Jacks Back - Zelab

10th May 2011 15:31 - 15 years ago
Description : This guy i know made me make this song with a gun to my head.

it's a wikid track reggae ish feal to it but it's dubstep bass and organ.

Comments (17)

If you have time take a listen and give Zelab some feedback.

Mosaic
Mosaic 2nd Jul 2012 09:29 - 14 years ago
Hey Dude

an impressive track, had me hooked right from the start, some thing special about this piece, cant put a finger on what it is, but something for sure, excellent wooble basslines, nice catchy beat, everything works so well, massive fav if I could mate....excellent...Peace Mos formly ELSD...
SBzilla
SBzilla 12th Jul 2011 18:45 - 15 years ago
This sounds crazy! (in a good way of course)
This would make a great interlude though!

Great sound!
theFISHface
theFISHface 9th Jun 2011 21:38 - 15 years ago
Wow, this is some interestinf dubstep, ur right about dat reggae feel, very cool mate, love the track

Like some of the reverbed/echo high pitched sythes aswell
And some sweet heavy bass = oooo yeah :)

Well done
theFISHface
decious
decious 4th Jun 2011 16:27 - 15 years ago
Dude, This combination; reggae and basslines are awesome. :) Keep it up!
Zelab
Zelab replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
cheers bro :D
EmergeAndSee
EmergeAndSee 2nd Jun 2011 19:40 - 15 years ago
Nice, kinda alternative dub and I'm loving it. Nice crossing of genres on this one, keep it up man
JohnBoutilier
JohnBoutilier 28th May 2011 01:35 - 15 years ago
Really enjoyed this track. Liking your style. Gotta fav this one :-)

John
Phyruis
Phyruis 26th May 2011 12:50 - 15 years ago
some really nice ideas...for me I would put some more reverb on the drum track... maybe even create a copy of the drum track,take out the hats and add some delay to it...keep it low in the mix but it will add texture and depth...

the bass has already been mentioned..so I won't cover that...

so nice idea like i said I certainly get the reggae vibe...nice

Keep 'em coming brother
Zelab
Zelab replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks for the review man. i think im going to leave this one be now tho trying to wrap my head round using a different daw because ive heard you can do amazing things in ableton just havent got the grasp of doing anything amazing yet haha
visionarysoundsystem
visionarysoundsystem 24th May 2011 22:35 - 15 years ago
Lovely "skanking" rhythm. Top track mate
Zelab
Zelab replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
cheers mate :)
eshar
eshar 24th May 2011 19:39 - 15 years ago
The idea of you making music with a gun to your head is an interesting visual lol. Thankfully it didn't put you off your stride.
I like the subby sounding bass...I'm definitely picking up a dub vibe more so than the reggae you referred to...still it's all good.
:)
Zelab
Zelab replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thank you for the review :) and about "a gun to my head" i put that to catch the eye lol.
Spivkurl
Spivkurl 24th May 2011 18:46 - 15 years ago
This is my favourite of your songs so far! I like the different synths and sound effects! The dubbed out drums are quite cool too! Good arrangement! Faved for sure!
Zelab
Zelab replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thank you man means alot :) so glad you enjoyed it :D
TheZerit
TheZerit 24th May 2011 16:11 - 15 years ago
very wobbly...tryin to learn dubstep and incorporate it into my hip hop and r&b tracks and it still be believable...thanks for sharing your work!!
Zelab
Zelab replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
keep at it man dubstep is the funnest genre in my opinion there's just so much too it but the more you know the better the flow. it's all trial and error bro
ShortBusMusic
ShortBusMusic 24th May 2011 15:55 - 15 years ago
Well I know nothing about dubstep, but I did enjoy this track, so that is a good thing I think. It is an interesting collection of sounds :)

I'm not sure how, but you made it all work. Well done.

Bear
Zelab
Zelab replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thank you bear glad you enjoyed it :D
WeazelBeats
WeazelBeats 24th May 2011 15:24 - 15 years ago
haha good vibes brother!
I liked this

I have to say this: the awesomeness of really increased per bar after 1:16 or something :P

I liked the part before that and I LOVED the part after that.

good work man :)
Zelab
Zelab replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Cheers bro :D
DrOedipussy
DrOedipussy 18th May 2011 21:48 - 15 years ago
i quite like this wee track my foot was even going along way it lol
Zelab
Zelab replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Cheers Mate
digitalSKYY
digitalSKYY 16th May 2011 14:43 - 15 years ago
I think the intro is way to long, but once it drums its pretty cool man! Making my subs go insane lol
DaddyLongLegs
DaddyLongLegs 11th May 2011 21:38 - 15 years ago
Haha I like the description. The sounds in the intro clash with each other, but once the trippy/spacey melody come in with the reggae/funk bass, it sounds like a real song and I was even getting into it.. and then 1:36 came and I was like YEEEEEEE but I think it needs to be built up more beforehand, so that it's no so out of no where and the listener can 'feel' something amazing about to happen, because the drop is that good. You did good for the most part putting all the instruments in their own place.. maybe widen the drums a bit more and add more punch?

Edit - By 'built up' I mean you need background pads and a bass drum build up or something.
Zelab
Zelab replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
yo man thanks for the review, glad you enjoyed! Yeah i hear you, it's just that i dont have inspiriation when it comes to pads they all sound boring, maybe i should spend time learning a bit more about them... but yeah thanks for the review
ultrabase
ultrabase 10th May 2011 17:05 - 15 years ago
lots of good ideas in the track(may be to many).the stucture needs more work,longer intro,try to find the chorus of the track,what your verse could be?never forget the outro.
Zelab
Zelab replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Hey man cheers for the review, i mainly made this song for personal enjoyment but it had alot of loops and samples id cut from the internet to make it but i removed most of them to upload it but i kept a few i got from a dubstep sample pack and yeah the outro was a sample from pulp fiction lol.

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