3x3

A little while ago I put some serious thinking in and came up with a 3x3 for my music taste. For anyone that doesn't know what that is, it's basically a 3x3 grid generally composed of 9 of one's favourite works in one medium. e.g film, anime, music etc. Obviously mine is of my top 9 albums (in no particular) order. These are some of the albums I hold in the highest regard, and would recommend to anyone no matter of their taste in music. In this post I'll briefly review each album, and also a few that just barely didn't make the cut. More after the break. Be warned, there's a hell of a lot to this post.
Final update: I...Think it's done. All the extra albums have been added, mp3 links for everything. I'm pretty sure we're good. Let me know if there's something I missed or if the links are broke.

Some things

Got a few things to post about today, such as music, meta, and more meta.

But to whet your tastebuds before all the meta I'll say right now that we'll be taking a look at two very nice jazz albums - links at the bottom of the post. There'll also be discussion on where to take this blog and all that boring nonsense. I'll also be experimenting with page breaks, and we'll see how that goes after the break.

Get out of here, Stalker

Lately I've been wasting my time doing another replay of S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl, which is probably my favourite game. This time with the L.U.R.K mod, which I believe was a project led by /v/ of all things. Naturally the team fell apart, but not before getting a v1.1 out which aside from being absolutely gorgeous, rebalances a whole bunch of things and really brings out the best in the game (though some may disagree).

 

There's a controller just outside that door. 

What the fuck have amusingly bad Russian accents, artefacts and downright horrifying experimental laboratories got to do with music you might ask?

Not a whole lot.

But, S.T.A.L.K.E.R was heavily based off a novel called Roadside Picnic. And loosely based off that book was a film called Stalker (it's not too bad). The '79 film inspired a dark ambience album, aptly titled 'Stalker' by Robert Rich & B. Lustmord. At 68 minutes length, the 7-song album is very slow and atmospheric, as one would expect from the genre. Not being an expert on ambient music myself, I can't really say how it stacks up on its own merits. But I can say that having it on repeat in lieu of the BGM while playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R all day today made for a really good experience. The album would also probably go well with most other survival-horror games, or just as something to make a late-night walk that little bit more interesting.

http://www.mediafire.com/?7kc23d3997afsij (MP3 V0)

Apology and welcome

I am so sorry. I can just tell this is a terrible idea.

And with that out of the way, welcome!
Twitter posts being too small to actually give my 2¢ on an album and include a link and pretty pictures, I figured that this might well be the way to go. I'm aware there's a lot of music blogs out there, but as it so happens there's people who like what I like and may just appreciate something like this. It also serves as a way for me to archive my thoughts, so that's grand.