It was truly awesome to hear the line AKUR AKIR AKAM in the new Adventure Mode OST. Feels like a continuation of the narrative.

@TenInfi

17 күн бұрын

Awesome! Which song has those lyrics?

@EzraHuntzinger

13 күн бұрын

@@TenInfi Night Creature

This song made me grow a beard, get drunk, and then catch on fire.

@Karmag555

3 жыл бұрын

...and then stumble into the Drink stockpile, yes?

@chackbackderschamane5306

3 жыл бұрын

I am in🍺💪✋

@ericthered1154

2 жыл бұрын

You can skip a step by drinking magma instead

It's amazing how punchy the phrase "Akur akir akam" sounds, surely it would be a ubiquitous Dwarven proverb, the equivalent of "fortune favors the bold"

@chance9512

9 ай бұрын

Wish i could like this twice.

@riffler24

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, you can imagine a group of dwarves playing cards or something and one puts down a risky play and his buddies all look at each other and go "ooh" at it and he shrugs and says "hey, akur akir akam"

@heliveruscalion9124

5 ай бұрын

or you could look at the romans with their phrase "Veni, Vidi, Vici"

"What's your taste in music!?" Me: "It's complicated...."

@jackr2287

3 жыл бұрын

This describes me perfectly. One minute it's heavy metal rifts, another this, another something else entirely.

This song not only have a wonderful rythme, but also have an incredible story in there. An hero raise by his normal father however have an abnormal life, being famous and powerful, but step on the fetal battle, eventually gone with all his partner, but the story of hero and fortune will going on forever, to the curse of fortune.

@Levyafan

3 жыл бұрын

He was slain gloriously in the battle but was resurrected as a vampire, killing his former comrades and drinking their blood.

@yen1245

2 жыл бұрын

@@Levyafan ohhhh

@bifrostbeberast3246

Жыл бұрын

@@Levyafan Just dwarf fortress things, hahaha

This song is ridiculously well-made.

Urem bisol udos Nanoth okil othil, gusil samam Nas-okon arôl deler lam Akur akir akam! (bis) Rilem zikel lumash Belal koman amas arôl-oram Omer-ar deb or nil datan Akur akir akam (bis) Urem bisol udos Nanoth okil othil, gusil samam Nas-okon arôl deler lam Akur akir akam! (bis) Alnis! Zugob bardum! Fidgam! Abod sodel libash samam! Obur råsh nekol atot am! Akur akir akam (bis) (Minkot does the dagger dance) Mondul kisat arban Råsh ir thunen, egen nalish anan Eddaz babin nazush eb zin Mothram akir akam! (bis) --- Come back Simon, we need you!

@colinsmith5373

3 жыл бұрын

You're a gentleman and a scholar.

@CreatorForLife

Жыл бұрын

Legend! And also yeah, even now many years later.

This is still the most dwarven song I ever heard. No sad chanting about a lost mountain home. Just chearing, boasting, a story about winning and losing and fighting.

@bobthebox2993

2 жыл бұрын

Also about becomming a vampire and killing your friends

@philliprex5002

2 жыл бұрын

instaBlaster.

@sortagoodish8491

2 жыл бұрын

A very df dwarf song -- how dwarvenly a song is depends on the kind of dwarf you're talking about

@Zarkarin

Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind that what you see in The Hobbit is a mere fragment of a people who would be otherwise broken if they did not refuse to lie down. It took supernatural forces far beyond the understanding of mortals roughly three thousand years to weaken them to that point. The Dwarves were the only ones not afflicted by any curse or boosted by any unnatural force before the rings of power, and only then did their nobility fail, but the people remained strong and refused to be destroyed. I know this is a hell of a rant, but I love the way they are portrayed. I love learning about the depictions of Dwarves from many different works, but I appreciate the depth and passion put into Tolkien's Dwarves, even though the classical happy-go-lucky miner pseudo-Viking type Dwarves still have a place in my heart.

