The Northern Governors

Such an awesome awesome band!

Check them out here!

Taken during the last day of Pori Jazz fest.

[Honestly, they had the best performace for the whole festival]

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Video Sunday: L'enfant sauvage

Something I've been extremely anxious to finally be able to listen to:

Gojira is one of my all-time favorite bands, and their new album is amazing. Make sure to check it out.

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Exidium's Avarice EP

Just got a promo pack with 5 CD's of Exidium's new EP - "Avarice"!

Not only that, but I'm also in the thanks credits, so thank you Thomas for including me and sending the pack!

 As a side note: the EP pack feels really nice.

 

I'll be wildly promoting during the summer festivals in Finland, so if you meet me, you might get one CD. :]

In case you don't remember, here's a flashback to my previous post about the band.

Links to the band:

Official website

Facebook page

Last.fm page

Youtube channel

Myspace page

Thomas's Google+

Note: I'm open to tribute requests, so if you make music, or know someone worth saying a word about, give me a shout, or send me an email. 

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Coffee and Cigarettes: RAD Writes: March Giveaway!

Awesome Books giveaway, go and check it out!

Coffee and Cigarettes: RAD Writes: March Giveaway!: It's my birthday month - hooray! As such, I'm celebrating by doing a massive giveaway. All month long, you can sign up and be one of two ...

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Exidium

A friendly tribute.

The guys are awesome, so make sure to fav, like, and go to their gigs if you're from Germany or close enough:

Contacts:

Official website

Facbook

Last.fm

Cheers,

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18% Gray

Haven't had that in a while...

Taking a new book to "check out" from someone, starting to read it to "get myself to sleep", ending up 4 hours later with the back cover closed after 273 pages between my hands, and a half-full cup of already cold black asian tea with calendula - forgotten on the window sill.

The book is "18% Gray" by Zachary Karabashliev.

Nothing fancy, nothing mysterious, nothing tragic. Follows the idea "To find your self, first you have to lose it.", and the path of a man on the road. What is amazing about it, is that it's so incredibly close to a person's life, because of the simplicity and the realistic, almost movie-like, way of writing. Makes it so easy to read, pretty much in one breath.

A mixture of life, photography, theater, roads and intrigue. Highly recommended if you someday learn Bulgarian, or the book gets translated. I hope for the second, but who knows...

Still don't feel like sleeping, so I might make another tea, and this time don't forget about it.

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Where Magic ends

Youtube has made it probably bigger than the Royal Wedding and you MUST see it, if you've been with Harry for the past 12 years.

Harry Potter premiere live

As the posters say, it all ends now, but I personally think we'll keep this till our very end.

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Bombajob

Мислех си, да пусна ъпдейт със снимки, но из RSS-ите изскочи нещо по-полезно. А именно - стартирането на проекта bombajob.bg.

Накратко в цитат:

Това е сайт за (анонимни) обяви за работа, който дава възможност:

• Всеки човек да си намери (по-добра) работа като публикува обява на какво е способен или прегледа съществуващите обяви от фирми;


• Всяка фирма да открие (по-)качествени служители като прегледа свободните или желаещите да си сменят работата или публикува собствена обява.

Надявам се да е полезен на българското съсловие от следящите блога.


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Warning: May cause feelings of extreme insignificance

HD on fullscreen is highly recommended.

The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

TSO Photography facebook



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Snail on the slope

I was waiting for a while till it gets published in Bulgarian and I finally bought it. "Snail on the slope" is a book by the Strugatsky brothers. I still haven't started it, but I'm a fan of their joint works, so I have big expectations.
I highly recommend their books.


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FPS Mario

For those, who were raised with a Nintendo controller in their hand:


I really like Freddy's channel so feel free to check his other stuff.

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3/3 exhibitions

The third one was iconographic, only a few photos available, because my camera died:






You may recognize this one from a previous post here: Archangel Michael




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2/3 exhibitions

Paintings and photographs. Again weird angles and bad light spots in some places, because the gallery has many windows.































PS: I liked this exhibition the most.

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1/3 exhibitions

I visited three exhibitions today, but I'll separate the photos in different posts.
The place was the same as here.
The angles are a bit weird, but I tried to avoid the light comming from the windows.
Here are from the first one:






















- amazing work with chalk on black paper










- Europa on the back of a white bull


- wooden sculpture



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Interview with Alex

I introduce you Alexandre – a 26 years old brazilian musician and mechanical engineer in progress.

