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Review: betterwithmusic 2015

LIBRARY

ONUS

OnusOnus is melodic lines of strings and winds supported in electronic beds. With synths in the background and saturated drum machines. Guitars that appear suddenly, distant. There are broken rhythms and kicks that hit you. The result of mixing dark electronica with dramatic orchestral arrangements.

Influences… Actress, snowy beaches, silence, Arca, Haxam Cloak, Andy Stott, Ben Frost, Björk, Clark, wrong expectations, homesickness, cold snap, Theo Parrish, Herbert, violins and cellos, broken instruments, Hans Zimmer, Debussy, Britten, Shostakovich, Brian Eno, Johann Johannsson, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, hugs…

 

MESSAGE

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12 songs, 27 minutes. Rock, garage, punk (for reference). 12 fresh and direct songs, without additives. With prominence of dirty guitar riffs and frenetic rhythms. Casual sounds and imperfect tricks. As if it was a first concert in a small club. Or we listened to a rookie rock group in one of his first reunions in a garage. When, musically, the intensity is above everything else.

Influences… Black Lips, The Clash, beer & public gardens, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, longboards, Eddy Current, Harmony Korine & Larry Clark, Black Flag, 4-string guitars and 2-string basses, The Cramps, Titus Andronicus, BMX, Ex Hex, Broncho, bad kids, caps and backpacks, Parquet Courts, hangovers, Sonics, Gonzo, OFF…

 

DJ

DJIt is certainly a necessary pause just before publishing “Onus”. Faced with the melancholy sounds of the strings, saturated drum machines and the gray atmosphere that characterizes “Onus”, this song makes a brake, relaxed and fresh. Escape of “Onus” made me most easily find the sound I was looking for for this “DJ” and close the song successfully. I needed to party.

 

 

ON DEMAND

SUBVERSES OST

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“In the near future, 2037, a few mega-corporations rule the world. There is a deadly Red-Flu epidemic and only one of these corporations can manufacture the drug to cure it — Omnisource.

A rival corporation, Dynacorp, contracted, you, a corporate spy to infiltrate and steal their trade secret.  — This is your story.”

 

 

GAMECRIMES THEME

 

 

And to close 2015, a foretaste… “Natural Therapy”, coming soon…

Happy New Year!!

2015 Favs

Inspired by…

 

One more time, here are my recommendations. The list of my 30 favorite albums of the year. For Your Consideration.

 

30. Unkown Mortal Orchestra “Multi-Love”

29. Julia Holter “Have You In My Wilderness”

28. U.S Girls “Half Free”

27. Chvrches “Every Open Eye”

26. Neon Indian “VEGA INTL. Night School”

25. Thundercat “The Beyond. Where The Giants Roam”

24. Lightning Bolt “Fantasy Empire”

23. Happyness “Weird Little Birthday”

22. Future “DS2”

21. Shamir “Ratchet”

20. Low “Ones And Sixes”

19. Courtney Barnett “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit”

18. Natalie Prass “Natalie Prass”

17. Drake “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late”

16. Kurt Vile “b’lieve i’m going down…”

15. Miguel “Wildheart”

14. Tobias Jesso Jr. “Goon”

13. Arca “Mutant”

12. Father John Misty “I Love You, Honeybear”

11. Björk “Vulnicura”

10. Blur “The Magic Whip”

9. Kamasi Washington “The Epic”

8. Titus Andronicus “The Most Lamentable Tragedy”

7. Deerhunter “Fading Frontier”

6. Oneohtrix Point Never “Garden Of Delete”

5. Jamie XX “In Colour”

4. Tame Impala “Currents”

3. D’Angelo “Black Messiah”

2. Kendrick Lamar “To Pimp A Butterfly”

1. Sufjan Stevens “Carrie & Lowell”

 

Subverses OST

Subverses Covert is a video game for you to learn foreign languages. Set in a dystopian future, you are a spy on a mission to infiltrate a foreign corporation and steal their trade secrets. Eavesdrop and chat in a foreign language to uncover intel, blend in, and complete your mission. Engage in a story-driven experience and naturally acquire new vocabulary and phrases.

This game is being developed for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android by a team of passionate gamers and experienced language learners! What makes our language-acquisition method effective is that it is built as a game first and its content is uniquely integrated with a certified language curriculum.

With the gaming medium, users are in a safe environment where they can be comfortable with making mistakes. No social pressure from classmates, and no teacher with a red pen listening, just you and the covert world of corporate espionage video game!

“In the near future, 2037, a few mega-corporations rule the world. There is a deadly Red-Flu epidemic and only one of these corporations can manufacture the drug to cure it — Omnisource.

A rival corporation, Dynacorp, contracted, you, a corporate spy to infiltrate and steal their trade secret.  — This is your story.”