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If there's one vice I spend too much of my time consuming other than video games, it's music. Those who know me know I spend almost all of my waking hours "plugged in" (as my Gran puts it) to a pair of earphones. Something that's made me severely aware of this fact recently is Spotify's 'Year Wrapped' feature. If you're not familiar, it tells you how many minutes of music you've listened to on Spotify in the last year, as well as the artists you listened to most. Here's mine: I am unashamed of my affinity for a bit of Coldplay That adds up to 984 hours, or 41 days. Evidently, I will be deaf before I hit 30. You might notice the fifth of my 'Top Artists', Miracle of Sound, one of the musicians I listen to who represents a great combination of gaming and music. You're probably familiar with their type. After all, there's been loads of gaming-inspired musicians who've popped up on YouTube over the last decade or ...

[Uni assignment, scroll on if you're here for games. :)] I made a playlist recently. This playlist contained all the music I have on my phone that was released by, or artists represented by, the independent label Hurt Records . It comes up to 1,240 minutes, or just under 21 hours. That's no small amount of music. Hurt was founded in 2014, though the music you can find there stretches back to 2007. Amongst its archive, you can find nine albums, 11 EPs, and a wide variety of singles, from artists including Two Down, Quiet One, and Portraits. Again, no small amount, and even more impressive considering six of the seven acts represented by Hurt are bands/projects created or partially created by the same person who founded the label. That person is Ben Slack (more commonly known on the internet as Benn, or Benn Down). I recently e-mailed Benn and sent him a mass variety of questions relating to Hurt, his music, and his other ventures. The oldest project in Hurt’s r...