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Darknives

Mind D Ark
Porto, Portugal
Joined : 10th Mar 2016 - 9 years ago
Last Online : 23rd Dec 2024 - 7 months ago
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BabyGee
BabyGee 13th Jul 2016 23:54 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - One On One by Darknives
This is not my genre but I freakin love this. Sounds like a badass heist. I can totally imagine hearing it in a movie. Good job. It's so weird but so good. Oh, I also loved that fight club/dust brothers bit in there.
facasgrimm
facasgrimm 13th Jul 2016 17:28 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Hollywood Poetry by Darknives
I always know a beat is dope when I first hear it and then uncontrollably start flowing. RESPECT for sharing this dope beat.
Darknives
Darknives replied 14th Jul 2016 - 9 years ago
Glad to know someone really enjoys this.
Peace man :)
TayaliJeffrey
TayaliJeffrey 13th Jul 2016 07:41 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Hollywood Poetry by Darknives
My first take was on the sections that u have going on in there which i totally dig cuz most people miss that you dont what the same thing playing over and over and it might be a simple as a little sound that u dont notice to make things interest.Good Work
kindly check out my tracks too
Darknives
Darknives replied 13th Jul 2016 - 9 years ago
Yeah man, glad you understand, this song is a little on the mainstream style but yeah, hate that standard verse-chorus-verse-chorus thing. Prefer progression.
Will take some time to listen to your tracks man :)
asaloke
asaloke 13th Jul 2016 01:53 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Hollywood Poetry by Darknives
Thanks
Darknives
Darknives replied 13th Jul 2016 - 9 years ago
Why the thanks? You want to use this piece?
TLaw
TLaw 13th Jul 2016 01:37 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Hollywood Poetry by Darknives
By Intensify, I Mean If You're Playing It Play With Force. And If You're Building It On A Computer Increase The Velocity And Mix The Sounds A Bit To Make Have Real Aggressive, Trap Feeling. You Don't Want Your Track Sounding Soft In Any Way For Trap Music. Listen To Some Young Jeezy, Future, Ace Hood And You'll See What I Mean.
Darknives
Darknives replied 13th Jul 2016 - 9 years ago
So that's what you mean. Thanks a lot man, will listen and try to see if I like how it sounds that way.
Thanks for taking the time. Apreciate it :)
DesignedImpression
DesignedImpression 12th Jul 2016 21:49 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Hollywood Poetry by Darknives
Dude, this is sick! I digit for sure. 1st impression of your new style and its awesomeness! I like the way you built this one piece by piece. The sounds used and way you captured it is fkn badass. Love when the string section comes into play. Ooh she a bad ..... ha. Keep creating man, Thank you for sharing,Peace.
Darknives
Darknives replied 13th Jul 2016 - 9 years ago
Just used samples from here and changed them till I liked them. Not my biggest effort but I also think it sounds good like this. Thanks for the love man :)
BillionaireExclusive
BillionaireExclusive 12th Jul 2016 19:38 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Hollywood Poetry by Darknives
Intensify The Drums To Make It Have A Greater Trap Vibe. Everything Else Is Perfect. This Is A Great Track! Keep It Up!

- Billion

Also, Check Out My Tracks And Leave Some Feedback For Me If You Can. I'd Highly Appreciate It.
Darknives
Darknives replied 12th Jul 2016 - 9 years ago
Thanks for the comment, can you specify the "intensify" in your opinion, really want to learn man :)
Thanks one more time.
imakebeatsLF
imakebeatsLF 12th Jul 2016 19:03 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Hollywood Poetry by Darknives
Interesting drop like the high pitch vocal and the beat is at a good tempo aswell, maybe give those drums a bit more balls but overall sounds good

(LF)
Darknives
Darknives replied 12th Jul 2016 - 9 years ago
Thanks man, could you just explain better what you mean by balls? Soundwise (eq, master fx etc) or change the actual beat composition?
StaticNomad
StaticNomad 15th Jun 2016 02:09 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - One On One by Darknives
Hi.

This is good driving, powerful stuff but there's something about the beat I don't like. Very crunchy and lo-fi. Sorry, that's about the best way I can explain it.

