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Sunbuster
| Originality: | 6 | Theme: | 7 | Arrangement: | 6 | ||||||
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| Technical: | 5 | Quality: | 6 | Global: | 8 | ||||||
| The author takes us on a long journey with this one. Really like the intro of this song. Very relaxing, calm and emotional somehow. The whole song in fact is very relaxing. I repeatedly found myself turning up the volume a notch just to get a bit more of the atmosphere in my head. It's very easy to loose track of time while listening to this tune IMO. The whole tune very much relies on slowly going from one layer to another. Most transitions from one element to another are very smooth in other words, which adds to the relaxing feeling. I'm a bit dissapointed that I can't understand what was written in the parameters box, but I think I figured out that goa trance is what this tune should be about, and that it is. But, sadly, I have to say that the theme of the song gets a bit uninteresting in the end. 15 minutes is a bit too long for this one I'd say. Since the loop of the lead melody is relatively long, I think it could have been a good idea to introduce new parts in the middle of the melody loop more often, instead of going through the loop once every time before introducing a new thing to the mix. This probably would have made the song a bit shorter, but it would have kept it interesting all the way to the end. I often complain about the lack of variation in the drumbeat, but in this case I think less is more. The "simple" drums add to the hypnotic feel the track has. The only thing when it comes to the drums I'd like to have more variation to is that fx played often before the beginning of a new round of the lead melody, using instrument 0B. Using other fx for a change, instead of the same thing over and over again would have been a good move. On some parts, where the hihat sound doesn't travel from one channel to the other (like from 10:35 to 11:53), the mix sounds a bit right-shifted. On those parts some other hihat sound or percussion playing in the left channel would have been good to use, to help balance the mix better. The clap doesn't fit the rest of the song quite, it sounds too dry. Adding a bit more reverb on that one would probably help it sink into the mix more. The song could have used a bit more in the high frequencies. Just something small to give it a crisp edge. As it is now, it sounds a bit muddy to me, like it was played off of an old tape (but without the tape-noise). Another thing is the use of the stereo delay, a bit too much I'd say. Yes it's good to use on some parts, but in this case almost every main instrument more or less travels back and forth from one channel to the other. This I think can be a bit irritating, because the tune otherwise is pretty relaxing but this constant travelling from one channel to the other disturbs the peace so to speak. This is especially noticeable while listening through headphones or speakers that are placed pretty far from each other (1.5m+ depending on your listening position). In general I say this is a nice piece of music. It has the pontential of being a great piece of music. It's original to some extent, although it does have a bit of this "I've heard it before" feeling over itself. There are, on the other hand, alot of much less original pieces out there. The post-production could use a bit of work, but otherwise we here have about 15 minutes of relaxing, almost hypnotic trance. | |||||||||||
Daniel
| Originality: | 6 | Theme: | 8 | Arrangement: | 8 | ||||||
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| Technical: | 6 | Quality: | 7 | Global: | 8 | ||||||
| Wow! The finest post at this point of the contest. It remembers me some "midnight express" tunes (the smartest movie ever) and some Jean Michel Jarre tunes (French electonic musician precursor). The whole feeling lack some breath, but it pleased me at the first earing. The background is rich, the themes crossing each others with ease. Good. | |||||||||||
Thomas
| Originality: | 5 | Theme: | 6 | Arrangement: | 9 | ||||||
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| Technical: | 9 | Quality: | 9 | Global: | 7 | ||||||
D.Copy
| Originality: | 3 | Theme: | 2 | Arrangement: | 5 | ||||||
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| Technical: | 4 | Quality: | 5 | Global: | 4 | ||||||
| Dream? Strongly tightened introduction and is no clear, that the author in this composition wants to transfer... All you wait for the culmination, and the outcome occurs by means of drums and it becomes not interesting. Reminds Space and Craftwerk. | |||||||||||
Netbeat
| Originality: | 3 | Theme: | 7 | Arrangement: | 7 | ||||||
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| Technical: | 7 | Quality: | 7 | Global: | 6 | ||||||
| style: trance,dance.A lot of atmosphere in the beginning! nice theme also! later: dance-techno with monoton beat. effects are usual techno but nice panning and very good instruments! dance or die! 2 parts: first: ambient, sad romantic (oldschool mod-like) then: dance, trance - basic techno | |||||||||||
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