Insperation V3 (p.xm)

Posted by Libris on Tue 19th Feb 2002, rated 2 / 10.

This track starts off with a short gritty male vocal saying something that, to my ear isn't decipherable. Immediately after this your ears will be bombarded with a farly high-pitched acid melody and a monotonous bassline. So far, things aren't looking too good for this track, this is worsened when the acid melody is cut short unexpectedly. Musically the track is very simple, it contains very little melody/bassline variation, and seems to be beat-driven. The track contains a recognisable jungle breakbeat which on the whole isn't used creatively, just looped, or occasionally coupled with the typical 4/4 dance beat. This track certainly doesn't stand out musically in any way, it is repetitive, and doesn't try to be original. That said, it is all in tune, the beats are in sync, and it has variation to some degree, but certainly not enough to hold you riveted to your seat for its 2:23 duration. Technically this track is no masterpiece, but it doesn't really have any fatal flaws either. Since it appears to be a co-operative effort small conflicts in styles can be expected, but the track doesn't flow anywhere near smooth enough. The DnB break is panned annoyingly more to the left, which is rather noisy if you're listening in headphones, and while a little creativity is exercised with the breakbeat when it is chopped up, it is certainly not enough. For this track to be successful the artists would need to work on a decent melody, less repetition and a smoother flow. Also, trying for some originality would help. Overall, not a terrible track, but by no means a great one, the trackers show some level of skill in tracking at least, but as far as music goes, it needs work.