mickus.s3m (mickus.s3m)

Posted by Saga Musix on Fri 1st Nov 2019, rated 8 / 10.

A cool 90s dance track and, as far as I know, Captain's only public S3M release (or any other PC-only format, for that matter).

The work that went into the samples is evident: Clean, high quality (22 kHz) and long (often close to ST3's 64k limit) samples were all but common in 1994, especially in S3M files. Looped samples were edited with a cross-fading tool, which shows that an external sample editor was definitely used.

Apart from the technical side, this is also a very nice melodic dance track - nothing too special, but certainly not boring.

Posted by christofori on Mon 11th Mar 2002, rated 9 / 10.

Now this is a great tune! Upon listening to it a few times, I really started to dig it. It's too bad the artist hasn't left us with any information about him/herself, as this is a great piece of work. Musically, the piece just rocks. It fits together very well, and each section of it transitions into the next very well. The artist uses some good samples and tempo changes, and even fades some Jungle beat in nicely! From the slow and majestic ending to the upbeat finish, this song is very energetic and keeps you tappin' your foot. This is one that will soon be in my "best songs" list! Technically, this tune's looking quite well. The artist has made use of several great samples, though at first one of his leads seemed a bit too "bright" or loud to me; but after listening a few times, it really doesn't stick out as much as I had originally thought. The artist used some great drum loops, and has got some really funky sounds going on. The tracking looks pretty good, as the artist has made good use of effects throughout the song. The panning is wonderful, and really compliments this tune. There's really not much more to say; this is just a good piece from beginning to end, and there's some creative tracking going on here.