A - a scifi sounding offering with a super steady kick and snare combo and a moving bassline. suspenseful.
the hihats are somewhat separated from the drums. its a bit novice, but i like it, its creative, and im a fool for creative.
id just have liked if it was more confident musically and more in line with our compo theme. PM me if you want to talk production stuffs.
B - already reviewed B, best tune of the compo if it werent for that amen snare. replace it with a couple of conga hits and you would have
nailed it. or, you know, probably.
C fantastic use of the vocal function of the compo, this is the kind of shit i love to hear. drops into a sturdy, if a tad wonky break, should have waited with the heavy snare until the real drop. wonky pad theme again, the things that make a gumbo good eatin is all in here, but its wonky. great synth work, mix is a tad unbalanced in the high regions. need to tame the gated pad in the resonance. the drops are ineffective, but it fits with the intelligent theme.
D this is somebody that truly gets it, how didnt this make the finals!? wonderful mixdown and fantastic pad work. oh, and the sub...
this, i love this sound. you had me at hello you beautiful bastard. im pulling my vote for P. cant fault this, its confident, intelligent,
and its production value is off the charts.
E this is a bit all over the shop, its hard to say what this is. musically it doesnt even know which way is up, but technically its not bad.
the breakdown is mentally capable and the mixdown is not bad at all. and this is a messy tune, so its hard to make a good mixdown
on a messy tune. you need to get better musically, both composition wise and theme wise. it barely makes the cut for intelligent on account
of being so messy. PM me if you want to talk.
F i already reviewed F, its a rocking tune, it very nearly nails the groove and the sound, even if very much too heavy on the kick.
G i already reviewed L, it shows promise, but isnt very good. frankly i dont understand how it got through to the finals.
H- sorry, i forgot H. H is fking amazing, the pad theme is not so much dnb but enya, but he more than makes up for it with all the
awesome synth work. this is the full groove i was talking about when i said dont be lazy. confident, musical, creative sample use,
i cant fault it, how did this not go through to the finals?
L i already reviewed L, it shows promise, but isnt very good. i dont understand how these two got through to the finals.
social engineering is allowed, so there is that.
M delicious really. it falls under intelligent because beleive it or not, the dillinja rocker can be said to be intelligent in certain aspects.
the part with the slow drums is awesome. the part with the amen, namely the bulk of the tune is amazing too.
the drums hit hard, the bass is deep, the synths are decidedly synthy, its not quite the intelligent style we were looking for,
but it makes the cut. this is a personal fave.
N this is probably the best tune of them all, the man who did this is no fking joke. everything is on point, bass, drums, synths.
the chords are lacking somewhat, to get the intelligent sound you have to extend your chords, big man! thats all you had to do!
id vote for this tune twice if i didnt have to vote for P too. AND HE RECORDED HIS OWN VOCAL, probably by getting someone who
cant sing and then making it work in the song, its genius it really is.
O is just tops, ive said it many times, an endearing little diddy, but also, a fierce jam, the keys are low and hiphop tribe called quest ish, the bass is rocking and its really quite musical. love what you done here ron! youre also a massive bender, as it were. i hope you know that.
P is a fucking marvel of technology, whoever did P is a damn genius. mad respect to whom ever made P, id like a little go through how you did
the drums and the the synths, basically. this is a more liquid offering, but still intelligent and with the most rocking house piano riff. id like to know your process. i had to turn this off on the third repeat because it took me back to ibiza too hard, and all the disaster, madness and mayhem that lurks that island. great work man, just tops.