Interesting chimey guitar intro and then there's another good, trippy guitar part that comes in with the beat. Then some useful vocal samples and fatter bass.

0:41 more aggressive as some dirtier guitar enters.

This sounds like action soundtrack music. Maybe a car chase or, simply, some sort of danceoff. It's all pretty funky and you can dance to it. It's just the drums that bother me. Other people will have no problem with them. One main drum loop is used a lot and it has an open hat on it that gets a bit too repetitive.

3:05 interesting sax (?) that sounds like guitar at first.

I think this might be a bit too fast to be trip hop but it is quite trippy, in certain places.
Darknives
Darknives replied 15th Jun 2016 - 9 years ago
I know what you mean, it's got a low fi Eq to it. The drum loop is a bit repetitve, specially with the open hi hat but, I don't know, I just feel it works well for a few listens.

Will be having a raped version in the future, probably will make those small changes, get more diversity in there by not repeting everything all the time.

Thanks for the comment man.
Let me know when your albums' out in bandcamp :)
Danke
Danke 14th Jun 2016 22:59 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - One On One by Darknives
another winner...

Danke
Darknives
Darknives replied 15th Jun 2016 - 9 years ago
Thanks man
TinyFinger
TinyFinger 14th Jun 2016 22:18 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - One On One by Darknives
Hi. Yes tasty good.
Darknives
Darknives replied 15th Jun 2016 - 9 years ago
Tasty is good. Thank you
MGproduct
MGproduct 14th Jun 2016 16:38 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - One On One by Darknives
The first part was confusing but then fantastic ... and tasty.
Darknives
Darknives replied 15th Jun 2016 - 9 years ago
Hum, maybe the first part for a first listen is kind of confusing, don't know, hard to judge now, because the music is more or less the same loops repeating with different dynamics. Could you elaborate on the intro confusing? I'll take a look at it :) thanks for the comment.
BentonMcKenzie
BentonMcKenzie 8th Jun 2016 02:26 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - BambiBreak by Darknives
So I'm at the library listening to your track (borrowing the wifi) and the first 30 seconds of your track I heard Diddy voice in my head over your track, "As we proceed! To give you what you need!" Still listening I later discovered that this is the music that plays in the video game loading screen or when you're creating a character. Keep up the grooves man.
Darknives
Darknives replied 22nd Jun 2016 - 9 years ago
xd man, it's those moments. What game you talking about though?
Burtsbluesboxes
Burtsbluesboxes 28th May 2016 03:16 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - BambiBreak by Darknives
Bambi looks quite broke here ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s3UogfAGg0
Darknives
Darknives replied 31st May 2016 - 9 years ago
ahah, never had watched that one, I guess that's what the music is about xd
StaticNomad
StaticNomad 24th May 2016 23:05 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Sungraz3r by Darknives
Hi again.

You can monetize if your tracks if you like and maybe no one will notice the samples. But you might start to get some problems and then maybe you'd be forced to remove the illegal samples. I'm not quite sure how it works.

Personally, I don't think you're competing at all with Sungrazer and the music is quite different so I think you're doing something creative with their guitar parts. They might even be pleased to hear what you've done.

I forgot to answer your collaboration message. For now I will say no as I'm quite reluctant to work with people I don't know online. However, I have started doing something with two guys I've known for a few years through this site (but it's going slowly). I'll remember your offer and see how I feel in the future though I would much prefer to collaborate in person rather than online.

I have a new heavy cello track here:

Nuance Is Futile

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/176620

Take care.
Darknives
Darknives replied 31st May 2016 - 9 years ago
Yeah I understand.

About the collab, net is the only way, being so far apart. If you ever feel it, let me know, I love getting other people tracks that I like it and just mess with them xd.
StaticNomad
StaticNomad 23rd May 2016 22:54 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Sungraz3r by Darknives
Hi again.

"would love to hear your reply regarding the copyright."

I think it's pretty simple - taking music directly from other people's songs is clear copyright infringement. However, as always, they have to find out that you've done it. So, as a guy just making music and not selling it, the copyright holder of the Sungrazer material may never hear one of your tracks or even find out that you've used that material without first asking permission.

