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Posted - 2007.02.24 14:55:00 -
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Calling all mods, rockers, ravers, psychobillies, metalheads, post-punks, shoegazers, new wavers, proto-ambient post-retro metal-industrial/goth fusion eb movers, hip-hoppers, trip-hoppers and boogie-woogie bugle boys of Company B...
For a bit of fun we are thinking of having some music reviews in a future issue of E-ON; reviews of albums that are fitting to the experience of playing EVE (whether that be mining, fighting, or immersing yourself in Matari lore), but also music that could almost be an extension of the current EVE soundtrack. What IÆm saying it has to be a bit space-y, maybe a bit tribalà Actually IÆm a bit loathed to accept hardcore nutter metal reviews, but what the hell, anything goes. So long as the review is well written, fair and/or funny and you can connect the music to your EVE experience then go for it.
Please keep your reviews between 150-175 words, rate them out of five and EVEmail them to me and maybe for the best we can sort out some signed RealX loot, or some iTunes rations, or something. Maybe we'll even do this each issue.
HereÆs an example of what might be suitable (yes, the second is made up):
EON æVoid DwellerÆ (1992) 'Void Dweller' is a slice of nostalgia for old rave heads. Few of the white glove anthems of the 80's and early 90's stand the test of time, but this album definitely does. The problem is that û as was the vogue û there are countless film samples layered in, which constantly remind you that you are back on Earth: samples from Basket Case, Dune (the classic line æThe Spice must flowÆ) and various B-movies now lost to memory. Of note is the track 'Electromagnetic Waves' a slice of breakbeat trance in which you can almost imagine some distant listening post sifting through battle transmissions, while æDawn on a New WorldÆ could easily pass itself off as a Matari funeral march, before it transforms into a squeltchy race across the galaxy. But then those Hollywood samples keep breaking the connection. Without them Void Dweller might be essential, but then it wouldnÆt be classic rave either.
ROXOR æTwo Hundred ThousandÆ (2007) Having just finished a grueling European tour EVEÆs in-house dev band have finally released their debut album, all studio cover versions of their live set list. Even without the crowd, itÆs a rousing and eclectic compilation, ranging from crowd favorites æ<happy happy> BarÆ and æKilling in the Name ofÆ to the reworking of Leonard CohenÆs æHallelujahÆ from which the album takes its name. For a bunch of people more used to pondering binary, the musicianship is quite striking and variably coherent, in some cases, even original. However, when played in tandem with EVE itself, the last thing you want to be doing is mining. Coupled with a few beers, youÆre more likely to end up taking on the nearest ship and ending up in a pod, or worse, then waking up with a hangover. So although itÆs no measure of the quality of the album itself, sitting and playing EVE and RoXoR is a bad combination. You have been warned. (There goes my job)
- Z
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