@truelightseeker

Жыл бұрын

@@Zarkarin Where can I read about the story of the dwarves in Tolkien's works? I don't remember much about them in the Middle Earth books or the Hobbit. And the Silmarillion I hardly remember reading much about them either. Only that they shouldn't have been in the world and one god added them because he wanted a people of his own and that is why they had to sleep in the stone for a long time.

Absolutely brilliant... All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. You are truly the original bardic dwarf!

@SimonSwerwer

9 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy and thanks for the bump!

@matkopranjic6875

5 жыл бұрын

This song menaces with spikes of manliness

@blueyellowtext7122

5 жыл бұрын

☼Danger Room☼

This is one of the best tracks in the unofficial soundtrack and is sorely missing from the premium version of the game. I really hope that this can be worked in there somehow.

@hughconnolly-gq5vv

4 ай бұрын

The Songs of Saltfork mod adds this album to the soundtrack.

Darn, I'm honestly sad this one didn't make it into the Steam release sound track!

@lordfuzzle9282

8 ай бұрын

I heard this play before on it tarn added it.

@scumbaag

2 ай бұрын

I think its reserved for parties and events.

@HelciusCabral

2 ай бұрын

You may be mistaking it with Drink and Industry, no?

"So what's your favorite kind of music?" Dwarves. "Wha-" _Dwarves._

Really hoping this song is one of the ones adapted into the premium version of DF! Very excited to hear more of your Dwarven songs either way, and I cannot wait to sink my teeth into all the changes to the game

@thaemarkd1

Жыл бұрын

Its not :(

@ScurrilousSpades

Жыл бұрын

@@thaemarkd1 aw, well theres always mods.

@Berstiger11

Жыл бұрын

@@thaemarkd1 i would love to know why kitfox didnt include this banger in the new df.

@jonathany1240

Жыл бұрын

“Drink & Industry” is the the new Lyrical DF song which isn’t too bad but definitely having lyrical classics such as this and Tankard Basher would have been great.

@Zarkarin

Жыл бұрын

@@Berstiger11 Unsure, but Simon Swerwer was brought in to work on the theme at least. I think that's both recognition for talent and a nice little nod from the devs in appreciation of what Simon has done for the community. A very rare trait in game devs now, which is nice to see again.

I really like how you used the actual dwarven language to write the lyrics, even if some words had to be omitted and the structure was basically just English's. Honestly just giving it a proper word order and adding verbs and adjectives would probably turn the dwarfish language into a fully fledged and speakable conlang.

Simon Swerwer has created a masterpiece! This is a kickarse song. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. Akur Akir Akam!

I changed policies for my funeral insurance. There was a tab about funeral wishes. I told them that this has to be the song that needs to be played while the wooden ship with my dead body on it is set on fire by a flaming crossbow bolt shot by my brother. I could not think of a better way. -- Råsh ir thunen, egen nalish anan

Certified Rock and Stone moment

actually sounds like something dwarves would listen to, nice

Heyo, I'm self taught guitarist for 15 years. I've been a self taught singer for about 10. I have written a few things myself but never posted it online because I don't really think it's very good. I've always been worried that other people would think my songs are bad.... I think it's important for me to say that your songs really make me happy and inspired. I really hope that you check these notifications... I always felt like writing a cool song was impossible, but when I listen to your stuff, I feel like the only thing that's holding me back is myself. Sometimes i think about how great artists died in poverty.... I hope you're doing well Simon. You're far too talented for this world to understand.

@erke7835

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, honestly you deserve more likes and encouragement than you got in the end, so let me try to do that instead! Look, everyone's taste of music is different so there will always be people to shit on your work, but it's not about them, but only about you and if you enjoy what you do and like what you created that's all that matters. You don't have to post it online if you don't want that, but you shouldn't be afraid of it because you fear you're "Not good enough". It doesn't matter how good you are. It only matters if you enjoy it and if you are satisfied with it, please keep doing what you do and I hope I could help your insecurities a little with this 5 months late comment :)

@poisenbery

3 жыл бұрын

@@hn4019 yes it's acoustic. the drum sounds also sound like someone tapping on the body

This is amazing. I'm amazed. Urist McSafar felt amazement while listening to a fine song.

