Machinae Supremacy have released a video of their recent live show today (in case you're wondering: yes, they're releasing through TPB. I'm surprised their label allowed it.).

When I first started listening to them in ... 2004 I think it was (last.fm's timeline tool doesn't go that far back) I enjoyed their music a lot. It was a fun mix of happy metal and nostalgia inducing SID sounds that reminded me of all my favourite computer games I played as a kid (Gianna Sisters, Bubble Bobble etc).
Since then they've released several albums, evolving their music more and more away from those SID sounds, and more towards main stream metal.
And now I'm watching that show of theirs from earlier this year, and nostalgia strikes me again. This time the music doesn't remind me of those games I played as a child, but of the joy I felt when I used to listen to it several years ago.
What makes me a little sad is that they don't have a keyboarder on stage. It's two guitars, bass, and drums. Those nostalgia sounds, in those cases that they play these older songs at all, come from a tape. They're playback. Which to me suggests that "pure metal" is the direction they've decided to take, and to stick with.

Oh well. On a positive note, they're doing several of my all time favourites on that show: Gianna Sisters, Player One, Attack Music, Winterstorm. And though the SID stuff is coming from tape, at least you can hear it loud and clear. The mixing is just right.

[edit] Oh right, not a single JNG song, wtf?!

Tags: games, music
Current Location: Germany, Lübeck
Current Mood: nostalgic