The “Best Songs To Play On Phase” Mix

November 15, 2007

For the last week or so I’ve been addicted to the new iPod game by Harmonix, Phase. If you’re not familiar with any of the Harmonix games, they created both Amplitude and Frequency for PS2 as well as the first two Guitar Heros and the upcoming Rock Band. So basically, if it’s a music video game and it’s awesome: it was made by Harmonix. The newest game is the first where you can actually choose your own soundtrack for the game, which is an excellent idea. The way it analyzes beat algorithms to produce the gameplay is pretty spectacular.

Obviously some songs work better than others on the game (like you’d expect, the gaming engine likes songs with dancey beat more than ambient post-rock). Keeping that in mind, I’ve picked out a few of my favorite songs to play on Phase. If you have iPod with video capabilities, 5 dollars, and some free time (like I said, this game is addicting) I highly suggest you get Phase and try out these songs on it.

MP3 Modest Mouse – Dashboard (from We Were Dead Before The Ship Sank)

MP3 Battles – Atlas (from Mirrored)
This is one of the tracks I was most excited to try and it works splendidly thanks to the complex percussive arrangement that makes you to hit all the offbeats.

MP3 De La Soul – A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays” (from De La Soul is Dead)

MP3 Andrew Bird – Fake Palindromes (from Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs)
The rush of strings in this song is one of my favorite sequences to play in the game.

MP3 The Futureheads – Decent Days and Nights (from The Futureheads)

MP3 CSS – Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above (from Cansei De Ser Sexy)
One of the best examples of the game perfectly matching the music.

MP3 Mates of State – For The Actor (From Bring It Back)

MP3 Spoon – Finer Feelings (From Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
I don’t think I’ve played one Spoon song on Phase that doesn’t work. This one’s my favorite though.

MP3 Girl Talk – Bounce That (From Night Ripper)
Easily the best song I’ve played on Phase. The song changes exactly at every checkpoint and somehow the game keeps up with all of Girl Talk’s beats. Night Ripper should be packaged with Phase.

Keep in mind that all these songs work best when played on “Hard”. If you enjoy the music support the artists and buy their albums.

Posted by Taylor in Gaming, Mix