I guess you could say today has been a very good music day in various ways.
The Fields of The Nephilim (one of my all time fave bands) has announced two special shows at London's Shepherds Bush Empire on July 12th and 13th (their only UK dates this year apparently).
Nine Inch Nails have released a free album, 'The Slip', which you can sign up and get on http://theslip.nin.com/
The Birthday Massacre have put up a cover of Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now" on their Myspace Page (along with the rest of their new EP) which is from their new EP 'The Looking Glass' which was released today.
I've also had some other possibly very interesting and exciting news which could herald a few changes. But more on that later if it actually happens :)
The Fields of The Nephilim (one of my all time fave bands) has announced two special shows at London's Shepherds Bush Empire on July 12th and 13th (their only UK dates this year apparently).
Nine Inch Nails have released a free album, 'The Slip', which you can sign up and get on http://theslip.nin.com/
The Birthday Massacre have put up a cover of Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now" on their Myspace Page (along with the rest of their new EP) which is from their new EP 'The Looking Glass' which was released today.
I've also had some other possibly very interesting and exciting news which could herald a few changes. But more on that later if it actually happens :)
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I am still listening to the NIN album. Not sure what I think yet. It seems a little lacklustre compared to some of theirs, but maybe it will grow on me with time.
I listened to the NIN album last night whilst doing some work but didn't really take it in. I need to have a better listen (maybe stick it on the iPod when I go for a long walk) but it certainly hasn't got any 'club' tracks on it that would help fill the dancefloor.
Have you got their Ghost I-IV album? That's entirely instrumental and makes good background music for working or gaming - a bit like a movie soundtrack in many ways. Pretty mellow.
For gaming-well I do a lot of Cthulhu and always found, bizarrely, that Ultravox 'Rage in Eden' worked really well. I would mix it in with Tangerine Dreams early albums and the soundtrack to Alien. Nobody let's me do it anymore though because they get too scared when I do and can't sleep afterwards.
It's by far my favourite RPG.
Hey, fancy running a game? :p
Have you heard Conjure One? It's a Delerium/Front Line assembly side project and is also very good.
I must say that I tend to play a lot of Delerium/Conjure One/Enigma/Dead Can Dance and Fields of the Nepilhim (Elizium CD) and Diary of Dreams/In Strict Confidence when I'm working.
I haven't heard Conjure One yet. My wife Suzette is the one who introduced me to Front Line Assembly a few years back. That sort of Industrial/Darkwave/EBM kind of music is very big in Canada where she is from. Prior to meeting her and getting good internet access my ability to hear a lot of those bands was rather limited since I didn't know anyone who liked that sort of music except for one friend who was very into NIN. I mostly listened to New Wave and Electronic music (Depeche and Gary Numan being big favs), ambient and stuff like David Sylvian, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil and proto punk early Banshees or The Stranglers with a smattering of rock thrown in for good luck that I inherited a liking for from an older brother. Most of my friends seemed to like U2, the Alarm, Queen and Marrillion (though one was also into The Mission/Cult/Sisters/Nephilhim side of things which was great.
I am still (8 years since marrying Suzette) discovering a lot of her music! Its been taking us both into exploring a lot of new bands (too many to easily assimilate actually). New discoveries for both of us have been VNV Nation, Covenant and ironically The Birthday Massacre (since I believe they are based in her home turf of Toronto). I shall have to check out Conjure One.