Akashic Archives

Rediscover forgotten sounds. Invent new ones.

Akashic Archives is a digital sample library capturing the forgotten sounds of rare and unconventional world instruments.

Named after the Akashic Records, a supposed compendium of all the universe's thoughts, words, events, and entities on both a micro and macro scale, concrete and abstract, we wanted to create an identity that retains its namesake's esoteric roots.

Sample packs are treated as artifacts, recorded in studios by expert players and field environments to preserve unique timbres—Ondes Martenot drones, nyckelharpa plucks, glass Armonica resonances, tape-loop artifacts and decayed analog glitches.