No, I was watching youtube, playing fighting game and browsing lowyat.net.

In my recent post, I did mention a recording. Well, here’s the half-finished product. Imma the guitar player, Myclamyra on bass, Chiaki on drums.

Well, this one is nearly complete, just add vocalist and keyboard.

Inferiority doesn't make a loser.

Since the dawn of human kind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood has been spilled in the name of everything, from God to justice to simple, psychotic rage.

In the year 2077, after millennia of armed conflict, the destructive nature of man could sustain itself no longer. The world was plunged into an abyss of flatten lands to valleys and mountains. But it was not, as some had predicted, the end of the world. Instead, the apocalypse was simply the prologue to another bloody chapter of human history. For man had succeeded in finding the best breast size – but war, war never changes. (more…)

One month packed with ear-piercing goodness I can say. Tiring indeed but it’s worth the calories.

MUSIC CARNIVAL 123, sponsored by DoReMi

I missed the first day due to some recording errands. Attended 2nd day to watch the finalist. Well, for once, I got to see a variety of music played on stage, e.g. from alternative to power metal. Though one thing I dislike from watching the battle of the bands thingy, the music are fun to play, but NOT fun to hear, get what i mean? Crazy solos and riff just drown the sentimental value of the songs. Thankfully they got some expert sound system manager, or it’ll be loud piercing god knows what permanent damage it might bring. First place goes to a malay classic rock band(awesome band had a good singer and twin guiter solo), second place was an alternative/post-hardcore band(technical playing?), i missed out the third place performance but think that they’re doing classic malay rock songs. There’s this one band that peforms Malmsteen’s song-Rising Force, sadly they lost because it was not an enjoyable song and the vocalist did poorly on most part. Thumbs up for the guitarist though, he did won the best guitarist award.

It's rockapak.org, now where's lowyat.net?

Warning: This isn’t your stereotypical hardcore/alternative gig. This time, it’s crazy solo and riff everywhere, causing permanent damage to my brain that i can’t remember what happened on the day anymore. I can say, I can’t recognize about 99.9% of the song played, must be originals/a really hardcore rock oldies. One band catches my eyes due to the fact, that their guitarist having a heavy resemblance to Bayonetta while carrying probably a LTD V model. Funny thing that she survive by using one single BOSS DS-1 pedal. Another thing that pique my interest is that the band vocalist is a drummer, add a female tag to that please. Unique indeed.

Other than that, probably my guitar practice and recording. Well, didn’t have recording experience before, but I do hope it’ll improve as time goes by.

The nurse had a point, don't you think so?

Again, my bandwidth is uncapped, time to resume my half-assed blog works. Hopefully 20GBs will last for a week.

Habanero-tan

Collecting figures and model kits was considered a very expensive hobby. At some point, one question popped out, “Why do you waste money on this PVC? For love? For hate? For power? For allegiance? For revenge? For dream? For justice? For sin?”. It all depends on a person POV. Here’s a gallery to convey another POV of these PVC model. WARNING! NSFW and bandwidth eating inbound (more…)

The Works 4.0

「THE WORKS 4.0 ～志倉千代丸楽曲集～」 is a compilation of anime and game songs composed by Chiyomaru Shikura(志倉千代丸).　He had composed various songs for Ayane, Kanako Ito, Mio Isayama, Imai Asami, ERISA, Kicco, Sakura Nogawa, fripSide, Nana Mizuki Ui Miyazaki and many others. To be used as anime/game theme.

1. F.D.D. ／いとうかなこ(TV anime “Chaos Head” OP song)
2. PARTY PLAY／野川さくら (TV Anime “Arad Senki~Slap Up Party~” OP song)
3. 鵬翼のプロフェシア／ELISA
4. ARCHIVE LOVERS／彩音
5. 光の空のクオリア／Cyua(from BETTA FLASH)(DS game “Volume 3 in no Naku Koro ni Kizuna” Theme Song)
6. プレイス・オブ・ピリオド／諫山実生(DS game “Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna” theme Volume II)
7. ジュリエット／水樹奈々
8. The fine every day／Kicco(TV Anime “Tayutama-Kiss on my Deity-” ED song)
9. Fig／村田あゆみ
10. its a fine day／今井麻美(PSP game “Ever17-the out of infinity-” OP song)
11. 罪過に契約の血を／ファンタズム（FES cv.榊原ゆい）(PC game “CHAOS; HEAD” insert song)
12. graceful way／Kicco(PS2 game “ARIA The ORIGINATION ~ Aoi ~ Wakusei no El Cielo” theme song)
13. GRAVITY ERROR／彩音(PS2 game “Trigger Heart Exelica Enhanced” Theme Song)
14. 蒼黒のスピカ／Veｌforest.(PS2 game “Myself; Yourself Sorezoreno finale” OP song) S
15. Everlasting Sky／彩音(PS2 game “Que ~ Fairy of the Ancient Leaf ~” ED song)

