▒ ▒ ░ ▒▒ ▒ ░ ░ ▒▒ ▒ ░ ░ ▄▓▄▄▄▄ ░ ▒ ▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒ ░ ▒ ░ ▐▓░ ▀░▓█▄ ░ ▒ ▒▓▒▒ ▓▒▒▒ ░░░ █▒ ░▓░ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ░ ░ ▐░ ░ ░▓█ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▓▒▓▒▒▒ ░ ░ ▄█▓▓██▄ ░ ▀█▓▄░ ░░ ░█ ▒▒▒▓▒ ▒▒▒ ▒ ▒ ░░▄█▓▓ ▓▒██ ▄█▓▀█a long winter▀▓░░ ▓█ ▒ ▒▒▒ ▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▐▓█▓ ▓▓█░ ▄█▓░ ░█ ░░█ ▓▌ ▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▐▓█ ░ ░▒█▓░░▄█▄▄░ ▐░▓ ░▒▓since 2003!!░ ▐▓░ █ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▐▓▓ ░ ░▓█░▐░▒▒▓▓░░█▓ ░▒█▌ ░ ░ ▒ █ ░ ▓▌ ▒ ▒ ▓ ▐█▓ ░▒▓▓█░ ▒▓█ ▐ ▒▒█ ▐▓ ▒▓▌ ░░▒ ▐▓ ▓█ ▒▒ █▓ ░ ▒▓█ █ ░▒▓█ ▐ ▒▓█ █▓ ░▓▌ ░ █▓ ░░▓▌ ▒ ▐█ ░▓█░░ █ ▒▓▓ ▐ ░▓█░█ ▓▓ ░ ░ ░ ▐█ ░ ▒▓▌ █▓ ▒█ ▒ ░ █ ▒▓█░█░ ▓▓░░ ▓█ ▒░░ ▐▒█▄ ░ ░▒▐█ ░▒█ ▐█ ░▒█ ░░ █ ▒▓▌ █ ▒█ █░ ▒█░ ▒ █▒▓█▌ ░ ░█▓ ▒█▌ ▒ █▓ ░█▓░████ ░▓█ ▓ ▓█ ▐▓ ▒▓▌░ █ ▒▓█▌ ░▐█░ ░▓█ ▓ ▒ ▐▒ ░░ ░░ ░ ▒▒█ ▓ ▓▓ █░ ░▓█░ ▐▓ ▒▓█▄ ▄█ ░ ░▒▓▌ ▒▒▒▒ ▐▓ ░ ░ ░ ░▒▓█ █ ▒▓ ▐▓ ░▓▌ ▐█░ ▒▓█▒███ ▒░▒▓█ ▒▒▓ ▒ ▐█ ░ ░ ░ ░▒▓ ▓ ▓█ ░█▓ ░▓▌ ▐▓░ █▒ ▒ ░ ░▒▓█░ ▒ ▓▒ █▓ ░ ░ █▀▀█▓██░▒ ░▒▓░█░ ▓█ ░░▐▓█ ░█░█ █ █▓ ░▒▓█░ ░ ▒▒ ▐█ ░░ █▌ ▐█▓▒▒▒▓▓░█░ ▓█░▒░░▀▓▓▒░░░ ░█ █▒ ░ ░▒▓██ d░gb▒rt ▒ █▓ ░ ░▓█ ▀██▓▓▓▌ █ ░ ▓█░▒░ ▓▀█▓▓ ░▒▓▓ █▓▒ ░▒▒▓██ ░▒ ▒▒▒ ▐█░░ ▓▌ ▀▀▀▀░░▐░ ▒█ ░ ░ ░ ▀▀░▀▀ ▀▓▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░ ▒▓▒▒▒ ░▓░ ░▓░▌ ░▐ ░░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀░▀▀▒▀▌ ░ ▒░ ▒ ▒▒▒ ░ █░ ░▒▓▓▄ ░░▐▌▒ ▒ ░ ░▒█ ░ ▒▓▒▒ ░░░█▓ ░ ▒▓▓█ ░░█▓░▒▓▒▓▓▓░▓▓▓░▒▓▓ ░ ▒ ▒ ░ ░ █▓▓░ ░░▒▓▓ ░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀░▀▀▀▓▀▀▀ ░ ▒ ░▒ ▀██▓▒▓▒▓▒█ ░ ░ ▒░ ░ ░ ▀▀▓▀▀▀ ░ ░░ ░ ░ ░░ ░ ▒ ░▒ ░ ▒▒ ░ ░ ░ ░ ├─── ──░─ ─-─ ──────────-───────────────░─────── ─────-────-──── ░ ──---─┐ | a long winter presents: ░ ▒ │ --──────────--──────────-─-── ─--- ─ ── ─ ─── ───---─────░────┤ │ album_information ▒ ├──────-─────--────────────- --─────────-────-─ ───────────────────────░─┤ │░ artist: Buckethead ░ ░▒░ ░| album: Colma ░ ░▒ ░ label: CyberOctave │ ░ ▒│ genre: Hard Rock │ ░ │ released: May/28/2004 ▒ │ street: Mar/23/1998 │ ░ ├──────────-─────────────────-───────-──────────── ──────────────────────┤ ░ ░ │ release_information ░ ▒ └───────────────────────── -- ───────── ──────────────────── ───────────┤ ░ | tracks: 13 │ ▒ ▒ │ size: 68,3 MB │ │ source: CDDA │ ░│ ripper: Soulbleed │░ │ ░ quality: VBR/44.1 kHz/Joint-Stereo ▒░│ │░ encoder: EAC/Lame 3.90.3 ▒ ░ │ ├────────── ─────────────-──── ───-──────────── ───-────────-─────░─░ ───┤ | track_list ▒░ ░ │ │ trk time title ░▒ ░ │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───── ──░── ─────┤ │ 01 04:44 whitewash │ │ 02 05:10 for mom │ │ 03 05:29 ghost │ │ 04 05:07 hills of eternity │ │ 05 01:13 big sur moon │ │ 06 06:18 machete │ │ 07 04:03 wishing well │ │ 08 05:32 lone sal bug │ │ 09 03:42 sanctum │ │ 10 02:15 wondering │ │ 11 05:07 watching the boats with my dad │ │ 12 02:31 ghost,part 2 │ │ 13 03:13 colma │ ├─────┬──--─ ─- │ │total│54:24 min │ ├─────┴───────── ───── ─---────────── ────────────--───────────────────┤ │ release_notes │ ├─────────────────────── ───────────────────----─────────────────────────┤ │ For a guy who takes his sartorial cues from teenage horror flicks (he │ │ plays onstage with a weird sort of hockey mask on his face), │ │ Buckethead sure does make pretty music. It was not always thus -- his │ │ work with Praxis, for example, has often been pretty challenging. But │ │ on this solo project, on which he plays both guitar and bass and is │ │ helped out on all tracks by drummer Brain, the material is │ │ surprisingly pleasant, bordering at times on the banal. Titles like │ │ "Hills of Eternity" and "Wishing Well" are something of a giveaway -- │ │ though Brain's beats are fairly funky (and DJ Disc throws in a bit of │ │ far-off turntable scratching on a few tracks), these compositions are │ │ mostly pretty contemplative, occupying a space just one step away from │ │ the new age section. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but there are │ │ a couple of problems: the first is that Buckethead is a lousy bass │ │ player. Like many guitarists, he seems to think that playing bass is │ │ simply a matter of hitting the root of the chord on the downbeat of │ │ the measure. A real bassist could have contributed enormously to the │ │ proceedings (as Bill Laswell does in his guest turn on "Machete"). │ │ Another problem is the unimaginative production, which is overly soft │ │ and sweet. That said, "Big Sur Moon" is a cool solo guitar piece, and │ │ "Machete" really does cook. The rest is merely very pleasant. │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ About ALW │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ALW is an internal group whose original intention was to make people │ │ see how much better the quality of a VBR album really was. Well, we │ │ pretty much succeeded, considering the scene is VBR now. So, we now │ │ have a new focus (since even pH has bitten the bullet, thank god): to │ │ be the best damn internal group there is. Whatever the album is, no │ │ matter what the genre (unless it's gay, we don't like gay), we will │ │ have ripped it. And to all you fags who wouldn't use VBR to save your │ │ life prior to 2004, we just wanted to say that we told you you were a │ │ stupid cocksucking bitch and that you were wrong, and now we want to │ │ rub it in, just because we can. │ │ │ │ Date of formation: 5/1/2003 (or, 10/2001 under TBR) │ │ Group info: #alw / alongwinter.net / [email protected] │ │ Things we need: Sites, rippers, coders, your mom around our cock │ │ │ │ Shout Outs: │ │ (Scene) FNT, RNS, ESC, HXC, NUHS, QTXMP3, VIC, gF, COR │ │ (Not) TBR, ENT, IPS, IRO, RDF (for also releasing VBR) │ │ (Groups Who Suck) EOS (stop copying us), pH, KSi, KZT, DTA, iTS │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