The Wanderer_II (wander2.mod)

Overall Impression (10/10)

Perfect chillout / experimental / ambient tune! I do not regret giving it very high ratings. Not only because it was one of my first modules I downloaded, but also because it is really beautiful - like most of Jogeir's work.

Technique, Arrangement, Composition (9/10)

Wow! Jogeir created a 7 minutes MOD tune in just under 300 kb that sounds differently in every minute! It's nearly a mircale how Jogeir put so many ideas into a four channel tune. As you may already have guessed, lotsa effects and 30 samples are used: the whole MOD format is totally exhausted! The samples are of course 8-bit and the sample rate is not that high, but what do you expect from a MOD tune from the early 90s? I recommend listening to this without resampling. It sounds much nicer with that high frequencies that are missing because of the sample rate... :) All in all: Professional!

Development (10/10)

In the beginning, strings are fading in and the first effects are already comming! After 15 seconds, the "beat" (voice samples and some percussion) comes and the strings get louder. Everything develops. It goes on like this: The tune changes constantly you won't hear anything twice. The tune is turning around, new themes are coming, the tempo is changed, some new effects come, and so on. It seems like this tune is telling a whole story! In my opinion, one of the best synth leads starts at 1:50, but there are some other cool leads, f.e. the voice-like sample at ~2:20 and of course the line at ~4:30! With this line, a great ending starts: The tune is now rather fast and then the synth melody ends. Now, you hear a great chord progression together with the drum / effect line. It's my favourite part of this module, it sounds so full! Of course, another ending than a fade-out would have been nice, but I still give it a 10 because everything else so so great!

Creativity (10/10)

Cool, Jogeir made something I've never ever heard before... I love this style!
As already mentioned, this module is twisting around all the time, which proves that Jogeir had many great ideas for this tune.

Enjoyment (10/10)

Very high. I could listen to this module for hours. The reason is (again) the change that's going on for the whole 7 minutes. It's like doing a travel to your favourite place again and again... :-)

Additional Comment

I hope I'm not exaggerating, but I tried to stay as objective as possible. Maybe your opinion is different? But give reasons! :-) And not only "It's not my style, kthxbai"...