From Higton Sent Thu, May 28th 1998, 14:26
> Quake -- always did prefer Trent Reznor's industrial ambience. The > music in Quake2 was dire though. I prefer music that enhances an > existing mood rather than music that dominates or enforces a mood upon > you. Quake2's heavy metal bollocks was just too overbearing, so I > opted for something a bit more atmospheric. Step forward Biosphere's > 'Substrata'. Lots of beautiful ambient twiddles that didn't intrude > upon the action, but nevertheless had enough of an eerie edge about > them to add to the game's creepy atmosphere. Aphex Twin's 'SAW2' also > works well with Quake/Quake2. I'll second that. When I was a proper student and didn't have to get up to go to work everyday (I'm on my placement year) I used to play Quake in pitch darkness until way into the small hours with SAW II coming out the speakers. It's the only time a computer game has ever really got me shitting in my pants. I used to dump it everytime I sneaked around a corner incase I was going to get completely nailed. Tightmare. > I'm looking forward to trying Plastikman's 'Consumed' with something. If the review I saw on this list earlier is anything to go by then the levels in Quake II with all the lava in should be just right :-) I always play Wipeout 2097 with Parasols volume 2 playing. It's a comp on Mr C's label full of reasonably hard techno which isn't just that thump thump thump bizness I used to jump up and down to in Club UK :-) On a different subject, was that O'boy single by Plod that a few folk were talking about earlier a promo? I asked Juno records if they had it and they didn't know anything about it. Steve Higton Computer science student IT, Siemens plc, Siemens House, Oldbury, Bracknell, RG12 8FZ Tel. +44 1344 396120 : Fax +44 1344 396194