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KharBevNor:
Goat - Scourge of 1691
The title of this is mega-krieg, so I figured I may like it, and, upon beginning to listen, I am starting to give a guarded yes. The dark piano sound at the beginning is a bit off, but it soon goes into very Rhapsody-esque guitars which very much encapsulate the computer game feel. I recognise a good few parts of this...good old Transylvania. The only problems really are some of the levels of various synths and the quality of some of the drum sounds. The cymbals and hi-hats sound pretty lame at a few points, but otherwise the actual quality is very nice. Apart from this, there are a few transitions between elements of the medley that could have been done better, imo. My favoured approach is when the guy doing the medley sits down to some serious songwriting and actually creates bits that mold the tracks together in such a way that there may even be two songs going on at once. This track had more of a disjointed feel in some of its loud/soft transitions. Also, I'm pretty sure those sound effect samples were a bad idea. There were some very nice, particularly guitar sections, however the slight weakness in the putting together broke out some nice rock-outs.
Could be improved, but all said, pretty damn fun. Methinks I will download this guys stuff. Quite inspires me to continue with my half-hearted attempts to do something awesome with the music to Shadowgate and Raptor: Call of the Shadows.
8/10
Now, shameless self-promotion time again, as I can't really think of anything else to put. This is from a demo a few people here have...a remixed version appears on The Blasted Heath. A bit more beefed up than my usual post-industrial wankery.
Halo of Flies - St. Anthony's Fire
timehat:
Halo of Flies - St. Anthony's Fire
My biggest problem with this piece overall is the production. The harp-like instrument sounds exactly like the Plucked! VST in Fruity Loops without any effects or anything. I find the sound to be rather irritating. Secondly, when the distorted bass comes in the first time, it is FAR too loud. Musically, there are some enjoyable moments with cool riffage from the bass and noodly little harp lead lines keeping things interesting. I would enjoy it more if the non-linear quality of some of the lead lines was carried over into the rest of the piece, but overall, there is a very repetitive looping feel to a lot of it. Dynamically, it is somewhat unique that the drums play a very low-key supporting role for the majority of the time. The reason this is interesting is because electronic music producers are usually obsessed with percussion and therefore it is sometimes overly bombastic or the only worthwhile part of the music; not so here.
Rating - 6/10
To be reviewed, I choose Gal Costa - Nao Identificado
E. Spaceman:
Thread etiquette reccomends you put a link to the track you want to be reviewed.
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: timehat ---Halo of Flies - St. Anthony's Fire
The harp-like instrument sounds exactly like the Plucked! VST in Fruity Loops without any effects or anything.
--- End quote ---
Exactly what it is actually...
I think that was before I knew about the mixer...unfortunately, I'm pretty sure I've lost the fl files for all that stuff, so re-working is kinda out :/
timehat:
That totally sucks. When I switched from FL4 to 5 a lot of my files got fucked up and I don't have exported copies of a lot of them. I guess I need to get ahold of FL4 again and see if they load properly, because there was some material in there that I really liked.
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