New episode of Synthentral is now online!
Today’s episode features music by SEADRAKE, Sector-Hate, Neuroactive, Julien-K, Signal Aout 42, Cynical Existence, Accessory, Zedna, Trevor Something, Belanova, Marina Siertis, Blue Birds Refuse To Fly, Fantasy Mirrors, Loomec, Lakeside X, Dive, Blue October UK, ALTWAVE, reADJUST, The Whip, Necro Facility, Subimage, LARVA, Days Of Fate, Apollo Zapp, KieTheVez, and John Foxx
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New episode of Synthentral is now online!
Today’s episode features music by Plike, Animal Bodies, Syntec, Kindest Cuts, Soulimage, Candy Flip, Lucid Dementia, Cosmicity, Les Berrtas, Red Storm, The Sweetest Condition, Another Green World, Negative Format, Signal Aout 42, Necro Facility, Sally Dige, Brigade Werther, U-Tek, Torul, Second Decay, Massiv In Mensch, Brave New World, Anodic8, Zanias, Austerity Complex, Neon Lines, Human Decay, and Miss Construction
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I’m in love with No Man’s Sky. If you’re an avid action game player, this game may not be for you. Don’t get me wrong, I love my action games, but I also like games that allow unlimited exploring. NMS is massive in scale when it comes to exploring. Hello Games said that even after everyone’s done playing it years down the road, 99% of all star systems will still be undiscovered. That’s some serious scope. It also means I’m dedicated to finding as many star systems as I can, even going “off mission” to do it!
There is action (just not mission-to-mission driven action like in most games). On some planets the Sentinals will attack you on sight. On others you can choose to attach them if you’re really desperate for some action. There are predators on some planets that will attack you if you’re not careful. And space pirates! You gotta defend yourself against them. You can also choose to defend freighters being attacked by space pirates when they put out a distress call (this increases your standing with that alien species).
The game isn’t perfect. I’d change a few things if I could. Primarily, I’d change the space scanner so that it identifies major resources and planet conditions from orbit. The space scanner only detects “anomalies” and sometimes a single building in a star system (your suit scanner (if installed) is more powerful than the one in your spaceship). It’s kinda useless in that sense.
I’d also change the dog fighting. Most of the ships you can salvage from crash sites or buy at space stations/land ports have super slow maneuverability and by the time you turn around to fire at the oncoming ship, they’re right on top of you, firing beams and cannons and you’re taking pretty heavy damage. You constantly have to repair your shields (if you don’t get killed while trying to repair it, as the repair screen is not a pause screen). So make sure you keep plenty of ingredients on board in a storage slot just for shield repairs.
And did you notice the synth soundtrack? Oh yeah!
So in honor of No Man’s Sky, here’s a bunch of music about, well, the sky!
ARTIST: Glis
SONG: Blue Sky Night
ALBUM: Alfa Matrix – Matrix Downloaded 004
YEAR: 2015
ARTIST: The Presets
SONG: A New Sky
ALBUM: Apocalypso
YEAR: 2008
ARTIST: The Dust of Basement
SONG: In This Sky
ALBUM: Awakening The Oceans (Deluxe Edition)
YEAR: 2004
ARTIST: Rhea’s Obsession
SONG: Between Earth And Sky
ALBUM: Between Earth And Sky
YEAR: 2000
ARTIST: Necro Facility
SONG: Painted Sky
ALBUM: The Black Paintings
YEAR: 2005
ARTIST: CHVRCHES
SONG: Night Sky
ALBUM: Bones Of What You Believe, The (Deluxe Edition)
YEAR: 2013
ARTIST: Book of Love
SONG: Yellow Sky
ALBUM: Book of Love
YEAR: 1986
ARTIST: Killing Joke
SONG: A Southern Sky
ALBUM: Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
YEAR: 1986
ARTIST: The Human League
SONG: Sky
ALBUM: Credo
YEAR: 2011
ARTIST: Psyche
SONG: Skywalking
ALBUM: Daydream Avenue
YEAR: 1991
ARTIST: Information Society
SONG: The Sky Away
ALBUM: Don’t Be Afraid
YEAR: 1997
ARTIST: Covenant
SONG: Liquid Sky
ALBUM: Europa
YEAR: 1998
ARTIST: Mental Discipline
SONG: Multilight Sky
ALBUM: Fallen Stars (CD Single)
YEAR: 2011
ARTIST: Distant Project
SONG: Flower in the Sky
ALBUM: Flower in the Sky EP
YEAR: 2009
ARTIST: Twice a Man
SONG: Chiba Sky
ALBUM: Fungus & Sponge (A Dreamlike Exspansion In The Audiofield)
YEAR: 1993
ARTIST: Martyn Bailey
SONG: Red Sky Supernova
ALBUM: Gravity Zero
YEAR: 2013
ARTIST: Days of Fate
SONG: Open Sky
ALBUM: Home-Made Cake Of The Day (Deluxe Edition)
YEAR: 2003
ARTIST: Syrian
SONG: The Night Sky
ALBUM: Kosmonauta (Limited Edition)
YEAR: 2005
I have almost 35,000 MP3’s in my collection and that collection grows by hundreds each week. The majority of my music is Futurepop, EBM, Industrial, Industrial Dance, New Wave, Goth, Punk, Electroclash, Electronica, Darkwave, Shoegaze, and Synthpop (loving the Synthpop Revival going on right now). I even have a bit of EDM and Techno mixed in there as well as some Alternative (mostly old-school alternative back when it was actually alternative and not mainstream. Now that Alternative is mainstream, shouldn’t we call it something else?)
