For sure! Haha there's a Steven Wilson for every occasion! Tim Bowness' voice is quite seductive - and as much as I love Steven's voice, I think that for No-Man, Bowness' singing is very appropriate *swoon* I love this CD, were it not for you Islands - I wouldn't have thought to buy it, mostly because I didn't know about it. Thanks!

Welcome. But you would've probably eventually found out about it after certain research. No-Man's gone in a different direction since then, and while it still sounds good, I wish Steven was... I don't know, "humble" enough to just make basic romantic music still. Maybe as a separate project.

Pick up any other project by Tim Bowness or Peter Chilvers/Theo Travis (Who also do work in No-Man) from burningshed. Theo Travis plays phenomenal flute and saxophone, and Peter Chilvers is an incredible piano and chapman stick player. I'll upload some tracks for you, but you can get some Peter Chilvers here free (Free albums, digital download only): http://www.peterchilvers.com/downloads.php

Edit: Got em.

Tim Bowness/Peter Chilvers
Theo Travis
Got one more coming with Bowness and Barbieri later. When I feel like it.

I set up a romantic evening with my ex last year on a warm summer night where I made a salmon and vegetable dinner with some Pinot Noir and candles and shit, soft lighting and everything. Loveblows and Lovecries was on repeat the whole time. Definitely had a huge impact on the mood. Very cliche, but in her words "Sometimes a girl wants to be treated like she's in a romance novel".

To which I responded "Then why aren't we having sex yet?"

Welcome. But you would've probably eventually found out about it after certain research. No-Man's gone in a different direction since then, and while it still sounds good, I wish Steven was... I don't know, "humble" enough to just make basic romantic music still. Maybe as a separate project.

Probably so, I'm always sleuthing around for anything Steven Wilson, or those who work with Steven Wilson, stuff like that. Yeah, the romantic music is really nice - but there are some romantic-ish songs on other No-Man CD's, no? I think Together We're Stranger, and Things I Want to Tell you are sweet. But then again... something can be romantic without sounding romantic if that makes sense to you.

Pick up any other project by Tim Bowness or Peter Chilvers/Theo Travis (Who also do work in No-Man) from burningshed. Theo Travis plays phenomenal flute and saxophone, and Peter Chilvers is an incredible piano and chapman stick player. I'll upload some tracks for you, but you can get some Peter Chilvers here free (Free albums, digital download only): http://www.peterchilvers.com/downloads.php

Edit: Got em.

Tim Bowness/Peter Chilvers
Theo Travis
Got one more coming with Bowness and Barbieri later. When I feel like it.

Great. Ooh chapman Stick? Fantastic - those are super cool, I can't wait to hear it, I really appreciate it Islands, you're keeping me in the loop.

I set up a romantic evening with my ex last year on a warm summer night where I made a salmon and vegetable dinner with some Pinot Noir and candles and shit, soft lighting and everything. Loveblows and Lovecries was on repeat the whole time. Definitely had a huge impact on the mood. Very cliche, but in her words "Sometimes a girl wants to be treated like she's in a romance novel".

To which I responded "Then why aren't we having sex yet?"

Aw that's really sweet - what a nice thing to do. But if you want to know the truth - playing Strapping Young Lad CD's can be a real chick magnet.

I'm totally kidding. Although that would be cool if that were the case, eh?!

Aw that's really sweet - what a nice thing to do. But if you want to know the truth - playing Strapping Young Lad CD's can be a real chick magnet.

I'm totally kidding. Although that would be cool if that were the case, eh?!

That would be terrible.

Also that Tim Bowness/Peter Chilvers CD hasn't been in stock on burning shed in like a year, so it might be hard to find. Of course, you could always DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE ON MEGADOWNLOAD.NET, but I'm sure you'd rather NEVER GET TO HEAR IT EVAR

Aw that's really sweet - what a nice thing to do. But if you want to know the truth - playing Strapping Young Lad CD's can be a real chick magnet.

I'm totally kidding. Although that would be cool if that were the case, eh?!

That would be terrible.

Also that Tim Bowness/Peter Chilvers CD hasn't been in stock on burning shed in like a year, so it might be hard to find. Of course, you could always DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE ON MEGADOWNLOAD.NET, but I'm sure you'd rather NEVER GET TO HEAR IT EVAR

No no, I'm hitting that up! I didn't get to it last night, because an unforeseen episode of Ace of Cakes was on - but I'm on it now.
Thank you so much!

Aw that's really sweet - what a nice thing to do. But if you want to know the truth - playing Strapping Young Lad CD's can be a real chick magnet.

I'm totally kidding. Although that would be cool if that were the case, eh?!

That would be terrible.

Also that Tim Bowness/Peter Chilvers CD hasn't been in stock on burning shed in like a year, so it might be hard to find. Of course, you could always DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE ON MEGADOWNLOAD.NET, but I'm sure you'd rather NEVER GET TO HEAR IT EVAR

No no, I'm hitting that up! I didn't get to it last night, because an unforeseen episode of Ace of Cakes was on - but I'm on it now.
Thank you so much!

So you do download illegally.

The FBI is on it's way. Please stay put.

So you do download illegally.

The FBI is on it's way. Please stay put.

Hey! That's not faaaiiirrr - if it's not very available, where else am I supposed to get it, guy?
Or occasionally a download can just be a preview before the rightful purchase A justification for everything.

