Labores Somnium is the Last.fm exclusive, donation funded multimedia project of Ley Shade, as an outlet for his mental health problems and partial psychosis.

Labores Somnium's premise is devised from a small series of short storys and concepts, primarly focused around the world of the ''Fairietale Kingdom'', a night soaked world populated by fairies, formed through the alteration of varying events in history, reshaping the way the world has formed and the story of its characters.

The project encompasses artwork, fictional stories, music and animations primarily from Ley Shade, and a series of small group of sub-projects he runs on a non-profit basis fueled by amatuer and upcoming artists from varying mediums, with the aim of improving and adapting the project for different audiences while developing the individual skills of those working on these collaborations.

Some examples of the types of music that have been illustrated and combined in an experimental and lo-fi style (sometimes featuring Ley's harp), include;

psychedelic music, (psytrance, psydub, psychedelic rock), ambient and ethereal music, (dark ambient, drone ambient, darkwave), chillout and downtempo music, (new age, trip hop, lounge), electronic music, (dubstep, synth pop, ebm, 8bit), accoustic and folk music, (piano rock, neofolk, indie, world music), while also offering covers of songs in alternate musical styles to the originals.

Due to the robust nature and varying style and principles of those contributing to the project, all media tends to represent differing styles of music, animation and art, and often results in a collage of different motifs, ideas and perceptions.

The project has no current release date planned for any of its ventures, with all releases uploaded directly to the Last.FM project page, so check back often!

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