C418
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Daniel Rosenfeld (born 9 May 1989), known professionally as C418 (pronounced "See-Four-Eighteen"), is a German musician, composer, and producer, and sound designer. Known for his minimalistic ambient work, he rose to fame as the original composer and sound designer for the 2011 sandbox video game Minecraft. Acclaimed for its nostalgic value and relaxing quality, his music for the game is considered one of the greatest video game soundtracks ever composed.
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Daniel Rosenfeld, born in 1989 in Chemnitz, is a German composer, audio engineer, and musician who performs under the pseudonym C418. He began his work period in 2006 and is associated with the record label Ghostly International. His musical output spans genres including electronic music, ambient music, chiptune, and experimental music.
Rosenfeld plays instruments such as the digital audio workstation, synthesizer, keyboard instrument, and piano. His style has been tagged with descriptors such as ambient, electronic, Impressionism, synthwave, and ambient house. He speaks and writes in German.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Minecraft -- Volume Alpha
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1989
Discography
- bps2007
- Mixes2008
- Mubbly Tower2008
- sine2008
- the whatever directors cut2008
- Zombie Dog in Crazyland2008
- zweitonegoismus2008
- Bushes and Marshmallows2009
- Dissociated Tracks2009
- Ezo2009
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,470,950
- Total plays
- 139,480,702
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C418 (born Daniel Rosenfeld on May 9, 1989, in East Germany) is a German musician, composer, and sound designer best known for composing the iconic soundtrack to Minecraft. His minimalistic ambient work blends electronic, IDM, and progressive house influences, drawing inspiration from artists like Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, and Erik Satie. Born to parents who emigrated from the Soviet Union, Rosenfeld was introduced to music composition by his brother Harry Rosenfeld (known as C818), who gave him A
via Last.fm · C418
Key facts
- Musical artist.image
- Daniel Rosenfeld.jpg
- Musical artist.landscape
- yes
- Musical artist.caption
- C418 in 2011
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Daniel Rosenfeld
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany(now Chemnitz, Germany)
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2006–present
- Musical artist.current_member_of
- Co-founder of Ivy Road
- Musical artist.works
- Discography
- Musical artist.label
- Ghostly International, Driftless Recordings
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Daniel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Chemnitz
- Occupation
- audio engineer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- microhouse
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Ghostly International
- Official website
- c418.org
- Image
- Daniel Rosenfeld.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- pseudonym
- C418
- date of birth
- 1989-05-09
- birth name
- Daniel Rosenfeld
- name in native language
- Daniel Rosenfeld
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
- social media followers
- 785000
- Commons category
- Daniel Rosenfeld
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Commons Creator page
- C418
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Music career
- 2002–2008: Career beginnings
- 2009–2013: ''Minecraft'', becoming a freelance composer, and ''One''
- 2013–2016: ''Minecraft - Volume Beta'', ''0x10<sup>c</sup>,'' and ''148''
- 2016–2021: ''Dief'', unreleased third ''Minecraft'' album, and ''Excursions''
- 2021–2025: ''Cookie Clicker'' and ''Wanderstop''
- Personal life and views
- Discography
- Filmography
- References
- External links
Daniel Rosenfeld (born 9 May 1989), known professionally as C418 (pronounced "See-Four-Eighteen"), is a German musician, composer, and producer, and sound designer. Known for his minimalistic ambient work, he rose to fame as the original composer and sound designer for the 2011 sandbox video game Minecraft. Acclaimed for its nostalgic value and relaxing quality, his music for the game is considered one of the greatest video game soundtracks ever composed.
Rosenfeld was first introduced to music production by his brother Harry, and took it up as a hobby. He met game developer Markus Persson on the online forum TIGSource, and became the sound designer and composer for Persson's project Minecraft. Rosenfeld released the soundtrack albums Volume Alpha (2011) and Volume Beta (2013) for the game, and scored the documentary Minecraft: The Story of Mojang with the album One (2012). He released the album 148 (2015), wrote and produced the theme for Beyond Stranger Things, and released Dief (both 2017).
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