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FreeRadical

if you cant be good be good at it
London, United Kingdom
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crucethus
crucethus 28th Dec 2014 20:54 - 10 years ago

on Nu Jack Acid by FreeRadical
Perfect in every way fav'd and downloaded (TY) awesome beats and a sound that reminded me of the summer of love (U.K.Version)
Great job
Cru
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 2nd Jan 2015 - 10 years ago
Thanks. I think I need to adjust some of the levels in the second part but other than that I was pretty pleased with how this turned out.
Thanks as always for your support.
FR
DanGoldstein
DanGoldstein 25th Dec 2014 17:40 - 10 years ago

on Nu Jack Acid by FreeRadical
i listened up to 4:44 - making a beautiful transition into your second section. everything sounds great. it was a really nice build from 3:00 to 3:30. always learning from your work brother. best wishes. Dan
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 1st Jan 2015 - 10 years ago
I'm happy that you feel you can learn something from my work. That's a huge compliment.
Thanks for dropping in and giving it a listen.
FR
larrywiggles1
larrywiggles1 25th Dec 2014 17:14 - 10 years ago

on Nu Jack Acid by FreeRadical
FR....You are another one that can make a ten minute plus track seem like moments, intro to 1.32 is so good, then a nice build to 3.11 then some nice changes but still with a driving beat, love the vocal kick in at 6.09, from then on the subtle changes and vocal inserts, nice outro too...great track as always.
Best wishes,
Mark
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 1st Jan 2015 - 10 years ago
Cheers Mark. I'm glad that it didn't feel like ten minutes. I do "try" and add stuff to keep things interesting although I think there are a lot of peeps who do it better than me.
Cheers for stopping by and having a listen.
FR
theHumps
theHumps 25th Dec 2014 11:14 - 10 years ago

on Nu Jack Acid by FreeRadical
You are here to pump me up and get my Christmas off to a rousing beginning! I thought the fist part would make a good stand alone song, it was that good. Mix sounds great, cool transitions and effects, especially the one around 9 minutes.

Take care man!

Wayne
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 27th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
Glad I could get your Christmas off to a pumping start. Hope you had a good one.
I was going to leave it as one track but then I figured I still had five minutes left to fill so I thought I might as well carry on.
Cheers for stopping by and comenting as always.
FR
djtheobserver01
djtheobserver01 24th Dec 2014 20:45 - 10 years ago

on Nu Jack Acid by FreeRadical
Yo FR !

Intro and the first part are very relaxed
and i love the acidlike baseline ,
its more acidtrance then techno ...
the technobase is lovely in the 2nd part ,
Vocals can be less ,i think , but nice .

Third part is nice ad dancable
love the synts and base.
and this part got me on my feet and dance ...
pity that part was way to short ,
now im standing here ,doing nothing ,lol...

good mix again ! .
greetz !!
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 27th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
I would have liked to have carried it on for longer but the 10mb limit means you have to stop around the ten minute mark. Glad I could get you up on your feet and dancing.
Cheers for stopping by and commenting.
FR
ValveDriver
ValveDriver 19th Dec 2014 19:10 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
Hey, man. That sucks about the job. But at least with the extra time you have the opportunity to work on more music. Time. A commodity I'm severely lacking. Hopefully, all works out for you, though.

The guitar VST is called ShreddageII. It's a third party Kontakt library. I picked it up for about $100.USD. I don't know if you have Kontakt Player or not, but if you don't, you can download it for free from the Native Instruments site. It's fully compatible with FL studios. That's what I use and I have no problems with it. Just make sure that if you do, and if you're going to pick up any third party libraries, you make sure it specifies whether you can use it in the free version. Some companies like Soundiron are exclusively for the paid version. I found that out the hard way. But, on average, most places are cool and make it available for both. A lot of times you can find libraries for a low as twenty dollars. Others, up to 300 dollars. Usually, though, you find pretty good deals.

I hope that helps.

Again, take care.
V.
Orlando51
Orlando51 18th Dec 2014 11:04 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
Better late than never...what an extraordinary piece of experimentation which I have overlooked before somehow (it
hapens)...my apologise...

Compliments______Orlando
StaticNomad
StaticNomad 15th Dec 2014 21:24 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
Look, FreeRad: you've got to show me love. Especially at 6:30. That house organ loop says it loud and clear: You've Got To Show Me Love.

Anyway, before then you're teasing us with not dropping that beat until 1:30. Good buildup to it and this is your usual skilfully made boom-tish stuff.

