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1. DUBSKA - "Avokado"
Polish reggae, and with a charmingly laid-back vibe, sounding more dubby than ragga-ish, which makes a lovely change. This is a nice little summer track all round, even though I have no idea at all what they're singing about. Tasty horn section.

2. Axel Rudi Pell - "Oceans of Time"
German melodic/power metal, although this is very much a ballad. This is full of those "put your lighters in the air" moments that everyone loves, but as a result feels ever so slightly contrived. Pleasant enough, but not essential.

3. The Gap Band - "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"
Some honest funk music, by one of the leading exponents thereof. Nice and catchy stuff, even if by this point funk was cleaner than it should've been.

4. Lustmord - "Part I"
One day I'll remember why I keep listening to dark ambient, since it never turns out to be much good. It also means I get recommended more of it, like this track, which is...well...dark and ambient. Nothing to see here, though.

5. Boredoms - "Super Are"
The genre here should probably be "Weird Japanese Stuff", as this track has opened with some kind of ambient noodling. Indeed, it may not move beyond that, according to the bio on the site. I'm not interested in finding out.

6. Nil Karaibrahimgil - "Nek"
She was recommended to me a while ago, but she's back again. Her voice is a bit tricky to get into, because it sounds like that affected "little girl" sound a lot of female singers feel they have to do these days. Nice music, though.

7. Dahlia's Tear - "3rd Sky In-Perfection, From The Past Subconscious"
More dark ambient, although tending just to be ambient on this track. There's the sound of an orchestra tuning up briefly, but nothing special.

8. Blood Storm - "Death Thunder"
Some rather undistinguished black/thrash here.

9. Beyond Sensory Experience - "The Dull Routine of Existence"
Or indeed the dull routine of dark ambient. Next!

10. Troum - "Del"
Some more dark ambient, although with a drone overtone to it. This does make it slightly more interesting than the rest, due almost entirely to the rumbling sounds, but still there's nothing to write home about.

Первый альбом Dahlia's Tear с весьма оригинальным названием «Harmonious Euphonies For Supernatural Traumas Mesmerising Our Existences In Radient Corpuscle Galaxies». Сложно было выбрать один альбом (а всего, на сегодняшний день, у проекта насчитывается уже 3 полноформатника. Первый и третий более схожи стилистически, второй же несколько экспериментальный, в дарк-эмбиентовом ключе) для рецензии, так как все альбомы одинаково гениальны, по-другому и не скажешь. И все-таки первый. Во-первых, с ним я познакомился ранее других. Во-вторых, к этому альбому я чувствую особую близость (хотя на самом деле это чувство распространяется на весть Dahlia's Tear).
Стилистически перед нами космический эмбиент (space ambient), воистину прекрасный. Сложно передать все те чувства, которые испытываешь при его прослушивании. Тем более, что у каждого они непременно будут свои. Чаще других сюжетов в моем подсознании всплывают просторы Севера, заснеженные леса, северное сияние… погружение в темное озеро. Видимо, немаловажную часть в этом сыграла обложка (согласитесь, потрясающая) и названия композиций. Хотя иногда воображение может унести и в совершенно иную сторону, индустриальные пейзажи рисуются мысленному взору ничуть не хуже. Крик ребенка, шум поезда… В любом случае, в своей глубине эта музыка крайне эмоциональна, надо только настроиться на ее волну (мне так это удается без каких-либо усилий).
Альбом целостный, выделить отдельные треки сложно, предпочитаю слушать альбом целиком (вообще это свойственная мне черта). Но если попытаться, то скорее всего это будут: Scarlet Ad Infinitum, Endless Snow Spiralling Gentle, Surullinen Kyyhkynen, Hydrangea Wept In Emerald Lake и Neptune's Sore, The Blueness.
Надо отметить, что достать альбомы Dahlia's Tear крайне тяжело (тиражи не превышали 1000 копий, насколько мне известно), однако скачать их в Интернете трудности не составит никакой.
Не обязательно быть большим знатоком и любителем эмбиента, чтобы полюбить этот альбом. Мне он видится весьма понятным и доступным, что позволяет мне порекомендовать его любому человеку, способному на часок-другой остаться наедине с самим собой.

P.S.

Это видео на одну из композиций с третьего альбома группы.

Hmm, I think I went wrong somewhere :S

Find the number of listeners for your top 25 artists.

