Rgb

This little package here is one nifty little deal. You get a DVD which houses a 25~ minute pseudo-documentary chronicling the band's live show performances from 1996 to the, at the time present day, 2003~2004. The documentary, eponymously titled "RGB", is more like a collection of footage from the various years of the band rather than a real documentary. You'll go through various time periods such as 1996, 1997-99, which was ominously named "The Black Years", but doesn't actually show or explain what happened during said period, 2001, etc. Shown during these clips are some rather nice performances of the band, but you'll also see a set or two from the band's low points, which is quite depressing. I've heard from sources that drug abuse and in-fighting were a cause for the "black years" and some of the worser shows, but I've no way to confirm this.Venturing past this footage, you can find the "videography" section which has a few music videos and obscure short films done by various members of the band themselves. These are all heavily ambiguous and for some of them, one could wonder if there is any point to them besides just being a video. Still, every video that appears on this disc has SIANspheric's music and sounds as the background aural delight, so for that reason alone it's worth checking them all out. Some of the videos have director's commentary and 5.1 surround mixes available, though the commentary can be rather insipid at times.The rest of the disc has a few more bonus short films and some cool 5.1 mixes of pre-existing tracks, including one track that never made it on any SIAN album from what I can tell. One short film that I particularly liked was "Last Day On Earth", which is about an alien who looks like a normal human, yet plans to destroy the planet on the day shown in the film, hence the title of the film. The alien changes his mind once a little girl, who follows him without his knowledge, gives him some pocket change as a random act of kindness. In turn, the alien gives her a rubick's cube which he made out of pure energy before leaving the planet, promising to delay the destruction of the planet and possibly spare it if the savior (the girl) can harness the power correctly. I've no idea why, but the film touched me. SIAN's tunes in the background really aided in creating the foreboding, yet warm atmosphere.The other half of this package, the actual music CD titled "RGB", is a compilation album which features a previously-unreleased track as well. This compilation would honestly be a great starting point for any newcomer to SIANspheric or shoegazey space-rock sounds in general, but is also a great addition to any SIAN or shoegaze fan as well. All of the tracks are great and there's no filler tracks at all. You'll get all the SIAN sounds here; noisy cascading walls of sound, slow melancholy ballads generating feelings of isolation and loneliness, and ambient droney tracks sending you not on some simulated acid trip, but an introspective mental awakening and inadvertent meditation session.Had this been only the DVD, I would've gave it a 4/5, since while some of the videos are cool and it's always nice to see live footage of a band that barely has any online elsewhere, the DVD itself isn't mind-blowing. However, the music CD that comes with it makes this a bargain, something any fan of shoegazer rock, space rock, ambient noise or any of the various related genres should immensely enjoy.