梁靜茹 - 崇拜

You're all busy....too bad cause you can't stop me from sneaking in with a little surprise for that New Year's eve! ... My beloved Lian, the grand poppy mistress, has finally released a new album, it came out at the begining of last month, and i think it is great ... as usual!=D so mind you, when you write a comment!!lol more seriously though you may argue her style is quite the same, at least she has not lost an ounce of her wonderful voice...and she's still endowed with that magical power that carries me away! ^^ ... what's more surprising is that there is a track with some french in it ... and though there are just a few words, they are correctly pronounced ... which is an undeniable proof that she is the bestest!ah ah! =) well many warriors are bound to be disappointed with that one but at least their wives shall enjoy it! ...every cloud has a silver lining as we say! ;)

梁靜茹 - 崇拜
Genre: the best! but you can also call it C-pop!
Tracklist:
01 崇拜
02 C'est la vie
03 每天第一件事
04 会吸呼的痛
05 101
06 一秒的天堂
07 给未来的自己
08 知多少
09 生命中不可承受的轻
10 三吋日光
11 原来你也唱过我的歌 (粤语)

Enjoy a cuddly day!

Raging Speedhorn - We Will Be Dead Tomorrow

listen to that racket away in the woods! the benighted guys from Raging Speedhorn sure need some room to play their music!^^ angry riffers hovering between the power ozzing from true rock'n'roll spirit ... almost punk like... and the heavyness of metal .... add on top of that very cool and agressive vox in the line of hardcore singers ...that even turn into guttural death-like vox at times! ... it's like spitting hot blood in the face of your worst enemy ... and better twice than once ... cause there are two vocalists actually! ah ah! To cut it short, they have the attitude and energy of the Hellacopters, and the sound of that good old Godsend ... that is a 70's inspired, grainy, fat and chunky, low pitched guitar sound that seems to linger forever unless it is stopped or deflected into another massive and devastating powerchord! Ride with the devil?? oh yeah.. sure we will! on your bikes warriors! \m/

Raging Speedhorn - We Will Be Dead Tomorrow
Genre: Stoner Rock/Metal
01 The Hate Song
02 Scrapin' The Resin
03 Me And You Man
04 Scaramanga
05 Chronic Youth
06 Iron Cobra
07 Heartbreaker
08 Fuck The Voodooman
09 Spitting Blood
10 Welcome To Shitsville
11 Ride With The Devil

Piss off ...or you'll get bitten!

[Air Guitar Battle] Michael Orlando - Sonic Stomp 2006

N.Y.C has always been a breeding ground for incredible artists...Michael Orlando is one of them, a serious contestant for our Air Guitar Battle! Being a fan of Ron Thal/Bumblefoot i could not miss that one album since the great master appears on it ... and actually for the little story he is the one who told Micheal where to get the super axe he needed to fight...a Vigier! Besides their style are somehow echoing each other at times... Well, don't expect any bluesy feel with 1 note every three measures here (though it happens as well ...well more like 5 or 6! eh eh!!) ...indeed we're in another unscrutable quantic dimension where a million notes can be squeezed in a split second...and yet feel, like a giant big hole, will suck you in whatever you do to resist the attraction! ...finally, even if this guy is over technical ...cause that what he is!lol ...he sure knows how to use his skills not to bore you to death ... don't worry...everything runs smooth over here...you just need to get used to travel at twice the speed of light! =D

Michael Orlando - Sonic Stomp 2006
Genre: Instrumental
Tracklist:
01 Wheels In Motion
02 Sonic Stomp
03 Game Over
04 Jam On It
05 Horizons
06 Changes
07 Movement
08 Flex
09 Slam
10 Velvet Sky
11 A Moment In Time
12 Old School Boogie

Sliced in tiny dices!

