Review: inattentive apprentice – Why must wizardry be so complicated? (Full EP, 2024) | Dungeon gaze

Today we present a little synth project called inattentive apprentice and the name couldn’t be more matching. Coming straight from one of Germany’s oldest university towns, categorized by itself as dungeon gaze, these songs unite the fantastic and atmospheric soundscapes of dungeon synth with the harsh experiments of noise music making it, well, a kind of dungeon noise.

Why must wizards be so complicated? tells us the story of a wizard’s apprentice. Reminding us of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by Goethe (I shouldn’t have summoned those spirits last night) while also creating a wonderful little fable about the coming of age in little paragraphs to each of the four, only a few minutes long, tracks.

While raising ADHD awareness, this album spreads the beautiful atmosphere of old videogames and magical telltales through its gazing and sometimes even heavy synth melodies while becoming the soundtrack for the adventures of a young apprentice who may not attend every one of his lectures but sure is learning a lot!

⚔️ INATTENTIVE APPRENTICE ⚔️

BC: https://inattentiveapprentice.bandcamp.com