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[Dreaming in Black]

Smooth

Aside from the indeed somewhat long intro, this is actually very nice. Crisp production, great little bits going on in the background, and the composition is interesting.

Longwinded tracks can be very exciting. The kickass beat that pitbulljones suggested is a good idea to help reaching that effect.

What I also think would benefit this track is replacing or editing the glassy synth. It actually plays the lead, but the sound is so modest that it is reduced to background. If you'd give that some oomph, and perhaps some dynamic variations, the tune will stand out a lot more. The way it is now it sounds a bit too sequenced, thus lacking soul.

No further comments, you're working with ace material, just be a little bit more clever in arranging it :P

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curriemaster responds:

Thanks for the pointers man, I might try and incorporate those one day to make the ultimate robosong! Cheers for the review :)

[The First Day...]

Nice

Hehe, fun song... some of the notes are really unexpected :)
Some of the tempo changes are a little awkward I think, you might wanna think of ways to properly announce them as it were.
The best parts are where the different synth parts play together in a sort of harpsichord style. The straight quarter bass makes a very good addition to this but it is absent too often.

It ends somewhat too soon - don't underestimate the impact it has when all the parts you've introduced in the build-up finally start playing together, you can have that go on longer and for example add little variations to the melody.

Anyway I liked this, but I think it can still win some terrain in terms of grooviness.
4/5!

Bad-Atom responds:

Thanks for the review!

I have to agree with you on the changes in tempo, especially in the beginning. As for the sudden end, I'm always concerned about becoming repetitive. I usually play it safe and keep things short. Even at 2:57, it's one of my longer themes.

I'll probably make an extended version of this one day, when I have the time. :)

[-Until-]

Great.

Let's do one of those reviews written along with listening to the track.

Nice Bjorky intro, reverse samples? Excellent build-up so far with the chopped and delayed trancelike arpeggio as a beacon in the noisiness.
It's entered a rather gloomy beat now that may be a little distant for its own good.
Oh that was the song already haha, here it goes again.

Yeah the main feature of this is probably the warm bath formed by the bits-and-pieces-style synth work and effective volume swells. I still feel the beat is a little underwhelming. That part is very short and rather straight-forward. It might've been cool to have them play on their own for a little while before taking them away again.

Overall though I can very well see how you consider this your best work, the atmosphere is created very craftily and intricately. Excellent addition to your lo-fi collection! :)

5/5

attemptedperfection responds:

Thanks for the review! The reverse samples were actually sampled from somewhere in the middle of the track; crafty, yes? Of course, there were some other things going on as well... some of which got mostly drowned out, but I think it worked out well overall nonetheless. I didn't do much with the beat on this one... I think I was going through some sort of phase, not doing much with drums... which is funny, because I'm currently working on a track which is almost entirely percussive...
Anyway, thanks again for the review.

[Khuskan - Atomic]

Uh-huh

I agree that this is very awesome :)

Sometimes the rhythm of the speech worked out especially well, especially in the part about the excellent fire departments.

And the grooviness and laidbackness and major7thiness of the accompaniment really cooperate with the naivety of the 'lyrics'. Nice piano solo as well.

Really good job!

Khuskan responds:

Good to hear that. I aimed to make this whole track without once editing the timescale or pitch of the vocals - which I managed to stick through the whole way through, which means the whole thing is in a pretty odd key and a pretty odd tempo.

[.LEGEND.]

dew dew dew dew dew

Nice track! I really like the vintage feel of the synths you used. You chose your tempo really well too.
I do feel it lacks something though, to make it more soundscape-y. If you permit I'd like to try recording a droney guitar track over it sometime.
Just let me know if you're interested :)
I'll give it a five anyway.

VegetarianMeat responds:

Glad you liked it :D

I wouldn't mind at all if you recorded over the track. Thanks for the five :P

[Bubble Bobble [BassBoostRemix]]

Hm

Well, I like the choppy arrangement with the low-res synths.
Sadly, the parts don't work together melodically at all. It's hard to say whether or not you intended them to, but it sounds too random and just too off for me to enjoy it.

[This song sucks!]

Yes,

indeed. But is has a fun factor, somewhere. Why not try to make an actually interesting cacophony? You know, with an actual title and stuff, so you can say you produce more than just audio filler?

tazertimes responds:

I would, it's just I'm not really good with the fl studio 6 program. Do you have any tips??

[Up Above (December Mrac Remix)]

Wheeeeej

Hahaha this is awesome. Cocky as fuck!

It's kind of Kraftwerk meets Grandaddy meets old-school Prodigy meets George Harrison when he had butterflies coming out of his ass all the time meets Kula Shaker meets a videogame where you can fly through space and shoot stuff meets, well, me, in this case, well met.

So much for my attemptedlegendariness in writing the all-bases-covering review in one sentence!
I will have to improve it, and you will have to supply me with more songs to practice it on!

Or something. 5/5

attemptedperfection responds:

thanks for the review!
I'll do my best to provide you with more songs to practice on, but I've got quite a few projects in the works, so I can't really promise anything... I'm sure you know the feeling. I had a lot of fun with this one, though. yeah... if you hadn't noticed by now, I do tend to mix up my influences a bit. I've actually never heard of Kula Shaker, though... I'll have to turn to my trusty Last.fm for info. At any rate, I'm glad you enjoyed this one, and thanks again for the review!

[Dreamerz: In the Beginning]

Hey man

This is an alright tune, I see what you're going at with the repetition.

It doesn't work as well as it could however and that's mainly due to the pads, the attack is too heavy on them. That means I constantly get reminded of the chord repetition, it chops up the song into bars. If the pads have that attack removed, they will flow smoothly and allow me to pay more attention to the nice little melodic details you added.

Good to see that you still get good ideas and try out different styles, keep on keepin' on.

itsameyayo responds:

Hmm...the attacks I messed with, but then the song felt detached otherwise, but I see what you mean : D

-Alright, thanks : D

-ImperfectDisciple-

[dj_padman - Wind over]

"Oh noes!" cried Dragon.

Ahh dude you should put this stuff in Ambient, so more people find it!

I noticed my reviews have kinda stopped making sense so I'll just go with "wonderful atmosphere" and "wouldn't change a thing about it".

5/5

dj-padman1 responds:

grazias senor.

Damn, you're right...ambient is the bar of choice for this cowboy!