Really like this one. The guitar samples are perfect, and I love the undercurrent of static throughout. This sounds like some good trip-hop. My only advice would be to work on mastering the drums to give em a bit more bite. Especially around the 3:00 mark or so they really seem to get drowned out. Just a little though, because I don't think you were going for heavy beats here anyway. The track is more about the atmosphere to me. Also, I like the switch to the bassline towards the latter part as well. Good stuff as usual man.
*Edit - Oh sh*t, my bad. I had the volume on my speakers way too low. The drums sound fine now.
Thanks alot man. This one was tricky to master nicely, i still think the bassline needs sorting out. Since i mastered it, some of the sections kinda got swamped. you are right tho, this one is pure atmosphere.
This is from the Dj Shadow (circa "Endtroducing") school alright. Too bad the guy's sort of disappeared lately, but I think I read somewhere he's coming out with a new album. Anyway, on to your track - I like the jazzy sax, and I especially love the pad you've layered below it. Really adds some soul to the track. The "machine gun drums" (perfectly put by the reviewer below) are great as well, and even though they seem a little crazy for what is a laidback tune, it fits perfectly. I think it helped that I've listened to some of Shadow's earlier stuff, because otherwise I wouldn't know what to make of this, if you know what I mean. Like is this breakbeat? or is it old school hiphop? etc etc. Sometimes there's this need to categorize music so that you can then get a better idea of what the artist is trying. Anyway, I digress. Good music is good music. And this is good. Simple as that.
You are spot on nystagmus. I didnt knowwhat to class this as, jazz?HipHop?Breakbeat? I went with breakbeat so as not to offend anyone with delicate tastes! It was basically a badass drum workout , wanted to go crazy.thanks for the love
I like this, without vocals it sounds more like chill out. And im not even really a fan of this kind of electronic music, but i like this, sounds a bit like Massive Attack.
Like this 1 Bobby, I think its got a good feel to it altogether.
The only thing I'd change would be the transition where it goes into the drum & bass, just the drum roll seems a little harsh doesn't seem to go
for me, apart from that, a great track & fav's
peace
Thanks man. The transition is one thing i always kinda thought i would change, but i ended up leaving it. the snares and that hit might be a bit much! But thanks for listening, appreciate it man.
Thanks gatsby. know what you mean on the machine gun drums. hope they arent too high in the mix. wanted to have some crazy textures, almost like drum and bass.
I really like the atmospheric vibe of this song! The noise sweeping is really cool! I feel like I've heard that piano line before somewhere. Nice beats, and especially cool fills! Did you put a tempo change in there, it sure sounds like it. Nice track!
i really like it from about 3:45 or so to the end. this is an interesting track in a good way. could use a bit of mixing and eq in my opinion but im terrible at that stuff so i cant really give ya tips :)
Thanks Mate. this was a very early production. Im going to go back and master it at some point and i may look for some vocals at the correct bpm - I think it will just make it a much more professional sounding track.
I like when the bass is played in chords, that sounded fat! Nicely executed glitch vocals, it sounds pretty trippy. Awesome pop sounding beats! A really fun song!
Sounds big once the vocal and drums come in man, if It were my track I'd cut down the intro a little bit. Nice tho fam, very nasty and well realised once everything comes in.
Thanks mate. have to say, having listened to some of yours, im willing to listen to your advice. i may well mess with that intro. not really happy with the transition. wasnt so bad with the vocals on it, but since i took them off it sounds a bit weird to me.
The low synth, bass, reminded me of a Lenny Kravitz tune which I thought was pretty cool. I can't help you on the genre but it has potential with some cool vocals and a kickin mix. Great idea, hope you get someone to do some vocals!
Superb lil scratch break @ around 0:33 (another nice scratch @ around 2:29)! Great drumwork @ around 2:50 onwards!
& "...Didn't mean to 'Who-oink' me"? Oh, wake... Wake, gotcha!
Just playin. Also, I really dig the bits of the lead strings you've got on this. Give it a grimy classical HH flavor, me thinks.
Can only suggest 2 things with this one. First is easy, the name (might wanna ad *featuring Grotesk for the appropriate credits, ya know?). Second is the sudden end. This song was so jammin that it was really unexpected. Beyond that, really smoothly done here mate. Lates!
Cheers man. if i remember rightly - one of those scratch samples was from you!(under a different name right?)
Im not sure if it was cheesy or not to have the alarm clock and the stop starts matching the sleep bits, but what the heck.
good call on the credits - grotesk contributed alot to the track after all.
hmm the end. yeah maybe it is sudden. I guess i was thinking it kinda ended it in time with the vocals, almost like a sign off, thank you and good night and back in the box.
This was a track i did ages ago so appreciate you giving it some love. Was the first one i felt like it was cleanly produced after trying to force vocals into some other tracks - watermark etc.
Thanks Dave-Rage :)
The random:
It came from the late 80s to kill 'em all with distorted drums of death!
The good:
Pretty good job of matching and capturing the vibe contained within the vocals. Quick question, did you actually play guitar or use guitar loops on this or did you just use another sound font and add effect on it to make 'em sound that way (like I've done a few times before)? Either way, they sound pretty jammin- 'specially when paired with the drums.