This concerns you indirectly Islands:
I bought a new external hard drive - I have a Mac, 2003 OS X 10.4, which has ZERO room left on the HD. Which became apparent when trying to download that Peter Chilvers and Tim Bowness collaboration. I had success at the Apple store with a 320 GB ex. hard drive for $139.99. Not bad right?!

So you do download illegally.

The FBI is on it's way. Please stay put.

Hey! That's not faaaiiirrr - if it's not very available, where else am I supposed to get it, guy?
Or occasionally a download can just be a preview before the rightful purchase A justification for everything.

I was kidding. You could download all you want. Or you could pirate and then never buy. That's what... someone I know does 90% of the time.

This concerns you indirectly Islands:
I bought a new external hard drive - I have a Mac, 2003 OS X 10.4, which has ZERO room left on the HD. Which became apparent when trying to download that Peter Chilvers and Tim Bowness collaboration. I had success at the Apple store with a 320 GB ex. hard drive for $139.99. Not bad right?!

No, it's still bad, because it's mac/apple. When will you learn?

I was kidding. You could download all you want. Or you could pirate and then never buy. That's what... someone I know does 90% of the time.

This concerns you indirectly Islands:
I bought a new external hard drive - I have a Mac, 2003 OS X 10.4, which has ZERO room left on the HD. Which became apparent when trying to download that Peter Chilvers and Tim Bowness collaboration. I had success at the Apple store with a 320 GB ex. hard drive for $139.99. Not bad right?!

No, it's still bad, because it's mac/apple. When will you learn?

Oh I know you were -
Do you have the Loveblows CD? Just curious, because now it's going for $31 on Amazon. You ... er someone bought the physical copy of Ki, right? No judgment, just asking.

But I do judge your hate for Macs. I'm not going to open that can of worms again; last time, it got a little nasty if I recall. Regardless of my computer, I thought that was a pretty good deal for an external HD, no?
I also keep meaning to get some Anathema CD's but I don't know where to start, help anyone? A good one with some clean vocals?

I was kidding. You could download all you want. Or you could pirate and then never buy. That's what... someone I know does 90% of the time.

This concerns you indirectly Islands:
I bought a new external hard drive - I have a Mac, 2003 OS X 10.4, which has ZERO room left on the HD. Which became apparent when trying to download that Peter Chilvers and Tim Bowness collaboration. I had success at the Apple store with a 320 GB ex. hard drive for $139.99. Not bad right?!

No, it's still bad, because it's mac/apple. When will you learn?

Oh I know you were -
Do you have the Loveblows CD? Just curious, because now it's going for $31 on Amazon. You ... er someone bought the physical copy of Ki, right? No judgment, just asking.

Yes, I did. I did download it when it leaked, though. No shame. Extended sampling.

This someone I know only buys hard copies from a few artists, though (The ones he wants in FLAC that he can't download in FLAC. You know what FLAC is, right? ... Oh, you're a mac user... )

But I do judge your hate for Macs. I'm not going to open that can of worms again; last time, it got a little nasty if I recall. Regardless of my computer, I thought that was a pretty good deal for an external HD, no?

I could never get nasty with you. I was teasing you again. That is a pretty good deal as far as I know.

By the way, since I'm on a music recommending role tonight, Dark Suns. Who actually sound like a Dark Sun. Kristoffer Gildenlow (Ex-Pain Of Salvation) played bass on their last album.

FLAC of Ki = win

FLAC = win

Fixed.

FLAC = win

Fixed.

Truth.

The Blueprint 2 and Hordes of Chaos.

Yes, I did. I did download it when it leaked, though. No shame. Extended sampling.

This someone I know only buys hard copies from a few artists, though (The ones he wants in FLAC that he can't download in FLAC. You know what FLAC is, right? ... Oh, you're a mac user... )

I could never get nasty with you. I was teasing you again. That is a pretty good deal as far as I know.

By the way, since I'm on a music recommending role tonight, Dark Suns. Who actually sound like a Dark Sun. Kristoffer Gildenlow (Ex-Pain Of Salvation) played bass on their last album.

Cool! Did you happen to get a signed copy of Ki? I think I got #268 or thereabouts - they went pretty quickly =O
Oh I know what FLAC is you noob lol though, I'm used to the Mac hatred, I've come to expect it!

Wowzers! I just listened to those Dark Suns songs on their myspace - really good stuff! Troof.
I like that it was pretty without being saccharine, it was beautiful in a really unconventional way. Plus plenty of djenting. Ok, so you've recommended some DST/PW, Bowness, Chilvers, Travis, Dark Suns, No-Man.... am I missing anything? Don't know what I did to deserve all that win, but thank you! My brother is going to like Dark Suns a lot too - Imma hook him up. Come to think of it, he'll like everything listed above. I would recommend something... but I think you've got it all and then some.

Metal.

Ordered latest Lazarus by Hacride (together with T-Shirt).

By the way, two questions to general public:

1. Do you have any favourite bigger music-store on the internets? May be metal-centric one. Is there anything better than amazon? My international orders are usually from label's sites, but I'd like to order stuff from one place instead of ten different ones. Additional bonus for EU location (I'd like to avoid customs).
2. Is there any Steam-style store with digital downloads without crazy-high prices? Aside of some neat offers Steam is usually horribly expensive (newer PC titles usually have console-high prices).