I'm super excited to release this collab Waterflame! We both have been producing music for years and now was the time to finally join forces to release Icefield🧊

Check out the track here on Newgrounds as well.

Did you have a chance to check out Back on Dash already? Back on Dash is a new version of Back on Track that is also my first song released in NoCopyrightSounds! It's also featured in Geometry Dash as a event level.

It was really nice to make this new version of the song for NCS and Geometry Dash after 11 years. Here's the full story how the original song was created:

The origin of Back on Track

Back in the 2000’s I really enjoyed listening to the techno music that you could find on YouTube. You know, all those videos made with Windows Movie Maker with colorful & futuristic backgrounds and uplifting techno music. I wanted to create similar music so I started to produce music of my own in late 2008. Back then I mostly made melodic techno & house style music and I did that for a couple of years. In 2012 I also began to experiment with other edm genres, such as dubstep, and during that year I released many bass songs. 

In early 2013 one of my long-time listeners asked me on YouTube if I could make another melodic techno song. Something similar to the music I had made in the 2010-2011 era. He was referring to songs like Active, Lazy Weekend, Rage For Nothing and Base After Base that I had released back then. I can’t remember exactly how I responded to him, but I told him that maybe I could try to make something like that again.

I started to produce a new song and I had a clear goal in my mind. I wanted to make a melodic song that is simple, catchy and uplifting. I wanted to capture the same feeling we had when the times were simpler and we could just go home from school, start up our favorite video game and start to listen to some cool music while playing. Songs like Boten Anna by Basshunter or Sandstorm by Darude were big sources of inspiration for me in those times.

The production of the song started smoothly and the song was finished in a very short amount of time. Usually this is actually a good sign, because I’ve noticed that the longer I produce a song, the worse it starts to sound. This is because when you hear the same synths too many times, it becomes harder to tell which actually sounds good and which bad.

When the song was finished, I knew it was pretty good and I wanted to release it as soon as possible. All that was left was to figure out a good name for it. Since the inspiration for the song came from the good old times, Back on Track was a perfect name for it. It rhymes nicely and it reminds us about our childhood.

I was eager to release the song and when I finally did it…nothing happened. You see, back then I only had like 1000 followers so I only got a few hundred views, maybe a thousand within the first couple of weeks of releasing the song. The song was quickly forgotten and as usual, I moved on to produce more new music.

A couple of months later a new opportunity arose. A small video game developer was searching for music for his new game. I had sent my music to game developers before, so I thought this would be another good opportunity for me to get my songs heard. This game developer was RobTop and Back on Track was one of the songs that got selected to be featured in his new little game, Geometry Dash.

I was happy to get featured in the game, although I really didn't have any expectations, because most of the games won’t become very popular. I just wanted my songs to be heard by a wider audience. Still, I was excited.

In August 2013 Geometry Dash was finally released and…nothing happened. Again. Even though Geometry Dash is popular now, it wasn’t an instant success. However, the game started to gain slowly but steadily new players and I did see some growth in my own stream numbers as well, but nothing major. 

In 2014 things started to change. In previous years I had some success with my music, but I had been an unknown artist up till now. Thanks to big streamers like PewDiePie, Geometry Dash started to gain serious awareness in 2014 and that directly translated to my music as well. Back on Track quickly became my most streamed song and I even made my own first Geometry Dash level in the summer of 2014!

However, I think 2015 was the real breakthrough year for me. While I got a lot of popularity in 2014, it was nothing compared to what was coming in next year. Thanks to the constant updates, new levels and polishing of the game, Geometry Dash became a mainstream mobile game in 2015. I was also able to reach 100k YouTube subscribers and Back on Track was streamed almost 4 million times on YouTube in that year alone.

Fast forward to the present day. Even after a decade, Back on Track is still my most streamed and well known song of all time. I’m very happy that I got the opportunity to make this new version of Back on Track and to be featured in NCS in the Geometry Dash album! 

Thank you guys for the massive support. I hope that this song unlocks warm memories from your past and brings you Back on Track!

DJVI

Yesterday 3 of my old song were republished/uploaded to Newgrounds, because of my 32nd birthday! Those songs are:

• Mind Games
• True Face
• Techno Reactor (2010 remake version)

Have you heard these songs before?

Donk Donk features aggressive drops, catchy melodies and very touching lyrics. In fact, Donk Donk is one of my most aggressive songs I've ever made. Because the song name is Donk Donk, I also had to include some hardstyle parts as well!

Check out the song on other streaming platforms as well or on here Newgrounds. The song id for Geometry Dash levels is: 1332548.

This will be an epic track. Full song will be released on June 14th. Make sure to pre-save it to your Spotify now and you won't miss it (you don't want to miss it).

I recently reached 400k subscribers on YouTube and the 400k track is now released! Thank you so much for supporting and listening to my music. It feels amazing to reach this new milestone.

This fast paced hard dance song features catchy melodies and even some vocals. The break in the middle of the track creates a much needed calmer section with some alternative melodies, before the track goes boom boom again.

Listen now on Newgrounds or stream on other streaming platforms.

The song id for Geometry Dash is: 1315237

Thanks to everyone for voting in the DJVI Geometry Dash Creator Contest! We received a lot of votes and we now have a winner. If you haven’t seen the finalists levels yet, check out this video:

https://youtu.be/NsQnl5tpaXo?si=3J4sO...

Here are the end results of the creator contest:

1st place

Angels by Dahzen, level id 100928960

Song: DJVI - Angels

Gameplay video by Mythical8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_ClJ...

2nd place

Techno Reactor by CarlM50, level id 101053487

Song: DJVI - Techno Reactor

Gameplay video by Anglified

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWngP...

3rd place

Florescence by petalflowerr, level id 101024583

Song: DJVI - Isolation

Gameplay video by Mythical8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6_DG...

Big thanks to everyone who submitted their level to the contest! The jury and I have now reviewed all the submitted levels and we have selected the 7 best levels to the finals. Check out the finalist levels and vote for your favorite:

DJVI Geometry Dash creator contest has just started!

The rules are simple. Create and decorate a Geometry Dash level that uses DJVI music. You may use any DJVI song that can be found on Newgrounds. Also, make sure to take good advantage of the new 2.2 features. Feel free to Join my Discord as well.

The winner of the contest gets 100 US dollars (payment is done using PayPal) and the prize for the second and the third place is one month Discord Nitro. The deadline for the level submissions is February 18th.

Check out this video for more info, how to submit your level and how to apply for the jury:

Fire in the hole!

My final song for 2023 called Paradox is now released! This electro house track introduces energetic drops and I'm especially happy with the chorus intro that gives the song this nice atmosphere. Check out the song now and tell me what you think about it.

The song id is 1267294 and you can listen to it here on Newgrounds too. Check it out on other streaming platforms as well: https://fanlink.to/djviparadox