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[IB - 03 - Fatality]

Interesting

I like the use of the amen, it gives the song a very good beat and progresses nicely. My few complaints would be that the amen sounds sort of dull, nothing really special to back it up... if you layer some other stuff over it, like a harder snare or kick, it might sound pretty cool. The melody gets a little annoying at some times, that switch between sharp/flat notes and naturals, it's just a little awkward.

Still, i like it! Definitely did a good job. 8/10 and 4/5.

TheBreeD responds:

Well there are some flaws I cannot fix, as for the layering though: I will definitely be adding a kick and some various effects to try and lessen the feel of that repetition. I'm stuck with just the mp3 due to HDD loss a while back. My main focus is the current album I am producing under the name "Logical Defiance." You probably know me from rithum.com. Anyways thanks for the constructive review. Cheers.

- LD -

[Our World {durn}]

Whoa!

I love me a good house track. And what really wins me over is the uptempo but ambient house tracks, like a club or something. This is really nice, a lot of good points. The bass is excellent, it is very tough to get a good bass for a house song. The percussion is good too, very light but still carries the song along. I like the main melody that is present, it sort of slides around and sounds pretty sweet!

The whole song is just crazy good man! 10/10 and 5/5, for sure!

durn responds:

:) thanks man, the bass riff is actually something I came up with an octave higher on the wurlitzer. when I transposed everything in reason I was shifting through organ patches, trying to find one that accurately represented it and accidentally went to an alternate patch folder and ended up on a muted bass patch that just... well... fit. :) glad you thought the result was a smash. :D

[Threadbare]

Decent

Betterthat I expected, for having no tutorials or anything. You have a bit too much compression and distortion on that main lead, and it's very harsh on the ears. The clap is really harsh too, not sure if there is distorition intentionally put on that.

Not bad, but you can definitely improve. Get a good bassline, lower the lead melody, and add some other percussion stuff!

5/10 and 3/5.

RickyWB responds:

Yeah I know it hurts the ears. I was trying to edit the effects for one pattern but I guess it was master.

[Song of Time: Zelda]

Wonderful.

In comparison to the many remixs of this song that I have heard, this is one of the good ones. Reminds me of a very deep and serene jungle, and it's been forever since I've played Zelda, and i don't really remember which area had this music, but that's how it sounds. It's very ambient, very spacey. Very nice job!

10/10 and 5/5.

Tysuru responds:

Im a huge fan of this song, so I wanted to make it good.
But alas, I took as calm eerie approach to it. Kinda reminded me of being in the song of time and just reflecting on everything that you go through in the game. It is by far one of the favorite games. =]

Thank you very much for the review

[[Take It Slow]]

Wow.

This is insane, truly! Reminds me quite a bit of M83, just with vocals.

Anyway, this is very nice. The piano is great, and being a pianist myself, I can appreciate piano work like this. The synth work and percussion are both good as well, very excellently performed and written!

You did very well, definitely worthy of the top 5.
10/10 and 5/5, from me. Congrats. :)

fishfood2021 responds:

Thanks homie! Great confidence boost :)

[Solus- Sitarisaurus]

Cool!

It's strangely relaxing. It's got a real jungle tribe like feel to it, you know? Sounds almost like something from a medieval village.

I like all the sitars. They're very nicely done, and the melodies on them are very good! I can almsot hear something that sounds like sorohanro's lamp samples, but I could be wrong.

This is really cool! Nice work. :)
10/10 and 5/5. ^_^

SolusLunes responds:

They might happen to be in there, heavily processed!

Good catch, sir!

[[c30] Remedy]

Halloween? :P

Sounds like some scary halloween theme. This definitely has a spooky industrial feel to it. I like the really grungy stuff, even though it might have a bit too much compression on the over all mix. The distortion is kinda heavy too, this is more of the darker side of industrial. It's still very good though, you've got some real talent here!

9/10 and 5/5. Nice!

(btw, that pad around 1:10 is very nice too!)

culmor30 responds:

Cool, glad you liked it. Listening to it again, I agree with you on there being too much compression. I don't think I'll fix it for this track though, I'll just keep that in mind when making my next industrial song.

Thanks for the review :]