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Satori :: Koiban

Time for another ASM2010 favourite! =) I was previously informed that Satori was going to have a new demo for ASM, and I was waiting in anticipation to see it. When finally the demo showed up on the ASM TV stream, me and a bunch of friend, as expected, went “Whooohooohooow…. haaaaaaa….. aaaaaaaa…. woooooooo …. wooooohooooooooowwwwww …. hoooooo ….. waaaaaaaaa….” =D

I’m not going to say anything more. In fact I can’t, even if I want to. It’s completely impossible to describe something like this in words. So if you haven’t had a chance to see this super fantastic awesome demo yet, here it is. Check it out! =)

Happiness is Around the Bend

Oh yes, it certainly is! =)

It’s been yet another silent period due to my extreme lack of time, and what better reason to break this silence than to… well, LETS TALK ASD! =D The new ASD demo by the name “Happiness is Around the Bend” was released yesterday at the Assembly 2010 demo party. And early this morning I got the happy news that the demo has in fact won 1st place! =D YAAAAAAAAAAY!

I’ve been experiencing a bit of a mental struggle over which one of the ASD demos is my favourite, and it’s a tie between Life Force and Happiness. I finally decided to leave it at that. It’s just a tie. I can’t like either one of the 2 more than the other, and that’s just the way it’s going to be. =D Where Life Force made my heart explode out of my chest and brought tears to my eyes, Happiness made me jump around and throw my fists in the air. On one hand I think the 2 demos are too different to be able to make a comparison, on the other hand they’re too connected to make a comparison! It’s like they’re the 2 sides of the same coin… So, watch the new demo and decide for yourself. Winking smile

Oh, and… ehmmm…. well…. I just have got to say this since Soren mentioned something to me… [fair warning: brash opinionated remark following], in case you’ve been reading Pouet threads… don’t let certain comments about the music bias your opinion. aMUSiC and Leviathan have done an otherworldly beautiful job with the music. Big Kudos to them both. <3 <3 =)

Of course there were a few more demos in ASM this year that really took my breath away. I will post about them next…..

Enough Dubs 2

This has to have a blog post. =) I’ve been listening to this album for the past couple of days more or less non-stop… and I love it. Very nice collection of “bass-driven sounds from all over the world”. Totally recommended. Check it out! =)

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My latest musical discovery has been more of a re-discovery.

4AM in the morning of April 1st, for a rather long list of reasons I was still awake and  trust me, this time around I was in fact quite tired. So I thought I’d relax to some nice music for a bit before the day officially started. I was about to serve mys2479118199-1[1]elf up some Mike Oldfield [I had “Amarok” in mind!] when incidentally I noticed the news of a new release on the Kahvi Collective page. The EP called “Little Man Entered a Big Village”, is the latest by the Finnish electronic musician Aleksi Eeben. This was interesting news, seeing how I hadn’t listened to anything from this artist in a reeeeeally long while! A very long time ago I had come across a number of truly great tracks by the same artist under the alias “Heatbeat”, but since then somehow [unlike me, I know! =P] I had in fact lost track.

So, well, I downloaded the EP and began listening. It started with my head resting on the pile of papers on my desk. Then came the feeling of blood rushing into my brain.. then I found myself sitting straight and totally conscious…  Then, of course, came the track “Linen & Linseed”, and I have to admit I’m glad none of you could actually see me at that point. Messy hair, googly eyes, mildly head banging to the track, in my PJs, 4AM in the morning. =D  Needless to say I luuuuuuuvvvvvv the EP and even more so this track.

Of course then I went ahead and downloaded the artist’s entire set of available albums off of Bandcamp in FLAC [YAAAAAAAY yes it’s all available in FLAC]. And if you want to get your hands on what I’ve been loooooping in the past week, you can do the same HERE. Oh, and I really do mean looping. To say that I’ve gone completely nutz over “Linen & Linseed” would be an understatement. Check out my Last.fm profile if you don’t believe me. =D So, well, I really do suggest you check this out. =)

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  • Music @ Breakpoint 2010

    Is it just me, or was the general quality of the music released at Breakpoint this year way above average? The streaming music compo included a great deal of awesome tracks, and many of the demos released in all categories featured superb soundtracks. So for someone with a serious case of [good] music addiction such as yours truly, this was a good chance to fuel up. =)

    Here I’m just going to mention a few of my  favourites, but really, I think you should just check out everything that was released. 😉

    When the streaming music compo finished, my first thought was – “so much great music, how can anyone win this?”. Well, apparently someone did, and well deserved too: Check out Disrupt, fantastic DnB track by Puryx, the Danish demoscene/electronic musician.  This guy produces a lot of great music, some of which is currently available on his Last.fm page

    Petarda by Chaser/Elude, and Sooner or Later by Little Birchard are also tracks that you should definitely check out. The entire collection of music released at Breakpoint 2010 can be downloaded from here.

    As mentioned in my previous post, Vokawardoai  by satori has a pretty awesome soundtrack… yeah I think I’ve gone on enough about that already. 😉 Then of course there’s Agenda Circling Forth by Fairlight & CNCD. Beautiful soundtrack, to go with the marvellous visuals. 

    In the 4K intro category, Retrospection by FRequency & Trolls In The Shadows is certainly one of the prettiest 4Kz that I’ve ever seen, with a really cool and upbeat soundtrack. I liked the soundtrack so much that I requested for a separate music file, and the guys in charge were kind enough to provide it. The soundtrack can be downloaded here, and below is the video. 

    On other fantastic news from the past few days [and there really is so much to say!], ASD’s Rupture won Scene.org awards in 3 categories: best demo, best direction and of course public choice. =) Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! =D

    The awards ceremony was held on the 2nd day of Breakpoint 2010. This makes me wonder, since Breakpoint is going away, where is the scene.org awards ceremony going to be held from now on? Hmmm! Anyhow, I give you Rupture [as usual, I suggest you see the actual demo instead of the video]:

    Last.fm Musical Compatibility??!

    So what just happened to that? I’ve noticed that since about 2 weeks ago, suddenly Last.fm has decided to show very low compatibility between me and people who listen to a lot of the same as me… people who used to have near 100% compatibility with me. I think they’ve managed to break something. =P And yes I sort of care because it’s a good way of discovering music I may like. This service truly is on a downward spiral… meh.

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  • Diatom

    Every once in a while I come across a demo that I can watch an unlimited number of times, and enjoy it. This would be one. Diatom by Andr00:

    Sherlock Holmes : Meet The Musicians

    Look what I came across… I find this video absolutely brilliant. I’m a huge fan of both the movie and the soundtrack, and I just LUV this! =D

    Oh and here’s a very kool “For Your Consideration” poster! 😉

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    And you can now see a larger version of the poster as well as more Holmes related stuff on Verse.. my friend just created a page for it. =)

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