Follow the lines if you want to know more about him.

V: So, Alex, what instruments do you play and for how long?

A: My main instrument is guitar. I started playing in 1997/98.

V: Have you attended any lessons?

A: I took lessons for a year. At that time I used to study more classical and brazilian music.

V: You have two one-man-bands. Which project was the first one? What’s the difference between them?

A: Honestly, at first I was completely against electronic drums or one-man-bands and only a few projects in this sort of style really pleased me.

My first project is called “Crushing Axes”. It was started in 2008, but the whole concept and some of the songs were already done in 2002. It’s highly influenced by the norse mythology.

The second one is called “Alex Locatelli”. It was too started in 2008, but it’s more like an instrumental project with more instruments and electronic influences. I used the warm-up sessions from the first “Crushing Axes” album and some songs recorded in 2004.

The difference between both projects is the experimental factor but my goal is always metal.

V: Where do you record your music?

A: I record everything at home and I use programmed drums.

V: You’re also a guitarist in the band “Legacy of Death”. How’s it like being in a real band? What problems have you experienced?

A: The band is kind of inactive at the moment. As a sound, “Legacy of Death” is very similar to “Crushing Axes”, except for the lyrics.

Unfortunately it’s very hard to find dedicated musicians, so at first some members didn't appear to the rehearsals. Some of them don't agree with the rest of the band, or they want more money, attention.

V: What are you currently working on?

A: I'm working on an “Alex Locatelli” album, a lot of experimental stuff. I hope to release it after the Carnival.

There is also a concept for another “Crushing Axes” album. I'm working on different beats this time.

Besides my projects, I’ll help a few friends in their recording sessions. The things are not defined yet, but I would love to co-produce an album.

V: What are your future plans in both professional aspects?

A: I’ll graduate in 2 years, so I study hard. There is a huge demand for professionals and I'm really interested in the project area. I love engineering, so any job opportunity will be great.

In musical plan, I’m learning how to play on Berimbau – an African percussion instrument used in the practice of the Afro-Brazilian martial art “Capoeira”. Hopefully soon I’ll be able to include it into the “Alex Locatelli” project.

As for “Crushing Axes”, I'm planning to record a symphonic album. I’ve tried before, but I didn't enjoy very much the results. Now I want to try again, with better software and more time to compose.

V: Since the worldwide known brazilian carnival has started, tell me more about the festival traditions there?

A: The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festival. Some performances begin a little earlier, but it supposed to begin 46 days before Easter. The carnival has roots on the pagan festival of Saturnalia, but nowadays we have a huge parade.

There are allegoric cars, colorful costumes, samba schools who compete and judges to evaluate the best.

V: Thank you so much for the interview, Alex.

A: Thanks for the opportunity.

You can check out and download for free music from his projects here:

Crushing Axes

Alex Locatelli

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Wikirebels

It's a movie-in-progress that came out in 2010. I strongly recommend it if you believe in Wikileaks.

download @ thepiratebay.org

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Isihia

Here's a band I was told about yesterday:



They mix traditional instruments, bulgarian folklore songs,myths, legends and historical stories, ecclesiastical chants and vocals, eastern elements and all that comes out pretty well if you want to relax or just get to know the bulgarian folklore in its purest form.

Their name Isihia comes from Hesychasm.



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The long story of the midnight path

While I was browsing around DeviantArt this afternoon, I found a photograph so similar to one of my own, that I decided to share it here.

This one is taken in Latvia:


long story by ~theKika on deviantART

and this one in Bulgaria:


Midnight path by ~vilieto on deviantART



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Hyperactive

WOOOOT! Mornin'!
It's waay too early on a Monday morning. As you might have guessed I haven't slept that night.
So why am I hyperactive?
I played Sonic the Hedgehog and at some time I checked out my youtube page where I saw this video in my recommends:

Sonic + that song - buzzed me out. I'm filled with energy for the next two days [which won't stop me from complaining tomorrow, when it's the first day of the second semester at school and from then I'll have classes in the mornings instead in the afternoons] .


Have a great week.
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Midnight cello

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