samedi 22 Jul 2006, 16h45m

Lots of it… so here we go. ;-)

- I found http://www.ocremix.org and downloaded a metric ton of stuff. Kept probably half of it. Some of it is beautiful, some of it is quite out there… but there's a lot of talent to be heard.

- From http://gh.ffshrine.org/ I got some Yoko Kanno from Vision of Escaflowne, and unfortunately was not much impressed with the music. I expect amazing things out of Yoko Kanno, especially considering her work on Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell, and when she sounds more ordinary, I'm disappointed. I had the some of the same issues last week while listening to some of her stuff from Macross PLUS, although some of that was the absolutely crappy quality of the recording.

- Also from http://gh.ffshrine.org/ I got some Wada Kaoru, from the later version of Record of the Lodoss War. There was some nice stuff in here, but not much.

- Followed a neighbor recommendation and tried out some Dir en grey and was completely not impressed. *shrug* It's the same thing with Gackt… he's very pretty to look at, but he doesn't do anything for me musically. I much prefer T.M.Revolution.

- And then, to prove I'm not completely turning Japanese, I downloaded some old school Public Enemy. They had their heyday during my Metallica phase, so I didn't pay them much attention then. I regret it. :-p There are some incredibly powerful lyrics in their raps, a lot of which is still relevant today.

For next week, I'll go back to the game music… I want to find Radiata Stories, which I just finished playing, and Xenosaga III, since Yuki Kajiura can do no wrong. ;-) I'll also probably go looking for Dirge of Cerebrus and .hack//GU if it's available.