Every year the same damn thing happens. The holidays come along. You know -- the ones that ruin a perfectly good winter solstice. Keep your jesus out of my solstice! They wreck my life for two weeks. I have to work on Saturday and everyone I know goes and visits their family and I get drunk and maudlin all by myself. Your holidays are nowt but misery to me.
I recently bought another synthesiser. A Roland Juno-106. It doesn't sound as good as the Juno-6, but I have been able to coax what I consider to be some quite reasonable rumbles from it. A lot of shit is talked about the humble 106, but I wouldn't pass it up if all the voice chips are working.
On that note, I see that Dave Smith Instruments has some new stuff. The Tetra and the Mopho both look excellent. Looks like Mr Smith is going to be getting more of my hard-earned wages. My desktop Evolver could use the company.
It's nice to see that I'm keeping up the 6-month posting schedule. I'd hate to disappoint.
I found my old laptop, so I should be finishing the Taintshaver track soon. I'm also hoping to pick up a 2006 MacBook this week-end.
I've been fixated on the latest Forefather album Steadfast. Strong stuff with no weak spots. They've definitely perfected the sound of Ours Is The Kingdom only now with more harsh vocals and more mid-tempo pacing. Standout tracks are "Cween of the Mark", "Steadfast" and "Mellowing of the Maids". On the black metal side of things I'm enjoying old Forest. Too bad they ended up just sounding like Absurd, because Foredooming The Hope For Eternity is an amazing example of my favourite style. Standout tracks are "The Bolverk Spirit" and "To These Distant Eyes...", but the whole album is solid.
My life is too complicated and I'm drinking too much again.
Some re-mixes I did. Not much output this year, but here's 2007-2008 in one archive. See this post for some description that won't help and individual Rapidshare links.
Be seeing you.