I fucking love how you can hear Likot screaming while he charges right before the beginning of the song.

I really want this in the premium version! MORE TAVERN SONGS!

I wrote down translation lyrics from video: My father was a peaceful man Never tested his weak, copper courage But i am urbundened under steel and stone Champions are rewarded by fortune! Champions are rewarded by fortune! Youth was a firece frenzy My fame spread to the depths of the underworld Goblins ate my large iron hammer Champions are rewarded by fortune! Champions are rewarded by fortune! My father was a peaceful man Never tested his weak, copper courage But i am unbundened under steel and stone Champions are rewarded by fortune! Champions are rewarded by fortune! War! To grand battle! Assemble! Strike shield and axe for courage! The hero dies with his skull chopped open! Champions are rewarded by fortune! Champions are rewarded by fortune! My grave is and empty cradle Death is a new life, given to the night At midnight my friends are sucked dry of blood Curse the fortune of champions! Curse the fortune of champions!

I need to hear more DF Dwarven folk songs like this!

This song made me to get my sword and axe and go outside. Beware neighbors! Now you will know why you fear the night.

[Minkot does the dagger dance] :D

I had no idea this existed. Yet this is the song of my people.

Imagine this actually playing in the steam version. Bliss

@maxsilon

Жыл бұрын

I DID IT AND ITS AWESOME

I need more music like this in my life.

I would love more dwarven singing songs. They are great!

It's criminal this track doesn't seem to appear in Steam release

Congratulations on getting to work on the DF official soundtrack! It's super neat to see you get included in it, you deserve it.

This song is stuck in my head for a looong long time. Totally my favorite.

I can't help but start stomping my feet when I hear this firing up ..

@jetex1911

Жыл бұрын

This song really gets my knee bouncing

I was listening to this while watching my 2 squads of 10 dorfs total fight a bull with wooden swords for 20 minutes

Yüzyüzüyezken vuruşuruz

@kayraylmaz614

3 жыл бұрын

DWERDASDOKSDKISADIKPSADIPKS TOQTİR GELDİN DİMİ

This is such amazing work. I hope we haven't heard the last from the creator.

Some of the highest quality music around. What an inspiration you are.

So this isn't Afrikaans or Spanish, or anything else I know. Did you actually source all the lyrics from Toady's dwarf language? If so, that in and of itself is impressive, why isn't the language cited anywhere? *looks up all the words in DF*... you crazy dwarf... you actually did it... you pulled all the words out of the game. I'm with the guy below, this made me grow a beard, get drunk, and set myself on fire....

@joshmountain9705

7 жыл бұрын

If you search through your df files you'll find the language somewhere . Still , this song is impressive.

@brendensibo9320

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, quite impressive.

@eduardopupucon

5 жыл бұрын

@@infamedepatates2502 me lembrou a lingua do país basco

@Cruxador

5 жыл бұрын

@@infamedepatates2502 Spanish phonetics are designed based on the original Latin but with inclusions for other language such as Iberic, Gaulish, Basque, Arabic, and Gothic/Germanic, so it's normal that a language based on the Latin alphabet but with more sounds of mostly European origin would be similar.

@infamedepatates2502

5 жыл бұрын

@@Cruxador Phonetically Spanish is very Basque. Basque has 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and Spanish only has those five, while other Romance languages in the península have more

When people think of dwarven music, this is the shit right here

The sound at the beginning, that can only be an elf. :P

This. This is the stuff. /tg/ stuff.

Finally! Been looking for this song for months. Love it

Repub if hate elves

AKUR AKIR AKAM

AKUR AKIR AKAM!

This was my favorite song when it played on SoundSense, it feels good to know I can listen to it at will now. Thanks. :)

This. This is the stuff. Dwarf stuff. And by the way, funny thing, I just discovered that you faved my dwarfy pic on deviantART some time ago. So, thanks, I guess. Internet is very small sometimes.

