Rival Consoles

Rival Consoles drops original score for MindsEye, the new game from visionary game director Leslie Benzies out now via Erased Tapes.

Rival Consoles, UK producer Ryan Lee West, drops today his original score for MindsEye, the highly anticipated narrative-driven game from Build A Rocket Boy, the studio led by visionary game director Leslie Benzies.

The industrial techno score doesn’t just accompany the game, it’s embedded in the code of the world they have created together. The soundtrack is out now via Erased Tapes. As well as this Rival Consoles will also release his ninth studio album, Landscape from Memory on July 4 via Erased Tapes.

Set in Redrock, a sprawling desert metropolis ruled by surveillance and automation, MindsEye follows Jacob Diaz, an ex-soldier haunted by fractured memories.

As his personal mission escalates, he’s forced to navigate a world shaped by rogue AI, militarized tech, and a fragile grip on control, all while confronting the truth about his past. 

"In MindsEye, sound is a critical storytelling layer, from ambient detail to emotional drive, every element is designed to shape how players feel inside the world,"

said Craig Conner, audio director at Build A Rocket Boy.

"Rival Consoles’ tracks brought something truly special to that vision. Ryan’s music adds a distinct emotional charge and texture that elevates key moments. It doesn’t just accompany the game, it sharpens its edge, deepens its atmosphere, and perfectly complements the world we’ve built."

The score was produced over the span of three years in his London studio, and contains some of West’s most ambitious and heaviest compositions to date. To coincide with today’s release of the game, the 10-track score is now available to stream in its entirety.

At recent live shows, a limited run of hand-stamped, hand-numbered and signed 12” records featuring the first 4 tracks of the score have been available to fans pre-release, with the second 12” featuring 6 more tracks to follow. The last copies of the former are now available from the Erased Tapes online store.

MindsEye follows West’s previous scoring work, including bespoke music for 2019’s Black Mirror episode Striking Vipers, featuring ‘I Love This, I Love You’, 2022’s Netflix feature doc El Caso Figo about the legendary football player Luís Figo, and Alexander Whitley’s contemporary dance production Overflow, which was released as a studio album with the same name in 2021.

Picture by Robert Raths

MindsEye LP

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Rival Consoles’ ninth studio album Landscape from Memory is out July 4 on Erased Tapes.

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Live shows

13.06. Milan, IT — Triennale di Milano

28.06. Rome, IT — Manifesto Fest

16.08. London, UK — South Facing Festival

11.10. Bologna, IT — ROBOT Festival

More dates to be announced soon.