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[Rucklo - Dratsabgnik]

yrammus enil-eno

The format of this song is simply awesome, you dose the bleeps and buzzes very well. It never becomes irksome, and you manage to squeeze in several individual yet coherent melodies.

I suppose it's very hard to keep such a song going steady, especially when it clocks at almost 5 minutes. Yet there is only one point where I lose interest a little: around 2:15, the build-up gets a little too delayed, in my opinion. But the excitingness returns soon enough.

I think you could've done more with the backward voice sample, maybe a little scratch interlude or something.

The rhythm section is perfect, modest but steady beat and driving bass.

I say keep up the experimenting and see how far you can take things. Such imaginative composers are rare.

Would you care to review some of my audio?

Rucklo responds:

Yohoo.
Cool you noticed that the build-up is getting delayed. I had two different versions for the "final" build, but i didn´t wanna remove one, so i tried this instead. Apparently it didn´t work, and now I know for sure :)

There were supposed to be quite some skratching in this song, but i tried it out, and it didnt feel righ. Of course I could have just put some breaks in the song, and single out a few instruments and make the skratching fit in, but... at the time skratching felt unnessecary and quite frankly wrong.
Glad ya liked most of the other parts of the song. Unfortuantley this song is long, and only 112 kbps. Also, i fkd up with mastering. I discovered after i submitted i could raise the volume 3-6 db (cant remember exactly how much) without changing the dynamics at all :S
I´m learning some new mastering plugs :)

Thaxn alot for the review, im on my way to your page!

[(ambient intro)]

Hey, you got a new one up! :)

And it's very nice, too.
It's cool how it seems to 'go somewhere', the little drum track suggests a pulse, the crescendi suggest the coming of a melody line. And then it doesn't happen. I picture some artist, sitting in a desert-type landscape, lots of wind, and he tries to make a song but whenever he comes up with a melody and sings it, it immediately gets taken by the wind and blown out of his memory.
Actually, that might give this tune some more diversity, if you'd add blurry shards of melodies that appear and disappear randomly. I think overall, the background could use some more 'sound static', it will definitely add to the feeling of desolace and give it a tad more spice.
I like that faint snare toward the end as well. I think qua percussion you don't really need to expand.
About our cd thing: I'm working on some remastered versions of the songs so it'll take a while longer before I send it, but eventually I will! In the meantime, I'm working on my next cd "Gospel for dummies". Just so ya know.

attemptedperfection responds:

Thanks for the review! I'll have to work my way over to your page to see what new tracks you have put up in the ages since I've been on... I'm back on dial-up for the summer, so I'm not online as often as I'd like...
Anyway, it's interesting how the idea of this track going somewhere or not keeps being brought up... you hit the nail right on the head by saying "and then it doesn't happen," because this intro track actually leads directly into the second track, overlapping some new rhythms over the last 20 seconds or so of the end, leading into the beginning of the first song... I'm actually rather pleased with how it's turning out...
Looking forward to hearing that cd, and thanks again for the review!

[I Wanna Be Like Steve]

Haha!

Was good for a laugh... the choir cracked me up :)
Not much else to say, these things get funnier when the music is more enjoyable. Make "Intelligent music about silly things" your motto and you might end up legendary.
Rounded up to 4/5. Don't thank me, thank the joint I had.

XDragonslayerX responds:

Lol thanks for the review. What exactly do you mean by more intelligent music? Just wonderin.

[-Moon Dance- (2:24)]

Neat-o

I hadn't reviewed any of your songs yet, so here goes one.

You did a good job on this one. Interesting composition, reminds me of SQUARE's game music (Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger). It's leaning towards jazz, really.

Progress-wise I'm not completely satisfied though, I feel there's something missing. It just doesn't get completely full, if you get my meaning, the feeling that the song is at its peak after building up. This might be the mixing though, the parts could've blended a bit more smoothly.
Still, it's very interesting, definitely worthy of attention. 4/5

JesusSaves responds:

Thanks. Sorry for the delay in my response...I haven't been paying much attention to my music for a while. I'll be sure to drop you a review sometime.

[Cheesy Trance]

Hey man

Thanks for your review on my "Hitler hacks LINUX", it is my habit to return reviews so here I am :)

This Cheesy Trance is indeed cheesy, but good nonetheless, however, I'd have liked a little more edges to it. The half-time part is very cool, but I'm losing interest toward the end, because, well, it's too cheesy... I'd say either you empty the entire can of Trance-cliches, or you provide us with a completely unexpected change of style - both would make it less predictable.

Still, a very good job, sound production is awesome and it's clear that you know what you're doing. 4/5

Jimbobsthebest responds:

This was a total experiment, but I thought I try and go for that cheesy trancy sound that seems to be popular. I know exactly what you mean by too cheesy, and yeah if I were to take this song seriously, i'd definitely add more too it.