1) Napalm Death - 84,742
2) Regurgitate - 13,417
3) The Berzerker - 35,777
4) Bestial Devastation - 689
5) Alien Vampires - 5,609
6) Infetu - 2,775
7) Gigantic Brain - 1,576
8) Engorged Vaginal Abyss - 1,180
9) Bio-Tek - 4,359
10) Behemoth - 112,203
11) Theatres des Vampires - 27,269
12) Charlie Clouser - 26,048
13) Excrementory Grindfuckers - 17,545
14) Gruesome Stuff Relish - 1,571
15) Unter Null - 19,894
16) Atrocity - 25,419
17) Cannibal Corpse - 132,270
18) Akercocke - 22,102
19) Pig Destroyer - 46,522
20) Animassacre - 901
21) Last Days of Humanity - 12,379
22) 2 Minuta Dreka - 776
23) Виноградный День - 5,252
24) Dahlia's Tear - 3,454
25) Mumakil - 2,642


Total: 616371

Divide by 25.

Average: 24654.84

Divide by the number of Coldplay listeners. (Coldplay - 1,469,344)

24654.84 / 1,469,344 = 0.01677948798 (etc)

Multiply by 100 and round, if neccessary.

1.67% mainstream??

Once again, remember that I'm not endorsing any of these automatically. Some may be terrible, others may be good.

1. Xuacu Amieva - "Nalón"
Asturian folk music, which is an interesting start. The overall sound is very soundtrack-y, and in fact I would've thought it was one of Mark Knopfler's efforts had I not known better. It's a pleasant track, and with more than a hint of the Celtic influence that many people are surprised exists in Spain overall. Not a track that goes anywhere in particular, but instrumental folk needn't do that.

2. Sjodogg - "Kiss of the Butterfly"
From the sublime to the ridiculous. This is a black metal concern which doesn't sound particularly good, but has some rather impressive vocals at times.

3. Oskorri - "Alabaren Ezkontza"
Back to Spain again, and this time we're in the Basque country for some folk music in the incredible Basque language - a language which is often suggested to be a remnant of what was spoken in Europe before the Indo-Europeans got there.
There are heavy similarities to Tri Yann, particularly in the vocal patterns, but the slightly off-kilter rhythm is something I've never met before. The fact that I can't understand a word of the language just adds to the wonder I feel with this track.

4. Magnus Carlsson - "Live Forever (Acoustic Live Version)"
I don't know how I didn't delete this one from my recommendations, since I've already heard two full Magnus albums in my pre-LastFM days. Still, this one's an acoustic version of one of his better tracks. The vocals are a bit muffled due to it being live, but his voice stacks up surprisingly well.

5. Manes - "the cure-all, lost time (rachmiel mix)"
Experimental black metal, apparently, although this is an acoustic guitar being played in a sort of remixed way. Probably too experimental.

6. Manowar - "Dark Avenger"
Another one of those bands I've always been meaning to hear. Manowar are often said to come with a heavy helping of cheese, and the opening riff here is precisely that. The vocals are an extra helping thereof, I think.
This is exceptionally silly stuff, as a lot of classic metal really is if you're listening to it carefully. It doesn't seem to move very rapidly, either, although I can hear enough here to make it worth my while to listen to a bit more of this band.

7. Cor Scorpii - "Transcendental Journey"
I seem to recall coming across an interlude of theirs some months ago, so it's good to get a full track. This was the band which the keyboardist of Windir kept as a side-project, before unleashing it after Valfar's untimely death. There's a considerable similarity to the more well-known Windir, but the coldness of the vocals (which are decipherable and in English) are a very different touch. I quite like what I'm hearing here.

8. Shoosh - "Elastic Soil"
Apparently an ambient folk band, whatever the hell that means to anyone. The music itself isn't too bad, although it seems to be played backwards. The vocals, however, have a similar effect on them and sound horrible. I certainly don't want to hear this again.

9. Age of Silence - "I No Longer Know If I Am Mad"
A Norwegian progressive/black metal supergroup, of which there are several hundred. This sounds a bit like an interlude, but given the experimental background of the band, it may be a full song. It doesn't grab me much, though.

10. Dahlia's Tear - "4th Sky Convergence and Pointless"
Dark ambient, apparently, so "pointless" may be close to the truth (he says snarkily). As with most of the music in that style, it takes forever to do very little.

