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Well, I don't hate it at all, but I don't like that charts work with scrobblings instead of time. For example, it's impossible that the first albums of Mike Oldfield are in high positions. They just have 2 tracks and The Songs of Distant Earth have 17 ones. It isn't fair, in my opinion...

New Creative Commons release from a two man project of me and Arttu Kataja (project is called Axial Ensemble)

Textures @ Jamendo.com

Hope you enjoy it! Drifting ambient soundscapes produced by synchronized Ableton Lives and real time mixing / composing.

Tags: Axial Ensemble Textures

Influences include: Brian Eno, Enigma, Mike Oldfield, Jon Hopkins, Jonn Serrie, Kitaro and Vangelis

Muß mal wieder sein ;-)

1. Opening Title:
Slowdive - All Of Us

2. Waking Up:
Antony & The Johnsons - Today I'm A Boy

3. First Day At School:
Dead Can Dance - How Fortunate The Man With None

4. Falling In Love:
Nocturnal Emissions - We Are Everywhere

5. Fight Song:
The Eternal Afflict - Sacred War Machine

6. Prom:
Hekate - Life Unlimited

7. Life's Okay:
Portishead - Over

8. Mental Breakdown:
Psyche - Sanctuary (Arcade Mix)

9. Driving:
U2 - A Man & A Woman

10. Flashback:
All Gone Dead - Drink Tim Hortons Coffee...Or Die!

11. Getting Back Together:
v. sor x - Authors 2

12. Wedding:
1919 - Can This Be Real

13. Birth Of A Child:
Didi & die Herzschrittmacher - Modern

14. Final Battle:
Project Pitchfork - Teardrop

15. Death Scene:
Massive Attack - Man Next Door

16. Funeral Song:
The Doors - Moonlight Drive

17. End Credits:
Mike Oldfield - To France

Free System Projekt - это один из лучших новых электронных музыкальных коллективов, играющих в духе ранних Tangerine Dream ("Phaedra" эпохи).

Биография

Первоначально Free System Projekt был соло-проектом Марселя Энгельса (Marcel Engels).
Его первые альбомы, особенно "Pointless Reminder" - мелодичная версия berlin school of Electronic Music.

Начиная с альбомома "Atmospheric Conditions from 2002", группа "Free System Projekt" или "FSP" это трио, в которое помимо самого Marcel Engels ещё вошли играющие на секвенсорах: Руд Хей (Ruud Heij) - также известный по Patcwork, и Франк ван дер Вельт (Frank van der Welt). Трио продолжило играть в лучьших традициях электронной музыки от Tangerine Dream. В их последних альбомах заметны следы влияния классических мелодий Tangerine Dream: фантастическая атмосфера синквесторных и мелотроновых звуков и струнных эффектов. Наряду с английским проектом Red Shift и Radio Massacre International, Free System Projekt являются лучшими наследниками Tangerine Dream.

(написано Paul Rijkens, обозревателем электронного издания журнала Music Magazine Edition)



Marcel Engels о себе:
"Это было приблизительно в 1980 году (в возрасте до 7 лет), когда я услышал записи Jean Michel Jarre и Tomita. Мне очень понравились эти мелодии и звуки, хотя я не имел понятия, кто они и как они сделали такую музыку. Когда мне было 14 лет я купил свою первую клавиатуру. Это была маленькая клавиатура Yamaha, и я был очень счастлив этим. Позднее приобрел более совершеную клавишную установку и синтезатор. А теперь у меня дома обустроенна студия, где я могу экспериментировать со звуком и записывать то, что я хочу. Mike Oldfield называет мою студию "Комната возможностей"".

Marcel Engels о своей музыке:
"Трудно расказывать про свою музыку, попытаюсь попробовать. Я использую смесь аналоговых и цифровых синтезаторов, и у тех и у других есть свои преимущества и недостатки. Я всегда стараюсь сделать такую атмосферу, которую можно часто слышать в электронной музыке 70-х и начала 80-х, у таких команд и композиторов, как Tangerine Dream, Neuronium, Jarre и Schulze.
Также на моё творчество заметное влияние оказывает музыка Pink Floyd, Camel, Pulsar, Ozric Tentacles, Orbital and The Future Sound of London и многих других исполнителей.

Marcel Engels о своих инструментах:
Я в основном в создании музыки использую клавишные и набор синтезаторов.
Arrick Synthesizers.com - модульный синтезатор,
Access Virus - имитатор аналоговых синтезаторов,
Yamaha A3000 128MB/2.1HD - сэмплер,
Kawai K4 - цифровой синтезатор,
Eminent Solina String Ensemble,
Korg Polysix 6voice - мидийный аналоговый синтезатор,
Kawai 100f - Монофонический аналоговый синтезатор,
Alesis SR 16 драм-машина.

Рекомендации:
"Okefenokee Dreams" (с Adrian Brewer - клавишные).

