Hi. I'm lev tover. I make music.

lev tover is an indie electronic music
artist from the Netherlands, mostly specializing in making music for video games.

Last update: 31 December 2024

Me, sometime in 2022.

I also make acoustic music as Hersenstelsel and ambient stuff as she saw me once or twice!

Last update: 31 December 2024

Me, sometime in 2023.

Who is lev tover?

Who am I?
Hi. My name is Julian, but I make music as lev tover. Currently I'm 21 years old and am living in the Netherlands. I actually study film, but make music whenever I have time.

When did I start making music?
I started making music in April of 2020, while in lockdown. I had come up with this tune in my head and wanted to take steps in making it an actual song. On exactly the 30th of September 2021 I came up with the name lev tover while on my way to work.

What programs do I use to make music?
I use free programs like Bandlab and Beepbox since I personally really dig the restrictions and simple layouts they offer. I also use free tools like GXSCC, voicechanger.io and Seemusic. I tried a free trial for FL Studio once, but I was quickly overwhelmed.

Why do I make music?
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What instruments do you play?
I play a ton of instruments, mostly guitar (both acoustic as well as electric), piano and ukulele. I'm not a very experienced player though and heavily rely on post-production and the tweaking of my recordings before it actually sounds good.

What artists inspire me?
I feel very inspired by artists like C418, Toby Fox, Jack Stauber and vivivivi.

Why the name lev tover?
When I was young I often wrote stories and character names always had to abide by certain rules I had came up with. The main one was that the letters within the name had to correspond with being a nice, round number in the alphabet. J is a good number, because it's the tenth letter of the alphabet, but the K is a bad one, because its number eleven. So therefore, Jen was fine, Ken wasn't. Crazy, I know. lev tover consists of only letters that correspond with a letter in the alphabet dividable by two or four. It's just a kind nod to my childhood self. For the rest, it sounds like it could be an actual name. Lev is like a common Russian first name. It could also be interpreted as the word leftover, which mostly refers like something that remains after the rests has been consumed.

What are your favorite games?
Minecraft, Undertale and Life is Strange. Postal 2 is great. I also play Peggle and Cookie Clicker way too often. But mostly Minecraft. Nothing beats Minecraft for me.

What are your favorite game soundtracks?
That's a difficult one for me, because I am a huge fan of both the Minecraft soundtrack as well as the Undertale soundtrack. Right now I'm leaning more into Undertale, tho. Minecraft - Volume Alpha has some songs I would skip when I listen to the album, while every song on the Undertale soundtrack is worth listening to, for me. My favorite songs from Undertale are Fallen Down (obviously), Spider Dance, Bonetrousle and Death by Glamour. My favorites from Minecraft are Dry Hands, Wet Hands and Sweden. Another game soundtrack I really like is Omori, but I haven't finished playing yet.

What music do you listen to?
I mostly listen to music that's pretty far away from the music I make, soundwise. My favorite genre is probably indie rock. I am a big fan of Mac DeMarco. Tally Hall is great. And if you want to hear some great Dutch music, check out Spinvis or Astronaut.

Where do you see your music career 5 years from now?
I personally think five years is too short of a time period for my music career to change that drastically. I mean, a lot can happen in such a timespan, but I don't think I'll be doing anything wildly different from what I'm doing now. All I hope is that I still get as much joy out of music as I am getting these days (or more) and that I've worked on some cool project in the mean time. Some extra listeners here and there wouldn't be too bad either.

What song that you made are you most proud of?
Used to be Percocet, now it's Oh My! God :)

Did you come up with these questions yourself?
Alright, I think it's time to wrap up.

Last update: 31 December 2024

Monthly Blog / Updates

New entry every 1st of the month!

1 January 2025Hi! Welcome to the first entry of my monthly blog! It's the first day of 2025 today and I thought it would be a good time now to attempt to make this update section on my site an actual active and running thing. So from this point on, whenever I have news or fun updates to share on the music-side of things, they will end up here.So what do I have to say right now? Not much, honestly.Yesterday I bought FL Studio, which is a big step for me personally. I've been using Bandlab on a day-to-day-basis for over 4 years now and I think it's time to move on. The learning curve is huge tho and it's a big push for me to keep on throwing myself at it, bashing my head into a wall. There's a constant urge to go back to Bandlab, the simplicity of it but then I am reminded of it's limitations of it and the potential I can unlock through FL Studio. I'll try and keep at it, but it probably won't bear it's fruits in the near future.For the rest is one of my New Year Resolutions playing the piano more. Although I'm suspecting that's not gonna go over great, considering I don't really have had time for that today. Not even 30 minutes. My poor, dusty keyboard. Ah, well. I ain't in a hurry.That was it! I will have more interesting stuff to share next month, I'm sure, but this'll be it for now. All I have to share. Let's hope 2025 brings us all good stuff! Signing off.

Last update: 1 January 2025

Me with a cat that's not mine.
31st of Dec. 2024