The Destro - As The Coil Unwinds [2007]

Another cool band, coming from Texas...one thing that has always astouned me regarding them is the number of people that label this band "Death" or even "grindcore"...well, from my standards we are far from what i call that!lol ...i think i have finally found people that are worse than me at tagging a band! ah ah!... basically if you like stuff in the vein of pantera, that band should remain in your favorite for quite a while! =) the music is quite heavy and powerful with good riffs and quite a chunky sound, strongly reminiscent of the one illdisposed created for itself IMO! the massive production gives each songs all the agressivity it needs to make you feel like ripping everything down! ^^

The Destro - As The Coil Unwinds [2007]
Genre: Hardcore, Power metal
Tracklist:
01 Intro
02 Rivers Bottom
03 Beast Burden
04 Offering, The
05 Knife In Hand
06 As the Coil Unwinds
07 Bridges Will Burn
08 Structures Collapse
09 Stained Glass
10 Sever the Ties
11 Forever Embedded

When flaming lead fall from the sky!

Mystic Prophecy - Savage Souls (2006)

This one band, if you have not listened to it yet, should really please you (and as usual i hope it's no replay!)! a little and concise description about their music...when you'll open the pandora box, in a big flash of colourful light, an incredible combination will be cast into the air.... pounding riffs and great leads on the one hand, powerful drumming and cool vox on the other...and to top it all a blasting bass that rope all that up! believe me, these guys will make your head move like hell...so i hope you're no longer too dizzy from the previous war...or you neck might snap! ah ah! enjoy!

Mystic Prophecy - Savage Souls (2006)
Genre: Thrash Metal
Tracklist:
01 Shadow Beyond My Soul
02 Master Of Sins
03 Evil Empires
04 Savage Souls
05 In The Darkness
06 Deception Of Hate
07 Sins And Sorrows
08 Best Days Of My Life
09 Nightmares Of Demon
10 Victim Of Fate
11 Into The Fire

Fighting forever!

VA - Merry Axemas - A Guitar Christmas

Before X-mas is over in TW i must hurry to play that one!lol no big description needed, just very good axeman playing the famous x-mas tune. in order of appearance you have kenny wayne sheperd, eric johnson, jeff beck, the brian stezer orchestra, joe satriani, steve morse, steve vai, joe perry, alex lifeson, richie sambora and finally hotei! As you can see not the worst people they could find! i think it's cool to listen to how they revamped those songs in their manner...besides the title though it is appropriate for that period of the year, also befits any warriors..since not everyone call "axe" the same thing! ah ah! ...so hope you enjoy! ...and Merry Axe-Mas to you broz!

VA - Merry Axemas - A Guitar Christmas
Genre: Guitar!
Tracklist:
01 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
02 First Nowell
03 Amazing Grace
04 Jingle Bells
05 Silent Night/Holy Night Jam
06 Joy to the World
07 Christmas Time Is Here
08 Blue Christmas
09 Little Drummer Boy
10 Cantique de Noel (O' Holy Night)
11 Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Slashing santa's bag open! ^^

莫文蔚 - X

Yeah, i know, toxic war is already over! but indeed that last play triggered something else from HK (one titletrack in particular, "如果还有以后")...莫文蔚 may look like a poppy doll, well she's not! alright, alright ...but not that much even so! ^^ her style is rather ecclectic and i think you might like what she does...don't worry, it's not like the japanese childish pop i find funny for instance! she uses jungle rhythms very often but also sounds/loops that are to be found in Hip Hop or even keyboards reminiscent of Visual Kei!...and at times there are distorted guitars...actually each song has it's own style and what's great is that her voice adapts those changes! so she can sound either aggressive or very sweet, depending on the moment!...it is chiefly mainstream, but at least she proved she mastered all the different aspect of it! rock on!

莫文蔚 (Karen Mok) - X
Genre: pop, rock
Tracklist:
01 爱死你
02 看透
03 You Are So Beautiful
04 忽然东风
05 如果还有以后
06 黑雨
07 我明白他
08 腹语
09 清醒
10 双面

Tigress waiting to pounce!

Herbie Hancock - Future 2 Future 2001

As you'll hear it is not exactly like Krush but as i said i think their styles somewhat echo each other. H.H is mainly known for what he does in jazz but this one album, if it is still jazz, has nothing convetionnal in it! the music is done with samplers and turntable ...and a few keyboards of course! well, if you are acquainted with Herbie's sort of psychedelic style then you should feel comfortable in no time...i understand that perhaps some of his fan from the early fusion style period may be a little disappointed but to me H.H just shows with this record what a talented musician he is, no matter what he uses to make his music....if a bad workman blames his tool as we say, then not an instrument in this world need to fear him! ah ah! enjoy!

