the machinery (terminal.mod)

Posted by TadeusTaD on Thu 11th Jul 2024, rated 8 / 10.

Not a fan of the crunchy scream samples, but it's a very nicely tracked tune from Jester.

Posted by TARDIS Banana on Tue 3rd Sep 2013, rated 9 / 10.

I was the 4000th hit on this song. Anyway, I love this song enough to give it a 10. It is long enough for an 8. I'm giving it a 9.

Posted by Eigus on Sat 3rd Nov 2007, rated 8 / 10.

This is a really nice tune. Good quality, melodies and great beats. Kinda spooky atmosphere too. Let's go with an 8.

[Lol, I'm really a maniac for Jazz Jackrabbit 2. This was also used in a great fan-made level, "X/>< Fight"]

Posted by TMA Placeholder Account on Fri 2nd Mar 2001, rated 8 / 10.

Introduction : Yeah! This is a piece of nostalgic art. Either you like it or hate it. Anyway I love it and it is one of my alltime favorites. This piece of individual music was created by Jester back in 1992 (Mod ripped from the demo "Terminal Fuckup" (by Sanity)) and I still like it even in times of 16 Bit and 64 polyphony sound processing.:) In its time it was quite revolutionary and a very unusual demo tune. A pity it is that short. *sigh* To the sound itself : What I like best about this tune are the powerful drums in connection with the industrial sequence. The intro is quite nice starting a bit peacefully. The abrupt end is suiting the concept of an aggressive sound. The song lasts about two minutes which is rather short but I suppose the reason can be found in the length of the demo it was ripped from. I recommend that you play this one in FastTracker cause it has the best replay routine for mods (imho). I made out some differences to the original sound when I listened to this mod in modplug. In my opinion Jester was one of these musicians that were able to do magic with 4 patterns. Find proof in his other mods. The mod builds up a very dense atmosphere and makes perfect use of the 4 patterns. Samples are 8 bit but overall quality is still alright. The transitions in this mod are quite perfect as usual for Jester´s songs . The arrangement is well outbalanced in volume and use of effects. It is clear that this artist is quite talented and capable of doing great music. Why I didn´t give it a 10 then ? I think compared to nowadays sound quality and density this song appears a bit ancient. Besides it could last a bit longer cause it is a bit repetetive when listening 20 minutes to it. That´s it!