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Pure destruction

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Random - Mega Ran 9

God I love this guy, his ability to make me interested in Mega Man (a game I've never played and have no desire to try) is truly remarkable. This is his second album based on Mega Man and it is far more controlled and polished than his 2007 release Mega Ran.

Not lame at all. I love Frank! And that douche bag Robbie Williams totally sucked at trying to cover him, but everyone was loving it. Listen to Sinatra's versions and the difference is obvious. One's a true remarkable singer (Sinatra) and the other one is whining douche bag (Robbie) who is a not very talented musician. But getting off-topic here.

Emancipator - Soon It Will Be Cold Enough

holy **** this is good music. i don't know if i should call it neo classical, post rock, or trip hop. it's a mish-mash of all three. find it. play it. dig it.

LITE - Phantasia

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I'm really liking this one, I've played it 3 times so far. I don't remember how I discovered it but searched here and Jackhammer had posted about it in the past. Anyway it's instrumental rock, most would call it math rock. It's got some post rock tendencies as well, but mostly it's energetic math rock. Think Russian Circles, but faster and more upbeat. Think Battles, without the stupid vocals. Think Rumah Sakit, and add more melody. These guys are incredibly tight and don't let their skills turn into wanking. It's a very well paced and melodic album played by very skilled Japanese musicians. This is their second album and I've picked up their debut which I might play today.

Amazing album. Great textured beats!

Currently enjoying Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract, although just released it was produced in 2002 or something and would have been far ahead of its time in my opinion. Great hybrid of hip hop, jazz, soul and R&B.

what fun! is this indicative of the 'math rock' genre? i've never listened to anything like this before...

Sort of, though a lot of the original (ie from the 90s) math rock bands were grittier and many had vocals. This is more indicative of math rock from this decade, because of the instrumental and post-rock tendencies. But in general, the fast and intricate playing is a characteristic of math rock.

Based on your description I listened to the title track and loved it (good description!). Somehow the song fits in with this album I've been digging a lot lately

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The Empyrean by John Frusciante

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I might be seeing Port O'Brien in a few weeks with Sea Wolf, should be a good set if I can actually get in.