Stefan Strand

Inspiration June 2009

I've been a fan of the Silent Hill video game series since I first played Silent Hill 2 for the PS2 some years back. The gameplay itself wasn't that fantastic, but the setting, the atmosphere, the soundtrack and the deeply psychological and tragic storyline made it all worthwhile. A Silent Hill movie came out a couple of years ago as well. While the pictures and music was spot on, unfortunately it lacked the depth that makes me appreciate the games so much.

I recently got a hold of Silent Hill Origins, which I'm trying to play through at the moment whenever I find time. The intro track is quite amazing if you ask me.



Here's another great track from Silent Hill 3, also featured in the movie:

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I cannot precisely define what it is that makes Between Interval’s brand of ambient music so special, but I can emphatically state that he is one of my favorite artists in the genre today.

Opening track ‘Delta Capricorni’ offers a pretty good indication as to to the sorts of deep ambient atmospheres to be found amongst the eleven tracks here, opening proceedings with sorts of vast synth pads, harmonic sweeps and deep, ominous bass drones you’d associate with Tangerine Dream or ‘Baraka’s Michael Stearns – indeed, it’s practically begging to be accompanied with some time-lapse video footage of desert clouds.

This album was barely audible background music. Those in the office either didn't realize there was "music" (I use the term loosely) playing or were so annoyed that they tried to stab out their eyes. (Okay, no stabbing took place, but they sure complained a hell of a lot about it. Babies.)

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Jean Michel Jarre in Malmö last Monday

Now this is quite cool...



I was there, somewhere in the 12th row... :)

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