{"id":220,"date":"2008-02-09T16:38:22","date_gmt":"2008-02-09T20:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callblog.net\/blog\/post\/cicada"},"modified":"2009-03-08T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-08T20:15:00","slug":"cicada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/callblog.net\/blog\/post\/cicada","title":{"rendered":"Tettix – The Artist Formerly Known As Cicada"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was watching a time-lapse video of the assembly of a LEGO Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon<\/a>, which I understand is the largest LEGO set ever released with over 5000 individual pieces. Personally, I’m still waiting for the DBZ set with over 9000<\/a> pieces…<\/em> What really caught my attention however was the surreal, synthetic background music. Thankfully Boing Boing Gadgets<\/a> editor Joel Johnson<\/a> took the time to talk about the music in the post. <\/p>\n

The band is called Cicada<\/a>. It turns out quite a few musicians decide to name their group after the cacophonic insects<\/a>, so make sure you’re looking at the correct group if you look them up. A lot, perhaps all, of their music is available to download – for free<\/em> – from their website. I’ve grabbed 3 albums so far: Technology Crisis<\/a><\/em> and Technology Crisis II<\/a><\/em> seem to be in the style that they are best known for. The songs sound<\/em> likey they’re ripped directly from video games except that they are original compositions. The third album I listed to, Choralsepctic<\/a><\/em> is a completely different animal, being comprised of a cappella renditions of popular music and, in a few cases, more video game music. I’d highly recommend giving them a listen if any of the above sounds entertaining to you. After all, you’ve got nothing to lose except a few MBs of bandwidth.<\/p>\n

6\/17\/08 <\/strong>– Just a quick update to avoid long term confusion: Cicada changed their name to Tettix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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