MC6 Round 1 Results - Electric Planet

 
"Electric Planet"
(m6r-elec.zip)

by

Andy vision
(vision)


This song competed in the rookie division of Music Contest 6, where it ranked in block 5.

Judge: Hansen ,Torben

Such a promising intense introduction, and then... well, all I was missing was the vocalsample shouting "PANIC" :) This is obviously a tune, that is HEAVILY inspired by the PANIC-soundtrack by Purple Motion. It's ok to be inspired, but this is just too much. Listen to the Panic-module and then listen to this tune. It's pathetic how close they sound - WAY too much alike for my taste. This is _so_ close to a ripoff IMO! Had the composer only made his own tune built on the basics of the Panic-soundtrack, I would've perhaps swallowed it, but not this one! This is too much. Even the goddamn breaks/changes in the Panic- soundtrack are the same here.. I bet if you exchanged this tune with Purple Motion's in Panic, it would fit perfectly - and that is not ment as a compliment. Next time make something, that is yours entirely instead of making a new version (remix) of the old Panic-tune.

Judge: Dahlin ,Nicolas

I really like the build-up and ending, but maybe it should have been louder, compared to the song (which is quite loud). And why do you use that mod-like left-right panning in the song, when you show that you can use panning in the intro + outro? Orchestra hits come only in the left side and you get an instrument in one side and the echo from it in the other side - this song almost drove me nuts with earphones! Please, don't do that again!

Judge: Lesuisse ,Anthony

Classic techno (demolike: when you close your eyes while listening it you see a rotating torus :) song. I don't really like this kind of songs but it is quite good with only 8 chn.

Judge: Isaacson ,Michael

A delightful techno chip. The main song is fun to listen to, however the opening is hard on the ears and is way too long (as is the ending). And while it is hard to do in a chip tune, a few more original patterns would be nice, it almost sounds like the author is using about 8 pattens to make up the 57 patten order list. This song has high energy and stays well with its zone. Samples are well chosen and clear, keeping the tracker's fingers busy moving them around in this voltage packed peice.

Judge: West ,David

A purple motion ripoff. The samples were terrible and the intro was bland. The song was okay to listen to but the riffs got old very fast and hurt the song. The bassline was decent. There was no discernable melody at all. That would have really helped the song. I'm not trying to rip on techno but this was extremely derivative. Didn't really excite my interest. It had a good pulse but terribly boring percussion. Good luck on your next song!

Judge: Landekic ,Bojan

Oh yeeeeeeah! ;-)... 8 tracks? 8 tracks! Glad you didn't jump onto the channels bandwagon and hog 32 channels like most entries. I'm not sure if you realized but this is a great tune, and if we look over a few minor details, it really stands out from the crowd. Oh but I mentioned a few details? Well, yes. Like the samples. I swear I can probably name each and every song from which your samples have come from, even a few old-skool intros. Did sample #18 really need to be 140k? And how about Sample #20,...220k? I don't think it was neccesery. Now I can't really blame you for using 2 drumloops, even though they are as common as cold; they add to the song's overall appeal a lot. One thing I found quite distracting was tracks 1 and 2, the "melody" just doesn't go with the song. I turned them off, and the song took on a whole new role. It trully sounds like it came straight from a demo or a dentro! Unfrotuantely the song is VERY repetative. I think a few variations could have helped it along the way, but this "type" of music is repetative. One part I could really get off on started after Order 28, I love how samples 8 and 3 interact with each other, really good.... and then Order 33 sets me up for a climax, except things return to the way they started. Now remmeber how I mentioned earlier that the "melody" in tracks 1 and 2 at the beginnig really didn't go well? You certanly proved me wrong in Order 48, where it really does go with it. Even though it starts at Order 44, I think this was a bit too early for sample #9 to lead. In general, if the above things were applied to some extent the song would really kick. I can't close without complimenting you on a good ending though. I really liked it, sounds like a clip from a movie, yet it isn't. This was a very well tracked song overall. Got any more???