to do ambient project ended up with this industrial thing Inspired by Bambie Thug and Cyberpunk especiallySingleTurkuFinlandLINK
Martin NolanPopMade old school with two cassette recorders Written and performed by Martin NolanSingleSt. John'sNLCanadaLINK
QLOISoundtrackThis is an additional soundtrack to the public domain film Night of the Living Dead A baritone guitar a bass some effects pedals and a few found drumbeats were recorded to an 8 trackAlbumSt. John'sNLCanadaLINK
AstrosmashRockWe recorded 35 minutes of improvs in my basement then I did a slight bit of production and overdubbing Its raw sloppy heavy rock improvAlbumDecaturGeorgiaUSALINK
Anton SamfordGuitarIt was a fun record to make and I think it turned out goodAlbumDecaturGeorgiaUSALINK
JollroyExperimentalI had several old unfinished tracks that I didnt want to forget but at the same time I was busy with other compositions Finally I finished them and put them together into one album The album is named after one of the eight tracks In the album you can hear tracks from different genres organically packaged with each other Youve never heard anything like this beforeEP—LINK
Matthew KaiserPopThese are my recent ventures into pop I wanted to create an anthem and these are all from weekly prompts at the American Songwriter Membership Hub Recorded in my basement studioSingleAllentownPennsylvaniaUSALINK
present guestsAmbienta collection of ambient synth and guitar tracks recorded in the last week of FebruaryEPCranstonRhode IslandUSALINK
Bertie KollerSinger-SongwriterI started recording the music for this album on 1 February with no idea where it was going to go Got most of the music tracks down by the middle of the month then one by one started writing and recording the lyrics Finished recording on 20 February and spent a few days listening and adjusting then made the cover art on the 22nd23rd I feel like it came together pretty wellAlbumWhitefieldMaineUSALINK
The Natural CasingsRockOne more porker in the smoker Bout this time every year we get the boys togetherEPManchesterNew HampshireUSALINK
Maya MindSoundtrackMaya Mind is a palette of sonic soundscapes whereby listeners can imagine the accompanying storylines I decided to play with music as a retirement project The learning curve is pretty steep For this project the tracks are improvised one-shot live and submitted as recorded no DAW no editing no mastering I am just having funAlbumMount PearlNLCanadaLINK
Neil McDougallRockA hard rock revisitation of my old songs with a 2025 lick of paintEPStewartonUKLINK
David ThorleyFolkTheres no one overarching concept but there are a few loose overlapping themes water family the future It starts in one vein and then drifts into another settling into something more typical of me It has its defects inevitably but overall Im pleased with it and as always had a great time putting it together Congrats to everyone who completed something this FebruaryAlbumLondonUKLINK
ThetworegsSinger-SongwriterI wrote and recorded it during the first week of February It took 6 days to write and recordedAlbumSheffieldUKLINK
ustaknowGuitarThese three of this Single as most of mine are are free flow thought word jumble then re-orchestrated after letting it sit for a while Much of what inspires me is my environment in my daily routine snippets of stuff that I then relate back to something in this case it was these tracks this February 2025 In how I see my work its to allow the listeners own mind pictures as I call them to form and mean whatever it may to them Bloddy we go is from 2015 when it was first bounced and not touched until now - I diddo my method many 5 min write while recording bounce tracks Its all flow of thought lyric melody orchestration 1st pass 1 take For me often if its not something I care for thats it However as with this one from 2015 - I often am in a mindset that may not recognize some value in it This February I did and here it is And fyi the title was nothing more than part of the free flow that got jotted down recordedSingleBarnegatNew JerseyUSALINK
I Saw MovementIndieThis challenge was a great reason to get this batch of songs to the finish line This EP was written and recorded at home mixed and mastered by EastMid-West AudioEPGlassboroNew JerseyUSALINK
