Kingbastard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jizz Castles (3min13sec)]

Sweet as a nut...

....Love the traditional DnB bass/SquareLead sound, nice use of filters to bring the melodies into the forefront of the mix. Good layering of sounds and textures, but I feel that the drums don't live up to all the other elements of the tune, they are too straightforward and could do with an injection of a Squarepusher type sound. Experiment more with those drums, chop em up, reverse em, timestretch em, just play with them! All the right elements are in there, just fuck with those drums! Please send me a copy of the film that u are using Sadmachine in, or at least give me credit and point people in the right direction, I could do with some exposure! I'm interested to hear how and why u r using it!

AdmiralConquistador responds:

Hmm, those are some interesting ideas about the drums. You're right, I really didn't give the drums too much thought. About the movie, I'll gladly send you a copy! The running time we are aiming for is about 42 minutes, I'll see what I can do about compression to bring down the filesize, but if it gets to be too big, I'll happily ship you a copy of the dvd. Send me an email with whatever plan of action you'd like to take [e-mail]

Thanks for listening and reviewing!
-Admiral Conquistador-

[Mellow Yellow Jello Hello]

yep...

...there's definately a BOC thing goin on here but it's a little to strightforward and repetetive for my liking. That's not to say that it isn't nicely chilled and ambient, but it could do with a lot more adding to it.
Check out my tune Sadmachine as I think u might like it. kB

CRISPY-D responds:

YES...boards of Canada was an inspriration to the tune...
i looped this after 8 measures just
for space reasons... the song actually
has five 8 measure parts. in the future... i may release it on NG but @ a shitty Killa bit rate. i'm glad u enjoyed it... and ill def. check out
Sadmachine.............peace and
fuck tha firth haters who choose to live in a shell of shitty glam!

[Come Into the Light]

It's nice....

....I'm not too keen on the sounds that you have used, but the arrangement and progression on this tune are really good. When the drums come in it adds another dimension to it, but again I'm not fond of the drum sound. This tune would benefit from different instruments and a bit more experimentation. I would like to hear it with the lyrics/vocals, as that may help the song stand out more. Why not do a remixed version and experiment with some fx.
Have a listen to my trk Sadmachine and see what u think, if u want leave a review. :)

CaedaFera responds:

Remixes aren't that hard with all of this music saved and held on my PC. I will think that over and I thank you for your response. I always enjoy feedback from my work and I will use it to my advantage.

[My Intel FL5 Remake]

It's good.

But I would much rather hear all the parts played with real instruments and the timng is far too rigid. But that's what u get when using those sorta programs. I just listened to the acooustic versionand that is far more my sorta thing. Shame that you played it so loud and close to the mic. Nice riff by the way.

LittleGymm responds:

Lol, thanks. Fruity Loops just give me something to do with the load of time I have on my hands, so I just remakes songs.

[RatPack]

Needs to be faster...

....this track could do with being sped up about 20 or 30 bpm so it kicks along better than it currently does. Some nice parts but nothing special. I like the sub-bass and the drums are actually pretty good, just way too slow to warrant this being in the Dnb section.

Rucklo responds:

Yup very true that. Well, i guess I´ve come, maybe not a long way, but at least a long way from this song. This aint DnB, that much I know now :D haha Peace

[Experiment(dnb)]

Yes....

...Lovin those beats. The actual melody and bass aren't great at first, but it gets much better in the mid-section. This tune sounds like it is missing something, but I can't put my finger on it. That synth saw sound is a little irritating as well, maybe don't use it quite so much in the mid section. Really Good stuff, with some excellent production and good arrangement. NICE.

apimusic responds:

Thank you very much.

[Rucklo - Heigh-Ho (Remake)]

Ha HA HA!....

....Can't believe I never took the time to listen to this tune before, it's bloody hilarious! Nuff said!

Rucklo responds:

WEeeeeeE :D

[Bubble Bobble 8 bit Remix]

That was gr8.

Really nice job. A great catchy tune nicely remixed in this lovely lo-fi 8-BIT crunch fest. I'm downloading it to my i-tunes right now:)

PanzerDivision responds:

Thank you for the kind words. Bubble Bobble was a great game, for as simple as the design was....and the music was pretty catchy and had a way of getting stuck in your head! :)

[Slam]

This is a messy one!

This track is pretty much all over the place, but it might be worth investing some time in it again, smoothing it out and trying to layer the parts so it doesn't sound so muddled. The drums are fat tho, fat with a capital PH.
Might sound nice with some pads and more gentle textures with those really phat drums messing about over the top?

Rucklo responds:

This song seriously sux, the drums are quite cool tho. But since they´re sampled from wherever, i cant claim any cred for them. And the rest of the song sux, so... :D
Thanx for the review tho :D

[Nova]

This tune Bangs!!

Is a kinda Trance DnB crossover which actually works really well. Nice banging beats and good use of synth sounds. It ends a little abruptly though. Check out my new tune Sadmachine and see what u think. Good stuff man, keep it up.

AdmiralConquistador responds:

Thanks, I didn't want to spend too long on this, it's just a quick banger. I know it ends abruptly, I thought about ending it but then said "oh fuck it" and decided not to. It was a bit exhilarating. Thanks on the review man, and thanks for letting me use your track "Sadmachine" for my film!