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D-core Industrial
By JD1983
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| Yannick | ||||||||||||
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- Volume, theme? | ||||||||||||
| Sunbuster | ||||||||||||
a try at industrial techno? I don't think I've seen a track with this many different sample rates. Basically everything from 8kHz to 48kHz is represented, and that's how it sounds also. A lot of the sounds could probably be made using a combination of pink, brown and white noise. The sound is very muddy, but that can probably be explained by the disted hardcore kick which basically acts as the lead in the track (since it's much louder than most other instruments). The kick has a stereo delay, and this I think is a pretty cool thing actually. By doing this the track gets a sort of bouncy forward drive, or edge. Also, the panning is pretty good here, perhaps a bit too far out on the hihats, but still much better than having it all dead center. I think this track basically falls on the sample quality. If the sample quality would be high and consistent then it could probably improve the sound quite a bit already. Aother big issue I think is that the theme isn't much more than a basskick with a bit of effects and the occasional set of vocal loops on top. If you're a fan of techno, then you might enjoy it for a while at least. Don't expect high fidelity though. | ||||||||||||
| mindplay | ||||||||||||
Much too weak sound for an industrial track, and much too repetitive. | ||||||||||||
| Novus | ||||||||||||
JD1983's "D-Core Industrial" isn't so much industrial as it is minimalistic techno. The song basically consists of nothing more than a varying percussion line serving as a foundation for atmospheric sound effects and a repeated vocal. That's it. No melody, no backing chords, not even a bassline. Just loudly distorted drums and weird sound effects. A song in this mold CAN work. The key is to give it something unique to hang its hat on, something to draw in the listener and give them a reason to keep listening past the first minute, maybe unique drumlines or a compelling atmosphere woven together by the background sounds. On this front, "D-Core Industrial" simply doesn't deliver. Although JD1983 tries to mix things up by varying the percussion throughout the song, all he really does is move from one mind-numbingly simple rhythm to another. And there's nothing even remotely interesting about the background, just disjointed sounds that don't accomplish much of anything. To add insult to injury, JD1983 also peppers the song with a repeated vocal clip of someone saying "D-Core Industrial," but doing so oddly out-of-rhythm and with an extremely bland voice and delivery. This takes a song that would have otherwise been merely bland and drags it down to annoying. Despite all of this, the song isn't quite as repetitive as it could've been. JD1983 at least has the sense to try to mix up the emotional dynamics, although his options in this regard are limited to lowering the volume on the drums, the background sounds, or both. At least he does it, which is more than I can say for some trackers. Hey, credit where credit's due. But in the end, the song is simply bland with isolated periods of annoyance. Admittedly, I'm not a fan of this genre, but I'm hard-pressed to imagine a fan of this genre being all that impressed with this tune either. To my ears, it falls well below average. |
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