The bad & suggestive:
Dunno why, but right off the bat I'm thinkin that this would sound so much cooler if it had some female backing vocals (either solo or choral style). Think along the lines of some gal doing a cover of Oasis's tune Wonderwall (maybe just a couple of lines like- "All the roads that lead you there are winding... Blinding..." and so on). Also, watch yer levels on this (it was pushing the edge comin outta my speakers). Beyond that, coolness mate. Lates!
(edit- forgot to mention that this might be better placed in either Industrial or even Rock, I'd go with the former though)
cheers for the review man. I was hoping you would do this one, its not getting many plays for some reason and your reviews are so thorough!
Drums of death! like it. They are heavy arent they. I like how they drive it on. The guitar is just a sound font, with some effects and i messed with the velocity to make it sound a bit more real.
with the vocals - i was looking for a singing acapella really 0- not to take anything away from Viktors vocal which is pretty cool.A cover of wonderwall - interesting thought!!
and yes - originally i did post in Rock, but its electronically made, and often the rock posts are more garage demos, and im not sure if it would fit or not. industrial might be about right.
My favourite part of it is probably the strings though - when the vocal says one day i will touch the sky, and its cut back to just guitar, bass and strings i think its a pretty nice moment, before the drop back with the drums.
Pretty cool track man, could be a punk song, it has that intensity to it. The vocals were mysterious and maybe at some points could have been a bit louder but I liked it overall, great tune!
Love this track. It goes along nicely. That constant sound in the background, maybe bass?is briliant. I listen to a lot of music like this. It is hip-hop i suppose, but i noticed a review mentioning Unkle- and their right. It has that Dj Shadow, Unkle sort of style. Very good. Atmospheric. The tempo change is great too. Works so well.
Haha, i like your reference to the tone deaf Chemical Brothers. This is a great track. It really builds up, and every part in the song gets better and better. It's a really well thought out track. And it does remind me of the Chem.Bros a bit too. To me its a bit like The Japanese Popstars too. But then again, its still an original piece of music. The hi hats/cymbals you used are great- gives it a kind of edgeiness, and helps with the build up. Excellent- well done.
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*Edit - Oh sh*t, my bad. I had the volume on my speakers way too low. The drums sound fine now.
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Good stuff... keep 'em comin!
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The only thing I'd change would be the transition where it goes into the drum & bass, just the drum roll seems a little harsh doesn't seem to go
for me, apart from that, a great track & fav's
peace
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Superb lil scratch break @ around 0:33 (another nice scratch @ around 2:29)! Great drumwork @ around 2:50 onwards!
& "...Didn't mean to 'Who-oink' me"? Oh, wake... Wake, gotcha!
Just playin. Also, I really dig the bits of the lead strings you've got on this. Give it a grimy classical HH flavor, me thinks.
Can only suggest 2 things with this one. First is easy, the name (might wanna ad *featuring Grotesk for the appropriate credits, ya know?). Second is the sudden end. This song was so jammin that it was really unexpected. Beyond that, really smoothly done here mate. Lates!
Im not sure if it was cheesy or not to have the alarm clock and the stop starts matching the sleep bits, but what the heck.
good call on the credits - grotesk contributed alot to the track after all.
hmm the end. yeah maybe it is sudden. I guess i was thinking it kinda ended it in time with the vocals, almost like a sign off, thank you and good night and back in the box.
This was a track i did ages ago so appreciate you giving it some love. Was the first one i felt like it was cleanly produced after trying to force vocals into some other tracks - watermark etc.
Thanks Dave-Rage :)
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The random:
It came from the late 80s to kill 'em all with distorted drums of death!
The good:
Pretty good job of matching and capturing the vibe contained within the vocals. Quick question, did you actually play guitar or use guitar loops on this or did you just use another sound font and add effect on it to make 'em sound that way (like I've done a few times before)? Either way, they sound pretty jammin- 'specially when paired with the drums.
The bad & suggestive:
Dunno why, but right off the bat I'm thinkin that this would sound so much cooler if it had some female backing vocals (either solo or choral style). Think along the lines of some gal doing a cover of Oasis's tune Wonderwall (maybe just a couple of lines like- "All the roads that lead you there are winding... Blinding..." and so on). Also, watch yer levels on this (it was pushing the edge comin outta my speakers). Beyond that, coolness mate. Lates!
(edit- forgot to mention that this might be better placed in either Industrial or even Rock, I'd go with the former though)
Drums of death! like it. They are heavy arent they. I like how they drive it on. The guitar is just a sound font, with some effects and i messed with the velocity to make it sound a bit more real.
with the vocals - i was looking for a singing acapella really 0- not to take anything away from Viktors vocal which is pretty cool.A cover of wonderwall - interesting thought!!
and yes - originally i did post in Rock, but its electronically made, and often the rock posts are more garage demos, and im not sure if it would fit or not. industrial might be about right.
My favourite part of it is probably the strings though - when the vocal says one day i will touch the sky, and its cut back to just guitar, bass and strings i think its a pretty nice moment, before the drop back with the drums.
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