triston.mantle: About Me
Who Am I?
I am a music producer/digital artist. My music combines elements of acoustic instruments
and real world sounds with lush textures, synths, and unconventional sound design.
My Background in Music:
Before I made triston.mantle, I was making music under the name alxaline
(used to be spelled ALXΔline) for about 5 years. When I was 13-14, I was experimenting
with different subgenres of dubstep, and I was using FL Studio Mobile at the time.
It was when I actually started taking music production somewhat seriously.
When I was 15, I discovered a niche Soundcloud genre called Dariacore,
and I started trying to make that, along with dubstep. A flip I did of a kmoe
song got over 2K listens on Soundcloud (I privated it cause it sucks)
When I was 16, my interest in making music changed a lot. I found that I was more
interested in composing and writing pretty chord progressions and melodies.
I started experimenting more with ambient and textural sound design. That's
when I learned about a super niche genre called Botanica. I immediately
fell in love with the genre and I got pretty decent at making it. I joined a
community called Novel, which is based around Botanica, and I ended up
getting featured in one of their chapters on Soundcloud.
Why I Made triston.mantle:
While I was still making music under alxaline, I had the idea for a project
called triston.mantle years before I actually made it. I guess at the time,
I didn't have the resources nor confidence to make those ideas come to life.
On my 17th birthday, I received my first acoustic guitar as a gift. It only
took a few months for me to fall in love with the instrument, and it helped
me learn more about music theory. I started doing covers of my favorite
songs, which helped me develop a half-decent singing voice. Then,
I knew I was ready to start this new project.
My Favorite Artists/Biggest Inspirations
- Jane Remover - While I wouldn't exactly consider her
music one of my inspirations, she is easily my favorite artist of all time
and has an almost perfect discography in my opinion.
I started listening to Jane my freshman year of high school, around the
same time I was still interested in Dariacore. I found out about her through
an artist named leroy,Which was just one of Jane's alt accounts.
When I heard Jane was pretty much when I starting listening to "real" music.
Before, pretty much all that I listened to was dubstep and I had no
real taste in anything. Hearing her music helped me expand my pallete and
discover greater art forms.
- thatcherblackwood - I can confidently say that
thatcher's music is one of the main reasons why I started triston.mantle
in the first place. His music breaks every rule you can imagine, whether
it would be sound design, song structure, fixed genres, etc. Thatcher
is great at envoking strong emotions in his music, while also keeping
the listener on their toes, never knowing what could be heard next.
For example, his song basalt, ranges from several different genres,
including elements of folk, math rock, color bass, all packed together in a
huge 8 minute song.
Seeing someone my age (17 at the time of writing this), being able to create
beautiful masterpieces like his truly opened by eyes for how much more I could
be exploring creatively, and how much I could improve.
- Botanica/The Novel Community - I know i've already talked
about this in this document, but I believe that my discovery of Botanica is the
reason im still making music today. Before, when I was still making other music,
I had no idea where I was going next. I was very uninspired and had no community
to lean on and get inspiration from. Discovering Botanica and Novel helped me
find my true passion in music, and I met a ton of other talented artists along
the way.
This site is still under development, so more information will be added later.
Thank you for reading this and supporting me!