I had a chance to speak with Jami, Revolution Boi, about the current releases in mixes/sets and how he has been cheated out of gigs by DJ’s who bring laptops to the party and use Acid Pro to please a crowd. Well, his latest CD, Nagisa, is a prime example of how live sets are and how they have always been done, live.

It looks like everyone has been trying to put out sets but they are all just failed attempts to bring something new to the table save a couple of albums. Tired of seeing all of the Hardstyle sets, hint hint, Revolution Boi decided to take another route in trying to introduce a more eclectic sound and Nagisa is one of them. The tracklisting is phenomenal and who doesn’t appreciate a little Cyber-Trance here and there?

After listening the first track after the Intro, it brought me back to when I first heard Cyber-Trance which was Ayumi Hamasaki’s Ayu-Trance. A few years ago while chatting with him on the Hypnotika Forums, I remember him telling me why he chose the alias, Revolution Boi, simply to revolutionize the sound of music - And Jami, you’re well on you’re way.

It’s been over a week since Scott Herren (Prefuse 73) released his latest album, Preparations, to the masses.

Even as a huge fan of his, I still found his latest album a let down - bar one or two songs such as: Beaten Thursdays and The Class of 73 Bells. It’s like his attitude to making music on his last two albums was shifted to “Throw enough shit at the fan and some will stick”. Since I can’t bear to watch the “car-accident” that is Preparations, I blindly reminisce on the good old days of Prefuse 73 with classic albums such as Surrounded By Silence and One Word Extinguisher.

My all time favourite song is, without a doubt, Perverted Undertone. This is a classic piece of Prefuse that always manages to relax me and tease me enough to follow the song up with more of his tracks.

If you’re “Prefuseless”, try listening to this song. I guarantee you’ll lap it up…

(Prefuse 73 In The Forums)

 

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I’ve been listening to this local band for awhile now, after stumbling on to them through a friend’s Myspace. Right when I heard their single To Breathe in an Undertow I was hooked. The song encompasses elements from Screamo to Post-Hardcore to Emo. Most screaming bands tend to scream a little too much but Lights of the Aurora does it just about right. A few months later, they added their second single, Et Cetera which gives you the same feel as their latter single. Check out their new album Carry the Astronaut in 2007. Until then, check out three of their songs on their Myspace, www.myspace.com/lightsoftheaurora, or their Pure Volume, www.purevolume.com/lightsoftheaurora.

 

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