One thing I started doing on Facebook was posting what my MediaMonkey is playing on shuffle. I did this to start introducing people to new music and new bands. The bands out there need fans to help them make money and to spread their amazing music. Not everyone will be a fan of the music I listen to. It’s not Top 40 trendy stuff. You won’t hear it on KISS FM. You may not even hear it on KROQ.
I support the bands and go to the concerts any time they’re in my area. Most of the bands I listen to care about their fans and will actually comment and reply when you post on their page or mention their band in a post. Half the times I post a band’s song, the band likes my post. I’ve even become friends with band members by supporting their bands and going to their shows. When is the last time Janet Jackson or Kanye West liked your post or commented on it? When’s the last time a Top 40 band mentioned you by name on a Facebook post?
So anyway, I’ve decided that I’m going to post my shuffles here as well with links to YouTube videos of the songs I’ve played. Give them a listen: to both the older and newer bands. Discover bands you haven’t heard of before and support them by buying their CDs and music (especially if you can buy it from their web page or bandcamp instead of through a label). Go to their shows when they come to your town. Find the scene in your town and join up! Make sure you get in on bandsintown and songkick to keep up with the bands you like and get notified when they come into town.
With that said, here is the first shuffle I did from 2/4. It was a small one that got me interested in doing this.
ARTIST: Magic Sword
SONG: Sword of Truth
ALBUM: Magic Sword
YEAR: 2013
ARTIST: Siouxsie & the Banshees
SONG: Spellbound
ALBUM: Juju
YEAR: 1981
ARTIST: Backlash
SONG: Blind
ALBUM: Impetus
YEAR: 2001
Here’s the shuffle from 2/7. Getting likes and comments, so keeping it up and doing more of them.
ARTIST: Title
SONG: Wednesday
ALBUM: Moonfly
YEAR: 2004
ARTIST: Harmjoy
SONG: My Tears Fall
ALBUM: Silver Lining Of The Mushroom Cloud
YEAR: 2014
ARTIST: Accessory
SONG: Keen Girl
ALBUM: Underbeat
YEAR: 2011
ARTIST: Jullan
SONG: Love Somebody
ALBUM: Pulse
YEAR: 1985
ARTIST: Black Heaven
SONG: MMVII
ALBUM: Negativ
YEAR: 2008
ARTIST: Shiv-r
SONG: Pharmaceutical Grade (Skyla Vertex Remix)
ALBUM: Shadow Between Worlds
YEAR: 2013
ARTIST: Moon.74
SONG: Moonlanding
ALBUM: Newborn
YEAR: 2010
ARTIST: B!Machine
SONG: Two Paths
ALBUM: Hybrid
YEAR: 2001
ARTIST: Camouflage
SONG: I Can’t Feel You
ALBUM: Sensor
YEAR: 2003
ARTIST: 32Crash
SONG: Propaganda
ALBUM: Weird News From An Uncertain Future
YEAR: 2007
ARTIST: Halo Effect
SONG: Their G.O.D. (A.D.A.C. 8286 Remix)
ALBUM: Their G.O.D. (Remixes Single)
YEAR: 2009
ARTIST: The Dead Milkmen
SONG: I Tripped Over The Ottoman
ALBUM: Metaphysical Graffiti
YEAR: 1993
ARTIST: Decoded Feedback
SONG: Corrosion
ALBUM: Technophoby
YEAR: 1997
ARTIST: Raindancer
SONG: Wings of Ecstasy
ALBUM: Response
YEAR: 2007
ARTIST: Funker Vogt
SONG: Reject
ALBUM: Navigator
YEAR: 2005
ARTIST: Hidden Place
SONG: United
ALBUM: Fantasia Meccanica
YEAR: 2007
ARTIST: Celebrate the Nun
SONG: Patience
ALBUM: Continuous
YEAR: 1991
ARTIST: EMF
SONG: Long Summer Days
ALBUM: Schubert Dip
YEAR: 1991
ARTIST: Depeche Mode
SONG: Oberkorn (It’s a Small Town)
ALBUM: The Meaning of Love (CD Single)
YEAR: 1982
ARTIST: The Jesus & Mary Chain
SONG: Some Candy Talking
ALBUM: The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides And Rarities
YEAR: 2008 (Remastered Release)
ARTIST: Necro Facility
SONG: Ignite
ALBUM: Wintermute
YEAR: 2011
ARTIST: Ambra Red
SONG: We Real Cool
ALBUM: Electronic Creations For Special People
YEAR: 2010
ARTIST: Panic Lift
SONG: Shelter
ALBUM: Witness To Our Collapse
YEAR: 2008
ARTIST: Xenturion Prime
SONG: Vermilion
ALBUM: Mecha Rising
YEAR: 2014
ARTIST: The Farm
SONG: Sweet Inspiration
ALBUM: Spartacus
YEAR: 1991
ARTIST: Dpoint
SONG: Jesus Time
ALBUM: Dpoint
YEAR: 2012
ARTIST: The Charlatans UK
SONG: Only One I Know
ALBUM: Some Friendly
YEAR: 1990
ARTIST: Midnight Oil
SONG: Outside World
ALBUM: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
YEAR: 1982
ARTIST: Nebula-H
SONG: Andalusion
ALBUM: H2O
YEAR: 2004
ARTIST: The Ocean Blue
SONG: Between Something and Nothing
ALBUM: Ocean Blue
YEAR: 1989
ARTIST: The Crystalline Effect
SONG: Primitive Line
ALBUM: Glass
YEAR: 2005
ARTIST: Moenia
SONG: Me Equivoque
ALBUM: Solar
YEAR: 2006
ARTIST: Flesh Field
SONG: Conquer Me
ALBUM: Belief Control
YEAR: 2001
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