音楽

listening to: Final Fantasy Advent Children Original Soundtrack Disc One
mood: sooooo sad

I have to warn you! All of you out there who love FF AC, cuz this soundtrack will make you cry the second you listen to it. I loved the music already, when I was watching the movie, but now listening to the music only and having my own thoughts running through my brains those songs are just to die for beautifully arranged and skillfully played. Very nice and powerful compositions, that make shivers running down your spine. The perfect CD for dreaming and creating mind movies of a special depressing kind. Now you might wonder why one would like to do that, but I am one of those who create their own world in mind and that world is not at all a happy one, cuz I'm way to realistic for that. All the tragedy that makes people like me cry when watching FF AC makes me cry when I listen to those songs.
"The Promised Land" just kills you with it's tragedy. It made me spontaneously cry. "Tifa no Teemu" (Tifa's Theme) is a very nice and light Piano piece...not very difficult, but just nice. The composer obviously wasn't Chopin, but he was good enough to put some emotions into his work. But there are more skilled piano pieces on there (^_^) Some that actually use really good techniques.
"Black Water" is a bit dull in (at?) the beginning. But it's quite powerful and I like it. That's all that matters (^_^) Of course I like "Battle in the forgotten City" and "Violator" because those are just a cool songs.
I love the nerve wracking piano tunes that are used to make you slightly uneasy and alert as if something will happen any moment. Really good and it works on me (^_^) I also like the choir voices, not only cuz I used to sing in a choir for a couple of years! Which makes me love "Devinity I" and "Devinity II".
The soundtrack itself is a nice mixture of nicely composed half opera stuff, piano works and experimental guitar compositions. Don't forget that this a soundtrack, therefore there are a lot of songs on there that just ain't complete compositions but seem more to be fragments. If you don't mind that you will love this soundtrack.

Besides that...for those Kadaj and Cloud lovers out there...the cover is gonna make you drool and cry at the same time.

listening to: deadman | In The Direction Of Sunrise And Night Light
mood: still good

Track list:
1. Star Baby
2. rip roll soil
3. raison d'etre
4. when the saints go marching in
5. asthenia bullet stain
6. additional cause for sorrow
7. follow the night light
8. fragile sandy
9. dim quiet
10. grand ground
11. this day.this rain

extra:
follow the night light (DVD)

I have to say this album is great. It's a very melodic piece of art that just doesn't let me go anymore. I love the rhythm a lot and just really get into Mako's really nice voice. It is a lovely deep voice that at some times has a nice scratchy tone. Just love it (^_^)
If you are looking for a album to head bang a long this one isn't for you, but if you are looking for a solid piece of music, go for it (^_^)
The first three songs just caught my attention right away and I can't stop listening to them.
In "fragile sandy" uses a slightly whiny voice but still nice to listen, to.
The album might be a bit dull cuz it really is a very easy going one, but if you are just going for some easy listening that doesn't make you jump off the couch at some sequences you will love this album. I for sure do. I know I'm not a music critic and am for sure not qualified to give a professional review, but this site is about my likes and dislikes and not about analyzing everything to death (^_^)
It's a bit lalalala at some times, but hey, I never listened to a perfect album before in my life. It still is worth it's money!
It for sure makes me look forward to the live even more (^^)

So my dears, that's the first single by "The Trax" Yoshiki Hayashi's new project directly from Korea (^_^) I've already linked their official hompage in the link category. You can check out their latest PV for scorpio there (^_^) Good boys, they are smart and put it on their homepage, what a pleasure for foreign fans who aren't able to watch korean tv (^_^)
Okay, it's a 3 track single

1)Paradox
2)On the Road
3)Are you ready?

I've been talking about the Paradox track quite a lot already, but I can't stop. So it's a complete x-over track, nothing for those of you who are looking for the typical visual stuff, but those who like to taste somethin' new here you go. I will try to get a translation of this song by a Korean friend...maybe she will do it, I'll ask her. What I like most about this track ist the beginning, because it starts off like a typical pop song (I can't stand listening to) and then some really fat riffs blast through your speaker, neat effect (^_^) in the middle is a really cool riff part, too. I like the song a lot, because of the stopps before they get to the riff part and then back again. I really liked that (^_^) The refrain is really catchy and if you listen to it enough you can sing a long even though you don't have a fucking clue what you are singing about (^_^) Back to 14 *ggg*
The second song On the Road also starts quite poppy, but the riffs are soon to follow even though they aren't as fat as those in Paradox. The song gets slow really fast (strange sentence I know) but they kick in soon enough before you start to think: Hey...I din't by a Boa CD, where are my riffs???? Again some neat stopps which sometimes are placed quite unexpectively. Typhoon really has a nice voice (what's his real name again, since I really hate their nicknames for Trax *shudder*) I's nothing new, but they have a poppy theme which they repeat in a rocky way afterwards, but still it is a good song. At least I think so! And that's what's counting! (^_^)
Okay last but not least...there is Are you ready? I like the beginning with those sirenes and the rough and hard singing right from the beginning. It really has something mean to it, and boys you know how much I like that (^_^) But even though they try to be rough the put a harmonic singing part in the song, which caught me kind of by surprise. I like the quiet part near the ending of the song, too, but I like the ending of the the quiet part even more, some screaming, some riffs, some rap, a stop and then Typhoons (what's his fucking real name...pleaaaaaaaaaase) nice and rather clean voice. Really cool combo if you ask me.
That's it for the Paradox single.

The mini album (or however you'd like to call that)Scorpio is rather strange, I can't even remember the tacklist *sigh* and I'm too lazy to look it up.

1)Scorpio
2)Tears
3)???
4)???

Scorpio is a good song but I hate the beginning. You wonder why? Because Yoshiki made 2 major mistakes on this mini album. First some of you might remember the X-Japan stage entry woman's voice saying X with an echo on the live live live CD? They did the same thing with Trax! What is Yoshiki trying to do? Relive is youth? He shouldn't try that and for sure he shouldn't fuck up the boys from The Trax trying too hard. Well the rest of Scorpio is neat. There is the PV on the official homepage so take a look when having the time (^_^) They have a new look. I liked Attacks old look better than the new one. He looked hotter with the straight hair. I swear.
Then the second song is the scond mistake on this mini album. They covered tears. It wouldn't be so bad if you didn't know the original by X-Japan. If you are used to Tochis voice singing this song with extremly much emotion going along with it you can't like Typhoons voice singing this song. At least for me it is not possible. And no, they don't sing it in Korean, they sing it in Japanese.
The last two songs are quite cool. There is a slower song which is also in Japanese which is kind of a lovesong and a bit slower, as far as I understood the stuff he was singing, and you guys know how bad my Japanese is, so please don't rely on that. The other song is in Korean, and as faf as I remember it was quite cool, a bit faster more in the Parasdox (as single not the song) style. They should keep to that, seems that that's what they are best at.
So much for The Trax for today. I hope they release a full album soon!