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What's in my MP3 Player: Kindred

Posted by Amber Ahlborn



I do not usually like music with vocals. There are exceptions. “Kindred”, a Super Metroid remix over at Overclocked Remix is truly a lovely, hauntingly atmospheric piece. The source music is the Maridia 1 theme and it suits the arrangement by remixers Pixietricks (vocals) and Zircon perfectly. I have a real soft spot for, well, pretty much anything related to the Metroid series but “Kindred” would have grabbed my attention even if it had been from something truly repugnant like Halo. I kid.

This particular track also has an interesting back story. Beloved remixer bLINd, an OCR veteran, has been stricken with a nasty medical condition called colitis. While I have never suffered from colitis myself, I certainly have a lot of first hand experience with it as a good friend of mine suffered from an extreme case of ulcerative colitis and, frankly, it nearly killed him. “Kindred” was created specially as part of a “Get Well Soon” project put together by the OCR community. Inspirational effort and heartfelt results. Stay strong bLINd.



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Comments

K Sawyer said:

I just thought, how amazing would a Super Nintendo controller be as an ipod case mod?

August 20, 2008 11:03 AM

Amber Ahlborn said:

I would think an NES controller would be even better.

August 20, 2008 1:30 PM

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Artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.

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