But, if one of your tracks does start to make money, the Sungrazer people could come after you, asking for some money or for you to stop selling the track.

I'm no expert but there are quite a few ways this could go. But, if you remain a completely unknown artist just putting some tracks online for a relatively small audience, my guess is that no one will ever care that you sampled Sungrazer. Maybe don't worry about it for now. The choice is yours...

I agree that it's cool and creative that you sample stoner rock-related bands for use in hip hop. That is unusual.

Great to hear you liked my track and congrats again on your track.
Darknives
Darknives replied 24th May 2016 - 9 years ago
That's more or less my thinking. I won't try to monetize them.
Thanks for your time man, really appreciate it.
Will keep up with new tracks from you
StaticNomad
StaticNomad 22nd May 2016 03:28 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Sungraz3r by Darknives
Hi again.

I'm a big fan of Sungrazer and their two albums. A pity they only made two.

Anyway, your track:

Little vocal sample "Let go, baby" is actually pretty cool. And then we have a fat, fat bassline and chilled beat. Guitar fits really well though perhaps you shouldn't sample music from other artists' songs. You do it well but there are, of course, copyright issues. Perhaps try to stick to either using legal samples or making more of your own sounds.

0:41 I really like that new instrument's notes and vibe.

This is very cool, fat, grooving head nodding psychedelic hip hop. Guitar works perfectly. There should be more of a crossover between psychedelic stoner rock and hip hop. Here's one by me that has a connection to some of those genres:

Right Place Wrong Century

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/146210

2:08 a bit of a change, with some high vocal samples working nicely. They're very trippy.

2:45 I think I hear some low tabla/udo drums. Nice.

3:13 a little bit of saxophone is a pleasant surprise. Nice to hear that instrument come out on its own at the end. The only problem is that the ending is too abrupt. It cuts off too harshly so just let it drift away, maybe with some big delay/reverb on it.

Good work again...
Darknives
Darknives replied 23rd May 2016 - 9 years ago
Hey man, thanks for the big review.

I realize there may be copyright issues but, that's what I actually what I try to do, get samples from music I like that is really not known in hip-hop or never used before. Because the thing is, there's various ways to do hiphop and one of the most used, is direct sampling from songs. Almost all great artists do it, they sample a bar from a song, put it on loop and add to it. Snoop dogg, eminem... everyone does it.
Not sure what it implies with copyright but, I'm doing this songs with no profit, no selling, just making them, and making them available on the net for free.
So, not sure how it goes with the law, would like to know.

Maybe because I'm a fan of stoner, even though Sungrazer doesn't do it, many do, I like weird endings, abrupt, endings that people don't expect, they usually make me listen to the ending or song again. So, its kind of a personal preference.

As for your song, I'm listening as I write this, it's actually incredible, I really like the style, very similar, understand why you remembered it. I'll write again there when I finish.

Thanks again man, would love to hear your reply regarding the copyright.
TayaliJeffrey
TayaliJeffrey 19th May 2016 19:49 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Trip by Darknives
Nice jam bro the textures used wow quit interesting love the flow good job man
Darknives
Darknives replied 20th May 2016 - 9 years ago
Thanks man, I like atmospheric.
JuxtaMusic
JuxtaMusic 19th May 2016 13:51 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Trip by Darknives
Love it. Very atmospheric. Would be a good opener to an LP!
Darknives
Darknives replied 19th May 2016 - 9 years ago
It is :) for a small Ep xd
Thank you, glad you like it.
larrybarrow31
larrybarrow31 18th May 2016 18:16 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Sungraz3r by Darknives
All i got to say is .....REAL HIP HOP to the core of it....well dam done my friend, well done...forsure a 10 in my book.....well put together.....super nice work!
Darknives
Darknives replied 19th May 2016 - 9 years ago
Thank you man, glad to know people like it.
If you or anyone else reading wants to follow me on facebook or bandcamp or youtube.
Just search Mind D Ark, I'll be releasing my finished songs through that name.

Thanks for the comment man :)
StaticNomad
StaticNomad 18th May 2016 15:04 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Weedo by Darknives
Yo.

You replied so I have returned.

