Daniel Rosenfeld
| Daniel Rosenfeld | |
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Rosenfeld in 2011
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | C418 |
| Born |
May 9, 1989 East Germany |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Independent musician, performer, sound engineer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Mojang, Ghostly International |
| Associated acts | SMN, Anosou, |
| Website | c418 |
Daniel Rosenfeld (born May 9, 1989) is a German musician, producer and sound engineer best known as the composer and sound designer for the video game Minecraft. His music is generally published under the name C418 (pronounced "see-four-eighteen").
Rosenfeld, son of a Soviet gold smith and a German mother, was born and grew up in East Germany after reunification, and the economic realities of the region may have limited his resources to learn audio composition. He says he learned on early versions of Schism Tracker and Ableton Live in the early 2000s, which were both rudimentary tools at the time. He states it was his brother that introduced him to music composition. His brother told him of Ableton live, and commented that "even an idiot" can successfully create music with Ableton.
Learning under such restrictions turned out to help the young composer when he began collaborating with Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson. The sound engine in the game was not very powerful whatsoever. So Rosenfeld had to be creative in his approach to sound effects and music.
As a freelance artist, Rosenfeld was not on staff at Mojang, the game company behind Minecraft, which was sold to Microsoft in 2014. Rosenfeld says he still owns the rights to all the music in the game, having released two albums featuring songs from the soundtrack. The first soundtrack, Minecraft – Volume Alpha, was released on March 4, 2011. The video game blog Kotaku selected the music of Minecraft as one of the best video game soundtracks of 2011. On November 9, 2013, Rosenfeld released the second official soundtrack, titled Minecraft – Volume Beta, which includes the music that was added in later versions of the game.Minecraft - Volume Alpha found its first release in physical format on Ghostly International in 2015.
Persson and Rosenfeld worked together again after Minecraft's success in the creation of a new game titled 0x10c, but the game was never released, with Persson halting production in August 2013. Rosenfeld released an album featuring his work on the project in September 2014. The album was released digitally with little publicity; Rosenfeld simply sent out a tweet stating that it was available.
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