2:00 vocals stand out as very cool. Definite dancefloor banger here.

3:00 and here we go, yo with that pullback to a fat bassline.

Good vocal return on 5:30 and then they fade out nicely before we get to the showing me love section.

7:30 brass is awesome. Is that just a straight bunch of samples or have you arranged them to make up that strong melody line?

8:12 vocals are cool. A chorus of a few people singing something euphoric. Probably not in English. Makes me think of Brazil (country, not Terry Gilliam film).

Good work, as per usual. Nothing I didn't like in here, just a few highlights I thought I'd point out.
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 18th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
Yeah, the Robin S thing was a complete coincidence. I wasn't thinking that at all when I threw it together. Both the brass and the vocals were just samples that happened to work. The only thing it took was time to find them. I keep telling myself to ditch the loops and write something but a lot of the loops sound better than the stuff I actually produce so I figure "what the hell" if I can take someone elses crap and build around it then why not?
Thanks as always for stopping by and bronies are wankers. That's all I have to say on that matter.
Cheers.
FR
DeLaBeatz
DeLaBeatz 15th Dec 2014 18:04 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
I gotta say your one of the best on here. Real professional. Keep it up!
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 18th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
Thanks but I have to disagree. All I do is take a few loops and build around them which isn't that hard to do. Coming up with stuff from scratch is a lot harder and so is playing it so hats off to all those musicians who actually play.
Cheers for stopping by and leaving your thoughts.
FR
beerling1970
beerling1970 14th Dec 2014 19:39 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
Really loving this track brilliant work.

Steve
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 16th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
Thanks Steve. It's always a pleasure when you stop by and leave comments.
Cheers!!!
FR
ValveDriver
ValveDriver 13th Dec 2014 21:48 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
FR. What's happnin', man?

This is nice. I do like the fact that you tend to stick to the retro-sound. I started getting into the whole techno world around '92, so I kind of have a soft spot for that style.

"I figure if it sounds ok then who cares?"

I agree. In my opinion, music isn't about how it's made, it's about how it's received. I mean, you can use rocks and sticks to make music, so why not loops? If it's good...it's good.

As far as those VST's go, and getting the sound you want, if you need any advice, let me know. I can try to help you out. Since that's ALL I use.

Take care.
V.
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 17th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
Hey man cheers for dropping in. Not much is happening in all honesty. I lost my job a few months back so boredom is what's happening really.
Glad you liked the track and as for the VST's it's not so much that I don't know how to use them it's more that I just don't have the right ones for what I want to do. There's so much stuff I want to get but I just can't afford it at the moment. But saying that I do have a ton of other stuff I can mess around with for the time being so I cant really complain. You could however give me the name of that VST you make your guitar sounds with as it always sounds pretty authentic where as the samples I have just sound like samples. That would be handy.
Cheers again for dropping in. It's much appreciated.
FR
RealProblemShuckers
RealProblemShuckers 12th Dec 2014 14:50 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
Really digging the transitions here! 6:30 was a very good transition to what I think is the best part of the song and sounded very Robin S style.

I think the song works. Well done!

-R.P.S
Mosaic
Mosaic 9th Dec 2014 15:11 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
Hey Buddy

Mate a brilliant piece of work, you have done very well in combining the samples/loops, and keeping it very interesting for the listener, lol hearing a few I have in my collection...Seriously matey a very nice track...Massive Fav man...Peace n Respect...Mosaic...
XyIlent
XyIlent 8th Dec 2014 23:04 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
This is great man, you said to MrFucktastic that you 'want to back to making loops from scratch as it is kind of cheating' although you may be right in a way, but using loops to make a song is a talent in itself to make a song as good as this with loops that doesnt sound repetitive or anything is quite a talent, so yeah man cool track keep it up :D
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 10th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
Thanks, I have a load of VST's but I can never seem to get them to sound that great so loops I where i'm at at the moment.
Glad you could drop by and leave your thoughts on the track.
FR
alexisescalona
alexisescalona 8th Dec 2014 04:56 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
Wow very nice my friend, you got a good ear and skills to fit and choose loops. I´m really amazed my friend
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 9th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
Thanks. It's definitely harder to write stuff from scratch but I do enjoy playing around with loops. It saves a lot of time.
Cheers for dropping in and commenting.
FR
promenade2239
promenade2239 7th Dec 2014 19:36 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
hi. this is really nice tune. I like loops of good quality, somehow it is very hard to make them sound not corresponding cause they are perfectly designed already. Anyway I much enjoyed your work - solid and very loud transparent mix, nothing really clashes here. Very good and tasteful use of loops. Good job. Nice funky house vibes. Alex
aelmen
aelmen 5th Dec 2014 21:10 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
Nice retro vibes we've got here. I'm back at the disco's in the 90's!
It all evolves to something really nice from 8' I can find the "show me love" by Robin S, one of my favorites from that time.
Great work!

