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Posted: Mar. 02 2004, 07:01 |
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I've just returned from 6 weeks working away and its certainly good to see a lot of movement in the Oldfield universe. The new website is good it has to be said, very cool interface but there is still no links page even to the Dark Star site (actualy is DarkStar still alive? They don't seem to have updated for a while) My big computer is out of action at the moment so I haven't had a chance to play the new demo but I'm looking forward to playing Maestro and seeing whether its as good as Mike claims it is. A big part of me wishes there was less 'motherships', 'gravitars' and whatever else and more honest to goodness emotional depth to MVR. Not all of us are huge Star Trek fans Mike!!! I noticed the Maestro cover image is buy the same guy who did TresLunas. It has to be said TresLunas was much, much better, very cool. Maestro however looks like some dodgy 70's Sci-Fi movie poster. Again if Mike wants to preach MVR beyond the converted few he should make everything about it as inspirational as possible.
I don't really think its the end of the world if the new music in the game is like TresLunas, remember there are technical considerations as to why the music can't be to complex, not that that excuses everything however.
As for the new 'simple atmospheres and melodies' album, well it could be good, but then again it could be Voyager. Personaly I'll belive it when I hear it, Mike is of course famed for changing his mind every week, I mean the new album could change into thrash metal by the time we hear it. However I do as ever hold out hope for something more engaging than a collection of 4 minuit tracks in the mould of 'Wild Goose Flaps its Wings'. Not that thats the worst track Mike has writen, but we all know he's capable of much, much more. So I wonder whether 2004 will see a new Mike album? I'd rather he took his time and did something decent but then again if he's feeling acousticaly refreshed from the process of rerecording TB then maybe he should just go for it. We could see an album release for christmas.
ps I don't really think Maestro is that bad a name, afterall it has suitable musical connotations.
pps. Its good to see a decent forums section at MO.com and even better to see Mike actualy taking part in them, I'm sure a lot of fans apreciate it
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