New Featured Artist: tieff

Bringing a founding member of the early osu! mapping scene back into the limelight in a whole new way, we're proud to announce our latest addition to the Featured Artist roster - tieff!

Here since almost the very beginning, just about everyone with even a passing knowledge of osu!'s history will know tieff's name as one of the old 'great' mappers who laid out the creative foundations that we now all take for granted.

tieff has been with the osu!community for nearly 10 years, sporting a fruitful tenure in the Beatmap Approval Team (the precursor to the modern-day Quality Assurance Team) and gaining the honour of joining the ranks of the osu!alumni in respect for his many years of service.

Except now, he's back, and as our latest Featured Artist!

Inspired by his experiences with mapping, much of tieff's work is a natural match for anyone looking to delve into a slower-paced, highly emotive sound. Featuring influences from a variety of genres such as instrumental hip-hop, chillout, future garage, melodic dubstep and progressive trance, his artistry lies in a wonderful in-between, and we're super excited to see what people make of it.

Don't take my word for it, listen to a small selection of some of the tracks now available over at his Featured Artist listing:

Saturate

Sense of Nostalgia

Waterflow

Dancing in Blue

We Are The Gems

All of the above tracks, plus the entirety of his first-ever EP release, Waterflow and more are available now over at his Featured Artist listing.

As always, all of the pieces listed on tieff's Featured Artist listing are 100% free for use in mapping and modding, and come with a handy pre-timed base for you to work from.

We're not losing stride with the Featured Artist project - keep your eyes peeled at the start of March for details on the next big thing to join our ranks, and an upcoming track update to boot with some new pieces from your favourite artists!

—Ephemeral