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[fuxin immobiliser]

Dude.

It seriously is an awesome track. Everything is great, subtle, crisp lo-fi, pattern over pattern over Patton :P
Seriously, it's Patton without the self-satisfaction he sometimes gets across. You have that same knack for adding a corny element and make it sound intimidating.
Lots of gems in this. I've not nearly found them all in the 10 listens I must've had now. To name a few I grew to love already: the offbeat bass part with the delayed guitarness, the meandering voice lines, the translation of the rhodes theme to guitar...
Seriously. One of the best things I've heard on NG. That's even including my own stuff, and I think my own stuff totally rules, so there.
I'll spread some word about this when I can. It's way too good to never be noticed.

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

hehe, cheers mate, nevertheless, if ur brain wasn't so drug addled u would be finding flaws here i am certain.
;ped

[Intergalactic ZENON MIX]

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A fifen, one for every LOL this gave me.
Great job dude.

[this gravity]

All tens :)

Hehe... this time it's a tad Tomahawk-y as well :)

Totally good man, this. I've listened to it a couple of times now and as I suspected, it grew on me.
Intro is great fun, just when it seems to lose all sense it repeats the line. Skillfully composed and played, very unconventional but still coherent. That reversed... something... sent a chill down my spine at times. I also really dig that sample in the background, sort of a wind sound but with a distinctive pitch - it's details like that that make a difference!
The 2nd guitar is a great addition, gives it a bit of 12-string feel and wouldn't have hurt to go on for a while longer.

After the break, I have to admit it takes a little time to get used to what happens. But the vox kick ass and the semi-palmmuted lead (say hi to Duane Denison) puts everything back in (dis)order.

I was sort of expecting it to explode into some hyper psychedelic thrash rock, and while I know that you make it your duty not to live up to expectations, I think that may just have been the ultimate finishing touch for this. It's already worthy of a 10 as it is, though.

If you want to add some vocals to "Time for bed", I'd be delighted. PM me, I can give you the wav of it or at least a better mp3.

Great job again. I'll check more of your stuff in the near future. We should consider combining our efforts some time - I'm thinking guitar hybrids with crazy breakbeats, distorted sqeals, whatever, it could be lots of fun :)

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

yo wintang, glad u enjoyed this one, i've been cranking it out my car stereo today.
didn't really think about tomahawk when i was making it, just naturaly comes through, patton on the brain:/ but yeh, now u mention it the palm mute is a bit duane. as for some htp rock at the end, i was gonna take it up a notch but my cpu was growling at me and i couldn't be bothered to mix down all the vox and guitar on the second half (already had to do the intro) so i copped out and gave it a cheap ending. hmmm, i really am not a vocalist but i'll sure as hell listen to time for bed again and see if i can think of summin. as for a collab, would be good, i think we have similiar musical sensibilities
ta
;ped

[Flounder]

yesss

Dude!

Well, apparently the line is thin, but I totally loved this track. I was reminded of Massive Attack this time.

It has a very warm sound, it really surrounded me, and it still had that eerie feel you seem to have a patent on :)

Great delicate touches like the stuttery synth. The guitar sounds wonderful and totally blends in.
Screw it, all tens for this. This really is pitbulljones at his best in my book!

ps Dying to know what you think of my newest, Time for bed.

ps2 If you've got lyrics, I'd love to take a shot at some vocals - just PM me.

pitbulljones responds:

wassup 'tang. Massive attack you say? wouldnt have thought of that but i think its thebeat that does that.

warmth and eerieness too, cool like that. you know i alwys try to create atmoshpere anyways. that stutter synth is from crystal which i love. and theres 3 guitars in total, a very subtle reversed chorus/flange chord and the distorted flange chorus delay riff. plus the clean distort pick.

thanks for the tens and another great review.

pitters

i'll be sure to check your new tune out. no probs there mate.

[TANKMEN (bombs away!)]

Cool hehehe

Dude, cool stuff - it sounds a bit like a leader for an 80's police series :)
Catchy and energetic and very cool!

DarKsidE555 responds:

LoL, you really think so? XD

Cool beans man! Glad you enjoyed listening to it...ya hippie! :-P

[WC > Olive]

LOLive!!

