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Masterful remastering to be sure.

I know this guy! The Merchant Honest Abe and his Entheogenic Emporium. Here in the freefall market of Anak Brunei's Obsidian Palace you can find the purist Clarity within 200,000 miles.

The tuning is really strange, but like most unfamiliars you get used to it quickly. By the 3rd play makes sense. The 4th for me got the favorite, and I get it.

I think next to aforementioned "Clarity" this is my favorite track of yours.

Is it my imagination, or has this gotten a lot easier for you since the JB ultra-Funk track? Your music just keeps getting smoother and smoother (seamless and organic) - no mean feat, no?

To my ear, this sounds like AJ sang to the music, instead of the other way around.

Allow me to be the first to favorite this one (though I know I won't be the last).

Ceci est la musique de qualitàet se tient sur ses propres mÃÂrites, n'est pas?

Love the transitions. Electro-dub-jazz-funk with sprinkling of equatorial spices and herbs.

Very tasty.

Really dig your percussion here. To me, it weaves everything else together, especially in that the bass melody serves as the foundation. Letting it drop to only a shaker, and then even letting that drop really emphasizes how rhythmic this track is.

Great layering. Well worth several back to back listens, too.

Nice one, oasisduke!

This is reminiscent of many things. The vocals reminded me of Consolidated (and it's been a while since I thought of them), and the synth lead made me remember that I have some vinyl by Cabaret Voltaire I haven't pulled out for a while.

Great fusion. I love how it can remind me of so much while remaining entirely your own interpretation and representation. I also love the low level edginess underlying it all.

I've found myself wishing that we had a "track blog" on our member's page on several occasions now, and it's happening regularly when I listen to your tracks. I'd love to know the techniques and methods some people use to get their tracks the way they are.

You're a rare breed of Art and Science. I find it really refreshing as once upon a time there was no distinction. Prophetic maybe?

My only constructive criticism for this one - I second Numberjack's desire for more in the sub range. It'd kick the dynamic right into the WTF? space.

Amazing stuff.

Love the interplay between the electric piano and the guitar - almost a call and response but transcends it somehow. Almost like they're dancing together....

Chilled and very cool.

Trance as a genre is really outside my area of expertise, so I'll tell you what works to my ear, and what doesn't quite.

First, the rhythm and synth do work beautifully. The "happiness" from that synth is really worth the price of admission here.

I'm not so sure about the vocals...there are times when it's really happening, but at others her voice gets a bit lost in the high end. I'm really not keen on Autotune, and I'm not sure if this is why I'm having trouble with the vocals. Maybe focusing on the end of the vocal cycles will give it that sense of 'tightness' it still needs.

That said, this is off to a great start and I'd say really successful in terms of a first mastering attempt. Kudos and keep having fun!

Lol - I'm constantly surprised when I pull up a track from a genre I usually don't listen to. "Hardcore" as a generic label really isn't very informative. I wouldn't have guessed that Hardcore could sound so...happy.

You're really good on both the arrangement and the mix. Levels are exactly where they should be (at least to my ear), and you've got a really good sense of transitions.

This really compels dancing, which I'm guessing it's all about. Well done!

Yikes - this needs to be resampled and reuploaded! Only 60 seconds long and pure noise.

Far out! With this track alone, I've got to say you're a great addition to the community. Welcome!

The illusion you've created is indeed complexity hidden in the sparse. The use of field recordings and samples while maintaining a musical sense is awesome (and hard to do well). The vocals are almost reminiscent of the Balinese Kecak Dance/Chant.

I'd put this in Ambient instead of Weird, as it deliberately and successfully creates a particular emotional state in the listener.

Added to favorites. Thank you.

I seem to be reviewing Cascadians tonight, though I didn't set out to do so.

The arrangement here is lovely. I think your levels are all exactly where they should be. In terms of genre, this song could get slotted into several different ones. It could go into Dance, as the beat supports that. It could also go up as Fusion (yeah, I used to think that meant Jazz) as it meets the criteria. Not terribly weird to my ears though.

Nice work.

I like the arrangement here. The vocals really add depth and work well with the delay you're using.

In terms of your request for criticism, I'm wondering about the synth bass. Personally, I like the echo happening, but it does seem a bit muddy or muffled. I'm not sure if this is due to the effect(s) you're using, but if you could separate and/or make that track a bit "crisper" I think it'd change the dynamic positively.

