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Matthew _Gill 
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 Topic: The rise and rise of ArchivePosted: October 11 2016 at 17:21 |
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Wow, what a glowing review.
http://therevue.ca/2016/09/30/archive-the-false-foundation/ Solid review by King Manuel too. Though he strongly hints how demanding Archive can be. progarchives review Edited by Matthew _Gill - October 11 2016 at 17:39 |
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Matthew _Gill
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Posted: October 09 2016 at 04:59 |
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Chart positions on the album's release.
 Still too demanding for the UK audience! Best song on the album imo is: Classic Archive pastoral versus followed by euphoric chorus, just needed a guitar solo at the end, and on first hearing I thought they were finally gonna treat us to one, it certainly felt like it was building to one!
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: October 07 2016 at 19:39 |
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Sounds like fairly bland AOR to me, how are they prog?
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Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
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Matthew _Gill
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Posted: October 07 2016 at 18:09 |
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Not their greatest album. Maybe even the worst, 'Sell out" is probably the stand out track but it's a pretty disjointed effort in general.... With no female vocal!!!!
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PhideauxFan
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Posted: October 06 2016 at 07:13 |
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Like you, i am not sure about that. But I like this band.  |
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Matthew _Gill
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Posted: October 06 2016 at 07:05 |
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Witcher was beautiful to look at and great storyline but too damn hard.
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ColonelClaypool
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Posted: October 06 2016 at 06:57 |
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Can't say I've really heard about Archive before and the music doesn't do anything for me, but I'm REALLY looking forward to that game. Made by the people behind the Witcher series, it's almost guaranteed to be good.
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With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince.
With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with. |
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Matthew _Gill
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Posted: October 06 2016 at 06:33 |
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New album out tomorrow!!!
‘The False Foundation’ Out 7 October: http://www.archiveofficial.uk/ Can't wait!!!!! Here's A Taster: Edited by Matthew _Gill - October 06 2016 at 06:34 |
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Matthew _Gill
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Posted: January 05 2016 at 15:46 |
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deandob
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Posted: November 13 2015 at 16:09 |
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Not sure about the best band of the 21st Century but I am a fan and enjoy their broody electronic themes.
Here are a couple of recommended sample tracks from various albums
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Matthew _Gill
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Posted: November 10 2015 at 15:12 |
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There are several Cyberpunk 2077 videos that have been made with the full Bullets track on it, this one below has 507,717 views already! Also a lot of Archive You Tube videos have comments like "CYBERPUNK 2077 lead me here" |
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Matthew _Gill
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Posted: November 10 2015 at 15:05 |
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Good spot!
 New entry at #91  |
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backtothegarden
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Posted: November 10 2015 at 14:50 |
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Wow. Distorted Angels is the only song I ever got into from that band, and it's not even on that 132-song list.
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Rednight
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Posted: November 10 2015 at 11:27 |
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With a name like Archive, it has to be good!
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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TheGazzardian
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Posted: November 10 2015 at 11:15 |
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The song was interesting, I might have to check these guys out at a future date. ...but I wouldn't hold my breath for the song being used in a game trailer leading to sudden success in new regions. For one, 8 million views is tiny compared to the population of these countries, for another most probably came for the game trailer and weren't converted to fans just because the song was playing.
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Matthew _Gill
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Posted: November 10 2015 at 09:17 |
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Archive are racking up some hits on YouTube, their top 10:
1.) Again (radio edit): 6.3 million views - http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7rF2EZ0A_0 2.) F**k You: 5.0 million views - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4gBzUwo6Iw 3.) You Make Me feel: 4.7 million views - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22fi65e-6I 4.) Bullets: 3.3 million - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6nbFZtxAL4 5.) F**k U: 2.6 million views - http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQMXBvFMmGc 6.) You make me feel: 2.5 - http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGGZ-2W_dLI 7.) Goodbye: 2.5 million views - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQvpj_MiyQ 8.) Again (full): 2.1 million views - http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkhY4YXX6x4 9.) Bullets: 2.0 million views - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_k-9wztWc0 10.) Controlling Crowds: 1.9 million views - http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhMz7x1ZaGM Edited by Matthew _Gill - November 01 2016 at 08:58 |
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Matthew _Gill
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Posted: November 10 2015 at 09:10 |
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Archive songs - best to worst!
Archive albums - best to worst! Edited by Matthew _Gill - October 09 2016 at 04:44 |
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Matthew _Gill
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Posted: November 06 2015 at 15:33 |
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Most people in the UK/US aren't familiar with their work but we've all heard Archive on the Garnier Olia hair ad for the last several years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRa8TFdkxL8 ...but surely after the video game trailer below, with 9.5 million views, Archive will finally be as big in the UK/US as they are in Europe? Forbes.com on the trailer; reviewer points out Archive's brilliance but lack of audience too: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferbosier/2013/01/10/first-cyberpunk-2077-trailer-features-archive/ Edited by Matthew _Gill - November 01 2016 at 09:00 |
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