TRIP

TRIP is the debut album by QUINTOKOS, a music duo comprised of Mike Barkhoff and Conner Paulsen. The album was teased and released in September 2020 to heavy laud for it's circumference of unique instrumentals and wide variety of memorable "gameplay-like" sonics.

Conception
Barkhoff considered material for the project lost until recovering it in January 2020. He released Okay! after finding it, but sorted many songs to be included on this as well.

Artwork
The artwork features a singular acid tab in the top left hand corner over a black background. This was to mimick the inventive patterns put in to create the album and it's soundscape.

Marketing
Barkhoff announced the album's release in early September. Upon release, the album was curated into a YouTube playlist, with the primary songs getting visual videos, primarily patterns floating, and the Mario-influenced track getting a Mario gameplay menu visual. The remainder were uploaded as QUINTOKOS Topic videos.