LSD Allenii is the pseudonym of a musician who made music from his room which garnered him a community who loved his music. His music has been described as ethereal, reverb-washed, psychedelic, indie pop.In March of 2023 he deleted all of his music and videos off of the internet.This post describes the efforts to archive his music.LSD Allenii deleted his music to improve his online privacy. Please respect his decision by not harrassing him. ## Archival EffortsOur current efforts to archive Allenii's music is currently available on the archive website. .### Initial SuccessA few weeks after the music was first deleted, I discovered that most of the music published on his Bandcamp page had been archived by the Wayback Machine.I was able to pull the music from the archived or live bcbits Bandcamp content delivery network links and was able to recover the following albums:- Mouthbreather Diary- PICTURES- humility (EP)- Demos #3 (EP)- Demos #2 (EP)- Demos #1 (EP)At this time, I was aware of the album A Second Guessing but this was not archived by Bandcamp.I also had a copy of the music for the single QUIET from before it was deleted.I was unable to find more music immediately available online, so I left contact information in the archive so that others could find me with the hopes that someone who purchased or downloaded missing tracks would be able to provide them.### Later AdditionsStarting in October 2023, I was contacted by someone who had found the original music video for mode eleven that was published to Allenii's YouTube channel. For future reference this contributor will be referred to as Anonymous Contributor 1 Having new material to add to the archive inspired me to search further. Where I then discovered the album Will to Be True , which was only visible on a single archived Bandcamp profile page. I wasn't able to get any music, but I was able to obtain the name and album art. Knowing what we were missing was crucial to ensuring the archive was complete.Anonymous Contributor 1 contacted me back reporting that they found a 3rd party music video for the track Any Second Now from the Will to Be True album that had been uploaded by the artist Ben Lunato . This was added to the archive.Later investigations from Anonymous Contributor 1 turned up an archive of all the songs that Allenii had uploaded to his Soundcloud.Through some connections, Anonymous Contributor 1 was able to then find the original FLAC quality tracks for the Will to Be True and A Second Guessing albums.Later, in January 2024 I was contacted by someone new (Anonymous Contributor 2 ) who had managed to get many singles and even unreleased tracks that Allenii had made. Anonymous Contributor 2 stated that they had previously spoken with Allenii, which is how they were able to obtain the unreleased tracks.Finally, one of the people who had joined the search by doing research on Bandcamp (Anonymous Contributor 3 ) was able to find the Bandcamp track ids for 2 unarchived albums: LSD Allenii (EP) and Shut Up (EP) .To explain how this works, Bandcamp has 2 type of Content Delivery Network servers, bcbits and popplers5. bcbits links will often expire and are generated on the fly to serve content to clients closer to the server, but popplers5 has permanent links, and generates new bcbits links. If you know the popplers5 track ID, you can find the music even if the Bandcamp page was deleted. This is because people who had purchased music through Bandcamp still have a right to stream & download it after the purchase.Anonymous Contributor 3 obtained access to a very large database of track names, artist names, and popplers5 track IDs. Performing a query on the database for tracks by LSD Allenii allowed them to find the files still on Bandcamp, as well as other information and metadata.### How do we know its complete?A few weeks after the most recent addition, LSD Allenii reached out to me and requested that the archive is placed under a pseudonym so that all links to him personally are broken. Out of respect for his privacy, I share my message history with Allenii, but he did say that we were able to recover all of his music.You can view the complete discography listing on the archive website. ## Current StatusComplete, not completely public.Right now, some music videos are not present on the archive because they contain information that Allenii requested be removed. They will be added as soon as I have properly censored them to protect Allenii's privacy.LSD Allenii is the pseudonym of a musician who made music from his room which garnered him a community who loved his music. His music has been described as ethereal, reverb-washed, psychedelic, indie pop.
In March of 2023 he deleted all of his music and videos off of the internet.
This post describes the efforts to archive his music.
LSD Allenii deleted his music to improve his online privacy. Please respect his decision by not harrassing him.
Archival Efforts
Our current efforts to archive Allenii's music is currently available on the archive website..
Initial Success
A few weeks after the music was first deleted, I discovered that most of the music published on his Bandcamp page had been archived by the Wayback Machine.
I was able to pull the music from the archived or live bcbits Bandcamp content delivery network links and was able to recover the following albums:
- Mouthbreather Diary
- PICTURES
- humility (EP)
- Demos #3 (EP)
- Demos #2 (EP)
- Demos #1 (EP)
At this time, I was aware of the album A Second Guessing but this was not archived by Bandcamp.I also had a copy of the music for the single QUIET from before it was deleted.
I was unable to find more music immediately available online, so I left contact information in the archive so that others could find me with the hopes that someone who purchased or downloaded missing tracks would be able to provide them.
Later Additions
Starting in October 2023, I was contacted by someone who had found the original music video for mode eleven that was published to Allenii's YouTube channel. For future reference this contributor will be referred to as Anonymous Contributor 1
Having new material to add to the archive inspired me to search further. Where I then discovered the album Will to Be True, which was only visible on a single archived Bandcamp profile page. I wasn't able to get any music, but I was able to obtain the name and album art. Knowing what we were missing was crucial to ensuring the archive was complete.
Anonymous Contributor 1 contacted me back reporting that they found a 3rd party music video for the track Any Second Now from the Will to Be True album that had been uploaded by the artist Ben Lunato. This was added to the archive.
Later investigations from Anonymous Contributor 1 turned up an archive of all the songs that Allenii had uploaded to his Soundcloud.
Through some connections, Anonymous Contributor 1 was able to then find the original FLAC quality tracks for the Will to Be True and A Second Guessing albums.
Later, in January 2024 I was contacted by someone new (Anonymous Contributor 2) who had managed to get many singles and even unreleased tracks that Allenii had made. Anonymous Contributor 2 stated that they had previously spoken with Allenii, which is how they were able to obtain the unreleased tracks.
Finally, one of the people who had joined the search by doing research on Bandcamp (Anonymous Contributor 3) was able to find the Bandcamp track ids for 2 unarchived albums: LSD Allenii (EP) and Shut Up (EP).
To explain how this works, Bandcamp has 2 type of Content Delivery Network servers, bcbits and popplers5. bcbits links will often expire and are generated on the fly to serve content to clients closer to the server, but popplers5 has permanent links, and generates new bcbits links. If you know the popplers5 track ID, you can find the music even if the Bandcamp page was deleted. This is because people who had purchased music through Bandcamp still have a right to stream & download it after the purchase.
Anonymous Contributor 3 obtained access to a very large database of track names, artist names, and popplers5 track IDs. Performing a query on the database for tracks by LSD Allenii allowed them to find the files still on Bandcamp, as well as other information and metadata.
How do we know its complete?
A few weeks after the most recent addition, LSD Allenii reached out to me and requested that the archive is placed under a pseudonym so that all links to him personally are broken. Out of respect for his privacy, I share my message history with Allenii, but he did say that we were able to recover all of his music.
You can view the complete discography listing on the archive website.
Current Status
Complete, not completely public.
Right now, some music videos are not present on the archive because they contain information that Allenii requested be removed. They will be added as soon as I have properly censored them to protect Allenii's privacy.