Listen To Wintermute - Down (demo) Industrial Song By Hardwareexorcist At Looperman.com

15th Sep 2010 00:10 - 15 years ago
Description : this song is somewhere between EBM and aggrotech i wrote for an electro industrial project called 'wintermute'. it actually started life as a synthpop song, but over the course of it's production, it got a bit rough around the edges. i took it in a harder direction again after re-discovering the song after having not heard it for around 6 months. it's still not finished, the verse vocals still need to be recorded and there's some additional programming i had in mind. let me know what you think of how it's progressing so far.

Comments (4)

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

CrashTheSystem
CrashTheSystem 28th Sep 2010 23:45 - 15 years ago
I know that a lot of people say to turn up the vocals but i disagree. Some songs sound good with low volume vocals, and personally i love it the way it is. Not really too rough, interesting sounds. An interesting mix of heavy and light sounds, pieces together perfectly though. A few seconds after the 3 minute mark it gets a tad repetitive, i would switch the drums up during that part. overall excellent track. -Gabe

Peace Love Jesus!
hardwareexorcist
hardwareexorcist replied Unknown
thanks for the review, Gabe. i'm glad i'm not the only one that prefers my vocals a bit more in the mix, heh. but i do think that with some eq trickery, i can add some more clarity to them, giving the illusion of more volume, but without sacrificing my mix. at least in theory=) it's been suggested by RawHead that i ramp up the finale of the song and i'm in agreement, so that 3min mark of repetition won't be in the next revision=) thanks for the listen and your thoughts, i appreciate it.
Hirogenium
Hirogenium 28th Sep 2010 18:24 - 15 years ago
What a voluminous sound!
I agree with RawHead... the bass synth right from the start is essential, the whole track.
I want to hear the final version...NOW!!

greetz

Ahh..and hey... turn up the volume of the vocals ;).
hardwareexorcist
hardwareexorcist replied Unknown
thanks for the enthusiasm!! i'll do what i can to get this one finished and up asap. or at least a closer to finished version, heh. i'm really glad you're digging on it=)
LazarusBlack
LazarusBlack 23rd Sep 2010 03:13 - 15 years ago
Nice track man..has a great flow to it,moves along fluidly and consistently without ever seeming restrictive or repeditive.love the bass synth right from the start.nice tight beat and the vox are awesome,I would agree that the vox could be turned up a bit to better define it from the rest of the sounds.maybe some additions to the end of the track,like a build up of synth and vox into a more intense finale and then an abrupt sudden end with the vox echoing out (just something im hearing when im listening to the end).overall production values are very good.sweet track man.looking forward to hearing more.

RawHead }:)-
hardwareexorcist
hardwareexorcist replied Unknown
thanks for the review! i dig the idea of the vocals ending the track and it's something i've been playing around with and it'll probably end up in the final version. and that's a really cool idea about ending with a bigger more intense finale. the final chorus could definitely go for a harder bang after the bridge and that's giving me some ideas to work with. thanks for noticing the mix and production values. this song uses a lot of both hard and soft synths, but because of the nature of the music and individual sounds, it wasn't too difficult to get them into their sonic niches straight away to give a dense layered sound but without sounding muddy or forced.
BrokenScythe
BrokenScythe 16th Sep 2010 03:37 - 15 years ago
Yeah this is sick. The vox can def be put up, needs some more spotlight bro.
The vibe is good, and I agree, the panning is fresh.
Needs a bit better breakdown, like a complete crescendo and then just DROP like you did, extend it a bit too maybe? it seemed a bit rushed. 4 more bars would do wonders.
However the second breakdown perfect.
also, perhaps end with the vox saying "Break me DOWN" (Down being the only thing heard in the end
Just suggestions. I really dig this.
Great work
hardwareexorcist
hardwareexorcist replied Unknown
thanks for the review. i really appreciate your suggestions. i always like to hear thoughts for other artists, there may always be a genius idea somewhere out there, right? i'll definitely try out your ideas and see where they go. glad you like the song, hopefully i'll have the finished done soon.

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