Herbie Hancock - Future 2 Future 2001
Genre: Jazzy, Electronic, Jungle
Tracklist:
01 Kebero
02 Wisdom
03 The Essence (featuring Chaka Khan)
04 This is Rob Swift
05 Black Gravity
06 Tony Williams
07 Be Still
08 Ionosphere
09 Kebero (part 2)
10 Alphabeta
11 Virtual Hornets

Open your Eyes and have a vision!

[TOXIC WAR] Element 1 - Uncivilized Music Compilation 1999

This will certainly be my last play in that war, as tomorrow i won't have time to play anything else before it is over! but indeed i have plenty to listen now so it's not a problem!lol So what about that last one? well, have you ever seen that movie called the terminator? Element 1 is a compilation that will bring you into kindda the same world... where human beings or natural sounds have utterly vanished...however music still exists...only it's been replaced by the rumble of machines, the clatter of hot steel being hammered, or... waves modulations! yep!....no water left, only a green glowing waste! ^^

Element 1 - Uncivilized Music Compilation 1999
Genre: Noise, Techno, Industrial
Tracklist:
01 Laurent Hô - Intro
04 Laurent Hô - Out Of Tempo
07 Cyanide - Boo
11 Elektroplasma - Failure
13 ADC - Magnetic Resonance
17 Somatic Responses - Photon Emission II
21 N Project - Android
25 Elektroplasma - Ekalyps
29 Somatic Responses - Agile Warriors
33 ADC - Sincroindustry
37 N Project - Ghost
43 Torgull - Resurrection
45 Elektroplasma - Urgences
51 Torgull - Labyrinth
61 Cyanide - Glyse
73 Pas Encore - Doing That Much
87 Ho.exe - Wavesick

After Man Was Eventually Discarded!

[TOXIC WAR] Laurent Hô - Syntetic 1997

Laurent Hô is perhaps already known to you...here is not very famous though many people from the techno movement in europe know who he is or have already heard about him. He is french and i used to listen to his stuff a lot when i was younger. His style is tekno but it is definitely different from that of most of the people making that kind of music...Laurent Hô doesn't rely that much on a pounding bass as he virtaully makes the machines dance or speak!lol he is certainly very intoxicating from that point of view as the work he does to get his own soundscape is really impressive....so if you like it industrial, then this is your man! have fun!

Laurent Hô - Syntetic 1997
Genre: Techno, Experimental
Tracklist:
01 CWKN
02 Stor
03 Pricol
04 Attrol
05 Thema
06 W Noise
07 Onobody
08 Verperk
09 Maidman
10 Tetrapak
11 Geometr
12 RS
13 DXF
14 Ernest Strangle
15 357 Kcal Part (1)
16 357 Kcal Part (2)
17 357 Kcal Part (3)
18 357 Kcal Part (4)
19 Pr P Steiner

Industrial Toxic Compound!

[TOXIC WAR] Blockhead - Downtown Science

Blockhead walks a fine path between many different styles...the rhythm is grounded in Hip Hop most of the time but as far as everything else is concerned, the musical scope used here is quite extended! going from R&B to rock, to electronic or even heavy metal riffs, then suddenly a smidgen of blues or a traditional tinges is cast forth and take over ....well i let you do the listing of all that is to be found in there!lol what is sure is that this artist's mind is brimming over with original ideas and should not bore you for a split second! enjoy! =D

Blockhead - Downtown Science
Genre:Hip Hop, Electronic
Tracklist:
01 Expiration Date
02 Roll Out The Red Carpet
03 Serenade
04 Cherry Picker
05 Crashing Down
06 Stop Motion Traffic
07 Art Of Walking, The
08 Good Block Bad Block
09 Dough Nation
10 Quiet Storm
11 First Snowfall, The
12 Long Walk Home

Side effects!??

