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[Krowe - Juggernaut]

Hello

Long intro, I like how you crescendo and decrescendo the different parts out. When it breaks in though, I like that beat or two that you wait before you bust the drums in. Other than the format bass, all the other effects and synths were awesome. Don't get me wrong, I love it when a bassline has a solid 'yie' sound in it, it's just that sound gets used quite a bit by everyone (me included). A fuckin solid piece with proper auxilary percussion and everything. Excellent work mr.

KroweMusic responds:

Haha yeah the dramatic pauses really make this song. Glad you liked it :)

[Iron God: Sakupen Hell Yes RMX]

I'm just reviewing

Because everyone likes having more reviews on their songs. No advice.

mr-jazzman responds:

Damn, thanks for the extra-cushiony review Zenon! =D You're my hero, I hope you know! ;)

[(E-E)S-F-L]

House house

Less reverb on the bass synth, and maybe some other auxiliary percussion for added groove? Don't be afraid to toss in some cool sounding high ended synths either, it doesn't have to be all drums and bassline :)

Try incorporating drops in the music and shit for added emphasis. Like you drop the bassline and you just have the drums for a bit, but maybe putting something like that but with no drums and maybe some cool pads or something before the main section would be pretty dope and would bring more energy to the track.

Cool beans though, meister.

Everlasting-Elements responds:

Thanks, man. I appreciate the constructive review.

[- LD - Burning Society]

Love orchestral intros

And your first percussion choices were great. Wel, the whole build was pretty great, other than the introduction of the DJ name in the song :p

I would have really preferred if you would have focused on making really badass sounding bass synths instead of relying on your orchestra to continue making things sound badass. You know, more reliance on the actual "drum 'n bass" aspect. I'm not saying you don't do that; I just would have arranged it a little backwards personally, putting the cool synth stuff first and then adding the orchestra after. It'd really give you a chance to play more with sexy rhythms and such :)

Breed responds:

I completely agree, but given the purpose of the song(being a dnb set opener song that contains those vocals), the most important parts of it are the introduction, with focus on the vocals, and the drop, because after that it's going to be 2 hours of sexy rhythms and basslines. Also I'm not sure if you noticed my other responses but I only had a few hours to write everything that happened after the intro(1:25-ish) in order to get it to my brother DJ Breed before he left for burning man. Anyways thank you Mr. Zenon for the nice and lengthy review with the only attempt at real criticism of all the reviews hence far.

I don't know if you remember but back in early 09 I had sent you a collab request for the release of my new company Logical Defiance (went by TheBreeD back then), and then I completely got pwned by an electrical surge and was offline for half a year, buuuuut that offer still stands since I'm remembering it now. You were/am my goa trance inspiration =) Let me know via PM if interested.

Anywaysssss, as always,

Cheers!

[Mau5mate - Rain Forests(OM)]

Very nice

Love the percussion used here (except there's this one sample at the beginning that I can very clearly tell when it ends, kinda bugs me a little). Everything else follows the trance stereotype cleanly, I really like how balanced the entire track is. Very nice effects at the intro of the breakdown though, and I'm liking the long-decay buzzy synth you've got going on there. You've been dragging on the build-up since 2:20, and when it breaks back in you've definitely got the right idea to drop it all and start from a minimal clean-slate. But I really would have liked some serious crescendo at the end of that, instead of the near same power that you've had going for most of the build.

You really make people wait for the very end of the track though haha, I was just writing that I would have liked to have heard that melody at full flourish but I had to wait til the very end to hear that. The only thing I would suggest would be to expand on that last movement of the melody, to really give people something to wait for :) Sweet shit, I enjoyed it.

D-Chain responds:

gonna take it with the next :)
yea... i think i will be that person thatmakes people wait for that special moment, drag the people til the very end when everything just need to come out :)
and your right about the minimal state of this track..
i just love to start all over again with a simple kickdrum, a sound and maybe a clap or something else.

im glad you liked it dude!
appreciate it ^^

[[DN] 7 Skies- Caffeine Respray]

Good build and drop

The kick was the only thing that messed up the drop for me. You should have considered using a not-so-bassy sample for the kick roll and maybe even some other percussion for interest's sake, but you really gotta make sure that the melody has the oomph that you need. No one wants a build-up that's louder than the main section. Good little clip though :)

DanceNation responds:

Thats what i was thinking.

[SpK*) - doesnotcompute. FINAL]

Beautiful.

Took me until 0:54 to finally get the 7/4 groove. I'm lovin' the chaotic roboticness of everything that's going down. The down pitched drums were a nice touch :D Well, this was for the Robot Day competition and it fits the part excellently. Good work, mister.

Spikrodd responds:

Wait, wait. Random review ahoy?

Thanks for the kind words, ZENON. Good to hear from you again. Alas, the world may never hear a track this detailed from me again. This was just too much of a pain for me.

[BJ - Mushrooms]

Mmmm... mushrooms.

Very phat beats with a chill surrounding, very reminiscent of quite a few mushroom trips I've had personally :) Very enjoyable.

GhostlyDoobies responds:

lol yea? Glad you liked this song,.Thats pretty cool, you've been to the other side of the world before. :-)

I'll half to check out our your music too.

Peace.

[Lighthouse Song]

Hey, a full song!

It was the first song on your list that was a full song, and whaddaya know, it's an 8 minute monster. I'm down with long songs, and I know how good it feels to write a song that long :)

The introduction came on a little slow, and I think maybe an introduction of a filler percussion instead of just the kick drum would have worked a little better. You know, don't be afraid to use cool sounding hi-hats and misc. percussion. Sometimes when you do that you can write melodic parts in the song that follow the rhythm of the other percussion. It's a cool idea to play around, check it out.

The song's been playing for a while now and I think that arpeggio could have used a little bit more expansion. Just even adding some higher notes in the arpeggio at the end of an 4 or 8 bar cycle really does help the song sound a little more climactic.

Regardless, I'm quite stoned and this song is absolutely great to have in the background so no complaints there, I WOULD listen to this song in my own time.

So there's a few ideas for ya! Keep it easy;

-Zenon

WritersBlock responds:

Thanks Zenon! Definitely some great tips and ideas, so, thanks a lot. ;)

[exzez - untitled #minimal]

Minimal, you say?

I'll have two helpings instead of one, sir! I'm a large fan of minimal shit, you can always count on having great, clear defining elements in the track.

...which you did have, and I did enjoy (very nice little loop going on that 808... whatever it is) My only issue with this track is that you should watch how much you're adding to the track. In my opinion, per se, when the arpeggio comes in the first time I thought it was a little bit much to be adding over top the great drum track and that bass synth. Maybe just changing up the bassline to make it funkier instead? Really try to make the percussive elements in the song shine through. Give 'er a try if you like, and get back to me on how it sounds :) Or even better, just tell me when the song's done :P

Keep it easy captain kirk;

-Zenon

exzez responds:

Thanks for the helpfull/constructive comment.
Have to see what can be done. :>

cheers
exzez/electronic_infection