Month: September 2012
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Live Vault – Sarah Slean
With the Art of Time Ensemble – let’s hope a DVD is released of this!
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A City On A Lake – “A City On A Lake” Review
Alex Wong’s solo monkier A City On A Lake makes his début with his self entitled album and my goodness me – its absolutely stunning. “The Lake,…
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Live Vault – Copperfox
Beautifully understated. Copperfox.
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Introducing… Andrew Osenga
Sometimes I just need a bit of clean, fresh, simplicity in my music. Not often it must be said – but sometimes I really do.…
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Introducing… Dikta
Dikta hail from the musical genius country that is Iceland. An alternative rock band whom are gaining fame in their own country, Dikta are now…
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Dain Saint – “Flight of Angels – Splice OST” Review
“Flight of Angels – Splice OST” is a very regal and relaxing soundtrack to the not very relaxing puzzle game Splice. However part of what…
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Introducing… Jana Fisher
Jana Fisher is a NYC folk pop singer/songwriter whose just about to release her first EP entitled Ideals and Deals. Here’s the lead track from…
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Zen Albatross – “Masada Gestalt” Review
Zen Albatross’ two track single Masada Gestalt is a particularly abstract way of dealing with chiptune music. The title track is fully fleshed at five and half…
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Chipzel – “Super Hexagon EP” Review
Chipzel has made a great little chiptune EP for the mobile game Super-Hexagon which has hit the stores recently. Sounding very similar to a cleaned…
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Iamamiwhoami – “Kin” Review
Iamamiwhoami wouldn’t be possible in many ways without the wonder of the internet. I for one am in debt to it – all this wonderful…
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Game Review: JAM (PS3)
JAM is a music game that tries its absolute best to avoid doing anything similar to other music games in the genre. As a result…
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Game Review: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3)
Tekken 6 felt unrealised for me. I’ve always been a huge fan of the Tekken series but number six was my second least favourite only…
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Huski – “H” Review
Huski’s latest album is by lore, the album they originally started making last time round and they ended up getting the magnificent “Strangelove”. “H” however…
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Game Review: F1 2012 (PS3)
Creating a game for such a split market is no easy task and you have to feel for Codemasters – they’ll be slammed for making…
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Video Vault – Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance have released some absolutely beautiful music videos from their latest album whilst they tour some stunning locations around the world. Take a…
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Video Vault – Lila Rose
Lila Rose – one of the contenders for my personal album of the year award has finally released her first music video. It’s quite frankly…
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Introducing… Rayne
Excellent, some new talent from the my UK shores – Rayne – a three piece rock band from Sunderland – enter onto the bigger music…
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Introducing… Generator Ohm
Sounding like a funkier version of Nirvana’s Bleach album – Generator Ohm are a grungy rock trio that seem to want to rock out regardless…
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Game Review: Project Diva Extend Dreamy Theatre (PS3)
Possibly one of the biggest travesties in gaming this generation is the strange way that Project Diva has been given its PS3 releases. You always…
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Penka Kouneva Releases Instrumental Album
I always am fascinated when composers release material that’s their own and not part of a game or a film. Penka Kouneva, best known to…
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Kara McGraw’s New Charity Album Released Today
Kara McGraw makes some wonderful piano/vocal based music and I absolutely admire her new album “The Hound & The Hare”. Like an old vinyl songs…
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Akira Yamaoka & The Silent Hill Band Full Concert Recording
How awesome is this? Akira Yamaoka’s Silent Hill band makes its US début and absolutely rocks it out. Mary’s voice is sublime, the music is stunning and…
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JAW – Vocaloid / VGM Mashups!
JAW came to me via twitter with two simple links thanks to my general thinking aloud over how unappreciated the Final Fantasy X-2 OST is. He replied…
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Introducing… A City On A Lake
A City On A Lake is the monkier for Alex Wong, a man whose wonderful instrumental and vocal talents I first came across on Vienna…
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Copperfox – “From The Den” Review
Copperfox are a lovely duo whom weave delicate melodies around lead vocalists Lisa’s soft hushed vocals. Opener “James” shows perfectly how the duo use their…
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Dva – “Botanicula OST” Review
Oh Dva. Three little letters, and just like the little game of Botanicula there is so much hidden inside this 23 track soundtrack. Each song…
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Thirty Flights of Loving Playthrough
Again, this is purely so you can see if this is something you’d enjoy taking part in! It’s pretty neat as my review stated:
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PixelJunk 4AM Recorded Performance from Sitorimon
Sitorimon (that would be me) had a go at recording a 50 minute performance showcasing the wonder of PixelJunk 4AM and all the wonderful Baiyon…
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Retro Grade Playthrough
I’m so much of a fan of this game I had to show you just how awesome it is (on medium difficulty of course, so…
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Transfiguration – The Art of Olivier de Sagazan
One of the most eerie and bizarre features of the film Samsara was an completely inserted section from Olivier de Sagazan – who appears to…
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Video Vault – Dynasty Electric
Another new duo I’ve discovered this weekend is the lovely electronica trip rock efforts of Dynastic Electric. Not only that but their music videos are…
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Introducing… David Bronson
David Bronson is a rocking out swinging grunge fest. It reminds me of all that is great from 70’s Psychedelic rock condensed into 4 minute…
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Ian Narcisi – New Album KickStarter
We are big fans of Ian Narcisi here and he has so much musical ability in so many instruments it’s actually amazing to just sit…
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Introducing… Dan Reardon
This track is absolutely sumptuous from the production to the vocals to the hook. HPM wants to know all about a certain Dan Reardon –…
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Introducing – Larissa Jaye
Little is known about Larissa Jaye as her main site is currently under construction but I do think this song is beautiful and is currently…
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Video Vault – Tori Amos
“Flavor” originally from Abnormally Addicted to Sin is now the latest single for “Gold Dust” the orchestral reworking album coming out 1st October. I like…
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Game Review: Rock Band Blitz (PS3)
Harmonix have a rich history of Rhythm Action games and with their new download only version of Rock Band things have almost come full circle.…
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Film Review: Samsara
Samsara, the latest audio visual piece of cinema from Ron Fricke & Co is a delightful feast for the eyes and ears. Following in very…
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BetaCast Episode 003 – Grumpy Old Men Do Gaming!
We’re back after our prolonged break with our multplayer special! Ben quite likes a bit of split screen, Simon just wants it to have a…