Tenebrae Vision at Neurobeat Radio
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Electronica, Industrial, (Dark) Ambient, Drones, Abstract & IDM

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Tenebrae Vision Playlist 26.03.2008

Iszoloscope & Antigen Shift - All Started With The Second Death
Dahlia's Tear - 6th Sky Spellbound The Circles
Sigma Octantis - Pour Les Choses À Venir
Jarl - Akatisi / Somnolens II
Herbst9 - Permanence
Atrium Carceri - Dark Water
Blood Box - Mother Of Dust
Numina / Caul - Night Sky Darkens
Mathias Grassow - Pathfinder I
Karl Sanders - Contemplations Of The Endless Abyss
Arktau Eos - Beacons In Polar Light
Oophoi And Louisa John-Krol - Let The Nightsky Envelope Us
Vestigial - Tyr
Sephiroth - The Moongate
Steve Roach - Opening The Space
Letum - Adoration
Antlers Mulm - Hollow Heart

Tonight there is the Vision of Tenebrae on Neurobeat Radio. Dark Ambient & Experimental Music with Bands like
Sephiroth, Mathias Grassow, Numina & Caul, Dahlia's Tear, Herbst9, Arktau Eos and Vestigial

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Vexilla Regis Prodeunt Inferni, Fulget Stella Tenebrarum

i'm very happy to be born in a year.

how easy i've been flowing. i only do what anyone can do.
why i want to praise Muse has a reason. because of their web-site. if anyone don't have any experience to buy or go to their show, can listen their songs full. And absolutely radiohead and NIN are fantastic too if i didn't download them.i like herand sheemily play i cannot remember why picked them up to write but it's true i like them 中川翔子FlyleafUnknownNine Inch NailsMuseSaul WilliamsDahlia's TearInsaneGenius
yesterday in my dream i was forced to be a patriot and i thought a bit that only for the fact that i'm now writing in English means selling my soul( i don't have already) to stronger???? ones(why i am doing it so was to get to know something). and i don't need to like all of them would guarantee me a happiness. and there were an apartment of having cells have pink doors for children only to confine in a while to blame their faults.

it's not about a bad thing cannot love/like anyone now. feeling nothing is also nice.

Certainly,this computer is addictive but i never be fit to learn its science and how it is working. this is what i've learnt most. i'm now very looking behind of my way how i could be modern like you can see this, yet i want to go back faster to a broken typewriter when i saw before also at the time it's no longer deemed as useful for every work place.

i'm off to belgium today, so won't be on here for a while. meanwhile if you want to continue leaving your shouts, please use this journal for it. (any longer, more personal messages please use my last.fm mailbox!)

let me just mention some fantastic artists which i have been listening to lots and which are current favourites:

Skincage

Things Fall Apart this is his new current album, out on http://www.ahcama-sotz.com/SpectreMailorder/ (spectre record label) where you can order it from, if interested. i highly recommend it! :D

for those who want to check out some sounds, go to: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=63021224 (the Skincage myspace site and also to:
http://www.skincage.com/sounds.asp (which is Skincage artist web site with some mp3s for download, including some of Testset.

Loss

another amazing artist i can't wait to hear more from, is Loss, just ordered his cd I Kill Everything which is also out on spectre. his myspace is here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=18556153 and he is absolutely right when he says: "nobody makes "power emo" like i do." :D

Embodi

i have also very much endulged in listening to the new Excursions Into Sleep which is a fantastic mix of powernoise, idm, ambient, which sounds pretty unique! however, it also fits in nice with the record label www.mechanismz.com! i have waited for this music to come out for so long and it was definitely worth it! :D

Element Abuse

another fantastic recent cd purchase comes in the shape of Unbirth which i listened to on the http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/287370-01.htm&highlight=Element+Abuse page and instantly bought it!!! i enjoy playing it, some great rhythmic noise which reminds me of some of the artists on the http://www.handsproductions.com/ label, like Heimstatt Yipotash, or Punch Inc. or similar.

Caustic

you can now continue your very own boozing and rioting session with the new installment 'Booze Up & Riot Hangover Edition (Limited Disc)' by Caustic which includes some excellent remixes, including one by my friend chris Coreline which features some of his trademark bleeps on it! the new version of the Humpty Dance (V2.0 Mix) is also excellent, made me laugh a lot! :D

i should add that this is also a highly limited cd, only 200 copies, so get one before it has sold out: http://www.crunchpod-distro.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=320&zenid=d7d25e5f88fc440a2caa92a60ee8a523

well i could easily go on, i haven't even said anything about To Mega Therion, check out the video We Are Immortal here on last.fm which is very entertaining! or the lovely sounds by Amorph or A Bleeding Star.....

go and check these artists out to discover some more interesting music!

oh, and i absolutely look forward to the new album by Dahlia's Tear as well!!!

see you all again next week! :D