@SimonSwerwer

9 жыл бұрын

Ah, yeahhhh :) Hey again.

@MikoGot

9 жыл бұрын

Hai

Why hasn't anyone done a music video of this yet? I wanna see people dancing to this.

please keep on making music i love the Dwarf fortress songs so much i always play DF with your music in the background

Truly, when my next fort has a bard, his name shall be Simon. And he shall be the drunkest of all my dwarfes.

This is so good. Unbelievably good.

Just gotten into DF after years of trying. This song was the tipping point for me. Absolute genius, your voice is fantastic. Thank you!

superb

Hey guys. Two new ones! Ok, gotta run! Here's the Soundcloud link to the album (the two at the bottom of the playlist): soundcloud.com/simonswerwer/sets/dwarf-fortress-soundtrack-2014

@piffwhiffle

8 жыл бұрын

+Simon Swerwer great voicework, great recording, great work

@1000niggawatt

7 жыл бұрын

good sir, could you upload the whole albums somewhere like dropbox?

Who else is here from StringStorm’s cover?

@majorian6201

3 жыл бұрын

I used this video to make / transcript the translation to the video. It's not like it was in his /her description

@Pyrotic_Napalm

3 жыл бұрын

Funny enough it made me come back to this song after forgetting about it for quite a while. Happy to remember and hear such fine craftdwarfship of the highest quality.

@ivans3806

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, came to like it, but then seen I've liked it in the past. Shame can't multi-like...

@Supertimegamingify

3 жыл бұрын

ooh someone covered this?

@majorian6201

3 жыл бұрын

@@Supertimegamingify yes , it's a metal cover and the person who made this is named stringstorm

Just delicious! Thx for the GREAT background, when i´m bound in my fortress!!

I'm now hellbent on learning this by heart. It will be done!

@FireheadLazzo

5 жыл бұрын

How did it go?

I love it! :D

this is so fire, love hearing this in DF

This is a true masterpiece

This is the Dwarfiest thing I've ever seen. Good work!

That's freaking amazing!!! I heard this in soundsense, but thought it's some Norwegian/Finnish/Swedish folk song....

Akur Akim Akam !

This is a bop

I need a 10 hour video of this song, its so good and dwarfy

Holy crap! Pardon my French but this is f--king epic!

Listening during 2020 Pandemic

Hnng, I'm gonna have this stuck in my head now. o3o

By Armok! This is good

Repub if hate elves.

Listening to this at 1.5 speed is pretty sweet, too.

repub if hate elves

Simon, we need more songs with vocals from you. Please.

The literal translation: Father peace man Never test weak, copper courage Un-burden under steel stone Champion reward fortune! Champion reward fortune! Youth fierce frenzy Fame spread depth under world Green flesh eat large hammer iron Champion reward fortune! Champion reward fortune! Father peace man Never test weak, copper courage Un-burden under steel stone Champion reward fortune! Champion reward fortune! War! Grand fight! Assemble! Strike shield axe courage! Hero death skull chop open! Champion reward fortune! Champion reward fortune! (minkot does the dagger dance) Grave empty cradle Death new life, gift forever night Midnight friend blood suck dry Curse reward fortune! Curse reward fortune!

kast! bomel! aval saràm geshud shasad!

