Scattle

David Scatliffe ^[1], better known as Scattle, is a producer, DJ, graphic designer and indie game developer from California. He is best known for his composing on video games like Hotline Miami, Super Meat Boy and Furi.

Background[]

Scattle had early jazz music influences from his family and school. He later was influenced from French Electro. However, he has developed a particular music style characterized as a "very authentic retro version of electro" ^[2]. He has stated that Souleye, composer of the VVVVVV soundtrack, was an important mentor in his musical work ^[3].

Scattle begun making very simple video games at an early age ^[4]. He uses retro softwares for his artistic work, like Gamemaker Studio 1.4 for video game design and Renoise 3 for music production ^[2].

As the artist himself stated, the idea of the Scattle persona came from a power socket in which he put a paper clip when he was at school ^[2].

Since 2020, Scattle has a parallel project called AR°VR under which he releases more experimental albums.

Discography[]

Albums[]

Timelapse (July 2015)
Sketch (February 2017)
Scattle (June 2018)
Bravado (December 2018)
Entity (April 2019)
- At Large (June 2019)
Squatters (November 2019)
Collider (September 2021)
Glory (October 2021)
Me (January 2022)
Ad Hoc (February 2022)
Street Heat 2 (May 2022)
Dropouts (July 2022)
Darkroom (October 2022)
Playground (November 2022)
Umbra (January 2023)
Fascist (March 2023)
Embryo (April 2023)
Liquid Solid (June 2023)

EPs[]

PXTUNE (August 2011)
Franco American (November 2011)
Scrapped EP (July 2013)
Visitors EP (April 2014) (Serrated also featured in Timelapse album)
Street Heat EP (November 2014)
Dreams EP (September 2015)
Backup EP (August 2017)
The Plug (February 2018)
Fractal (December 2019)
Mono (February 2020)
Shine (April 2020) (Like You Do also featured in Aside EP)
Cry (May 2020) (Organic also featured in Aside EP)
Slap (August 2020) (Rocker also featured in Aside EP)
Gramps (October 2020)
Scarlett (October 2020)
Aside (December 2020) (Rocker also featured in Slap EP, Like You Do also featured in Shine EP, Organic also featured in Cry EP)
Barred (July 2021)
Mirage (November 2021)
Living Room (April 2022)
Zen (April 2022)

Singles[]

So Cool (December 2011)
LVL.2 Remixes (January 2016)
The Fall (October 2016)
Scavenger (April 2017)
Electric (August 2017) (featured in Scattle album)
Caution (November 2017) (featured in Scattle album)
E Honda Stage (Scattle Remix) (November 2017)
Cursive (February 2018) (featured in Scattle album)
Close to Home (May 2018)
Crunch Mode (August 2018)
Cardio (October 2019) (featured in Squatters album)
Wait (November 2018)
LVL.3 (February 2019)
Run and Hide (July 2020) (featured in Aside EP)
Rocker (August 2020) (featured in Slap and Aside EPs)
Golem (September 2020) (featured in Aside EP)
Preach (February 2021)
Selfish Greedy Misery (February 2021)
Encryption (February 2021)
Fight the Nightmare (April 2021) (featured in Me album)
Mission (August 2021) (both tracks featured in Collider album)
Arrival (August 2021) (featured in Glory album)
Beautiful (November 2021)
Class (November 2021) (featured in Me album)
I Feel You (June 2022) (featured in Me album)
Power (June 2022) (featured in Me album)
Get Back (July 2022) (featured in Me album)
Run To Me (July 2022)
Fresh to Death (July 2022)
Cruiser (August 2022)
Love Like This (August 2022)
Hunt / No Comply (August 2022)
Who Turned Out the Light (October 2022) (also featured as a hidden track in Sketch album)
Invisible (November 2022)
Infinite (November 2022)
Open My Eyes (January 2023)
Neon Knight (April 2023)
Heaven (May 2023)
Anytime (May 2023)

Soundtracks[]

Hotline Miami: The Takedown (October 2012) (Knock Knock also featured in Timelapse album)
Only Built 4 Sausage Links (October 2015)
Furi Original Soundtrack (December 2016)
XYCLE OST (February 2019)

AR°VR[]

Solid (May 2020)
Digital (June 2020)
Pain (June 2020)
Lower (July 2020)
Abandon (August 2020)
Clones (September 2020)
Selector (January 2021)
Game Over (May 2021)
Afterlife (June 2021)
Champion (June 2021)
Acceptance (September 2022)
Bleed (September 2022)

Image Gallery[]

Scattle
Album Cover for Caution
Album cover for Timelapse
Album cover for Hotline Miami: Takedown EP
Album cover for Sketch
Album Cover for Scavenger
Album Cover for Electric
Album Cover for Scattle

External Links[]

References[]

[1] Super Meat Boy composer refuses to license the original soundtrack for PS4, Vita release. Destructoid

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "SCATTLE MUSIC INTERVIEW at Dionysos Podcast". Castbox.fm

[3] Premiere: Scattle Finds the Soul in the Machine on "Timelapse". Complex

[4] "Soundtrack Ep. 2 | Hotline Miami w/ Scattle

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