Neat track mate! I love the clanky percussion at the beginning.
The whole thing has a sort of Oriental feel which I dig very much, beat is very nice as well - really goes out of its way to escape the 4/4...
It's begging for expansion, really, it's very addictive.
Keep it up dawg :) Teh 5 4 u!

[**_Thunder cloud_**]

HELL YES!!

Combined with my patented strong coffee, this got me started for the day.

'nuff said? 'nuff said. Eat my five :)

DarKsidE555 responds:

I shall eat it with pure joy! :)

Thanks WinTang! :D

[Bad Man Tank Thing 1]

My review essay

PROLOGUE
"I can't give you anything more than a 5 though, because I don't have the extra voting buttons that everyone else seems to have :P"
That cracked me up.

BODY TEXT
Hahaha I've had this on repeat for a while now, it's awesome. Very clever, the main thing moves in 3 bars instead of the usual 4, like that a lot!
The lead thing is very cheesy and done very well, but I feel that when that other riff returned, it should've climaxed more. You might've added some galloping palm mutes there, or something. Or not.
And that kick really is annoyingly loud. I like it!

EPILOGUE
If Ace of Base had ever touched a guitar, they might've not sucked that hard. Thanks for showing that to the world. Good luck on the contest!!

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

hahaha...thanks alot for the review, man! I didn't spend very long on this at all..maybe an hour or two. But I agree..a galloping palm muted outro would have been awesome. If anyone wants to use this...I would gladly change it.
So thanks again for an awesome review! Good luck to you as well.\m/

[Dreamerz: Machines Will Fall]

You're definitely on the right tracks!

Hey man, WinTang again :)

It's really funny to hear where you've taken this idea. It's full of nice ideas. Agent Smith was timed very nicely, good job, and also that kettle whistle was golden. The beat is nice with those weird drums (like hitting an oil container) and quite catchy.

It doesn't sound mature enough yet to me though. That C-Bb-C-Db-C motive tries a little to hard to sound mean, while the samples don't have much body (a sampled nylon guitar?). There also seems to be no real bass and that might just be what this track needs to really leave an impact.

Also, you often introduce a sound or melody that last for 4 or 8 bars and then never returns - try fitting them together more, it will really benefit the overall feel of a build-up.

I did enjoy this however, I don't wanna be harsh or anything, but hey, you've got at least 25 all-10-reviews for this so you probably can take a hit :)

Keep at it! 4/5

itsameyayo responds:

Lol, yeah, it can take a hit, hehehe.

So, all these good ideas, I would need help with them, 'cause they all sound good, and I'm remixing this song, so I need some help on the song. Contact me, it's in my profile : )

-SuperDrummer146

[A Mass of Traffic Up Ahead]

Ho hum

Dude it's good to see you're submitting again :)

I gave this track a bunch of listens because I had some problems with it man, to be honest. It starts out incredibly promising (this time I think you even found the exact same synth Mogwai uses in "Boring machines disturbs sleep" - ghehehe). Lovely spacey sound effects, which aren't annoying at all - Deflektor is wrong!! lol

Continuing its slow build-up towards the entrance of (very effective) guitar and (excellent) beat, it was very exciting. After that, I felt it started muddling. You proceeded to throw in a new guitar lead which was very nice, but it really needed a break or two. You know, pause the beat and fiddle a bit with the mixing volumes. I didn't want to, but I started losing interest at some point.

That also ruined the ending for me - I can see what you were aiming for with that hiccuping guitar :) but it would've worked better if I'd have the feeling that the song had just had its climax.

I basically loved all the elements of it though, it just didn't stick in my mind. In general, I really admire the direction you're going and that's why I'm picky... ah well, I'm sure you understand.

Keep at it, I will happily listen to and review whatever you come up with, so keep notifying me!

pitbulljones responds:

hey mate, this is the first review that you've actually come across as disappointed woith my out put, or more just frustrated at what it could (and will) be.

I totally agree with you about the need for some deviation in this track, i know the eaxact point where it needs it too. i'll be working on it over the weekend and probably post a mk2 soon. i admire your honesty wintang and it's this honesty which will help to really push this track forward. it has a template of being gud but i knowwhat youmean.

no pobs bud, thanks for the review.

pitters.