crucethus

those synths! its like im living life with no worries! such a relaxing track! U did Great!

like that sample horm that play,i have that too havnet been able to use it form here.

this has driving adventure mix with organ goodness and rock appreciation tuned into a good space within my belly...thats a good thing.

in all,very good,the pad break down with the conga dance session was solid and finishes off with justice .

not bad will be swinging by here often bro

This is really cool and uplifting! I like the keyboard work very much! Definitely a vintage sounding disco track! You did a great job!

interesting song cool sounds

Hey Steve, this is awesome man. Love the harmonies and I think this works so well because everything is not centered on the bass. Fav from me bro.

Well done crucethus, I think you worked the panning out great with the bass and further nice pads, sounding all together sorta dark. Also nice work on the guitar you fitted in there

Really urban and dark, I love it!

a differenT track of yours Steve ,I like your designation abouT synchronizism of the up beaT of percussive line with a considered note of the synth & also the waY in which U plaY your eleganT solo by synth . welldone & remarkable.best wishes.___B

"If you can find it, there is an instrumental version of Digging in the dirt (somewhere I have a CD5 single of it) that is awesome as it just builds up the verse and then only at the end do you get the chorus, the anticipation of that is mind bogglingly good."

Thanks for telling me about that version. I searched and found an instrumental version on Youtube, which is great. It's one of those amazing tracks where the vocal is so good but kind of overshadows the brilliant music underneath it so it's great to bring the playing out more. The bass is so simple and powerful and I love the guitar - tone, fluidity of the playing, everything really.

Maybe it's not the same instrumental you've heard as I didn't hear a chorus "at the end". There were just small portions of the vocal, no proper verses or choruses.

Simply Smooth. I love the synth work!!

The rythym flows very smooth from one moment to the next ! Very interesting and thought provoking, great work !

I really like the rythym fl

Can definetly hear that 90s sound, very well done. I too like what you did with the bass, and the mastering on this is phenomenal.

Bonjour mon Ami ....

I remain pleasantly surprised, listening to this very nice track.
Aside from the usual small plaisenteries in our mutual comments .... I confess that I have great interest in what you are doing .... Because there are a lot of personality, ingenuity, and also the talent to realize your concepts, your themes ....
In short .... It's great your piece here .... and sorry for the delay to listen.

Dan

I am feeling this chill out track. nice

This is not a comment on your track but a reply to this: "What I love about this site besides the critical comments which believe me help my overall production values, is the influences that drive each musician. Ozric Tentacles, Mon Dieu! Brilliant sounds I have never heard before. So the sharing of ideas and influences help musicians like us evolve into something better, and for that I am truly grateful. Thanks for the comments".

I guess you must have checked out my track Circular Motion and seen that I mentioned the Ozric Tentacles. And then you went and checked them out and loved them. Well done - they are an incredible band and I'd say the greatest space rock band ever. But they've been around for 30 years and have a lot of material. Unfortunately, in the last 15 or so years they have just been retreading their old stuff and not progressing at all and are now a bit boring. It's sad that I have to say that about one of my favourite bands ever but it's really what I think.

Please check out their stuff from the late 80s to late 90s as it's absolutely incredible. They do 'trance' in a much more musical way than almost all trance producers I've ever heard. Here are some albums you should definitely get: Pungent Effulgent, Erpland (those two are probably the best), Strangeitude, Jurassic Shift, Arborescence and Become The Other. But there's also great stuff from the 80s that were cassette-only at the time but can now be got as collections. Happy listening as it will be a hell of a deep trip!

Yes, I know what you mean about not panning your basses. I try to do it but then things just seem unbalanced so I tend to do it just for a effect for a short period in the song.

If you go to about 1:16 of my track on this site called Circular Motion, you'll hear a pair of synth basses playing the same thing with each panned about halfway to each side.

I find that balances things out though just one bass on one side tends to be a bit odd.

Anyway, back to your track, which has a cool vibe to it (and the panned bass seems to be fine). I love the filtered, twinkling percussive stuff starting on about 2:35.

This sounds like it should probably be a vocal song. I mean that it sounds as though it could just have a vocal stuck on top and you wouldn't have to remove much that's going on.

I'm not surprised to hear you refer to Digging In The Dirt. That is a spectacularly amazing piece of msuic. Brilliant vocals but it would be so cool just as an instrumental. And I also know the Avalon album and can see why you mention it. Good work.

This is so groovy! The sounds you used really take me back to a different time! I'm not one to pan my basses, but with the complimentary lines going on the balance is almost centered anyway, so that's very cool and creative! Definitely my kind of chill out! Great work! Faved for sure!

Yeah, I love a good disco track and this is one of them. I particularly like it when it turns funky and you get those funky guitar sounds happening. Nice old school stabbing synths and the vibe carries through well.
I like the wah guitar interludes and i can't think of a bad word to say about the track.
Bravo!
FR

Hey Cruc, this seems the in the direction I'm looking at too. I like to compose some songs with a deep though funky electric sound. This works as an inspiration to me. I really like the 'chorus', it has great progression in it. And the communicating basslines at the 'sides' is a nice find actually. It grabs ur attention more. And there's no other way to have two baselines talk to each other. ;)
In between at 2:30 the rythm gets to loose and crowded in my humble opinion, but I really like the feel of the track. Great job mate. Chrs FF

Awesome stuff...really lives up to the chill out genre. This just washed all over me as it came out the speakers. Felt like an Audio Loofah, loosening up all the tension and making me feel " clean " again. :) Thanks for sharing it.

tv

Great track really a disco track from back to the 80's? nice melodies!

Cool new wave disco track!

I remembered I liked that era, Dead or Alive,New order, and more.

The work good as always!

Steve!

The BEST song "maker" you are (for me) :-)

Marvellous one!

Danke

Nicely done, the synth in the beginning (when it comes in) sounds somehow really familiar to me haha