Score: 7

"i liked it until..."

submission: Digital Age

date: February 21, 2008

the rest of the trk came in! Lovely first sample/synth sound, but then the rest is just very generic trance relying on a sound, which just never works..., It's a shame, as the initial sound had potential. It goes on and on , certainly not bad, but certainly not good imo. No diversity in the beats or melodies, nothing that makes you get hold of the trk, which in this genre is extremely important, no hook.

Score: 9

"very nice"

submission: ~The Girl From Memory Planet~

date: February 19, 2008

Shame the backing music sounds like RPG music. The trk is reminiscent of The Delgados, nice voice, especially with the backing vox, good stuff, just never really gets going, the trk sounds like a brige, or fill, waiting to explode into something else, that never happens.

Score: 7

"SAmple driven, but good"

submission: DJ Comet-SunDown

date: February 17, 2008

Good sound, in parts, a lot of samples which makes me wonder how much of this is actually your own tune. Nice vibe to it, needs tweaking production-wise, the drums get lost and there's no real bass-end to the mix, it seems to centre around the arp. Not bad at all, just needs tweaking. Perhaps try bringing the drums and bass into the foreground of the mix, kind of essential in this genre:)

Score: 7

"I do like it, but......."

submission: Orange Orchard

date: February 17, 2008

it's nice enough, it sounds a little 'dead' but I guess that's due to the fact you had to export it. Certain parts of the trk are much louder than others, the beats dont kick through the mix enough, apart from in the 'fill' sections when the kick and cymbal are really quite loud, it's a shame as it's a nice enough tune, nothing inspirational, but good game music.

Score: 5

"Not bad"

submission: Fall and Get Up Song

date: February 17, 2008

Well, first off, the melodies are nice, the sounds fit well together, the basline is a little weak (mainly due to the sound used) and could do with not being panned to the left, keep the bass central at first.
Also the drums could do with sounding more prominent, try adding a little compression or distortion to them to give the trk some more edge?
Not bad though

Score: 9

"some of the..."

submission: Package Design in Japan

date: February 17, 2008

...worst production I've heard for a while and yet it's very endearing. The trk is good, the parts played ok, even if they are out of tune and buzzing like mad, it has a really nice charm to it that I like a lot.

Score: 9

"Yello"

submission: [MS] - Fluem

date: February 17, 2008

Someone's been listening to early Squarepusher, lol:)
Nice tune, I like the drippy reverb on the bass sounds, the beat work was good too, but could've been a bit more upfront in the mix imo. Nice work.

Score: 8

"Needs bringing together"

submission: As Time Leaves Me Behind

date: February 10, 2008

The Intro is very good with the ambient rain sounds, but they diminish a little too quickly, they just seem to cut off, might have been nice to add some reverb to them at the end and let them slowly decay.
I like the simple, slightly lo-fi beats, the guitar, bass and piano are nice, but a little sloppy in places and a little repetetive.
Overall imo the trk feels a little empty, maybe try introducing some pads and backing synths to give it a warmer feel.
This trk sounds more like an idea than a finished song.

Score: 8

"Lovely Stuff"

submission: apeman

date: February 4, 2008

Thought this was great, lovely build and the repeat glock style riff was very nice indeed. As always like the mix of the live instrumentation with the electronics.
I think his definate potential to build on. Some people would be proud to leave it just as it is, Plaid for example:) but I think it definately could keep on building with that end section, adding more layers and some nice vox to it perhaps?
It's good to break the back of getting back into writing electronica eh, just getting back into the swing of things again is nice.
Cool stuff, that i will give an 8//10 as it's unfinished.

Take it easy man.
Grats on the frontpage

Score: 5

"turn it down.,..."

submission: Out of my League cover

date: January 28, 2008

voice is nice, but too poppy poo for me and way over the levels, peaking like a bitch