Score: 9

"Awesome"

submission: [Speed Rap]- Cynical Pinnacle

date: September 19, 2009

I slowed it down and you still had good timing with the beat.

Score: 9

"Holy shizna"

submission: Rucklo - Fear t. Flight REJECT

date: September 19, 2009

It sounds like if you took an boomin' Italian club at 2 am and crazy goings-ons inside and ran it through a bit crusher.

The dissonance is spot on and I love the bass pumps.

Oh my fair Ruckie

Score: 10

"Very ethereal"

submission: Back To The Front [ K B ]

date: July 31, 2009

I agree with the Thom Yorke reference, it almost sounds like Beatles-ish, and I don't even listen to the Beatles!

The first part kind of reminds me of any Chris Clark track that breaks down into a rhythmic ambience. Very calming, very ominous. Cloudy premonition for the big kick-in.

The vocal layering and falsetto singing style fit in real well with how upfront that synth is, my first immediate visualization is that dancing synth and it's kind of like a dude trying to climb a rainbow colored escalator. An uncontrollable and psychedelic event where the singing tries to guide you through the craziness.

Even though it's a very tame sound, I'm suprised you didn't do something special with the beats. But I suppose the simplicity kept the rest on track.

I've always been bad with lyrics so I can't make them out on this one.

Nice work m8.

P.s., I submitted a Hermit track not too long ago that's aching for your input.
Erks

Score: 9

"Nice"

submission: SR - Dubbed Out

date: July 29, 2009

I've already had it loop a few times and the novelty hasn't worn off.

My favorite part is the breakdown at 1:29, you use the repetitions of that 'industrial' sound effect that really epitomizes dubstep in that you unsettle the listener and establish a dark mood with some kind of idiosyncrasy that is not "techno" sounding.

I'm a beatsmith myself, but the drums here are perfectly laid out. Sure, you could do more, but only in increments, as nothing should get in the way of the bass itself, the intricacy of the bass is what makes it memorable dubstep, not what kind of wicked beat setup you have.

The bass itself has the characteristics of a high tide at some beach.

Great atmosphere, nice ideas, good execution.

Score: 7

"Dubbish"

submission: Ka9 (dubstep)

date: July 29, 2009

There's a lot going on for it to be Dubstep. My own definition of dubstep is very pronounced bass, nothing gets in the way of the bass hits, then everything dances inbetween.

The bubbly-whistle melody is very sharp, which on top of everything else is very out of sync at times, kind of hard for me to sense the groove when so many other effects are going on at their own will.

The drums are simple enough and have kind of a modern hip hop appeal to them. Tssssssk tada CLAP. Tssssk ssst CLAP, but again the drum pattern is very sporadic and makes it hard to discern where the song wants to take my emotionally.

When I listen to it, I get hints of that tasty dark, gritty ominous feel but is overwhelmed with the sharpness of the melody, kind of like being abducted by aliens only to find out they're the friendly childhood cartoon aliens.

Score: 8

"Good tweaking"

submission: Rucklo - Deal with it WIP

date: July 10, 2009

The emotional appeal is prevalent after the melody kicks in, before that it was rough hitting and kinda sinister, then after it sounds like something that'd fit into a story about a detective wandering the streets chasing after a murderer.

Let's see what you turn this into.

Score: 10

"Didn't think you'd come out with new material here"

submission: [ 1 M 4 G 7 R G U Y ]

date: April 29, 2009

Very simple and effective mending of the melody itself into the rhythm-fabric of the song itself. You really like the 8bit stuff too, who can't get enough of it?

Really like the mini-breakdown at :45. Very playful song.

Score: 10

"Slammin'"

submission: -Ricochet Love-

date: April 28, 2009

Almost right off the bat I can tell whether tracks like these will be great, or shitty.

The melody itself, alone, seemed to jump around a lot, but you had a lot of backup and accompaniment sounds to accomodate its eccentricity that it pulled off this haywire feeling you'd get watching a group of high tech soldiers fighting off aliens or some kind of shit like that.

The 8-bit vox starting at 1:22 is badass, the subsequent breakdown the melody is a lot more restrained, giving a serene appeal, then launching back into a kind of urgent awareness.

The piece itself is just dripping the same sweat you probably dropped into it making it, nice work.

Score: 9

"What a gay song."

submission: +*+*(Distance of a gaze)*+*+

date: April 28, 2009

Very smooth melody, it's chipper and happy without turning the stomach, because of how the melody has kind of a twinge of doubt in it, kind of like acknowledging a previous crisis that had been heroically resolved.

The beat was simple and not overbearing, kept the flow moving.

Great echo or reverb or whatever the hell you kids call it these days. I find a lot of artists that do melody work/composition overdo it and kind of mesh the flow of the song into one little monster, that's not the case here.

Nice job.

Score: 7

"Neat"

submission: Sleeping on Embers

date: April 24, 2009

When that cello pops in at 0:42, it really alters the atmosphere, the roughness of the strings and the bass take over and give kind of a determination vs the spaciness.

Seems to get a little repetitive at the end, only because it's the cello strumming obsessively while the floaty synth leads it around.

My personal tastes aside, I like what you used and how you used it.