xcentric repulse mix (xcentric.xm)

Posted by Rikimbo on Sun 28th Nov 2004, rated 4 / 10.

Well, lets see, the author says "6 minutes of hardtrance in your face!" Well, it delivers what it promises, and really not much else. The beginning sounds rather rough and very chippy, but it loses that feel as the song progresses. A little less than a minute in, it loses all the chip samples and becomes much easier to listen to. There are a few parts that I thought were interesting, but there is an aweful lot of recurrance, even for trance. This is probably due to the song's length. At six minutes, I tend to tire of trance quickly. In between the recurring themes, there are some interesting buildups and little asides that may be worth listenning to. If you're the trance fan, there's a chance you might like this. As I stated earlier, alot of this song sounds chippy, and I'm not sure if that is intended. More care could have been put into achieving a better sound, in my opinion. Granted, hard trance is supposed to sound like just that, hard, coarse, but I think it could be better than this. Some transitions I find to be a little too harsh, notably when it goes away from the main idea for a while at around 3:40, and when it jumps back into it a little later. There are a few places I noticed earlier on too. My last complaint is that it is too long. This might have been a more intense song if it was all done in three minutes or so. That's only my opinion, however. If six minutes of hard trance is your idea of time well spent, then be my guest and click the download link.