0:23 that's a very creative speeding up of a sample. Works well as a fill.

1:20-1:51 might be too long without there being any melodic elements. I can understand why you've done it but perhaps just a small bit of a guitar sample would help there.

2:55 and we're starting to go eastern and very psychedelic.

3:17 now it's proper dark Eastern and that rising delayed note at 3:17 is very cool. Dark bass and 3:33 it gets real intense before pulling back into the far out, high notes.

3:46 is that Tuvan throat singing? Sounds a lot like it eg by the group Huun Huur Tu.

" I really don't have that much experience, either mixing, mastering or sampling."

Maybe that's true but it sounds as though you really do know what you're doing.

This is really creative stuff and I hear it as being as much psychedelic music as it is hip hop. I'll comment on some of your other tracks now that I know you can and will reply. Some people on the site don't bother replying, which I find a bit rude.

Take care.
Darknives
Darknives replied 18th May 2016 - 9 years ago
Thank you man, you do get the small details.

0.23 was a cut from the main sample that I repeated and changed the pitch. That's what I'm loving in samples, you can actually re arrange it all

1.20 was thought for a future rap but I do think I could have gone more creative there, at least for this instrumental version.

3.17 Taking aside the main guitar riff sample, everything from this point on is from this very site. I know it's not great that I don't credit the artists, but the reason is, for my work to flow, i first download lots of random samples i like, and only later i'll see what fits where or what ideas it gives me. And after that point, with so many samples, is hard to just go and see all the file's names, come to this site, search, compare and see what the user name's are.

3.46 is throat singing, a sample I downloaded from here

Taking aside the main guitar riff sample, everything else is from this very site.

Thanks for the comment man, it's nice to hear from someone more experienced that the tracks are working well mixing wise.

I love asian and oriental sounds, I'll probably always use them in most songs.
BradoSanz
BradoSanz 17th May 2016 15:19 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Sungraz3r by Darknives
That guitar was meant to go with that drum. Seriously, that is good stuff. I like this better than most mainstream hip hop stuff I hear on the radio.

Brado
Darknives
Darknives replied 19th May 2016 - 9 years ago
Yeah, I think so too. My problem with mainstream hiphop is the drums and bass, being so punchy, so full all the time. Stoner, like older hip-hop, is more soft, more details, more dynamics, it's not as in your face but I prefer it a lot, more natural, breaths and flows more.

I'm glad you like it man :)
StaticNomad
StaticNomad 16th May 2016 16:23 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Weedo by Darknives
Hi. I've listened to a few of your tracks now and I really like them.

I'm a big fan of stoner rock and I think it's very creative how you sample music from that genre and turn it into hip hop.

This is another cool, chillout journey with a fat beat and lots of melody and intelligence. And some far out Eastern stuff in the second half that I absolutely love.

I normally give long, detailed reviews but it seems that you don't really reply to people's comments so I won't say anymore for now.

Congratulations.
Darknives
Darknives replied 17th May 2016 - 9 years ago
Thank your for the awesome comment. Been on looperman and producing this for less than a month, haven't been much active answering to comments, but I will now. Thanks for pointing it out to me.

I'm glad you like the style, would love to hear more in detail from you. My production is probably subpar cause I really don't have that much experience, either mixing, mastering or sampling.

I also don't use the best samples from stoner/psych, because they come from mp3 songs, not uncompressed formats.

But I'm starting easy, trying to keep the "having fun" part above the rest for now.
DanielLondon
DanielLondon 16th May 2016 07:19 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Trip by Darknives
I like it, I get a ¨Beck - Hell Yes¨ kind of feeling from the track, good stuff.
Darknives
Darknives replied 17th May 2016 - 9 years ago
Yeah man, it's hard to explain but, it's got that feeling.
Thanks for the comment, glad you liked it.
KnightHeir
KnightHeir 16th May 2016 01:21 - 9 years ago

on Mind D Ark - Trip by Darknives
Got that Arabic swag to it. Keep it up.
Darknives
Darknives replied 17th May 2016 - 9 years ago
Love instruments and melodies from that side of the planet, you'll probably hear more of that on all of my tracks.
Thanks for the comment.
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