Friday Feature: Kali Ma

If Crystal Castles' music sounds like Nintendo, then Kali Ma's music is blessed by God of Nintendo itself. Somehow I imagine the making of the music being Kali Ma aka Cody Miller having all his friends in his Pennsylvanian flat playing the most retro Nintendo games from numerous consoles and Game Boys, and basically him just pressing the red button on his recorder. Wish it was so, but the truth is that Miller used some old synths, computers and stuff like that. You know the dull modern mainstream way.

Luckily the outcome isn't boring at all. I mean, who would've thought that music can sound good almost base-free? Miller himself does state that he started Kali Ma, because he was so frustrated of producers battling out in who drops the heaviest base. 

I urge you to listen to the latest EP, I bet it will make you dance and wish that it was played in your local indie club. Plus it's free! Though I recommend you have a look at the limited edition CD version and some other goodies here, they're pretty rad.  

thanks to wasfuersohr for recommending.

Many levels of fun

Last weekend Campus Entertainment, the project learning environment of my degree program, opened the doors to game heaven Levels. This event offered the chance to revisit your childhood games, see the progress of technology, listen to what professionals have to say and watch how men battle against each other on miniature medieval platforms.

forget about home theatres, this is the ultimate entertainment system

Oddly enough it was only my first time to visit the event, but it was worth it! Though the thing what went through my head, as I watched people being mesmerized by the screens, was the story of a young Korean guy's heart stopping, when he played for 50 hours without food and sleep.

Anyways, here's the best game trailer I've ever seen. To be honest it beats all movie trailers.