Whilst listening to this song, I had to go to the bathroom. Not bothering to pause the song, since the bathroom is adjacent to the room where the computer is located, I rushed to the bathroom. When I turned on the lights to the bathroom, however, I found myself not staring at the shower on the opposite wall, but a gladitorial arena with screaming fans completely packing the dwarven bleachers. I was dressed in full iron armor, and an iron sword with craftsdwarfship of the highest quality. Across the arena, there was a large ominous barred gate. A small figure pulled a lever nearby, and the portcullis slid open. A green shape the size of a house emerged from the dark. Burning yellow eyes bore into mine. Quick as a flash, it darted towards me, but I expertly sidestepped its charge and stabbed into its side. However, while I did injure the beast, the layer of fat protecting the vital organs was far too thick, and my sword was lost inside. Feeling the sword like a particularly large and painful splinter, the monster roared a roar that shook the arena, standing up on its haunches and attempting to slam down on me. The beast missed, but the force of the air moving out of the way flung me backwards into a wall. Sensing death almost upon me as the vile creature slowly made its way towards my shaking body, I gained a second wind and jumped to my feet, running at the creature in a burst of courage. I managed to spot the sword, still lodged inside the creature, despite the jostling. I dashed for it and pulled it out with a large heave. The beast lunged for me again, but I rolled out of the way (taking care not to trip and stab myself on the sword) just as the slipstream of the monster blew past me. Bellowing a mighty scream, I flung myself at the monster, finding a hold on the massive green scales. I pulled myself on top of the horror, and slowly climbed my way towards the head. The behemoth writhed and bucked, but I managed to hold on tight, finally reaching my destination. With a yell loud enough to wake a dwarf that hadn't slept for weeks, I plunged the sword deep into the base of the giant's skull. The monstrosity roared and roared, until it finally bled out, myself still holding onto the scales. I cried from the shock of what I had just been put through, before falling asleep due to my exhaustion despite the roar of the crowd around me, eventually waking up on my bathroom floor. 10/10, would almost crap myself again.

@ThatZommy

8 жыл бұрын

+Ethan Garen I think you had too much to drink.

@ethangaren7560

8 жыл бұрын

ThatZommy Too young to drink

@ThatZommy

8 жыл бұрын

Ethan Garen Then someone put something in your food.

@ethangaren7560

8 жыл бұрын

ThatZommy I KNEW the waiter at TGI Friday's looked suspicious...

@johnmadden9613

8 жыл бұрын

+Ethan Garen Did you at least get a ghost wipe?

This is fucking awesome. Urist McQuietforte is pleased, and will be dropping off donations when he is next able.

Song that Plays When the Monarch Requests Seven Symbols Not Of This World

this is amazing and a true testament to the df community, our lord and saviour toady would be proud. Please send this to him and try implement yourself as a preset god of bards in world gen

@shaunearsom7420

8 жыл бұрын

grab the lazy newb pack of DF, comes with soundsense, which features all this guy's music.

@o-mangaming5042

Жыл бұрын

He's also one of the composers for the Steam Release. Toady knows his work.

Every attempt I've seen to "flesh out" the dwarven language has started with the concession that the language is incomplete. It's missing pronouns, adverbs, conjunctions -- lots of basic parts of speech that you'd normally need to build a coherent language. And yet I think this song challenges that assumption. Simon hasn't added anything to the dwarven language; the closest he comes to adding new language is "omer-ar" for "goblins", and that's effectively an epithet using the existing vocabulary. Dwarven has no established grammar, and he makes no attempt to contrive one. Instead we get what is effectively a series of images, composed almost entirely of nouns (even the "verbs" in dwarven are for the most part indistinguishable from their verbal noun counterparts), and the result is… _really_ interesting linguistically. There's almost a "Kuleshov effect" going on where the juxtaposition of two nouns communicates more than the sum of its parts. The first stanza literally translates to: "Father peace man; never test weak, copper courage; unburden under steel stone; champion reward fortune!" And while the shift from talking about his father to talking about himself (between "courage" and "unburden") kind of gets lost, it otherwise speaks pretty well for itself.

Still waiting for more like this

Like comment if hate elves

Still one of my favorite tracks, Akur Akir Akam!

All Dwarven songs need to be included in DF Premium!

The laughter at the end makes it feel like the next song is “Feel Good, Inc.”

I will figure out Minkot's lore!

Amazing music man! I'm a South African and I wanna know when exactly we're going to get to see you performing live. I'd definitely pay for a ticket, and after showing this song to a few people, none of whom play Dwarf Fortress, I know other people would too.

