Month: June 2008
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Live Vault – Amiina
This weeks late Live Vault comes from Icelanic group Amiina who released their debut album “Kurr” last year to much acclaim. This is “Glamur” taken…
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Imogen Heap – Album Update
Imogen discusses more of her album and lets us listen to samples of upcoming songs including songs called Little Bird and Swoon. Imogen’s iBlogs are…
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Hitoshi Sakimoto – Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Soundtrack Review
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: The Sealed Grimoire is something of a reprisal for Hitoshi Sakimoto. Both the original and the Advanced FFT soundtracks are held…
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Emiliana Torrini – New Album September
Icelandic wonder Emiliana Torrini will be releasing her latest studio album entitled “Me and Armini” this year, rumoured for the 8th of September. Emiliana’s styles…
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Aki Kuroda – Final Fantasy X Piano Collections Review
Final Fantasy’s Piano Collections are becoming a staple of the release schedule with only numbers 1-3 missing out (although we’re still awaiting on FXII). Final…
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Soft Cell – The Most Disturbingly Funny Fan Vid I’ve Seen For A While…
Never one to shy away from the grittier side of life Soft Cell’s lyrics thrive on the evils of the world – this is why…
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Ayumi Hamasaki – New Coundown DVD Released
Ayumi’s latest countdown concert DVD was released yesterday. Once again I’ve ordered it and once again I’m sure I’ll be bopping away like its new…
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Stephane Picq & Pierre Esteve – “Atlantis: The Lost Tales OST”
Stephane Picq and in particular Pierre Esteve are highly underrated VGM composers. I put it down to the face they make music for the generally…
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Tsukiko Amano – “Cho” Review
While not directly involved with the game Fatal Frame 2 (Project Zero 2 in the UK), Tsukiko Amano made a song called “Butterfly” inspired from…
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Live Vault – Joanna Newsom
This weeks Live Vault performance comes from the ever complex Joanna Newsom. “Sawdust and Diamonds” comes from the fantastic album Ys which clocks in at…
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Tori Amos – Label Free and Releasing Old DVDs?
Tori Amos leaving Epic was a bit of a shock but was never really confirmed properly however what is more exciting is that Tori seems…
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Frou Frou – An A Ceppella Cover!
While on the Frou Frou front I found THIS excellent a ceppella cover of the magical “Let Go” performed by a group called The California…
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Frou Frou – Breathe In (single) Review
Imogen Heap and Guy Sigworth team up to make Frou Frou, the fantastic alt-pop duo (although now defunct it seems for now). Their first and…
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Masaya Matsuura – “Vib Ripple & Vib Ribbon Soundtrack” Review
Masaya Matsuura is one of the most unique composers in video game music of all time. In fact should his visions have ever been told…
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Live Vault – Alanis Morrissette
This weeks Live Vault comes from Alanis Morissette with songs from her recent AOL Live Sessions. Taken from her new album reviewed last week, we…
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Yasunori Mitsuda – “Sailing to the World” Review
“Sailing to the World” is the title for the official release of Yasunori Mitsuda’s compositions for the game called “The Seventh Seal”. 10 tracks were…
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Alanis Morissette – Flavors of Entanglement Review
Over a decade has passed since Alanis Morissette burst into the music world with her massive début record and now coming round for her fifth…
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Tori Amos and Loreena McKennitt Headline Dranouter Festival
Well the headline says it. The Dranouter Festival in Belgium looks like a great place to be if you can get tickets. Tori Amos will…
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Live Vault – PJ Harvey
This weeks live performance comes from PJ Harvey and the song “Silence” taken from her latest album White Chalk with PJ playing the piano. It’s…
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Chitose Hajime – New Album Confirmed
Chitose Hajime confirmed her new album entitled “Cassini” will be released on the 16th of July. What does seem to conflict though is that the…
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Charlotte Martin Meets The Sims?!
Never one to shy away from the gaming world (after performing the excellent “Greater Lights” for Advent Rising) she has recorded her songs “Keep Me…
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Cara Winter – “Peter and the Whale” Review
Cara Winter returned last week with her follow up album entitled “Peter and the Whale”, an 8 track album that’s over far too quickly and…