EP4: "ALL OF US ARE GONE"
EP4: "ALL OF US ARE GONE" is the 7th album by KooperatiV. Released in 2025 after a long hiatus, listeners return to a refurbished and vitalized sound that is more akin to KooperatiV's older works, such as "The Run For The Coast" and "Resurgence".
This album is full of rocking and complex tracks that fall in to a combination of modern electronic music sounds and old traditional synth experiments, in attempts to embody and bring new life to genres such as: Darksynth, Darkwave and Post-Punk.
"This album has been over a year in the works, some of the songs sound completely different from what they were originally. After my first year of studies, I learned quite a lot about mixing and mastering and applied this knowledge, I'm really proud of this tracklist."
"This album also brought a new chance for me to branch out my storytelling into a more transmedia focused method. I'm really glad I was able to showcase my love for cryptography, ciphers and puzzles by making a promotional ARG that gives listeners a more indepth view of how the whole KooperatiV universe became what it is."
"Storywise this album portrays the very beginning of the KooperatiV universe, introducing the very first agents of KN, how the Iron Fist came to power, and what The Inner City truly is. The story reveals itself as you go along solving puzzles while playing the ARG."
Tracklist:
1. Paradigm Shift
2. Interlog XXV
3. Impulse
4. Pinned
5. Guardian
6. So-So
7. 444
8. Synth
9. Interlog XXVI
10. Follower
11. Hellbringer
12. Timeshifter
13. Surfaces
14. Bonus 1: Eclipse
15. Bonus 2: Swansong
16. Bonus 3: Stepper
17. Bonus 4: Subatracian Desert
18. Interlog XXVII
WHAT IS AN ARG? HOW TO PLAY IT?
An alternate reality game (ARG) is an interactive networked narrative that employs transmedia storytelling to deliver a story that reveals itself to players actions.
For example this ARG uses text based information to tell a deeper narative about the KooperatiV universe, to get more knowledge on whats going on in the story, the player must solve simple logic/cryptography puzzles to continue.
ARG RULES:- Do not use inspect element
- Using any search engine is allowed (for understanding hints, using decryptors like cryptii.com)
- If a puzzle is too difficult, email (kooperativ.business@gmail.com) with what step and I'll drop a hint :)
TIPS AND TRICKS:
- You're allowed to download images to look deeper into them. Look at file names.
- Most historical hints lead to a specific historical people.
- To progress between steps you're allowed to write in the URL
Example: kooperativ.neocities.org/ARG/welurkaround/datapoint
You can write/change the last four numbers in a link to get into a new datapoint/website page. It's sort've
similar in like how you'd type out a folder path. "home/kitchen/firstdrawer"
Try typing 1356 into the new link so it looks like this: kooperativ.neocities.org/ARG/welurkaround/datapoint1356
This new link should send you to an existing datapoint, this is basically how you progress in the puzzle.
Keep in mind this isn't only for datapoints, sometimes the new directory can be a name and not numbers.
If you wish to begin, first solve this binary code:
Upon finishing the puzzle, the reward will make itself appear in the library.
|| THE INNER CITY WONDERS WHAT IS NEXT||
exit music (for a film)