[TOXIC WAR] DJ Krush - Zen

You certainly know Dj Krush as he is an important figure on the hip hop stage. This album has plenty of featuring and i think that is its main interest, cause the music in itself though it is cool, reminds me a lot of stuff Herbie Hancock does when he indulges in that genre....well, it's not a harsh criticism being compared to Herbie Hancock! Anyway, the album is pretty cool ...funky and smooth...and the different textures Krush comes up with are always interesting...there is of course a lot of work which has been done on the sound itself, so don't miss it!^^


DJ Krush - Zen
Genre: Hip Hop
Traclist:
01 Song 1
02 Zen Approach - (featuring Black Thought)
03 Danger Of Love - (featuring Zap Mama)
04 Sonic Traveler - (featuring Tunde Ayanyemi)
05 Duck Chase - (featuring PhonosycographDISK)
06 Vision Of Art - (featuring Company Flow)
07 Day's End - (featuring Kazufumi Kodama)
08 With Grace - (featuring N'Dea Davenport)
09 Candle Chant - (featuring Boss The MC)
10 Endless Railway - (featuring Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson)
11 Whutz' Da Solution - (featuring Kukoo Da Baga Bonez)
12 Paradise Bird Theory - (featuring Sunja Lee)
13 Final Home - (Mista Sinista remix, hidden track)

Smoking and Glowing!

[TOXIC WAR] 鬼束ちひろ - This Armor

i don't think i ever played 鬼束ちひろ in here, so it was high time to fix that! her music combines some jazzy melodies with more conventional rock ones....but overall, it is mainly J-pop. Her Voice is rather low pitched for a woman (especially if we compare it to the one of 刘芳!) but she has a truely great voice and i'm sure with such titletracks on her album, she'll have no problem corrupting your mind!lol enjoy!

鬼束ちひろ(Onitsuka Chihiro) - This Armor
Genre: Jpop, Jazz
Tracklist:
01. ROLLIN'
02. 茨の海
03. ｼｬﾄﾞｳ
04. "Everything,In My Hands"
05. Our Song
06. 流星群
07. LITTLE BEAT RIFLE (album version)
08. Arrow of Pain
09. infection
10. CROW

Warrior babe!

[TOXIC WAR] 刘芳 - 声声醉 4

That artist bears the same name as the 琵琶 virtuoso also called 劉芳! but they are different persons, and of course plays different genres! but both of these 刘芳 have their style anchored in rather Chinese tradional music! the one here is on the vocal side and i just love her melodies, ...and above all her voice which is so sweet that it has the power to soothe you away! ah ah! i suppose she sings about love mainly or that kind of things,... though i hardly get a word!lol anyway, the perfect artist to relax at home while taking care of your loved one! =)

刘芳 - 声声醉 4
Genre: Chinese
Traclist:
01 纸飞机
02 无声的雨
03 东南西北风
04 月亮惹的祸
05 七月初七
06 吻别英文版
07 我是不是该安静地走开
08 飘摇
09 单身情歌
10 七里香
11 醉清风

Ancestral hallucinogenic

[TOXIC WAR] Keren Ann - Nolita (2005)

This is some strange band! ^^ actually i don't really know how to describe the music....it all seems like a long ballad to me..a stroll somewhere! and indeed that's why each of the songs from that album is to be considered more like an emotion or a feeling and not really like a song, ...though it is one of course! describing different moment of a same day during which you experience several moods...at times you feel like time has stopped... but there are suddenly sunbeams piercing through, shining on the melancoly around ....cause it is only melancoly, ..you never experience boredom...That is in a few words the kind of things you may feel or expect when you'll try to intoxicate yourself once again! hope that helps =)

Keren Ann - Nolita (2005)
Genre: like a stroll somewhere...
Tracklist:
01 Que N'ai-Je ?
02 Greatest You Can Find
03 Chelsea Burns
04 One Day Without
05 La Forme Et Le Fond
06 Nolita
07 Roses & Hips
08 Midi Dans Le Salon De La Duchesse
09 L'onde Amère
10 For You And I
11 Song Of Alice


I'm breathing!

[TOXIC WAR] Sylvain Chauveau - Des Plumes Dans La Tete

As you can see this is a french artist, but he is not at all famous and remains known to only a very small number of people. His music is minimalistic to say the least and you must pay as much attention to the sound itself as to the music work. Basically this is the OST of a movie ("feathers in your head") but that artist must be considered as some kind of poet making music rather than a musician only....difficult to describe but very emotional, this guy often re-uses his own theme and melodies but try to see them from a different angle....hope you like it!