Дискография:
No Picture Time (1995)
Impulse (1996)
Movements (1997)
Substance (1997)
Gold-tri: Volume 1 (1998)
Gold-tri: Volume 2 (1998)
Pointless Reminder Complete album (1999)
Okefenokee Dreams (2000)
E-Live '00 (2000)
Okefenokee Dreams (2001)
Beyond Me (2001)
Hampshire Jam (2001)
Preserved (2001)
Atmospheric Conditions Complete Album Quantum Records (2002)
Mojave 2003 Various tracks (2004)
Passenger 4 (2004)
Protoavis (2004)
Impulse (2005)
Moyland (2005)
Gent (2007)
British Aisles (2008)
Narrow Lane (2008)

Free System Projekt official website

berlin school

Opening Credits
X-Perience - I Don't Care

Waking Up
Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply

First Day At School
Bertine Zetlitz - Fake Your Beauty

Falling In Love
De/Vision - What You Deserve

Losing Virginity
No Angels - Too Old

Fight Song
Jewel - Intuition (Ford's Radio Mix)

Breaking Up
The Hoosiers - Run Rabbit Run

Prom
Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly - Family Man

Life
P!nk - So What

Mental Breakdown
Papa Roach - Take Me

Driving
De/Vision - Dinner Without Grace '98

Depression
Kosheen - Blue Eyed Boy

Partying
Apoptygma Berzerk - Mourn (APB remix)

Happy dance
Sarah Brightman - Snow on the Sahara

Betrayal
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Lover

Regretting
Kelly Clarkson - Never Again

Long night alone
Timbaland, Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger - Scream

Flashback
X-Perience & Joachim Witt - The Meaning of Life

Getting Back Together
Apoptygma Berzerk - Deep Red

Wedding
Jem - Just a Ride

Birth of Child
Cascada - Ready for Love

Final Battle
a-ha - There's a Reason for It

Death Scene
Enya - Eclipse

Funeral Song
MIA. - Mein Freund

End Credits
Roxette - It Hurts

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Here's how you do it:
1 > Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2 > Put it on shuffle
3 > Press play
4 > For every question, type the song that's playing
5 > When you go to a new question, press the next button
6 > No cheating!

Here I am, once again. Today my profile turns 3 years old. It's been a decently big year for listening. I reached the big 50,000 tracks played, which was exciting. I finally got my songs per day average to 50, after it hovering in the 40s for a long time. Of course, then it dropped drastically over the summer when I didn't listen to much of anything. But now I'm going big again. So, let's see where my charts are.

They Might Be Giants 3,673
The Beatles 3,441
Mike Oldfield 1,843
Gorillaz 1,772
Fountains of Wayne 1,356
Queen 1,206
Dong Bang Shin Ki 1,107
The Alan Parsons Project 1,062
The Killers 1,003
Michelle Branch 982
Vanessa Carlton 883
Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi 832
Simon & Garfunkel 826
Coldplay 782
Paul McCartney 778
Beck 773
KT Tunstall 773
The Presidents of the United States of America 762
Blur 727
Gabriel Mann 681
The Beach Boys 656
Elton John 650
Geri X 645
"Weird Al" Yankovic 629
Donovan 614
Billy Joel 538
tvxq 530
John Williams 460
The Rocket Summer 434
The Offspring 433
Daft Punk 428
Sean Lennon 416
The Cranberries 395
Michael Jackson 385
Scissor Sisters 355
Mannheim Steamroller 349
The Brian Setzer Orchestra 338
Imogen Heap 320
John Linnell 305
Mono Puff 287
Koji Kondo 277
Koji Kondo, Yoshiko Kawamoto 272
Creedence Clearwater Revival 268
Herman's Hermits 250
Bow Wow Wow 245
Cirque du Soleil 242
super smash bros. brawl 239
The B-52's 238
Paul McCartney & Wings 238
O-Zone 236

So, there you have them. My charts as of today, though more music is playing on my iPod right now, which will undoubtedly cause this to be out of date by the time I publish it. So, who was big this year? Who's on the rise, who's falling, and who stayed the same?

Well, first off, TMBG asserted their place as first quite dominantly, as opposed to when they and The Beatles were neck and neck. The Beatles still got 1,000+ plays though, so they were not neglected. Gorillaz also had another solid year. Fountains of Wayne had a big year, and rose up a few spots, not a small feat for someone in the top 10 of my charts. Queen moved up as well.

The two biggest new additions are The Offspring and Daft Punk. While they were both in my charts a year ago, their presence was negligible. Now, they both have 400+ plays. Both are amazing. Daft Punk's Discovery is my album of the year, without a doubt.

PUSA also moved up a good bit, and deservedly so, as they were not receiving enough attention in the past from me. The Beach Boys and Billy Joel also made some moves. Nice

Bow Wow Wow rocketed up, since I finally listened to the music of theirs I had besides I Want Candy, and realized I liked it. Yay. Also, a welcome to the B-52's, who are fun times.

So, who is making big moves outside of my top 50? Well, Owl City will probably be there soon enough. It seems I can't get enough of it. Also, Yui is fun. Nice mellow j-pop-rock is fun. Men At Work and Colin Hay are looking at making their moves into the charts soon. Oh, also Susumu Hirasawa, with the soundtrack to Paprika, has made his presence felt. No doubt about it, some of these artists will be in my charts next year. O-Zone is on the way out, as is the SSB:Brawl soundtrack. Herman's Hermits just doesn't have what it takes to really compete with any real competition either, given the small number of their songs I have. But only time will tell.

That's it for now. My charts are pretty nice. They've settled somewhat into what they'll sort of look like for the predictable future. The top 10 won't change too much, the next 20 may shift around, but will have most of the same members. But things aren't so defined that they can't move at all, and that's why watching the charts is still fun. I'll see you in a year!