The Works 5.0

「THE WORKS 5.0 ～志倉千代丸楽曲集～」

1. 追想のディスペア／いとうかなこ(DS software “the first volume Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna” Theme Song)
2. 磔のミサ／ファンタズム（FES cv.榊原ゆい）(TV Anime “CHAOS; HEAD” insert song)
3. flower of bravery／fripSide(TV Anime “Koihime † Musou” OP song)
4. その先にある、誰かの笑顔の為に／彩音(PSP Game “Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Portable” Theme Song)
5. 宇宙のステンシル／宮崎羽衣(PSP game “Remember11- the age of infinity-” OP song)
6. 漆黒の祭壇／Veｌforest.(DS game “Volume 3 in no Naku Koro ni Kizuna” ED song)
7. 遥かなる時空の旅人／日高里菜(DS soft “「ITEM GETTER」~僕らの科学と魔法の関係 ~ ED song)
8. 情熱のウォブル／Kicco(PC game “Tayutama-It ’s happy days-” OP song)
9. 花ノ咲ク星／諫山実生(PS2 game “ARIA The ORIGINATION ~ Aoi Wakusei no El Cielo ~” ED song)
10. プリミディア／彩音(PS2 software “Memories Off6 ~ T-wave ~” OP song)
11. 星のキャンバス／野川さくら
12. 瞬間スプライン／Kicco(PC game “Tayutama-kiss on my deity-” OP song)
13. Triangle Wave／村田あゆみ(PS2 game “Memories Off6 ~ T-wave ~” OP song)
14. fake me／いとうかなこ(Xbox360 game “CHAOS; HEAD NOAH” OP song)
15. Brilliant Star／水樹奈々

Gekijouban Macross F -Itsuwari no Utahime- ED & Insert Songs Album - CM Ranka

My iTunes library just hit 7000+ song yesterday, so it was a cool story. Started out with 700 songs in 2006, 4 years of collecting, hope my HDD wont die on me until I get a replacement. Long story short, here’s a review of what I’ve been listening to in 2010. Above is the album for Macross F the movie “Itsuwari no Utahime”. Contains insert songs such as ‘ダイナム超合金’, ‘ファミリーマート・コスモス’, ‘恋のドッグファイト (ちょっとだけ)’, and not to forget ‘ニンジーン Loves you yeah!’. While movie is fukken where, the ending song ‘そうだよ’ is included in this album. Reminds me of Dark Steno Ranka which is not finished yet. (more…)

BLAZBLUE SONG ACCORD #1 with CONTINUUM SHIFT

My second post which got something to do with Daisuke Ishiwatari, my all time favourite composer. The new album BLAZBLUE SONG ACCORD #1 with CONTINUUM SHIFT deliver vocal tracks from Blazblue Seiyuus and his intricate guitar and orchestral metal arrangements. Seems like his works are going towards orchestral metal rather than guitar solos back in Guilty Gear days. FYI on Blazblue, he only composed the soundtrack and not the char design whatsoever. Notice the bright and colourful character which differs from his metal oriented style. Maybe it’s time to let Guilty Gear rest in peace.

Track listing, old tracks now available in vocal ver.

1st track, Continuum Shift. Mixture of metal guitar solo with harpsichord. Not much of an impact but I’ll give 4 out of 10 stars for guitar solo complexity.

2nd track, 「強風 」.. Shishigami Bang vocal song track. Performed by Koyama Tsuyoshi. Not a Bang fan so I’ll just let this one slip.

3rd track, 「Condemnation Wings ~Cry Camellia…~ 」. Started with harpsichord solo with, a track for the new character Tsubaki Yayoi( Asami Imai ).

4th track, 「Oriental Flower ~ 花となれ~ 」. Chinese styled track for Litchi, performed by her seiyuu Takahashi Chiaki.

5th track, 「Queen of Rose ~ 真紅の傍観者~ 」. Rachel HHNNGGGGR RRHHHHH!!! Okay, performed by Kana Ueda. Kinda melodic and feels like a ballad, oh yeah, kinda Ali Project too. Vampire loli, what kinda music do you want to pluck into her? Guitar solo was short but awesome, 7 stars out of 10 for that.

6th track, Gluttony Fang. Daisuke’s original piece. Heavy metal oriented, with piano/keyboard solos. Guitar solos are played during the chorus, doesn’t feel much impact.

7th track, Condemnation Wings. Guitar solo version.

8th track, Nightmare Fiction. Sounds something like A7X’s Unholy Confessional in the beginning, then move onto guitar solo enriched with harmonic.

9th track, Memory of Tears. Started out slowly, then there comes the mellow guitar solo that’s so heart melting. Probably the best guitar solo/track in the album.

10th track, Endless Despair. High tempo song with crazy drum bashing.Fast but unclear solo in the middle. Probably final boss fight?

11th track, Rubble Song. From the first time hearing it, I can tell that it’s surely a credits roll song. The feeling of “everything has ended” is clearly expressed.

12 track, 「Stardust memory ~ 約束の場所~ 」. Sung by Kondou Kanako, seiyuu for Noel Vermillion.  a Game Over track from the previous Blazblue. Probably my choice of vocal track, not that good but enough to keep me in tune.

Song Accord #1 already covers like 25% of the original Blazblue track, added with tracks from Continuum Shift. So there’s going to be #2 with Tomokazu Sugita singing?

The year of riding Taiga, lucky dragon.

Year of the Taiga had come, HHNNNNGGGGGRRRHHHH!!! Though I rarely watch anime now, but a certain anime, you can just let it slip past your bandwidth. This year seems to promise me my favourite series movies and OVA. (more…)

Man, it's always Sol Badguy isn't it?

A trip to a bookstore somehow feels like a trip to a toy shop, I must be getting old. The story is I went to KLCC a few days back and browse thru kewl weaboo books. Too bad stuffs aren’t as cheap as KFC’s Set A. First bookshelf that I raped is the japanese music section. Among the cool stuff are Macross F complete score book, Final Fantasy guitar arrange and series of Jigoku guitar technique lesson. Though the score doesn’t really catch my eyes since their not on my loot item list. Proceeding to the artbook section, the felt of guilt struck me as I saw the books that I illegally downloaded. Though, most of the artbooks are copy pasta of the respective artist previous works so it’s important to know what’s inside since it’s a hundred bucks on the line. There’s lots of books I kinda drooled on but I want to highlight this book here Artworks of Guilty Gear X 2000-2007. (more…)