Music

The year is finishing and is time of reviewing all the good music. What are your favourite metal albums of 2007? Some favourites of mine are: Victory Songs - Ensiferum What's in Your Head - Diamond Head The Inner Sanctum - Saxon Gambling with the devil - Helloween

Anything, anything good The more epic the merrier.

I'm not really familiar with Aphex Twin, but I found this awesome mashup: http://www.100dbs.com/mixes/aphex/ I'm not a huge fan of mashups, but some of these cuts are awesome. The last one with Kool Keith is amazing, and Breathe And Stop (Q-Tip) is much better than the original imo. The other one I really like is Time's Up For Freeman, Hardy And Willis with O.C. The rest are ok or kind of bad, but definitely listen to those 3 if you like hip-hop or Aphex Twin, or music in general.

Interesting news on several levels. Here's a link to the story. I really like Gavin's drumming, and it would be really interesting to hear him with King Crimson, but I really hope he doesn't leave Porcupine Tree permanently!

My Rihanna - Umbrella Remixes CD is here! The "Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Club Remix" sounds really good with the KGSS > HE60. Ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Just got back from seeing Leila Josefowicz solo with the Atlanta Symphony. Second time I've seen her. She is really woth the ticket if you get a chance. The performed Beethovens violin concerto in D major. God sher can make that violin sing and cry. She was using a Del Gesu violin that was made in 1724.( I am guessing KA_CHING in $$ major) As a bonus she is very easy on the eyes too.

Holy shit what a great show! That guy knows how to spank that plank! And the whole band was tight, they were really on last night! It was kind of a weird venue, a high school auditorium. There was a sign on the wall saying that max occupancy was 1250. The acoustics were superb!

Well, the year is almost over, so what else are you looking forward to for 2007? My list : And the Radiohead album in physical form.

Jean-Michel Jarre has re-recorded Oxygene from the ground up for the 30th anniversary of the album. Theres also a DVD with a one-take live performance of the album. Theres a stereo and a 5.1 version of the album and a 2D and 3D version of the video. http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press87.htm Its out at the end of the month. I for one, shall certainly be getting a copy. Anyone else?

So there is going to be a new Nick Drake boxset in December, containing all his 3 studio albums remastered. I was wondering if anyone has heard anything about this? Amazon.com: Fruit Tree (limited): Nick Drake: Music

watch this: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/67-audio_files.html I saw this and, as an audiophile, it just made me sick. I wanted to grab that digital nazi by the neck and strangle him through my computer screen right then and there. The whole world is NOT moving to mp3 crap. I think cds are probably here to stay. I also hope LPs don't get phased out anytime soon. Audiophiles unite! All hail lossless audio and analog recordings!

Stay inside till somebody finds us / do whatever the TV tells us 1. LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House 2. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. 3. Spoon - I Turn My Camera On 4. Morrissey - Bengali In Platforms 5. Daft Punk - Digital Love 6. The Cure - Friday I'm In Love 7. Clipse - Ridin Round Shinin' 8. The National - Apartment Story 9. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer 10. Madvillain - Figaro 11. Spoon - You Got Yr Cherry Bomb 12. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (single edit) 13. Co&Ca - Three Evils (Embodied In Love And Shadow) 14. Erasure - Victim Of Love 15. The National - Slow Show

I have never listened to Stravinsky but want to. Some of my favorite composers are 20th century composers and Stravinsky is almost always spoken of with high regard. The problem is that I don't know where to start. What pieces do you like a lot or what do you think I should start with?

When you burn a cd from a cd is there a loss of fidelity? A friend of mine who is a questionable source said that there is but couldn't back up his claim with anything but "I read it somewhere". I'm thinking about backing up my library on CDR this week and wondering if loss of fidelity is a problem and if there is a way to prevent it. I currently can't hear any difference but my ears are constantly learning (or arguably hallucinating) new things all the time. I don't want to do it if a few years from now I can hear the difference between the two. Thanks, Aaron

Worthy of picking up. Much improved instrument presentation and "crispiness" of the sound. Good re-master. Haven't listen to the bonus material, including the second CD of live at the Elyse'e. Will report back once I listen to everything.

I've read that the early CD RCA issues are supposed to be the best, but I believe I've only heard that version of Low. The recent EMI 24 Bit versions sound terrible. And the Ryko discs are really wonky, some tracks sound ok, others sound terrible, and others have strange frequency anomalies. Anyone else care to weigh in?

So those who have it - how do you like it? It's on my list of musics to get at some point, but those damn XRCDs are pricey.

http://www.browntracker.net/ Very cool, I didn't know this site existed. Torrent site specifically for Ween and Ween-related goodness, and no lossy files! With the new album and the discovery of this site, I think I'll be getting back into Ween.

Want one.... :'( Where to get?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aRLv1i1U6g

http://www.mediafire.com/?bd5jgxdtxjl perhaps it can affect you like it did me.

Rules: 1. The video must be music related, meaning it can be a live performance, a music video, an interview with an artist, etc. 2. You must describe the contents of the video, you can't just post a youtube link with no accompanying description. Just something as simple as "<artist> plays <song> live" will suffice, but feel free to describe more if you would like. So those are the rules. Linky: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfjqZC5iTU8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfjqZC5iTU8[/ame] RZA from Wu-Tang describes covering/sampling "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in a brief five minute interview. Interesting story about how George Harrison's son…

October 10th is the download date and the album comes out in physical form some time early next year. www.inrainbows.com

I've got Crash What you yo sugest for his top 4 CDs besides Crash? Cheers Pete