That said, I'm really digging what you've done here. Very dance oriented with a really interesting sense of the bitter-sweet.

Nice.

I'm sending you an email, as there are things outside reviewing I want to say, and to ask you.

This project is amazing, timely, and resonates with that "of course" as a concept. Something that HAD to be done, you know?

I love this track. I'd love it even if I didn't know what it was, but knowing that it's a representation of pi, I love it even more. A capital "M" Mystery if there ever was one. The circle as a form that can only be approximated in mathematical equations. Uncertainty as a solid.

Faved. Thanks.

It's almost like a instrumental ballad, isn't it? The radio meditation becomes a state of being, or participation. Escape through the sonic crack...

So, are you using a talking drum riff in this? It really sounds like the arm-pit variety in that break. Really dig that. I'm mean, really dig it. That's a beautiful roll and punctuation.

My neighbor to the north, you've got it happening.

Quelque chose de nouveau à partir de mon artiste prÃÂfÃÂràTunisien! J'aime la façon dont vous mÃÂlange arabe et français d'une manière qui semble naturel.

Bien que nos styles sont diffÃÂrents, je pense que vous pourriez, comme certains de mes musiques. Je suis curieux de vos avis de mon

Je vais certainement être à l'ÃÂcoute de plusieurs de vos chansons.

Channeling the 'tea smokers' of those days long gone by, are we? Bloody jazz-heads, with your free-form meanderings and feet grounded in The Cool.

But then, who needs to do drugs when you can make music that's this intoxicating?

I love your arrangement here, Dave. For me, your style of Jazz is truly a Down Under manifestation - even without the fx, there's the Spirit of the Outback and wild coastlines that permeates your sound. It's impossible to mistake your sound for anyone else's.

I'm still trying to get my head around how someone in Melbourne and someone in North Yorkshire can collaborate at that distance and still sound like they were exchanging molecules in real-time. That in itself is worthy of a fave.

Yeah man! I'm so old, that when I see Puna I can't help but think of Puna Butter and $5 pin joints from the days when you weren't even a glimmer in your parents' eyes.

Maybe it's a genetic thing?

This is some of the best Dub-Step I've heard yet. I love how it's distinctly grounded in the Kingston Dub tradition, and yet it's totally dynamic and current.

I'm keeping my ears and eyes on you. You've got it happening.

This is really sweet...but I understand why you might think it's boring (a bit harsh, but most artists are their own worst critics). It's a sparse track, but not quite minimal which creates a kind of tension.

I love how it invokes a kind of melancholy happy vibe. Reminiscent of bitter-sweet memories.

I think your dissatisfaction could be easily rectified through several approaches. Obviously getting some vocals down is one way, but I think it's also possible in some other ways. If you 'dubbified' it a bit, I think it might be to your satisfaction. For example, pushing a bit more of the minimal approach by isolating single instruments right at the end of a cycle and then adding reverb and/or delay.

That suggested, I'd still like to emphasize how sweet the song is in this version. Outstanding work oasisduke!

There's some amazing stuff going on in this track. I really like the call and response happening between the keys and that hooting sound. And I really like how it carries a sense of joy or real happiness. Good stuff indeed.

Dig the drones you tease out of the mix. Nice contrast to the driving beat.

I think Punk in it's first overt incarnation (lets not forget the proto-phase in NY City) was more of a blanket generic designation. In other words, Punk was what wasn't mainstream. (A bit like Hip Hop's claim if I'm not misreading it.) In the UK, punks were hanging out at Reggae clubs before they had their own music.

In that sense, this one seems more like circa `77 to my ears. A gathering of sonic flotsam and jetsam, discarded pieces of things that came before....

Timeless.

Faved.

AJ's right - listening to your music leaves me with the sense you have a lot of fun making music.

This one is equally fun to listen to.

What's really cool about this (imho)is how you've taken inspiration from the location, and then interpreted it into something that's really your own.

This is solidly grounded in Caribbean influences, yet it's no longer Caribbean music. I'm a percussion fiend, and I'm really digging what you've done here. Certainly motivates me to listen to more of your work. That says much.

Very, very nice. Cheers.