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press f3 japan 2140ad a new release by bottlehead / 7ynivf ------------------------- playing time: 4 min(appx) file size: 889k(appx) melody give us freedom, rhythm give us order. without melody, we are slaves. without rhythm, there is chaos. let your mind fly, let your body rest.
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--Melody-- The song begins slowly with a rather noisy bass sample, which is then followed by some out of tuned oriental sounding guitars and synths. The introduction is both good and bad, I do like that groove, but the occasional false tune which is in the mix makes it hard to enjoy fully. Then later on the melodies seem to take a turn towards a more coherent sound, and this is where the song sounds the best aswell. But after building up to a massive soundscape, it never variates, never really blossoms into the full soundscape one would expect. So my main impression is that the melodies require a bit more work to unlock the potential that's hidden in them. However, I'm rather impressed with the way the artist has put together the samples to make a very "japanese" sounding groove out of it. The full verdict on the melodies is "a good attempt which needs more work". --Percussion-- The drums make a solid backbone to the song, which means that you've got your breaks and your hihats and your ticks to get the groove going. But for some reason, it never really takes off and becomes a rhytm which is something tangible. A set of drumpatterns is used in the beginning of the song and at the end of the song the same patterns still remain. This is this songs biggest downfall. However as with the melodies, the artist does have a rather good mixture of sounds picked out. The verdict here is similar to the one on the melodies: "good elements, but their full potential is wasted" When I was going to check out this song, I was rather surprised since what I thougth would be a bonanza of effects usage actually turned out to be just a clever use of various samples and some basic volume effects! This of course makes one wonder how this song would have sounded with some effects thrown into it. But, just making this song with these samples is impressive enough to me, and does merit some recognition for the technical side, although it's not strictly in the sense of "tracking technical".