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New eZine Drop: “Chrysalism” – An Ambient Artifact from Wartonno Sound

Wartonno by Wartonno
June 13, 2025
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Step into the Storm. Shelter in the Static.

Welcome to the first issue of the Wartonno Archives, a digital zine series inspired by the liminal worlds behind each track released under Wartonno Sound.

We begin with Chrysalism — not just a song, but an atmosphere. A moment of stillness wrapped in chaos. The sensation of being cocooned indoors while a storm rages outside. This eZine is your chance to explore that feeling beyond sound — as art, poetry, and emotional fragment.


What Is the Wartonno Archives?

The Wartonno Archives is a growing series of ambient zines — small, poetic digital booklets tied to each track in the Wartonno Sound universe.
Each issue is designed as a quiet ritual: something you can read, save, print, or keep close like a sonic artifact.

Inside you’ll find:

  • 🌁 Atmospheric artwork
  • ✍️ Artist notes and reflections
  • 🖋️ Poetic fragments
  • 🔗 Streaming and download links
  • 📱 Exclusive extras like wallpapers or hidden soundscapes

Issue 01: Chrysalism

This first issue centers on the track Chrysalism, a dark ambient piece composed during a period of internal and external storms.
The eZine opens with a haunting visual of rain and fog, followed by a short letter from the artist, a dreamlike poem, and links to bring the experience beyond the page.

“The storm protects you from the world.”

Whether you’ve heard the track or not, this zine invites you into its quiet emotion — an embrace of stillness, memory, and transformation.


Why a Zine?

We believe music can be more than something you listen to — it can be something you hold, see, read, and remember.

With the Chrysalism zine, we wanted to give you more than a track. We wanted to give you a moment — something tactile, liminal, and reflective. Like an emotional keepsake. Like ambient slow art.

This project is part of a broader vision to turn Wartonno Sound into an immersive universe, with every release accompanied by creative extensions that live across media.


What’s Inside

  • 🎧 Direct links to stream Chrysalism on Spotify & YouTube
  • 🖼 High-res visual art generated for the track
  • 📝 Personal note from Wartonno
  • 🖋 Original poem: “We sleep beneath the static sky…”
  • 📱 Bonus download: Phone wallpaper

How to Get It

The zine is available now as a downloadable PDF on:
👉 Ko-fi – Support & Download

You can read it digitally, print it at home, or just keep it in your creative stash.


Final Thoughts

Chrysalism is just the beginning.

We’re planning new eZines for upcoming tracks like Kenopsia, Veilwake, and The Threshold Glow. Each one will explore a different corner of the ambient dreamscape — and we’d love to have you along.

If you like these releases, consider joining our mailing list or supporting us on Ko-fi for early access to future issues.


🎧 Listen Now

🌀 Stream Chrysalism on YouTube
🌌 Listen on Spotify


📥 DOWNLOAD THE ZINE


→ Get it via Ko-fi


✍️ Tropes Explored:

  • Liminal Shelter
  • Emotional Stillness
  • Ambient Ritual
  • Transformation through Quiet
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Wartonno

Wartonno is a composer, creator, curator, narrator and worldbuilder working with cinematic cyberpunk ambient music, dark soundscapes and story-led creative projects. Through music, visual worldbuilding and editorial work, Wartonno explores digital exhaustion, artificial intelligence, future-noir cities, liminal spaces and the human presence inside technological systems.

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