Sarauj Latvija ! (kika_lv.xm)

Posted by arcturus on Sat 29th Jun 2002, rated 6 / 10.

The introduction to this song is very interesting. It starts out with crowd noises, and then begins with a timpani rhythm (although the rhythm itself is fairly generic). It's also fairly unusual to hear a timpani in a breakbeat song. After that begins, the beats themselves kick in, and go over quite well. Unfortunately, there is very little melody in this song. It's more rhythm than music, which isn't my style of choice. Instrument 6 is what comes closest to creating a melody, but it only plays a G in the sixth octave, and never anything else. The rhythm for this song is good, but I was left wanting more in the end. Fairly good on the technical side of things. I should point out, though, that the author did not completely fade one of the looped samples that was playing at the end. It was hardly noticeable, but noticeable enough to be mentioned here. The author did an excellent job of creating breakbeats without actually using a drum loop sample, they were all created using individual samples for each drum. That's commendable.