/Anders
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 8th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
Yeah all my stuff tends to sound quite rero. I've tried to make dubstep a couple of times but I seem to get bored of it after the first few bars and then just revert back to old school. I guess it was just the sound of my generation.
Anyway, cheers for stopping by and leaving comments.
FR
Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed 5th Dec 2014 20:36 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
some really tasty drums here FR...the basic kit in the first section got my attention even though it was not the intended star of the part...bass takes a nice part at the end of the 2nd section..amazing how effective the right kind of bass & bass line can be...like the bit of jazzy-lounge vibe in the last part...oh yes...lots of old school vibe so its got this nice combination of a comfortable feel whils keeping the ears perked for whats next...bet you spent more than a little time thinking this one together...works well & sounds good...and as always its good listening entertainment this afternoon over my way....Ed
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 8th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
Hi Ed, cheers for coming round. You are right, it did take quite a while to put together but it's only a case of listening to loops and finding ones that match. I wrote pretty much none of it from scratch so I guess that makes me a big cheat. I don't care though. I figure if it sounds ok then who cares?
Thanks again for dropping in.
FR
djtheobserver01
djtheobserver01 5th Dec 2014 19:09 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
Yo yo !

nice remix!
i enjoyed listen to it ..
But my heart goes out to the 2nd part .
sounds a little bit as Robin S !

greetzz1
DesignedImpression
DesignedImpression 5th Dec 2014 17:29 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
Ha, wow nice experiment dude. You do a good job with the loops, over time you've been getting a lot better in how you use them, some good results here.

I agree with your mix of styles with the loops, can achieve some cool grooves. Levels are good with this track, well I like them for my speaker type. Im gonna have to also say the 1st half is where the hype is for me. 2nd half is not bad though, that one sounds more like house. The other was just badass haha.
clindsay
clindsay 5th Dec 2014 16:27 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
Like this - very tight production - really like the portion starting at 7:30 - arguably could be its own track. I kind of hear 4 tracks here tied together with bass and synth grooves and smooth transitions. Kind of mirrors SJs comments but I liked the second piece more - opinions vary.
-clindsay
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 5th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
All I did with this was match up loops. So, other than being a bit time consuming it was pretty easy to put together. I just wish I had some proper equipment so I didn't have to rely on loops. FL studio is ok but the sound selection isn't really geared up for what I want to do.
Glad you could stop by and leave your opinion.
FR
SeriouslyJoking
SeriouslyJoking 5th Dec 2014 15:41 - 10 years ago

on Loops And Stuff by FreeRadical
This is lovely, with an oldschool flavour to it all the way! Great production and arrangement - which daw are you using by the way? I'm guessing Ableton.
Really digging the first part to 6:30. The second track (I think of them as two different tracks..) is sounding more slick and polished. I think I prefer the first one though, it's more dynamic.

Cheers!
/ SJ =)
FreeRadical
FreeRadical replied 5th Dec 2014 - 10 years ago
Thanks. I was going for an old school kind of a vibe so mission accomplished I guess. As for which DAW i'm using it's FL studio. I use a lot of loopmasters/prime loops packs these days as they contain sounds that I can't make with the equipment I've got.
Thanks for stopping by and lending your ears.
FR
Oceanically
Oceanically 2nd Dec 2014 23:23 - 10 years ago

on Trance Hard House And Techno by FreeRadical
Great production! Got me feeling like I'm in a 90s club.
The three genres are put together fluently. Something that gets people off their seat and dancing!

Well done! ^_^
15ludwicke
15ludwicke 2nd Dec 2014 16:32 - 10 years ago

on Old School Flavours by FreeRadical
really liked this track and enjoyed the old school groove! Great job!
aelmen
aelmen 30th Nov 2014 18:03 - 10 years ago

on Old School Flavours by FreeRadical
Great!

This could be a track in an old game or similar. I get the vibes from running around as a "saboteur" and getting hunted by dogs and the evil policeman while trying to arm bombs on buildings... But that's maybe just me :)

/Anders
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