It's been a year since the discovery... one day... one day I will... from memory... one day

I play this to annoy my wife and I love it!

Hey Simon! I was wondering if you had any tips for writing songs in dwarven? I really want to try writing some and i love what you've done here! Would you just recommend using the Dictionary on the Wiki as a good source for the language?

@SimonSwerwer

9 жыл бұрын

Hey Bradley. I'd be happy to help. I made a program to help me write the songs called Toadese Language Utility (you can find it on the Bay12 forums under "Utilities and 3rd Party Applications". I haven't uploaded the most up-to-date version that I use yet, but it only has some bug fixes and a more intelligent search function. Let me know if it helps (and if you have any suggestions/requests!). Also, another thing I noticed. The DF languages don't seem to have diphthongs, so you can probably assume that one vowel = one syllable. I write them out in English first, then translate. However, you'll notice a lot of filler words are missing. Most notably, "to be", hehe. You might have to be creative with compound words. I personally used omer-ar or "greenflesh" for goblin :D

@bradleykagan4846

9 жыл бұрын

Simon Swerwer That will be really useful probably! (just need to get it working on my Mac). Im really interested in the harmonic and melodic designs you use for your songs. Melody wise it sounds like you're using an E Aolian Mode (at least for this piece), what ideas do you use to make it a "dwarven" sound though? The overdubbing and panning you use to separate the voices really broadens the sound along with the reverb, certainly sets the scene of it all and all of that definitely helps with the vocals, but when i hear your music and chords it always makes me think of Dwarves quintessentially. Do you have any tips or tricks with the harmonic composition to make it really resonate through the mountain-homes if you will haha?

@SimonSwerwer

9 жыл бұрын

Bradley Kagan Hehe, yeah, at the moment I'd have no idea how to port C# to a Mac. About the other questions. I'm not sure if it's the E Aolian consistently since I very rarely consider to modes when brainstorming. I can give you some esoteric advice though: I listen to a lot of medieval folk and I firmly believe saturation influences your compositions. This (kzread.info/dash/bejne/aHuGrrSmadKxhbA.html) for example, I have probably listened to over a hundred times by now. Get some Irish drinking songs in there, as well as Scandinavian stuff (yes, the metal as well, why not?). The chord progs can be simple, but I do start there when building the melody. If I have to guess, I'd say that dwarven drinking songs flirt with the minor pentatonic scale. Or at least I play around with it while writing. Might wander off every now and then though. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful. I usually wait for a fey mood to attempt something anyway. It's not like I have a mountain home of my own, hehe. I also try to imagine the whole scene before the time so as to be inspired by the vibe of the "gig", you know? I think of boomy thumping stompers with beers in their hands and utter, beardy chaos. You're living underground surrounded by drunkards and monsters. Let me know if you have any other questions. I'd love to hear what you come up with!

@UncleGus007

2 жыл бұрын

@@SimonSwerwer wow, you're a coder as well! Impressive!

It was inevitable.

You are COOL!!!

Boa música

lan spaydiler ben kendimi patlıcana çevirdim len

Awe China, Just got into DF. Freaking awesome stuff and your music just puts the cherry on top. Is this you singing? It doesn't sound like your Afrikaans stuff. Aaah sheez and your fucking South African this make me so happy. I'm busy doing my M.sc in Nature Conservation at Trinity college in Dublin( ha ha the definition of a proper souty!!!), I started Dwarf fortress to escape the weather here. I don't have a musical bone in body but I can still recognize that these songs are something special. Keep up the good work bru.

@SimonSwerwer

9 жыл бұрын

Timothy Smith Thanks, Timothy. Yeah, I'm doing the singing. Glad you found DF, man. You're one of the few South Africans playing it, it seems. In regards to my going back to SA, I go when I have a chance, I guess. Dang scientists not inventing teleportation technology!

The ancestor gods are pleased

Minkot RoomDangered is a night creature! It is terrifying!

Danger rooms should be renamed "coffin maker training rooms."

PRAISE THE MINERS !