JCRockA flat-out anger anxiety-fueled rocker My response to the destruction of American Democracy and Government Institutions by evil billionaire Oligarchs Produced in JC Studios using Ableton Live 12 Suite AKAI MPK MKII Mini keyboard contoller MacBook Pro M2 MaxSingleSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSALINK
{AN}EeLExperimentalIt was nice working on this during a capital W winter here in Cottage Country AlbumPeterboroughOntarioCanadaLINK
EB Reid and MC HunterExperimentalWe made it together It is Opera It is FunEPSt. John'sNLCanadaLINK
Terry Vernixx and Breaking LightAmbientIn January my friend Terry sent me a 45 minute synth soundbed and asked me to add some guitar Little did he know I would use it for my RPM projectAlbumAustin/Fort WorthTexasUSALINK
h{EE}lExperimentalThe RPM Challenge hEEl using the sounds of Pendro Jim Benbow Bim Prongs RDKPL Oonark Klaes el_masmore Scott Bazer AN EeLAlbumPeterboroughOntarioCanadaLINK
Mega DollClassicales una mezcla de musica para cuarteto de cuerdas formato tradicional con cello solista ensamble breakcore y terror core experimentalAlbumBogotáColombiaLINK
GrogbitSynthA new wave track using various synthesizers guitar and drumsSingleParadiseNLCanadaLINK
Brian J. WoodRockI started doing the RPM challenge in the first year of its conception 2006 The album that I produced was very minimalist just two guitars and a vocal This year I decided as a 20th year RPM anniversary I would re-record that first record using all of the things I had learnt over the past twenty years I had help from a very dear friend on producing the album as well as guest vocals and a guitar solo This is going to be my last RPMAlbumRochesterUSALINK
Distinct Kicking MotionMetalI set out to make an instrumental EP but I wasnt sure where to go but then I remembered I own an 8-string guitarEPRochesterNew YorkUSALINK
Todd's Friend SamPopA re-creation of some old songs from 1998EPRochesterNew HampshireUSALINK
Church of EnglandRockJust a get together with some fellow RPMers and we recorded a song together Mixed and produced it in Feb 2025SingleRochesterNew HampshireUSALINK
phog masheeenSinger-SongwriterThese recordings travel a range of topics and styles I wrote them one at a time From a list of phrases I keep in my phone Ideas for songs if you will I built them and worked on them individually till they were done and I began again There is no real album concept here I did what I wanted to make the best song I could for the theme I was fun I think working fast simplifies decision making I work early in the morning and use ideas from my dreams EnjoyEPJoshua TreeCaliforniaUSALINK
Neon DemonElectronicSubversive back alley drugstore grit Ideas explored use of noise and field recordings blended into traditional instruments Instruments drums percussion guitars basses keys synths distortions noise field recordingsAlbumChicagoIllinoisUSALINK
Concepts Of A BandExperimentalZac Francis and Mike Allard were students at a school I taught at We did an RPM with the track Ibby in 2008 as CATA Jam Club More Than You Bargained For Not In The Face Zac suggested a sequel Ironically Id had lunch with Ibby a few weeks earlier And here we areAlbumPortsmouthNew HampshireUSALINK
Nate MonoxidePopWelcome to Veilside is an 85 minute long mega-song which can be broken into 26 smaller songs Exploring the mysterious town of Veilside where youll find a whispering waterfall a skinless dog an ultraviolent sports team a psychic who harvests organs and most terrifying of all a rail replacement bus serviceAlbumWhitehavenUKLINK
Chris AndersonSinger-SongwriterIn what has now become a tradition I took a dive into 2021s 283-song Music Box project and came out with eleven more bangers That well gave birth to my last three RPM albums The Solipsist The Catalyst and Goodbye Eden and will likely fuel the next three as well This also marks my 100th full-length solo release Im okay with this record bearing that distinctionAlbumAlexandria/Del RayVirginiaUSALINK
ameliaJazzI made a new years resolution to make a new song each month with a Synthesizer V voicebank I hadnt used yet of which there are several I have a hoarding problem lol This song features Kasane Teto I wanted to write something cute for Valentines Day that wasnt a traditional love songSingleFort WorthTexasUSALINK