by

Johannes gaz
(gaz)

One thing I like about this song is that it doesn't get boring if you leave it on for a while. If you let it run in the background when reading, for example. There's always a detail you didn't notice in the last loop that makes you listen again. The samples in this song are of average quality. The guitars stand out in an artistic way, they are quite unusual, but the author used to much reverb. He obviously wanted to use these guitar samples, but failed. They don't fit into the rest of the tune's harmonies. The wah-wahs sound terribly chaotic, much like the whole song. The fact that there hardly is a noticable bass line makes the tune sound hollow and empty. This song has a problem with its mid- frequencies: sometimes, there are no such freqs, and when they come in, they sometimes are out of key, compared to the guitar. The strings create some dissonances which could have been avoided. The beats are steadily changing but still monotonous, they sound artificial, though the use of real-life guitar tells me the song isn't meant to sound artificial. The overall impression of this song is a band with a tape running in the background. It could have been done with half the channels or less, i guess.

This song had a quite clean set of samples. Great those guitar riffs, but that's all. The song lacks of coordination between patterns, and a clean musical message is not communicated to the listener.

This song has a funky introduction which is helped by the clean drum samples. It does however lack direction for the most part and needs a stronger carrying theme. Over reliance on the same sampled riffs is a common problem with guitar mods and this is no exception. Some of the strings are perhaps too loud in parts and should be more subtle.

Pretty original song; the samples are good except for the over-reverbed drums; they don't seem to work well together though. I ended up not quite sure what the "point" was; the song just kind of wandered around and then stopped, and it (especially the guitar sample) was often too repetitive for the strength of the themes. Still, it was quite original and it all balances out to an "average" score from me.

Weak drum samples. Relies heavily on sampled wah-guitar riffs. Not very impressive tracking here. Nonexistent form and not much happening here. Almost makes me fall asleep. Strange chording (which wouldn't be a minus if it sounded good which it doesn't) and basslines. Some kind of mood is here allright, but you don't take advantage of it. Song lacks character and the different elements are more like glued together than designed to fit.