Sylvain Chauveau - Des Plumes Dans La Tete
Genre: Intrumental (piano), Weird Jazz!
Tracklist:
01 Des Plumes dans la Tête (Variation 1)
02 Situation Initiale
03 Pour les Oiseaux
04 Feu
05 Le Brasier de Tristesse
06 Ferme les Yeux
07 Des Plumes dans la Tête (Variation 2)
08 Les Débutants 1
09 Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 1)
10 Anthracite
11 Nocturne Urbain 2
12 Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 2)
13 Sinon le Vent qui Passe
14 Noir
15 Ferme les Yeux (Variation)
16 Les Débutants 2
17 Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 3)
18 Blanche Comme l'Infini
19 Situation Finale
20 Des Plumes dans la Tête
21 Suber
22 Datebook

Close your eyes and breathe!

[TOXIC WAR] Diva Destruction - Passion's Price

Diva Destruction is a band in which two women from the US launched into creating a strange mix between spacey electronic and gothic rock! to me it sound a bit like some pop stuff from the 80's, mostly because of that basic 4/4 drum rhythm made by a machine (sounds like it at least!lol) but that's not very important! the music is pretty cool and dark, almost like a remote church choir trying to summon old demons .... or lost lovers perhaps cause the lyrics revolves around rather romantic themes! ^^

Diva Destruction - Passion's Price
Genre: Gothic Electronic
Tracklist:
01 The Broken Ones
02 In Dreaming
03 Enslaved
04 Glare
05 Snake
06 Hate You To Love You
07 Cruelty Games
08 Prey
09 You're The Psycho
10 My Turn
11 Bed Of Lies
12 Lovers Chamber
13 Knights Disguise

Innimical Mermaid!

[TOXIC WAR] Baphomet Engine - Baphomet Engine

Baphomet Engine comes from Brazil if i am not mistaken and was set up by two guys who are former metal heads! one was playing thrash metal and the other punk music. That's probably why these guys do not really sound like the usual zippy indulging into trance music!lol they have rather psychedelic and dark ambiances but what's more interesting is the wide array of sounds they use in their composition, plenty of texture and colours to subjugate your mind! it is quite impressive IMHO! enjoy!

Baphomet Engine - Baphomet Engine
Genre: Psychedelic, Trance
Tracklist:
01 Prelúdio
02 Calling To Death
03 L´Aliénation Mentale
04 Hades
05 Looking For Dragons At Spitsbergen
06 The First Possession
07 Dancing On The Barrows
08 Miss Dymphne Tryplet Is Dead
09 Templar Warriors

Brazilian binary Samba!

[TOXIC WAR] Four Tet - Rounds

Four tet is some strange stuff for though it is electronic, it is not easy to pigeonhole (to me at least!) but one thing is for sure the music is really cool and laid back...this is not the irksome type! i discovered that band thanks to Radiohead, cause they were doing remixes for them, and since then it has stayed a band of interest to me...so i hope it will turn out to be one for you as well! =D

Four Tet - Rounds
Genre: Electronic
Tracklist:
01 Hands
02 She Moves She
03 First Thing
04 My Angel Rocks Back and Forth
05 Spirit Fingers
06 Unspoken
07 Chia
08 As Serious As Your Life
09 And They All Look Broken Hearted
10 Slow Jam

Uncanny Entanglement!

[TOXIC WAR] Yeska - Skafrocubanjazz

As this is just the beginning of the war, let's not play too toxic an album!lol yeska is an american band which i listened to quite a lot some years ago, a bit less now, though i still enjoy the music, no doubt about it! The musicianship is great and the music itself hovers between, jamaican and cuban music...and i must say those two styles blend together particularly well =D it's very funky and also very varied, though it remains within the compass of these two genres of course....what do we wait for? let's intoxicate ourselves!


Yeska - Skafrocubanjazz
Genre: Jazz, Cuban
Tracklist:
01 Fideo (Para Aqui)
02 4th Generation
03 Walter's House
04 Falafel Combo
05 Second Menu
06 Cantaloupe Island
07 Skaliente
08 Stakes Are High
09 Chilaquiles
10 Fideo (Para Llevar)

Cuidado por favor!!