Anyway thanks for the review.

[Blokrocker]

Well dude, you did it again.

Excellent piece. Very energetic and dynamic, and it really rocks the fuck out toward the end, with all the swoopy noises and eerie strings providing a very capturing mood. And you didn't forget the dancability either - the beat is very solid, the bass is crunchy, and the "main theme" syncopates very catchily.

Maybe we could collab some time, e-mail me if you're up for it - my e-mail is in my profile. And um, in the meantime, check out my new song, Lower Norfair :)

5/5 easily on this one all the same.

dj-padman1 responds:

Collab sounds good! I'm not exactly experienced with Fruity Loops yet but I'm definately keen to see what we can achieve in concert!
Thanks for taking the time to review, you're remarks are most welcome and appreciated ;)
I wouldn't miss hearing your song for the world, but since I'm kind of sleep deprived at present, give me until tomorrow so I can give it some kind of justice.
I eagerly await :P

[electroniska (preview)]

Rulage!

I think it works very well, actually.

You're doing a real good job exploring the thin line between challenging and annoying music lately, and from my point of view you hit bullseye with this one. It's very humorous and yet you didn't half-ass the composition. That's what good parody is - making fun of something and paying it a tribute at the same time.

I'd make the cymbal a little less loud and that's about all I can advise. I loved the tubudup-tup-tup bass, and all the ska syncopation. I assume when (if?) you finish this, you're going to make it even weirder, and I'm looking forward to that.

Fifen. I've got a new song up as well btw, Lower Norfair from Super Metroid in a 12/8 electrofunk. Check it out!

attemptedperfection responds:

Oh, I am definitely planning on finishing this one; I even have pseudo-pop lyrics in the works, similar to "pop my words"; it's going to be catchy as hell. I'll head over to check out your new track as soon as I get the chance.
Thanks for the review!

[Cold V.1.0]

k then

Hey man, this is another remarkable piece of work.
It's a bit like Massive Attack, which it so happens I've just been listening to.

It's very calm and quite chilling ("Cold" XD). The rhythm section is so offbeat it's scary. And then you reward my patience with that awesome distorted flute or something

It needs a B-section though. It doesn't completely satisfy me that the last thing that happens is that flute-thingy entering. I'm mainly looking for a different chord scheme here, and perhaps a little more drums, to conceive the suspicion that it's going to become a catchy D'nB-track :)
But the mood is wonderful, again, you've really got a huge talent for that. I'll be on the lookout for the new versions.

And 3.00 makes no sense so I'll fifen.

Now go review my new submission, Lower Norfair, because you took away the attention by posting after me in the Advertisements thread!! ;)

pitbulljones responds:

Thanks again wintang, its great to get good feedback on me tunes, n im happy that you enjoyed it too. Yes this is the first time i havent used drum loops, i fully programmed me own, so its partly an experiment to see whether i can do drum programmeing.

there is a second section for this tune, it just isnt finished, total change of key and a poundiong drum but i need sum bass and lead on it.

That distorted flute is actually a guitar lead i did for this track but i didnt like it, so i reveresed it layed sum delay and a thick reveb and voila.

and of course ill go and review your tune man, i loved metroid on the snes so no probs.

thanks for the fifen, n yea keep listening.

[Death of the Unicorn]

Pretty awesome!

Dude this is a very good piece right here, you deserve a lot more recognition than you're getting currently. (Unless you stole this, of course, but I don't really think so.)

It builds up great, introduces a steady beat, the composition is minimalistic but interesting enough.

Is the guitar real? It really fits the piece with the flamenco style note phrasing, I just think it is a tad too loud in the mix.

The vocals seem a bit corny, I could've done without them. I don't know if it's sampled or not - if it's you, congratulations on your stable voice - but it makes it lean too much toward New Age shit such as Enigma and Enya which does not appeal to me at all.

But otherwise, excellent job. I'll vote teh fifen. Check out some of my stuff too! And keep 'em coming.

Shazbat responds:

Ta! The reason for the vocals was to push the programs I use crashing point, mainly to test how far i can go in the future. Some of the instuments come across too loud only in the 96kb/sec version on here, unfortunatly as you might know compression can do some weird things to sound files. The full 192 version (as all my stuff is normally done in 192) has the guitars and vocals much further in the background :). Glad you like bits of it though,it was purely an experiment :)

[Marble Stairs]

Actually

Yeah, what Krakko said means a great deal. The use of pre-made loops is what made your song totally uninteresting - of course it's going to sound uninspired when you just put some loops together. Anyone can do that, and music that anyone can make is boring.

cosmicrandom responds:

It's just a fucking song dude.