The score to Tomb Raider 2 (the game, not the film). It’s great stuff, brings back fond memories. Some of it is gentle and meditative, some of it is more tense, there’s even a dance track in there (just need to ignore the talking tracks at the end). The entire collection of scores from the all the games are available free at the following site:
king midas works for me.
i listen to scott walker endlessly. maybe because the singer (HIM) is so uninterested in being a part of the OTHER active life around him.
nothin’ beats the voice either.
connelly comes close.
Buncha video game OSTs. Fallout 1&2, Final Fight, Streets of Rage 1-3, Final Fantasy piano collections, Valis I & III on the Turbo-Grafx, Mortal Kombat, etc…
[reply]spinning that new King Midas Sound EP - Dub Heavy/Hearts and Ghosts.
What are the Dubs like???[/reply]
Just found this review and now I’m REALLY jealous!!!
"After the acclaimed release of the London Zoo album last year, The Bug, AKA Kevin Martin, has evidently been working hard on other projects. King Midas Sound is the first to hit wax in 2009. Alongside writer/spoken word performer Roger Robinson, they’ve produced a work of echoing precussion that’s driven by thick rolling basslines and the sort of groove that Massive Attack brought to mainstream attention in its earliest days.
“I Dub” has an “Inertia Creeps” bassline that keeps propelling its constant surges deep into the belly of the track, sloshing around in tape delay and Theremin melodics, whilst “Ting Dub” rolls out heavily reverbed snares and distant sirens sticking to a more hip-hop template as the heavy bass pumps its five notes in succession. “Too Long Dub” is the peach though; a drawn out roller that travels through extended periods of sustain and chorus whilst the muted thump of the kick drum keeps the tempo regulated in a 4x4 style.
Incessantly moody, it’s a release best played at the loudest volume possible, revealing all the layers and clicks that are poured into the heavily stylised sound design. The atmosphere created over the course of the 12-inch, whether vibing off a crackling piano or a massive bassline, piles the reams of sickly sweet weed smoke it emanates into the dark vacumn it creates."
my brain warning me to get on the stick with the book;
james brown-- money won’t change you;
(oddly enough) black hole sun
and gregorian chants.
no idea why i like to listen to mariachi music or mexican fighting songs, but damn…they put me in a mood.
for those interested, book takes precedence and has urgent …uh…deadlines.
be nice to get me a new mc jacket.
(carmangary, this ain’t your cue)
Ministry - He’s Angry
I dont know if Jourgensen had enouph material to do another Twitch like album, but if he did it wouldve been great. It wouldve made the transition to LORAH alot smoother imo.
air conditioning. i was surprised to hear a song off the last u2 which i really liked. i was listening to it in my car yesterday. yes, off the radio. and i’m no u2 fan, but i always listen b/c of the eno connection. can’t tell you what the song was, but it caught my attention… it was like …an eno song. no hint of bombastic usual bon(g)o vocals. happy to hear the vocals stripped of any recollection of bono.
it reminded me of the very early u2.
i guess they asked eno to contribute more to the songs on this one, and it’s apparent. i don’t know if this topic’s been a couple times around the block. or not.
i was surprised to hear a u2 song that i actually liked on all levels.
